Jared Wilson

How to Have Sex to the Glory of God

Now here's a topic even the attractional churchgoers don't mind getting "missional" about. Our good God has created us sexual beings with sexual drives. Sex is not a result of the fall and sexual desire existed before Adam and Eve sinned, so there's nothing dirty or evil or wrong about sex. But the fall has warped our desires, and our sin tempts our sexuality toward all manner of perversion. Historically and culturally... (posted by Jared 3 years 194 days ago.)

There is Only One Messiah and America Isn't His Kingdom

The Christian Coalition may be on its last leg, the Moral Majority may have been neither, and the conservative culture warriors may be licking their wounds right now, but the Christian culture war is far from dead. Somewhere between the forwarded e-mail smears about Obama being the Anti-christ and the watercooler smears about McCain being a jingoistic warmonger, the American Christian's capitulation... (posted by Jared 3 years 199 days ago.)

You Can Never Go Down the Drain

Mister Rogers occasionally sang a song that went "You can never go down, Can never go down, Can never go down the drain" as part of reassuring his young audience they need not fear the bathtub drain. I don't recall ever having that fear as a little one, and neither of my little ones have ever feared getting sucked down in the gentle tide of the draining tub, but on one episode of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" the three of... (posted by Jared 3 years 206 days ago.)

Kill Your Idols, Part 2: Anxiety and "God's Will"

What is God's will? Can you make the wrong decision and step out of it? What would you say to someone facing two apparently neutral directions in life who came to you for advice? What would be the signs that one option is really God's will while the other isn't? Would a mistake take someone outside of God's will? I don't know how much of a comfort this will be to you, but... (posted by Jared 3 years 208 days ago.)

7 Ways to Complete Your Task More Efficiently

If you're like me, you're always looking for ways to infuse more efficiency into your daily routines and duties. Don't you wish you had more free time? I've discovered 7 key ways to improve your efficiency in the completion of any project. Implement these, and watch your To Do list shrink and your Get to Do list grow! 1. Do things ahead of time. Doing things before you normally do them, or before you're... (posted by Jared 3 years 213 days ago.)

Kill Your Idols, Part 1: Spiritless Spirituality

We were made to worship. We can't not worship. Attribute it to that "God-shaped hole" or whatever, but because God made us for relationship with him, and since God designed us to desire connection with something outside of ourselves (ideally, other people), we come hardwired with the desire to follow, to tap into something larger, to connect. And the fall of mankind didn't eradicate this need, it only... (posted by Jared 3 years 215 days ago.)