By Mike Smith on 8/4/2008 2:16 PM

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By Mike Smith on 7/7/2008 1:57 PM

Movie Review: Hancock – This is a superhuman file rated PG-13 (for violence and language) directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. Will Smith plays the main role of Hancock who has super human strength, but no direction in his life. He suffers from amnesia ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 6/11/2008 8:50 AM

Rinda, Abby and I watched the Movie Freedom Writers this past weekend. We had heard of it but did not see it when it was out in the theaters. We purchased the DVD and watched it. It is based on a true story of a teacher Erin Gruwell (played well by Hillary Swank) teaching at an integrated High Schoo ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 6/10/2008 10:54 AM

Some of my family went along with a five year old friend (Keeli) to see Kung Fu Panda this weekend. It was an enjoyable movie. There are some redemptive themes about calling, trust, believing in yourself and good triumphing over evil. One key lesson that the main character (Po - the Panda) learns co ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 6/9/2008 4:00 PM

My friend, Ray Mullican, made a great observation to me the other day in talking about how to help people going through difficulty: "Good counseling is about seeing God accurately." Often we are in crisis because God does not meet up to our expectations in some way or another. He does not ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 5/12/2008 8:37 AM

The Scriptures tell a husband to love his wife as Christ loves the church and gave himself up for her. What does it look like for a husband to love his wife? Men need a plan. We need things spelled out for us. I am more worried about a husband understanding his wife than I am a wife understandin ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 3/31/2008 12:17 PM

I first learned about the idea of an emotional tank from Dr. Ross Campbell. In his book "How to Really Love your Teenager," Dr. Campbell assumes that parents love their children. He is convinced that most teenagers do not sense their parents love them! He suggests that teenagers have an em ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 3/17/2008 1:46 PM

This question often comes to me in a variety of forms. God does not reveal to us everything he knows. He tells us what he believes we need to know. One of my seminary professors told this to his students, “God reveals to us a little about what he has done, less about how he has done it and almost no ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 2/25/2008 1:51 PM

I have thought a lot about obedience and law keeping. In one sense I am compliant and dutiful. In other ways I am one that stretches the law or rules to the breaking point. My wife, Rinda, gets frustrated with me when I do this. We are playing a board game together and I make some creative move. She ... Read More »

By Mike Smith on 2/21/2008 10:22 AM

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). “Christ in you the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). There are several verses that I quote to myself frequently. These are two of those verses! These verses convey the truth that the union of the individual bel ... Read More »