2008
July
30
Now and then you read a book that meets you with perfect timing. Crazy Love by Francis Chan was that book for me. How to best know that Tyler really likes a book? He does more than one post on it.
I heard Francis speak at the Willow Arts Conference in June. I had 3 highlights: [...]
2008
July
11
Part One: The Danger of Reading About Porn
Part Two: Statistics and Sexual Addiction
Porn Nation author, Michael Leahy has been on a tour of college campuses for much of the past few years, telling his story. His story is one that hits rock bottom; it is a sad story. Even now as he has turned his [...]
2008
July
09
Part One: The Danger of Reading About Porn
Here are some scary statistics:
The average age of first exposure to commercial pornography is 12.5
Over 50% of teenagers between 15-19 say they have had oral sex.
42% of guys and 33% of girls say they’ve had intercourse.
While 27% of teens say they’ve been sexually intimate, only 15% of parents [...]
2008
June
26
A few weeks ago I finished a book titled Feel by Matthew Elliott. Essentially the book is about debunking the myth that psychologists and now churches have put out that we need to follow reason or logic and not our emotions or feelings. The book was challenging for me. My entire life I had always [...]
2008
May
27
Part One- Review
Part Two- Politics and the Internet
Part Three- The Old Guard of Conservative Christianity
Today we’re going to finish the series by getting into one of the biggest issues for Christian voters: abortion. I completely understand how sensitive this issues is and am welcome to dialoguing through the contact box and over email if comments [...]
2008
May
26
Part One- Review
Part Two- Politics and the Internet
Now we are getting into the controversy with Ford. She is bound to anger some of her readers as she dissects Christians and politics.
As she talks about conservative Christians and politics she says, “This attitude is evident ‘in the way political and religious conservatives vigorously and often angrily [...]