Author name: Dan

THE PIVOTAL BELIEF

Let’s call her Cissy.  Cissy arrives at an ‘ah-ha’ moment in which she declares, “I believe in God.” Does God care whether or not Cissy believes in His existence?  If so, then the next scene has God summoning the angels and saying something like, “Guess what?  Cissy believes I exist.  Three cheers for Cissy.  Or

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A WOMAN’S SECRET: PART 3

A WOMAN’S SECRET: PART 3      One word to husbands: Be brave.      Arguably, the greatest scene in “A Few Good Men” is when Lieutenant Kaffee questions Colonel Jessup on the witness stand.  During Colonel Jessup’s tirade, he growls, “You need me on that wall.”      Our wives intuitively understand this.  They

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WHY THE YOKE IS EASY

In Matthew 11:30, Jesus invites His followers to take on His yoke: “…for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” This verse always troubled me. I wasn’t really interested in obeying Jesus’ request. In the first place, I’m much more comfortable in pants, t-shirts, and tennis shoes. If a change of clothes was

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