Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone  --Colossians 4:6Read more

to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
-Ephesians 1:6

As I was browsing a major internet bulletin board this morning, I came across an advertisement for a writing gig in the San Diego area that was calling for people to write articles for an upcoming internet webzine dealing with pop culture. The pitch seemed interesting enough. That is, until I noticed that the employer was not going to pay for those writing services.Read more

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.
-Ephesians 2: 3-4Read more

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
-Romans 8:28

There are a tremendous number of places, in the world, that, by their very nature, could be considered conducive to socializing; coffee shops, clubs, restaurants and the like. All of these places are selling something, made more palatable by the promise of human interaction. It works...it has always worked.Read more

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
-Matthew 6:12

There it is again…the ice-pick-in-the-brain sound of your ringing phone. How many times has that been today? Three? Ten? Why do they keep calling? Let’s see, you didn’t answer the first time so what makes them think you will answer the next dozen times? Just who do they think they are anyway? You told them yesterday that you didn’t have any money to give them and they said fine. So what’s the deal?
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But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
-John 8:6-9Read more