Marriage 101

I’m no marriage expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know a thing or two. I have been married for 33 years and, while I expect to be married at least twice this long, it’s still a fairly significant amount of time. So I’m going to share two Biblical principles that have…

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When Disappointment Takes a Back Seat

When my kids were little, I was not the parent who would always let them win. Every now and again, I probably did. But for the most part, I figured it was better for them to learn the disappointment of losing, rather than thinking everything would always go their way. While they tease me about…

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A Singular Sin

This past summer, I taught a class at church on the grace of God using Jerry Bridge’s book, “Transforming Grace.” The title is appropriate because what I learned while preparing for the class was life altering. Let’s talk about sin. You can hardly talk about God’s grace and not talk about our sin. Oh, there’s…

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Standing in the Gap

Jennifer Mobley Thompson

In one of my first posts for Grace & Such, The Constants of Change, I eluded to a very rough 2005. My husband, Todd, resigned his position in Little Rock, Arkansas, and accepted a job in the Northwest suburbs of Philadelphia. That was a huge decision and one that wasn’t taken lightly. In fact, it…

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