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The Ten Commandments: A Text of Bad Morals?!

Last Saturday, my wife and I joined a friend of mine in visiting the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. The lineup to get tickets to see the exhibit went around the block. Thankfully, …
Before You Use God's Name in Vain

This May Make You Think Twice About Using God's Name in VainDeutoronomy 5:11 - "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."We all kno…
Teetering on the Edge: Parents versus Teens

“Mom, it’s ok! Quit freaking out! It’s just a Halloween Party! You’re always telling me to learn how to make good choices, and then not letting me make my own choices!” Sound familiar? Ever said or had those words s…
Dealing with Wrong Scripture

As I worshiped The God Who Saves with the church this Sunday, we sang a song that I adore. As a nonviolent Christian, there is one line that is a bit harder to sing boldly and it is “The horse and its rider He has hu…
Enter the Mystery of God

What is it about a good mystery that enthralls us so? What is it that is so appealing and becomes so compelling? What are the elements of a good mystery?It’s a story that gives us a good ‘feel’ for what’s going on--we g…
Noticing the Attractive People: Don't Look Twice

by Sharon Hodde Miller As a single woman I formed a bad habit that has now followed me into marriage. I wish I’d dealt with it years ago, but it took being married to bring the habit to light. You see when I was single, …
The Lord's Prayer: A Closer Look

Much of the following is based on the book Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove who remark that "prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as …
Our Lives: The Juggling Act

I recently read a devotion that I thought was worthy of repeating from "The Word for You Today.""Brian Dyson, former Vice Chairman of Coca Cola, delivered the commencement address at Georgia Tech in 1996. In it he said…
Holiness is not about "Happiness"

While catching up with a friend the other day, I’d learned news of a young lady whom we both knew. Throughout her life, men had let her down: First her dad, then boys she’d “fall in love with”, her Pastor, and maybe eve…
God's Wrath and Job 42

After being brought yet again to the fourty second chapter of Job, I felt I should re read the entire thing. Going over the previous chapters I am realizing something. God was mad at the three friends so much that he wa…