Does it seem like you and your wife end up in one argument after another? Do you feel like you are walking on eggshells or through a minefield in which any step could cause the spouse to explode? If this is the case, do not worry because change is possible. You and your wife can... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Coping With Constant Sexual Thoughts?
“We do not talk about our sexual thoughts to our parents or adults because we don't want to disappoint them, or get yelled at.”–Bethany. In a detailed study of 283 students between the ages of 18 and 25 for a one-week period, the median number of sexual thoughts for men every 24 hours was 18.6... Continue Reading →
TEENS - Making My Beliefs About Sex Known As a Protection
In the teen world today, being a virgin is a disgrace, humiliation, “What, you’re still a virgin?” As a Christian, you want to answer these critical ones with confidence. This chapter should help you to do so. A virgin is someone has never had sexual intercourse. For older ones, you likely have not heard the... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Is Oral Sex Really Sex?
In the 1980s, a teen couple might be caught kissing behind the bleachers at a basketball or football game by a teacher. Today, it is an entirely different situation. The modern-day junior high school children (13 and 14 years old); literally view oral sex as being no different than kissing one another on the lips.... Continue Reading →
TEENS – Peer Pressure to Have Sexual Relations
“I felt like it was better just to give in because everyone is having sex and I am tired of being the outsider.”–Jessica. Many teens, especially boys, feel pressure to have sex before they are ready. According to research released this week, some 63 percent of teens believe that waiting to have sex is a... Continue Reading →
EVANGELISM APOLOGETICS – Being Skilled at Speaking Without Preparation
Speaking to someone without the need for preparation is the most effective way to keep them interested in what you are saying, while also moving them to accept or act on what is being said. Bear in mind, speaking without rehearsing does not mean speaking without being prepared.
Giving Good Answers When We Share God’s Word
Colossians 4:6 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Introduction to Dr. Don Wilkins – CPH’s New Blogger on Bible Translation Philosophy and Process
I have been the senior translator for the NASB (and Scholar in Residence) at the Lockman Foundation for about two decades, and Edward Andrews and I are good friends who share a passion for literal Bible translation.
Matthew 27:51-53 BDC: Who were the “they having come out of the tombs after his [Jesus] resurrection [that] went into the holy city and appeared to many”?
These verses are one of the bigger Bible difficulties talked about recently, but fail to be in some of the more popular books on Bible Difficulties, such as Norma L. Geisler’s Big Book of Bible Difficulties and Gleason L. Archer's Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties. What really happened?
Are Answers to Our Prayerful Requests Absolutely Guaranteed?
Praying has caused some difficulty in many churches because they are treated like absolutes or guarantees; if we do A we will get B. Proverbs are not to be applied in this sense in an imperfect world, with imperfect people.