Episode 199: Singles and The Church
On this episode of the FTC Podcast, Jared Wilson and Ross Ferguson talk about the ins and outs of singleness within the church community.
Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness: Singleness as Loss (Part 3)
Series: Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness
We should allow ourselves to lament the loss that comes with unwanted singleness. Lament is the way God has designed for us to process pain, and lament is also a doorway to wisdom.
Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness: Singleness as a Trial (Part 2)
Series: Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness
Seeing unwanted singleness as a trial also helps those in the body of Christ truly relate to one another–not based on the uniqueness of our trial, but on our common experience of various trials.
Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness: Singleness as a Gift (Part 1)
Series: Wisdom for Unwanted Singleness
Christians believe that everything in our lives come to us from the hand of God, including the things we don’t want. So, if we have singleness when what we actually desire is marriage, we have a trial – a particular kind of gift.
Let Me Be Single
Let the unmarried be single if they want, and the married glorify God in their marriage. God has ordained it, and his Word allows it. At the end of the day, God is calling all of us to follow him more than he is asking us to check a certain box about our marital status.
Folding Singles into Family in the Life of the Church
How should a pastor shepherd the single sheep in his flock well without trying to force marriage upon them, make them feel like second-class citizens, or treat them like charity cases?
9 Things I’ve Learned in 9 Years Of Theological Education
All theological education exists to build up the church, equip the church, adorn the church, love the church – it is for the church.
3 Lies the Church Believes About Singleness
While singleness may, at times, be a function of cultural shifts and an extended adolescence among some adults, no single person remains single outside of the sovereignty—and goodness—of God.
Living As Those Who Are Lacking
Marriage is not sufficient for life and godliness. Jesus is.
3 Ways The Trinity Affects My Singleness
When I am tempted to bemoan gifts I feel the Lord has withheld, the Godhood of each person of the Trinity helps me to see God’s gifts correctly.