Sex within the context of marriage is pointing to a greater reality in heaven. Knowing and being known. Intimacy. We long for it but we are also a bit afraid of it because we know, this side of heaven, we may be hurt. This is a primary reason many indulge in pornography. Pornography provides sexual... Continue Reading

Instead of faith being the rational trust in the proclaimed Word of God in accord with available evidence, the faith of prosperity gospel adherents is positive thinking and expectation of God’s material blessing. Positive thinking, called faith, necessarily results in material blessings if it is sincere. This is the simple law of faith according to... Continue Reading

No matter what you’re reading, wherever you find it, skepticism is not your enemy.  Parse the words you read.  Read for comprehension, not stylistic aesthetics.  Don’t take anybody’s name, title, or education at face value. Especially not mine.  If you think I’m wrong about any of this, please let me know.    I’m not going... Continue Reading

Avoid the extremes of either making all your Old Testament sermons about following (or avoiding) the examples of the Old Testament characters, or of making all your Old Testament sermons theological flyovers that land finally in Christ but never impact the spiritual lives and ethics of your hearers. Old Testament sermons should have both emphases,... Continue Reading

The first form of idolatry is deadly because it leads us to worship as God those things which are not gods – to give them our devotion and trust. The second form is deadly because if leads us to worship God as though He were not God, not the God of the Bible, perfect and... Continue Reading

The Bible doesn’t say your calling as a young woman is to be a “worker at home.”  In fact, Paul says, “The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she who is married cares for the things of the world, how... Continue Reading

When my son, Parker, was stillborn, God in his mercy helped me glimpse the all-out spiritual war that would ensue in the next season of grieving the loss of my son while waiting to have more children. I didn’t know exactly what it would look like, but I knew it was going to be real... Continue Reading

What I did not anticipate was how it would affect my future marriage. I committed many sins in this area, but I assumed that marriage would fix that desire and erase those memories. Satan had fed me the lie of what sex should be, and I bought it. Sex was going to be what I had... Continue Reading

“Throuple” is a three-person couple. New York Magazine reports about it. Here’s the question: if I were to sue and say that I demand marriage equality for my throuple, what principle would deny marriage equality to the throuple once you say that the male-female aspect of marriage is irrational and arbitrary? The way that we got to monogamy... Continue Reading

I wonder if New York Gov. (and future presidential candidate?) Andrew Cuomo will come to regret his words yesterday morning during an interview on The Capitol Pressroom. Cuomo attacked “extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay,” and said, “They have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”  ... Continue Reading