Alypius once despised the gladiator games—until one moment of weakness pulled him in. Augustine tells the story of his fall and God’s unexpected rescue.

Is Fornication Really a Sin?

Introduction I spent seven years as a singles pastor. Can you imagine the issues I had to deal with regarding sex? How far can we go before marriage? What if we are engaged?...

Gospel-Centered, Too

(Lisa Robinson) As a follow up to my last post in which I described the qualities of a gospel-centered man (which I believe is the quality of gospel-centered people –...

Single Compensation

(by Lisa Robinson) In my attempts to completely ignore Valentine’s Day, the last thing I intended to do or thought I’d be doing is writing a post about singleness...

God Never Promised Us a Mate

This is one of those rare personal posts from me. But having written about my singleness here and here, I thought this was a good place to share some more thoughts on the...

Where Should You Search for a Spouse? or “I Am Ashamed About Where Kristie and I Met”

At church, you numbskull! Numbskull, n “Thick-headed, dumb, oblivious to the obvious” Many of you know, but some of you don’t. I spent the early years of my...

by C Michael Patton

Gladiators and Strippers (And The Night I Closed My Eyes)

Is Fornication Really a Sin?

Gospel-Centered, Too

Single Compensation

God Never Promised Us a Mate

Where Should You Search for a Spouse? or “I Am Ashamed About Where Kristie and I Met”