John Eldredge's Journey

of achieving our purpose in life can be a daunting but awarding task. Christopher McCandless

As humans, it’s in our nature to look for the meaning in our lives. Our minds are very complex and allow us the gift but also the despair of contemplating our existence and purpose in this world. Nowadays, it’s common for us to go on journeys to find the purpose of one’s life and to discover themselves and find direction for their future. In the article “Authentic purpose: the spiritual infrastructure of life” by Corey L.M. Keyes, Keyes explores the reason on why finding a purpose has become so key to one’s health and the different ways that we find purpose in our lives.

Helminiak provides an interesting discussion based on a reoccurring topic of interest, integration of sexuality and spirituality. Helminiak begins the paper establishing that the greatest undertaking was trying to define spirituality. He then proposed that sexuality would either foster or hinder one’s spiritual growth to the extent that if would affect the person’s sexual behaviors. Helminiak suggested that someone’s sexual behavior would essentially fall in accord with their chosen religious belief and ethical requirement as a means to enhance their relationship with God. The paper begins with the author providing

3). Jesus affirmed this concept in his instructions to the disciples that passion and purpose follow that which one values, either physical or emotional treasures (Matthew 6:21). Therefore, someone serious about discovering a trajectory that fills their life with meaning must begin by clearly understanding the values of his

In the Outward Focused Life by Dave Workman, he covers and explains many topics and ideas regarding Christianity. He also guides you through how to become a better Christian and what your are suppose to do to help others and serve God. The main point of this book is how to be a servant to God, instead of serving yourself. A couple other points discussed is how to surrender to God and let him transform you and also through out the book Workman talks about different stories about people giving to others and God gives to them. Although its not just about giving to yourself.

(Carr & Conway, 81) They share the theory that God intended for humans to experience mutual connectedness with one another and that sex was not necessarily a means to reproduce. This almost seems like an argument for protected sex, a concept that very conservative Christians have fought fervently in the last several decades. This struck me as extremely interesting, because it offered a modern interpretation of the Bible and is an example of how the translation or understanding gleaned form the Bible is so adaptable to the culture and generation reading it. While I may personally agree or connect with this interpretation of the story, I am more interested by the ability to assign biblical meaning to fit the desirable messages.

Is there anything more exciting than achieving a goal? Or being able to do something great life? With this in mind trying to find a good job in order to support your family. Maybe going out into the world with your dog that also happens to be your best friend just to meet new people and to write a novel. Some people might have different types of goals or more like weird goals, but as long as you have something to chase after in life, something to accomplish in life you’ll be truly amazing in life. Even tho your goal in life might be chasing over someone that you don’t really know. For that reason individuales a driven to undertake a mission because people don’t just make a decision for no reason, or decide to go out into the world for nothing.

Biblical sexual fulfillment is only achievable in the covenant of marriage, which is how God intends sexual fulfilment to be. In marriage sexual openness and fulfilment brings the two individuals that are united together into a deeper more intimate loving state. This deeper bond and intimacy that sexual fulfilment creates in this covenant of marriage between the two individuals also creates an understanding of the spiritual intimacy and closeness our Creator desires to have with us as individuals. Sexual fulfillment does not automatically occur in marriage between the two individuals that have united as one. They have to purposefully and intently strive towards obtaining this goal together to deepen and grow the marriage relationship. “The Gift of Sex: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment” by Clifford and Joyce Penner provides the information and guidance to understand and obtain sexual fulfilment in marriage the way God created and intended sex to be enjoyed, a wonderful gift from God, while learning together how to overcome the stumbling blocks Satan places in your path.

In the first section the author explains the purpose of dating. He does this by first explaining that it is not about finding a soul mate or someone who they can spend eternity with. He goes into detail why this form of thinking is wrong and selfish. The issue of God’s purpose is dealt with in dating and how God uses relationships to grow us. To find out if a person is ready for dating he uses FAQs in the dating process. He adds that one should “look around for another Christ – follower who share our heart, interest, life objectives, background, parenting style, and vision for the family.” Deal, R. L. (2012, pg. 44). Lastly this section goes on to deal with death and divorce and deals with the question, is the healing ever over? This is done by

"The pursuit of basic human needs for companionship, affirmations, affections, solace, and love won their hearts and guided their being despite their caution," Tera Hunter said with regard to the difficulties that the African Americans faced. This idea resonates with me most as I ponder marriage and democracy so that is what I wish to focus on. In the very beginning, as this universe was being spoken into existence by God, we read that after God had made man, he proceeded to make a companion for him saying, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him [Genesis 2:18]." Man was not created to live alone, but to live in communion with his Creator and with other humans. A comparison could be drawn then;

Even though this is way that an ideal everlasting relationship should be undertook, that is not always the case. In many instances, the Biblical bonding between male and female,

“What certainly bound courtly love to Christianity...was the cultivation of decidedly ‘romantic’ states of feelings.” As long as it was tied to christianity, in other words, marriage, it was seen as romantic and not sexual. The route to all thinking towards women from men in the Catholic church was Eve. Eve’s guilt perceives women as sinful by nature. “All women are potential Eve.”

Jews have always esteemed the noteworthiness and centrality of a strong family unit. In the locales of sexuality and the relationship amidst men and women, Judaism displayed some greatly basic headways. As the Bible portrays "A man should leave his mom and dad and divide to his wife, and they will get to be one substance. (Genesis 2:24)." Judaism is demonstrating that a man and a woman are two sections of an aggregate. Fundamentally more than just an association or a gathering, your life accomplice is your other a substantial bit of, your ideal accomplice. Together this "whole" not simply brings new life into the world, also raises and instructs people to fill in as accommodating people from

Clearly God is saying that unbelievers should not be in relationships together because priorities for the relationship will be different. It is surprising that the author did not mention this because early in the book he talks about being sensitive toward who God is getting ready for you when it comes to a relationship. He should have used this area

Although the Bible alludes to man and women being the original primary relationship, another portion of the creation story that contributes to the social injustices that LGBT people face is the creation of Adam and Eve. A colloquial phrase that a plethora of religious followers state to justify heterosexual relationships is “ God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve”. It is stated in Genesis that “ the Lord said, “It is not good that the man should be alone…Therefore, a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 2:18-2:24). The presiding quote is commonly utilized to say that man is for the woman and that they are meant to complete each other in marriage. This idea that man and woman are solely meant for one another is also used to demean homosexual relationships. Up until this past year in American homosexual individuals did not have the right to marry people of the same sex.