Gossip is a spiritual issue
Gossip harmless or a sign of something deeper? How seriously do we take gossip as a sin to be dealt with and rooted out in our lives. Callie Glorioso-Mays challenges us to take gossip seriously and to see how damaging it can be.
How can the gospel be good news to gays?
What would you say if a friend who has been in a committed same-sex relationship wants to know how following Jesus would affect their gay lifestyle? What would you say that would show Jesus is giving up things for? Sam Alberry, associate pastor at St Mary's Church in Maidenhead, helpful grapples with this question on the Gospel Coalition blog.
Sam became a Christian after hearing an evangelistic message aged 18. At the same time he began to realise he was attracted to men, but chose not to tell anyone. ‘I was desperate not to acknowledge those desires. I didn’t want to be different from the other guys I knew.’ A turning point came after hearing a sermon on homosexuality as one among a number of sexual temptations. ‘I suddenly felt able to share with that pastor.’ Realising that his orientation was not going to change, he began to confide in friends. He draws on his experience of living a celibate life in his new book 'Is God anti-gay?'.
On her 'girltalk' blog Carolyn Mahaney addresses a reader's question, how do we deal with our daughter's emotions? This post is a great introduction and reminds us that emotions are a gift from God and are for God's purposes but like everything have been corrupted by the fall. Carolyn is going to follow up this intro with a couple of short posts to consider how God’s Word helps us to help our children rightly handle their emotions.
