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‘Some within the Church…claim that the homosexual condition is an expression of the variety in creation that God intended. “Why–if God...

‘In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood’ (Heb. 12:4). Guys tend to be soft these...

‘I pray that you would know…His incomparably great power toward those who believe’ (Eph. 1: 18, 19). Not a big surprise that sexual...

I became a man through confronting my pastor for partaking of his sheep, e.g. emotionally and sexually manipulating a host of single...

‘And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness’ (Is. 35:8). Most efforts to pursue sexual wholeness are blocked by...

It can be tough to burn with hope for some LGBT+ persons; allergic to chastity, alive to sensational new ‘sexualities’, they frame us as...

At the Courage conference last week in Chicago, Annette and I had the privilege to testify on the glorious challenge of forging a...

‘Zeal for His House has Consumed Me.’ (JN 2:17) In order ‘to contend for the faith entrusted to all the saints’ (Jude 3), we must follow...

Love has a name. I discovered its meaning only when I chose to offer myself 35-years-ago to this person named Annette. What I thought I...

‘…Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, in...

God calls each of us to be a river of life for others. Chastity liberates that flow; sourced in Christ and no longer sidelined by fear...

‘She who has been forgiven of much will love much’ (LK 7:47). Turning from our unchaste ways becomes beautiful when we turn toward Jesus....

‘We seek to be chaste because someone we love needs us to be chaste.’ Heather King Justice means giving to another what is due him or...

The Samaritan woman of John 4 represents many Christians today; you could say she is a ‘type’ of the Church in the 21st century. Her...

A tough woman careful to avoid the gaze of others hears a man asking for her help. She turns toward Him. Jesus needs water, yes, but more...

‘We don’t merely want to see beauty…we want to become beautiful.’ CS Lewis Join us during Lent; each week we will consider a different...

‘John was a lamp that burned and gave light.’ (JN 6:35) I could hardly believe my ears. Surrounded by a host of earnest men, most cradle...

‘Always Go Forward, Never Turn Back’ (St. Junipero Serra) This Wednesday I shall depart for Rome, site of the Roman Catholic Synod on the...

St. John Paul ll said that we discover our true selves only by sincerely giving ourselves to others. We the fallen know also that we can...

Starting next week, we at Desert Stream Ministries begin an 8-part prayer/intercession series designed to prepare us for Easter. Entitled...