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Ashley Madison and the Secrets of Your Soul
AshleyMadison.com is in the news. If you hadn’t heard, it’s the go-to website for married folks interested in a “discreet encounter”. The tagline is “Life is short. Have an affair,” and in the fine print, it says, “Ashley Madison is the most recognized and reputable married dating company.” (By the way, you’re supposed to laugh out loud at the Continue reading
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Pray for Me
I don’t think I usually ask the church to pray for me. And maybe that’s just…dumb. Oh, I’ll fill in the Friendship Register at church with a prayer request sometimes, though the pace of the service and my responsibilities keep me from it many weekends. But I don’t think I turn to fellow brothers and Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood and the Second Coming
Anyone who considers himself a sinner should be glad for the many pictures of Gentle Jesus in Scripture. For instance… “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will Continue reading
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Pray This Prayer…
2 Thessalonians chapter 1 has a prayer that I have been praying off and on for over 2 decades: To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of Continue reading
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Eating Pizza With Jesus
One Sunday night, early on in my college days at the University of Illinois, when University Food Service was closed up tight and friends were scarce and my roommate was gone, I ordered a pizza which I determined to “eat with Jesus.” That’s about all I can say about that evening, except that I remember sitting across from the pizza Continue reading
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Longing For Another World
A slight melancholy fills the Knowlton home lately. Last Wednesday we drove to Three Lakes and dropped off Elisabeth at Honey Rock camp for “Passage”, Wheaton College’s adventure-based orientation program for first year students. After camp on Thursday, a bus will take her to campus where we will meet again and unload the paraphernalia for her Continue reading
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It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
If you were watching TV in the 1980’s, surely you remember the Old Milwaukee commercials where the guys were sitting around the campfire drinking that mediocre beer and saying, “Fellas, it just doesn’t get any better than this.” My recent trip around YouTube tells me that there have been some fine parodies made since that time, Continue reading
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Carrying a Bible in Your Car? Weirdo.
Years ago, when I led the Single adult ministry at Harvest Bible Chapel, one Friday night a man named Dave showed up at our ministry. He was clearly hurting, and when I found an opportunity to chat with him before the night was out, he told a tale of woe – his fiancée Amy had just Continue reading
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All My Sin Has Been Paid For – Why Not Live Anyway I Please?
Some people say that the good news of the gospel is…too good. Ever since the Apostle Paul preached, this gospel has been under attack with an old chestnut that goes something like this: “If salvation is a free gift, then let’s live any way we choose!” Or as Paul himself said in Romans 6:1, shall we “continue in Continue reading
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Finish What You (and the Lord) Started
Last summer Diane and I were part of a wedding in Milwaukee and stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast in the city. When we arrived at our lodgings that evening, the host and hostess, a husband and wife team, were wonderful people, very friendly, and it didn’t take too long for us to establish that they Continue reading
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