I’m a firm believer that there are no “coincidences” in the kingdom of GOD. I came upon this article yesterday in my twitter feed, and just “coincidentally”, this will be my topic for the lesson I’m doing for my youth group Sunday night. HMMM…I’ll post my lesson Sunday, night, but this is a bit … More Does ‘Purity’ Still Matter?
I love Relevant Magazine because it’s so, well, Relevant to what I’m thinking. I feel I’ve posted this before, but this was had so much good stuff in it, that I’m posting it again. As a single guy well over the age of 25, I’ve heard every one of these at one time or another, … More 8 Things You Should Never say to Your Single Friends
This is a very interesting article. I have to admit, in the 90’s, I got fully behind the purity/true love waits movement, but I always felt there was something missing in what we were teaching. True love does wait, but it’s more then that. Love doesn’t wait just because we found verses in … More STUDENT MINISTRY AND THE PURITY CULTURE
I had the opportunity last night to speak to my youth group. Our theme was Teen Mom, and my topic was “Mary’s obedience was rewarded”. To be honest, I had a hard time with this one because of the term reward. A friend of mine helped me out with seeing that my concept of … More Teen Mom: Mary’s obedience was rewarded
When we talk about Purity in the Christian life, thoughts immediately turn to SEX!!! Yep, I said it. SEX!!! It’s a big deal to Christians, because, IDEALLY, sex is supposed to be reserved for marriage, and IDEALLY, it’s supposed to be between men and women. After all, GOD made Adam and Eve, … More Purity: What Jesus Said
So, I’ve been a huge slacker in my own personal blogging the past year. I don’t really have a good reason, except that I did get really busy towards the end of last year and then got really sick. As reaction to all the drama that happened that led me to leave my other … More Coming soon, Purity: A New Testament perspective
So I’m giving the lesson for my youth Group Sunday Night and the Series we’re doing is “Why Am I here”. My topic is “Purpose is found in serving Christ”. Which is my passion. This is my lesson for Sunday.
This is an excellent article. I know a thing or two about closed doors. My desire as a “young’un” was to be a youth pastor, father, husband, etc., but God (so far) has closed each of those doors. There have been other doors that have been close as well. Some on ministry … More God Closing Doors Is Actually A Good Thing
It’s been quite awhile since I actually blogged. I think the last thing I actually wrote was the message I shared with my youth group back in February. It’s been a busy couple of months, lots of overtime and some changes. I interviewed for my bosses position, didn’t get it, then I tested for the … More Some Good stuff
Alarm clock screaming bare feet hit the floor It’s off to the races everybody out the door I’m feeling like I’m falling behind, it’s a crazy life Ninety miles an hour going fast as I can Trying to push a little harder trying to get the upper hand So much to do in so … More BREATH: JOHNNY DIAZ
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