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What is Love?

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“She is my princess and I am her William.”

How to Know and Pray for Your Family at the Deepest Level

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Erik Raymond: With a title like this there is little room for dilly-dallying along the way to the answer. So without much introduction, here is the tip that could save your marriage: Get a part-time job.There. That’s it. Husbands, if you want to save or strengthen your marriage, get a part-time job. I should say right [...]

Beware the Marriage Trade

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Today is a big day at the Kelley house. Today is the day when Mommy comes home. Jana has been visiting friends and family in Texas for the last 4 days and, granted, that’s not a really long time, except by Dad standards. I want to clarify this, too – I haven’t been going at [...]

What I Learned When My Wife Went on Vacation

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My beloved Jana (perhaps now more than ever) went on a well deserved vacation this past week. And when I say vacation, I mean it. She was gone for 5 days to the beach. No children. No me. Just a few other ladies hanging out, eating crab legs, and sitting on the beach. And I [...]

“We Are On the Same Team”

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Let me paint the picture for you. It’s late in the day, the witching hour for parents with young children. The kids are rebelling against the “green stuff” on their plates, claiming that if they have to eat something of that color, then Skittles has a lovely variation that fits the bill. It’s been a [...]

Dad, You’re a Dead Man Walking

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At the Together for the Gospel Conference, I heard CJ Mahaney make a remarkable statement: “Behind every fruitful church is a dying pastor.” He made this statement while preaching on 2 Corinthians 4, a chapter in which Paul exhorted his readers to not lose heart. The idea behind the statement is one that is pervasive [...]

A Challenge for Dads on the Way Home Today

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20 minutes. Maybe less, maybe more, but that seems like a reasonable estimation of the amount of time an average dad has between the time when he leaves work and arrives at home. There’s a myriad of different ways you might spend that time, some more profitable than others. You can break the law and [...]

A Simple Way to Die to the Self

Posted by MK | Filed under Marriage, Parenting, Theology

Are you ready for it? I’ll warn you beforehand – it’s going to sound simple, but it’s not. It takes great concentration and effort and no small measure of grace. So here goes – a simple way to die to the self: Listen. I mean really listen. Here’s why that’s hard – because very few [...]

Finishing Well

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This man, Dr. Robert Mounce, wrote the textbook that taught me Greek. He’s president emeritus of Whitworth College, has served as an important biblical commentator (especially on the book of Revelation in the NICNT series) and as a Bible translator (involved early on in the translation of the NIV and serving on the translation committee [...]

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