God is like a Hound of Heaven, deliberately, unperterbedly and unhurryingly pursuing us. His good and perfect love is terrifying!
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Spiritual Decluttering: Keep, Share, Toss
What spiritual junk have you tucked away? What rotten beliefs are you allowing to fester in the basement your soul? It’s time for spiritual decluttering!
The Partnership of Discipline and Deterrence In Parenting
When a young mom got on Facebook to ask for advice for her kids, the responses were almost universal: Deter the bad behavior. Reward the good behavior. What happened to discipline? Is discipline better than deterrence? Is it worse? In this post I explore the relationship between discipline and deterrence in parenting.
The Terrible, Very Bad, Beautiful and Glorious Truth of Christmas
I thought that when God and Satan stood in the old, broken down school-gym-in-the-sky and picked teams for the greatest competition in the world, God chose me because I was a great player. I was a shoo-in for the good guy team. But then I failed…miserably.
Purely Good Through and Through
God can see who we are. He knows the truth. He says we are righteous, through and through. And our behavior doesn’t change his truth.