I hear it all too often. We’re just moving in together for right now. We don’t really have enough money to get married, but we hope to save up for that someday.” Really? Those are problematic words for a pastor hoping to guide people toward a great start to marriage. Sexual purity before marriage sets…
One of the most beautiful things a person can experience in marriage, relationships, and in life, is forgiveness. When First Corinthians talks about love, it says, love…always protects, always hopes, always trusts and always perseveres.” Since this world is full of imperfection and destruction, there is no way to always do these things without the…
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…
As I observe young people in our church today, it seems that delayed marriage is now the norm rather than the exception. I love interacting with singles to discover the thoughts driving their beliefs on marriage and family. Many of the reasons I hear for delaying marriage are weak. I can’t afford to be married.”…
This beautiful, Saturday morning we should have had at least half-a-dozen fights. To begin with, my husband informed me last night that he had to work on Saturday. Second, he hit snooze at least five times before he got out of bed, ensuring that I was as awake as he was before he left our bedroom. Then,…
