Nov 21
We did a marriage retreat this past weekend with a local church. It was lots of fun and we hope a great blessing to the couples who attended. I wanted to share one concept that seemed to resonate with the couples regarding the sexual relationship. We come into marriage with various expectations. It seems that …
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Nov 19
As I mentioned in a previous post, we recently bought a 20 acre farm in Graves County, Kentucky. I thought some might find it interesting to know why we did such. We thought through the decision over a period of time and continue to establish our goals and aims with the purchase. This post is …
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Oct 18
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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Oct 15
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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Oct 06
“Whatever you wish that others would do for you, do also for them.” The golden rule, which comes from the teachings of Jesus in the sermon on the mount (Mat. 7:12), revolutionizes relationships when put into practice. However, I think we often misapply it when it comes to meeting the emotional and physical needs of …
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Sep 22
In the last post I shared some suggestions for children and their Bibles. In this post I want to share some of our experiences and make some book recommendations. Bibles I mentioned in the last post that you should get a child a Bible they can read. This link gives you the graded reading level …
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Sep 19
I wanted to share some thoughts on Bibles and kids in the next two posts. In this post, I will make some general suggestions for you to consider. In the next post, I will share some of our experiences with various Bible versions and story books. Some Suggestions Get your children a Bible and require …
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Sep 18
Some Eye Opening Statistics Being the father of four children, I have spent a few days in the maternity ward. I have been to enough maternity appointments and lived in this world long enough to know that not all babies are being born into a two parent family joined in the commitment of marriage. I …
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Sep 12
Over the last couple of weeks I have watched these two videos and just had to share them with you. The first is one that Amanda showed me. She first saw it in a lecture at Polishing the Pulpit. We had a good laugh watching it together; not that we could relate :). In …
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Sep 11
Our family finally gave into the encouragement of friends and went to PtP this year. Polishing the Pulpit is a gathering of over 3000 Christians in Sevierville, TN (Gatlinburg area). Here is their website for more information. I want to share our experience as a first time family attending and also some reasons that held …
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