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Six Questions – Here are six questions that will “radically change your marriage.” That may be over-stating the case a wee little bit, but they are still well worth asking.

Destroy Your Marriage Before It Begins – This article offers four different ways Satan will seek to destroy your marriage before it even begins.

Mysteries of Air Travel – Here are answers to a few of your questions about air travel.

Horrible, Glorious, Allowable – “Here are three categories. One, the obviously horrible. Two, the obviously glorious. Three, the in-between kinda sorta okay allowable. Where does your church draw the line of acceptability and unacceptability between those three categories? Specifically, the in-between kinda sorta okay allowable — is that acceptable or unacceptable within your church culture?”

Science of Introversion and Extroversion – You know there has to be some science somewhere in introversion and extroversion. This article covers it well.

Cohabitation Is Stalling – Cohabitation rates are stalling. That sounds like a good thing, but Russell Moore tells you why you may not want to get too excited quite yet.

Common Words – Here are the meanings behind common words you may find on food labels.

He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.

—B.B. Warfield

  • Disappointment

    The Practice of Accepting Disappointment

    One of the most important habits you can develop is the habit of accepting that life is full of disappointments. One of the best ways to grow in contentment is to accept the inevitability of discontentment. One of the ways you can be most joyful in life is to be realistic about life, to know…

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    A La Carte (October 28)

    A La Carte: How to steward money in marriage / Regrets in parenting / The temptation of temptation / Our common purpose / How much should Christians tithe? / Huge Kindle sale / and more.

  • Prayer for a Son

    A Father’s Prayer for His Son

    Every father knows the importance of praying for his children. Yet every father also knows that at times it can be difficult to know what to pray. I recently found a sweet prayer in an old book and thought I would share it with you, dad, so you can pray it for your son. Take…

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    Weekend A La Carte (October 26)

    A La Carte: Who are “the least of these?” / Where is Jordan Peterson on his spiritual journey? / A new Getty song / Christianity is not colonial / Reexamining sacramental life for Baptists / and more.

  • Free Stuff Fridays (Ligonier Ministries)

    This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Ligonier Ministries, who also sponsored the blog this week.  Are you saved? This is the ultimate question, but it won’t make much sense unless we’ve also asked ourselves what we need to be saved from. In a word, the answer is God. Ligonier Ministries is offering the ebook…

  • Bad Guys

    Could I Be One of the Bad Guys?

    Here is something I have been considering over the past few days: Every one of us acknowledges there is a lamentable lack of unity among Christians today. Yet none of us seems to consider that we ourselves may be the cause of that disunity, or at least contribute to it. In our minds, it is…