A Good Husband's Guide
Men and women are always arguing over who has the tougher role to play. Obviously, it’s the other gender.
Leanne Bell offers an interesting take, called the Good Husband’s Guide. Refreshingly, she takes the men’s side of the argument.
In May of 1955, a magazine called Housekeeping Monthly ran a short point-form article called ”The …
The Earth is the Lord's
In Calvinism Continued, Adam argues that it’s nonsense to suggest that all sin is really a sin against God.
A Christian might also suggest that all sins are sins against God, not men – but that is simply nonsense. Whosoever harms me, harms me (a better argument is the idea that God wants you …
Visiting Sin to the Third and Fourth Generation
John Piper offers some helpful insight on some confusing Bible passages.
Does God visit the sins of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation? Some texts seem to say he does and others seem to say he doesn’t. Our job is to figure out the sense in which he does …
The Problem of Pride and the Difficulty of Humility
Tim Keller writes about humility.
We are on slippery ground because humility cannot be attained directly. Once we become aware of the poison of pride, we begin to notice it all around us. We hear it in the sarcastic, snarky voices in newspaper columns and weblogs. We see it in civic, cultural, and business …
We Put the Girl in the Window
This story just breaks my heart. A 7-year old girl who was so neglected that she became a ”feral child” — completely unable to relate to other people, process emotions, or relate to the world.
”I’ve been in rooms with bodies rotting there for a week and it never stunk that bad,” Holste said …
Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places
A woman feels trapped in a loveless marriage. She goes online and starts chatting with ”Prince of Joy”. His compassion, tenderness shine through even as he describes his own loveless marriage. After several months of talking, they decide to meet in her person. Each will carry one rose. Imagine her surprise when she shows up …
Learning the Tricks of Children
Babies not as innocent as they pretend | Science | Earth | Telegraph
Dr Reddy said: ”Fake crying is one of the earliest forms of deception to emerge, and infants use it to get attention even though nothing is wrong. You can tell, as they will then pause while they wait to hear if …
What Is Idolatry?
Pastor Tim Keller describes sin and idolatry.
Sin isn’t only doing bad things, it is more fundamentally making good things into ultimate things. Sin is building your life and meaning on anything, even a very good thing, more than on God. Whatever we build our life on will drive us and enslave us. Sin …
The Effects of Sin
Several weeks ago, Pastor John Piper preached a message entitled The Triumph of the Gospel in the New Heavens and the New Earth. I started listening to it yesterday. One portion in particular really caught my attention. I’m guilty of not taking sin anywhere near as seriously as it should be taken. This message really …
Prostitution: Different from Adultery?
Earlier this week, Reason Magazine columnist Cathy Young asked why is it still illegal to pay for sex?
Yet prostitution is perhaps the ultimate victimless crime: a consensual transaction in which both parties are supposedly committing a crime, and the person most likely to be charged—the one selling sex—is also the one most likely …