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Evil Lives in a Fantasy Land

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Lee — 10 Comments

“I believe I helped Inmate Matt and Inmate Sweat escape because I was caught up in the fantasy.” That’s what Joyce Mitchell said to New York State police investigators in her sworn testimony following the Shawshank Redemption style escape of…

Tagged with: 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape, David Sweat, deception, evil, falsity, Joyce Mitchell, prison escape, prison romance, Richard Matt, Shawshank Redemption, truth, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering

Is there a Biblical Basis for Wives Divorcing their Physically Abusive Husbands?

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Lee — Leave a comment

Since the Bible was written in a very different time and culture than that of today, it is difficult to draw a straight line between the few biblical injunctions about marriage and divorce on the one hand, and marriage and…

Tagged with: abusive relationships, adultery, certificate of divorce, divorce, domestic violence, fornication, Hosea, Malachi, unfaithfulness, violence
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Bible Re-Viewed

The Spiritual Anatomy of Physically Abusive Men

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Lee — 6 Comments

Yet another woman has been murdered by a physically abusive man—this time in Cheyenne, Wyoming. On April 12, 2015, Janessa Spencer was at home with her boyfriend, Samual Cook, when they heard a loud banging on the door. As Spencer…

Tagged with: abusive relationships, Cheyenne Wyoming, Daniel Guajardo, domestic violence, Janessa Spencer, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, relationships, Samual Cook, self-love, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering

Tommy Gilbert: The Curse of Free Money and Easy Living

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Lee — 9 Comments

Thomas Gilbert, Jr., 30, had everything. His father was a Wall Street multimillionaire. He grew up amid wealth and luxury. He had attended the best private schools, and graduated from Princeton University in 2009 with a degree in economics. He…

Tagged with: adulthood, business, heaven, money, service, spirituality, Thomas Gilbert, Thomas S. Gilbert, Tommy Gilbert, violence, wealth
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business, Spiritual Growth

Why is Evil Sexier than Good?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Lee — 16 Comments

Now, don’t tell me you haven’t had the same thought. Sweetness and light is all very wonderful. But for some real excitement, nothing beats the dark and dangerous. At least, that’s the message of popular culture—and someone must be eating…

Tagged with: bad guys, born evil, evil, femme fatale, femmes fatales, original sin, possessiveness, self-love, sex, spiritual rebirth, villians, violence
Posted in Spiritual Growth

Power Corrupts? Absolutely Not. Arrogance Corrupts Power.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Lee — 4 Comments

The issue of white privilege and black disadvantage has lately gained much-needed attention in American and international media due especially to: The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012,…

Tagged with: abuse of power, Black disadvantage, John Crawford, John Crawford III, justice, Levar Edward Jones, Levar Jones, Michael Brown, power corrupts, racial politics, racism, Trayvon Martin, violence, White privilege
Posted in Current Events

Advanced Tech Brings Down American Plane in Border Skirmish

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Lee — Leave a comment

Okay, you’re right, that title is just a little bit exaggerated. The technology isn’t very advanced at all. It’s just a plastic device called a “Knee Defender.” But it did bring down a U.S. passenger plane. What? Well, yes, the…

Tagged with: border wars, boundaries, boundary issues, conflict, Knee Defender, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, power, struggle, technology, tragedy, United Airlines flight 1462, violence
Posted in Current Events

How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 3

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Lee — 31 Comments

Click here for Part 1 of this article. Click here for Part 2 of this article. Part 2 dealt with God’s eternal perspective in creating and governing the universe and the people in it. One of the points made there…

Tagged with: death, Divine Providence, evil, God, grieving, natural disasters, pain, suffering, the problem of evil, violence, war
Posted in Pain and Suffering

How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 2

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Lee — 22 Comments

Click here for Part 1 of this article. In Part 1, we talked about the painful struggles of life, our questioning of God, and how coming to realize that we don’t understand the way God runs this universe is a…

Tagged with: cosmology, Creation, evil, God, human society, natural disasters, nature, pain, science, suffering, the universe, violence
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History

How Can I Help a Loved One who is In an Abusive Relationship?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Lee — 8 Comments

A reader named “Sister-In-Law” recently submitted a spiritual conundrum in which she describes the situation of her husband’s brother, “John” (not his real name), who is married to a woman who abuses him verbally and physically. The woman has a…

Tagged with: abused men, abusive relationships, Anger Management, controlling behavior, domestic violence, Emerge, marriage, pain, prayer, relationships, responsibility, suffering, violence
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Sex Marriage Relationships

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