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   Fundie Eharmony? 1 2

   July 30, 2005 by MavMin

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   Any chance that there is a Ind Fundie version of Eharmony?? Seems that it is tough to find a good mate now days partly because the Ind singles seem to be scattered pretty wide and contact is tough to come up with. Is setting something up like that a lack of faith or just way to meet people? What do you think? I have a really smart and good looking son that is just looking for a female friend until he gets out of his Physical Therapy Assistant school in a year. After that he will be more inclined towards something deeper. Any single lass interested in that kind of relationship here in the Dallas area can e-mail me and I will "introduce" ya. He doesn't know I am doin…

   

   Last reply by bapmomWI, September 12, 2005
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   Helping Kids Adjust

   November 19, 2015 by TheSword

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   Any of you who have children and have gone through a move, I would sincerely appreciate any input you might have on this one... We just moved to Las Vegas about 3 weeks ago and are still getting settled a little bit. One of my biggest challenges is my 3-yr-old. In San Antonio he absolutely loved going to church and being in his Sunday School class and Mother's Day Out class. Since we moved it is an absolute fight (with massive tears and screaming) to get him to go. He doesn't want to make new friends here because Las Vegas isn't San Antonio and he has decided he's not going to like it. It's heartbreaking and frustrating at the same time. On the one hand …

   

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   Mrs. Francie Taylor

   February 20, 2014 by honebee873

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   A Divorce trial 1 2

   October 24, 2007 by proverbs356

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   Hello Brothers and sisters, This is very difficult to post but unfortunately, there are as many believers as there are unbelievers facing a divorce trial today. I find myself a bit discouraged that so many people do not believe in the covenant of marriage. As some of you know, my husband has filed for a divorce and we have been going through the court for a year now. I believe that God hates divorce and I will not agree to sin against God. In our state I do not have to agree. But there are alot of things to make decisions on though that are not sin. I have already been told and heard first hand that his attorney is going to try to expose every evil thing about me. …

   

   Last reply by proverbs356, November 2, 2007
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   Spank a child OR Not Spank a child ? 1 2

   July 10, 2005 by EzTechGuy

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   Spank a child? OR Not to spank a child? My wife and I take it saying the Bible in God's word "Spare the Rod and spoil the child". They are a difference of giving abusing a child or kid and hitting or abusing a child. What is your view on this? I think its nice to be able to discuss parenting views and share opinions. (So many other boards out there just argue and fight and its no fun) Glad you all are nice.... Sure others may have a different view or opinion but we should try our best to say an a opinion without arguement. Right? I hope so... Thank you all... and hope to hear some of your views and opinions please? The fact is, so …

   

   Last reply by Chelle, August 20, 2005
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   "The Five F's of Fashion"

   August 27, 2010 by Brother Rick

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   Here's another one she wrote. It's for ladies, as you proably noticed though, I'm not a lady, so I can't post this in the ladies forum. It's a very good series of articles that I think ladies who have to go through the trials and tribulations of being modest and yet in fashion will appreciate. Feel free to leave a comment on the blog, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you. -- My prayer and purpose for this topic is to strike that balance between being “in this world and not of this world” in regards to The FIVE “F’s”: Fashion, Fit, Femininity, Function, and Frugality in a way that conforms to God’s word. Please enjoy reading my philosophy and frustrations of fa…

   

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   Is That All You Ever Talk About??

   January 19, 2010 by speerjp1

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   Deuteronomy 6:7 says "And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." Wow. It seems like there would be very little time to talk about anything besides the things of God. More specifically, there would be little time to talk of anything other than the commandments of God. When folks sit in the house during the day or in the evening, they should be talking of the commandments of God. When folks are walking, they should take advantage of the time and talk about the commandments of God. When they lie down in the evening be…

   

   Last reply by lettheredeemedsayso, March 24, 2010
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   Kids and Coffee 1 2

   January 28, 2007 by Bakershalfdozen

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   At McDonalds, I heard an Indian couple ask their toddler if he wanted some coffee. :? I thought that was really strange but then realized that American parents give their kids soda pop on a regular basis which contains sugar and caffeine. Would you give your kids coffee?

   

   Last reply by 4meHeDied, February 13, 2007
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    Do You - Did You - Would You? 1 2

    July 27, 2005 by Bakershalfdozen

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    Allow your children to have sleep-overs?

    

    Last reply by Guest, August 11, 2005
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    Why does a woman take her husbands name? 1 2 3

    June 17, 2005 by JohnnyGotham

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    Just curious as to why. My feminist friend said that's it's a way of turning women into property, but I don't buy that.

    

    Last reply by JerryNumbers, December 18, 2005
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    Restoring Broken Relationships

    July 26, 2010 by irishman

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    I was planning on posting this tomorrow, but just couldn't wait! Hope it can be of use to someone. We need to seek out principles for restoring relationships, and remember that love always prevails. 1. Reminisce about past shared experiences. Remember the “good old days”. Times spent, things done together. 2. Don’t be afraid to “eat crow”. Swallow your pride. --Pride is destructive; it seldom, if ever, edifies. Why not take the blame for the problem? 1 Cor. 6:7 At least make it right on your end. 3. Build dreams with them! Talk of “better days” ahead; Instill in them a new hope. Find something to compliment them on (Need not lie, everyone has…

    

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    DEBATE: Helping kids with chores 1 2

    January 13, 2009 by Danny Carlton

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    My wife and I have a debate. She says we should "work with" the kids to "show" them how to do chores. I say "working with" inevitably turns into "doing for" and simply teaches them that someone else will cover for them. They should do it on their own, with no help. We're talking about kids 9 or 10 and older doing usual household chores like dishes, laundry and picking up rooms.

    

    Last reply by deafnva77, January 21, 2009
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    Yard fleas or what?

    June 30, 2007 by Anon

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    Twice now my little 2 year old with his little buzz haircut has seemed to attract some sort of little black bug outside, that when you flick off it leaves a little bloody spot on his head. I'm thinking a flea? My dh sprayed the yard and trees with yard bug spray but he just got bitten today again. There are tons of rabbits in this area so I'm wondering if they are bringing in alot of bugs? We have two outdoor dogs too but surely spraying would have taken care of that. I'm just hoping whatever little black fleas or whatever they are can't give him any diseases. I try to scrub the spot real well with a wet towel.

    

    Last reply by dadof4, July 3, 2007
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    Gentlemen and chivalry 1 2

    January 15, 2005 by Guest Guest

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    I am so amzed at the lack of respect that young men display that are from Christian homes. I am exposed to a variety of men young and old from various backgrounds, with the majority from Christian homes. I have found that on a regular basis the young men no longer hold doors open for women. Especially college students, unless you are directly behind them, don't be surprized if the door doesnt slam you in the face. The younger boys are just as bad. I think it is sad when my daughters have to stand and open the door for the boys, and a simple thank you isn't even obtained, let alone them offering to take the door for them. Are parents no longer concerned about teaching s…

    

    Last reply by Chelle, July 9, 2005
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    How do you deal with your child's interaction with neighborhood kids?

    September 10, 2009 by Mrs Smith

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    My son is still very litte, but this is something I already think about and I think about it a lot. How do you deal with your child interacting with neighborhood kids? We have young children on our street who play outside a lot. There's actually another boy only 1 month older than my son a couple houses down. But how do you deal with it? I don't want to encourage my son on having close friends with non-believers, especially when he is so young and impressionable. The families are typical wordly families--cable tv, secular music, beer bottles in the trach can, occassional "lively" parties, public school, older kids using "mild" fowl language, etc. I'm sure the kids aro…

    

    Last reply by John81, September 13, 2009
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    'Co-sleeping' with baby can be deadly

    November 16, 2009 by JerryNumbers

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    The Associated Press 'Co-sleeping' with baby can be deadly Austin - More than 160 Texas infants die each year while sleeping in bed with family members, state statistics show, and officials are starting a campaign to warn parents of the danger. Taken from Texarkana Gazette, Monday 16, 2009 Sometime back we had a topic on this, when reading this just now in the Texarkana Gazette I could not help but think of it. I don't mean to repeat that topic, but this could be food for thought for those who let their infants sleep in bed with them. 160 per year only in the state of Texas, t me that is an alarming number of infants losing their life due to this.

    

    Last reply by bzmomo7, December 14, 2009
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    Husband / Father Advice 1 2

    March 22, 2008 by Kenny5682

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    I made the mistake of getting married way too soon. I don't regret the fact that I got married, but it was a wise decision to jump into marriage so quickly. I knew my wife for 6 months or so before we got married and right away I went from spending the majority of my time alone into a house with almost no privacy at all. I've grown extremely frustrated with my household, and my heart is far from right in the whole matter. I'm going to be honest with you guys and although I'm confident I'm going to look horrible I'm asking you to exercise some grace with me. I personally feel I deserve to be struck dead and in Hell right now because of the way my hearts been, and I d…

    

    Last reply by John81, April 6, 2008
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    Moving in together 1 2 3

    July 24, 2007 by Madeline

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    Me and my BF are thinking of purchasing this Condo and moving in together. Would this be a dangerous move since we're not married yet? He usually stays overnight at my apartment on the weekends (no funny business) and is extremely committed to remain celibate until we're married, and so am I. So, I'm thinking it would be ok for us to move in together? What do you think? Love, Madeline

    

    Last reply by Samer, July 26, 2007
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    Is spanking always the right choice?

    October 30, 2009 by JerryNumbers

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    When I was yet a young boy one Sudan morning I was dressed and ready to go to church. It had been raining nearly all week. So I told mother, "I'm going out side and I'm already dressed for church." She told me "You can go out, but do not walk in the mud puddles." Well, with nearly a weeks rain soaked in the ground there were a few mud puddles around our yard and I had not been outside to play hardly any in the past week. You know how young boys are, its so hard for them to walk around a mud puddle they think they can jump over. Yes I came upon one mud puddle, yes I told my self, I can jump over it, which I did. But when my feet hit the ground they went out from under …

    

    Last reply by JerryNumbers, November 2, 2009
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    What do you do with Santa Claus? 1 2

    September 15, 2009 by Mrs Smith

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    I'm wondering how everyone here feels about Santa. I would never tell my son he was real, and I would always put the birth of Jesus and why He came as the absolute center of Christmas! That being said, I'm not 100% anti-Santa. I mean, we watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and we've seen Polar Express. We have even wore Santa hats during Christmas time in the past. But we don't necessarily talk about Santa. It's sort of like a "whatever" kind of thing. We don't visit Santa at the mall or have anyone take pictures with Santa, and we don't draw Santa pictures or have a Santa in our front lawn, and we don't sing songs about him. We a…

    

    Last reply by Amaryllis, September 17, 2009
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    Babies sleeping with parents 1 2

    April 25, 2008 by JerryNumbers

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    Linda works with a lady who boys have always slept with them. Now that the boys are both getting larger, not sure of their ages, but they both are in elementary school. Now dad and the boys sleep in the bed, mother sleeps in another bed. Our daughter slept in a baby bed in our bedroom till she outgrew it, them we moved her to he own bedroom and she slept there until she graduated and got married. What is you opinion on this? Maybe its been discussed, but I hardly ever make it over here and this come to mind for Linda was telling me about this yesterday.

    

    Last reply by Bakershalfdozen, October 3, 2008
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    Be Thankful If...

    June 2, 2014 by No Nicolaitans

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    What do you do that drives your spouse nuts? 1 2 3

    September 30, 2005 by Anon

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    What do you do that drives your spouse nuts? One of my biggest ones is when I borrow his wallet to run into a store, I never have time in the checkout to replace his change properly...I just stuff the dollars, change, and receipt into the wallet and get out of the way for the next person. I try to remember to fix it before he sees it because it drives him nuts to find loose change and a crumpled receipt in his wallet. :lol: The other thing is he likes the cupboards and refrigerator perfectly ordered and neat, whereas I just like to put the groceries away however they fit at the time. :frog Often he puts the groceries away for me and not only that but usually r…

    

    Last reply by God_is_good, November 7, 2005
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    Raising Versus Training

    August 23, 2010 by Brother Rick

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    Here's part of an article my wife wrote. You can find the entire article here: http://melissaattruthandsong.blogspot.com/2010/08/raising-versus-training.html -- In the book, “Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World” the author talks about the difference between Parent Centered Homes, Child Centered Homes and Character Centered Homes. EVERY CHILD’S UNDOING I call a “Parent Centered Home” one where you “raise” your child. Raising a child entails that they have a roof over their head, food in their belly, and stay alive until they leave the home; they occupy themselves … at least they occupy themselves until they become a disturbance to the parent. T…

    

    Last reply by John81, August 24, 2010
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    How to Apply the Seven Habits?

    May 12, 2017 by whisperingsage

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    I have a need for some brain storming. Since you listened to the 7 habits, I appreciate the ideals but am having a hard time figuring out how to apply some, which i feel we need to do to build the team that is our small church. Some here are familiar with a subject I brought up recently and got some flak for. Here's my question: when this 25 yr old comes to church ( first one there usually, way early for I don't know what reason) in either a proper skirt but with cleavage ballooning out, or , alternatively, a proper top but with too tight pants or shorts. Or too tight all over, how do I word it to be edifying? My example I just looked at in the 7 habits of highly effectiv…

    

    Last reply by Ronda, October 21, 2017

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