“The Gift”

As a whole, we do not have a biblical view of singleness. What’s worse, we don’t really want to have one either. Instead we tend to stay away from the topic with a peculiar mixture of fear and loathing.

And it’s evident in how we talk and how we act. We obliquely refer to perpetual singleness as “The Gift,” much in the same way the ancient Greeks called the Furies, “The Kindly Ones.” We think as long as we pay lip-service we’ll be spared.

But that’s so far from the view of singleness offered in the Bible, so far from the joyful lives of Paul and Christ himself. And we can’t be content to stay this way. When the Bible speaks, we should listen and we should agree both intellectually and emotionally. It can be hard to do (that is properly bringing one’s understanding in line with Scripture), but it’s necessary. And so, here, I propose a series to help us better understand this oft neglected topic.

Stay tuned

-djstevens