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Is Tithing A Biblical Requirement?

National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) recently announced a surprising notice concerning tithing (a $5 word for giving 10% of one’s income).

In a nutshell, the NAE found that 58% of their board members believe that the Bible does NOT require tithing. Note that the NAE board is made up of a 100 people who [...]

Sigh…

It is 10:38 PM on Saturday night…my wife and son are asleep (or soon will be).

Me? I am sitting in front of a computer listening to LiveIreland Radio and trying to write a paper.

As much as I love this class and as much as I am learning…I’m not sure if the timing [...]

Air Purifiers?

The sad thing about having three cats is that the air in the house tends to get a tad dirty.  We do pretty good, seeing how we have nice adult-size lungs.

But we are a bit concerned about Jadon’s lungs as they are still developing…as such we are thinking about buying an air purifier [...]

Nursery Photographs

Over the Christmas holiday we had a painting party in which we decorated our nursery wall and furniture (it helps to have an artistic sister-in-law and two fun-loving teenager gals who were willing to come over and “play”!!)  :D

Enjoy the pictures.

Wild Jungle Cats Prowling The Nursery

Wild Jungle Cats Prowling The Nursery

The Top of the Bady's Dresser

The Top of the Baby's Dresser

Dresser Front (I painted the "jungle" George) :)

Dresser Front (I painted the "jungle" George) :)

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We Are 7 Months Pregnant!!!!

Yelp. Just like that.

No morning sickness or hormones – just a ton paper work and hours of prayer.

Barring any unforeseen situations, Em and I will be adopting a little boy around the second of February. Granted, it could be a tad earlier or later – depending on how quickly he wants to [...]

Ardell’s Cheese Cake Recipe

Seeing how it is the day of “feeding the belly” – otherwise known as Thanksgiving Day – I thought I might pass on an old cheese cake recipe for your enjoyment. :)

Cheese Cake getting readyIngredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 5 cups of cottage cheese
  • 3/4 cup of mild honey (a light color clover honey works great)
  • 1/4 ts salt
  • 2 ts vanilla
  • 1/4 ts almond extract
  • 2 – 9 inch unbaked gram cracker pie shells

Mixing the “goods”

This is the hard part: dump all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Continue reading Ardell’s Cheese Cake Recipe