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What People with Intellectual Disabilities Need More than Anything Else
Over fifteen years ago, I was in our unfinished basement painting the concrete floor. The door at the top of the steps opened and my wife came down... The Island of Nis
James, the youth: Must Christians always be narrow? The wiser Mr. Brockton: Christians are both pluralists and exclusivists simultaneously. James: Do you mean that Christians accept other religions... Circumstantial Expectations and Competing Priorities
Parents, have you established “circumstantial expectations” for your children’s behavior? In other words, do you train and expect your children to adjust their behavior in different settings and... Leaving Your Church for Another Close By
At least initially, no one who believed and was baptized and came into the membership of the church in Corinth could then leave that church and join another... The Chains of Habit
The chains of habit are often too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. This old saying has been quoted and adapted by... An Inspiring Tale About the Public Reading of Scripture and its Effects
Jackson was a newly married young man, converted as a teen and eagerly participating in his local church ever since. One Saturday evening as he and his wife... Spiritual Adultery and the Grace to Be Restored
Are you sinning often but professing to love the Lord? Though the fruit of constant sin against God can indicate a lost condition, true believers can also sin... Don’t Miss the Greetings and Benediction
I have never regretted slowing down and meditating on the greetings and benedictions at the end of Paul’s writings. Here is the latest I’ve been contemplating: Greet every... The Discipline of God is Strong
The discipline of God is strongTo make the sinning Christian bend,Until affection, thoughts, and waysAre each conformed to God’s own end.The selfish child must not forgetThe Father’s love...