Maryville Moms

The Maryville Moms Friday morning group has spent the last 10 weeks studying the Book of Revelation.  (One more week, ladies – I’m so proud of you!)  We’re using Here and Now:  There and Then videos and books by Beth Moore.  I expected to spend a little more time covering the 4 eschatalogical views, but [...]

If there was something in your life that was having such an effect on your relationship to God that it was actually hindering your prayers, would this alarm you?  The word ‘hinder’ means “To make slow or difficult the progress of; to hold back; to delay, impede, or prevent action.”  Who wants their prayers delayed [...]

Here’s a tough question for all of us in America: What if our marriages today are reflections of the commitment we’ve made to Christ? Does our love and commitment toour spouse look like our love and commitment to Christ, and vice versa? When Jesus tells us what it means to become a disciple, a part [...]

By Emily Effler When you were a very small child, you began forming opinions about marriage, andyou’ve been building on that foundation ever since. While watching your parents, othercouples around you, and your TV, you slowly began forming conclusions in your mindabout what the wife should do, what the husband should do, what the normal [...]

When most of us think of adultery, we think of some woman in a low-cut shirt wearing too much lipstick.  Or a sleezy dude at a bar slipping his wedding ring in his pocket.  Of course these people are out there, but the fact is, most people who cheat didn’t go out looking for a [...]

“God wouldn’t want me to be unhappy.”  You can justify almost anything you do with this line.  Many people (including myself) have used it as a basis for divorce.  It’s tricky because it’s sort of true.  That’s how Satan gets us.  The best lies are always based on truth. Yes, God wants his children to [...]

As Valentine’s Day approaches I can’t help but reminisce on my first Valentine’s Day with my husband after we got married. My then 20-year-old Prince Charming had gone to the grocery store the evening of February 13 to secure a gift of romance for his new bride. When it came time to open our gifts, mine was still [...]

A few months ago I wrote an article entitled “Top Ten Lies Satan Tells About Marriage”(which pretty much consisted of the list and no explanation), and I intended to write again soon to tell why each lie made the cut. Now I am finally writing again, though my 10-month-old has begun a fun little game [...]

(From someone who’s believed them all) Just in case you are under the assumption that ole Lucifer is just hangin’ out in the underworld roasting marshmallows all day, I have a disturbing news flash for you—he is on the job, and his job is here, “roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it” [...]

Imagine if a terrorist group began putting arsenic in America’s apple juice.  And the government and the media knew it but didn’t do anything about it.  No warnings, no recall on apple juice, no government programs to assist families who had been devastated, no acknowledgement at all of the problem.  Can you imagine the outcry [...]