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Song of Songs 7:8d KJV: And the smell of thy nose like apples NIV: the fragrance of your breath like apples NASB: and the fragrance of your breath like apples Bad breath is
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 by Phil
In a theological discussion about the more relative aspects of sin and temptation, a friend once posed an unexpected question to me. In this, he postulated a scenario wherein
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Monday, November 13, 2023 by Phil
We’ve established that man and woman were created equal and that the “head of the household” label has more to do with responsibility and function than rank
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Friday, November 10, 2023 by Phil
Years ago, while helping a couple of young newlywed friends from church move, I accidentally knocked open a drawer on a bedside table, dumping its contents onto the floor.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by Phil
There is such a thing as heresy, and the Bible is very clear about how we should handle it. But maybe we're too trigger-happy with that label.
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Saturday, November 4, 2023 by Phil
The Pack Mule is the man a wife takes shopping with him to carry bags and nothing more. She might permit him to voice an opinion on an outfit or two, bit it's for his benefit, not hers. She's picked one specific outfit to let him see to confirm an already-made decision. His opinion doesn't really matter.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Phil
There's one aspect of this time of year that I fully appreciate: fog. In particular, I want to enjoy my wife while I enjoy the fog.
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Sunday, October 29, 2023 by Phil
I was reading in an old magazine and stumbled across an interesting tidbit. A survey and found something that gives me some hope. A majority of migraine sufferers reported
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Thursday, October 26, 2023 by Phil
I’ve talked about the subject of having boundaries properly set before, and I’ve even explained my method for determining boundaries. If you’ve read many of
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Monday, October 23, 2023 by Phil
I’m annoyed. When I told my wife I wanted a hot tub, she flinched a little. Hot tubs do, after all, hold a certain reputation. I’m not annoyed my wife immediately
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Friday, October 20, 2023 by Phil
I believe this is one of the greatest times to be alive in the church. Yes, persecution exists in different forms in different places. Yes, there is a great resistance in
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 by Phil
I love being seen in public with my wife. Walking around with this sexy woman on my arm, I know people are looking and asking themselves, “How did he land her?
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Saturday, October 14, 2023 by Phil
Why do we see Paul seem to go all macho in 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (NASB): "A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet."
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 by Phil
I have always been a people watcher, but no mall, school, airport, or ComicCon could ever prepare me for the characters I'd get to watch in prison.
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Sunday, October 8, 2023 by Phil
My wife is gorgeous to me. Like, really gorgeous. Every dip, curve, and contour screams, "I am woman; be enthralled!" But there is one state that magnifies all that feminine intensity to epic proportions: pregnancy.
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Monday, October 2, 2023 by Phil
Millennia of being treated as second-class citizens (often legally designated as such), being forbidden certain rights and privileges afforded to men, and generally being taught that God has made them inferior to men... that's rough.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 by Phil
Truth #5 – My lifestyle will result in health or unhealth. Paul instructed the church in Rome about the lifestyle they should lead in Romans 12:1a (NIV): Offer your bodies
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 by Phil
The word malakos in 1 Corinthians 6:9 is one of the more difficult to translate on the list. The NASB and KJV use “effeminate” while the NIV offers “male
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Saturday, September 23, 2023 by Phil
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. So says the first line of this book of the holy Canon, and it’s telling that one can’t even get past this
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023 by Phil
Song of Songs 5:4b KJV: And my bowels were moved for him. NIV: my heart began to pound for him. NASB: And my feelings were aroused for him. Judging from the KJV, you get the
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Sunday, September 17, 2023 by Phil