So a friend of mine shared a link via Facebook to this post by a homeschooling mom detailing her reasons that courtship is the ONLY Biblical way to pursue a godly marriage. It contains some of the most ludicrous claims and ruptured logic I’ve ever seen.
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The Blind Lead the Blind … Again…
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Quivering
All my life, but most especially over this last year, I have been amazed to discover what incredibly wonderful parents God has blessed me with. Some very dear friends of mine, who appear to be members of perfectly “normal” conservative Christian families, battle every day with trauma and scars from their upbringing. And I’m not [...]
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Can people really be so idiotic?
I randomly found this on some random person’s blog … and could not believe my ears. Please tell me that the people who believe or agree with this narrator are an endangered species, rapidly being replaced by rational thinkers and observers.
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Sin, Grace, Forgiveness, and Love
Are we happy plastic people under shiny plastic steeples With walls around our weakness and smiles that hide our pain? But if the invitation’s open to every heart that has been broken, Maybe then we’d close the curtain on our stained-glass masquerade. — Casting Crowns, Stained Glass Masquerade
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Genesis 6:1-4
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in [or "contend with"] man forever, for he is flesh: his [...]
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Be Thou My Vision
One of my all-time favorite hymns is Be Thou My Vision, an Irish hymn dating back to somewhere in the 700s. I love it, not only for the simple beauty of the music, but because the words are at once profound in their theology and challenging in their message. Every verse is a strong reminder [...]
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Of Arks and Arks
Just some random facts, figures, thoughts, and musings on Noah’s Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, and related topics …