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: Forgiveness
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?
Hope and Strength in the Midst of Sin and Failure
When you have sinned and failed God again, where do you turn? Where do you go? To whom do you look? What do you do in those moments of great brokenness, guilt, and shame? Also, how do you keep walking with God, everyday, knowing that you will fail Him again and again?
The Cunning Nature and Destructive Results of Sin
When we sin it is akin to taking many years of my time, and many millions of my own money (hypothetically!) to build a building that I have planned on constructing for decades. Once the building is fully completed after much effort and much toil and many resources expended, let us imagine that I then Read more about The Cunning Nature and Destructive Results of Sin[…]
Loving Someone I Hate
What is your reaction (& my reaction!), as a Christian, to those with whom we strongly disagree? Particularly, how do we respond to a fellow Christian with whom we have a very sharp disagreement? I want to share with you my notes from a sermon on 1 John 2:7-11, but I’ll only cite verses 9-11 Read more about Loving Someone I Hate[…]
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[…]
Ending Well or Ending Poorly: The Scary Public Ending of Eugene Peterson
I am uncertain whether you heard the “firebomb” that blew up the evangelical world last week, but the very popular evangelical author and pastor Eugene Peterson came out to make some comments that clearly supported the LGBTQ movement, but then he later retracted his statements (the interview was done by Jonathan Merritt of the Religion Read more about Ending Well or Ending Poorly: The Scary Public Ending of Eugene Peterson[…]