October, 2014

• 4 October

  “The Terrible Twos” and My New Gray Hairs

  

  Recently our merely two year old has entered into a new developmental phase in his life; the one known as “The Terrible Twos”. Out of our four children, I have never seen a case in our household this bad. The screaming, kicking, yelling and all out “NOOOO!” are an added ...

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• 4 October

  Living In Safety

  

  In American, Christianity remains a safe choice for most everyone.  It is not so in other areas of our world where refusing to reject Christianity costs your life.  In our safety, we assume we would stand in the face of persecution.  That is a deception the enemy would like us ...

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• 3 October

  Substituting Holidays For Your Kids

  

  Should you or should you not allow your kids to celebrate Halloween? Of course our young ones are eyeing that beautiful Elsa or sleek Batman costume! However, this is a very controversial issue in the church since Halloween represents something much deeper at it’s core. I’m not here to try ...

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• 3 October

  19 Kids and Counting, Part Two

  

  Click here if you missed: 19 Kids and Counting, Part One Last Friday we began talking about 19 Kids and Counting, a reality show on TLC centered around the Duggars of Arkansas who have 19 children (to date), and the very harsh comments aimed at them that are posted on ...

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• 3 October

  Religious Rights In Public Schools

  

  We hear a lot about religious expression in our public schools. There is much confusion about it, not on the part of students but with faculty and administrators. In short, many of them need to do some homework. In this article I am going to cite two sources that will ...

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• 3 October

  Bonus Blessings

  

  We know that blessings follow obedience but sometimes the blessings come in especially unique ways. God has a way of adding a little extra icing on the cake, so to speak.

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• 3 October

  Valuing Our Rights

  

  What do we value these days? Just about everything we hear or read indicates that we value – ourselves, our time, our rights (or what we believe to be our rights.) We value our privacy and our property. – Evidently, we value ‘our-selfies.’ We put a greater value on those ...

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• 3 October

  Don’t Fret, It’s Just A Season

  

  Autumn, blessed autumn.  If I could, I would gather in the earthy smell of the wet leaves while embracing their unique colors as they pirouette gracefully to the ground.  I’d take endless walks in the crisp, invigorating morning dews and damps giving relief to frosty fingers with my warm breath.  ...

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• 2 October

  Who am I?

  

  A child of the 70s, the worn-out phrase “I need to find myself,” makes me cringe. Yet in those words—often used to justify selfishness and indulge in sin—lies a truth we cannot deny. It is a truth we do not want to deny for the doorway to finding ourselves is ...

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• 2 October

  A Family Makeover

  

  There are many programs on television that feature house makeovers. An older house or one that is in poor condition is completely restored. People go to great expense to have this done, sometimes exceeding their budget to have it just the way they want it. In reference to this the ...

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