by Kevin Burton What the scribes and Pharisees spat out as an accusation against Jesus, I now cling to for all I’m worth. We turn to a passage in the book of Luke. Jesus was teaching in public as was His custom. The Jewish religious leaders of the time criticized Jesus for the …
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Consider God’s Vast Care, And Stop Worrying
by Kevin Burton My wife Jeannette is a worrier. As I say it, she is “first string, all-conference.” I’ve spent some time chuckling over that. I have spent less time considering how many votes I might get if the all-worrier team was really a thing. Could I merit an honorable mention? I’ve …
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Spiritual Graduation: Heaven Or Hell
by Kevin Burton This time of year, high school seniors are starting to smell that finish line. Graduation smells like freedom, I remember. This is the 27th post focusing on our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. We have compared physical blindness to spiritual blindness and found the latter much more dangerous. …
“Gabbie Face” Is Not A Good Look
by Kevin Burton God showed me a picture of myself Friday. It was unflattering, but hilarious. We were taking our new cats to the vet for a checkup. Jeannette had just bought them carrying cases for the occasion. The cases are mesh-like, affording the ability to see in, or see out, depending …
God The Potter Has His Perfect Design
by Kevin Burton If life were a play and you could read for one of two parts, would you audition to be the potter or the clay? You have arrived not at a play, but at a second-period Ceramics class at the Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. Spiritual blindness is a …
The Bible Has Plenty To Say About Money
by Kevin Burton Where is your treasure this morning? Happy Sunday and welcome back to class! Let’s not dawdle, as they say, time is money. In our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind (ESSB) we start the second semester today. We started this school because spiritual blindness is the worst, most dangerous …
A More Important Kind Of Wrestling
by Kevin Burton The end of classes for the day at our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind does not end all activities. For an after-school extra-curricular activity we take you to wrestling practice. I was a wrestler in high school. At the time I had little or no comprehension of the …
God’s Obstacle Course Makes Us Stronger
by Kevin Burton Back in the day at my school for the blind the Phys Ed teachers would create an obstacle course for us. If memory serves, they timed us on how fast we could get through it. We had various challenges. It might be climbing a rope, walking a balance beam …
Preparing For The Real “Real World”
by Kevin Burton When I was a senior in high school my teachers warned me to up my game to get ready for life in the “real world.” It didn’t take long for college professors to start talking about a greater real world and the realities I needed to get ready for. …
Your Time To Speak Up For Jesus
by Kevin Burton Not all Christians need to major in public speaking. But does the Bible not require at least a minor? You’ve heard the one about people fearing public speaking more than death? That makes being in the casket at a funeral preferable to giving the eulogy. And yes, there is …
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