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20 Items Or Less: Why Christ-followers Shouldn't Break the Rules

By Dean Lusk A while back I was driving toward an odd five-way intersection and was about to make a left turn. I put my blinker on and waited for the police car coming toward me in the other lane to pass by. To my surp…
What Does "Do Not" Prove?

By Dean Lusk "Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions." (Jesus in Matthew 7:20, NLT) "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have…
God versus Religion: Following Whose Rules?

By Werner Grobler God paints the most beautiful pictures, but man spoils it with religion. As a diver I have no choice but to believe in a higher power. The smallest details are visible to man and so perfectly engineer…
Are We Missing Out?

By J I think rules are one of the biggest deterrents of religion. The Bible is full of things God commands us to not do. Some seem pretty fair and expected: no murdering, no stealing, no committing adultery. Everyone&rs…
Freedom and Marriage

Several years ago, my boyfriend -- now ex-boyfriend -- told me that he wanted to be free. So I asked him if I was tying him down; he replied, no, I wasn't tying him down. Neither he nor I really knew what being free was…
Why I Married a Younger Man

By Sharon at SheWorships This week I will be celebrating my husband’s birthday. On Wednesday he will turn 26. I, on the other hand, am 29. And I turn 30 in March. To be perfectly honest, I was very insecure about o…
Why I Stopped Going to Church (Part One)

By Stephen Lamb at Jesus Needs New PR In When You Are Engulfed in Flames, a collection of essays published in 2008 by humorist David Sedaris, he explains his decision to stop smoking by telling a story about a friend he…
10 Simple Rules for Dating my Daughter

So, I saw Dan's post, "some people are evil", a very thoughtful post I might add. The thing that stood out to me most was what he had to say about how someone could tell what kind of employee someone would be based on ho…
Trading a Life of Trails for a Life of Treasures: The Importance of Spiritual Obedience

I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day and she said to me over the phone: "2010 has really been your year Eryn." Her words were so comforting and encouraging. She's a friend who has seen me in good, bad and…
Difficulty Submitting to Authority: Maybe the Problem is Yours

Have you ever had trouble respecting your authority figures? Does it grain on your nerves when someone, who "has power" can tell you what, when, and how to do something? When given instruction or a command, do you suck…