My daughter turned nine last month. She is one crazy, smart, rhythmic kid. She got all of the best of both parents, and I have no doubt that when she grows into womanhood she is going to be outrageously, stunningly beautiful. This is both a source of great joy and unholy terror. I know how… Read More »
Force them to listen if you have to. You cannot be the spiritual authorities for your family if you do not accept the authority of Scripture in front of them. It is your job to teach them about the Scriptures, not their Sunday School Teacher’s or the pastor’s. No excuses, moms and dads. It isn’t… Read More »
The internet is a place where you can find just about anything you want. If you’re looking for someone to write an article advocating something ridiculous, you are sure to find it; but usually you will find it somewhere obscure. Unless you’re reading Huffington Post and you want an absolutely ludicrous view on marriage. Then… Read More »
A video of a North Carolina pastor was making the rounds of the internet recently. Pastor Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church begins a diatribe on placing “lesbins, q-u-weers, and hom-o-sessuals” (that’s how he pronounces the words) in what amounts to concentration camps so they will die out. The video has over a… Read More »
As parents, we have a biblical mandate to care for the education of our children. Prior to the 19th century, this was assumed. Normal parents generally trained their children in whatever trade they did themselves or apprenticed their children to someone else who needed ready hands. “Book learning” such as it existed was reserved for… Read More »
I have been remiss in my task of reviewing Mark and Grace Driscoll’s book Real Marriage. I apologize for not getting the sections of the review out, but I have had a lot going on lately. Last night, I finished up reading the book and I think I am missing something. Everyone was talking about… Read More »
You know, for a book on “biblical marriage” there isn’t a lot of Biblical exegesis in here. The Driscolls do eventually get to the Scriptures when talking about marriage as a covenant instead of as a contract, and I thought that section of this chapter was decent. Only three chapters in and it is fairly… Read More »
I am on to chapter 2 of Mark Driscoll’s Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship & Life Together. Sorry it took me so long to get the second chapter out, but I have had a few other things going on that have kept me busy. This second chapter develops the idea of marriage beginning… Read More »
February 14 is the Festival of St. Valentine. Unfortunately, there are no fewer than fourteen guys named Valentine on the Roman Catholic tally of saints, so no one is completely sure which one is being memorialized. It might be that the day is reserved for all of them – sort of like Veterans’ Day, I… Read More »
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHaM4m0z-Rw&feature=player_embedded] On this fine gentleman’s website, he humbly reports: Pure Attraction is the authority on dating and attraction for the modern Christian man. Now, I have a lot of issues with this statement, as well as his introductory video where he informs his audience, “You won’t hear this from a pastor or a youth pastor.”… Read More »