Tag Archives: sin
Thoughts on Scandal and Sin
About two weeks ago, our family enjoyed an evening outside, sitting around a new firepit friends had given to us. It was quite different from others we’ve used. This new one is a cylinder made from stainless steel.
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Tagged Augustine, Christianity, Confessions, repentance, sin
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The Feminist’s War on Women
Self-loathing is a peculiar and tragic phenomenon. The Bible states that “no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it,” (Ephesians 5:29 NKJV), so there is something particularly ugly about radical feminists fomenting self-hatred in young women. The Bible is correct. We do love ourselves, but a conflict arises when we see things in ourselves that we don’t like, even though those things may be phantoms of Leftists’ corrupted imaginations.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged CDC, Center for Disease Control, complementarianism, diversity, feminism, Gospel, manliness, Me Too Movement, radical feminism, sin, suicide, The Feminist’s War on Women, trauma, women
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The Trinity In Salvation Part 2: The Son’s Purchase
Last week we embarked on a study in Ephesians 1, which so clearly and powerfully shows us how God as a Trinity works out our salvation. God the Father planned and predestined his redeemed for adoption as sons! What a grand and glorious truth that is! And his plan entailed sending his Son, Jesus to carry out the work of redemption.
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Tagged adoption, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, atonement, Beloved, Ephesians, forgiveness, grace, Penal Substitutionary Atonement, redemption, salvation, sin, slave, The Trinity In Salvation Part 2: The Son’s Purchase, Trinity
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Love Your Neighbor Enough to Speak Truth
If this were 1999—the year that I was converted and walked away from the woman and lesbian community I loved—instead of 2016, Jen Hatmaker’s words about the holiness of LGBT relationships would have flooded into my world like a balm of Gilead. How amazing it would have been to have someone as radiant, knowledgeable, humble, kind, and funny as Jen saying out loud what my heart was shouting: Yes, I can have Jesus and my girlfriend. Yes, I can flourish both in my tenured academic discipline (queer theory and English literature and culture) and in my church. My emotional vertigo could find normal once again.
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Tagged Gospel Truth, hate speech, LGBT community, sin, Truth
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