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On March 5, 2023 By In Wisdom, Women

Letters To Young Women: Singleness

Dear Young Woman,

After my last letter, you might have questions about singleness. Should you pursue marriage? How high of a priority should it be to pursue marriage? What should a young woman be doing while she is single? What happens if a young woman is never married? In this letter, I will address these questions. This one’s a little long, so get yourself a cup of tea, a Frappuccino, or a soy-skim-latte double non-dairy whip and settle in for a bit.

First things first. Should you pursue marriage? The short answer is, “Yes.” Many in the church today are encouraging singleness and even exalting it. Some take Paul’s words out of context in 1 Corinthians 7 concerning remaining single and believe that he is giving undifferentiated instruction for all times. However, he clearly says that his instructions relating to staying in your present state, whether single or married, pertain to “the present distress” (1 Cor 7.26). The Corinthians are facing or about to face some difficult times. It is better not to take a spouse during these times. There could be several reasons for that. Paul says their troubles would increase, and he wants them spared from that (1 Cor 7.28). Adding a spouse when you are about to go through severe trials will increase your anxieties (1 Cor 7.32ff.). In those times of stress, you are more likely to compromise your commitment to Christ. For example, it is much easier to have someone torture you for your faith than to torture your spouse.

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On February 11, 2023 By In Discipleship, Theology, Wisdom, Women

Letters To Young Women: What is a Woman?

Dear Young Woman,

Once upon a time, there was an infant king. This man was created fully grown physically, but he was immature. His father, the Great King, gave him a realm to rule. It would take time for him to mature to the place where he could do all that his father wanted him to do. His father would be patient, giving him everything needed at each stage of maturity to accomplish his mission. When the infant king recognized he didn’t have all that he needed to move to the next stage of the mission, he would patiently wait for the father to give him the gifts he needed.

The first need was recognized within several hours of his creation. The infant king was alone. With the vastness of his domain and what was required of him to accomplish his father’s mission, the infant king couldn’t do this alone. The father knew that it was not good for his son to be alone, but he also wanted his son to recognize that it was not good. So, in one of his first tasks as an infant king—naming animals—he noticed how God made them in pairs, males and females. The fact that his father made the animals in these complementary pairs was his revelation that he always intended for his son to have another creature like him but different. His father hid it from him at first but made it easy for him to figure it out. And he did. Without any scientific studies, the man recognized that he was male and there was no corresponding female.

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On January 30, 2023 By In Women

Letters To Young Women: The State of Femininity

Dear Young Woman,

You have been lied to. You have been lied to by modern Western culture and, in many cases, the church. The prevailing culture and the many in the church have, at best, misunderstood and ill-defined femininity or, at worst, there has been an all-out assault to destroy femininity.

This is not the first time women have been deceived. The history of females begins with a lie told by the serpent to Eve, the mother of us all, in the Garden, probably within the first twenty-four hours of her existence. From that time to this, the serpent’s tactics toward women haven’t changed. He is still preying upon the vulnerability of the woman, seeking to deceive her.

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