A friend recently asked, "Is it a sin to eat bacon?" A debate raged in my mind. She knew that our family didn't eat pork, and I knew she didn't agree, but neither was she trying to be rude. She was asking what I honestly thought. On the other hand, her relatives worked for a major pork ... Read More about What’s So Bad about Bacon?
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When God Moves
Last November, my husband resigned his position as pastor of a small Baptist church in southern Minnesota. In the next few weeks, we'll be moving our family to a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, to start a new life. Our move has brought about a lot of questions, so I thought I'd write a post about ... Read More about When God Moves
Trusting My Righteous God
When I was little, I learned that righteousness means "without sin." As I've been studying my Bible, though, I'm learning that righteousness is actually a little closer to our word for "justice." It comes from the Hebrew word tsâdaq, and it means fair, just, or meet. "Meet" is an old way of ... Read More about Trusting My Righteous God
Out of Egypt
Someone recently noticed that I believe we should obey God's law, and she said, "If the law is still in place, then Christ died in vain." Is that true? Another friend asked, "How do you teach others to obey God's laws, yet still make it clear that these are practices that lead us to ... Read More about Out of Egypt
Reasons Not to Leave a Church
This is the fourth in my series on the Church, and we've already discussed three things: God doesn't want us to forsake assembling ourselves together with other believers each week. Read more... God is calling out believers unto Himself, from every tribe, nation, and language. This is the ... Read More about Reasons Not to Leave a Church
Meditation on Proverbs 3
Joshua told the people of Israel, "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful" (Joshua 1:8) Last week I studied what it means to be holy, set apart, and ... Read More about Meditation on Proverbs 3
Sibling Fighting Isn’t Funny
We've been talking about good character for several weeks now, but I wanted to start listing some specific ideas for teaching character to our children. I thought I'd start right where Jesus does: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God ... Read More about Sibling Fighting Isn’t Funny
Worship Acceptable to God
Today's long post is part of our series on teaching character to children. Next week I'll show why understanding worship is essential to teaching character. ~Anne I used to believe that worship was praise, singing, thinking about God and His attributes, sitting quietly and revering Him. ... Read More about Worship Acceptable to God
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