Our Identity and Personality is Hidden in Christ

In obeying his calling a person fulfils his essence, although he would never have been able to discover this, his own archetype and ideal within himself, in his nature, by descending into the center of his natural being, his superego, his subconscious or superconcisous, by studying his predisposition, yearnings, talents, his potential.  Simon the fisherman [...]

Romance & Relationships {An Addendum} – 3) God’s Hand & Our Heart

As I’ve been talking to friends recently about some of the issues of R&R #3 coming up in their lives, I realized that I need to clarify a few things.  There are two aspects to the formation of every romantic relationship: 1) the Lord’s sovereignty [God's hand], and 2) our choices [our heart].  You cannot exclusively operate in one [...]

CELIBACY

It’s been somewhat humorous to me that while I’ve been writing on relationships and romance, I have at the same time been reading up on celibacy (lifelong, voluntary singleness).  This is a subject that has been on my mind for over six years now, and I feel like I’ve finally begun to make some progress with [...]

Romance & Relationships – 3) It’s God’s hand & our heart

As we end this series on romance & relationships, let’s review the three over-generalized keys presented to healthy interpersonal relationships:
1) A free (honest/truthful/pure) motivation is the key
2) Confrontation is necessary and God given
3) It’s God’s hand & our heart
We now come to the place where most Christians try to begin their journey of understanding godly relationships [...]

Relationships & Romance – 2) Confrontation is necessary and God given

1) A free (honest/truthful/pure) motivation is the key
2) Confrontation is necessary and God given
3) It’s God’s hand & our heart
Okay, so if you’re just joining us on this discussion about one of the most pertinent and reoccurring topics to a young adult movement, please take the time to read the previous posts under “Amateur Sociology” and get [...]