Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
We are the only country that celebrates Christmas the longest, regardless of the economy. We give the Season much weight. Whereas, traditionally, the English greeting was “Merry Christmas and a…
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
The year 2020 has really been unprecedented. A friend asked, “How can one explain how God allows suffering if he were a good god?” There are much more difficult questions,…
Walk On Water
The year 2020, has had its challenges and the coming year 2021, is rife with uncertainty, fear, negative emotions, and self-doubts. Without denying the facts, we’d rather walk by faith…
Stir You Up
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.1 The mind is a peculiar thing. It can easily be distracted and swayed in the wrong…
Stripped Away
The year 2020 is about to end; it went like a blur. Many even would rather that it didn’t occur; if only restart where possible? For many, 2020 had figuratively…
Kerannumi
The town of Austin, Minnesota is known as "Spamtown, USA." George A. Hormel founded his namesake slaughterhouse and meatpacking facility there in 1891. Housewives in the late '30s soon grew…
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How To Boil a Frog
By nature we are adverse to change. Edward Wheeler Scripture recounted this conclusion in The New Psychology (1897): "a live frog can actually be boiled without a movement if the water is heated…
Be Attentive!
Am amazed by trained dogs—reminds me of my own German shepherd that I received as a gift after Grade School. The basic step in training is to first get her…
Mirror Image
Last week, we dealt with the wives on the issue of submission, quoting from Ephesians; today, we turn to the husbands, likewise quoting from Ephesians—This mystery is profound, and I…
Walk
Stella and I have been privileged to walk engaged couples through a study called the Blueprint for Marriage, a biblical standard for God’s design on marriage. Often we need to…