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by Yalanda Merrell Thinking back to my college years, I’m reminded of . . .  long nights staying up late […]

by Larry Barker, Director of North American Church Planting Lately, whenever I go into a gas station someone is always […]

1 – Because love is patient “Love is patient,” (1 Corinthians 13:4).   Anyone else think “ouch” Yeah, my hand would […]

Matthew chapter 17 has the account of Jesus with Peter, James and John on the Mount of Transfiguration. While they […]

Pornography is a deadly mistress. She stands poised with promises, willing and ready at a moment’s notice. She strikes unexpectedly, […]

Pornography addiction is most assuredly an androgynous affair, but for men in particular, the stimulus from pornography activates parts of […]

I hate static.  Not like the kind that makes your clothes cling to you. I’m talking about static on the […]

Act II: A Gift From God You Don’t Want (Numbers 11:4-20) In Act I we defined covetousness in four parts. Covetousness […]

First Timothy 6:6-10 says, ”But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing […]

My imagination ran wild…What if my friends or the kids got too close to the edge? What would happen then? And how far down was it?

Dr. Spock. Neuropsychology. Behavior modification. Brain science. Energy profiling (huh??).  With the plethora of books, blogs, and methods on parenting […]

CGenesis 1:1 says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. We often read the familiarity of […]

I hate static.  Not like the kind that makes your clothes cling to you.  I’m talking about static on the […]

There are countless voices in our culture ringing through the air with definitions of what men should be like in […]

In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]

Every time I see that phrase tweeted or represented in a pretty meme of some kind, I want to yell, […]

“I never dreamed” when I was a teen that my lifelong best friend would be murdered while sleeping in bed.  […]

Eighteen years…Eighteen years and two months to be exact. That should have been plenty of time to prepare for what […]