What percentage of men have an issue with lust? It's often joked that it's 100%. I suspect the real number isn't quite that high--probably closer to 99.999999%. Why is lust such a prevalent sin among men? What can Godly men do about it? » read more »

How do you wake another person up from his slumber of stupidity? How do you get another to begin questioning his purpose in life? How do you encourage someone to seek the Lord, to submit his life to Him, and to walk in Godly obedience forevermore? These are important parts of evangelism or witnessing. Many people are in bad situations and are not handling them well. The Lord can help them, but He allows us the freedom to choose. This means it may take some appropriate nudges to get him to seek the Lord's way. » read more »

Doug Apple gives good advice to young women and teen girls. Doug talks about how dressing to attract men's attention really only gets them interested in a woman's body parts, not the woman herself. Surely, this is not the kind of attention she really wants. To be more frank than Doug: Ladies, don't dress like whores unless you want to be treated like whores. » read more »

What is the mark of spiritual maturity? Here I'll attempt to qualify and quantify crudely the same. (This is still a work in progress. I thought it may be helpful in charting spiritual growth. Needless to say--or is it?--this is not a vacuous checklist. Each trait must be an integral part of one's being; i.e., sincere.) » read more »

Moby shared this:

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding. » read more »

To inoculate means to protect against, theoretically forevermore. There are many ways to inoculate others against Christianity, all but insuring they will never seek the Lord. Stupid Christians are the worst offenders here, doing countless unbelievers and the church a grave disservice. Here are some of the ways in which believers stupidly work to condemn others. » read more »

The vast majority of people fail to see reality accurately. Most fail because their worldviews are wrong, so their conclusions are based upon incorrect perceptions and interpretations. However, even those with a decent worldview (i.e., Biblically based) often fail to see reality accurately. In these cases, it's not due to the worldview, per se, but usually due to an all too common personality flaw--one that has not yet been corrected by their worldview. » read more »

The world hates the Lord's disciples (John 15:19). Little did I know so very many within the church would be among those doing the hating! Why? The righteousness of the obedient is convicting of the sins of the disobedient (2 Corinthians 2:14-16). Few like to face their own sins or be reminded of them by others, even implicitly. » read more »

One of the more divisive topics in the church today is creationism, specifically young-earth creationism. The vast majority of the modern church--in America anyway--has swallowed the old-earth, evolutionary hogwash, hook, line and sinker. They tend to get visibly upset, emotional, when they meet a fellow believer who actually believes in what the Word plainly says. Such an emotional reaction tends to imply a weak faith (in their old-earth belief). After that, reasoned discourse is usually very difficult if not impossible. » read more »

Various forms of this story are again circulating the Internet. The story is an inspiring one, to be sure. Here's a recent version:

What would you do? You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? » read more »