We know Jesus’ answer: “Not seven times, but seventy-seven times” (v. 22). The King James Version renders this “seventy times seven.” Regardless whether it is seventy-seven times or four hundred ninety times, it is obvious that Jesus put no limit on the times we are to forgive… By Bessie Wilson
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By Steven & Kathryn White …
In teaching biblical apologetics to our children, it’s essential to create an environment where hard questions are not only welcomed but encouraged. Doubt and skepticism are natural parts of the human experience, and our children should feel safe to explore their faith and wrestle with difficult theological concepts.
A garage sale is a rebuke to us all –
The metaphysical finger having writ
Turns now from that lost Babylonian wall
And points at us as if to scribe this bit:… By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
By Amanda Pizzolatto … In this day and age, it seems many scientists, and non-scientists, are determined to prove the Bible as pure lies, or inspired by the mythos of surrounding civilizations. An interesting position to take considering that the mythos of a country is typically an exaggerated history of their people, using gods to explain the unexplainable.
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Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on In-Laws and Extended Family. In-laws and extended family can be quite the blessing, or sometimes quite the challenge. In our issue we cover both of those sides, with advisory pieces on restoring relationships with family and personal poetry mourning the loss of beloved in-laws. Our readers can find pieces written from multiple perspectives.
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Why? Why this fervor to annihilate the most human of all pursuits? Simple answer: human artists can be pedantic, sanctimonious losers…
By Ian Wilson
By Lyn Wilson … The ocean outside the cave seemed angry. The froth rose and fell as the waves pummeled the shore. The sand was littered with seaweed, bits of shell and pieces of fishermen’s nets.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Silence
We paused
We looked
She leaped
Lillian stood frozen. She looked at the man who had been her friend since the “earth’s crust was forming”—the man who had spent the last three hours watching her heart rate more closely than the appetizers.
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By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The heart is a tabernacle upon the Altar
Within it reposes our hopes and dreams
By Amanda Pizzolatto … Before Frank Capra could open “The Greatest Gift”, he would journey with “The Man from Montana”. Before staying in Bedford Falls, there was a trip to Washington D.C. Before there was George Bailey, there was Jefferson Smith.
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The issue with artists is that in order to be decent as an artist, you have to actually sit down at the drawing board and work. You don’t get good by accident.
By Ian Wilson
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Do you now, or have you ever… / Worked double shifts or double jobs to pay the bills / Read to your children instead of yelling at them / Had to jump-start your car in the pre-dawn cold…
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Under anesthesia,
there’s no REM sleep.
Yet, what’s recalled sure does loom large…
By William S. Kilgore
Since it appeared, I’ve found that people had two reactions to AI, ranging from apathy to utter disgust, but then there’s a third reaction I didn’t expect: raging enthusiasm. Yes, friends, there are people who actually want AI to succeed and to destroy human artists…
By Ian Wilson
Join us as we explore Marriage and the Family with a focus on The Marriage Bed. We’ve worked hard to keep this adult topic clean and modest, but use your judgement to know if this is the right issue for you or if you should peruse another one of our issues instead.
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By Mary M. Isaacs … Alison finished her preparations for dinner, keeping one eye on the clock. She had managed to remain calm all morning as she cleaned the house, prepared for dinner, and packed a small bag to take to her cousin’s house. But now it was almost noon…. She stopped everything she was doing while watching the minute hand move forward slowly. Fear and apprehension flooded through her as the hour approached.
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In certain sectors of the culture, there’s a disrespect for the fantasy genre, claiming that it’s “just for kids”. Basically saying that adults who read fantasy stories need to “grow up”. Calling us “silly” or patronizing us like children…
By Ian Wilson
For Saint John Henry Newman, cor ad cor communication is not an emotional sentiment but an objective reality grounded in his own experiences of conversion and the ascendency of a correctly formed conscience…
By Lyn Bennett Wilson
When anyone asks about the patron saint of nature, everyone’s first thought is of Francis of Assisi. Rightly so, he is the most famous saint associated with nature…
By Amanda Pizzolatto
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