Matthew 22:30

While I dearly hope some of the tough love counsel I share here saves marriages, I do not see that as my job or calling. I am a pastor, and my calling is to feed the sheep. I am called to soul care. Marriages will not exist in the Heaven (Mt 22:30). But souls will. … Continue reading “My Focus Is Souls and Holiness”…

What we will desire and always enjoy is the best part of sex—what sex was always pointing to—deep and transcendent relational intimacy.…

These words from John Piper sum up well the truths we’ve been exploring in these past three weeks: Take heed here lest you minimize what I am saying and do not hear how radical it really is. I am not sentimentalizing singleness to make the unmarried feel better. I am declaring the temporary and secondary…

New Jerusalem, the focus of Revelation 22–22, is the consummation of the Bible. Even apparently insignificant things point toward New Jerusalem. An example is the Lord’s answer in Matthew 22 ……

So will there be family in Heaven? Yes, there will be one great family—and none of us will ever be left out.…

“‘Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts….’” -Hosea 2:2, KJV Obviously, take him back?! Much “Christian” teaching places such an emphasis on keeping marriages “intact” that they insist … Continue reading “Obviously taken him or her back?!”…

I didn’t want the gift of singleness, and for most of my life I didn’t even view singleness as a gift.…

“If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.” -Leviticus 20:10, NLT When I quote from the Old Testament Law about adultery, my point is not to argue for a reinstatement for the death penalty. My point is to push … Continue reading “NOT arguing for the return of the death penalty for cheaters!”…

“If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.” -Leviticus 20:10, NLT When I quote from the Old Testament Law about adultery, my point is not to argue for a reinstatement for the death penalty. My point is to push … Continue reading "NOT arguing for the return of the death penalty for cheaters!"…

Luke started his gospel by stating that many people began writing accounts about what they observed. I believe they wanted everyone to read what God did through…