Aug 30
Abortion is not the only problem Christians should be speaking out against when it concerns the womb. There is another epidemic increasing rapidly across our nation, that most Christians rarely encounter. It is not as severe as abortion in numbers or consequences, but our faith should demand us speak to this issue of pre-natal development …
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Mar 24
Part one in this series deal with the impact youth sports is having upon families and the church. In part two I discussed highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on youth sports. In this third and final post I desire to share some of my own suggestions for dealing with youth sports as a Christian parent. …
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Mar 23
In part one I discussed the impact of youth sports upon families and how we must seek to manage our involvement with sports. All of these thoughts I am sharing found their stimulus in Mike Matheny’s book The Matheny Manifesto. Mike is the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The book was excellent. It …
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Mar 21
I want to release three posts on the topic: This one (part 1) on the importance of considering how we handle youth sports. A second part sharing some highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on the topic. And a third post with some suggestions I would like to make to families. So join me in reading …
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Jun 01
{NOTE: I wrote this article for an upcoming THINK magazine on Transgender issues.} On May 13, 2016, President Obama did what was considered unthinkable just a couple of years ago. He, along with Education and Justice Department officials, issued a letter urging school officials to accommodate transgender students by allowing them to use the …
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Apr 07
History is a wonderful source of helping us better understand the present. We would do well to be informed and aware of the history of Western nations with Islamic extremists and nations. I am reading Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. This book details a little known war during …
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Jan 18
I grew up listening to country music. While I was driving a tractor though the summer it was a big chunk of my listening. I still listen to it some, but overall our family’s radio dial isn’t on country music anymore. One of the biggest complaints I have is the amount of songs that focus on …
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Nov 02
Read these five conclusions from a recent study by Christian Smith, a scholar from North Carolina University. A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth. God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions. …
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Sep 08
“Quick and easy” are two buzz words we all love to hear. All it takes is a trip to the local grocery store to see how products advertise “quick and easy.” Home cooked meals, that may take hours, have been replaced with frozen TV dinners and quick microwave dishes. With our busy schedules, this shift in meal …
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