In the previous post in this series, we explored how parents sometimes struggle with the power they possess in relating to their children on the topics of dating, sex, and marriage. Now we’ll look at a third challenge raised in Joshua Harris’ reflections in the two decades since the release of I Kissed Dating Goodbye….
Handout Outline Finding Refuge and Fighting Sexual Sin – Noble Man Conference 2019 PPT Finding Refuge and Fighting Sexual Sin
Dating and Christian Faith(fulness) Part 2 In the previous post, we looked at some of the course corrections in popular Christian dating advice over the last few years. And one is the challenge many parents experience in how to teach their children and teens how to view dating, romance, sex, and marriage. The problems are…
If you Google “parenting books” you get over 166,000,000 hits; likewise, crowded bookshop shelves are brimming with numerous resources all claiming to have the best ways to parent our children. It’s overwhelming: parents really need advice—Christian parents included. Dr. Bob Kellemen writes in the introduction of his latest book, Raising Kids in the Way of…
It’s not often that you read a book that speaks to you and for you, that asks the questions you ask, and that has a little closer reach toward some answers. But I’m feeling that sense of resonance as my wife and I start reading Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land…
[Editor’s note: posts by D. P. Love are from our intern] The Lord led me through many challenging seasons as a single mother. My son is now grown, and yet the memories of my wrestling with the Lord are fresh. If you are reading this and this is your story, I pray that you will…
“It is OK to not be OK. It’s OK to seek out help from counselors. . . . Know that seeking out these options doesn’t make you less of a Christian or less of a person. Our identity is in the Lord.” Wise words from a Virginia Tech student profiled in the Roanoke Times (see…
The whole dating thing is hard. That’s true (in different ways) at age 15, 25, 35… 65. The reasons abound for the complexity, but certainly cultural circumstances play a role: People are in school for a long time. After school they are in debt. There is pressure to be in relationships but not to get…
In a previous post, I reflected on a recent study that seemed to indicate that installing internet filters did not actually reduce the amount of pornography a person views (or a child is exposed to). I took a sober look at what a filtering system cannot provide, but today I want to share about why…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Getting an internet filter like Covenant Eyes or Safe Eyes is usually a core component of advice Christians give to help people who want to stop looking at pornography. It’s easy to see why. I’ve often heard it said that having unfiltered internet is like having a…