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Jun 16, 20154 min read
Is Same-Sex Attraction Wrong? If So, Why?
This is the second of a five-part blog series on same-sex attraction. Be sure to read part 1 (“Why we have such a problem talking about...
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Jun 8, 20154 min read
How Should the Church Talk About Same-Sex Attraction?
This is the first of a five-part blog series on same-sex attraction. Be sure to check out the remaining posts: part 2 (“Is same-sex...
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Jun 4, 20153 min read
Friendship: You Were Made For It … And It Makes You
I read a recent survey about friendship that was disheartening, but not terribly surprising. Since the 1980s, the number of “close...
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Jun 1, 20151 min read
Jesus Is My Friend
You might have missed this weekend’s sermon on friendship. To hold you over until the message is posted online, I thought you’d enjoy a...
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May 20, 20153 min read
I’m Divorced: How Does God See Me Now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvXe_ZOHx7c Divorce affects a lot of people in our community. Many people in the church have been through...
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May 13, 20153 min read
How Our Culture Overvalues Sex
This is the second of a two-part series on how our society both undervalues and overvalues sex.[1] On Monday we looked at how we...
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May 11, 20154 min read
How Our Culture Undervalues Sex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1k0cNsDtk&feature=youtu.be This is the first of a two-part series on how our society both undervalues...
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May 6, 20153 min read
Singleness Myth #2: You Need to Find “The Right Person”
This is the second in a two-part series on “singleness myths.” Be sure to see Monday’s post about Myth 1: Marriage = Completion. Myth #2:...
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May 4, 20153 min read
Singleness Myth #1: Marriage = Completion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzvLrSkkWU&feature=youtu.be It doesn’t take a sociological sleuth to recognize that our society is more...
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Apr 8, 20154 min read
The Church Needs More Deborahs
My wife and I have three daughters—aged 11, 9, and 7. (We managed to sneak a little boy in there at the end, but ours is still a house...
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Sep 11, 20136 min read
What’s the Deal with the “T” in LGBT?
Recently California governor Jerry Brown caused a stir by signing into law the first bill supporting “equal access” for students who...
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Jul 8, 20132 min read
The Deadly Myth of the Consenting Adult
The following excerpts are from a thought-provoking article about government and ethics, “The Deadly Myth of the Consenting Adult,” by...
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Jul 3, 20134 min read
Modesty: Why Wardrobe Still Matters
A few weeks ago, in a video entitled “The Evolution of the Swimsuit,” Jessica Rey presented a new line of designer swimsuits—modest,...
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May 21, 20131 min read
Charie’s Story: Redemption and Healing from Sexual Abuse
One of the most powerful applications of the gospel I have ever heard. Thank you, Charie King (and NewSpring Church of S.C. for the video...
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May 9, 20133 min read
10 Ways to Fight Like a Christian
“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace...
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May 7, 20131 min read
A Conversation on Submission From 3 High Capacity Summit Wives
The message this conversation is based on, “Gospel Purposes for Gender: Eph 5:21-32” from our First Love series is here. Allison is the...
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May 6, 20133 min read
John Bryson: Be A Man Like Jesus, Not Like Adam
I recently heard John Bryson at Advance13, and was both challenged and enriched by what he had to say about authentic manhood. Below are...
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Apr 24, 20133 min read
One Transforming Question
In Ephesians 5:21, the Apostle Paul gives a principle for how all Christians should relate to one another: submission to one another out...
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Apr 23, 20133 min read
“Submit” Is Not a Four-Letter Word
“Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church”...
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Apr 15, 20133 min read
Single Christians and the “Sacred Search”
I just finished reading through Gary Thomas’ Sacred Search, a valuable book for single Christians that challenges a lot of our society’s...
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