Life was so much better just five years ago. He was a husband, a father, a farmer. He had farmed the fields his father, grandfather, and great grandfather had farmed. He knew one day he would pass these sacred acres down to his son, and he trusted he would pass them down to his son one day. His mind replayed that fateful day when he noticed something strange on his arm. He told his wife about it. Maybe it was just a bug bite. It would go away. No need to be alarmed.

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You can learn a lot from a license plate. In Ohio you can learn what county someone lives in, their birthday, even more from a personalized plate. But Steve Jobs didn't share my enthusiasm for that metal, rectangular storyteller on the back of a car, so he found a loophole in the law to keep him from having to fasten a license plate. But as we will hear, some responsibilities have no loophole. We can't outsource or delegate our devotion. We must bring God ourselves . . . ourselves. Enjoy this episode to hear that story.

Interest is a great idea for making money but not a great idea for making credit card payments. But interest was God's idea because according to Leviticus 5, anyone who sinned unintentionally had to restore what they had taken, plus interest. God often restores much more than we lost.

For nearly half a day, I had taken the wrong highway on our honeymoon. It took twenty-seven hours to drive eight. It is possible to think you are completely right and be completely wrong about being right. That's also possible in our walk with God. Enjoy this episode to hear the story.

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Something feathered or furry got stuck in our chimney—again. The lovely Andrea and I reached in and tried to wrap our hands around it to help it, but it thought we were trying to hurt it. It cried. It fled. All our pulling and wrapping and reaching was trying to set it free. If only it could have known our hearts.

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It really doesn't matter if Mary rode a donkey or a Dodge Charger into Bethlehem, but sometimes we fill in the blanks when the Bible doesn't give us all the details. However, even the Book of Leviticus teaches us some absolutes, and it is absolutely more about us living in a way that God accepts us than us accepting Him.

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The twelve precious stones on the priests' shoulders represented their responsibility for the people of God; the twelve precious stones over their hearts represented their relationship with the people of God. And we need both. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.

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I spent the weekend in historic Corinth, Mississippi. I enjoyed a sizzling cookie skillet at Vicari and some good Mexican food at El Toro. But Corinth is not home; it was only for Friday through Monday. Listen to this week's episode to hear the story.

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