Sex is a signpost – God’s purpose in the 7th commandment
Preaching through a series on the 10 commandments on Sunday we reached the 7th . Yesterday I posted the first part of the sermon on the relationship between sex and marriage. Today the second part...
View ArticleGetting some reality into our religion…Jesus and adultery
In today’s Spectator Magazine the author Martin Amis is quoted as saying ‘years and years ago, someone defined pornography as hatred of significance in sex. That’s what pornography does.’ Below is the...
View ArticleThere’s no point fleeing from sin unless you flee to Christ – especially when...
Here’s the final section of my sermon on the 7th commandment preached last Sunday. Section D: Keeping the 7th commandment Perhaps the greatest danger to us at the end of a sermon on sexual sin is that...
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4 reasons men like porn
A very helpful post by Luke Gilkerson on the sin behind the sin or why men escape into porn. Some excellent questions for accountability partners to ask too. (HT: Tim Challies)
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‘the unexpected in-between’– Wisdom for any who are single but wish they weren’t
What is God’s purpose in when we want to be married but have to live contented lives as single people? Justin Taylor has pulled together a bunch of resources (books,audio & video) for anyone...
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Honouring Christ – the Christian and same-sex attraction: some very personal...
In this honest and compelling interview in Evangelicals Now Vaughan Roberts, Rector of St.Ebbe’s Church, Oxford discusses his own struggles with same-sex attraction. How many Christians struggle in...
View ArticleStonewall’s ‘Bigot of the year’ award leads sponsors to threaten to pull out
Interesting report in the Telegraph today of how corporate sponsors are promising to withdraw all financial support for Stonewall, the Gay-rights organisation, if it continues to promote ”intolerance...
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Is there a way back from sexual sin?
In a powerful and moving post Julia Huisman (Director of Communications at Bethel Church in Crown Point, Indiana) and Tammy Johnston (Director of Women’s Ministries at Bethel Church) offer their...
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Some doors need to be kept locked – Steve Chalke, sexuality and preaching the...
A friend of mine was enjoying a pint in the pub when a guy he didn’t know offered him a job. The job was working on a building site for a multi-storey office block. My friend had never done anything...
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Men in a sex-mad world
Here are my notes (part 1) from a City Church men’s breakfast held last Saturday morning exploring issues of lust and pornography. A. Why can’t we talk about it? Lust is 1) a secret sin 2) a shameful...
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Living out same-sex attraction
Living out is a new resource for anyone who wants to think through issues of same-sex attraction from a biblical perspective. Put together by friends of mine their example, honesty and desire to serve...
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Why Christians won’t back down on gay marriage
A very well observed piece in the Week on what is going on in the gay marriage debate and why Christians won’t back down. (HT: Yvonne Nickerson)
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A gay couple with a child become Christians – what advice would you offer?
An interesting and thoughtful answer to a tricky pastoral question from living out
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Looking for advice on how to answer same-sex marriage issues?
Here are two excellent articles on how the church should respond to the challenge of same-sex marriage and the marginalisation of Christian beliefs. This first piece by Canadian Carey Nieuwhof serves...
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Should children choose their gender?
In a world where a city council has decided to ask three and four year old children to choose their gender here is some wisdom on the issue in the form of one woman’s account of her gender dysphoria...
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