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I am a forty year old male, married to a gentle and meek woman, Ivy Stegall, whom I am still madly in love with six years later. I love to serve her and treat her like the queen she is. We have three enchanting little princess's. I am all about marriage and

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Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Should Christian churches allow gays to be ordained as priests?: 3 of 82

To answer this question fairly, we must first understand a few basic standards: What priest represented in the biblical days and also what was the law set before God's people concerning this lifestyle. Once we understand these standards, we're able to make a well-informed decision about what is allowed for God's priest. The ...
Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Understanding Sabbath: 1 of 13

To understand the Sabbath we must first answer some questions to paint the whole picture. What day was it originally and what does it mean to you and I? How did the Sabbath come into place with all its rules and regulations? We will also look at what the Sabbath is "not". Each question answered and fact added will put anothe...
Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms Are we better off without religion: 2 of 18

How has religion helped this world since its beginning, if at all? So many different ways to get to God, so many holy men, so many traditions. Does God really use thousands of different ways for us to get to him with so many contradicting theologies and doctrines? So are we better off without religion? Religion is the body o...
Religion & Spirituality > Meditation & Prayer Why we should sing praises to the Lord: 1 of 7

Yester year, if you visited a church for the first time, you were liable to walk in on a praise and worship service that resembled a circus, where saints swung by the chandeliers, doing wind sprints up and down the aisles. Reverends tap danced on organs like Sammy Davis Junior, while people in the choir would inadvertently k...
Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms The business of religion: 1 of 4

Snacking on some chips, I relaxed in my recliner as I watched the famous pastor talk about running a megachurch called the Potter's House and his multi-million dollar empire. He mentioned some benefits that caught my attention: big salary, high function speaking engagements and lavish book deals. What came out of his mouth s...
Health & Fitness > Heart Disease & Heart Attack A look at heart disease: 12 of 27

A woman got upset at her scale for it implying that she was huge: When she got on the scale it kindly said, One at a time, please. The common misnomer out there is that you have to be as big as Free Willy before you have to start to worry about heart disease. That is why most people don't take it seriously until the doctor g...
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Has society become controlled by technology?: 29 of 63

There was a man that I heard about who loved gold. Not the precious metal, but the actual color of gold (yellow). Everything he owned was gold. All his clothes were gold, he lived in a yellow house, drove a yellow car, had yellow curtains. All of his carpet and furniture was gold. In his bedroom, he had golden lamps, yellow ...
Relationships & Family > Blended Families The challenge of blended families: 11 of 23

If you're family meetings are often mediated by law enforcement officials, you know you're probably in a blended family. Blended families don't gel overnight; they take time and years of perseverance. In these types of families, at least one party must be dedicated to excellence and putting the children's needs above everyon...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Did Jesus always know everything?: 4 of 8

Before we answer that question, we must first answer the bigger question it points to: who did Jesus claim to be? We know through reading the scriptures Jesus claimed to be the Son of God (equal with God). In Luke 23: 23 when Jesus was talking to the Pharisees and they said to him, "who do you think you are-are you greater t...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) How to teach your children to respect you: 8 of 15

The television show Super-nanny puts a spotlight on a major dilemma that we have in America children don't respect their parents. We're supposed to be raising the next generation, bright and hopeful, ready to change the world. Unfortunately we are raising up an army of "hellions" devious, arrogant children who crush their pa...