A Roman Appeal

Romans 12:1-2, 9-21 (MSG): So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture …

Being Single, Part 5

Being married is a gift, a viable, biblical way of living, if submitted to the lordship of Jesus Christ. Being single is also a gift, a viable, biblical way of living, if submitted to the lordship of Jesus Christ. This doesn’t mean it will be easy, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be challenges, or …

Being Single, Part 3: Not a Terminal Disease

[Adapted from this past Sunday’s message at The District Church, “Being Single.”] Public Service Announcement: Singleness is not a terminal disease. It can be real hard; it can be real lonely; it has its challenges. And the church has too often elevated marriage and romantic relationships far above where they were meant to be, and this …