Of The Most Dangerous Sin for Christians Years ago, a famous preacher enjoyed an immense following. Thousands of preachers would attend his “preachers’ schools” at the very large church he pastored. They hung on to every word the famous preacher said – and his methods and mannerisms. Then, these young ...
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When my grandchildren ask me what I did when I was young, I find my answers to be simplistic. In an age of electronic games, multiple sports teams, and personal phones that often isolate us from real human contact, telling my little people about roller skating with old metal skates, ...
Read More »Hidden Beneath the Symptoms
It’s our nature to become overly focused on unpleasant symptoms. Relief will drive us to try many things, some of them questionable. But the danger in relieving only the symptoms is that if we fail to look beneath them, we may not deal with the cause in a timely manner. ...
Read More »Putting a Pretty Spin on Sin
Before indoor plumbing the outhouse was a necessary fixture on the farm or in the backyard. Not only did the outhouse serve as an early bathroom, it was also the place where household garbage was dumped and the occasional alcoholic beverage was partaken of in secret. But the attempt to ...
Read More »Does God Get Emotional?
Ah … the rainbow of emotions! We can be green with envy one day, feel red-hot anger the next, or be overcome with the blues when we’re saddened. Sometimes, we may feel greens, reds, and blues in one day’s time! Whether it’s anger that pops up at an inconvenient time, ...
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