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Isaiah 51:7

October 15, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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God relayed a message through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.” If you asked the first century conservative religious community, “Do y’all do this?” They would say, “YES!” If you […]

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Quotes From The Silver Chair

October 14, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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During my morning meeting with The Boss – The Boss said, “Behold, all you who kindle a fire… walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from My hand: you shall lie down in torment.” This made me think of the scene in The Silver […]

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How To Think

September 24, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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Alan Jacobs wrote a book entitled “How To Think: A Survival Guide For A World At Odds.” Here are some excerpts… “T. S. Eliot wrote almost a century ago about a phenomenon that he believed to be the product of the nineteenth century: “When there is so much to be known, when there are so […]

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Martyr, Murderer, & Mind-Blowing Mercy

September 15, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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What if there was a person who said stuff that a lot people really hated to hear? And let’s say that (for the most part) what this hated person was saying was actually aligned with stuff that Jesus of Nazareth emphasized. And let’s say someone murdered that hated person. What should the response be? What […]

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Insights

September 12, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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“A lot of times when I think I’m being self-sufficient, I’m really just learning to live without the things that I need.” – Kevin Wilson “He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.” ― Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) “Anything is better than […]

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Crazy Things Psalmists Say!

September 11, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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“You, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.” “God – Your thoughts are very deep! The stupid man cannot know; and the fool cannot understand this.” “God – you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me […]

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Easter Eggs

September 11, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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In the book How To Stay Married (by Harrison Scott Key), at the beginning of chapter 20 (entitled Easter Eggs) – HSK provides one of THE BEST overviews and explanations of the Bible! Go find that book (I recommend the audiobook version). Look up that chapter. And… revel in the accuracy of Harrison’s synopsis and […]

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Favorite Parts of Psalm 119

September 8, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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Clues …Things to pay extra close attention to in Genesis 46-50.

September 6, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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The Boss tells Jacob, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt.” Why would The boss tell Jacob to abstain from dread and dismay? What is there to be afraid of? (see Acts 7:6). “Jacob sent […]

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Is It Okay To Say This To Your Abusers?

September 3, 2025 by Tyler Dirks
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“Come near to me, please.” “Do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me into slavery, for God sent me before you to preserve life. God sent me before you to preserve you. It was not you who sent me here, but God.” “Come and live near me.” “I will provide for […]

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