Phil Joel has enjoyed success in both his careers with Newsboys and his 2001 solo CD, Watching Over You. Five years into marriage, he and his wife, Heather, conceived their first child, Phynley, born October 15, 2000. Phil isn’t the only Newsboy to start a family, but his conviction and dedication as a father and…
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Will McGinniss is perhaps best known as the bassist for the Christian rock group Audio Adrenaline, and his trademark healthy head of blond hair that never stops moving once Will begins to play. While his stage life is quite contemporary, Will and his wife, Andrea, enjoy a more traditional home life. They had their first…
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I find a stark resemblance between Adam and Eve’s decision to manipulate their fruitfulness with the modern couple’s attempt to control their own. The story of the fall of mankind is a tragic reflection of Everyman. The story comes from Chapter 3 of Genesis where Satan, the serpent, convinces Eve that death will not result…
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Yesterday I posted a meditation on Genesis 1, drawing from God’s magnificent creation and mandate to man: subdue the world and multiply. Such a mandate shakes the spine of the modernist. Both subduing and multiplying challenge the environmentalist, but the mandate isn’t written for unruly and chaotic man. These mandates are for creatures made in…
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At the beginning of this year, I am starting a 3 year journey through the Bible one chapter at a time. Today I start with Chapter 1 of Genesis, the mother chapter for large families. I’m referring to Genesis 1:28, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” Large family advocates…
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