In the beginning, God (Genesis 1:1a). That says it all. The living God created man in His very image— “let us make human beings in our image, to be like us”—and God blessed the man and woman with this commission: “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it” (see Genesis 1:26, 28a). Without question, we can know that in the beginning, sex was good and certainly from God. The man was a gift to woman, and woman a gift to man. Jesus even quotes from the book of beginnings when He is confronted by the Pharisees who were pressing Him on the issue of divorce: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife…?” (Matthew 19:3).
“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’ And He said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together” (Matthew 19:4-6). But in the Garden of Eden, man sinned when he doubted God’s word. Influenced by an enemy of God through his wife, Eve, Adam fell into a trap that still entangles us today—a twisting of the truth that can derail our journey.
Porn & Sexuality
January 28, 2018
January 28, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
We Need Friends, Not Fans
March 4, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled.” Are you troubled today? “Trust in God, and trust also in me.” If your heart is troubled, you are not alone. There are many troubled hearts in our world today and on the evening before Jesus was crucified, the disciples were troubled. After Jesus shared a meal with the eleven (Judas had already left the room) Jesus told them: “… I am going to prepare a place for you… so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.”
The New OCD - Obsessive Comparison Disorder
February 25, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
There is nothing more miserable than constantly comparing ourselves with others. It’s never ending. For some, we feel we will never measure up. There will always be somebody more good-looking, more successful, more desirable. For others, we surround ourselves with peers with whom we feel superior in order to prop up our egos. Such dysfunction can go on for years. Sadly, many of us live in a prison of illusion our entire lives. It’s time to be set free from OCD—Obsessive Comparison Disorder—and begin to claim our identity and worth in Christ.
When Busyness Steals Your Joy
February 18, 2018 • Dr Charles Kyker
Setting our lives at a pace with no room for rest and refueling is simply not sustainable. Bowing to busyness overtime is sure to derail our journey and steal our joy. The Lord wants us to be productive, but the question is, are we choosing to use our energies towards choices that align with God’s purpose? The big issue is not that we are busy over the right things, but that we are hurried to the point of neglecting ourselves and others. A hurried soul is unable to stop and spend real time with the Lord, family, friends—people He has put in our lives as gifts. God is your refuge and strength. So today ‘Be still, and know that He is God’ (Psalm 46:10).