Lust and love are often confused, to the detriment of many. Teenagers, who start to feel sexual intrigue for the first time, are in particular danger of responding out of lust rather than love. We know from experience that this is not just a teenage problem. Divorce at any age is usually in some way [...]

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Attached to my lap top is a bright red phone. It is a Skype phone which is a very affordable way of calling relatives who live in England. It has now become the least expensive way of keeping in touch with our son, Tom, at the University of Chicago. If we both use Skype neither [...]

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“See you at the pole” is an annual tradition in the US to show that Jesus still belongs in our schools. Since the sixties Bible teaching and prayer have been ripped out of public schools and any Christian activity is at least a small ray of light in what has become dark and secular. Kids [...]

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