How to Lead Your Wife
Well, that isn’t a controversial title is it? I won’t pretend for a second that this topic doesn’t cause problems. Many women these days scoff when this is brought up and many men puff up their chests or shy back in fear. It is sad that these are the most common reactions. I had a discussion with a guy about Christianity and this issue was his main beef. He had a major...
Read MoreDying of Thirst
Ps. 42:1-2 As a deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Ps. 63:1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Since I have been in church my whole life I am far from ignorant of whom God is. He is all satisfying. He is thirst...
Read MoreHappy Endings
Imagine this: you walk into a theater and sit down to watch a movie. People are crunching popcorn as you wait anxiously for the previews to end and the movie to start. You have been looking forward to a good movie for a while and this is going to be it. The lights dim. People get quiet. The screen lights up. The story ensues. The characters go through so much. Action! Drama!...
Read MoreDeath’s Role in Life
Life and death. Polar opposites. I have long pondered the role of death in our everyday lives. Think about it too much and you get depressed. Think about it too little (or not at all) and you lose sight of the preciousness and brevity of life. The only thing sure in life is death. People sometimes add taxes to that list but there is plenty of proof that those can be dodged. That...
Read MoreOn Perfectionism in the Church
I would wager that 99% of you that attend a church on a fairly regular basis have experienced the following at some point or another. You walk in to a room full of smiling people in nice clothes. Everyone loves Jesus. You wonder why it is that you are struggling so much and everyone else appears to be three levels above you on the spiritual scale. So you act like you are...
Read MoreGod Provides
I have to tell this story. It amazes me how the Lord works in our lives to show us how much he cares for even our smallest need. Even things like taxes (not that our tax bill was a small one). When I went to file our taxes this year it turned out that we owed our lovely government some more cash. Under normal circumstances this would not be a huge deal. We have put ourselves in a situation...
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