Single vs. Married – Household Words:

Building Temples and Building Homes. 2 Chronicles 7:1-3.

Pictured: “Topping Out Bear Stearns, New York City,” image copied from https://millersamuel.com/with-a-flag-an-i-beam-and-a-christmas-tree-the-party-is-just-getting-started/ I grew up in a boomtown. During my childhood, Houston was America’s fastest growing city.[1] One day my friends and I might be in a field flipping over scrap wood to find snakes, and a year later it would be a 10-story IRSContinue reading “Building Temples and Building Homes. 2 Chronicles 7:1-3.”

How Would You Identify a Good Spouse? Genesis 24:15-21.

In Genesis 24, Abraham is getting old, and sends his servant to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac. How will the servant know whom to choose? Maybe a beauty contest? How about a talent show? How does a man find a wife for another man? I won’t even buy shoes online for myself forContinue reading “How Would You Identify a Good Spouse? Genesis 24:15-21.”

Cherish the Opportunity of Your Youth. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35.

Josiah was 8, David and Jeremiah were youths, John the Baptist and Jesus were young, John Calvin was 25, George Whitfield was 21, the “Jesus Movement” of the 1970s swept through American youth … Every great movement of God began with YOUNG PEOPLE. Yet Christian singles are usually more concerned about finding a spouse thanContinue reading “Cherish the Opportunity of Your Youth. 1 Corinthians 7:32-35.”

COLLEGE STUDENTS: There Will Never Be Another Time Like This. 1 Corinthians 7:32-34.

A Sunday school teacher once told us that college would be a special time: “You will never again have so much freedom and so little responsibility.” He explained that we would have so few hours in class and so much free time to play or study or work or whatever. He added: “Use your timeContinue reading “COLLEGE STUDENTS: There Will Never Be Another Time Like This. 1 Corinthians 7:32-34.”

IS THERE A BEST TIME TO BE DEVOTED TO CHRIST? 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 7:32-34.

Is there a time of “peak performance” in your spiritual life? Everyone knows peak performance in sports happens while you are young—early teens for female gymnasts, to 20s for runners and tennis players, and perhaps 20s and 30s for baseball and football players. The peak time for academic achievement is college and grad-school years. IContinue reading “IS THERE A BEST TIME TO BE DEVOTED TO CHRIST? 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 7:32-34.”