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You’re a pastor, and you’ve just left your latest church. It is blown up, and in shreds – but who can blame you for that? You tried, but the people just weren’t holy enough. Now you’ve gone to another town, and joined a local church. You’re temporarily out of the ministry. Your work is ahead of you. You’ve got to be careful at this point. Discernment is needed. In your new church there are bound to be some areas of sin and looseness that you can exploit. The task before you is to be judicious in selecting just which issues...

Tolerating error In recognizing the brotherhood of all who have put on Christ, one sincere concern of some good friends has been that I may be tolerating error--that I may come to accept the errors of denominationalism or the deeply divided "religious world." Rest assured, I'm not. I still remain just a Christian, not a hyphenated or a sectarian one. But there is a world of difference between tolerating an error and tolerating a person who is in error. ...

You should worry if your kids aren't squabbling, say the experts. Home is the lab where children can try out behaviors.There's a reason the Felicity Huffman character on ABC's hit show "Desperate Housewives" has resonated with viewers, no doubt a good many of them parents. She's the one who went from high-powered career woman to stay-at-home mom with four kids, three of them out-of-control boys who do nothing but argue, fight and generally wreak havoc wherever they go.The incessant sound of their children's bickering can drive many real-life parents to play a game of "Can you top this?" with other...

Not sure how to put this . . . and am more than a little distressed, if not outraged. BASICALLY, as I am reliably given to understand--a denominational meeting--ostensibly to give oversight to a very powerful Asian missionary team--is meeting now and especially critically Thursday evening--regarding the mission work in a significant Asian country. THE MISSIONARIES ON LOCATION AND THE LOCAL TRIBAL PEOPLES (Hmong) ARE ALL IN INCREDIBLE LOVING AND EFFECTIVE FUNTIONING UNITY. AND A GREAT WORK FOR GOD IS GOING FORWARD ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS. However, pontifical sorts at denominational headquarters and evidently USA side tribal indivduals are...