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The ABC’s of Marriage (Part 3)
Dating was so easy, but marriage seems so hard. At least that’s what appears to be the consensus. I continue to hear that marriage is hard work. I’d have to disagree with that sentiment. What is actually being said is that apologizing is hard. Submitting to the ideas of another is hard. Missing a must-see […]
Continue readingThe ABC’s of Marriage, Part 2
Let’s continue looking at 26 principles to help your marriage go to another level. Of course, you will need to hang with me for all 26 letters of the alphabet since the letter Z represents a real game changer. Trust me on that one. Today let’s look at a few more letters. E – Eros. […]
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Summer time is a popular time for weddings. Lots of planning, preparation, stress, and details to work out. Without a doubt a couple tends to put more time into planning a wedding than they do their marriage. Now I totally understand. In one sense they assume they are completely ready for what’s coming. Unfortunately that […]
Continue readingUlterior Motives
What if we could all just admit right up front that at least once in our lifetime we had ulterior motives? Ok. Now we can talk. In 1940 a film version of the book The Grapes of Wrath hit the big screen. The movie was about the downside of living during the Great Depression and […]
Continue readingHow’s Your Love Life?
This summer I will be officiating three weddings. During premarital counseling, the topic of love always surfaces. Is love simply a feeling, or is it an action — something you do? What does love look like? I Corinthians 13 gives a pretty good definition. 1. Love is patient. 2. Love is kind. 3. Love does not envy. […]
Continue readingLost and Found
A while back I lost my driver’s license. First time that has ever happened to me. No big deal, right? After all, how many times have I had to pull it out and show it to a police officer in the last two decades? None. Actually the only time I need to pull out my […]
Continue readingBeware of Rabbit-Foot Theology!
We have all done it. Somewhere in the back of our minds we start thinking that if we do such and such God is then obligated to answer our prayer or come through for us. In short, if we do our part, then God cannot let us down. Otherwise He will not look so good. […]
Continue readingSaying “No” is Crucial
As life moves forward at the speed of light I have found that the natural tendency is to say yes and add, add, and add some more. When football season arrives that has to get added in. That’s Saturday, Sunday, Monday night, and Thursday night. Then there is more reading and more meetings and more […]
Continue readingBe the Bigger Person
GUEST POST This is a guest post by my 17-year-old son, Gabe Henderson. He’s in 11th grade and wrote this article for a school assignment. His interests include skiing and golf, and he runs a Minecraft server in his spare time. Have you ever wanted to do something big, but all you get are little […]
Continue readingEncouragement: Antidote to a Quitter Culture
One of the inevitabilities of life and the ministry is that people will abandon you. Not everyone will go the distance with you. The fact is, we live in a quitter culture. People walk away from their jobs, their spouses, their new year’s resolutions, and their churches. Near the end of the apostle Paul’s ministry […]
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