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June 10, 2013

The Unnatural Drift

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Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — The Unnatural Drift  “People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom ---” - D.A. Carson I’m unnatural. At least, I try to be. How else can I explain some of the life-changing and seemingly radical decisions Continue Reading

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June 7, 2013

News That Made Me Smile

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The news this season is anything but uplifting. Scandals at federal levels, terrorism at international ones, unspeakable crimes against children, general social and moral decay. But a few stories this week actually put a huge grin on my face. Maybe you’ve already seen or heard them, but on the off chance you didn’t, let’s review them, because they’re fun, or funny, or inspiring, or all three. Well, you gotta love the first one. A couple days ago J.R. Gilkinson was sailing with a few family members just off Newport Beach in Continue Reading

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June 6, 2013

The Scare Snare

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Every Thursday we’ll post something to do with relational or emotional concerns. Hope it helps. — The Scare Snare The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. - Proverbs 29:25 “Wimp” is a hateful word, one of the worst you can hurl at a man. It’s an accusation of weakness and cowardliness combined, associated not only with low testosterone, but lowness of character as well. Nobody admires a wimp. But nobody’s immune from fear, either, because there’s lots to fear, and no Continue Reading

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June 5, 2013

Handle With Care

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Every Wednesday we’ll post something to do with doctrine and recovery.  — Handle With Care There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis. A.W. Tozer Let’s not be too quick to say how much we love the truth. People avoid standing on their bathroom scales because they’re not at all sure they want the hard facts. Checkbook registers are ignored, along with ATM receipts, because plenty of consumers prefer not knowing how low their balance really is. Medical checkups get put off for Continue Reading

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June 4, 2013

To Love, Honor and Heal

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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. — To Love, Honor and Heal “On the other hand we ask of our beloved to correct all of the wrongs that these early parents or siblings inflicted on us. So that love contains in it a contradiction, the attempt to return to the past and the attempt to undo the past.” - from the film ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ Every so often the guys in Hollywood get it right. Even Woody Allen, a man Continue Reading

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May 28, 2013

Who’s Counting?

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Every Tuesday we post something about strengthening or rebuilding marriages. Hope it helps. — Who’s Counting?  “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity ---” - Psalms 32:1-2 If you ram your house with a bulldozer, your wife may forgive you. But don’t expect things to be the same. First, there’s the severity of your actions. We all slam the occasional door or maybe even thrust our fist through the wall, but Continue Reading

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May 27, 2013

In Loving and Respectful Memory

American Flags, Lubbock, Texas, TX

Whereas I usually post something about purity on Mondays, in deference to Memorial Day let’s remember, and respect the memory of, the Veterans who are still with us and those who’ve gone on. There’s honor in fighting, assuming the situation calls for it and the fighting is fair. So our Memorial Day remembrances and appreciations are good and relevant, and my hat tips while my heart says Thank You and Thank God for You to our servicemen and women, past and present. Today’s the day for reflections on both the nobility of sacrifice and Continue Reading

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May 24, 2013

Have We Learned?

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I see a lot of conservative salivating over the scandals plaguing President Obama, and indeed, it looks grim for the man who ran on a hope ticket and promised unprecedented transparency. The possibility of deliberate cover-ups or misinformation regarding Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives, and federal snooping of select AP journalists, all put an undeniable cloud over this White House, and each day seems to promise more rain. The specter of Watergate is already being invoked by talking heads, not all of whom tilt Continue Reading

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May 20, 2013

Under New Management

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Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Under New Management When my wife and I moved into our current home nineteen years ago, we decided to hang onto our prior house and rent it out. Since then, land-lording has provided plenty of teachable moments, none more useful and relevant to me than the lesson of the difference between management and ownership. The distinction between them seems pretty clear, right? To rent a property means to occupy and manage it with limited rights; to own Continue Reading

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May 15, 2013

We Who Are Seen

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Every Wednesday we’ll post something to do with doctrine and recovery. Hope it helps. — We Who Are Seen  “And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, “Thou God seest me” For she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?” - Genesis 16:13 Hagar isn’t the most sympathetic of Bible characters. Handmaid to Abraham’s barren wife Sarah, she had become pregnant by Abraham at Sarah’s insistence. (Genesis 16:1-2) You’ll remember that God had promised them a son, but Sarah, Continue Reading

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