Jack Selcher
Withholding Judgment
I was angry. Someone broke into our garage and stole tools and fishing equipment. I felt violated. I wanted the thief to pay for his...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 283 min read
Why God Judges Us
I coach track and field throwers at my local high school. I oversee twenty or more athletes. Yesterday, one of the boys disrupted the...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 253 min read
How God Judges
Judgment assumes a measuring standard. My wife and I had Pennsylvania driver’s licenses when we moved to North Dakota. The state required...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 213 min read
Who Is the Judge?
Who is the judge? We are. We judge when we form an opinion about someone or something based on all available information. I listened to...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 143 min read
Spiritual Gifts Make Every Believer a Ten Somewhere
The gift was memorable if not usable. A church I served gave food to the pastor each fall. It was our first year at the church. One...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 113 min read
Avoiding Idol Worship
I’m passionate about my family, gardening, fishing, coaching track and field throwing events, and equipping people to know Jesus, grow up...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 73 min read
Modern Idolatry
The last verse of “What I Live For” by George Linnaeus Banks: “I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true, For heaven...
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Jack Selcher
Aug 43 min read
Why People Worship Idols
Why do people worship God’s gifts instead of the Giver? Spiritual blindness and choice both play a part. Let’s unravel the two as we...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 313 min read
Why Idolatry Makes God Angry and Jealous
Did you know the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is a jealous God? If not, you probably haven’t read much of the Bible. It is often...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 283 min read
What Is Idolatry?
The roads were unfamiliar, but I thought I knew where I was going. I’d visited a pastor at his church once before. About a year later I...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 213 min read
The Holy Spirit Empowers Us to Be Christ's Witnesses
I planned every sermon word when I began preaching more than forty years ago. I’ve learned that the right words and proper grammar don’t...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 183 min read
The Holy Spirit Empowers Christian Living
While my granddaughter and I were in a boat crossing a local river, the motor stopped. Yanking the starter rope repeatedly didn’t restart...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 113 min read
How to Find Life-Fulfilling Service through the Holy Spirit
Back problems derailed my ability to mow the lawn or do many other tasks in 2016. The Holy Spirit gave me the wisdom, energy, and...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 73 min read
The Holy Spirit Makes Us Like Jesus
“Swifties” are Taylor Swift’s dedicated and passionate fans. They know everything about her career and music, attend concerts, interact...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 43 min read
How to Be Rich in Spirit-Empowered Truth-Telling
Ambassadors represent their countries to other countries, not themselves. Similarly, we who are Christ’s ambassadors represent Him, not...
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Jack Selcher
Jul 13 min read
Recharging Your Life with Goodness, Peace, Joy, and Hope
A universal resistance wells up when people tell us what to do. We’ve felt it. When someone pushes us to do something, we automatically...
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Jack Selcher
Jun 264 min read
The Holy Spirit Powers Us to Live for God
Neither car would start on a cold winter morning several years ago. Both batteries went dead on the same day. We couldn’t move either...
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Jack Selcher
Jun 193 min read
The Holy Spirit Enables Us to Discern God's Will
What does God expect me to do? What is my ministry? How can I best serve God and others? We will probably never see in advance all of how...
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Jack Selcher
Jun 163 min read
How the Holy Spirit Embraces Your Heart
Am I a Christian? Is Jesus in my life? Will I go to heaven when I die? Doubts plagued my teen years. I had no assurance I was right with...
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Jack Selcher
Jun 123 min read
Holy Spirit-Generated Life and Understanding
Power to Live Eternally Something inside us isn’t satisfied with life between the dashes of our tombstones. It yearns for more. For more...
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