Yesterday was our home visit for our home study, which, for those who don’t know, is the process that approves a couple to be able to adopt. For more than a month, I had poured over every detail of our home, making sure that I had everything on the list completed. Plug covers on all outlets? Check. Cleaning supplies in a locked cabinet out of reach? Check. Fire extinguisher readily accessible but out of reach …
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It took years for the State of California to put my biological father on trial. Ironically, it took longer to get him into the courtroom than it did for him to pay for his crimes. A childhood full of abuse was paid for in just 3 short years! And as I searched for his status on the Megan’s Law website last week, I discovered he lives only 18 miles away from me! A man capable of committing such heinous acts against his own children is free! And yet instead of anger at his sin, I find myself broken over my own sin. Continue reading
November 14, 2011
by John Pleasnick
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If you’re part of FBC, you hear this all the time — God’s people are called to a lifestyle of obedience (John 3:36). Jesus “became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation” (Hebrews 5:9). Sure, believers may disobey God for a time, but no true Christian will lastingly ignore or disobey their Savior (Hebrews 12:4-11). Now–get this because this is where it often gets messed up – Salvation does not depend on …