Like many fun things in this world, video games need to be enjoyed in moderation. Playing the wrong kinds of games or too many of them can cause some problems and I know that from first hand experience. That doesn’t mean that they can’t be great sources of fun, especially when enjoyed with friends. Video games can even teach us about relationships and the best ways to interact with the ones that we care about. I love to play games…
My pastors have a tendency to use cheesy church clichés like ‘Instead of investing in gold, you should invest in God’ and I usually roll my eyes when they say things like this. After the last few times this happened, I started to wonder why I react with cynicism to some of these phrases. That question made me realize that I react with cynicism whenever my practical wisdom and God’s truth conflict with each other and that’s a really big…
Discipline is not something that we naturally have. While we assume that some people have natural inclinations towards discipline and that others naturally struggle with procrastination or laziness, all people share the same potential for a disciplined life. We have the same potential because discipline is a muscle and not a natural ability. I learned this first hand because at one point in my life I lost about 130 pounds over two years. Those two years were not easy and…
In my last blog, I wrote about the recently leaked pictures of celebrities and why we should take incidents like that and the dignity of women in general more seriously. That blog talked about how we’ve let the internet, media, and incidents like this one impact our perception of women and their dignity. In this blog, I want to talk about how those pictures and our warped perception negatively impact our hearts and minds. I assure you that I am…
Recently, a hacker leaked naked photos of multiple celebrities. This leak and our reaction say quite a bit about our culture and how we see women. What they say is not good. These leaked pictures of celebrities bring to light how the internet and pornography have warped our minds and twisted our perception when it comes to women. Like frogs slowly boiling in water, we have stopped seeing women as God’s children or people for that matter. This recent controversy…
I love the character of Iron Man. The other day I was just sitting at my desk and thinking about Iron Man and how cool it would be to have one of those suits. During this time of reflection, it dawned on me that God understands this desire AND invites me into something even cooler than becoming Iron Man and wearing one of his suits. God invites me into His battle against the forces of darkness and then offers His…