The Definitive Guide to Dating Christian Girls

This is a guide for Christian guys who are still figuring out how to date Christian ladies. Here we cover what to do before the date to better your chances, and what to do during the date to better your chances of a second date (also known in the Christian world as “popping the question”) Best of luck in your dating ventures!

1. Though Shalt Open doors…all of them

Car doors, entry doors, garage doors, revolving doors, every kind of door that you come across needs to be opened by the man, no door is off limits from this guy’s level of chivalry (minus the restroom-leave that one out. I know your mother always told you to open the doors for the ladies, but she forgot to mention that this one may be offensive. Thanks ma’)

2.Thou Shalt have Christian conversation

Topics should include things such as: Discussing each others favorite life verse (Hint if she quotes anything from Proverbs 31 she’s a keeper), what you want to name your future kids (Bible characters work wonders), intended future education plans, future family plans, future financial plans, past family history, criminal record (if applicable) and anything else that is far too personal for a first date but ever so appropriate for a Christian’s first date.

3. Thou shalt Prepare Thy Vehicle

The vehicle should be spotless inside and out–don’t fret, this only has to be done once to be effective. Keeping a Bible in the passenger seat is a subtle way to let her know that you mean BUSINESS. Adding a Jesus Fish to the back of your vehicle can be an added bonus, and if you really want to get that message across, go on and plant that fish right on the mirror of your passenger sun visor. That sends the “Not even a cold stone knockout like yourself can come between me and Jesus” type of message.

4. Thou shall learn to play acoustic guitar, or at least a couple of chords so you can play the typical worship songs.

There’s a reason that in college you were woken up in the middle of the night and early in the morning AND from your mid-afternoon nap by acoustic guitar playing. There was a reason that you could always, I mean ALWAYS find a guy on your hall playing the acoustic guitar, it didn’t matter if you were in bed, at your desk or in the shower. Someone, somewhere was jamming out. There’s a reason for this. Christian girls dig a guy that can jam out. Bottom line.

5. Thou Shalt Leave room for one “Bible Space” in between each other (enough room for Jesus)

I don’t know who decided that Jesus was the size of a Bible, but I’m going to assume that it was a Christian teen-age guy who wanted to get closer to his date, just not too dangerous.

6. Thou Shalt Spice up ones Facebook profile with “real Christian” style

Said Christian dater cannot settle for a religious views section that reads “Christian”. No, religious views section must be embellished with something that shows that you are so deeply rooted in your theological knowledge and are “like this”(take your hands, put up the number “2″, now cross your pointer and middle finger. Good.) with God that you are far above just simply “Christian”. A nice Christian song lyric, or cliche quote you learned in youth group will be perfect.

**ALSO IMPORTANT** At least one photo album is required that contains nothing but pictures of potential dater dressed in their best Christian date clothes (typical metro-sexual attire is proper). MAKE SURE you are staring off into nothingness, because if you are staring off into nothingness then you MUST be thinking about her.  Pictures must be in black and white and/or sepia tone. Color photos just won’t do that scarf that you are certainly wearing any kind of justice. BONUS- 10 extra points if you can snap a photo of you with your Bible/and or little sister(or cousin that you can call your sister) (or random kid at the mall…use caution with this approach, some people aren’t fond of it)

7. Thou Shalt Pay

Come on guys, do I really need to say that? Yeah, I know, I know, but you tithed this week. Sorry, this is a MUST.

8. Thou shalt use “The Christian Side Hug” at the END of the date.

Prior to this no touching should occur except for the initial introduction conversation which should go something like this. Christian male says, “Hi! I’m all for womens rights as long as they submit to their husbands. Gee, what ever happened to chivalry around here?” Christian woman says, “Gee it sure is nice to finally find a guy like you!” Christian male replies, “ I feel like God is telling me that we should go on a date, do you feel like that too?” Christian woman says, “I thought you’d never ask!” Both proceed to high five. No more touching until the side hug.

Well, you’re on your own from here! Typical next steps would include things like: promise rings, engagement rings, “I love you”, and marriage! Don’t wait! These ladies are hard to find!

So what else is there? I want to hear from you all! What are some other must know tips for dating Christian guys OR girls??

*Note: Everything written in this blog post is strictly for humorous purpose. A date is not guaranteed. Also, taking pictures with kids at the mall is not actually recommended, or even legal. DO NOT do this. Creep.

The Holiness of God

“The better we know who He is, the better we will know what He is saying to us.”-Dr Stephen Putney

Leviticus 19:2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them” ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.’”

How can we obey God’s command and be Holy, just as He is Holy?

Well let’s start by answering what exactly IS “holy”? Merriam Webster defines holy as “Exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness” OR it also defines holy “Devoted entirely to the diety or the work of the diety”

“Exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness”

Pay attention and read this next part slowly. Trust me, it blew my mind to visualize this. Isaiah 6:1-13 “ “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

The angels still cried Holy, after these thousands of years. Remember when you were a kid and you would get that ONE thing that you really wanted for Christmas? And for the first few weeks or even months, you played with that toy every single day, until finally after a while you somehow forgot about it? Well after thousands of years the angels could never put God down.

Discover Why Your Devotion Time is Holding You Back and What YOU Can Do About It

Why don’t I “get anything” out of my devotions? Before I learned how to really study the Bible, I often times found myself doing my daily reading and then being done with it. I read the words thought about it a little bit, a lot of times even prayed about it and that was it. Most of the time it had no effect on my day (other than clearing my conscience). I may have read something that stuck out to me but it usually left my mind after I closed my Bible and was on to the next thing to check off my to-do list.

I think we as Christians get in the habit of doing this pretty often. We go to church or small group and hear that we need to be in God’s Word every single day, and rightfully so, we should. So we wrestle with ourselves until we get into the habit of having a consistent reading time and then forget why we truly are doing it. We fall into the trap of reading God’s Word for habit rather than why need to.

“We wrestle with ourselves until we get into the habit of having a consistent reading time and then forget why we truly are doing it”

The Bible testifies on behalf of itself numerous times as to why we should study it, and what the benefits are if we choose to obey.

• Psalm 119:11 “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”
• Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”

“The Bible is our personal instruction manual for life. Every issue we face today can be dealt with through God’s timeless principles.”

• John 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
• 1 Peter 2:2-3 “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

This all sounds fine and dandy but what am I supposed to do about it? We as Christians need to learn how to effectively read and study our Bibles and stop just going through the motions. We’re going to be releasing an e-book in the next couple of weeks to teach Christians exactly the methods by which we can study the Bible. It will show us how to take the passage in context and derive the theological principle that the author intended for us to learn. If you want to get on the pre-launch list to be the first to receive the book for FREE click this link and submit your email address so that we have somewhere to send the ebook!

Do you realize what could happen if we learned to feed ourselves the good stuff on a daily basis rather than just reading to read? Now it’s your turn to help out other believers. What are some things that have helped your devotional time-Bible reading specifically-move to the next level? And what do you think could happen if all believers truly knew how to study their Bibles for themselves? Comment below, can’t wait to talk to you about it!

The Silence of Paul on Evangelism, by Matt Redmond

Hey guys, a friend of mine Bliss Spillar posted this link on his Facebook (Bliss isn’t taking an official stance on this, but just wanted to share the article with his friends)  and it is a very interesting post. I’ve often times wondered about this subject matter myself but have never really taken the time to delve into it deeper. I’m posting this because I would like to hear all of your opinions on Matt Redmond’s Post. So what do you guys think? Check it out here: http://discerningthetimes.blogspot.com/2010/04/silence-of-paul-on-evangelism.html

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Day of Silence: No, Not For VT

Tomorrow, April 16th 2010 is the National Day of Silence. This is a student led movement that is a project of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network to bring awareness to the harassment, harshness, name calling of the LGBT students and partners.

Tomorrow also marks the three year memorial of the Virginia Tech shootings. I go to a conservative, Christian university that has a lot of students who join causes of awareness in many different things so I am anxious to see if either of these events gets pushed to the side or not.

Just in case you were wondering, from what I’ve read so far, I am supporting the National Day of Silence because it stands for ending the harassment. I obviously do not support homosexuality in anyway, but we are still called to love the homosexual person regardless of sexual orientation.

Also, I am a DIE-HARD University of Virginia fan (aka Virginia Tech’s arch rival), but tomorrow WE ARE ALL HOKIES.

I hope we can take a minute to reflect and see how both of these events can relate to each other. The National Day of Silence is working to end the abuse and harsh treatment of people with different sexual orientations because it really does mentally harm people. Maybe if we had more National Days of Silence for other causes as well, people wouldn’t be so hurt and we would have less violent crimes.

I’m not directly pointing the tragedy at Virginia Tech to someone making fun of the man who murdered these people, but it’s just a thought to ponder on.

So I’m anxious to see what you guys think about the National Day of Silence tomorrow! Do you support it? What do you like or dislike about it? What other causes do you think we could have National Days of Silence for? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!

So What Will They See When They Google YOU?

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Are Miracles Believable?

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Are Miracles Believable?

by Ronald H. Nash

Miracles are essential to the historic Christian faith.  If Jesus Christ was not God incarnate, and if Jesus did not rise bodily from the grave, then the Christian faith as we know it from history and the Scriptures would not—could not—be true (see Rm 10:9-10).  It is, then, easy to see why enemies of the Christian faith direct many of their attacks against these two miracles of Christ’s incarnation and resurrection in particular and against the possibility of miracles in general.

What one believes about the possibility of miracles comes from that person’s worldview.  On the question of miracles the critical worldview distinction is between naturalism and supernaturalism.  For a naturalist, the universe is analogous to a closed box.  Everything that happens inside the box is caused by, or is explicable in terms of, other things that exist within the box.  Nothing, (including God) exists outside the box; therefore, nothing outside the box we call the universe or nature can have any causal effect within the box.  To quote the famous naturalist Carl Sagan, the cosmos is all that is or ever has been or ever will be.  The major reason, then, why naturalists do not believe in miracles is because their worldview prevents them from believing.

If a naturalist suddenly begins to consider the possibility that miracles are really possible, he has begun to move away from naturalism and toward a different worldview.  Any person with a naturalistic worldview could not consistently believe in miracles.  No arguments on behalf of the miraculous can possibly succeed with such a person.  The proper way to address the unbelief of such a person is to begin by challenging his naturalism.

The worldview of Christian theism affirms the existence of a personal God who transcends nature, who exists “outside the box.”  Christian supernaturalism denies the eternity of nature.  God created the world freely and ex nihilo (out of nothing).  The universe is contingent in the sense that it would not have begun to exist without God’s creative act and it could not continue to exist without God’s sustaining activity.  The very laws of the cosmos that naturalists believe make miracles impossible were created by this God.  Indeed one of naturalism’s major problems is explaining how mindless forces could give rise to minds, knowledge, and sound reasoning.

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How Should a Christian Deal With the New Health Care Bill?

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You may or may not agree with the the universal health care bill that was passed last night by a vote of 219-212. From what I’m hearing, most people don’t. I took a poll on Twitter to see how people were feeling about it and I got quite a spread. The majority of the people said they were upset, some said it made them feel sick, one even said that she was afraid, there were a few however that were extremely happy and said that this was a great day in American history.

No matter how we feel about, we still have to realize that God is in control. It is absolutely imperative that we pray for our nation and for our nation’s leaders. If God is in control then they are NOT a lost cause. Pray for wisdom for all of us citizens and pray that God keeps His hand on our nation.

My God is a God who will use this situation in great ways. Just when everyone thought that this country was doomed, someone decided to wake up this sleeping giant. “The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. – Proverbs 22:8″ I will see you at the polls in November.

Share your thoughts below in the comment section! Let’s discuss, I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

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Jesus taught a lot about what it means to be a disciple. In fact the world disciple is used 261 times just in the New Testament. Christ didn’t speak lightly when teaching about being His disciple as you can see in Mark 8:34-36.

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

There’s a few requirements here that Christ says must be done. (Hint) “Must” means it is not an option.

• Denial of self
• Take up a cross
• Follow Him

Let’s take a look at what these requirements mean.

1. Denial of self

Denial: the refusal of something requested or desired.

Human nature is self-pleasing. If we are to deny ourselves, then we are to put off our fleshly desires and give all of our wants over to the cause of Christ.

2. Take up his cross

It means we are willing to endure hardship for Jesus Christ—not necessarily a literal cross but instead all the things that come with bearing a cross—pain, shame, difficulty. We can’t be bandwagon Christians. When our favorite team is in a slump and you’re taking a beating from your buddies about it, you still stay true to your team right?

3. Follow Him

Which of those three is easiest for you and which is hardest? Why?

Why is it only possible to do those three things in that order?

• • You can not fully follow Christ until you are willing to endure hardships.
• • You cannot take up a cross until you are willing to sacrifice your own desires to His will.

Which of those three is easiest for you and which is hardest? Why?

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Students Hope to Reinstate Abstinence Ed Budget

Check out this article from OneNewsNow.com, written by Bill Bumpas. This is a great example that shows that we still have a voice, even as young people. I would dare to say that not only do we just have a voice, but I think that these younger generations have an even bigger voice. What do you think?

“Students from across the nation met with House and Senate members Wednesday to urge them to reinstate federal funding for abstinence education.

The young people shared their personal stories of how they have benefitted from abstinence-centered programs, and Valarie Huber, executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association (NAEA), reports that they also expressed disappointment with the current administration.

“Abstinence education on a national level actually got its genesis under the Clinton administration, and then it received a boost under the Bush administration, making this truly a bipartisan issue,” she explains.  “However, President Obama sought to break with tradition, and in last year’s budget he actually zeroed-out every single penny for abstinence education programs.”

Huber adds that Obama did likewise when it came to the 2011 budget.

“But this time, he increased funding for a new teen pregnancy prevention program that he initiated last year, giving over $200 million to a contraceptive-based approach,” the NAEA executive director notes.

She says the students’ recent visits with members of Congress were done in hopes that the budget error would be corrected.”

So what do you think about having abstinence education in schools? Do you think the government should fund it? More so, how do you think it could affect the nation’s abortion rates? Leave your thoughts below!