Me, the Briefing, singleness and non-Christian men

I got some advance copies of the Briefing in the mail yesterday, because yours truly has an article in the May issue. Well, actually it's more of a column, which is new feature that they are running, called Give Up Your Life. If you have been reading this blog for some time you have basically read it before, but that's all I'm telling! :)

And you might be surprised: while the issue also contains an article on singleness and one on dating non-Christians, that is not what I wrote about. But they are very good articles. When I wrote the EQUIP book club posts on singleness I referred a number of times to a talk by Tim Adeney, and I am happy to say that that is now in print in the Briefing, though in slightly different form (and I think I can admit to blogdom that I played a part in it being there - I have connections ;) ...). I went to bible study last night and haven't read the final version yet, but am looking forward to doing so.

Then there is a very practical article on what to do in situations of attraction to non-Christians. It starts from the assumption that you know and believe that dating non-Christians is wrong and sex before marriage is wrong, and gives helpful advice from that point on. (Sadly I know too many women who are no longer convinced on either of those fronts - essentially they have done some very faulty situational ethics! - but it is great to have material that is written to Christians who know the truth and want to live it, rather than always starting at first principles or simply telling people "here's why this is wrong".)

So, this is an issue you need to read! :) (I'd be self-effacing and say that my column is the least interesting thing in it, but since it's not about me, is about the work of the Gospel and is hardly an original piece of work, and since I think it is a great initiative from the Briefing, I'm not going to say so.)