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Family: Finding Your Place In The Puzzle
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 8, 2012 (message contributor)
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1. The Puzzle Of Family
Contributed on Jan 8, 2012
This is week one of a five week series on Families and we look at Mary and Joseph and the family they provided for Jesus
1 the Puzzle of Family It was Tolstoy who said “All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Have you ever stopped to think that both the Old Testament and the New Testament start with the story of a family? And the bible itself is a ...read more
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2. The Puzzle Of Marriage
Contributed on Jan 15, 2012
This is the second part of a five part series on family. This message looks at: Why Marriage.
2 The Puzzle of Marriage It is said that Socrates was asked by a young man whether or not he would recommend marriage, Socrates replied by saying “By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you will become happy; and if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher and the world needs ...read more
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3. The Puzzle Of Parenting
Contributed on Jan 22, 2012
This is part three of our family series this week looking at what it means to not exasperate your kids
My oldest niece has a philosophy, actually she has many philosophies but I’m only going to share one with you today. Her philosophy on parenting is this: The government should put birth control in the water and people would have to pass a parenting test in order to get bottled water. Makes ...read more
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4. The Puzzle Of Singleness
Contributed on Feb 5, 2012
In this message we look at the challenges for a Single Christ Follower
Where have all the married couples gone? At least on television. Have you noticed that there are very few married folks on television anymore? These days you would be hard pressed to find a couple in a traditional marriage on prime time these days. In Big Bang the only marriage couple you see ...read more