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Jul 4

Freedom Isn’t Free

You hear it all the time, but explaining what about freedom is costly stumps many of us. Some think it mostly a matter of money: it costs money (tax money) for defense and police protection, NSA oversight, and all the personnel government requires to fix my roads and pay my doctor and assure fair treatment at all levels of authority.

Some think it mostly a matter of the struggle to achieve what has been unattainable: a fair shake in the job market, the ability to (actually) have a say in who governs, getting a good education and so on. Here the cost is money, for sure, but we perceive the personal cost of sacrifice, mistreatment, or denied choices as greater than just money.

The bedrock cost, though, lies beyond the ability of philanthropists and legislators to make an easier path of life. The bottom line is the enormous cost to an individual to embrace the self-limiting personal choices that reflect what I ought to do, rather than the external ability, affordability, access, or availability to do what I want to do. Read more

Nov 16

Daily Dose 28: The Keys 4: Key Priorities for Women

Titus 2: 3-5 is such an intriguing passage.

  • First, the words are intended to inform church leaders about God’s way women would make a powerful spiritual impact on the church and, ultimately, the world. The church leadership was to facilitate its happening.
  • Second, it provides all women long-range priorities since the challenges are not for a particular season of womanhood, but for all women to aspire to, achieving their prime contributions to Christ’s Cause when older.
  • Third, many of the words used in the passage are used nowhere else in the New Testament. Truly, women were being given unique responsibilities as part of Christ’s cause.
  • Fourth, while the passage is home-centered, it is not home-bound; the world would be impacted by the work product He has in mind.
  • Fifth, the outline is bursting with creative options to bring the goals to fruition. What is there not to like? Read more

Nov 15

Daily Dose 27: The Keys 3: Key Shared Priorities

This is the key that provides some much needed balance to all the talk about differing roles for males and females because somewhere along the biblical teaching line, the nuanced balance point that men, women, and children have a long list of mutually compatible responsibilities to fulfill successfully their biblical home mission was lost in the discussion, leaving only the cavernous divide of the differences in outlook and expectation that has served only to make “understanding” one another seemingly impossible.  Read more

Nov 14

The Keys

Our priority house is unlocked by keys of biblical truth, truths that orient our individual homes inside God’s plan for all homes. Why are there families and homes in the first place? Who is important in the home? What is everyone to do? Admittedly, they are old truths (is there any other kind?), but in the post-modern world, we find things as simple as expecting family to make time for family dinners being touted as fresh, innovative ideas for the new century. On the other hand, some have become political firestorms with battles for defining marriage and spouse pulled new directions. Read more

Nov 14

Daily Dose 26: The Keys 2: Key Home Priorities

Little has been more studied, ignored, microscoped, broad-brushed, exalted, mocked, perverted and preserved than the “traditional family unit.” As with any truly important concept, everyone wants their slant on the idea to be the right one. Families work best together, when each member respects what the others do and understands how the tasks/roles interact. Listing what the Bible says about family will help us coordinate home processes better. Read more

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