Breath – Song of Songs 7:8
Song of Songs 7:8d KJV: And the smell of thy nose like apples NIV: the fragrance of your breath like apples NASB: and the fragrance of your breath like apples Bad breath is [...]
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Strip Club Witness
In a theological discussion about the more relative aspects of sin and temptation, a friend once posed an unexpected question to me. In this, he postulated a scenario wherein [...]
Misogyny and Malarkey – Leadership
We’ve established that man and woman were created equal and that the “head of the household” label has more to do with responsibility and function than rank [...]
Can Christians Condone Condoms?
Years ago, while helping a couple of young newlywed friends from church move, I accidentally knocked open a drawer on a bedside table, dumping its contents onto the floor. [...]
Questing with Integrity – Embracing Doubt, Curiosity, and Sometimes “Heresy”
There is such a thing as heresy, and the Bible is very clear about how we should handle it. But maybe we're too trigger-happy with that label. [...]
A Fog Sex Fantasy
There's one aspect of this time of year that I fully appreciate: fog. In particular, I want to enjoy my wife while I enjoy the fog. [...]
No More Headaches
I was reading in an old magazine and stumbled across an interesting tidbit. A survey and found something that gives me some hope. A majority of migraine sufferers reported [...]
Bathroom Privacy
I’ve talked about the subject of having boundaries properly set before, and I’ve even explained my method for determining boundaries. If you’ve read many of [...]
Swinger Free Hot Tubs
I’m annoyed. When I told my wife I wanted a hot tub, she flinched a little. Hot tubs do, after all, hold a certain reputation. I’m not annoyed my wife immediately [...]
On the Shoulders
I believe this is one of the greatest times to be alive in the church. Yes, persecution exists in different forms in different places. Yes, there is a great resistance in [...]
My Favorite Trophy [Wife]
I love being seen in public with my wife. Walking around with this sexy woman on my arm, I know people are looking and asking themselves, “How did he land her? [...]
Misogyny and Malarkey – Teachers
Why do we see Paul seem to go all macho in 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (NASB): "A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet." [...]
My Joseph Journey – The Inmates
I have always been a people watcher, but no mall, school, airport, or ComicCon could ever prepare me for the characters I'd get to watch in prison. [...]
A Whale of a Lie – Pregnancy is Beautiful, but She Doesn’t Believe
My wife is gorgeous to me. Like, really gorgeous. Every dip, curve, and contour screams, "I am woman; be enthralled!" But there is one state that magnifies all that feminine intensity to epic proportions: pregnancy. [...]
Misogyny and Malarkey – Introduction
Millennia of being treated as second-class citizens (often legally designated as such), being forbidden certain rights and privileges afforded to men, and generally being taught that God has made them inferior to men... that's rough. [...]
Healthy Truth #5 – Lifestyle
Truth #5 – My lifestyle will result in health or unhealth. Paul instructed the church in Rome about the lifestyle they should lead in Romans 12:1a (NIV): Offer your bodies [...]
Holy Erotica, Batman — Song of Songs = Biblical Erotica
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. So says the first line of this book of the holy Canon, and it’s telling that one can’t even get past this [...]
Bowels – Song of Songs 5:4
Song of Songs 5:4b KJV: And my bowels were moved for him. NIV: my heart began to pound for him. NASB: And my feelings were aroused for him. Judging from the KJV, you get the [...]
Mandatory Homeschooling
In cases like ours where our kids attend public school, there is one class offered at their school that we'd better make sure we teach at home first: sex ed. [...]
On the Boundaries of Sin
The nonbeliever often perceives Christianity as being a set of arbitrary rules and regulations to follow in order to meet some equally arbitrary goal that permits some reward called "heaven" after one's death. The mature believer, apart from knowing no obedience to a set of rules (arbitrary or not) is sufficient for heavenly rewards, recognizes the Law of God to be not arbitrary at all. Rather, His rules are for our best interests. [...]