Recently, I read about the many shades of temptation in my devotional time. I read in One Year Alone With God by Ava Pennington that, …despite impeccable leadership, non-Christians would still not recognize true purity because their minds are defiled. They preferred stereotypes, because the alternative leads to truth, which leads to Christ. They would…
It’s important to ask the tough questions at all stages of a relationship and most importantly before you get engaged. Think of each question like a mini-DTR that helps define where your relationship is headed. What happens if your significant other doesn’t share your same: spiritual beliefs? Physical boundaries? Financial goals? You don’t know until…
Everyone has a sexual past. Everyone. Even the most pious, religious, church-going, prudish person has stories to share about his or her sexuality. It’s easy to look at the person who’s never had sex before and dismiss the rest of their sexual history. There is such a value placed on sexual intercourse that anything but…
As a youth pastor, I’ve talked with countless young couples that want to know what God has to say about relationships. Although they humor my rants about commitment and transparency, they really want to know how close they can get to having sex without having God strike them dead. I don’t blame them. I wanted…
What words come to your mind when you think of trust?” I asked my husband while we were driving down the road the other day. I told him how I wanted to write my next article on trust. While he thought about the question for a little bit, I chimed in: “Because you know, marriages fail…
