Little children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21) I have known the family members — wives and children — of patriarchal men. Men who parade as eminent Christians. Men who have been taught and who believe that they are the "priests" of their home. And I have experienced the frustration and grief of being… Continue reading The Patriarchal Father as Idol god
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Let’s Think Some More about What it Means to Have no Conscience
Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.… Continue reading Let’s Think Some More about What it Means to Have no Conscience
