God’s Gift
As a young person (this instruction applies to young men as well) matures and becomes sexually aware, it is the parents’ responsibility to encourage proper behavior and restrict improper behavior.
Sexual Sin
In this section of Proverbs, He slams the hammer down with a series of admonitions. I see four important warnings in today’s passage.
Check Your Heart
Ask God to check your heart. Examine your sexual temptations that lead to the sins of lust, pornography, and adultery. Examine your materialistic tendencies that lead to the sins of greed and avarice. Examine your areas of personal pride that always go before a fall. Each part of the temptation is dangerous enough.
Three Components for True Intimacy
Young Jewish boys were not allowed to read it (but I bet they did). I’m talking about the Song of Solomon, the Old Testament book about a man and woman passionately in love with each other. The writing, set in poetry, describes dating, marriage, and the problems that...