Sexual Sins

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 9 of my book, Beyond Shallow Faith (copyright 2018), entitled “Let’s Talk About Sex”: I have long wondered why many Christians seem to consider sexual offenses so different from sins such as greed, envy, strife, deceit, malice, gossip, slander, arrogance, boasting, disobedience to Read more…

Jealousy

I expect most of us are familiar with the parable of the Prodigal Son.[1] The younger of two sons receives his share of his inheritance from his father, squanders it on loose living, finds himself poverty-stricken, and finally returns home to a warm welcome from his kind and generous father. Read more…

Think Small

Wars. Famine. Disease. Floods. Landslides. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Droughts. Crop failures. So many huge problems in the world causing suffering and death. And we can do little to nothing about them. But that’s okay. In 2018 the Christian singer Josh Wilson came out with a clever, fun song called “Dream Small.” Read more…