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In Search of Stability
“Unstable as water, you shall not excel.” -Genesis 49:4 When Jacob was dying, he called his sons together for blessings and predictions. He began with his firstborn Reuben, who should have received...
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Dropping the S-Bomb
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” – Proverbs 27:6 37 years ago I was hugely backslidden. Since I’d been in full time ministry before my fall, quite a few...
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The Other Bond
“Bad marriages don’t cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.” -Frank Pittman While watching a remake of Anna Karenina (Tolstoy’s classic take on infidelity and tragedy) I was reminded that...
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Calamity in the Congregation
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. -Proverbs 5:14 I was dumb, I got dumber, I’m the dumberest. At least that’s what the man of Proverbs 5 seems to be saying. His...
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Ashley Madison: A Late Night Come On (Guest post by Renee Dallas)
(My lovely wife Renee is guest posting today. If you haven’t read any of her other posts, let me strongly recommend checking her blog at wifeboat.com) I was up a little late one night watching CNN...
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Outraged
I am becoming the kind of guy I used to laugh at. In my twenties and thirties, I’d make a mental note of men whose faces said “I’ve seen too much; I’m mad as you-know-what; the world’s a mess.”...
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Handle with Care
There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis. A.W. Tozer I won’t be too quick to say how much I love the truth. Sometimes I loathe it. And I’m not alone in...
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Manny Pacquiao, Gay Marriage, and a Call for Eternal Hostility (Part One)
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson Filipino boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao now joins reality show...
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Dying to Love
Love. How did one show it? How could God Himself show truth and love at the same time in a world like this? By dying. The answer stood out for me sharper and chiller than it ever had before that night:...
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Unpleasant (But Vital) ABC’s
Certain words – important ones, mind you – simply don’t mean what they used to. Take “Christian” for example. Traditionally, it’s meant born again, believing in the authority of scripture, and seeking...
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