Doing Spiritual Warfare Without All The Weirdness
After all, the Bible does talk about spiritual warfare. To ignore it entirely is to ignore part of scripture. But it also doesn’t talk about it that much, and to give it too much airplay isn’t biblical or healthy.
Sorry Christians, We Can’t Blame the Media Any More
We can and should make strong, even bold statements. But we must do it without being disrespectful, arrogant jerks about it. Or mean. Or downright un-Christlike.
James White’s 4 Keys to Effective Debating
- Seek to be consistent. (Use equal scales)
- Strive for accuracy in representation of the other side (use original source material)
- Show love for your opponent. (Win souls not just arguments)
- Stay in the context of a local church.
Seven Ways Being Nice Hurts Your Church
- We don’t make a needed personnel decision.
- We are unwilling to confront sin.
- We won’t eliminate a weak program or ministry.
- We are unwilling to make tough decisions on facilities.
- We compromise the Word of God.
- We let volunteers continue in positions where they should not.
- We make bad financial choices.
The Crucial Role of Single Women in Missions
When we look in Scripture, we see many commands being given to both men and women alike, and only a few prohibitions given to women. As far as prohibitions, women are not to have authority over a man in the context of her marriage and in the context of her local church. And that is pretty much it.
On the other hand, women are called to go out into all the world and make disciples (Matt 28:18-20). They are called to abound in the work of the Lord (1 Cor 15:58), to devote themselves to do good works and to not be unfruitful (Titus 3:14) to cry out with the Psalmist that all the nations worship the one true God (Psalm 67). There is much work for a woman to do.
The Pragmatic Benefits of God-Given Sexual Boundaries
While sex outside of marriage has lots of short-term pleasure, there are long-term harms. The Federalist posted the results of a recent study that confirms what other studies have shown: cohabiting and having children outside of marriage is a strong indicator of poverty. Seventy years ago, the most important factor in economic wellbeing was employment. Fifty years go, it was education. But for the last twenty years, the most important factors have been marriage and having children within marriage. Cohabiting and having children out of wedlock, even if the parents eventually marry, are strongly associated with poverty.
A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears to work with an organization that uses deceptive tactics to secretly record conversations in an effort to embarrass its targets.
4 Ways To Train Your Brain To Be More Open-Minded
- Talk to a neutral party.
- Reframe negative thoughts.
- Get out of your comfort zone.
- Practice mindful meditation.
The Grandma Who Invited the Wrong Guy to Thanksgiving Last Year Was At It Again
That was last year and, apparently, it kicked off a friendship. Hinton told USA Today that the two chat “about once a week,” usually about his future plans and family. He said that he thinks of her in some ways as an “adopted grandmother.” In fact, she extended another invitation (on purpose, this time) to come to Thanksgiving 2017, and he showed up — this time with his girlfriend in tow. He posted a new picture on Twitter to commemorate the event.
How a Wall of Lava Lamps Makes the Web a Safer Place
Unlike computer programs, lava lamps act in a way that’s impossible to predict. They’re not the only secure way to generate randomness (tools used by other Cloudflare offices include a “chaotic pendulum” and a radioactive source), but they may be the prettiest to look at.