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Here's my response to a question I received from "A Stressed Dad.'

Here are five ways to ensure you are the same person you were five years ago

It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God's grace into their lives....

As I thought about the bombings in Boston, this verse came to mind:

I am about to enter into a volatile subject. Not abortion or same-sex marriage. I want to talk about parents, sports and the church.

The Internet has forever changed the way Christians relate to one another. Among the realities of this digital world is a whole class of web sites...

Living the tension between "leave and cleave" and "honor your parents" isn't always easy.

With a growing number of churches embracing the need to minister to single parents, many questions have arisen as to specifics.

There is a growing phenomenon in many churches – particularly large, fast-growing evangelical churches - that can only be called “heresy creep.”

Having protection for battle is of no use if it's not worn.

The last few weeks, Matt Lauer has been mercilessly roasted with calls for his replacement. I’ve never seen anything like it.

"I don’t know any other way to say this: it seems like a lot of the people who care about orthdoxy are jerks.” ~ Josh Harris

God uses imperfect people because that's all he's got to work with.

The message from a friend raised a question I’d not thought of: "Can you tell me how to freshen up my prayer time?"

The amazing thing about Good Friday is that it was -- and is -- part of the "good" declared by God at creation. And it was a good for us.