Core strength is an important concept for athletes and physically active people. A person’s physical core is a complex group of muscles within the abdominal area that also extends beyond the abs. The body’s core is incorporated into almost every movement of the human body and acts as a stabilizer and spine protector. If you have been coached in physical fitness training or participated in a workout class, you have probably been instructed to tighten your abs in order to protect your spine. Research has shown that athletes with higher core stability have a lower risk of injury. Strengthening the core is the starting point of physical fitness.

Character core strength is also the starting point for emotional and relational fitness...

Three of my neighbors have erected fences defining their property from mine. I like that. It is a clear demarcation between our lot lines and protects both of us from unwanted intrusion. I don’t want their dogs running (and other things) in my yard. Fences make for good neighbors. We feel safer with fences.

The same is true with boundaries. Boundaries are the fences of human relationships. They define what I will and won’t do and with whom I will have a relationship and the parameters of that relationship. Boundaries make for good relationships. We feel safer with boundaries.

All relationships need boundaries. Some of those relationship boundaries will include: what will be our moral standards? What will be our standards of ...

An issue I often hear about is the struggle men have with their dream life.  They want to live pure lives but their dreams are often rife with sexual scenes or violent images. From where do these dreams come and what can be done about them? Many would say that nothing can be done because, after all, we’re asleep and not even conscious. Not so.

First some Biblical background on dreams and then I’ll address the issue of erotic and violent dreams. The Bible describes how God uses dreams to speak to people. God spoke to His prophets through dreams (Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1), to the unsaved such as Abimelech, Nebuchadnezzar, and Pontius Pilate’s wife through dreams, and to the saved including Jacob, Joseph, ...

A direct rebuke to evolution is the law of the wilderness. The law of the wilderness says that things left alone don’t evolve for the better, they get worse and eventually return to their original state. A garden is a good example. If you constantly tend the garden by rototilling the soil, pulling the weeds, fertilizing and watering the plants you will have a fruitful garden that will reflect the care of the gardener. By contrast if you don’t tend to the garden at all eventually it will return to its original state, wilderness. God knew that too. Adam’s job was to tend the garden. Genesis 2:15 says, “The LordGod took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”

Another example is your ...