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UNCOMMEN Challenge: Plan A Family Day
If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. Today, I want to challenge you to be a planner. You might already be one, and this will come naturally. Some of...
Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Why do bad things happen? This topic could probably be the question that is asked the most in this world for the present and future. I would suggest that the answer is one that perhaps satisfies the least, or does it? Fortunately for you, you have come to the right...
1 Essential Piece of Advice For Early Marriage
I became a father on June 26, 1993, when our oldest daughter was born. At every wedding I have attended since that day, I have waited to hear a preacher ask, “Who gives this bride?” It is my favorite part of most weddings. I cherish the relationship I have been...
Overcome Suffering From Your Past And Find Hope
Romans 15:4 provides the believer immense hope. We can overcome suffering, be taught endurance through the scriptures and find hope. "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the scriptures and the...
How To Be Righteous When Arguing
The breakfast was delicious! The two men had returned on the subway, one from a workout, the other from his church. They began a conversation, had some things in common, and decided to grab breakfast. The conversation went well for about ten minutes, and then...
UNCOMMEN Challenge: Go to Church
If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. "Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told...
9 Ways You Can Practice Active Parenting
Do you practice active parenting? Or, are you content with the view from afar? This thought piqued some curiosity. Here's a question we asked the UNCOMMEN Community recently... What is the most recent milestone you've seen your child accomplish? We received a wide...
Some Thoughts on How To Reconcile Relationships
They were driving down the expressway on their way to work. He usually dropped his wife off downtown, then went to his job. They were talking about an issue he was having with someone. He was not happy and was going to take action. His wife, tiring of his ranting,...
To Fear God Means To Be In Awe of His Might and Goodness
Some time ago, a journalist was interviewing a televangelist who was serving time in prison. He asked the man, "How did you get here? Didn't you love God?" and the minister said, "Oh, yes, I loved God. I just didn't fear him." What happened? And how? David explains in...
Practicing Christian Discipline and Godly Parenting
Do you remember how you felt when your kids were born? The best day imaginable. You watch as you nurture this human being into someone capable of leaving, which you know will break your heart, but it's your job. You would not trade them for anything. It may have taken...
UNCOMMEN Challenge: Knowledge of the Bible
If you are a UNCOMMEN member, please ensure you're signed in to view this content. If you aren't a member, please click here to get started. "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him...
How to Be A Leader In A Crowded Space
Everybody is a leader. It's a crowded space. There's lots of options. So, how to be a leader amidst all of it? It can be tough. If there are so many leaders...why does everything seem so screwed up? "With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his...