Married people want to be single. Single people want to be married. Teenagers can’t wait until they’re in college. College students can’t wait until they’re adults. Adults reminisce about how they wish they were in college or high school again, as those were the good ol’ days. Working adults can’t wait until they retire. Retired […]
Bringing 1 Corinthians 11 Head Coverings Back for 2014
I recently preached on a confusing passage of Scripture that most of us skip over in our devotional time: 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 on women wearing head coverings and men not having long hair. It was not a sermon I thought I’d be writing a follow-up blog to, nor was it a passage I would have […]
The Idol of Marriage
Much of what fuels a single person to long for marriage is the lack of feeling of wholeness they have, and the idea that marriage will bring them that wholeness. In this sense, marriage becomes an idol, and we know idols never fulfill their promises. Many married people have bought into this trap as well, […]
Correcting Jeremiah 29:11, Does God really have plans to prosper you?
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. You’ll find Jeremiah 29:11 in many places. I once wore it on a bracelet as a teenager. It was on a poster on our […]
From 0 to 60 in…60 years
I always want to do things so fast. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an adult (so I could stay out and play longer) When I was in high school, I wanted to be in college (where I could be free) When I was in college, I wanted to graduate (so I […]
Methods of Retraining Your Sexually-Damaged Heart and Mind
I want to focus some blog posts on the ways I have reconditioned my mind to leave the world of fantasy that our sex-saturated world creates and to train it to embrace reality instead. This is a long and comprehensive process so each of these posts will hit on one tool in the toolbox. (Read […]