Kyle Bowman shares from Luke 9:18-20 on the topic of biblical sexuality and living counterintuively in a worldly culture.
A Sober (and Big!) Hope
She sounds light as a feather, but many strong men cannot carry her far. She seems cruel to the hurried but is abundantly generous with those who wait. Powerful men run and hide without her, while the weak who take her hand have found courage even in death. Hope. Hope, like faith, bridges the gap between the now and not yet. And like faith, hope’s true worth resides not in itself, but in its...
Warning
Right now, I feel like there should be alerts sounding on the radio and TV like there are before a big storm comes. Brace yourselves, everyone, here it comes: The traffic, the lines, the lights, the invites, the ads, the music, the mail, the hurry, the worry, the…Christmas season. I want that kind of warning because despite my best efforts to prepare for the celebration of Christ’s coming, all...
Everything
Thanksgiving is a bit of an ironic time. On the one hand, the focus of the holiday is giving thanks. On the other hand, if we were to sit down and record how we actually spend our time and energy this week, we might find the focus is more on buying, preparing, cooking, and eating…a whole heck of a lot. Can a heart of thanksgiving and all this holiday activity go hand in hand? I think we can ask...
Don’t Turn Against Your Body
In the throes of my own journey away from sexual immorality, I often felt like my body was my enemy. Paul’s words in Romans 7 felt so right to me: For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. (Romans 7:15) I wanted to do better with my body, but it felt like my body wanted to keep sinning. Many of us feel this...
Good News About your Body when Tempted
Here’s a disconnect many Christians feel when it comes to sexual temptation: Sexual temptations are felt in the body physically, and yet, our solution, we’re told, is spiritual – “Walk in the Spirit and you will not gratify the flesh,” Galatians 5:16. How does this work? Start by meditating on this truth: Jesus Christ loves your body. Yes, even right now with all of its sexual struggles...