Okay, let’s find a Bible verse. Ready? “God helps those who help themselves.” I’ll give you a few minutes to look, but to save you time, you’ll find it in 2 Obligations 13: 36,  right before the “Cleanliness is next to Godliness” verse. And if you’re looking for 2 Obligations, you won’t find that in the Bible…

Those of you who have read me for awhile can probably guess the answer to any question I posit that begins with, “Is it okay to . . .?” Yeah, the answer’s probably yes, unless the question is something like, “Is it okay to walk up to a complete stranger and tell them that they…

I read very few designated “Christian” books. As a lover of thoughtful, well-written literature, I read for entertainment as well as for enlightenment, and find fiction to be a sublime means of conveying truth. It’s no accident that Jesus used stories to teach: good stories, told by a master, captivate the audience, and leave them…

Let’s talk about sex! Oh, don’t shudder, or salivate, depending upon how the word — and the concept — affect you. Sex is a gift God gave us, and we’ve obviously used it, given the 7 billion of us wandering around on the planet. Like any good thing, sex can be, and is, misused. To say…

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