Seth Hedman

In order to fully understand sexuality today, in a culture drowning in lust and confusion, we have to go back to the very beginning, to Adam & Eve, and learn that human sexuality is not about fun, pleasure, love, or even procreation; it's about Jesus.  Can we really use Adam & Eve as that kind of universal principle? Adam & Eve in Worthy Paradise by Peter Paul Rubens (1615).  Genesis Principle Genesis 2:24 reads: " For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." This brief verse following the creation of the first humans is more than just a description of the first act of sex between Adam & Eve, but a principle and standard by which all future human sexuality and marriages should be judged and based on. The future tense of "shall" and the reference to father and mother, of which Adam & Eve had none, shows this is, in fact, talking about future sexual relat...

The Art of Flourishing in Seasons of Nothing Special Embracing Purgatory Every college student knows the times I'm talking about.  That week right after New Years but before school starts back up.  That week toward the end of July bored to death working minimum wage at your summer job.  That Spring Break without any special plans so you spend it at home staying up late, sleeping in until noon, and staying in your sweats for days on end.  Basically it's that boring time, in between exciting things, where nothing is really going on and you fill your days trying to fight off crippling boredom.  Where staring at the wall seems like a reasonable way to spend half an hour.  I call it Purgatory. In the schedule of college we will all encounter many of these times and seasons of nothing special.   Look familiar? Sometimes college itself can seem like Purgatory.  Its this weird in between time right after leaving the house but before you start "...