In studying the history of the early Church, I have discovered many views that prior generations of Christians held in common which contrast sharply with the ra...
I am twenty-two, and I do not have sex. Though I find it quite difficult, I strive to avoid all lustful thoughts and actions. In honor of Harvard’s Sex Week, I ...
Christ has made all things new. The good news of the gospel transforms our understanding of power, and death, and love. So why does the church still, all too of...
When praying for those around me, I am often uncertain how to pray for my friends in relationships, especially those who are not Christian. Is praying for the w...
Paul's warning in 1 Corinthians 6:18 often strikes me as a mystifying exaltation of sexual sin above other sorts of moral failures . Why should deviance from G...
*A short piece I wrote on 1 Corinthians 7 appeared in the latest print journal of the Ichthus. For anyone interested in a more detailed (but still nowhere clos...
Both abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education programs have failed to seriously change the sexual behavior of adolescents. There is an effective alternat...
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In response to our rebellion against Him, the shape of God’s punishment fits the nature of our crime with ironic just...
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“For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unr...
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“For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unr...