Terminus Ad Quem

To what end is the point of all this living? Do we shudder to think our efforts in life count for something greater than ourselves, or that they might be as vain as grasping at the wind?

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#carecouple #careteamonhiatus #couldnthavedoneitwithouther #francischowisamazing

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College Doesn’t Change Your Heart, It Reveals It

What do they want? That’s the question I’ve asked myself for the last eight years doing campus ministry. The question itself embodies everything I love and hate about campus ministry. College students, typically ages 18 to 22, are working out for themselves, not what their parents want for them, but what they want. It’s thrilling. It’s maddening. It’s discouraging. It’s exhausting.

Never any satisfaction, is there? It's been a cooler summer.

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Every shooting we have seen has become the poster child for someone's political agenda. Guns rights. Feminism. Mental Health. What about the people that were there? The humans that committed these atrocities? Can we ever bother to get over our selfish outlook of our days and take a minute to ask our friends how they are doing?

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A lovely night with the lovely @wimbledon426 and the other 4 lovely people #tripledate #ritasatsm @scarelettletter @tiffuhneeip @thetimtang @aaronjhui

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There's no free will. #election #fishinginmtbaldy #familytime

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Switchfoot concert! @scarelettletter @wimbledon426 @thetimtang @marisewong @omgitzj0n0

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And then there was recipe #2

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So this is recipe #1. Starting falling apart when I brought it to the grill :D

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As a 28-year-old, Christian, single guy, I've heard this message preached countless number of times: I need to honor the girls in my life and treat them with respect. I need to view them as sisters in Christ. Great message. What I was hoping this article would tackle is the question, "How does a single man deal with the lack of physical intimacy?" Although I am very secure in myself and thoroughly enjoy the stage of life I am in, physical intimacy is one of the areas that seems ... how can I put it ... non-existent. However, the "male urges" are still existent. How are single, Christian guys supposed to handle this issue in a Christ-like manner? I think the majority of us already know how we are supposed to treat women. On top of that it's our strong desire to give them the respect that they deserve. So instead of us just hearing what we are not supposed to do, it would be nice to hear how we can fill that seeming void that exists when we do the right thing.</p> <p>I think this unfortunately dives into the problem with porn in the Christian church today. Although I am not trying to condone it in any way, I'm sure that many times pornography turns into the coping mechanism for the lack of physical intimacy in Christian, single men. I already know and could teach the lesson about the harms of porn, so that's not the issue. It's a battle in which I already know right from wrong. Sometimes that battle is lost. And I know for myself, one of the justifications that runs through my mind is that this is one way to achieve the facade of physical intimacy without hurting the "sisters in Christ" immediately surrounding me. This in no way <em>really</em> justifies the act, and guilt always follows. I may be the only one that thinks that, but I guess I'm hoping that I'm not.</p> <p>If this issue was tackled by a brave soul, it would be nice to hear it coming from a positive standpoint of godly ways to fulfill that desire as opposed to an article coming down on the graveness of pornography and uncontrolled flirting.

Not just for the single guys.

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Where is The Gospel in the Mutilation of the Concubine?

Judges 19:22-30 is one of the most horrific texts in all the biblical text. Plugging it into Google reveals it is used by many haters of the faith as examples of the Bible's awfulness and unreliability. And the passage does reveal something awful. If you're not familiar with it, take a minute to read it.

There are reasons for the horrible passages. And the Gospel still resonates from them.

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I remember November 21, 2011 pretty well because God rocked my life and the lives of my brothers and sisters in RCF, calling home our brother when we thought it to be so unfair. Even when another sister was called home, it felt surreal. Now I look back on the grief and remember that He was showing...

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#francischowisamazing #phoebeinla #malaysiamadness #quitenaise #innout

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It's a bit eerie listening to songs like Silent Night over the Ronald Reagan airport intercom... I wonder if people actually understand what the words mean. Then again it's 5am. I'm not sure if anyone is interested in listening to anything right now. I'm only listening because it's so quiet.

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Last day at work! #thankyouwilsoncenter #almosthome #itscold

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It's snowing! #cappp #snowingsundays #timetoleave #itscold #francischowisamazing

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New album

On that Christian music blog from awhile ago that everyone keeps reposting on Facebook. There's always more to the past...

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