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Okay, this is (I hope) the last of my sex blogs for a while. But hey, this is important stuff, especially given how cavalierly our culture treats sex. So far we’ve seen that sex is…

One or two more blogs and I’ll be done with sex — at least as a topic of discussion for the time being. We’ve been talking about why sex is such a big deal for…

Hello bloggerites, If you just recently joined my blog, you probably think I’m a man obsessed with sex. I’m actually not. I just happen to be working on a chapter on this topic for a…

Hi folks, We’re talking about sex these days. And, not surprisingly, I’ve gotten several questions about masturbation. Of course, if I was smart, I’d leave this question alone. But why start now? Besides, every single…

Hello internet friends, I preached a sermon on chastity today at Woodland Hills Church. You can access this sermon and all past sermons HERE. What I tried to show is not just that God warns…

Heh folks, let’s lighten things up a bit here and do some movie reviews. It’s been a while, so I’ve got a number to go through (in no particular order). Rendition: *** Reese Witherspoon has…

Hi folks, The last two blogs have generated a bit of a stir. Good! If what I’m saying about the centrality of Calvary-looking love is right, we need a major paradigm shift on how we…

Wow, I’ve gotten a ton of feedback on the picture in my previous blog. (I still have forty or so e-mails to get through!) Almost all of the responses (so far) have been positive! I…

Brad Cole is a friend of mine who runs a ministry called Heavenly Sanctuary. This ministry puts on Conferences around the country on the Character of God — and they get it right. This year…

Hello my intellectual internet friends, I’m preaching through the book of Luke these days (actually the last several years), and this last week was on Luke 10:17-24. In this passage the 70 disciples that had…

Hi Folks, Crazy last 9 days for me!*Last Friday through Sunday participated in a conference on faith and politics in Kansas.*Monday was in meetings all day at Woodland Hills Church.*Tuesday worked 14 hours on my…

Hello internet friends, I spent the weekend at a conference at Heston College, a small Mennonite college located just outside of Witchita. I and John Roth, a Mennonite historian, held several sessions and participated in…

Here’s a thought: It’s hard to deny that capitalism is the best economic system around. It creates wealth far better than feudalism, communism, socialism or any other system one could name. But for all its…

Wow, did I have a great time at the Faith and Politics Conference at Yale (it was actually called “Voices and Votes”)! It was quite an experience returning to my Alma Mater after 25 years….

Here are my thoughts for the day on the topic of JUSTICE. People so often say things like: “The Bible calls us to stand for justice” and “We need to live out the biblical mandate…

Sorry. Sorry. Sorrrrrry! I know I know I know. Dr. Boyd is a bad bad blogger. I’ve been completely and totally and unequivocally SWAMPED this week. Honestly. Here’s quick update for today and I promise…

Heh folks, Just a reflection for the day. One of the passages most frequently cited in attempts to refute the open view of the future is Psalm 139:16. Here David says that God viewed him…

Hello fellow thoughtful bloggerites, Well, I’ll just start by saying I’m delighted Marcia has decided to unilaterally disarm. She has put down her swor… uhr… camera and taken up the cross. Admirable. But it was…

many are asking if this is an all out friend war, what will be my next step? all I can say…I have the camera…I’m committed to truth with my lens…but this is not the time…this…