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I stand firm but if they get aggressive, I explain that I cannot have a conversation with someone who is getting angry and aggressive and if they would like to dialogue, I'm happy to but if they are going to be abusive, we will have to walk away for now and let ourselves cool off. With wisdom...

You can say the same about a man who left his wife and is shacking up with someone else but isn't willing to commit because he was "hurt" in his first marriage. I just don't buy it, to be honest. If it is a good church and the church that they wish to attend, then they should commit.

I haven't read the first one but I have read the second. I'm maybe seeing something different than you are. I don't see a problem at all with answering questions and "arguments" but I do see a problem with "arguing". I see arguing as bringing in harsh tone, harsh words and demeaning language...

I'm with Salty. It is nice to be able to have answers to objections and questions that people have. Think of someone like Lee Strobel who came to know Jesus after fighting with questions he had. Sometimes our own minds and our own sin put up a bit of a road block to faith and God can totally...

I think the couple are wrong and the church is correct.

1 Timothy 2:1-4 tells us "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing...

Wow. You call God a liar in this because Scripture tells us clearly that mankind deserves hell. "For ALL have sinned" says quite a bit don't you think? What are the wages of sin? Death. The Scriptures are very clear that mankind DOES deserve hell because of his sinfulness. BUT GOD......

That is beautiful!

Yep! She is doing great. She was able to pull her life together, get a job as a teacher's assistant, buy a house for herself and her kids and she is working to be sure the cycle of abuse stops with her husband and doesn't go to her kids.

Evan - How many times did you call the police on your wife? This article states "dangerously abusive" and so I'm sure if that applied to your marriage, you would have called the police at least once, gone for counseling and pressed charges against your wife. At our dinner table tonight, we...

Another resource for movie reviews that we have used for years is kids-in-mind.com. It is VERY thorough and allows you to know whether a movie is good to see or not.

I kind of agree with the news rules but maybe it went too far? Something like Schindler's List that is rated R is a movie that I think is an excellent movie that is for a much older audience. College age is perfect and even high school. So I think for something like that, it went too far with...

Photographer is a given. We had a friend take pictures and they didn't turn out that great and I regret that. This is absolutely a given. :) We can save a lot of money by having the reception in the church and it would be easy to do....but there is no dancing allowed and I feel like we...

Does it meet the Philippians 4:8 test? Some R rated movies are fine and some PG movies are not, IMO. But then again, I don't think much of what comes out of Hollywood passes the test nowadays.

You know - I don't know!! I've seen the "daily reading" posts but I've not followed them.

Great to see you Gwyneth!

YEARS ago, (like around the time we got married which was 1985), a man we knew had 4 daughters. He had a white ladder that he started painting each year and decorating it with bows and flowers and he promised his daughters $10,000 if they used it to elope. LOL He said he'd be happy to pay for...

The problem is that they also want a nice big party - which is why we're thinking backyard so we can afford to have more people. :)

My 25 year old daughter got engaged last week to a wonderful, godly young man and we are thrilled. This will be our first wedding of one of our kids (3 girls, 1 boy - we have a few more to go!) and we are thinking things through. We are on Long Island so things are EXPENSIVE for wedding venues...

An example I use is to stand in a school bus while it is moving and jump in the air. You don't suddenly hit the back wall of the bus because you are moving at the same speed as the bus. But then let that bus stop short as it hits a tree and you will go flying because you continue to travel at...