Category Archives: Theology

Rules for Fighting Fair in Marriage

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We don’t fight very fairly, do we? Honestly it’s more fun when we don’t because we do more damage – but we know the end result isn’t good either way.

The goal isn’t to stop fighting or have disagreements; that’s impossible. The goal is to have conflict in a way that is honest, open, and free of as much evil as possible. Conflict is inevitable and under the right care it can even be beneficial and edifying.

Here are some rules to live (or fight) by:

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I Believe in Billy Phenix

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Campus Pastor Billy Phenix a "few" years ago...

Today was nothing exceptionally special – my family was able to get into the car without a major meltdown (or a fight) and we cruised to Buckhead Church late (as usual).

At this point I don’t mind so much as I can always blame my two beautiful daughters for being the cause of tardiness (and who can honestly stay mad after looking at those two faces?) as my wife and I stroll to the front section on the right at the 9:00am service. There’s always space and the greeters are always happy to see us anyways.

Of course, since we were a bit late we made it just in time to see the second song finish up and participate in the final song. The thing is that for me, even after being in church for so many years, it still takes a song (or two) to “get into it” and so I’ll stand there with my arms crossed slightly swaying a bit more self-conscience than aware of what’s actually going on. Thankfully I know the songs well enough to sing them without really singing them.

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