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New Resource For Parents Monitoring Porn: Canopy
We recently learned about a new resource for helping parents monitor and block pornography and other potentially pornographic content. You can even try it out for free for 30 days. What is Canopy? "Canopy is the only digital parenting app that detects and blocks...
Convenience: a help or a hindrance?
I want this message to challenge the reader as much as it has challenged me. I want this, not just because misery loves company, but because I believe the Church at large is in danger of being washed away into irrelevance in the aftermath of COVID. I have noticed a...
Me and My Smartphone… Intervention Required!
A few years ago, I wrote about a new book we had come across called How to Break Up With Your Phone. I read the book and even adopted some of the principles from it. But, I fear, it is time for me to take a look again at the ways I use my smartphone. A Typical Day...
Breaking the Power of Sin=Loving Better
“If you love Me, keep My commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with...
Resource Spotlight: Sam Allberry
Sam Allberry is an author and pastor who has been on the scene for a few years, writing about sexuality, relationships, and singleness (to name a few). I have found his writing to be helpful and insightful. I especially enjoyed his book Why Does God Care Who I Sleep...
Take Heart, Hope in the Resurrection
Author’s Note: This post is adapted from a sermon, Resurrection Matters, given by Mary Heathman on April 16th, 2006 – at Little Chapel of the Hills in Buffalo Creek, CO. A broken man sat in the ruins of his home. His earthly possessions had been destroyed, the...
Sex Addiction: Fact or Fiction?
Awhile ago, I came across an article that raised the question of whether sex addiction is really an addiction or not. The main points against labeling seemingly compulsive sexual activity as "addiction" are: 1) the intensity of peoples’ sex drives fall along a...
What’s it Like Growing Up with Same Sex Attractions? Part 2: Possible Obstacles and the Results
In my last blog , I attempted to shed some light on what it’s like growing up experiencing same sex attractions. With the help of Christian psychologist, Mark Yarhouse, we explored several milestones. In his book, Sexual Identity & Faith, he says, “I often...
Hidden Gems of 2021
As we close out the year, I wanted to give you a chance to reread some of our "least" read blogs of 2021. Sometimes they get lost in the deluge of content that seems to fill up the inbox. We appreciate our readers and wanted to offer these Hidden Gems another chance...
Most Popular Blogs of 2021
Merry Christmas to you and yours! We pray that during this Christmas season, you are reminded of what matters most and how the true meaning of Christmas is about the birth of our Lord Jesus. In the midst of these challenging times, He is the hope and light of the...