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The tangle of limbs, the heat of skin on skin, it's great. And so it remained until my wife peed on a stick one day. Now, my most comfortable state was in question. I knew what newlyweds did. We were good at that. But I didn't know what parents did. So, I dug deeper.
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Friday, February 23, 2024 by Phil
Aside from Jesus, do we see the New Testament authors and influencers participating in or instructing us to preach hell?
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024 by Phil
Note that this post contains words that may offend certain readers. If you’re offended by these words, feel free to skip reading this post and move on to less offensive
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Saturday, February 17, 2024 by Phil
Mobile technology has revolutionized modern living. That might just be the understatement of the year. World changers have been coming rapidly in recent years when compared
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024 by Phil
It seems silly to comment on prison food, but you'd be surprised. There's a lot to be said about the overall experience.
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 by Phil
Merriam-Webster lists eight distinct definitions for “family”, and five of the eight relate specifically to people. It’s not a simple concept in denotative
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Thursday, February 8, 2024 by Phil
The lavender fog had followed us into the bedroom. I hadn’t been here since I filled a duffle bag with clothes and moved out. The unnatural tragedy of that day still
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Monday, February 5, 2024 by Phil
Consent is part of public discourse now. I have known what it is to be a victim. Recently, though, I've realized that I have also been a sexual predator.
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Friday, February 2, 2024 by Phil
I’m **talking about politics** as much as religion in this series. At least on the surface. Feel free to move along to something more innocuous (like [dwarf
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024 by Phil
In the bedroom (and in the rest of the world), one of the most useful knots to know is the slip knot. It's extremely easy to do — in fact, it's so simple it's the only one I remember from my scouting days — and is highly versatile. Some of our other How-To posts call for slip knots, so it might be helpful to know.
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Saturday, January 27, 2024 by Phil
Song of Songs 4:14-15 KJV: Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; / Camphire, with spikenard, / Spokenard and saffron; / Calamus and cinnamon, with
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 by Phil
Realizing I live in a big, complex universe (and I serve an infinite God) challenged my black-and-white, linear, Evangelical thinking.
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Sunday, January 21, 2024 by Phil
Song of Songs 4:13a KJV: Thy plants are an orchard NIV: Your plants are an orchard NASB: Your shoots are an orchard At a glance, by itself, this verse and the following one
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Thursday, January 18, 2024 by Phil
Truth #6 – Health is my most healthy goal. In a letter to his pupil, the apostle Paul offered some insight into the nature of health (1 Timothy 4:8, NIV): For physical
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Monday, January 15, 2024 by Phil
I take a systematic, methodical approach when confronting boundaries (or assessing any potential truth) because it produces reliable results. I've adapted John Wesley's quadrilateral to this task, since my personal boundaries are essentially doctrine or truth applied to me personally.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 by Phil
This story depicts a culture drastically different from modern America and much of the Western world. It tells of a people with social stigmas and taboos that almost seem an
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 by Phil
It wasn’t that long ago when a man with tattoos would be shunned by society at large and likely barred from most churches. Today, getting ink done is far more widely
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by Phil
One of the great things about living where we do is the storms that come through in the spring. They’re not all warm fuzzies of course. There’s occasional deadly
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Sunday, December 31, 2023 by Phil
I have a problem. You see, my wife has always been really sexy. Now, this might not sound like a problem to you, but hear me out. Throughout our relationship, I have been
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Friday, December 22, 2023 by Phil
Song of Songs 5:1c KJV: I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; NIV: I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; NASB: I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; A fair amount of
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Saturday, December 16, 2023 by Phil
