Tired of Being Single?

It occurred to me recently that there are lots of single ladies at pretty much any church one rocks up to, I mean lots and lots and lots of single ladies… Downside? Usually fewer single guys. A friend of mine told me she has been aware of this for some time and did not need reminding…

So if you’re tired of being single, I say we re-introduce an age old phenomena called ‘match making’. Apparently this has been going on for thousands of years but our generation appears to have lost this art generally speaking (I know some hate my ‘general speak’, but it helps to cut it short). So with ‘match making’, what happens is that a loving Christian sets up a ‘blind’ date with a single guy and a single lady who have potential together. This works really well I’m told because our friends know friends we don’t know, and so it creates a more extended network than we could ever imagine before.

Have you set up a date before? If not, have a go!!

I’ve been on a couple of ‘blind’ dates before and actually they were quite fun, I mean seriously, would I rather be at home watching TV and relishing in my singleness? Come on people, let’s be honest.

Recently I set up two for a date, it didn’t work out for them but they were still nonetheless very grateful. So I’m sure if you tried setting two up, odds are they’ll appreciate what you’ve done. After I set up this one friend, she then returned the favour which was a total surprise! So think about, plenty of good reasons to get out there people…

The Reason for God

Dr Tim Keller, founding pastor of New York’s booming Redeemer Presbyterian Church, explains the main ideas of his book titled “The Reason for God” at the Google campus in California. Tim responds to common arguments about God put forward by atheists, sceptics and evolutionists. He also presents that the case for believing in God is easier to comprehend than not believing in God.

Relativism – Peace or Conflict?

“Scholars generally agree that the first ‘relativist’ was the ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras (approximately 490-421 BC)… what is true and false is determined not by things outside of a person, but simply by a person’s own perspective… Plato [428-348 BC] provided a devastating critique of Protagoras’ idea that ‘Man is the measure of all things’. If everything is relative to man’s perspective, argued Plato, that must also apply to Protagoras’ own idea that truth is relative… if Protagoras really thinks it is true that things are only true according to a person’s perspective, then, that would mean Protagoras’ idea is actually false because at least one truth (Protagoras’ idea) would then not be relative.”

The above is an excerpt from: A Spectator’s Guide to World Views (2007), edited by Simon Smart, pages 174-175.

Relativism was out and about BC, and is out and about again now AD. This world and its societies don’t ‘evolve’ through the supposed latest belief system, it goes in circles and never finds peace. Its ever changing restless consistency always wants more because it never holds true hope.

Thankfully we have a choice not to trust in this world and its incapability to provide a permanent solution. In Romans 15.13 it states “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”. Praise God!