Erin Davis

Erin Davis

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  • When You Are Seeking God's Will Over Whom to Marry, It's Important to Study the Scriptures

    When You Are Seeking God's Will Over Whom to Marry, It's Important to Study the Scriptures

    There are many places in Scripture where God gives us guidelines for the kind of guy we should "yoke" our lives to. Rather than treating the will of God like a magic eight ball and hoping to hear a "yes," "no," or "reply hazy, try again," listen to God's voice by reading what He has already spoken.

  • God's Word is Everything We Need to Live Godly Lives

    God's Word is Everything We Need to Live Godly Lives

    We have everything we need to live godly lives this year. How do we get it? We open God's Word today, the first day of a new year, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that . . . x 365 days.

  • A Secret Plan for a New You This 2018

    A Secret Plan for a New You This 2018

    I want us to see our beauty for what it really is—just the icing on the cake. Beauty is nothing to hide, but it is also not the source of our value.

  • Ladies, Here Are the 35 Things You Wish You All Knew in High School

    Ladies, Here Are the 35 Things You Wish You All Knew in High School

    As I crest the hill of my mid-thirties I can assure you I won't be picking out a retirement home any time soon. I'm just getting warmed up. In fact, my thirties have been some of the best, most fruitful, most fun years of my life.

  • Why Masturbation Is Against God's Ways and Purposes

    Why Masturbation Is Against God's Ways and Purposes

    Masturbation is against God, against His ways and His purposes for how men and women are to relate to one another in a marital union that reflects the relationship of Christ to the Church. Masturbation simply cannot fulfill God's design for sexuality, and thus has no place in the life of one who calls herself a Christian.

  • To Hug or Not To Hug? Here's How to Navigate the Nebulous World of Hugging

    To Hug or Not To Hug? Here's How to Navigate the Nebulous World of Hugging

    There's nothing inherently sinful about a hug. It's just that behind our arms, we house a sinful heart that can pervert even something good into something not good. Hugging has less to do with your body potentially being pressed up against someone of the opposite sex and more to do with your heart and mind. A hug can be as pure—or as impure—as your heart.

  • Jesus Didn't Come to Deliver Twinkly Lights and Sparkly Bows

    Jesus Didn't Come to Deliver Twinkly Lights and Sparkly Bows

    I love the joy of the Christmas season, but when we fall for the the lie that Jesus came to deliver twinkly lights and sparkly bows, we miss the point. The wonder of this season is only possible because of the horror of the cross.

  • The Illusion of Being Enough

    The Illusion of Being Enough

    Perhaps you've seen or heard this phrase: You are enough. It's a sentiment that feels so good that we want it to be true, but is it?