Posts tagged “Jesus”
How adultery happens
Few Christians see themselves as the kind of people who would commit adultery. Yet it happens. Here’s a common pattern: First, deprivation. A spouse…
Show up and show Jesus
What do you do if your friend cheated on their spouse? How do you show grace and truth as they try to put together…
Grace shows up
What do you do if your friend was cheated on? How do you show grace and truth as they try to put together the…
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
Grace isn’t our excuse
Every year I have the privilege of talking about biblical sexuality at a local Christian high school where many of the students have been…
Our King is worth it!
Twice a year I have the privilege of dialoguing with some local teenagers about my little book Gay & God. While I try to…
Offended by hell?
NPR published an article in 2017 about a government confirmation hearing that quickly turned into a religious debate. Talking about religion in a public…
I/Me/Mine
As I sit down to write this blog post, I have so many things bouncing around in my head about Pastor Mike’s Dirty Bible…
The cross and your abortion
“It’s kind of an emergency,” a woman from church insisted as she handed me her phone. That’s when I heard the confession of her…
Jesus wants to talk with you
She was sure she was on the right side of this. Yeah, the man speaking to her didn’t seem like he had it in…
The truth is, my life is messy too
A couple months ago, I interviewed two women who had abortions. The particulars of each pregnancy—that neither were married, neither father wanted the pregnancy…
Be That Friend
If, by God’s grace, you aren’t the one in three or four who have experienced abuse, you might not know what to do to…