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Misunderstanding 'Your Truth': The Consequences of Hasty Reactions [Video]

Misunderstanding 'Your Truth': The Consequences of Hasty Reactions [Video]

The phrase “your truth or my truth” is a popular phrase right now. However, the essence of this phrase is quite timeless. When I was in college in the seventies, I had hair that resembled the shape of a motorcycle helmet. I had too many outfits that included fringe. That era was about “finding truth, baby,” or “being real, man.”

“Help! I Don’t Know What I’m Doing!” - Three Types of Rules to Help All Parents

“Help! I Don’t Know What I’m Doing!” - Three Types of Rules to Help All Parents

Have you as a parent ever heard someone without children say, “I’m not ready to be a parent”? If you have, I predict that outwardly you may have smiled and nodded at them, perhaps saying something like, “Yeah, parenting can be crazy tough”; but inside you were thinking, No one is ever ready to be a parent. You think I know what I’m doing? . . . Wait, where’s my son?

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When 'What About My Needs?' Leads to a Broken Marriage

When 'What About My Needs?' Leads to a Broken Marriage

A wife wrote to me: "When I began reading Love & Respect, I could not get past the ‘What about my needs?’ question and never even made it to the chapter where this is addressed. "Years later, her husband leaves. She says, "I pulled out our copy of L&R. I finished it today, the day he moved out. It’s not for me to question God’s plan, but I am perplexed by why now, when it seems too late, I have read, understood, embraced, and realized how profoundly I have damaged this man I love and our union."

Is Lying, Cheating, And Stealing For Self-Serving Reasons Ever Worth It In The End? [Video]

Is Lying, Cheating, And Stealing For Self-Serving Reasons Ever Worth It In The End? [Video]

Sarah and I recently traveled to Paris to see our daughter, where we stayed in an Airbnb rental about an hour away from the city. At one point during our stay, our daughter, Joy, asked the rental owners about the possibility of swapping homes with them for a weekend at some point.

Is Lying, Cheating, And Stealing For Self-Serving Reasons Ever Worth It In The End? [Video]

Are You Claiming “Self-Defense!” When You React Poorly to Your Spouse?

Are You Claiming “Self-Defense!” When You React Poorly to Your Spouse?

In May 2017, a man in Arlington, Texas, was jogging when a truck pulled up beside him. A young man climbed out of the truck and approached the jogger, displaying a gun and demanding money. Rather than comply, the jogger drew his own legally carried pistol and fired on the robber, striking him several times in the groin area before he could hobble back into the truck and flee the scene. Later that day police received a tip that led to the apprehension of the wounded robber, who quickly confessed. Police treated the incident as a robbery attempt with self-defense by the jogger, who was not expected to face charges

What Does It Mean to Be a Strong and Independent Christian Wife?

What Does It Mean to Be a Strong and Independent Christian Wife?

Sadly, there are some who would make the claim that a wife who chooses to show unconditional respect toward her husband cannot also be strong and independent. Instead, they say, respecting her husband according to Ephesians 5:33 requires her to be milk-toast, with no voice of her own, having to comply with any and all notions her husband has, no matter how sinful, all for the sake of not coming across as un-submissive and disrespectful.

Is He Lacking Empathy or Displaying His Complete Faith in Christ?

Is He Lacking Empathy or Displaying His Complete Faith in Christ?

Eighty-three-old Michelle informed her husband Bill, a man of strong faith in Christ, that she might have ovarian cancer. His immediate response was, “Well, you’ve lived longer than most people have lived.” Stunned, hurt, and angered by his comment, she turned to him and boldly expressed, "Bill, you can do better than that.” He then said, having recognized how that sounded, “I’m so sorry, sweetie, for how that came out. I would be absolutely devastated if you died.”

Eleven Ways a Husband and Wife Can Show Love and Respect to Each Other

Eleven Ways a Husband and Wife Can Show Love and Respect to Each Other

In summing up the New Testament’s greatest treatise on marriage (Ephesians 5:21-33), Paul makes clear to the husband that in all things, no matter the conflict or situation, he is to be intentional about loving his wife unconditionally. Love is the way to her heart, and what she most needs to feel from him.

According to Jesus He Lived a Sinless Life

According to Jesus He Lived a Sinless Life

Despite indisputable, clear-as-day confirmations from multiple New Testament writers—including Peter, one of Jesus’ best friends—that Jesus lived a sinless life, research from the Barna Group reveals that 43 percent of the current Western population believe that Jesus Christ sinned while on earth.

In Parenting, Win-Win-Win Is the Goal

In Parenting, Win-Win-Win Is the Goal

Parenting is easy . . . as long as our kids do exactly what we say, when we say it. Though we laugh, there is certainly some truth in this sentiment, isn’t there? When the baby sleeps when we tell her to, when the toddler shares the toy when we ask him to, when the middle schooler turns off the video games and helps set the dinner table when we need him to, and when the teenage daughter loves the conservative clothes we buy for her, we say to ourselves, “This parenting stuff is easy! Why do so many complain?”

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Don’t Be “Bullheaded” Like My Dad Admitted About Him and Mom

Don’t Be “Bullheaded” Like My Dad Admitted About Him and Mom

"Hi Grandma,Wish I could be sending you a lovely big present for your 80th Birthday..." I included the entire letter here, because I wanted to share how the first thing that struck me when I read it was my dad’s positive personality shining through, a personality that did not come out much at all as I was growing up.

Seeing Past Regrets in a New Light

Seeing Past Regrets in a New Light

Does a follower of Christ have legitimate, biblical reasons to have regrets in life? I encourage you to pause before you answer that. Focus on the word “regrets.” Yes, like all of us, you have made a few decisions in life you later wished you had not.