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A lot of the problems teens find themselves in, happen in a friend’s house. As a parent, it’s hard to determine if your child will always make the right choice. You may raise good kids, but peer pressure sometimes causes them to make bad decisions. It makes sense to train ...
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August, 2015
- 10 August
Glory: Heavier Than the Weight of the World on Your Shoulders
The Hebrew word for glory comes from the root word kabad, meaning: “to be heavy, to be honored, to be made heavy, be honored, enjoy honor, be made abundant, to get oneself glory or honor, gain glory.” Oddly, that doesn’t resonate with our typical translation of glory when we read ...
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The Darkness of the Disney Dynasty
Disney hiring pedophiles in their top positions . . . Disney as the largest shareholder in a porn channel on cable TV . . . is Disney really a purveyor of wholesome family entertainment? In their book Disney: the Mouse Betrayed: Greed, Corruption, and Children at Risk, authors Larry and ...
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The Great Big Book of Everything!
Have you fully comprehended the fact that the Bible has a scripture for everything? This statement is no exaggeration. Every issue we could ever have, and everything that affects our lives—whether relationship, money, love, work, family, and the likes—is addressed in the Bible, even matters such as homosexuality and incest. ...
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Sacrificial Love: Christ-like Love
Paul commanded us to love one another as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her. Jesus gave more than His life for us so we could be given eternal life in the Kingdom of God; He gave His life-giving blood that we may live. Jesus was much more ...
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#TMI: The Cost of Oversharing on Social Media
The results are in: 88 percent of social-media users ages 13 to 17 feel that people share too much personal information online. And 68 percent of those in the same age bracket (52 percent of teens overall) have experienced drama among their friends on social media.[1] But what constitutes “oversharing.” ...
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What on Earth is Grounding?
What could grounding possibly have to do with health? We have all heard of grounding as an electrical term. “Grounding” in the context of wellness and health refers to an electrical connection in the body that occurs while walking barefoot on the ground. It is also known as “earthing.” Through ...
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The Healthy Side of Judgment
“For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.” ~ Isaiah 33:22 Earlier this week, I sat on a panel of three as we interviewed potential job candidates. The job entails working in two different buildings, so both building ...
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Our Hope: Forgiving The Small Things
“I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more,” says the Lord. Hebrews 8:12 (NIV) We walk through our lives fighting the good fight. We do all we can to follow the Ten Commandments and Jesus’ request that we forgive others of any and all infractions against us, ...
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The Devastation of Good Intentions
The first year we lived here, the fig tree amazed me! The fruit was abundant and delicious … nothing like a dried fig. Late in the year, though, a pesky vine began weaving through the branches. Friends alerted me to the vine being poison oak. Logic told me, “Get rid ...
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