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The Need For A Consistent Sexual Ethic
I have only two options to deal with the tension of asking someone feeling gay longings to do something as difficult as pursue celibacy: 1. Give him and everyone else a pass for cross-less Christianity, what Bonhoeffer called “grace…
What’s Wrong With “Relationship Vs. Religion”
Our Christian culture today is saturated with this idea, or at least with the quip, “relationship not religion.” Unfortunately, the quip is wrong. In fact, it is so misleading it needs correction before we can start undoing much of…
Church As Matchmaker: It Takes A Family To Make A Family
It is not good for a man to be alone and he who finds a wife finds goodness, but it takes the beauty of a family to see the goodness far below the surface and in the crevices of…
Attacking And Defending Courtship
Thomas Umstattd Jr. recently made a splash with his article “Why Courtship is Fundamentally Flawed.” To be perfectly honest, I thought a number of his points were very good, like frosted flakes in the bowl glinting in the morning light of…
10 Things That Separate The Men From The Boys
#1 A man will own up to his mistakes. A boy will make excuses for them. #2 A man will respect your purity. A boy will let his desires control him.…
10 Scriptures For Strengthening Relationships
It seems we reserve our unkindest words, do our most thoughtless deeds, are the most mean to those who mean the most to us. And because those close to use care more about what we say and think, those…
Why Drive-By Charity Is Toxic
When God wanted to save the world, he didn’t use a ballot measure or a give-a-thon or a shortcode or a ridiculously large styrofoam check. Instead, he sent his son, who was named Emmanuel—God with us. God didn’t give a…
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