Is Love Really All You Need?
When I first came to Bethel Church, one of my primary roles was counseling. I counseled about six people a day, four days a week, for about three years. Most of the people I worked with would identify themselves as…
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5 Tips for Teaching Your Kids About Sex
There is so much shame surrounding the subject of sex in the culture we live in today. The media paints a perverted picture about what sex is supposed to be like, while the church rarely says a word. That is until…
First Comes Sex, Then Comes…
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Except when sex came first, now what? My hope is to shed some light on the struggles of intimacy in marriage and how our sexual history…
4 Keys to Healthy Dating
Have you ever been in a new relationship and found yourself making choices that you wouldn’t normally make? Maybe you’re staying out at night way past what’s healthy, or maybe you’re finding yourself completely lost in the emotions of the…
Squad Goals: 7 Tips for Creating Healthy Friendships
Back in kindergarten, things were pretty simple. Whoever was willing to share their crayons and run around the playground with you at recess was your friend. As you get older, things tend to get a little more complicated. Moving to…
Courageous Morality
Morality has become relative in our time. It’s not that people were inherently more righteous a century ago, it’s just that people acted immorally against society’s social standards. I mean, if you were having sex with your girlfriend you knew…
Parenting Sexuality
The Sexual Revolution that emerged as a counterculture movement in the 60s has become the mainstream mindset of the new millennium. What was once whispered in the dark corners of topless bars is taught in mandated public school curricula all…
Redefining Purity
“I believe you carry purity,” a fellow student said to me at church a couple years ago. I nodded my head and smiled politely. It wasn’t the first time I had heard that. People often said things like that when…
Star Wars, Four Boys, and the Battle for Purity
Having four boys has taught me a lot about the world of Star Wars. When I wake up in the morning, I am often met with light sabers and Storm Troopers and Darth Vader… So when the latest movie came out,…
10 Lies We Believe About Sexual Purity
Amidst all the magazines, movies, and television telling us what sexy is these days, purity doesn’t get a lot of air-time. When it does, it’s not very positive to say the least. We wanted to help set the record straight. No…
Talking to Your Kids About Sex FAQ
The Sex Talk Talking about sex with your kids can be intimidating. It’s an important topic, and it’s difficult to know how they’re going to respond. We believe it can be a great experience for you and your kids, and the…
Soul Food: 3 Basic Needs for the Soul
I have four boys, and they love physical contact. My days are full of wrestling matches, sword fights, and lego man battles. In the midst of all the playing and running and jumping on each other, sometimes one gets hurt.…