“Why is sexual temptation a bigger problem for men than for women?”……Answer: While women are by no means immune from sexual temptation, men struggle with sexual temptation to a much greater degree. Far more men commit adultery than women. In premarital relationships, men are far more likely to seek sex from their partners than women. […]
… Struggling Alone with Pornography A female student talks about her addiction to pornography. By Jennifer M. I am 18 years old, with an independent nature and sometimes shy persona. I grew up all my life in the church. When the newly formed contemporary worship team invited me to play the drums, I finally found […]
1. Viewing pornography devalues my wife. This should be a no-brainer for every man out there. When we intentionally view porn and/or women in little to no clothing, we’re telling our wives that they’re not good enough for us. Regardless as to how we may try to rationalize or tell our wives otherwise, our actions […]
5 Reasons Pastors Are More Vulnerable to Sexual Temptation by Jeff Fisher Jeff Fisher offers five areas of weakness that make church leaders more open to sexual sin. Let me start off by saying no one is immune to sexual temptation. It doesn’t matter what your job is, how old you are, or how […]
“Can a person be born gay?”…In 1996, The Advocate, a gay and lesbian magazine, asked readers what they believed the potential impact would be to the advancement of gay and lesbian rights if a scientific discovery is made that proves a biological basis for homosexuality. About 61 percent of the magazine readers asserted that such […]
Working Arrangement Justin E. H. Smith Lapham’s Quarterly; Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 Whether to denounce it as a step down the path to unspeakable decadence or to exalt it as self-evidently right and just, everyone in public life today has a position on gay marriage. All the presidential candidates in the current electoral cycle have […]
How to Handle Homosexuality in a Sermon …Preachers have their own set of temptations! That fact can be illustrated by an event in the life of John Bunyan. Bunyan had preached an unusually anointed sermon. Immediately after the service, a layman jumped from his pew and raced to shake Bunyan’s hand exclaiming, “Bunyan, that was the most powerful […]