Commitment stifles freedom. The predominant contemporary view of relationships, namely that of marriage, exalts individual freedom over commitment. Being devoted to another when feelings of love do not exist is perceived as coercive. It would be cruel to stay with a person whom you don’t find satisfaction and contentment. Most would agree that leaving a [...]

“Sociologists argue that in contemporary Western society the marketplace has become so dominant that the consumer model increasingly characterizes most relationships that historically were covenantal, including marriage.  Today we stay connected to people only as long as they are meeting our particular needs at an acceptable cost to us.  When we cease to make a [...]

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” –Proverbs 22:6 For Christian parents, this well-known verse can be both a source of comfort and frustration. Moms and dads hope that their kids love and serve God with their whole heart, and it [...]

By Grace Gibson / Grace is the wife of Greg Gibson, and they have one daughter, Cora.  She is a proud stay at home mama and loves all things fun and coffee. My life is rather wonderful right now.  When I contemplated writing about my life, a thought immediately popped into my head.  “I’m not [...]

INTRODUCTION: Over the past year or so, I have been plagued with this question–Is youth ministry killing the church?  This has bled from another important question that is being asked all over the world–Why are so many young people leaving the church after high school? (From now I will refer to youth ministry solely as YM). I [...]

Follow Greg on Twitter for more: @gregrgibson A friend sent me an article that was posted on CNN’s Religion Blog about, yet again, the rise in “Christians” having premarital sex. Surprise! Surprise! The author raises the question about the seemingly common late 20-something or 30-something Christian who is single and EXPECTED to stay pure. The [...]

According to Christianity Today, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that poverty is continuing to rise in the United States.  Up a whole percentage from last year, poverty is not only effecting entire communities but it is effecting families inside those communities as well. – RESOURCE: (here, http://www.onlinesocialworkdegree.org, is a resource for people who want to help families in poverty by [...]

As a relatively new pastor, I have come to realize to a greater degree the pervasiveness of sin–the tight grip it has on the world and even its influence over Christians. Quickly, I am coming to recognize the essentiality of being skilled in biblical counseling. Sin, with all of its evil, continues to give rise [...]

I read a story the other day about a man who didn’t have a job, who didn’t provide for his family, and who didn’t cherish and serve his wife.  This man viewed women as objects and he probably was addicted to pornography.  He lied.  He cheated.  He was a hypocrite.  While at home, he sat [...]

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created them. And God blessed them; and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every thing that [...]