Recent content by brother friar

I would have to say, "None of the above". You have to share your views with a friend, but preaching at them isn't sharing. Ask them why they think this is okay. The scriptures are very clear on fornication being sin. Maybe they just don't know how to stop or want to. There will be a fall...

If he is still in high school, it maybe that the relationship is just not the center of his daily life. The end of high school and being a senior can make a person feel real close to their friends at high school and a little more distant from those who are away at college. I would not...

How about going out to serve others. Maybe make a bunch of sandwiches and take them out to the streets to feed homeless people....I am not kidding. Nothing like helping someone else when you are needing faith and strength in your walk with God. Maybe find a place to volunteer together...

Eternity and the infinite, same thing? no beginning or end. time is part of the created order, right?

I have a daughter who is almost fifteen. I told her she couldn't date until she was 16 years old, but a couple years ago I told her I am more interested in her being ready for the responsibility then being a certain age. She keeps asking what she needs to be able to do to be responsible and I...

I do not believe that Hypnosis is real. I believe it is just a person being open to the power of suggestion. Those who say it works wanted it to work. When I was younger I was "hypnotised" and found that it was just me being open to the others suggestions. It worked until they made a...

I have to agree that age difference is too dependent on the people to make up rules. As for how old is too old, never happens as long as marriage is about committing to each other and not about something else, like fear of being alone or the need for security. I have noticed a trend in the...

19 years as of June this year! Happier now then anytime before...it gets better and better!

My experience is that first, you are not the first. If you come first in the relationship you have a problem. Selfishness will kill a marriage. When we have looked to our needs first, we find we do not get them met. When we look to God first, we have perspective. I am not sure how...

Ed7, Sounds like you don't want to be married right now, but you are afraid of losing this girl if you don't marry her? If I have summarized this correctly, I would then suggest that you don't consider marriage. You need to desire to give up yourself to another to make the commitment to...

Greatest challenge for the church in the United States? I think it is to stay relevant. The church seems to be nothing more then a self-caring, self-sustaining entity. Where is the passion for the lost? Where is the sense of calling and sacrifice for the sake of the Gospel. I don't know if...

I hope you first night as a cell group was a blessing. I have been part of a group for a long time and am praying to be a part of one again soon, having just moved. There is a Bible called the Serendipity Bible that may help your group. It is published by Serendipity House and they have a...

The Hobbit would have been a great movie, like the Lord of the Ring Trilogy. I would like to see the Chronicles of Narnia done and done as well as the Lord of the Rings is being done.

I want to pray God's blessing on you as you respond to God's call. I too was called at a young age and have never forgotten that I was called when there was no reason for God to chose me. I was and am only "a child of God" and that is enough for me to serve him. I would encourage or...