Crushed Roses and Overused Duct Tape: Responding to “Purity Culture’s” Greatest Lie that “Sexual Sin is the Worst Type of Sin!”
Why do we view sexual sin as unforgivable in God’s eyes?
Category: Cross
The Two “Vials” We Must Drink to Understand, Accept, and Live the Christian Life
We are worse off than we could ever dare to imagine, and we are more loved and accepted in Christ than we could ever dare to imagine.
The Scandal of God’s Mercy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and So-Called Old Testament Genocide
Will we allow the shock of God’s mercy and love shown on the cross in the New Testament to sinners such as Jeffrey Dahmer at least neutralize the so-called “acts of violence” by God in the Old Testament?
“God, glorify Yourself through my body!”
18 Run from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body. 19 Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not Read more about “God, glorify Yourself through my body!”[…]
Joy, Sorrow, the Cross, and Victory
I’ve said often that “The Valley of Vision,” besides the Bible, is by far the most influential book in my life thus up to this point in my life. Its devotional content is phenomenal, sound, and biblical at its core. It is a book based on some of the best prayers and devotions of some Read more about Joy, Sorrow, the Cross, and Victory[…]
Reflections on the Theological Justification of the Eternality of Hell and the Hideousness of Sin
In The Valley of Vision (this is by far my favorite devotional book which is a collection of Puritan prayers and thoughts) I was reading this particular section today (entitled “The Precious Blood” pg. 74-75): “Show me the enormity of my guilt by the crown of thorns, the pierced hands and feet, the bruised body, Read more about Reflections on the Theological Justification of the Eternality of Hell and the Hideousness of Sin[…]
“Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage
In my last post here I included Adoniram Judson’s letter to his father-in-law asking for Ann’s hand in marriage (you can also learn more about Judson himself and his missionary endeavors in my last post as well). Now I want us to look at Judson’s letter to Ann just a tad over a month before they Read more about “Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage[…]
Adoniram Judson’s astonishing letter to his father-in-law asking for his daughter’s hand in marriage
We named our son, Judson, after the missionary Adoniram Judson, and I am proud of that fact given what I am currently learning about Judson’s life. Judson lived from 1788-1850 and was a missionary to Burma for almost 40 years. His commitment to the cause of Christ was (is!) phenomenal, humbling, and inspiring. Before he Read more about Adoniram Judson’s astonishing letter to his father-in-law asking for his daughter’s hand in marriage[…]