Porn’s Dark Shame Shamed by Christ’s Brilliant Victory on the Cross

Although the Gospel’s light shines into our deepest darknesses, giving God’s people freedom from sin’s slavery, the dread blackness of shame, especially shame from sexual addictions, constantly deceives Christians into shutting their eyes. Sexual sin leaves one awash in an ocean of guilt, feeling as if the True Light is not already shining. Is the [...]

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Free Sins for Christians (What!?) Prescribed by a Dentist of Grace

Let’s face it, American Christianity is so strongly addicted to various form of Pelagianism that to speak of grace the way the Bible does is to put one at odds with most Christians. Long gone are the days, or so it seems, when sola gratia had teeth in a large part of the church. A [...]

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From a Pastor to Pastors on the Perils of Pornography

William Shishko, pastor of Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, NY, writes a word to pastors regarding pornography that many ministry leaders need to hear, “Get your head out of the sand!“:
My plea to pastors in this article is that you get your heads out of the sand! The ostrich knows that an adversary is [...]

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Sin’s Fool Price

A penny of pleasure buys a dollar of pain.
Yet, rarely one sees it as an unfair trade.
For in the hot moment of vivacious passion,
man quickly loses all reasonable fashion.
But, iniquity’s ecstasy melts to thin air,
And sin’s penny pincher becomes guilt’s millionaire.
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too [...]

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