Lust is not strictly a male problem. I don’t believe it ever was, but more and more women have come forward with their struggles in the battle against lust, and the topic is finally being addressed (albeit quietly) within Christian circles. It’s about time. Lust is a powerful, intoxicating, murderous,… Read More »Win The Battle Against Lust: Strategies for Christian Teens
It’s the strangest query (or so I thought), and yet in one three-month period, my website made 927 impressions on this search alone: “How to overcome loneliness without friends.” Why would anyone ask that? The very essence of loneliness is too much time spent alone, so shouldn’t the question be… Read More »How to Overcome Loneliness Without Friends
Popular culture will tell you to forget it. Abstinence is impossible, so why bother? Everyone is sleeping with everyone else, and surely—surely—you’re the only virgin in your school. After all, everyone knows teens and young adults have little self-control and even less interest in purity. What do you think of… Read More »The Case For Abstinence: This is What Really Matters
Welcome to the Christmas season—the time of year when we celebrate our Savior’s birth! I love Christmas. I love the sounds, the glitz, the joy, the food. But sometimes, finding Jesus amidst all of the hoopla surrounding a holiday that is supposed to be about him is a little like… Read More »Finding Jesus: 9 Surprising Places to See Him This Christmas
Recently, as I was putting my seven-year-old son to bed, he asked: “Mama, why do we have to pray to God when he’s gonna do it anyway?” I had to smile. Now that’s childlike faith—believing you’re going to get something without asking. Actually, he asked a valid question: Why should… Read More »Why Should I Pray? The Remarkable Privilege of Prayer
Is there ever a wrong time to defend your faith? Chanah was ready to let him have it. She’d considered her words and typed them into her browser. All she had to do was click share and all her friends would see her response to the so-called “friend” who’d disparaged… Read More »Is There Ever a Wrong Time to Defend Your Faith?
Do you know what irony is? Here’s a 10-second English lesson: Irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects. Think of an unsinkable ship sinking on its maiden voyage or a police station getting robbed. Or Americans celebrating Thanksgiving right before… Read More »A Heart Of Gratitude on the Day After Thanksgiving?
Are you happy? Do you, overall, consider yourself a happy person? If you answered no, think for a moment about what would make you happy. I would be happy if… I think it’s safe to say most of us blame outside forces for our lack of happiness. When things don’t… Read More »The Toxic Rut: How to Change Your Thought Patterns