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WGA Ministry Updates
We so appreciate the prayers and support we receive from friends both near and far. Here are a few updates and a few things coming up in the next several months. Will you pray with us for these things? Thursday Night Support Group Since we have been able to meet in...
A Barrage of False Beliefs: What are They Connected To?
A+B=C The Vending Machine God I think Jesus really enjoyed confounding people’s belief systems (and still does!). Just take look at the sermon on the mount. Blessed are the poor in spirit? Love and pray for your enemies? If you call someone stupid, it’s the...
The Christ Follower’s Responsibility during the Resurrection and Beyond
Jesus knew it was going to happen; He predicted it clearly three times and referred to it several times. For a good review of the scriptures regarding his prediction of his death and resurrection, see this question and answer on the Got Questions website: How many...
Building Empathy for LGBTQ+ People
As seems to often be true, LGBTQ+ people and issues are in the news. Recently it has been the so called “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the latest back and forth about trans people competing in sports. For better or worse, we can’t seem to stop talking about these groups of...
Gay-Affirming, Evangelical Churches: Overcorrection? Justice? Do We Have to Choose Just One?
Note: This article was originally published in June of 2017. It seemed a good time to revisit this topic. In this crazy political time in which we live, it is not surprising that some Evangelical churches, especially those that minister mainly to millennials, have...
The Widening Gap Between Gender and Biology: Gender Stereotypes Helpful or Hindrance?
“The Bible is much more concerned that we be godly, not stereotypically masculine or feminine. While our culture reinforces narrow stereotypes of masculinity and femininity, the Bible doesn’t give us narrow mandates for how all men and women must behave. We are all...
New Resource – “The Men We Need” by Brant Hansen
There's a new book coming out in a few days by one of our favorite authors, Brant Hansen. He is the author of a number of books we've mentioned here, including Unoffendable and Blessed are the Misfits. His latest offering is titled "The Men We Need". From the Book's...
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? “DON’T SAY GAY” ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Those looking for a political statement on the Florida House Bill (CS/CS/HB 1557: Parental Rights in Education) or the Florida Senate Bill (SB 1834: Parental Rights in Education) won’t find it in this post. I will leave the political spin to activists’ Twitter and...
How Far Is Too Far?
When people, Christians in particular, are dating, the question eventually comes up… “How far is too far?” This is of course in reference to the physical boundaries in a dating relationship. It may be asked using different words: Is kissing okay? What kind of kissing...
The Cultural Battle: A Widening Gap Between Gender and Biology
“What is gender, and how is it related to sex? Sex and gender used to be synonyms. Everything we’ve said about sex could also be said about gender. Sex was gender and gender was sex. But ever since the late 1960’s the terms sex and gender have been used to...