Category Archives: Relationships

Blogs in this category deal with relationships between ourselves and God, family members, other Christians, and the lost.

The path of life we take

Each of us chooses our path in life. Indeed, there are things beyond our control. Except for Jesus, no one has ever had a choice about who their birth parents are. Some health conditions are outside our control. But for the most part, much of our life remains in our hands. As 2022 is coming to an end, I have been thinking about this year’s journey and how it fits into the path of my life.

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Getting along with others within the church

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One of the deadly infections any local church can have is the clique. The clique can become terminal, ripping apart local churches of all sizes. It begins as most church diseases start with nearly innocent motives. It is only natural that we seek out others within the congregation to befriend us, and getting along with others is an essential part of our Christian faith.

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Getting married didn’t make me a grownup.

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Getting married is one of the oldest rites of passage in human history. For believers, we see the first mention of what will become defined as the Judeaeo-Christian tradition of marriage in the first chapter of Genesis.

With great authority, Genesis states: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth (Genesis 1:26-28).

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