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November 2014

November 10, 2014

Can you handle the truth?

[t]he gospel of Jesus Christ is that you can’t fix yourself. You can’t get the...

November 08, 2014

Do You Still Believe?

Christian, it is good that you accepted Christ and believed in Him once, but do...

November 07, 2014

Marriage

I listened to these two sermons today and they were the best sermons I've ever...

November 06, 2014

Suicide, Heroism and Worth

The questions about assisted suicide aren’t the right questions. We tend to ask shouldn’t everyone...

November 01, 2014

All Saints Day

My kids are asleep so I traded out the Halloween decorations for the new ones....

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Motherhood Can Be All Consuming

Please join me today over at Pearl's OysterBed, where I am talking about intimacy in early...

October 15, 2014

Answered Prayer 2014 No. 12

It's the middle of October now and I've only been tracking answered prayers since January,...

September 2014

September 23, 2014

When You’re Tired and Hurt or Answered Prayers 2014 No. 11

I was being careful, tending to my broken foot, my broken body. Hobbling around for...

September 04, 2014

What the 9th Commandment Means

1. God’s will is that I never give false testimony against anyone. 2. I twist...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Reproof is a Blessing

But however much receiving reproof goes against our native instincts or catches us off...

August 11, 2014

Soul Food

This is it!! This is what I am coming to understand that seems too good...

July 2014

July 15, 2014

Loneliness is a Gift

Check out Jennifer Ebenhack's post Loneliness: 3 Surprising truths that can change everything for some comforting...

July 06, 2014

Catching Fire

Wives, do you want to learn how to satisfy your husband in bed? Do you want...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Fighting My Goliath (aka Answered Prayer No. 7)

Recently on my Facebook page, I came out of the closet: I've been a slave...

June 17, 2014

It’s Up to You

It doesn't seem to matter what sins your parents, your siblings, your spouse or your...

June 13, 2014

This Gift is for Us

Earlier today I was reading 2 Chronicles 7. It is at the part where Solomon...

June 09, 2014

Judgy, Judgy

Here is a handy list of 7 Signs That You're "Judging" Others. Always good to...

June 09, 2014

Sex, Drugs, Ink and Purity

Purity is not what you do or have done. It was not lost with how...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Answered Prayers 5 & 6

Today, last year, I wrote this regarding the death of my best friend: Since...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Forgiveness and Trust

Confusing forgiveness and trust means that forgiveness doesn’t actually have any teeth; it’s grace without...

April 24, 2014

Tozer on Christian Liberty

Christian liberty is freedom to live in the Spirit, unhindered by externals. Christian liberty is...

April 23, 2014

Look and Remember

Don’t you know that God has determined to flood this world with His grace, through...

April 22, 2014

Christian Submission

"The word submission, on its own, holds no moral value whatsoever. Submission could be noble,...

April 15, 2014

Modest About Immodesty

It's time for Christian men to stop having immodest reactions to immodesty. Yes, female immodesty...

April 15, 2014

Worshipping With Your Brain

Failure to think, failure to think carefully, failure to think courageously, failure to think creatively...

April 14, 2014

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Unlikely Love

Jesus promised the world would see him in our love for one another (John 13:35)....

March 22, 2014

Lenten Reflection from Fujimura

"In John 12, it is written that “Lazarus was one of those reclining with...

March 20, 2014

Living Truth

Next time you are hurt by someone's unkind words, next time you feel judged, next...

March 20, 2014

Outrage Porn and the Christian Reader

Outrage Porn and the Christian Reader Bloggers are trained to blog the extreme because that...