by Byron Paulus | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
I’m excited to introduce our Revive readers to the new president of our Life Action Division, John Avant. While I remain in my role as Executive Director for our overall ministry family, you’ll be hearing more and more from John as you interface with Life Action,...
by Del Fehsenfeld | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
We are familiar with the “I Do” at a marriage ceremony, but are there other “I Do’s” that we should be equally attending to? “He’s discerning religious life.” I had no idea what that had to do with their dating relationship, but I nodded my head politely and smiled at...
by Aaron Paulus | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
Why does it seem that singleness is one of the worst things that can happen to someone? I was unwittingly fed this narrative by movies I watched as a kid. Take for instance Cinderella—marriage was the goal, and being single was the curse to overcome. At the end of the...
by Guest Writer | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
There’s Pain in Your Pews Since writing a book on singleness, I hear from single people often. Here’s what one 39-year-old woman has to say: I’m convinced there is something very wrong with me! I feel like a complete outcast in each and every church. The weird thing...
by Guest Writer | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
If you’re single, Satan is after you. Okay, he’s after all of us, but there are some unique dangers in singleness—especially in unwanted singleness. He loves to deceive and discourage single people in the church and derail our devotion and ministry. But God intends to...
by Guest Writer | Mar 15, 2018 | A Single Focus, Revive Magazine
What was going on in 1 Corinthians 7, where Paul recommended singleness? Drawing from the teaching of Jesus and the Old Testament, Paul was showing the Corinthian church how to apply God’s commands (1 Corinthians 7:1, 6-7, 10-12, 25, 40) as they faced trials and...
