Choices create outcomes. When a choice results in a good outcome, we call it a blessing. When it results in a bad outcome, we call it a consequence. Note: This article is in a series called Two Roads. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. A consequence is the result or effect of an action,
King David employed extreme measures to cover up his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. His plan worked. David got away with adultery and murder. Note: This article is in a series called Two Roads. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. What David didn’t take into consideration was the love God had
Adam was involved in a coverup, Note: This article is in a series called Two Roads. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. Then, the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife
I was sixteen when I first heard about a swimming hole the locals called The Big Forty. It was an abandoned slate quarry that had partially filled with water. The hole got its name from a forty-foot-high cliff along the south side. The water was clear and deep, and the cliff was high and steep.
The successful rationalization of a temptation brings about a very dangerous state of mind called blackout. In blackout, a good man is no longer capable of considering the terrible consequences that will be unleashed when he crosses a moral line. He is no longer thinking of his wife and children, his God and church, his
Note: This article is in a series called Two Roads. Previous articles are always available at http://www.webbweekly.com. A good man can’t do a bad thing until he has twisted his mind into thinking a bad thing is a good thing. The act of doing so is called rationalization. Rationalization is the act of justifying behavior
