4 Aspects of Grace Now – Paul Tripp

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I ran across this post on the Desiring God site.  It’s so great here’s all of it: Jason sat in front of me with the head-down, humped-shouldered posture of a confused and disappointed man. It wasn’t that Jason’s life had been a sad narrative of...
One anothering

One anothering

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In the study guide for Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything, Tim Keller offers a helpful taxonomy under the categories of affirming one another, sharing with one another, and serving one another. These form, he says, “nine ‘community-building practices’—specific...

State of the Union (marital)

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Rob Lister has a great article on talking to your wife about how the marriage is doing.   You can read the article at CBMW.  He suggests spending time every six months asking the following questions: On a scale of 1-10, give your overall assessment of our marriage in...

girltalk | Blog | Turn Up the Volume, Tune Out the Man

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Here’s a great quote from the girltalk blog: “Sisters, if you repeatedly attempt to control the man in your life, and if you disrespect him and the decisions he makes, you will get nothing for it but neglect and emotional abandonment. It is another of...

Pascal on Our Addiction to Distraction – Justin Taylor

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In our culture we are addicted to diversion.  We have more time today and we find ourselves doing less.  Pascal said: I have often said that the sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. Read: Pascal on Our Addiction to...