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  • Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:2-5 

    Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:2-5 

    Sexual Desire and Sexual Refusal in Marriage:A Pauline Theology of Consent This is an article especially for married men. “When we marry, the choice is voluntary, but the duties are not a matter of choice: they are dictated by the nature of the situation.”- Edmund Burke The Sin of Sexual Refusal While desire cannot be negotiated in marriage, Read more

  • Liturgy and the Gospel 

    Liturgy and the Gospel 

    This article was originally written for the newsletter of Redeemer Presbyterian Church ion Austin, TX in 1997. It has been updated for TPC. Worship is a controversial topic among Christians in our day. Strong, passionately held convictions often clash over even the minutiae of how we should worship God. Considering the centrality of gathered worship Read more

  • The Books I’ve Loved – #1 

    The Books I’ve Loved – #1 

    I was going through my bookshelf the other day and came across Werner Neuer’s Man and Woman in Christian Perspective. I first read it in college, probably about 1993 or so. It was recommended to me by Peter Doyle, the pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church of Opelika, AL. Dr. Doyle used to do a college men’s Read more

  • Psalms 127-128 Sermon Follow Up: Who Is the Blessed Man?

    Psalms 127-128 Sermon Follow Up: Who Is the Blessed Man?

    This is a follow up to my sermon for men who want to hear more on their duties as husbands and fathers.  My sermon Sunday on the pair of family psalms, Psalm 127 and Psalm 128, deserves a bit more comment. I will focus here especially on Psalm 128. (Video of the sermon is available here — Read more

  • Quotebook #2 

    Quotebook #2 

    “Christianity, and nothing else, is the ultimate foundation of liberty, conscience, human rights, and democracy, the benchmarks of western civilization. To this day, we have no other options [besides Christianity]. We continue to nourish ourselves from this source. Everything else is postmodern chatter.” – Jurgen Habermas, a German philosopher/theologian “A person who has lived in Read more

  • Defying the Patriarchy? 

    Defying the Patriarchy? 

    Have you seen reports on this new Netflix show Cuties? Looks like soft pedophilic porn. It’s sick. Maybe with Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars, some on the left are trying to normalize pedophilia before a bunch of them get busted for it. Maybe they can get it legalized before they go to jail. Let’s hope not. What’s interesting to me Read more