Random Ramblings from a Fellow Struggler #6
Every Friday we’ll take a break from topical posts and will post some random personal thoughts. — Random Ramblings from a Fellow Struggler #6 What a bunch of miserable, repulsive news items we’re...
View ArticleUnmasked? Unforgiveable!
Every Tuesday we post something about strengthening or rebuilding marriages. Hope it helps. — Unmasked? Unforgiveable! In the Gaston Leroux classic The Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured musical genius...
View ArticleThe Scare Snare
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...
View ArticleTo Love, Honor and Heal
From the movie The Goodbye Girl 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...
View ArticleTo Love, Honor and Heal
From the movie The Goodbye Girl 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...
View ArticleThe Scare Snare
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...
View ArticleWithout Excuse
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me —” -Job 9:20 I haven’t even wanted to think about the Ariel Castro case, much less write about it. Castro has confessed to what was...
View ArticleWrestling with Arizona
I’ve been wrestling with the rightness or wrongness of SB 1062 the controversial bill passed by the Arizona Legislature but vetoed by the state’s Governor Jan Brewer which would have granted private...
View ArticleISIS, Charles Manson, and Redemption
“Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” -Romans 12:21 It doesn’t sink in easily. Whole families are being slaughtered, children are executed in the most barbaric of ways, and the evil...
View ArticleJames Foley, ISIS and Wrath
“For the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.” – James 1:20 You’ve seen the photo by now, maybe even the video: an American journalist kneeling seconds before his utterly senseless,...
View ArticleTop Ten Movie Quotes
Having loved films the better part of my life, certain lines from certain movies have always stuck with me. Since the weekend is a time many of us consider what movie to go see, I thought that, while...
View ArticleThe Times They Are A-Changin’– Should I?
Maybe we’ve had it too easy. The Church and the Culture were never the same, nor can they be. But there was a time they shared basic values. So what you were taught from the pulpit on Sundays was...
View ArticleUnmasked in Marriage
Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon – is this what you wanted to see? Curse you, you little lying Delilah! You little viper Now you cannot ever be free! -The Phantom once he’s...
View ArticleWrath
“For the wrath of man does not work the righteousness of God.” – James 1:20 Some stories put me in touch with my inner murderer. This one’s a pretty good example. Nearly two years ago Amanda Berry,...
View ArticleNow What? Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil’s hour; we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed...
View ArticleTo 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...
View ArticleManny Pacquiao, Gay Marriage, and a Call for Eternal Hostility (Part One)
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao now joins reality show...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleHorror in Orlando: Let the Scapegoating Begin
“Opportunistic” means “exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.” “Scapegoating” means “the practice of singling out any party for...
View ArticleThe Word in the Middle of the Madness
There are some scriptures worth remembering while we’re processing these last few horrible days. “He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.” Proverbs 18:13 It’s hard...
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