Singer/songwriter Tawana has been on a faith-stretching adventure, ever since she began pursuing the call to share her music with the world. Despite Tawana’s various obstacles and trials, she continues trusting in the Lord as she lives out the title of her first album: “Just Sing!”
In the midst of her budding music career, she is also [...]
The following is a guest post by Laura Booz. Laura is on the speaking team of Pure Freedom, a ministry dedicated to equipping men and women of all ages to live a vibrant life of purity. She attends Penns Valley Community Church with her husband Ryan and is the proud mother of two adorable children: [...]
The pilot of CBS’ new show ‘Swingtown‘ aired on June 5. It is a TV drama depicting the clash of values around sexuality.
The show highlights the lifestyle of characters Tom and Trina Decker, a carefree couple that has embraced the swinger lifestyle. The first show opens with Tom, an airline pilot, inviting a stewardess to [...]
(The following post is from a friend and avid reader who wants to remain anonymous. I asked him to write up some book reviews for our blog. This is his first installment.)
The Purity Principle is a concise 100 page book that contains Randy Alcorn’s impassioned plea for readers to live a life of sexual purity. [...]
A special thanks to A Good Husband blog for asking me to write a couple short posts about overcoming pornography addiction:
Overcoming Porn Addiction (Part 1): This post talks about the reality of pornography addiction, both from a physical and a psychological perspective.
Overcoming Porn Addiction (Part 2): This post gives some brief thoughts about where to [...]
Okay, I couldn’t pass this one up. If you appreciate theological humor and satire, take a quick look at “Pastor Caught in Reformed Website Scandal” at Tominthebox News Network. It’s a humorous account of a church catching one of their pastors looking at sites they deem inappropriate. . . . No, not porn sites. (I’ll [...]
June is Internet Safety Month. The US Senate has set June aside as Internet Safety Month for the past several years because of the growing awareness of online dangers. The best tool we have to prevent these dangers from influencing our children is good education.
Here’s a Top 10 list of some past blog posts I’ve [...]
This is a guest post by Anne Jackson. Anne currently serves on staff at LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Oklahoma, and is the author of Mad Church Disease, a book about the burnout epidemic in the church. Anne has written several articles for Relevant Magazine and is a Compassion Blogger, using her influence in the blogosphere to [...]
In my last post I gave a description of “repentance.”
In summary, when we look at 2 Corinthians 7:10-11, we can see the heartbeat of real repentance. Real repentance flows from a deeply felt grief that we’ve broken the heart of God, that we have offended Him. Real repentance produces:
an earnestness and diligence to move away [...]
I know all too well that there are no quick fixes: no easy tricks or easy solutions to porn addiction. Believe me, I’ve tried them. There were many times of desperation where my latest epiphany seemed like the missing link to my personal recovery. “This is it!” I thought. “This is the key to beating [...]
