Wisdom For Your Weekend: your weekly installment of things we’ve been reading around the web.
Video of the Week
“God does not regret saving you.” Matt Chandler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOAfjgExUUE
Articles of the Week
5 Sure-Fire Ways to Motivate Your Son to Use Pornography, Rick Thomas. “The problem for many of us is we don’t understand the insidious allurement of pornography and how our behavior, though unintentional, can help shape a child to crave something that can lead him into a lifetime of slavery. In most cases, the porn addict’s allurement began in the theater of his mind while he was a child. This is a consistent pattern I’ve seen in counseling. You’ll see in my five sure-fire ways to motivate your child to use porn how any child can be in porn training without his parents realizing it.”
How to Share in the Glory of the Winter Games, David Mathis. Okay, I confess: last week I was quick to join the bandwagon of people sarcastically picking on Sochi at the start of the Olympics. But the Olympics are something to enjoy and learn from as well. Mathis shows a few ways how.
5 Lies Our Culture Tells You About Your Body, Jen Wilkin. “The time for New Year’s resolutions has come and gone, but many of us still have plans to fix this or that. And if you’re a woman, there’s a good chance making changes to your body is at the top of your to-do list. How we view our bodies will determine whether our plans to change them are God-honoring or self-elevating. Do we see our bodies the way our Maker does? With that in mind, here are five lies our culture tells us about how we should perceive our bodies—and five truths from Scripture to help shift our perspective.”
9 Things You Should Know About Marriage in the U.S., Joe Thomas. The “things you should know” trope is a favorite of Joe Thomas’. But I almost always find them enlightening. This is a good snapshot of the state of marriage right now in our country. The most stunning fact for me: “The average age for childbearing is now younger than the average age for marriage.”
On The Lighter Side
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the eminently talented and hilarious CDZA bring you, “The History of Men Moving On.” As they note, “For decades, men have sung their sorrow. But when the 1990s come around, they started to do it a bit more aggressively.”
