Regeneration Ministries
Becoming Whole
Thoughts on topics such as Identity, Sexuality, Pornography, LGBTQ & SSA, Parenting and so much more.
Something’s in the water. It goes down easy, but it’s killing us. Sometimes, I get the idea that many people think of God as a kind grandfather looking down on us with a winsome affection, shrugging when we sin, and responding, “Ah, kids these days.” He sees our sins primarily as mistakes, lapses in judgment, …
Philosophers don’t gather in public spaces and teach like they did in the ancient Greco-Roman world, but their ideas still influence how we view our bodies. And that’s bad news. In the ancient Hellenistic culture of the apostle Paul’s day, a good deal of religious and philosophical thought held to the idea that physical matter …
Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook. We live in a day and age with a million opportunities to look at other people. So why is it we can’t see each other? Several years ago, I was out to breakfast with my mom who was in from out of town. We’d been seated for a good bit …
The way people talk in our age, you get the impression that sex is both a human right and need. But is it? Do You Need Sex? Recently in an online forum I’m a part of concerning men who are recovering from sexual addictions, a woman asked if she could expect her husband to be faithful …
There’s an old French proverb that a pastor friend of mine quotes frequently: You can’t just want what you want. You also have to want what your wants lead to. When it comes to viewing pornography, many of us know the undertow-like force we feel when temptation strikes. For some of us, we question whether …
It’s one thing when you’re fired up and ready to resist temptation, but what about when you don’t want to leave your sin behind? Perhaps the most familiar parable in all of Scripture reveals something of God’s heart toward those who prefer sin to their relationship with God. In Luke 15, the younger of two …
