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September 13, 2012

A Desolate Epitaph

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Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — A Desolate Epitaph “He passed away, to no one's regret --- ”(NIV) - II Chronicles 21:20 King Jehoram’s history could hardly have been uglier. First born son of righteous King Jehoshaphat, he had all his brothers killed when he took the throne, grabbed Ahab’s daughter for a wife, established and then sanctioned national idolatry, and, as the text states in general, “did that which was evil in the sight of the Continue Reading

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August 6, 2012

Training Tools From The Master

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I’m on vacation this week and so am repeating some prior posts. Looking forward to being with you again next week, with new material. God bless. — Training Tools from the Master Any man who decides to resist his urges is a man in training. He knows he has desires, some of them strong and daily, that could derail his life if he caves in to them. So he adopts a lifestyle of resistance, saying “no” to what his flesh would say “yes” to because his heart is saying “yes” to something higher and better. He’s an athlete, training Continue Reading

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May 24, 2012

My Big Mouth; My Bigger Error

Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832 – 1883) illustration was published in 1875 - Peter's Denial

Every Thursday we’ll post something to do with relational or emotional concerns. Hope it helps. — My Big Mouth; My Bigger Error When Jesus predicted that all his disciples – Peter included – would forsake Him under pressure, you can almost hear the injury in his voice when he protests: “Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble! --- Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny you!” (Matthew 26:33, 35) This was a guy who knew Christ, but still had a lot to learn about himself. I think Continue Reading

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May 21, 2012

Who Really Stays Pure?

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Every Monday I’ll be posting something to do with maintaining sexual integrity under the category “Keeping it Clean” Hope it you find it helpful. --- Who Really Stays Pure? Let’s face it, sexual purity is both a goal and, these days especially, an achievement. It’s a way of being and living that runs contrary to so much of what we’re exposed to daily. The fact that we’re sexual creatures with natural responses can be enough of a struggle, but add to that the ongoing stimulation of billboards, immodestly dressed women and Continue Reading

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May 10, 2012

Bless The Jerk

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Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps.  --- Bless the Jerk There’s no way to navigate a life without getting bumped, bruised or outright wounded by people. No one’s exempt, and generally, the closer we are to people the more capacity they have to wound us. There’s the challenge of intimacy: I want to be known and loved; I don’t want to be injured. And good trying to get the one without the other.  Where there’s closeness, there’ll be, among other Continue Reading

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April 26, 2012

An Early Winter

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Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — An Early Winter Do your diligence to come before winter. (II Timothy 4:21) Chuck Swindoll spotted a volume of insight in Paul’s brief request to Timothy cited above, basing his book Come Before Winter on what he’d gleaned from the aging apostle’s thoughts. It’s a moving read, one of Swindoll’s best to my thinking, reminding us to hear the yearnings that family and friends try to express. Indeed, the very phrase Continue Reading

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April 13, 2012

Random Ramblings #39: Of Presidential Politics & The Affects of Sarcasm

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Every Friday we’ll take a break from topical posts and will post some random personal thoughts.  — A Cuppa Joe - Random Ramblings from a Fellow Struggler And we’re off. The Republican nomination is all but sealed, so the volleys between incumbent and challenger have begun. As always, both have supporters who are passionate and vocal, a combination that sometimes works; sometimes misses. Passion plus politics, after all, equals words, tons of ‘em, and boatloads of attitude behind each phrase. The attitude can over-speak the Continue Reading

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March 20, 2012

Mrs. Interrogator – Am I Ever Gonna Be Off The Hot Seat?

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Every Tuesday we’ll be posting an article about restoring and strengthening marriages that have been damaged by sexual sin. Hope it helps. --- Mrs. Interrogator (“Am I Ever Gonna Be Off the Hot Seat?”) It happens often – a husband has a secret sin (porn, affair, etc.) that gets exposed, his wife is shattered but forgives him, so they begin rebuilding. But she still can barely wrap her mind around what he’s done, and wonders how he was capable of such a thing, so the questions start. Relentlessly. Frequently. Continue Reading

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March 13, 2012

The Intimate Enemy

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Every Tuesday we’ll be posting an article about restoring and strengthening marriages that have been damaged by sexual sin. Hope it’s helpful. — The Intimate Enemy “Husbands, love your wives”, Paul admonishes in Colossians 3:19. Well, we’ve heard that before, but then he adds an interesting challenge: “---and be not bitter towards them.” Hmmm. As a former Pharisee, Paul had almost certainly been married at one time, then probably widowed. He knew something firsthand about men and women, and the dynamics that come Continue Reading

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January 30, 2012

Training Tools From The Master

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Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Training Tools from the Master Any man who decides to resist his urges is a man in training. He knows he has desires, some of them strong and daily, that could derail his life if he caves in to them. So he adopts a lifestyle of resistance, saying “no” to what his flesh would say “yes” to because his heart is saying “yes” to something higher and better. He’s an athlete, training for a prize which he keeps his eye on when training gets Continue Reading

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