~ by Natalie Haynes ~ So you may not know this, but there is this entire sector of the blogging world that does nothing but blog about home design. They are called "design blogs." Mostly they blog about new things that they are trying in their homes, or neat things that they have seen done in other people's homes. These women are normally operating on a budget, so they are always concerned about that. They are also always concerned about making a home that is practical for their family, and inviting. One of the most famous design bloggers, The Inspired Room, is actually the wife of a ...

In recent decades, the word “Christian” has taken quite a beating in our culture. Though I have some older relatives who do not follow Jesus, I am certain they’d be offended if I said they weren’t Christians. This is because “Christian” has become synonymous with “nice, decent, respectable American.” Were I to suggest that these nice, decent, respectable Americans—who were raised attending Sunday school, no less—weren’t “Christians,” I have ...

Adapted from a sermon given at Reformed University Fellowship, University of Oklahoma Women are beautiful. Women want to be beautiful, be seen as beautiful, be told they’re beautiful and on and on. There is a place in each woman’s heart for beauty. But what is beauty? Fergie is Fegalicious. She sings, “Fergalicious”: Make them boys go loco
 They want my treasure So they get their pleasures from my photo

 You can see me, you can’t squeeze me 
I ain’t easy, I ain’t sleazy 
I got reasons why I tease ‘em
 Boys just come and go like ...

The Biblical View of the Body The biblical view neither devalues the body nor sees it as our ultimate hope. I'm suggesting three things the Bible teaches about the body: Our bodies are not evil but good gifts from the creator Our bodies are not disposable but eternal Our bodies are made for glory I Corinthians chapter 15 helps us explore the idea that we most fully express Christ through our bodies. Specifically, let's read verses 35-49:  35But someone may ask, ...