There is something about the holidays that begins to stir deep dark waters of childhood emotions within me and threatens to sweep me up in rip currents and deposit me far away from my grounding in Christ – the tide of unforgiveness rises in my heart and I must seek higher ground. While my issues stem from growing up with an emotionally neglectful alcoholic mother and an absent father, I am sure I am not alone during the holidays.
Read MoreI know what you’re thinking: “What on Earth is the ‘pericope adulterae’?” I’ll tell you what it is; it is a very difficult subject to discuss with Christians for the first time. “Why?” you may ask. Well, if I told you that there is a very well known passage of scripture in your Bible that New Testament scholars believe was most likely not originally written by the authors, how would you feel?
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