Posted in Family on Jul 24th, 2006 No Comments »
Here is an article from Marriedlife on Marriage and Romance. Husbands, please consider marital romance as a continuance of your passion for your wife. The longer you are married, the more romantic you should become. Why should romance be a thing of the past. But admittedly, romance requires intentionality and desire, [...]
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Posted in Family, Resources on Jul 13th, 2006 1 Comment »
If you’re married, you must read Marriedlife, Covenant Life Church’s blog on marriage. It is excellent and is worth looking at frequently as a reminder of how to live the Gospel life in our marriages. Here’s a sample post from one of the articles called , “JudgeNot: Your Spouse (Bad Moves and Backpeddaling):
Men, [...]
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Posted in Family on Jul 6th, 2006 2 Comments »
This might not mean much for those outside of the PCA and the Bay Area, but City Church SF is leaving the PCA. I have known a couple of former associate pastors from City Church and so it saddens me to hear of this move, especially over the issue of women’s ordination. While [...]
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Posted in Family on Jul 6th, 2006 2 Comments »
I need to quote Bob Kauflin one more time on this subject because he makes some great points:
Clearly, in both Old and New Testaments, God expects our bodies to reflect our heart’s desire to exalt his name and glory when we meet together. He gives us various ways that please him, one of the most [...]
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Posted in Family on Jul 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »
As I was driving home tonight, I was listening to the BBC and the report described a banker who wrote this scathing email to his colleagues. The email lacked any sort of decorum and grace. It was obvious that this person constructed this email without too much thought, as the report analyzed. [...]
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Let me first forewarn you that this article will be quite candid!
But I feel I must address this topic because I know there are many Christian woman who think about such things. I read this article on Today’s Christian Woman’s website entitled “Bigger Isn’t Always Better.” It describes the account of [...]
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Posted in Family on Jun 29th, 2006 No Comments »
So sorry for the long post layoff. Our church has been holding VBS (Vacation Bible School for our kids). It’s been really fun but much work. If you want to see the videos from it, you can click here. I’ll be posting next week again, to continue my Roman Catholic series. [...]
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Justin Taylor has a great post on the possiblities for adoption. Many Christians believe they do not have the resources to adopt children. But he lists many different ministries, grants, no-interest loans that help believers in Christ to adopt. Please consider this especially in light of you own adoption as a son [...]
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Posted in Family on Jun 15th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve been reading this wonderful book by John Owen. His insights are quite extraordinary. Here is one example of the fight against sin by our own natural will and strength:
This is the saddest warfare that any poor creature can be engaged in. A soul under the power of conviction from the law [...]
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Posted in Family on Jun 7th, 2006 No Comments »
Something that Pastor Ed at the Men’s Retreat this past weekend really struck me, “Jesus is the perfect man that we must model ourselves after.� I think that struck me because I never thought about that actually, regardless of how true that statement is. When thinking of the model man, I was thinking [...]
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