Under New Management
Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Under New Management When my wife and I moved into our current home nineteen years ago, we decided to hang onto...
View ArticleWhen Words Fail
Photo Credit: FOX News Try describing the truth about it – its enormity, its barbarism, your astonished rage - and words fail. They only help when conveying the facts, which are pretty simple:...
View ArticleWanting to Will
Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. — Wanting to Will “Draw me, and we will run after thee.” - Song of Songs 1:4 God initiates; we respond. So...
View ArticleRandom Ramblings #49: Radio Interviews, Speaking Engagements and Grace Under...
Busy week. A higher than usual number of people come in for appointments each January, a month of new starts, fresh commitments. And even though I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, I love the...
View ArticleThe Feminine Mistake
Every Tuesday we’ll post something to do with strengthening marriages. Hope it helps. — The Feminine Mistake This year marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking The Feminine Mystique...
View ArticleLike Me. Please, Like Me
Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — Like Me. Please, Like Me The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in...
View ArticleClass Goes Crass
I’m a movie fan who never watches the Oscars. Back in 2003, when Best Documentary winner Michael Moore hijacked the proceedings to launch a tirade against President Bush, I decided I’d had enough. For...
View ArticleWalking Strong
Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Walking Strong This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Galatians...
View ArticleUnder New Management
Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Under New Management When my wife and I moved into our current home nineteen years ago, we decided to hang onto...
View ArticleThy Will Be Done … but are You Open to Suggestions?
Every Wednesday we’ll post something to do with doctrine and recovery. — “Thy Will Be Done” (but are You open to suggestions?) Trusting that God will do what we hope He’ll do is one thing. Trusting in...
View ArticlePro-Gay or Hate Gays: No Middle Ground?
“I think I’ll take this moment to say goodbye to you. I now have a fabulous (as the gays put it) grandson to raise, and I don’t have time for a heartless (expletive deleted) of a daughter.” So said a...
View ArticleSame Image, Different Dad
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God.” -John 1:12 The phrase Image Bearer is becoming popular, and I’m glad. It applies to people across the board, all...
View ArticleThe Writing on My Heart
“I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” -Jeremiah 31:33 Thirty years ago I decided to come out and be myself, to be...
View ArticleAssessing Matthew Vines’“God and the Gay Christian” Part III – Jesus and...
The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth. -Dean Koontz, Forever Od When you love someone, you hope...
View ArticleAssessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part IV: Paul and Romans One
“All lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest.” -Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer Reading Matthew Vines new book reminds me of my first visit to a pro-gay church back...
View ArticleAssessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt. VI
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so...
View ArticleAssessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt. VII
“Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’ The Gospel is something completely different. In fact, it is directly opposed to the world.” -CS Lewis...
View ArticleThe Scare Snare
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. - Proverbs 29:25 I wonder how many things you would have done, said, or at least tried, if you hadn’t been so...
View ArticleISIS, Charles Manson, and Redemption
“Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.” -Romans 12:21 It doesn’t sink in easily. Whole families are being slaughtered, children are executed in the most barbaric of ways, and the evil...
View ArticleHouston, Homosexuality and Heavy Handedness
Since the Ebola scare is today’s top story, there’s a secondary item you may be unaware of: the City Council of Houston has subpoenaed the sermons of local pastors to review what they’ve been saying...
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