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Let's Stop the Rhetoric About Abortion

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Original Post Date - January 19, 1996 President Clinton has voiced his opinion that abortions should be "safe, legal, and rare." I hope the American public can see this for what it is: Rhetoric.Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionarydefines rhetoric as "insincere or grandiloquent language." In case "grandiloquent" is not a familiar word, it means that which is marked by...

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Promise Keepers: A Perspective

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Original Post Date - February 1, 1995 Promise Keepers (hereafter, PK) began in 1990 through the vision of then Colorado University football coach, Bill McCartney. Aimed at discipling men, PK "is a Christ-centered ministry dedicated to uniting men through vital relationships to become godly influences in their world" (from their purpose statement). They have an orthodox, t...

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Why Are We So Unhappy When We Have So Much?

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Original Post Date - November 16, 1993 Almost weekly I deal with unhappy people. Some are unhappy in their marriagestheir mates are "not fulfilling their needs." Others are upset with their children, their parents, or their bosses. Many are unhappy with themselves because of failure or problems they can't seem to overcome. Why are we Americans so unhappy when we have so ...

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Of Football and Love

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Original Post Date - February 1, 1993 With football season behind us (that high church holy day, Superbowl Sunday, is now past) and Valentine's Day just ahead (as I write), maybe it's a good time to put in a word for marriage, especially to husbands coming out of "football hibernation" (that period of winter when husbands' bodily functions slow down as they sit for months...

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The Inefficiency of God

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Original Post Date - November 14, 1987 As I was speed-reading the latest book on how to be a more efficient executive, I realized that God is terribly inefficient. I say it reverently, of course. But really, the Lord could have been much more efficient in the way He administered His eternal plan. I'm not sure the Lord would do well in modern America. We live in a culture...

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The Best Show in Town?

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Original Post Date - December 1, 1985 Say, Mary, how about if we go over to First Church this Sunday morning? I see in the paper that they're having that famous Christian speak." "Well, honey, I don't know. I noticed that Second Church is having that recently converted rock star, and I think the kids would enjoy that. And we can catch the sacred concert and prophecy film...

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Christians and Politics: How Shall They Mix?

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Original Post Date - November 4, 1984 "It would be political suicide to give that speech," said an aide to his boss. "He's right, Senator," chimed in another aide. "It's just one clear-cut statement after another." Perhaps I am committing pastoral suicide to dare to talk on an issue as emotionally explosive as "Christians and Politics: How Shall They Mix?" That may be es...

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How John Calvin Led Me to Repent of Christian Psychology

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Original Post Date - April 1, 1998 On March 24, 1974, the day after our wedding, my wife, Marla, and I rented a rowboat at Lake Arrowhead, California. Being a cheapskate, my intention was to rent the boat for only one hour. I planned to row out into the lake for about 20 minutes, sit and bask in the presence of my bride for about 20 minutes, and row back in time to avoid ...

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Companions by Covenant

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Original Post Date - February 1, 1998 When I was in seminary, I knew a man who married a woman he did not know. He had met her once and did not find anything objectionable. Since his parents and her parents had arranged the marriage, he agreed to it. In India, where this couple was from, that's the way it's often done. Before you knock their system, think about the result...

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What Christmas Has to Do With Hell

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Original Post Date - December 1, 1997 A florist got the messages mixed up on the orders he sent out. A woman received flowers sent by her husband who was at a business meeting in Florida. She was puzzled to read on the card, "My deepest sympathy." But she was not nearly as surprised as the woman whose husband had just passed away. Her card read, "Hotter here than I expec...

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