Articles for thought, written by others… Tim ///
Forgotten Birthdays & Treasured Mother’s Days
My brothers and my sister, my nieces and nephews, and my children cannot taste my mother’s cooking anymore. We cannot call her for advice. We cannot rest in knowing that she will be a voice of wisdom or that she will even remember a conversation. Disease is slowly taking her away from us and it hurts all of us, especially my Daddy and my Mama.
So, she might or might not call me on my birthday this week. There is no doubt though that I will call her on Sunday because I cherish every single Mother’s Day that she still knows my voice and remembers who I am. In fact, for my siblings and me, every day has become Mother’s Day and we will cling to everyday we have with her this side of eternity.
Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
Ruth’s experience led her to believe that the doctrine of headship promotes abuse. But my experience with abuse leads me to believe that women in egalitarian relationships are at a far higher risk than those with husbands who sense a responsibility to provide loving, protective headship. I could tell you dozens of heart-wrenching stories to persuade you that the further away a couple wanders from God’s pattern for marriage and the doctrine of loving male headship, the higher the risk of abuse.
The “Christian” Dilemma — The Election
The fate of our country is not in the hands of the politicians, but it begins at our kitchen tables. It begins in our homes, not in Washington D.C. Our homes are suffering due to a lack of parenting, a lack of relationships and a lack of respect. If you want to turn the culture of our nation back to its founding principles, then start at home.
Do not misunderstand, I do care about the country of my earthly residence, but my main concern is the place I call home.
John MacArthur writes concerning the church, “Put simply, the cooperate gathering of believers is an assembly of heaven’s citizens . . . united in purpose and in loving loyalty to their Master and King” (Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ – Kindle Edition, location 2931 of 3491).
This means that my top concerns as Heaven’s pilgrim sojourning on earth (1 Pet 2:11) are the interests and affairs of my true King and Country. This means my focus is on bringing people into His Kingdom and teaching them to live as ambassadors for His glory.
Finally, understanding worship as a continuous outpouring influences our corporate gatherings as well. Rather than the initiation of a worship experience, church services become a collective continuation of each believer’s intentional aiming of worship toward God.
The Dangers of Viewing the Church as a Business
As we endeavor to be more like Christ in this world of ours let’s remember the words of the Holy Spirit to the Roman Christians: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Romans 12:2). Let’s do our best to make sure the bad influences of our culture don’t affect our view of and practices within the church. The church is beautiful the way it was built; let’s not ruin God’s creation with bad cultural mindsets.
Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World
The data also reveal that while shorter news content is far more prevalent than long-form and thus draws more total traffic, long-form articles are accessed at nearly the same rate. Fully 76% of the articles studied were fewer than 1,000 words in length. But, article for article, long-form stories attract visitors at nearly the same rate as short-form: 1,530 complete interactions per long-form article and 1,576 per short-form.
Siri’s creators say they’ve made something better that will take care of everything for you
Powered by artificial intelligence and unprecedented volumes of data, they could become the portal through which billions of people connect to every service and business on the Internet. It’s a world in which you can order a taxi, make a restaurant reservation and buy movie tickets in one long unbroken conversation — no more typing, searching or even clicking.
This man sued his former company because his work was ‘too boring’
But one employee has had far different problems: He sued his former company because his job was allegedly extremely boring.
The plaintiff, 44-year-old Parisian Frédéric Desnard, is demanding more than $400,000 from his former employer, a perfume enterprise, as compensation for the boredom it allegedly caused. According to the Frenchman, the company should be held responsible for mental and other health damages as well as the financial consequences of him missing out on a promotion.