Q:  If Jesus wants us to make vows, why is there so little instruction in the Bible regarding them?

A:  When I first began to unearth this whole vow-making enterprise, I couldn’t help but wonder why both the Old and New Testaments only mention vows without much in the way of specific instruction regarding them.  In his book, Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster makes the point that, though the Bible addresses ancient practices like solitude and fasting, it gives “almost no instruction about how to do them.”  He explains that the Bible doesn’t give specific instructions because these practices “were so frequently practiced and such a part of the general culture that the ‘how to’ was common knowledge.”  It turns out the same holds true for vow-making. The truth is, these things were so common in the everyday experience of people during the time the New Testament was written, they needed ... READ MORE!

Does Your Mind Wander to Other Women During Love-making?  

by Doug Weiss
Q: How concerned should I be if I start to think about other women while my wife and I are having sex?

A: An intrusive thought every now and then isn’t cause for alarm. It’s possible for you to have thoughts about nonsexual things as well as thoughts about people. But if these thoughts regularly invade your ... READ MORE!