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Grow Wings With Me!
A ‘BORN – AGAIN’ CHRISTIAN – AGED 3 YEARS! PART 2. SCRIPTURE: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because…God has set me free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1,2. God can use everything in our lives. For me, becoming a ‘born-again’ Christian was not a […]
Biblical Principles For Marriage
by Rod Benson, June 2002 According to Scripture marriage is ordained by God as an intimate and permanent partnership between a man and a woman in which the two become one in the whole of life. The ideal is an active lifelong monogamous heterosexual relationship. Sexual, emotional, physical and spiritual fulfilment are important goals of […]
A Mother’s Legacy
May 11, 2001 “I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” 2 Timothy 1:5 (NIV) Mothers and grandmothers can have a powerful spiritual impact on their families. Through them, many of us see Jesus […]
Counseling Case Study: ‘Jane’
‘JANE’ Every counsellor has a ‘stand-out’ client. He or she is someone who, without the counsellor’s help, probably would have been in gaol or the grave – and taken others with them. ‘Jane’ (not her real name, of course) was introduced to me by her ‘carer’, another client, a psychiatric nurse who herself had a […]
Research Shows That God Is Important To Teenagers
IRN News Digest – Members Ron McGatlin Apr 29, 2002 IRN NEWS DIGEST A recently published study questions the idea that teenagers are not interested in religion. The American study “Youth and Religion”, commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania, asked 11- to 18-year-olds about their thoughts about God. Most of them answered “God is important […]
Christian Parenting
In his book, “Finding God in Unexpected Places,” Philip Yancey says, “When Dr. David Larson was training for a career in psychiatry, faculty advisers warned him, ‘You’ll harm your patients if you try to combine your Christian faith with the practice of psychiatry. It’s clinically impossible.’ Instructors insisted that religion usually harms a person’s mental […]
The Cost Of Kids
* * * * * The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn’t so bad if you break it down. It translates into $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 […]
Old Geezers
“Geezers” (slang for an old man) are easy to spot: At sporting events, during the playing of the National Anthem, Old Geezers hold their caps over their hearts and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them. Old Geezers remember World War I, the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy […]
Grow Wings With Me!
RAPED!!!!! SCRIPTURE: A bruised reed God will not break, or a smouldering wick snuff out. In faithfulness God will bring forth justice. Isaiah 42:3 My father was studying at Bible College, so we had no income, and no house in which to live. A relative offered us accommodation in a hospital she part owned. Mother […]
What Friendship Means
To be a friend and to have friends is one of the noblest goals for which we can aim. Friendship is complex and has many facets, but it certainly exhibits the following five attributes: Friendship means understanding and being understood… Friendship means affirming and being affirmed… Friendship means accepting and being accepted… Friendship means helping […]
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