Category Archives: Relationships

So the World Will Know

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Mark

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in Me and I am in you. May … Continue reading →

Posted in Church Growth, Church Health, Control, Dissension, Division, Encouragement, Example, Gossip, Humility, Mission, Purpose, Relationships, Sacrifice, Slander, Surrender, The Church, Uncategorized | Tagged Church Growth, Church Health, Church Unity, Division, Immaturity, Joy, Love, Mission, Purpose, Unity, Vision | 523 Comments

Remembering Mom

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Mark

Two ministerial students from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, were doing summer evangelistic work in a rural area near Montgomery. One hot day they stopped their car in front of a farmhouse and proceeded up the path through a gauntlet … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Timothy, Christian School, Encouragement, Example, Family, Gratitude, Inspiration, Loneliness, Love, Mother, Parenting, Relationships, Separation, Uncategorized | Tagged Christian Education, Christian School, Example, Family, Loneliness, Love, Mother, Parenting, Sacrifice, Separation | 110 Comments

When Jealousy is Godly

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Mark

Consider all that you know about jealousy for a moment. Not very pretty is it? Human jealousy can bring out the worst in us. As recent posts in Climbing Higher have shown, jealousy is often the source of heartache, broken … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Covenant, Jealousy, Jeremiah, Love, Relationships, Revelation, Sincerity, Surrender, Trust, Unfaithfulness | Tagged Commitment, Faithfulness, God, Godly Jealousy, Idolatry, Jealousy, Jealousy of, Love, Love of, Love of God, Spiritual Adultery | 63 Comments

Jealousy Sends Astronaut into “Orbit”

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Mark

As an astronaut, Lisa Nowak logged nearly 13 days in space and knew what it was to orbit the earth. But it wasn’t the Space Shuttle that launched her “into orbit” in early 2007 – it was jealousy. According to … Continue reading →

Posted in Career, Control, Envy, Fear, Jealousy, Loss, Love, Motivation, Proverbs, Relationships, Sincerity, Trust, Victim | Tagged Able, Adultery, Affair, Anger, Cain, David, Divorce, Envy, Fear, Jealousy, Love, Nowak, Relationships, Saul, Trust, Unfaithful, Unfaithfulness | 254 Comments

Loving Enough to Trust

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Mark

What would you do for someone you love? Anything? What would you do to someone you love? In the case of Richard Garibay of Ceres, California, it was torture. For a period of nine days, Garibay and a friend, Armando … Continue reading →

Posted in 1 Corinthians, Abuse, Disillusionment, Drug Abuse, Envy, Expectation, Family, Jealousy, John, Love, Motivation, Relationships, Torture, Trust, Uncategorized, Victim | Tagged Abuse, Drug Abuse, Envy, Genuine, Jealousy, Love, Relationships, Torture, Trust | 79 Comments