Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God.

Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral values who could no longer freely walk in a public park without having to witness a revolting display. What happened to the public censors who protected the majority of citizenry from moral decadence? Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?

Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face. Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.

We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.

Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.

...for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty.

my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go!