Years ago multitudes read the book, "The Total Woman." That was the book that suggested that wives meet their husband at the door when he comes home from work, dressed only in saran wrap. That book was followed by one called, "The Total Man." I don''t know if the author had a comparable suggestion for husbands or not. Our concern for the day is not about the total man or the total woman, but about "the total steward."

So often Christians reflect the values of society. If materialism is in--driving the finest car, living in the swankiest house, sending your children to the priciest school--then we embrace materialism. If living together before marriage is generally acceptable in society, then we live together before marriage. If moral relativism is the ethic of the time, then we live accor…