Is It OK To Celebrate Christmas? Part 2
December 22, 2010
Our Puritan forefathers didn’t celebrate Christmas because they thought it would compromise their faith. What’s the origin of the things that make up our Christmas traditions?
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Christmas was intended to be a celebration of Jesus’ birth. But it’s been so commercialized that we sometimes wonder whether it’s appropriate for us as believers.
December 21, 2010
We should remember that God made our bodies, and He created sex. Therefore, it is to be enjoyed, within the boundaries that He has set up and within a spiritual commitment.
December 20, 2010
When a marriage relationship is ignored it becomes like an untended garden; weeds will grow. Couples need to make an interpersonal covenant. They should enjoy each other’s company, outside of the bedroom as well as in.
December 17, 2010
The battle for sexual purity is fought in the mind. Often, what is thought about in the mind will be acted out later on. But there is a solution to the problem of sexual lust.
December 16, 2010
God intended sex to be holy, but adultery makes it unholy. That is why Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, told us not to even look lustfully at a woman. It’s an age-old problem, and everyone experiences it.
December 15, 2010
Husbands and wives should enjoy each other emotionally and spiritually, as well as sexually. Married people should maintain their devotion to each other. But most importantly, they should maintain their commitment to God.
December 14, 2010
How can we keep our marriages pure? Solomon compares married love to drinking water from a pure fountain. God’s design for marriage is a lifelong, monogamous relationship. And He intends it to be enjoyable.
December 13, 2010
We live in a society that is obsessed with sex. Popular culture talks about “free love,” but there’s no such thing. Sin has a high price tag. So we must follow the standard set by God to protect ourselves and our families.
December 10, 2010
When Solomon taught his children about the importance of morality, he spoke from experience. He had a real problem with women: He had 700 wives and 300 concubines! But his wisdom, in the Proverbs, is timeless.
December 9, 2010
Paul was under house arrest in Rome for two years, but he was active for the gospel. He used every opportunity to preach to visitors—even to the guards who were chained to him. And he wrote several of the New Testament letters.
December 8, 2010
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