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Houston and Homosexuality Part II: In Praise of Squeaky Wheels
Update Yesterday I posted on Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s subpoena of pastor’s sermons and communications, an extraordinary move by any standards. In response to a lawsuit filed by petitioners whose...
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As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us (repeat chorus as needed)
I’m still working on three things Jesus demands from me: that I not worry (Matthew 6:34) that I turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:39) and that I forgive (Matthew 6:15). Strike three. I’ve never thought...
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The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
Recent events in both the culture and the Church have prodded me this week to post, in a five-part series, an article I wrote on transsexualism six years ago for the Christian Research Journal. (You...
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The Transsexual Dilemma – Part 4 of a 5 Part Series
The growing support for transsexualism in the culture, plus the growing number of voices within the Church calling for us to not only to show respect and compassion to transsexuals (a very sound idea)...
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Lord of the Bruised
A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench, till He sends forth justice to victory. -Matthew 12:20 I want that kind of heart. I want to look at a bruised reed and feel...
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Reparative Therapy: How Does it Work, What does it Achieve?
Should I go up one flight of stairs and then come back down, or should I go down one flight of stairs and then come back up? Same destination, same distance, same amount of work, but two different...
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Like Me. Please, Like Me
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. – Proverbs 29:25 I usually grin when I “friend” someone on Facebook, because when I remember the blood, sweat,...
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Now What? Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
We knew that in spite of daily mounting risks we had no choice but to move forward. This was evil’s hour; we could not run away from it. Perhaps only when human effort had done its best and failed...
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Our Beloved Jerks
If you deal with people at all, then you are almost certainly are dealing with a jerk or two. I think you know what I mean by “jerk.” They’re the folks who are brash and inconsiderate, usually...
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Under New Management
—and you are not your own. The distinction between renting and owning seems pretty clear, right? To rent a property means to occupy and manage it with limited rights; to own it is to enjoy the...
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You’re Poetry in Motion
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. -Ephesians 2:10 When Paul refers to us as His workmanship, the word he...
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Ashley Madison: A Late Night Come On (Guest post by Renee Dallas)
(My lovely wife Renee is guest posting today. If you haven’t read any of her other posts, let me strongly recommend checking her blog at wifeboat.com) I was up a little late one night watching CNN...
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No Fighting Not Allowed
But when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor’d rage.” ― William Shakespeare, Henry V...
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As We Forgive
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. -Thomas Fuller I’m still working on three things Jesus demands from me: that I...
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The Grace Grounding
“There is now therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” –Philippians 1: 2 I love writing about...
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In Case of Relapse
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. -Horace “Relapse” mean “deterioration after a period of improvement.” It’s an enemy to avoid, and it makes life hard when it happens. But in...
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My Move
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. – Jude 1:21 At first glance Jude’s commandment here is unsettling. If I’m to “keep myself” in God’s...
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Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? (Part One of a Three Part Series)
Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right. -Charles Spurgeon This isn’t the most popular of topics. In fact, do you...
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Second Language, Better Speech
Sinful indulgence can be a language of sorts, the kind we learn early in life, then try to un-learn, but occasionally fall back into. Think of language in the literal sense. The first one you learn is...
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Talking about Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part One of a...
If you can keep your head When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you… -Rudyard Kipling If you believe there are only two sexes, that each is intrinsically different, that when united...
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