I got an iPhone this month, and it surpassed my high expectations. It’s amazing.
My 3GS model is 16 GB and weighs 4.8 ounces. That means that the little phone I keep in my pocket holds eight times as much space as the laptop I used from college through my first PhD (1998–2006).
If you have an iPhone (or iPod Touch), these resources may help you use the tool more efficiently.
1. iPhone Apps
The iPhone comes with several apps already installed, and over 100,000 apps are available through the iTunes Store.
Here’s a screen-shot of my apps as they appear iTunes (click on the image to enlarge):
Here are some practices I’ve found to be helpful:
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Josh Harris makes a good case for that in this outstanding little book:
Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World. Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah, 2003. 187 pp. Amazon | WTSBooks.
In Chapter 5, entitled “Guys and Girls: How Are We Different, and How Can We Help Each Other?”, Josh writes this in answer to the question “How Are We Different?” (pp. 84–85):
Though we have a lot in common, God made men and women gloriously different. We were made to complement each other. We have different strengths. We are “wired” differently sexually. Continue Reading »
That’s what Beth Spraul argues (with appropriate nuance) in “You’ve Got Lies: Chick Flicks and the World’s Approach to Men and Marriage,” a six-page PDF hosted by Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C.
She proceeds to discsuss “three powerful lies communicated to and believed by women through this genre of ‘chick-flicks’ as well as ‘chick-lit’ (literature)”:
- Lie #1: Men think of romance and relational intimacy exactly like women do!
- Lie #2: If I marry the right man, all will be right in my life.
- Lie #3: I will know that a man is right for me by feelings I get when I’m with him.
She closes by sharing her own courting experience.
Das ist gut, ja?
HT: Russell Moore and Carolyn McCulley
That’s the thesis of Randy Alcorn’s The Purity Principle: God’s Safeguards for Life’s Dangerous Trails (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2003).
I read through this little 94-page volume in one sitting this evening. It’s outstanding. Alcorn’s approach to the issue of purity is biblically informed, sobering, wise, refreshing, and motivating.
Related: Alcorn lists the following resources on his website:
- The Purity Principle Study Guide
- articles on sexual purity: page 1 | page 2
- Alcorn’s MP3s, PDFs, and PowerPoint presentation on sexual purity
- Guidelines for sexual purity (Alcorn originally prepared this for his daughters.)
- Links to resources for sexual purity
- Selected Scriptures related to sexual purity
By Philip R. Gons, Matthew C. Hoskinson, and Andrew David Naselli
(cross-posted at our respective blogs: Gons, Hoskinson, Naselli)
Christians will give an account to God for their lives, and wise Christians live in light of that sobering reality (Rom 14:12; 2 Cor 5:10). Consequently, we have covenanted to keep each other accountable in preparation for our future accounting. Since some of our friends have asked us about our method of accountability, we decided to co-author this article in order to glorify God by provoking other Christians to seek out a greater degree of accountability.
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