What would you say to someone, a Christian psychologist, who states that you should approach “treatment” with homosexuals by trying to make them heterosexual, trying to show them their wrong, and altering their sexual perceptions to an accurate sexual drive.
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Approaching homosexuality
Posted in Christianity, Life, Uncategorized, tagged counseling, Gay, Homosexual, lesbian, tough questions on February 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pushing for Greatness
Posted in Christianity, tagged , Bible, Doug Murphy, ruth, salem church on November 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I think possibly the most difficult thing about being a pastor is getting people to believe God created them for greatness—I’m not saying that there won’t be tragedy or defeat; but to paraphrase Paul in Ephesians, we aren’t saved by good works but for good works! This week I was teaching from the book of [...]
The Training Ground of God
Posted in Christianity, Life on February 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1 David was a man skilled in war. From his days as a shepherd boy to the days of serving in Saul’s army to leading his own army, David learned to be a skillful warrior. How does [...]
Bourbon Street Hotties get what they need…
Posted in Christianity, Life on January 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of an illustrious Career in ministry, the 87-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the 16,300 in attendance at the Celebration of Hope Crusade in New Orleans Arena, Sunday Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last evangelistic crusade, Graham invited the packed house of evangelical Christians and [...]
A Dissent: The Case Against Faith ( A response Part 1)
Posted in Christianity, Life, Politics on January 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times best sellers, “Letter to a Christian Nation” and “The End of Faith.” He also recently wrote an article that was published in Newsweek, A Dissent: The Case Against Faith. When I first read the article in Newsweek, I initially thought ‘here is a guy that [...]
My Little Mormon Missionaries (Part 3 salvation)
Posted in apologetics, Bible, Christianity on January 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, to catch everyone up to speed, in our last visit with the Elders, we focused in on contradictions that I found in regard to the book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. The bottom line was, although the Elders would essentially admit these contradictions – or false prophesies – it was just chalked up to [...]
My Little Mormon Missionaries (Part 2)
Posted in apologetics, Bible, Christianity on January 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In my initial conversations with the Elders, they kept ducking and dodging as I tried to corner them on a particular doctrine or position. They agreed with my logic and admitted that they were probably not as well informed as I was with regard to the specifics of certain Mormon doctrine. By the end of our first conversation, the Elders [...]
My little Mormon Missionaries (Part 1)
Posted in apologetics, Christianity on January 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So, one night my wife and I were watching TV when a commercial came on for the LDS… They were offering a DVD and more information on their faith (along with a visit from their people, we found out while on the phone) and I thought, why not? This could be fun! So, I make [...]
Joel Madson (Global Training Network)
Posted in Bible, Christianity on January 1, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Great Teaching on Hebrews 11-12 I went to Overlake Christian Church on Sunday and had the opportunity to hear a great teaching. Joel Madson was there representing Global Training Network. Joel has been a pastor for 20+ years and and brings to the table a boat load of experience and an amazing heart. The text [...]
Before you make a new years resolution, consider this
Posted in Christianity, Life on December 31, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Jonathan Edwards teaches us about resolutions Jonathan Edwards (Not the Presidential candidate) was a dynamic pastor in the First Great Awakening who took his faith extremely seriously. In several sittings over a one-year period, Edwards drafted 70 resolutions by which he governed his life and ministry. For such a young man, he wrote a life’s [...]
