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5 Questions to Consider Before Leaving Your Church
There may be times where it is most appropriate for an individual or a family to leave their church. For ...
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The 4 S’s of Parenting
As a youth minister, it was super easy to identify where the parents of the teenagers were going wrong. If ...
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Christians, Yoga Pants, & Lust
I'm a bit late to the conversation, as usual. Apparently there was a ruckus in the Christian sub-culture regarding a ...
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Study Retreat at the Lake
We arrived at our friend's lake house late Sunday night after church. After the first two days Steph and I have been blessed with time to rest, talk, swim, pray, read, and study.I covet your prayers as I am preparing ...
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Long and Fruitful Week
I just completed my first I-Term ever, which was awesome and I should have been doing my entire seminary career. One week of class, a paper following, and then 3 hours of credit! This week I took a class called ...
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Praising Her in the Gates (or on a blog)
Words/Phrases that describe my dear wife:BeautifulStrongCapableCreativeLaughterMotherBraveThankless JobJoyful ServantReaderBloggerInnovativeThoughtfulSupportiveHotttttt ;-)GodlyHumbleFriendCompanionWittyPatientHard-workingForgivingGenerousGreat CookFunFaithfulBargain-HunterInquisitive ThinkerBrilliantSteph, I love you! Happy Mother's Day! ...
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Be a Kinder Calvinist – From DesiringGod.org
Be a Kinder CalvinistBy: Abraham PiperMy wife and I were fighting—the kind where after 30 seconds you forget what you're fighting about and you just end up being mean. It doesn't take long in an argument like this to feel ...
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Checkers vs. Chess
The following is an article that I wrote for Convergence Ministries:I prefer checkers to chess. I know chess is considered by many to be the more mature game of the two, but checkers doesn’t require as much thought or strategy ...
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JOINTogether4RA
We recently met some new friends here in Brenham and they are great. Andy and Gabriele recently moved down from Oklahoma. Recently Gabriele was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, which is a horrific disease. However, rather than be defeated they decided ...
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“CASE!!!!!”
The other day Steph was calling me from the bathroom as she was giving Braelyn a bath, because she needed something. It took me a second to respond, so then I heard a smaller, younger voice yell, "Case!!!" Since that ...
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Summer Olympics
With the Summer Olympics right around the corner, I thought I'd offer this helpful tool.Meters to Feet conversionEnter MetersValue in Feet provided by metric conversions ...
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