"Don't have sex before you are married." For most of us who grew up in Christian homes, we probably had this command ingrained into our brains. Why? Because sexual intimacy is one of the most special and exclusive gifts God has given to a husband and wife and it should be guarded and saved for marriage. However, if we emphasize that the main goal of a young Christian is to merely maintain your virginity until marriage, then we are missing the boat - BIG TIME. Christians shouldn't be solely pursuing virginity, but rather aiming for a life of purity.

Paul warns of a time when people will surrounds themselves with others that are willing to tell them what they want to hear, things that go against the Bible. However, before we move on feeling confident that this verse is talking just about others, we need to stop and honestly evaluate our own lives. We may all be surprised by what we find.

The desire to be liked is normal, but this can quickly become an idol when our need for approval starts to consume us and we begin to compromise on God's Word to fit in. Chasing after people's approval is a game you can't win. Yet, when we defeat this idol with the truths of the Bible and live with the sole purpose to please God we find great freedom and adventure.

We all are drawn to things that promise to satisfy the desires of our flesh. However, we can see that worshiping at the idol of pleasure will never satisfy us or bring us lasting joy. Learn why it is so important that we identify the ways this idol presents itself in our lives and see that what Jesus freely offers us is so much better.

It's easy to talk about idolatry and worship as general terms, but it gets much more personal when we start to examine our own lives for idols that may be present in our hearts. How do we discover what idols we may be worshiping, and more importantly, how does God help us find freedom from them?

Idolatry is something we all struggle with on a daily basis whether we know it or not. God commands us to have no other gods and to love him with all our heart. In this podcast episode, we want to take a real look at what idolatry is and how worship goes hand-in-hand with it. So let's dive deep and walk away challenged and encouraged!

If we are are hand-knit creations of God, then why did he make us? Why are we all here? Is there a purpose for our lives? If so, how do we live out that purpose? Find the answers to these questions in this podcast episode.

Whether you are a Christian or not, there are certain questions about life that all of us will think about at some point. This podcast episode we are going to look at one of them: Who am I? Am I a person created by God or simply a product of billions of years of time and chance processes? How you answer this question has huge implications in the way that you live.

We were never meant to live our lives taking the wide road that the world is walking. God has a mission and a purpose for each of us. So how do we walk on the narrow road, the way that the Apostles, martyrs and countless Christians have walked over the past centuries? And why does this matter so much?

We often talk about Jesus as our Lord, and as a general statement, we are okay with that. However, if Jesus is Lord of all things, that means he is in authority over each of our lives; that is where this truth gets more uncomfortable. Knowing and living with Jesus as Lord will have a big impact on our lives and also the way we parent our children.