Should Christians Use Tinder?
SingleRoots Team Everyone is talking about Tinder these days, and it’s not just the Christians who are shaking their heads at it. Vanity Fair recently wrote a raw article delving into the hook-up culture that apps like Tinder are cultivating...
Encouraging Parents of Prodigals
Diane Bucknell What could be more grievous to Christian parents than to have their adult child reject the Gospel? Some children go through a season of rebellion and return to the Lord, but when a grown child makes a cogent decision to forsake the essential truths of Christianity it is heart wrenching...
How To Encourage Apathy in Your Kids
Matt Lawson Your Kid’s an All Star? Wow! Someday He’ll Be Average Like the Rest of Us. The church in America is puzzled. Young adults are leaving in droves. Magazines, books and blogs are wagging the finger of blame to point out who is responsible...
Why Gay Marriage Proponents Can’t Appeal to the Abolitionist Movement
Ben Reaoch I remember listening to Tony Campolo speak in chapel when I was a student at Wheaton College. His passion inspired me. His compassion for the downtrodden motivated me. I revered him as a biblical and prophetic voice. So when I saw earlier this summer he had endorsed gay marriage, I was saddened...
Online Dating Experiment: 3 Sites, 3 Months, 1 Person
Anna Lee My friends from SingleRoots offered me online dating subscriptions this summer to each of the big 3 sites—eHarmony, Christian Mingle, andMatch.com. I thought it was a slightly crazy proposition, but since I’m new to Birmingham, I decided it couldn’t hurt...
Books and Bible Studies for Christian Singles: A Resource List
SingleRoots Team A reader asked us about Bible study resources for single Christians. She wanted to know if we knew of any Bible studies that included dealing with loneliness and the pressure to be in relationships in order to have value. We did some digging, and we came up with some resources...
What Hope Does God Give Lonely Singles?
Matt Chandler Many Christian singles who do not find a spouse end up dating non-Christians and compromising themselves. What does Christ have to offer to a Christian who is tired of the weirdness of Christian dating, who longs to be married, who is sick of being lonely, who doesn’t have any Christian prospects, and isn’t getting any younger? What would you say to them...
Dear Christian Girls: Not Every Good Man is Fearless and Confident
Kristine Sung Women who long for a mature, stable Christian believer, are often led to believe in church that those kinds of guys are ‘fearless adventurers’ and ‘spiritual leaders’ who will therefore know exactly how to pursue you for dating...
Mission: Impossible
Paul Tripp As I waited for the light to change, it hit me. It seemed as if my mission was impossible: I was called to be the father of four children. It’s humbling and a bit embarrassing to admit this to you, but I sat in my car and dreamed of what it would be like to be single...
What Should We Do When They Stray?
Nicholas T. Batzig Of all the painful experiences that I have had to face through nearly a decade in ministry–the death of a mother, couples enduring the heartbreak of miscarriage, strife, abuse, divorce, scandal, etc.–having to walk with a godly father and mother through the dark shadows of having a child rebel is among the most difficult...
Textiquette for Teenagers
Barry Yonk Here are five basic rules of textiquette I try to encourage my kids to consider. Stay in the conversation you are already in. Do we not train our children it is bad form to interrupt a conversation others are having...
Guest Post: How the Gospel Ended My Same Sex Relationship
Mike Leake (Guest post) I am a Christian, one who believes that what the Bible says about sexuality is of great importance. I’m also someone who was in a same-sex relationship for many years, even as I claimed Christ. For a long time these were the two things that defined me...
40 Questions for Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags
Kevin DeYoung If you consider yourself a Bible-believing Christian, a follower of Jesus whose chief aim is to glorify God and enjoy him forever, there are important questions I hope you will consider before picking up your flag and cheering on the sexual revolution...
The Church Will Survive Gay Marriage if It Sticks to Its Guns
David French The Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision is only three days old and already there are calls to end the tax exemption not just for religious schools, but for churches as well. Already we're seeing public expressions of contempt...
5 Ways to Respond to the Supreme Court’s Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
Brian Orme By now you’ve heard the news: The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex couples must be permitted to marry. This decision will no doubt reshape our country in radical ways over the next decade...
Jesus and Homosexuality
Village Church A booklet on homosexuality asks the question, “What did Jesus teach about homosexuality?” When you open it, you discover nothing but a blank page. The intended point of the pamphlet is clear—Jesus said nothing about homosexuality...