First of all, I’m not saying I’m totally consistent in this, but this is what I think, and I think I’m mostly consistent in it. Much cultural style comes from a spirit of rebellion and selfishness. It is often “hidden” behind the notion of just trying to be different. Cultural style always seems to take […]
An Exhortation We live in a world where everywhere we turn, our passions and desires are being enticed. It happens so often we may not even notice it much of the time. Think about all the billboards you see, or don’t see, along the road. Or think about all the signs in the windows of […]
Context: Bob works for a boss who is very strident in wanting his employees to be very very precise in what they do. He is what some would call a perfectionist. What he requires is not impossible to do, but the working environment is very difficult. Bob is wondering how he can do a good […]
by Lisa Leidenfrost “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved” (Psalm 16:8). Here is some encouragement to seasoned warriors, for people who have lived long enough in this life to have had their struggles, learned from them, and are still standing to […]
Bob had a fight with his wife and was angry. He decided to go for a walk to cool off. While on his walk he wandered past the local bar. Outside the bar was a woman who, as he got closer, he realized was his old high school girlfriend, Mabel. She looked as good as […]
Trouble happens. People are used and abused. Folks find themselves in various kinds of trouble. Parents don’t know how to help Johnny be a thriving joyful three-year-old. Teens feel lost and lack purpose. Many Christians feel uncertain and ill-equipped to give comfort, counsel and to help others grow in Christ (who holds the solutions to […]
Without Holiness, no one will see the Lord (Heb. 12:14) Some say holiness comes as a gift from God and therefore we don’t need to do anything with our lives. Some combine this with the passage that says, “we are not under law but under grace” (Rom. 6:14). On the other hand, others say, the […]
One of the things I point out in both premarital counseling and marriage counseling is that sometimes the reason for trouble in paradise is that expectations are messed up from the beginning. Here’s what I mean: I ask John and Suzy, how did you know how to treat one another before you were married? You […]
I would like to commend a little book called Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture Back To God, by Kenneth Boa. Here’s one thing Ken says about the reason for the book that starts the book off, Spiritual growth is impossible apart from the practice of prayer. Just as the key to quality relationships with other […]
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