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Gossip-Mongerers and Realists: Learning Respect from David

We all know the story of David and Goliath. That Saul promised one of his daughters and freedom of taxes to the man who slayed the giant. Well David, more affronted that this giant "defied the armies of the living Go…
Metaphors for the Christian Life in Popular Fiction: Overkill?

by miss goldenrod How real is our enemy's war? How is it that a Christian girl, raised in a Christian home and educated in a Christian school, has never read The Pilgrim's Progress? I ignorantly believed before start…
Faulty Advertising or a Call to Trust?

by miss goldenrod I saw a hand-written sign on the side of an expressway-exit ramp Friday which read, "Cheap Web Designs," followed by a phone number. I found it odd and frankly stupid that a sign offering web desig…
Connections: It's a Jeep (and Christian) Thing

by miss goldenrod I think it's safe to say that if you're driving in Metro-Detroit (and likely any major metropolitan area), a turn signal is not a request to other drivers to let you over, but instead a warning that …
Child Sex Slaves and What Christians Do About It

Yesterday morning I watched Joyce Meyer preach as I readied for work. She was talking about poverty worldwide and how she saw a need so great that she couldn't just go home and do nothing. In her message ( God's Passi…
Seeking Healing: Would You Have Gone to Jesus First?

by miss goldenrod I heard this mind-blowingly simple message today about the woman with the issue of blood. I had always viewed this story in terms of physical healing, yet this female minister dropped the "of blood" …
Do We Minimize the Importance of God's Commandments?

by miss goldenrod Pastor is in the middle of a sermon-series on Deuteronomy 28; I hope it's the middle, because so far he's only touched on the first 14 "happy" verses. But what about the other 54, the doom-and-gloom …
Are Your Spiritual Gifts Beautiful or Loathsome?

by miss goldenrod Long, glistening, waving curls. Polished, manicured nails. Rugged, masculine facial hair. Smooth, soft, blemish-free skin.Have those images in your mind? Well then... now picture these:Hair twisting …
How Fast Are You Living Your Life?

I'm having to deal with issues of impatience in my life right now. This is something I've always dealt with, actually, and while most often my hastiness doesn't end disastrously...once in a while it does. I've alway…
Divine Amnesia: Praying for a Reformat

My geriatric laptop finally gave up a few weeks ago. One day I was requesting it perform one too many functions and it completely crashed. My father again offered me one of his business desktops...an offer I had repe…