Ben Gatrelle

Husband. Christian. Writer.

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The Hidden Treasure

The Hidden Treasure

Posted by on 13 Nov 2013 in Theology |

Have you ever felt that God is just too big to be understood? That his Kingdom principles are just too rare and refined and lofty for us? And reconciling the goodness of God with the world around us can be overwhelming. But the knowledge and understanding of God are like a priceless treasure that when we recognize it, brings us joy.

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God Will Dwell With You

God Will Dwell With You

Posted by on 11 Nov 2013 in Theology |

I’m not one who often prays the promises of God back to him. But if I was to pick one it would be this: God promises to dwell with me.
In the Old Testament and in the New, God promised that He would dwell with his people. That’s an awesome promise. And one I’ll take any day.

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The Sick and the Blessed

The Sick and the Blessed

Posted by on 8 Nov 2013 in Personal |

So I am finally going to the doctor’s office. I’ve been sick all week. It’s felt like someone has stabbed a knife in my throat and then set it on fire. That sounds about right. But it got me to counting my blessings.

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The Parables of Jesus

The Parables of Jesus

Posted by on 6 Nov 2013 in Theology |

Story communicates truth in a way that teaching doesn’t. And parables, like all stories, operate on multiple levels simultaneously. But to fully understand why Jesus taught in parables we have to remember his undercover mission and why he came.

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I just spent the last five minutes of my life doing… And I’ll never get it back: thoughts on mortality, morality, multi-tasking, multi-media, media in general, my life, meaning, motivation, multi-national corporations, motherhood, and managing to write the longest title of a blog ever recorded in the history of man (or at least in the history of my blog) while I wait for my wife to grab something really quickly at Target…

Posted by on 1 Nov 2013 in Personal |

… I’m sorry. I forgot what I was going to say.

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