by Paul Lamicela | Dec 21, 2020 | Men & Women, Singleness
Singleness Why does the New Testament lift up singleness as a noble calling? How can we value singlehood in a conservative culture that lifts up marriage and biological family so highly? The book of Genesis opens with a man living alone and God declaring it “not...
by Paul Lamicela | Sep 21, 2020 | Men & Women
Wedding as Divine Drama Weddings are beautiful; something about them moves us. But if you think about it, they’re also a bit strange. Think about it: a man and a woman decide to start a life together, but to do so the woman has to wear a brand-new solid white dress...
by Paul Lamicela | Aug 31, 2020 | Men & Women
Fellow Heirs, Kings and Queens Immediately after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God rather cryptically foretold that from then on, the relationship between man and woman would be fraught with attempts to dominate and subvert each other (Gen 3:16). Well, sure...
by Paul Lamicela | Mar 2, 2020 | Suffering
Enduring Suffering: A Personal Journey For many of us, the problem of suffering is not an abstract, theoretical question. It’s all too real. How can it be true that God loves us, or that the Bible’s promises are true, or that there is any actual “hope,” in the middle...
