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The Stepford Syndrome
The power of porn may not just be its explicit content. It may also be its capacity to take the viewer into another world, a place where bodies and people are perfect, where imaginary lovers comply...
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He’s Just Not That Into Him
A book and subsequent film titled “He’s Just Not That Into You” looked at the phenomena of single women who find it hard to accept the fact that when a man doesn’t return phone calls, breaks promises...
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The Irrational Bible
“I have no more ability to believe — that the first people on earth were a couple named Adam and Eve that lived 6,000 years ago. I have no ability to believe that there was a flood that covered all the...
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Robin Williams and the Dark Plunge
(I’m reposting this message with a few updates in light of the Robin Williams tragedy, hoping it can be of use to anyone suffering from depression, or to anyone who loves someone affected by it.) “— a...
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Something Weird Under My T-Shirt
We’re so often clueless about what’s really going on with the people we know. Over twenty years ago I was speaking at a conference in Canada, my wife traveling with me, both of us staying in a...
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Keeping it Real
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many part.” -Poem by Shakespeare Believe it or not, that...
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What the Wounded Wife Has to Say
If I knew falling in love would hurt this much I would have rather fallen into a ditch, and maybe I would be healed by now. -Evans Macharia When a man sexually betrays his wife, his ability...
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Thinking it Through
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;...
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Priceless
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife — -1Peter 3:7 I’m sure I know my wife better than anyone else could know her, which I get no props for....
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Jesus and Same-Sex Marriage
Recent well-publicized developments are causing many Christians to re-examine their position on homosexuality. A newly-formed group called Evangelicals for Marriage Equality is dedicated to creating...
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The Minimalist
“Men do not differ much about what things they call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” - G. K. Chesterton Over the years I’ve seen too many Christian husbands in...
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The Intimate Enemy
“Husbands, love your wives”, Paul admonishes in Colossians 3:19. Well, we’ve heard that before, but then he adds an interesting challenge: “—and be not bitter towards them.” Hmmm. As a former Pharisee,...
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Amazing Grays
Our local paper ran a feature story awhile back, written by a self-identified evangelical Christian and titled “There is Something in the Air. Can You Feel It? Grace.” Great start. Nothing turns me on...
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Beware the Grudge
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. ~ Ruth Bell Graham Even on the best of football teams, fumbles happen. Or passes get poorly thrown, or missed, or someone rushes. But the players...
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Surveying the Damage
I’m somewhat OK with admitting my sin. It’s clearly not my favorite thing to do, but I will if I have to. Examining its impact is another matter. I’d much rather just say “I’m sorry” and move on,...
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The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 1 of a 5-Part Series
Six years ago I wrote an article on transsexualism – a person’s identification with the opposite sex (“I’m a woman in a man’s body”) or the act of surgically or cosmetically living as if you were a...
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“If I Have To”
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a willing heart.” -II Chronicles 25:2 This isn’t what we usually hear. Most descriptions of Judah or Israel’s kings are either...
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When Darkness Lost
“And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” -John 1:5 Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost causes. I’ve been one myself, and I’ve known plenty of others. Some of us...
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A Puppy in the Aftermath
Of course I’m zoned out, aren’t you? Yesterday’s carbs have fully kicked in, and that alone constitutes a Christmas hangover. But there’s so much more contributing to what I often call the Aftermath,...
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“My Husband’s Not Gay”– Appreciation, Concerns, and Random Thoughts
Update: Tomorrow, January 14, I will be discussing this on-air with radio host Kevin Bolling on his show Knowing the Truth. To hear the show tomorrow, click here It was pretty bold of The Learning...
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