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Paul's teachings found in Ephesians 5 have long been used to communicate that wives (and therefore women) are positionally beneath their husbands (and therefore men), as God has placed man as the "head of the household".
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Monday, April 7, 2025 by Phil
Idolatry. The word just sounds rustic. Ancient. It brings to mind images of giant golden statues of animals surrounded by people in robes and other period attire. It
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Friday, April 4, 2025 by Phil
Last week, I posted about my prior soul (and Bible and lots of other) searching about strategically raising children who don’t enter adulthood weighed down by body
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 by Phil
My wife has quirks as much as I do, but sometimes you must dig a little deeper for hers. And hers are often far more interesting and unanticipated. Which means sometimes you
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Saturday, March 29, 2025 by Phil
Stigma & Menace S&M, or sadism and masochism, has developed a heavy reputation for creeps with superiority complexes, emotionally challenged women in leather, and a
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 by Phil
Song of Songs 1:12 KJV: While the king sitteth at his table, / My spikenard sends forth the smell thereof. NIV: While the king was at his table, / My perfume spread its
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Sunday, March 23, 2025 by Phil
Prior to writing the Latin Vulgate, St. Jerome was so haunted by sexual fantasies of “bands of dancing girls” he was unable to quench his own “fires of
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Thursday, March 20, 2025 by Phil
The first word Paul uses in his 1 Corinthians 6:9 list of kingdom-noninheritors is pornos, a word translated as “fornicators” in the NASB and KJV and as the
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Monday, March 17, 2025 by Phil
One of the most interesting facets of the Song of Songs runs deeper than its rampant sexuality, stretches further than its rich symbolism, and reaches higher than a man
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Friday, March 14, 2025 by Phil
When I was younger and really starting to pray about my future wife, someone recommended that I follow the advice of Habakkuk 2:2 and write out my vision of what I wanted in
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025 by Phil
I played video games throughout my childhood, but it wasn’t until high school when I was truly hooked. I started a game and was greeted by a lady in a pink dress,
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Saturday, March 8, 2025 by Phil
In Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, he offers a lot of tough but encouraging words of instruction regarding how to live life. Within these few chapters, he
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025 by Phil
The Catechism of the Catholic Church reads, “A child does not come from outside as something added on to the mutual love of the spouses, but springs from the
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Sunday, March 2, 2025 by Phil
There’s a question that sits at the back of minds all around the Western world. It’s far more finite than “Why are we here?” and it’s more
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Thursday, February 27, 2025 by Phil
Ultimately, the breasts are for babies, and they do this wonderful plumping like Ball Park franks when they do their work. And as they do, their beauty expands accordingly. Yet this is not the narrow scope of sex appeal, per se.
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Monday, February 24, 2025 by Phil
Dôdi reclined on a blanket with his new bride in his arms. Raya was four days out of the veil he’d removed on the night of their wedding, but she still wore the
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Friday, February 21, 2025 by Phil
The lower half of her legs glistened with lavender-scented oil as she regarded me. “Are you sure?” she asked, her eyes narrowing slightly but not in any sort of
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025 by Phil
A non-Christian friend recently commented to me that he just couldn’t get past Christianity’s requirement to pick one person to have sex with for the rest of your
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Saturday, February 15, 2025 by Phil
In my youth, I took the teachings of church culture as gospel, even if they didn't sit right. Now, I openly face the hard questions that challenge my faith.
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Sunday, February 9, 2025 by Phil
Unfortunately, glass has a two-way quality. With two-story houses that can see over our privacy fence behind us, this poses a quandary. You see, generally, we're pretty "clothing optional" about things
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 by Phil
