Category: Devotional Thoughts

Is Sexual Purity Realistic in Modern Dating?

When people ask whether sexual purity is “realistic,” they are rarely asking about biology. They are asking whether obedience is practical. We live in a culture where:
Sexual compatibility is treated as a prerequisite to commitment.
Cohabitation is considered responsible.
Waiting is viewed as repression.
Desire is framed as entitlement.

Ready to Forgive

One thing I had to do was definitively forgive the people who rented our house – Tony and Angel. They destroyed it – cost us $150,000 to repair it and we’re not done yet. We still have the basement to fix. Their negligence ripped us out of our life and forced a new life on …

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Take Heart!

I often write Bible verses in the inside of my books as I autograph them for people – verses that speak to the story and the Biblical truths contained in it. When I wrote An Aria for Nick, it was very clear that the verse would be: In this world you will have trouble. But, take …

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In the Wake of a Nightmare

I’ve never been one to remember my dreams. Most of the time, I don’t even realize I have dreamed. But the other night, I dreamed that one of my children died and it was so realistic and vivid that I was awake for about five minutes, still in this unbelievably deep state of mourning and …

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