There are so many new firsts when you bring home your first baby from the hospital. Parents that are on to the second and third child may consider themselves masters at handling everything, but when you are a brand new parent, you are constantly checking, rechecking, and re-rechecking everything to make sure that everything is […]
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Every marriage has problems from time to time. Sometimes those problems keep going for a while. It’s as if we just can’t seem to get over the hump to the other side. We might try what seems like a dozen different things, yet none of them seem to bring any results. At least, none bring
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As men, we must acknowledge that God has made us to be providers and protectors. It’s part of our nature, even if we don’t recognize it as such. Modern society (especially Hollywood) has tried to destroy that image, portraying man as a bumbling fool who needs his wife to act like his mother, telling him
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Whatever children learn about money in their early years is usually carried with them throughout their adult life as well. This means that what you are teaching them now about finances will probably shape their decision-making, and therefore their lives for decades to come. For instance, I was raised in a family of eleven where
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When you were a kid, however many decades ago that was, pornographic material was not as readily available as it is today. Sure, there were magazines and video rentals, but those were not available at the mere click of a mouse. You had to go out of your home to get them. Today pornography and
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The Reality Our children spend 6,570 days in our homes from birth to high school graduation. Approximately 936 of those days are Sundays that are spent at church. If your family also attends church on Wednesdays, that brings us to 1,872 days a year of spiritual instruction. According the Barna, 89% of us do not
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In a previous life I lived in a little town that was considered my state’s unofficial capital of chicken farming. Take a drive through that fine town today and you’ll smell what I’m talking about. “That’s the smell of money,” the farmers will tell you. When this bucolic place was home, we occasionally had a
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Guys, we need to understand that our wives are under attack all day, every day. Perhaps we have missed it, because we’re not looking for that kind of attack; but that doesn’t make it any less real. In fact, I’d say the attack they’re receiving is much more insidious than a physical attack, because it
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When in Wome Being the youngest of three boys has its advantages. You get to watch and listen to cooler movies and music at a younger age. You get to stay up and out later and longer. You get to learn what works and doesn’t work from the struggles and successes of your older siblings.
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Well, with the COVID-19 pandemic at large, the last place I want to go right now is the gym. Lets face it—while Iove the gym, the place is a haven for germs. In fact, even if I wanted to go I couldn’t—my local gym is temporarily “closed.” Still, I’m not going to let that derail
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