“Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your strength may not fail.” Luke 22:31-32 Did you feel the earth shift on election night? Something foundational has given way. Liberals and conservative bloggers and commentators all seem to sense that a great change is upon us. We…
A few of you have been a little bewildered by my most recent post, “Best Wishes.” Please allow me to explain. First, I was being completely serious. It’s easy to read snark into the written page- that is where the cyber world falls dreadfully short of the face-to-face ideal. But I assure you, I was…
For all the supporters of R-74: Congratulations. I wish for you all the fullness that this life has to offer. I pray for depth of relationship, sweetness of abiding peace, and a taste of the greatest love that this life can know. Warmly, theBigot
“Don’t try and interview me. Because there are a lot of things in my life that I don’t want to talk about,” she had told me before we met for coffee. And yet, here she was pouring out the details, horrible heart-breaking details, of the choices she had made and the gut-wrenching fall-out. What to…
I am the new girl in the blogosphere so I spend a fair amount of time reading other blogs. When I search the term “gay marriage” the blog results are overwhelmingly in favor. It’s been an eye opening experience. I’ve read some thoughtful blogs from gay marriage supporters who are making an even-handed case for…
Those who advocate for gay marriage often open with the rational that “legalizing gay marriage won’t affect you, a heterosexual-married-woman.” Some of my heterosexual friends have said that they are for gay marriage because “I may not agree with homosexual relationships but I can’t see how it would impact me.” Besides, many of us are looking…
If they do, it had better be for the right reasons. Christ is a stumbling block. (1 Cor. 1:23) And Christ is a corner stone. (Luke 20:17) He is a big, heavy rock that can either be tripped over, or upon which the most durable structure can be built. Jesus is Truth. His teaching, His…
Many times I have found that the main objection to being an advocate for traditional man/woman marriage from some gay marriage advocates is that we Christians are imposing standards on a culture that does not recognize Christian Moral Authority. I think it’s a fair objection. How can we expect others to live up to Christian ideals…
You’ve hear about the churches that major on gay marriage or single out gays for exclusion and ridicule. They get lots of press. Here’s what many other churches are doing. You won’t hear about them in the paper so I thought I would share one story about the “Other” American church here: One morning last May, my husband…
I was writing a blog post called “The Gay Samaritan.” I wrote it under the premise that Jesus used the Samaritan in His iconic parable for maximum shock value. He was trying to stun His audience into understanding that they were to love everyone and there were now no barriers within His kingdom when it…
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