Recently a Christian blogger responded to the hot topic: Should Christian bakers make cakes for same-sex weddings titled, “Bake for them two”. She proposed the idea that not only should Christians bake these cakes but that these bakers should make them not one but two cakes. Further, this blogger postulates that Jesus ...
Read More »Rejected And Chosen
Rejection hurts. We want to be a chosen one. Do you remember gym classes with team captains who chose members? If you were not athletic, it was a time of humiliation and rejection. Then, adulthood delivers more opportunities for rejection: looking for a job, losing a job, finding a mate, ...
Read More »Oh, the Joys of Trials and Temptations!
Imagine there was a line you could get in to receive something you really wanted–a line that offered all the money you would ever need, or that trip to a faraway place you’ve dreamed of, or even the perfect spouse you’ve longed for! Who wouldn’t run to that line? Most ...
Read More »Don’t Swallow Any Camels: Those Pharisees (Part II)
Those Pharisees! Their lives have been described as resembling a gravestone, clean and polished on the outside, while inside they contain ruin and destruction. The Pharisees had more than one problem. Not only did they demand of others what they were unwilling to do themselves, but they went further by ...
Read More »Get Off My Nerves!
No matter how much we love our family, they are naturally going to get on our nerves from time to time, especially the ones we live with. That is just human nature. It is probably a good idea for us to remember we are no picnic to live with either ...
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