Quotes
How Pornography Ruins Marital Sex
The following quote is from the book Married Sex by Gary Thomas and Debra Fileta: Guys, one thing is clear: the best way to ruin your desire for your wife is to look at pornography. If I need to think about what gets me going, I first need to rid myself of anything that stops me from getting going. And if statistics are to be believed, more than half of today’s husbands are sabotaging their marital bed by viewing pornography.…
One Bad Reason To Wait To Have Sex Until Marriage
Does “saving yourself” for marriage mean you will have an amazing sex life? A few years ago, after I preached on a biblical view of sex, someone came up to me and said, “Wow! I felt like I was in youth group again.” I wasn’t sure if that was good or bad, but I smiled and continued on, saying hi to people. I later learned that he was implying that was bad. It was as if he was saying, “Thanks…
Quote on Parenting
Parents, do you praying for your children? Do you pray with them? In his book originally published in 1699, the Puritan Cotton Mather has some advice that is very applicable hundreds of years later… Parents, pray with your children, as well as for them. Family prayer must be maintained by all those parents, that would not have their children miss out on salvation, and that would not have the damnation of their children horribly fall upon themselves. Man, your family…
Quote on Riches
Henry Smith was a Puritan from the 16th century. This is what he had to say about riches… “Riches are like painted grapes, which look as though they would satisfy a man, but do not slake his hunger or quench his thirst. Riches indeed do make a man covet more, and get envy, and keep the mind in care.” Found in Leland Ryken book, Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were.