In his Confessions, St. Augustine famously says that, in his youth, he prayed, “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.” You can see why a quote like that has had staying power. It hits close to home for a lot of people. It hits even closer if w …
If you watched any NFL games this weekend, you surely noticed all the pink — the color of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While I was watching the Giants–Bears game Sunday evening I said in passing to my roommate Ben that I found all the pink a little …
There’s a saying in college sports: “The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.” Impatient fans don’t always remember that. The young quarterback has trouble picking up his receivers? “He can’t pass.” Smart fans, and coaches, know be …
Six weeks. That is all it took for me to be “focusized,” rocking my ideas of marriage and family to the core. My summer internship at Focus on the Family is an experience I will never forget. Blessed by God’s I-know-what’s-best-for-you-ness I was assig …
It can be hard to accept that there are times when you’re dependent on other people, especially when you’re a long-term single
Sometimes you guys give us ideas for posts. Corwin did that in a reply to my last post, talking about Solomon’s turn away from wisdom: Turns out knowing what is right doesn’t necessarily mean that you will do what is right. By the end of his life, Solo …
That question carries an assumption, so let me break it down: Are you in a Bible study right now? If so, what are you studying? There’s a reason for the timing of this question. Group Bible studies, like lots of things, are often seasonal: People take …
This morning I was reading about Sarah in Genesis. I read the story in chapter 18 about the three visitors that came to visit Abraham and Sarah (one of them was the Lord), and told Abraham that Sarah would have a son by the following year. I can pictur …
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