In our seminary, expository narrative preaching is emphasized quite a bit.
Where traditional sermons have multiple points that are supported in a variety of ways, in narrative preaching the stories and metaphors are the points. The key is that with any good ’story’ tension is created and held for impact until nearly the end of [...]

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A few thoughts from Pornified
Pamela Paul rightly opens her book with a caveat on the language that is used throughout the book… It’s hard to over-stress how graphic and explicit much of the language and content used in her interviews were. There’s lots I wish I had never read.
It is definitely not just the [...]

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Yvz recently wrote me a stunning letter that has been fueling my heart through these draining days.
Stellar continues to be on of the most exhausting and exciting aspects of my life.
My community consists of some extraordinarily unique and interesting people. I’m amazed at how God has crafted each of them. Both of us [...]

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This is a repost from my old blog, but worth retelling.
Several weeks ago my wife caught me in the act. I never thought I would do something like this, let alone have Yvz see me this way…
One of the deciding factors in us purchasing a ps2 recently, was my wife’s obsession with the game [...]

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Inspired by a recent article in Relevant Magazine by Flowerdust, I’ve decided to post up this note I wrote after an unexpected and profound experience at an event several years ago.
“Looking back, I was too consumed to comprehend all that was happening as we laid hands and prayed that Sunday night. Although I did not [...]

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After a month long series on sex, Passion and Purity concluded yesterday.
My prayer is that every person who has come on this journey with us continues to experience the freedom Christ has promised us. I pray we aggressively rebel against our own indifference. I pray that any lingering habits, addictions, compulsions, and attitudes [...]

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One of the greatest breakers of the vicious cycle of sexual sin is confession. From a New Testament perspective, confession really means to agree with Christ. This includes agreeing with Christ about being remade, reborn, and renewed in Him, as well as being convicted and agreeing with Him regarding our sins.
Confession however, must [...]

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How many of us do what we do because we think that’s just who we are? We lust because we are lustful people. We sin because we are sinners. Or what about the statement, “I’m only human”? When did being human become more of an excuse for the way we live, [...]

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Our culture assaults our senses with sexuality in a way that often reduces people to being less than human, less than who we were created to be.
God created us as more than just sexual beings. God created us, both male and female, together to reflect his love, beauty, majesty, and wonder – to reflect [...]

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A couple months ago I was driving some young girls in grade seven at our church to an event. I started ranting on about how great it would be to be their age again, when one of them blurted out ‘when we’re with boys all they want to do is look at porn’… I [...]

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