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Married or Single? You find it on forms everywhere. You're asked to check the appropriate box. Are you "married" or "single"? Since it is apparently important, let's think about that question together. To provide a bit of perspective on my thoughts, let me... ( added 9 days 1 hour ago.)

It's No Fairytale Once upon a time . . . it was legal to buy and sell people in America , well black people, that is. Because it was legal to do, even many Christians assumed it was right to own slaves, and so they did. During the time that slavery was socially... ( added 185 days 2 hours ago.)

Pa rum pum pum pum The song was written by Katherine K. Davis in 1958 when I was 12 years old. I had heard her Little Drummer Boy for decades, but only really heard it a few years ago. Somehow the message of the song got buried under the 21 "pa rum pum pum pums" in... ( added 339 days 22 hours ago.)

Vote For The Unborn In 1973 the US Supreme Court ruled in Roe V Wade that the unborn have no constitutional rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The High Court did not recognize the status of the unborn as persons. Thus, with a five-to-four vote... ( added 1 year 29 days ago.)

Peace Lover or Just a Fricken Chicken As a young man I went to serve my country. Back in that day, there was a draft. I chose to enlist before Uncle Sam made all the choices for me. There was this thing going on in Asia called "The Vietnam Conflict." It wasn't a war, at least nothing... ( added 1 year 73 days ago.)

I'm no Hypocrite Some of Jesus' strongest words were against hypocrites. Curiously, one of the biggest reasons given by those who resist Christ and His church is "all the hypocrites" in the church. Sometimes Christians resist obedience in certain matters, citing... ( added 1 year 93 days ago.)

Be The Dad You Wish You Had This writing is not for everyone. Many fathers do an outstanding job of raising their kids. Unfortunately, many men had dads who either were not there enough to matter or were so offensive in behavior that their children wished they were not... ( added 1 year 164 days ago.)

Three Essentials to Wholesome Communication We were created to communicate. Our Creator wants us to communicate well. Poor patterns of communication are major factors in relational disharmony and destruction. Communication between two people is certainly a pretty complex issue. For... ( added 1 year 198 days ago.)

Decision Making 101 Life is largely about choices we make. We face decisions almost constantly. Some of our decisions are pretty inconsequential, like what we will wear today or at which restaurant we will eat lunch. Some decisions entail very high degrees of... ( added 1 year 232 days ago.)

Living By Faith Everyone lives by faith. Even the atheist. It is an inescapable reality of life on planet earth. We must all live by faith because none of us knows everything. Were we all-knowing, as the Bible declares God to be, faith would be quite... ( added 1 year 234 days ago.)

Why Sex Isn't Safe This article was inspired by a friend who contacted me to share her private painful ordeal and to request confidential prayer. It was not the kind of prayer request one makes in a Sunday School class. Though married as a virgin over a decade ago... ( added 1 year 241 days ago.)

What is Good About Good Friday? Doesn't it seem strange that the day Jesus was crucified would be called "Good Friday" ? Does it seem stranger still that Christians call it "Good Friday"? On that Friday which we commemorate, Jesus was stripped, spit upon, beaten, mocked and... ( added 1 year 249 days ago.)

Keeping Score in Relationships March is an especially fun time of the year for our family, and it is a direct result of my son-in-law, Jon. Because of his passion for sports, and basketball in particular, March Madness has become a major family tradition over the past decade.... ( added 1 year 254 days ago.)

Little Boys Cry When I was 8-10 years old my paternal aunt and her family came for a visit. My sister, my cousin and I were playing croquet in the yard. Someone got the bright idea to play catch with croquet balls. My cousin, a year my senior, threw the ball to... ( added 1 year 254 days ago.)

A Spiritual-life Inventory in Seven Questions The following seven questions should help you evaluate your spiritual life. Caution: one or more of these may bring you to your knees in repentance. 1. How many yesterdays must God faithfully carry you through before you are ready to trust... ( added 1 year 256 days ago.)

Discovering Self-Worth It is one thing to have self worth. It is another thing altogether to know you have it. We don't build self-worth so much as we discover it and claim it. All of the people I have known including myself who have suffered from low self-esteem have... ( added 1 year 261 days ago.)

The Proverbs 31 Man Like knowing who "the woman at the well" is, another sign of basic biblical literacy is knowing "The Proverbs 31 Woman". She is that Superwoman of Solomon's last proverb who inspires some women, intimidates many others, and irritates still others.... ( added 1 year 264 days ago.)

Building a Blessed Home Want to make your home more of a place of refuge and delight? Follow this brief biblical advise: Bless and do not curse (Rm 12:14b). Neither of these is merely an attitude or a thought; both are actions we do that impact others, for better or for... ( added 1 year 266 days ago.)

A Desperately Needed Definition Most of us know we're supposed to love others. Christians, who read the Bible and/or attend church, regularly encounter reminders regarding this. Still, the meaning of the term itself appears to remain unclear. Confusion comes because "love"... ( added 1 year 267 days ago.)

Love in Every Language Smack in the middle of most Februarys is a special holiday devoted to love - Valentine's Day. Of course, we Christians are supposed to love everybody, even the revolting and obnoxious. This holiday is certainly not about the love-everybody kind of... ( added 1 year 268 days ago.)

Managing the Impact of Technology on Your Family If you and I intend to have wholesome, satisfying family relationships, we'll have to manage the impact of the technological explosion on our lives. Failure to limit these influences on our lives accounts for a part of the discouraging family... ( added 1 year 268 days ago.)

Religion and Family Strength The family that prays together stays together. True or false? The saying is very old and not based on findings of formal family research. Perhaps it was merely an old wives tale. Certainly the high incidence of divorce in the Christian community... ( added 1 year 268 days ago.)