Cripplegate
Behavior Modification vs. Repentance
Oftentimes problems with the fruit on a tree are not because of problems with the fruit on the tree. Below the soil’s surface, there is usually a sickness present. Things…
Read MoreSayings Christians Ought to Bury
Every movement and organization has their sayings. They can be helpful when they are accurate and memorable. But they can also be destructive when they are inaccurate and memorable. Such…
Read MoreHow We Can Get Our Spouses to Resent Us
In a two-part series, we will see: God commands husbands to love their wives at the highest standard of love fathomable: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also…
Read MoreLove and Bragging
It was early on in our church planting endeavors. Our sapling church was hardly standing. Many had come and even more had gone. It was a painful time for me.…
Read MoreLove and the Hurt-Feelings Bookkepper
Insurance companies amaze me sometimes. Something like one little speeding ticket or a minor fender-bender, and everything changes. Your monthly payment sky-rockets. They no longer trust you. Simply for doing…
Read MoreLove and Believing the Best
It was a few months after surgery and the bills started arriving. Thirty thousand for this, forty for that. My medical bills were racking up. Thankfully, the co-op to which…
Read MoreSheep Tragi-Comedy
Amusing sheep stories abound. Some of my moments of more rigorous chortling have been in response to real-life sheep tragi-comedies. One of the more recent involves what is called the…
Read MoreConsiderations for Choosing a Church
I live in a revolving-door town and so interact regularly with people who are church shopping. It can be a difficult decision because of things like the commitment…
Read MoreAn Analysis of Celebrate Recovery Addictions Program
Enslaving behaviors are as old, and common to humanity, as sin itself. Since our fall at the dawn of time, we have been naturally enslavement to every destructive behavior…
Read MoreIt’s inevitable. People are going to hurt us. Even those close to you. In fact, perhaps especially those close to you. With every hurt, there is the potential to…
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