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June 4, 2014 by kevinstilley

Marriage and Home book recommendations

Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Marriage and Home. What do you think? What changes would you make to the list?

Akin, Daniel L. God on Sex: The Creator’s Ideas about Love, Intimacy and Marriage from the Song of Songs. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2003.

Crabb, Lawrence J. The Marriage Builder: A Blueprint for Couples and Counselors. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982.

Cutrer, William, and Sandra Glahn. When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden: Encouragement for Couples Facing Infertility. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1997.

Dobson James. Parenting Isn’t for Cowards. Dallas: Word, 1987.

_______ . The New Dare to Discipline. Wheaton: Tyndale, 1992.

Harley, Williard F., Jr. His Needs, Her Needs. Reprint. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.

Lahaye, Tim and Beverly. The Act of Marriage. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976.

Powlison, David. Seeing With New Eyes. Phillipsberg, N.J.: P & R, 2003.

Smalley, Gary, and John Trent. The Gift of the Blessing. upd. and exp. Nashville: Nelson, 1993.

Thomas, Gary. Sacred Marriage. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.

Tripp, Paul David. Shepherding a Child’s Heart. rev. ed. Wapwallopen, PA: Shepherd Press, 1998.

Wheat, Ed, and Gaye. Intended for Pleasure. rev. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.

Wright, H. Norman. Marital Counseling: A Biblically-Based Behavioral, Cognitive Approach. Denver: Christian Marriage Enrichment, 1981.

_______ . Pre-Marital Counseling. Chicago: Moody, 1977.

October 23, 2012 by kevinstilley

Addiction – select quotes

As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest.
~ Joseph Addison

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
~ Carl Jung

Tough choices face the biblioholic at every step of the way–like choosing between reading and eating, between buying new clothes and buying books, between a reasonable lifestyle and one of penurious but masochistic happiness lived out in the wallow of excess.
~ Tom Raabe, Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction

November 11, 2009 by kevinstilley

The Folly Of Sex – select quotes

I could be content that we procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the World without this trivial and vulgar way of coition; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life; nor is there any thing that will more deject his cool’d imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
~ Sir Thomas Browne, in Religio Medici

Confusion over the meaning of sexual personhood today is epidemic. The consequence of this confusion is not a free and happy harmony among gender-free persons relating on the basis of abstract competencies. The consequence rather is more divorce, more homosexuality, more sexual abuse, more promiscuity, more social awkwardness, and more emotional distress and suicide that come with the loss of god-given identity.
~ by John Piper

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Is Adultery Morally Wrong?

The last national election illustrated just how divided the American people can be on the issues that we consider important. However, there is no such division when it comes to the question of the extra-marital affairs. In a recent Gallop poll, 92% of those surveyed indicated that it is morally wrong for married men or women to have an affair.

See the chart below for how this compared with other social issues.

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I was a bit surprised that the percentage of those thinking cloning, gambling, and the wearing of animal skins morally wrong were as high as they were. How do the numbers on the chart compare to what you would have expected?

June 20, 2008 by kevinstilley

Frequently Stolen Books

Of the many things that required my constant attention as a retail bookstore manager, were those individuals who were determined to take the books without paying for them. It was a daily contest to provide comfort and easy access to our clientèle and still provide sufficient security to protect the inventory against those who wanted to filch it.

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May 26, 2008 by kevinstilley

Sigmund Freud – Select Quotes

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is: What does a woman want?