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‘American Sniper’ Lives Up to Its Buzz
Rolling Stone magazine said it takes a bite out of you, and that pretty well sums it up. American Sniper isn’t a film you’ll enjoy, but it’s one you can respect, even if you do leave the theater...
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The Angry Wife
It seems nothing works with her. A kind word is met with a rebuff. Touching and lovemaking are out of the question. Any little thing (or nothing at all) seems to set her off, and she’s willing to...
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Of Headship and Headaches
In the classic movie farce Some Like It Hot, Jack Lemmon, disguised as a woman, dances a tango with a gent who thinks Lemmon’s a lady, and a lovely one at that. But the man has one complaint. “You’re...
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We Who Are Seen
“And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, “Thou God seest me” For she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?” – Genesis 16:13 Hagar isn’t the most sympathetic of Bible...
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The Confident Heart
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. (I John 3:20-21) John says, in the verse...
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The Compartmentalizer
“If you follow a universal principle, it positively impacts all areas of your life. Universal principles don’t compartmentalize.” -Steve Pavlina Year after year, I hear wives agonize over the choices...
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Staying Power
“By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We’re like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we do not go without arguments and, as I call them, fights, and heartache...
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Unmasked in Marriage
Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon – is this what you wanted to see? Curse you, you little lying Delilah! You little viper Now you cannot ever be free! -The Phantom once he’s...
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What About Bruce Jenner?
I’m a logician. No matter how wrong I am, I can always convince myself I am right. -Jarod Kintz Last night’s interview between Diane Sawyer and Bruce Jenner didn’t include too many surprises. After...
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Beware the Grudge
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. -Ruth Bell Graham On the best of football teams fumbles happen, and passes are either poorly thrown or missed. Someone is always messing up. But...
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“How Do I Know He’s Getting Better?” Five Things to Look for When a Man Says...
Men pretty regularly come into our offices because they’ve let themselves get involved with the use of porn, or an affair, or some other sort of adulterous behavior, and their wives have insisted they...
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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. Porn’s a place where bodies and people are perfect, where imaginary lovers...
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Reparative Therapy: How Does it Work, What does it Achieve?
Should I go up one flight of stairs and then come back down, or should I go down one flight of stairs and then come back up? Same destination, same distance, same amount of work, but two different...
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Wanted: Dead but Alive
“I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” – Romans 5:1 Some guys reach a...
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Grace and Frankie: What’s So Funny? (A Joint Post by Joe and Renee Dallas)
“’He is making a joke, no,’ Will said. ‘But he likes to think he is making a joke, yes.” – John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja We’re think laughing at someone’s pain is nothing more than petty...
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Your Name, Your Impact
“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” – Charles Spurgeon...
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Husbands
Renee and I will celebrate 28 years together this August. I like to see our marriage as its own entity, commenting on its development as it grows, as though it were a child. So on our first anniversary...
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Messaging my Mate
You cannot not communicate. That’s the first thing our Interpersonal Communications professor taught us, and I’ve come to believe he’s right. Your words, tone and demeanor are always messaging, and...
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Now What? Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil’s hour; we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed...
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Unconquered
“And they did not drive out the Canaanites — ” -Joshua 16:10 I get some much-needed prodding when I read the Book of Joshua. It is, among other things, a great study in battle strategies, leadership...
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