“When you embrace who you really are, the the life you really have, and the world as it really is, the result is freedom, creativity, and peace. A painter paints a great work of art not on a limitless canvas, but on a piece of parchment with defined measurements, say 30 x 40 inches. The... Continue Reading

Of course, hymns may be written to parody Calvinistic doctrine, and on very rare occasions one hears songs that celebrate “free will.” But the great hymns of ages past, like their predecessors in Scripture, praise God for being God, for being sovereign, for being a saving and keeping God. To cast a critical glance sideways... Continue Reading

I can’t. That’s the whole point of the Gospel! The harder I try to do what I need to do, the more my mind turns to a chaos and confusion of fear and distress and the more tempted I am to escape into passion and lust, into appetites for things that only harm me. Jesus... Continue Reading

The cost of all of that stuff is the cost of generosity. At least, it is for most of the people I know. Those donations to the church, those checks to the missionaries, those gifts to the ministries, those bills slipped discreetly to the person in need—tally them up and they could equal some extra... Continue Reading

One of my life verses is  Job  5:7  “man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward”.  A long marriage will endure the whole gamut of troubles including money, family conflicts, church problems, illness, death—you name it. Run to God and trust in His sovereignty over all of it.     “There is no more lovely,... Continue Reading

Would being “freed from monogamy” really make these people more free? Much more can be said on the nature of freedom, but this gives at least some sense of the complexity of the notion and how it has been naively trivialized by a world where sexualized personal pleasure is the solvent of all social bonds... Continue Reading

The Bible does not say: “Pray this way and you’ll make better progress.”  The Bible says: “The fundamental question before you is, do you trust God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ no matter what?”  If you trust Him, then you’ll pray. You won’t be able to help it. Because if you trust Him,... Continue Reading

Meeting in Las Vegas, leaders of the Evangelical Lukewarm Christians in Apostasy (ELCA-Not the Lutherans) voted in favor of giving their local congregations the authority to choose ministers or lay leaders who may be in “lifelong, monogamous relationships with alcohol.” (SPOILER ALERT: This is a parody).   Hot on the heels of the Evangelical Lutheran... Continue Reading

The LGBT movement’s biggest triumph has been their ability to cut off the money supply to frontline pro-family groups. The millionaires and billionaires ostensibly on our side could easily donate many times the money necessary to fight this effectively. But they have virtually all become emasculated by fear of the “gay mafia”. It’s quite pathetic... Continue Reading

Those who do not plan on making or keeping such antiquated vows, perhaps they ought to pursue civil unions with a judge in a courthouse. Perhaps they want to live together in some sort of partnership. Perhaps they are willing to file their taxes jointly. Perhaps they want to have kids in a respectable manner.... Continue Reading