Tis the Season for Warfare
You must remember—the world we live in is a world at war. Why is that so hard to accept? And even if we do come to accept it—and few people do—why is it so hard to hang on to that reality every day? What is Read More
Christian Life
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When God Warns
They tell us that we preachers should never do any negative preaching, that we should preach only on positive topics. I’d have to throw away a good portion of my New Testament if I left out the negatives. The Bible is double-barreled all the way Read More
The Moral Crisis
I met with the senior pastor of a church of 1,000 here in AZ for lunch last week. He told me that at their recent men’s retreat, 80% of the men admitted to struggling with pornography. When he asked how many would take a specific Read More
Lamp Posts on The Road to Recovery from Porn Addiction
The Lamp Posts below can provide light for all of the Christian life. Let’s jump right in. Freedom and healing are impossible in isolation. Many have tried the “do it yourself” approach to avoid sharing their weaknesses and failures with others, including myself. You must Read More
The August Adventure
Sunday July 31, Bekah and I left in the morning to drive to Las Vegas. The morning began for me with a 3:00AM dose of warfare. There would more of those as the month progressed. About 20 miles outside of Las Vegas, we ran into Read More
You Are a Game-Changer
After last week’s newsletter on equipping you to be a spiritual warrior, I got hit with one of those late-night battles I described in the article. Our spiritual adversary is quite happy to keep us feeding on milk and cookies Sunday morning at church, but Read More
Warfare in Las Vegas
Last Thursday and Friday, Bekah and I were in Las Vegas, where I hosted two live shows of Blazing Grace radio. KKVV’s radio studio is located in the middle of the sexually charged hot zone of the city. 5 strip clubs, an erotica museum, sex Read More
Extravagant Love
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 Once a year, every February, I take my three daughters out to a fancy restaurant for dinner. We get dressed up. They spend time planning what Read More
Surviving and Thriving in Hard Times
We live in tough times. Disease, threats of war, exploding crime and violence, rampaging evil, rifts in society, and a church that’s reeling is the new norm. While many yearn for “getting back to normal,” none of this is going away on its own. Satan Read More
8 Prayer Groups
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. My own soul’s conviction is that prayer is the grandest power in the entire universe, that it has more omnipotent Read More
Karl Barth, Theology, and Adultery
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine was no more to Mary than the grass under her feet. Any Pharisee Read More
The Blank Slate
Most young men don’t grow up with a close relationship with their dad. I’ve shared of the time I spoke at a men’s conference at a church and asked those who had a close relationship with their dad growing up to raise their hands… not Read More
What I Would Tell the Younger Me
Recently my youngest daughter asked me what I would tell the 20-year-old version of myself. I had to think that one through a bit, and realized she was on to something. So that’s what this article is about. Who I was and what I was Read More
Broken Fathers, Wounded Hearts
It’s 2007, and I’m addressing a group of men at a church. As I’m discussing the topic of fatherhood, I ask the men to raise their hands if they had a close relationship with their father growing up. Not one hand went up. Fast forward Read More
Elizabeth Packard, Gaslighting, and the Truth
Gaslighting: a tactic in which a person, in order to gain power, makes a victim question their sanity. Elizabeth Packard was born in Ware, Massachusetts, to Samuel Ware, a minister, and his wife Lucy. After graduation from school, at the urging of her parents, Elizabeth Read More
A Tragic Story
From 2005-2007 we aired the original Blazing Grace Radio show in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The focus was similar to today’s show, with an emphasis on talking openly about sexual issues and equipping the sexually broken. On June 16, 2005, I received this email: Hi there. Read More
How You Can Make a Significant Impact
The following video is a message I gave at the morning service of a church in California on how every believer can make an impact in spite of current events. After touching on where we are today, I get into how we can spark a Read More
Isolation is Death
“Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed” (James 5:16) is a non-negotiable command for every Christian. Isolated believers are flesh-driven, fall quickly into sin, easy prey for the attacks of the enemy, and prone to discouragement Read More
Excerpt from Restoring the Wife’s Heart
The following is an excerpt from the introduction in my new book, Restoring the Wife’s Heart. This will give you a feel for the direction the book takes. There’s something for everyone in the words that follow. Introduction, from Restoring the Wife’s Heart. Your heart Read More
Conquering Fear and Anxiety
Anxiety: an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the nature and reality of the threat, and by self-doubt about one’s capacity to cope with it. -Merriam Webster Read More
The Early Days
I thought back to the beginning of my journey recently. I discovered porn and masturbation in my teen years; it quickly developed into a daily habit. I was molested at the age of 14. Not long after that event I started contemplating suicide; the self-loathing Read More
Stepping into Your Role as an Overcomer
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Psalm Read More
Snapshots and Events
How are you doing? Here are snapshots of what’s been going on lately and events you can get involved in. The first The Rogue Christian Conference was a blessing Around 50 people showed up in Jamesport, MO last month. We spent time sharing and praying Read More
A Time to Heal, and Go Rogue
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. Matthew 24:12 The times we’re living in are dangerous to your heart. The enemy is working overtime to harden the hearts of God’s people any way he can, including keeping them in Read More