True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise. — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
Many couples have made commitments to sexual purity, but instead of adopting a lifestyle that supports this commitment, they continue relationships that encourage physical expression and place themselves in dangerous settings. The path you take with your feet should never… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says,… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
When we define our happiness by some point in the future, it will never arrive. We'll keep waiting until tomorrow. If we allow impatience… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
You get up and you preach a sermon and people walk away thinking what a great guy - and that's a failure as a… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
A defining reality for me is what Scripture teaches in Hebrews 12, that God is our father, and that a sign that he loves… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
“I especially loved the Old Testament. Even as a kid I had a sense of it being slightly illicit. As though someone had slipped an R-rated action movie into a pile of Disney DVDs. For starters Adam and Eve were naked on the first page. I was fascinated by Eve's ability to always stand in the Garden of Eden so… — Joshua Harris Copy Share
We can each rest in the knowledge that God is sovereign over our life's situation. No matter where we are today or what mistakes… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking. — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
“The face that Moses had begged to see—was forbidden to see—was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19–20). The thorns that God had sent to curse the earth’s rebellion now twisted around his own brow.… “On your back with you!” One raises a mallet to sink in the spike. But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone… — Joshua Harris Copy Share
I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
“The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by a willingness to accept the bad with the good, do… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
“We can't change by fancy methods. We can't change by mere willpower. But God's Spirit working in us can help us to "will and… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
