When You Do Good And It Comes Back To Bite You
Suffering does not always mean we have done something wrong
When we do good and it comes back to bite us, we can feel giving up. Don’t. Your suffering doesn’t mean you’ve done anything wrong. And your reward is from the Lord, not those you serve. Do you have a viper dangling from your hand? Shake it off and keep serving. Jesus is pleased with... Continue Reading
Report on Rosaria Butterfield at RUF Event at University of South Florida
Reformed University Fellowship sponsors Rosaria Butterfield on the USF campus speaking on Homosexuality and Christianity
Rosaria spoke for 35 minutes and then fielded questions from the audience for another hour and a half. While she received many challenging questions from opposing viewpoints, the audience was mostly very respectful of her and her time. In short, the Gospel was clearly proclaimed both in her lecture and during Q&A. Even several from... Continue Reading
High School Graduation Rates Among Children Of Same-Sex Households Lower Than Opposite-Sex Homes
Study says that Canadian children living with same-sex parents were only 65 percent as likely to graduate from high school as those living in opposite-sex families
This large random sample allows for control of parental marital status, distinguishes between gay and lesbian families, and is large enough to evaluate differences in gender between parents and children. Children living with gay and lesbian families in 2006 were about 65 % as likely to graduate compared to children living in opposite sex marriage families.... Continue Reading
Puritan Help for 21st Century Church Conflict (Part 1)
Unchanging wisdom from the past fitted to handle church conflicts today
Baxter is a Puritan from the 1600s who wrote a massive (nearly 1000 pages), yet massively helpful, book called A Christian Directory. It was re-released in 1990 with a money-Foreword by J.I. Packer, who wrote, “It is the fullest, most thorough, and in this writer’s judgment, most profound treatment of Christian spirituality and standards that has... Continue Reading
House Passes Bill To Protect Military Freedom of Religion
Earlier, priests were threatened with arrest if they ministered to military during shutdown
“This morning, we passed a bill (H. Con. Res. 58) in the House to ensure that our service members, their families, and their chaplains are able to exercise their fundamental constitutional rights. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), himself a former military chaplain, sponsored the bill and gave a great speech on the floor in support of... Continue Reading
NPR and the Power of Narrative
When the real story doesn't support the desired narrative
But in the interview Martin asked Jimenez the following extraordinarily revealing question: “As a gay man, did you have any concerns that you reporting, that digging into this issue would somehow diminish the power that the Shepard story had, and what it has meant for gay rights in this country.” In other words, Martin seems... Continue Reading
God Loves You Because He Does
The gospel is not for good Christian girls
Those who emphasize obedience as the result of regenerating grace and works as the fruit of faith can come to terms very well with past sin, with pre-conversion sin, however heinous, because is it covered by the blood and righteousness of Christ. But they have trouble dealing with present sin in believers, because of their... Continue Reading
A Coffee Shop, Assumptions, and the Gospel
When assumptions are disrupted when God has other plans for our moments
I write often about the dangers of assumptions and stereotyping, and God graciously helped me learn the same lesson tonight. I could have easily assumed that she had no needs (what a silly assumption, we all have needs). I could have assumed she had it all together (who has it all together?). I could have... Continue Reading
Why Speaking Truth In Love Is Not ‘Slandering Christ’s Bride’
When speaking the truth in love is not slandering the Church
The Bible never states that you have to be a “prophet or a son of a prophet” to exhort your brothers and sisters in Christ about an overlooked area of biblical concern in your church or the church at large. It teaches the opposite! In fact, lovingly addressing areas of weakness or apathy within our... Continue Reading
RUF Event at University of South Florida Sparks Free Speech Debate on Sexuality
Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, a self-proclaimed former “leftist lesbian” professor at Syracuse University who became heterosexual after becoming a devout Christian, will be speaking
“It’s difficult enough when working with LGBT students,” he said. “A lot of people are closed off to the church because of past experiences where they’ve been shunned or closed off. But Christianity is about love and faith; it isn’t just about what can be proven or found, but also what we believe in our... Continue Reading