We use the word “love” so often and in so many contexts that it has lost its meaning. After all, I love cheesecake, I love sunny days, AND I love my wife. Hopefully, my love for cheesecake (which satisfies my sweet tooth) and sunny days (which makes me feel physically warm and relaxed) is different...

Celebration Honor

October 9, 2017

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With An Eye to the Future

by John Salmon

One of my daughter’s dearest friends (and a close family friend as well) got married in September. They arranged a beautiful wedding and reception. There were two unique aspects of their wedding that revealed their hearts and the direction of their life together. First, they invited all of us to not only witness their marriage...

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Celebration

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October 22, 2016

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Marriage Compelled By the Love of Christ

by John Salmon

I recently had the opportunity to speak on marriage with a local congregation during their worship service. The passage for the morning was Paul’s words to the Corinthians: “For the love of Christ compels us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who...

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Grace Honor

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June 29, 2015

The Paradox of Happy Families

by John Salmon

It seems paradoxical, even counterintuitive but it’s true; happiness is fleeting when we pursue it. The more we try to make ourselves happy, the more it eludes us. Paradoxically, we find ourselves happy when we forget about ourselves and reach out to help another. In other words, to truly experience happiness a person has to...

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Celebration Grace

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April 13, 2013

My Child Is So Immature!

by John Salmon

Have you ever looked at your children and wondered what they were thinking. They seem to do the strangest things and do so without even thinking. Sometimes they even act like two-year-olds (although the other day my daughter said I was acting like a 5-year-old…maybe the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree). You may...

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Family Shepherds

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Family by God's Design

Family by God's Design

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With An Eye to the Future

Marriage Compelled By the Love of Christ

The Paradox of Happy Families

My Child Is So Immature!