Baby number two didn’t present quite the same challenge to Debra and John’s marriage as did baby number one. John had awakened to the reality that raising kids is a lot of work. He already knew …
God’s Covenant Love, Sex, and Marriage with Dr. Juli Slattery
Dr. Juli Slattery presents a compelling case that sexuality was intentionally created by God to be a metaphor teaching us about His covenant love. I interviewed Juli for a seminary class, but the …
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Satan’s Strategies to Corrupt Society and Win the Day with Evil
I was blown away reading a book (A Christian Directory) that Richard Baxter wrote 350 years ago, because as he describes Satan's strategies to corrupt and ruin a society, Baxter sounds like he's …
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What Our Crosses Do
Unlearning the Need for Comfort, Part 2 This is week two of the chapter on unlearning the need for comfort and learning the need for afflictions. You should read the first part before reading this …
A Wife of Noble Character: Who Can Find?
May I please brag about my wife Lisa? She's earned it. Lisa has been so amazing this month. I had two events back-to-back in Missouri two weekends ago. Lisa was with me but had to leave midway …
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Unlearn the Need for Comfort: Learn the Value of Adversity
This chapter from, The Art of Unlearning, is on something that has been both brutal and beautiful in my life: unlearning the demand to always be comfortable, and learning the absolute necessity of …
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