Tag: holiness

Courage is Inspired by Holy Anger

Courage and anger–those two are NOT often put together.  Maybe anger and foolishness or courage and bravery, but not courage and anger. Yet, when I was studying the familiar story of David and Goliath I found David having a holy anger.  He was appalled that this Philistine Champion could taunt the army of God for …

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Don’t Look Like a Goat if You are a Sheep

We have Barbados Blackbelly Sheep on the farm.  They are a breed of hair sheep.  They do not have wool like traditional sheep.  They do look very much like goats.  In fact, most everyone thinks they are goats.  Even a vet kept calling them goats. We just had a new lamb this week.  We named …

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Holiness in the Midst of Struggling Families

This week’s posts have been on holiness.  The first one focused on our motivation for holiness and the second one compared a happy versus a holy marriage.  This last post continues the family discussion. I ended the last post by asking: But, what if my spouse isn’t holy? What if my marriage is miserable? What …

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A Happy vs. A Holy Marriage

The world and Christians tend to speak of “happy” marriages. We say they look so “happy” together. We wish for a couple on their wedding day a “happy” marriage. This is not bad.  I certainly want to be happy.  I want my kids to have happy marriages.  I want the couples of our church to …

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