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Awaken Love

Okay, that's a really corny title, but I've been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, "Do not awaken love until it is ready." I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all. Several routes to this disastrous awakening exist. The first is obvious:...

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Think Before You Buy

The Top 10 Gifts You Shouldn’t Buy Your Wife This Christmas OK, let’s be honest. Sometimes men are bad at choosing gifts. Your intentions are good, but pick the wrong gift and you send the wrong message. So before you go out and buy a present for your wife, girlfriend or whoever that lovely lady is in your life, be sure to read these gift...

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A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break

Donned in her favorite nightgown Kimberly* slips under the covers anticipating a good night’s sleep. Patting her husband’s shoulder she says, Goodnight honey… Tentatively Ron reaches out for Kimberly and nuzzles her check giving her a tender kiss. With a familiar sick sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Kimberly wriggles away from Ron,...

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Romance for Dummies

Suppose I've just taken my wife out on a date, and the next morning a friend asks me what I did last night. Guess my likely response: "Oh we went out to the Keg, it was great – I had one sweet tastin' steak with all the trimmings! It was so good that Rushia tried to steal a piece. No way, all mine. Then we went to a movie - bit of a chick flick,...

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What Does Love Mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of four to eight-year-olds: "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the...

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The Power of a Praying Husband

Your wife is like an automobile. She may be high maintenance like an Italian sports car. She might be as refined and expensive as a German luxury sedan. She may be solid and sturdy like an SUV, or delicate like a Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance show car. She could be an efficient six-cylinder type, or be a faster but costlier V-8 model. She may...

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A Time to Love

How deep is the anguish when your son says he is homosexual? And, later, that he is dying of AIDS? I know, because these things have happened to me. It was a mild February day in 1978 when I opened a letter from our son, Roger, who lived an hour south of San Francisco. He shared about his work, his new exercise routine, a recent training seminar....

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How You Can Love by Faith

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series - How You Can Love by Faith The greatest power ever known The beautiful ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Chicago was crowded to capacity with more than 1,300 college students and Campus Crusade staff. They seemed to hang on to every word as I explained one of the most exciting spiritual discoveries that I...

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