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It Does Hurt Others
“What I do in my private life is my business.” “I’m not hurting anyone.” “Even if I hurt myself, I’m not bothering anyone else.” If you stand for morality, you have no doubt heard phrases like these. In fact, if you are honest, you have probably said (or thought) them yourself, because we all struggle with sin, but we try to keep it private. When we open our minds, though, we realize that our sin–even private sin–does hurt other people. It may be in ways that are subtle, but sin does not just hurt or harm the one committing it. Of course, the clearest example of this in Scripture is…
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6 Difficult Things about Being a Father to a Son
I love Turner! He is, truly, a “strong willed child,” (read: stubborn), but he is a joy. That strong will make him frustrating to deal with at times, but he is still “my boy,” and I’m thankful to God for him. Even though he is still little (he’ll turn 4 years old in March), I already have certain fears when it comes to being his daddy. Here are a few. 1. I know my faults, and I want him to be better than me. This is true in nearly every aspect of life. I know not only my sins, but also just my weaknesses. But it is so hard to…
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Sermon Transcript: “The Christian and Facebook”
On Sunday night, I preached a sermon entitled “The Christian and Facebook.” Later, I posted something about it on (of course) Facebook, and several said they would like to see the notes. Before you read the transcript, let me share this information with you. Some time ago, my friend Neal Pollard preached a sermon at Bear Valley in Denver on this topic. I listened to his sermon several weeks ago to start getting ideas for mine. Later, he turned that sermon into an article for the Gospel Advocate that I also read. I say that to say this: several similarities exist between this sermon and his sermon/article, though I did…
