What Comes First?
What comes first – forgiving someone or loving someone? Can you love someone only after you’ve forgiven them, or is love the necessary precondition for […]
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The Art of Dying
Dying is not a favorite topic for most of us. We avoid talking about it and would like to circumvent death itself. But it is
RX for Marriage
Fran and I have been married 47 years. Through better and worse, poor and not-so-poor, in sickness and in health – the Lord has sustained
Concerned for the Oppressed and Needy?
It is easy for someone to demand fairness and tolerance from an ideological stance, a personal view, or even a philosophic approach. But real life
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Sans God = Sans Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
In the previous post, I shared the disturbing story of the Levite’s concubine from Judges 19 and a narrative history of a “death of God”
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Trustworthy Joseph
Trustworthy Joseph—The man to whom God entrusted His Son If you were God—neither you nor I am, or ever will be—but imagine what it would
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Nicking Arteries
We’ve all seen it done and, no doubt, we’ve done it ourselves. I know I have. And I repent. I hope you repent, too. What
How to Pray for “Rulers”
The clearest description on how to pray for civil rulers is found in 1 Timothy 2:1–4. Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers,
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Blowing Off Steam
These last few years have stirred up a lot of raw emotion. The Medical Pandemic, the Social Pandemonium, and the Political Partisanship have given rise
Beyond the Golden Rule: A Search for a Mere Morality
The push and the pull of the conversation was escalating. The tone and posture of both involved made it clear the subject was intense. And
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