I find it odd that so many people are throwing arguments around on another blog post about masturbation. Within this post, there are arguments pro-masturbation, con-masturbation; some with theological bends and others just opinions. Whatever your stance is on the issue of masturbation, it is something you must wrestle with, especially in light of the varying thoughts and reasonings behind...

James was a man who longed for something deeper in his life. For years he was bound by the trappings of pornography. Porn soaked its way into every aspect of his life: His work, his personal relationships; everything. It literally controlled him. Church was never a part of his context, so when the church I serve at offered up a Sunday devoted to the topic of porn, James decided to attend....

Absolutely. Positively. Broken. Shattered into millions of tiny pieces, strewn about the room. A husband’s confession tore open the heart of his wife, and she lay huddled in an almost embryonic state. A decade long married crumbled at the state of his depravity. If only someone was there to help him along the way. 

This man gave up his fight against porn because no one wanted to help...

“How do I know that God still Loves me? The things that I have done are so wrong I do not think that He can love me any longer?”

There is this beautiful section in the Gospel of John chapter 10 that brings this idea out to a fuller extent. In it Jesus declares that he is both “the gate” and “the Good Shepherd”. What this means is that He is the way to a complete relationship with God (the...

This is a shot in the dark (or not), but if you're a teen (or breathing), you have sexual struggles. You think the opposite sex is smoking hot, and you allow your mind to play games with that smoking hot image in your mind. Pretty soon that little game gives way to a little touch here and there, and BAM; you're off and running. It's a natural response. As visual and tactile learners and...

It's amazingly hard to know who you are these days. We're being pulled apart at the seams with our friends, trend-setting ideology and social networking that all makes it incredibly easy to pretend to be someone we're not. We buy into the lie and live it to its fullest. 

That's not who we are though. That's not our image. It's not who we are created to be. 

We are created in God's image. In...

No, this is not an encouragement for abuse. It's a reminder to take off the kid's gloves. Addiction of any kind is serious business, yet we tread so lightly. We think that because our people are steeped in sin we must be fragile and can break at any moment. While that can certainly happen, a pastor who is involved in their congregation's lives and has their best interest in mind, will...

A trip down the rapids of the American River turned ugly one day. What was typically a class 3 rapid (average skill) suddenly turned deadly. Debris. High flow. The rapids were out of control. The dam up river had broke and Steve and his crew were rushing down the river at incredible speeds. Steve did everything he could to steer his crew in the right directions. As they approached a cesspool...

We live in a culture where everyone assumes everyone else is having sex, and starting at an early age. A recent study is debunking that cultural perception and saying this just isn't the case. Teens are waiting until they are older. Young adults are waiting till they are more mature. We are in an age where sex is marketed to the child in the womb; it's everywhere and unavoidable. 

Yet...

Christian Activist: A term that is being thrown around out there, in media, church circles, blogs and culture, yet as much as you think you may identify with it, take a step back and notice the danger of such a term. Every Christian, follower and obeyer of Jesus Christ, is by definition an activist. You cannot slap a label on yourself in an attempt to differentiate from other believers....