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Only God can see the fruit? Jesus told us that we would know people by their fruit, so presumably we can see it too.

It had a few challenges, although I managed to impress our friends when their 2-year-old refused to go to sleep and wanted to sit on my lap, so I talked very gently to him and slowly rocked him until he dozed off. It is handy living near to two state parks, so we could let the kids run on the...

When we moved to our house we hosted friends with small children (5 and 2, if I recall) before we'd even completely finished unpacking. That was interesting. Lots of fun, but interesting in its own way...

Sounds like fun. Are they staying for long?

I managed to get a section of flooring cut, stained and put into place. It looks really nice. Then I finished off the soundproofing in the area, framed a new section of wall and finished up a couple of minor electrical jobs along the way.

So what you're saying is that the "proof" is to pray? I'm not sure I'm the one who's not understanding the point here. If you want to prove the existence of God to "science types" you need, you know, proof. Self-referencing "proof" won't cut it with people who do science. Just for the record...

But it is exactly the topic. How would Jesus approach that scared young woman in line at the abortion clinic? Of course he wouldn't want her to go through with the abortion but I imagine he'd offer more than harsh words about killing babies, while shrugging off the very real needs that scare...

No, it speaks to the reality that life doesn't make it easy for a single woman to raise a child. Try finding a job that pays enough to cover your rent, when you can only work certain hours. If you're set up to be a single mother with a son, good luck if you find you need bigger accommodation...

People can only come as they are. It's not possible for someone to come as anything other than what they are. How will they know what Christ offers if their only experience of Christians involved feeling judged? This isn't just a theoretical construct, I personally know people who have been...

Hence my comment about things being generic. It's easy to say "don't have an abortion" but much less easy to offer a workable alternative. It's easy to say "you should have kept your pants on" but much less easy to help with the situation as of now.

I think with the abortion issue in particular it's very easy to claim to be "pro-life" while actually doing nothing more than demanding a pregnant woman give birth only to then use her motherhood as another stick to beat her with. It's easy to point fingers and tell someone what they did wrong...

More gentle running this week. Today's workout was unconventional - our friend left her kids with us for the day while she was at work. So we did everything from throwing a ball with them to chasing them around the yard to having a big water fight. By the time I went for my run I was tired, and...

Yesterday I went for a walk in the woods after church, after dealing with a load more heaviness. It was strange, during the sermon the preacher was talking about one passage and I was completely zoned out because the next passage hit me like a brick. Anyway, having processed that during the...

If the pre-trib rapture theory is wrong then it creates all sorts of problems.

I suspect a lot of the advertising is to encourage people to view this site rather than that site. It is a pretty base instinct to desire people, it's just that porn isn't what God intended for that desire.