[note color="#ECFF9C"]“Habits are neither made in a moment nor are they broken in a moment. But at any moment one can begin to make or break them. Acts develop habits, and habits form character, and character determines destiny.” – Fr. John D. Fullerton[/note] I’ll make this short and sweet: Integrity matters. I teach undergraduate classes at a university. Earlier tonight, I was filling out paperwork for a student who committed plagiarism. This wasn’t the “oops, I forgot to cite a reference” type of plagiarism; this was the “copy and paste another student’s work” type of plagiarism. The … [Read more...]

Have you ever spent a lot of time walking through an older person's home? If you are like me, you are mesmerized by the pictures, ornaments, sculptures, doodads, and furniture. Looking around, I wonder what story these collections tell. Where did he get that trophy in the corner? What does that picture mean to them? Who are those people in the black and white portrait on the wall? It makes me want to ask question after question and learn all I can about who they are, and what life was like for them years before I was born. What is the significance of the things they saved all these … [Read more...]

What changed their minds... in seconds? Recently, a film by Living Waters came out called the 180 Movie.  It's name comes from the degrees that a person turns around within the short period of time that Ray Comfort is with them while talking to them about a deeply important issue in America today.  Please take the time to watch this 30 minute video - I guarantee that  it will not bore you.  Additionally, there are some intense graphics that are not suitable for children in this video (Viewer Discretion Advised). Watch and share. Let's start making paradigmatic changes in our … [Read more...]

The two videos in this post are thought-provoking. The question is: where is dating found in the Bible? Both of these videos, combined, will run about 13 well-spent minutes. After listening to the videos, you'll discover the answer.... The first video is by an itinerant preacher named Paul Washer. The second video is by another itinerant preacher named Voddie Baucham. Both of these men shoot straight from Scripture and tell it how it is. Both men's sermons are also featured at Monergism.com. I would love to start a dialogue about this. After you've watched the videos, please comment in … [Read more...]

"Words are always dessert." Those words caught my eyes and I knew I had to read further.  One of my friends posted up a link to a blog titled: "One Habit that Radically Changes a Family." After reading it, I knew that I had to link to it from PreEngaged so that you could enjoy it as well.  It refers to a practice that you can institute now and institute with the future family with which God blesses you. Here's just a taste of the post by Ann Voskamp: "It’s the way he was raised, the way his parents had been raised back in the homeland. You never leave the table without chewing the Real … [Read more...]