IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SEX
Why do preachers and writers today think The Song of Songs is just about marriage, just about sex? Great preachers up until fifty years ago knew better. Charles Spurgeon said ...
What is your crouching sin?
In Genesis 4, God tells Cain that "sin is crouching at the door and desires to have you, but you must master it." Sin, once entertained, actually takes on a ...
What Genesis 1 teaches us about homosexuality
On the last post about homosexuality we've had some of the best sharing we've ever had on my blog. If you are struggling or love someone who is, I encourage ...
Let’s talk about homosexuality
This last Wednesday on Moody's Midday Connection I shared how after I had a close friend who struggled with homosexuality and heard her story -- her childhood of abuse, her ...
Do you remember how you met a kindred spirit friend?
This is Anne and Dianna from Anne of Green Gables -- so happy to have found each other. Each time I've moved to a new city I've asked God to ...
How has Jesus opened your eyes recently?
Jesus touched him again, and he could see clearlyI was talking to my son-in-law, David, about the story when Jesus touched the blind man and asked him if he could ...
Are You Experiencing Pain in Friendship?
Are you experiencing pain in a friendship? I would love to have this be a place where we can gently help each other. Recently Remi wrote with a friendship problem ...
When is a friend not safe?
Last night at supper my youngest, Annie, was sharing about the sadness that every relationship, even our nearest and dearest, has some static in it because of sin. We just ...
Let’s Be Women of Moderation!
Several groups have asked me to add this post so their group members can encourage one another. Great idea! I'll insert a question from time to time, and also send ...
What are you thankful for in the last few days?
About three years I started keeping a "thankful" journal in which I record a sentence or two each morning. Brief, but so good for me, for I can be negative. ...
An Unforgettable Image of a Woman
Ecclesiastes is one of the challenging but thought-provoking books. It teaches us to think about what is fleeting and about what it eternal. This image of a woman looking into ...
Why is sex in a covenant marriage like an eagle in the sky?
I’m eager to share what I see in the following passage, but I want to hear your ponderings, whatever they are, first. As you look, consider what the four items ...
How does knowing Christ impact your view of sex?
When Steve and I were new Christians and in our first decade of marriage, Redbook Magazine surveyed 100,000 women and came out with an article with what they termed: "Surprising ...
How Has God Kept His Promises To You?
I want the kind of friend who will stay at my side even when I’m hard to love. Ruth takes my breath away at how she loved Naomi when Naomi ...
What May Women Do In The Church?
John Stott Should women be silent in the church? John Stott, whom Christianity Today calls “the premier teacher” in the evangelical and international world, helped me ...