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Dedicated to the legacy of bold thinking Christianity through the writings of George MacDonald and Michael Phillips.
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Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019
6 min
How do we define "manage?" What does it mean to manage a household? The word is fraught with misunderstanding.
Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019
6 min
Hospitality as commanded of Christians in the New Testament does not mean throwing cocktail and dinner parties.
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019
6 min
If it is a cliche to say that the family is under attack, it is because it is so desperately true. These are perilous times for the values that hold marriage and the family together. The assault is not primarily one of ideas, as important as that is, it is an attack against relationships.
Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
6 min
If husbands have to recognize servanthood rather than authority as the foundation of their role, where does a wife's half of the servanthood equation begin?
Apr 9, 2019
Apr 9, 2019
6 min
Authority and submission, as they apply to masculine and feminine roles in marriage, were among the most discussed and argued about topics consuming the evangelical church during the 1970s.
Apr 4, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
6 min
It has almost become a cliche in our time to declare that, "the institution of marriage is under attack." It is a cliche because it is true. An all out ware is on the destroy marriage as Christians understand it.
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
6 min
Though we have taken the two letters to the Thessalonians as our starting point for the next series of commands, Paul does not directly address home and family issues to a great extent in those letters. Most of his family-specific commands come later, notably in Ephesians and Colossians as well as, interestingly, in the letters to the two single men, Timothy and Titus.
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 28, 2019
6 min
In now climaxing this series of "Turn from sin" commands, we recognize that it would have been equally appropriate to have begun with the conscience as with the admonition to repent.
Mar 26, 2019
Mar 26, 2019
5 min
We are familiar with the saying, "Confession is good for the soul." There is little doubt that confession is cleansing. Yet why does confession make us feel better?
Mar 21, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
6 min
This sounds like a command straight out of the Old Testament. What came to your mind when you read the words--a crucifix on the wall, a statuette, a golden calf, a revered object such as people have been falsely worshipping for thousands of years? However, here we're talking about idols of another kind.