Sex And Love

Awaken Love

Okay, that's a really corny title, but I've been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, "Do not awaken love until it is ready." I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all. Several routes to this disastrous awakening exist. The first is obvious:...

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What Does Love Mean?
What Does Love Mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of four to eight-year-olds: "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the...

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He is Faithful!
He is Faithful!

Our daughter...a lesbian? Suddenly my heart felt like ice. How could she, a Christian, be involved in such despicable behavior? Pat, our eldest daughter, had always been an outgoing, aggressive and often willful girl. I knew she had great potential but in her teenage years, although a Christian, she demonstrated a restlessness and lack of direction...

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A Time to Love
A Time to Love

How deep is the anguish when your son says he is homosexual? And, later, that he is dying of AIDS? I know, because these things have happened to me. It was a mild February day in 1978 when I opened a letter from our son, Roger, who lived an hour south of San Francisco. He shared about his work, his new exercise routine, a recent training seminar....

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How You Can Love by Faith
How You Can Love by Faith

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series - How You Can Love by Faith The greatest power ever known The beautiful ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Chicago was crowded to capacity with more than 1,300 college students and Campus Crusade staff. They seemed to hang on to every word as I explained one of the most exciting spiritual discoveries that I...

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Romantic With Kids
Romantic With Kids

When there are kids in the house both time and money can seem to be a barrier to romance. When you were dating and in the early years of your marriage the clock didn't seem to race as quickly and the paycheck seemed to go a lot further. Now that you have children who take up much of your time and money, has the romance suffered? Growing up with...

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Parents & Teens: Talking About Sex
Parents & Teens: Talking About Sex

FamilyLife, the family ministry of Power to Change Ministries, provides faith-based resources to help parents guide their teens in making biblical choices about ther sexuality: Passport to Purity Go on a guided weekend retreat for a father and son or mother and daughter that will prepare your preteen to make wise, biblical choices about their...

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The Ups and Downs of Step-Parenting
The Ups and Downs of Step-Parenting

One evening, shortly after Richard and I married, he settled into his lounge chair to read - oblivious to my 14-year-old daughter's piercing scowl and clenched fist as she stomped into the bedroom. But he heard her words. Melanie flung her body face down onto my bed, muttering, "It's not fair, Mother! Richard is sitting where my dad is supposed to...

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