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Fidelity
In a relationship, we often think of the person who leaves or wants to leave as the unfaithful one. The one who has the affair, the one who rails and sows nothing but discontent. But what about the husband who … Continue reading
My brother in law, prayer, love, and grace
We spent some time this weekend in Tennessee with my wife’s family. As you may remember, last Monday my brother-in-law fell eighteen feet from a rooftop and landed on his back, breaking three vertebra, two ribs, and his sternum. As … Continue reading
Respecting our Depravity
Perhaps you’ve experienced the following: You are watching television, a crime-drama or a thriller, something like CriminalMindsBonesNumbers or CSI:MiamiNewYorkIdaho. You know exactly the sort of show I’m speaking of. On the screen there is a woman. She is at home … Continue reading
Worshipping Youth
I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and though I don’t have time to go into depth, I would like to throw out a thought. Let me start with a couple of assertions: Christian American culture worships youth … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Church, Discipleship, Elders, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology
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The Extraordinary Value of Women
Over at Challies.com, Tim has started a series on what Scripture has to say about the value and status of women. And you should head on over and read it, because he makes some pretty significant claims. For example: I … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Responsibility, Scripture, Theology, Virtue, Women
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Television, Movies, the Internet, Power Outages, and Christianity
I ran across a comment by Jonathan Edwards (who else? ) over at Tim Challies’ blog and it got me thinking. Here is the relevant excerpt from his comment: As I thought of the idea of ridding myself of unlawful … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Entertainment, Home, Internet, Life in general, Movies, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Television
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Why is that man smiling: Reason, Insanity and Pleasure
About ten years ago, on one of the first nights of my EMT/Paramedic clinicals, we had a mental patient in the ER for a few hours. He was a little fidgety man that smiled a lot, muttered under his breath … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Decay, Despair, Home, Insanity, Life in general, Responsibility, Sin, Writing
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The First Type of Evangelism
Our church’s verse for the year is “He that winneth souls is wise”, and while I have no problem with Scripture or focusing on winning souls, I’m a little underwhelmed with the modern concept of “soul winning”. And no, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Church, Daughters, Evangelism, Faith, God, History, Holy Scripture, Home, Jehovah, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postmodernism, Religion, Responsibility, Salvation, Scripture, Sons, Theology
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Marriage, Children, Love, and Responsibility
I’ve always been interested in the nature of responsibility, and in what makes a man or a woman finally pick up its mantle and seriously begin the journey toward true manhood or womanhood. I think for a lot of people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Children, Daughters, Depression, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy, Religion, Responsibility, Scripture, Selfishness, Sin, Sons
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Man + Woman = Good!
As a man and a husband and a father, a lot of the topics on this blog tend to center around the home. As such, from time to time, I will have things to say about marriage and about children. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth, Children, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Home, Life in general, Love, Obedience, Pregnancy, Scripture, Sin
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