A reader named David left this comment on my previous article, “What does the Bible Say about Masturbation? Is Masturbation a Sin?”: Hi Lee, Thanks for the article. I tend to agree with you. Masturbation seems to be practical outlet…
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Can You Masturbate Without Lusting? What about Matthew 5:27-30?
Tagged with: adultery, fornication, lust, marriage, masturbation, promiscuity, sex, sex drive, sexuality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
What does the Bible Say about Masturbation? Is Masturbation a Sin?
This month three Spiritual Conundrums have been submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life on the subject of masturbation. First, from “Hmmm”: A question has been bugging me a lot lately, what is your opinion on masturbation and pornography, if that’s…
Tagged with: adultery, coitus interruptus, fornication, health, masturbation, Onan, onanism, relationships, sex, sexuality, Tamar, the Bible, the sin of Onan
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
What if the Quran were the Bible?
Islam is in the news these days—and mostly not in a good way. Unfortunately, the version of Islam that is grabbing the headlines is its violent, fundamentalist wing. The recent attacks by Muslim extremists in Paris and San Bernardino are…
Tagged with: Christianity, Dit Is Normaal, fundamentalism, Islam, Quran, religion, the Bible, The Holy Quran Experiment, The Middle East, violence, war
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in Current Events, The Bible Re-Viewed
Facebook vs. Reality
For a video reading of this article on YouTube, click here. The Happiness Research Institute recently published a study called “The Facebook Experiment.” Its question? “Does social media affect the quality of our lives?” For the study, they signed up…
Tagged with: facebook, online personas, relationships, social media, spirituality, The Facebook Experiment, The Happiness Research Institute
Posted in Current Events, Popular Culture
Posted in Current Events, Popular Culture
If Jesus Christ is the One God, Why Did He Talk and Pray to the Father?
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) rejected the traditional Christian doctrine of a Trinity of Persons in God (see: “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”). But, traditional Christians commonly ask, if Jesus and the Father are not different persons of God, then why do…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, glorification, God, Immaculate Conception, Jesus Christ, Mary, Swedenborg, the Bible, the Trinity, Virgin Birth
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Was Jesus Christ Human from Mary, or Human from God?
(Note: This is an edited version of a response I recently wrote to some questions on an LDS (Mormon) discussion site here.) God is human. In fact, God is the only truly and fully human being. Genesis 1:26-27 says: Then God said, “Let us…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, Jesus Christ, Mary, redemption, Swedenborg, the Divine Humanity, the Father, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God
Posted in All About God
A New Model of Manhood
For several decades now, the women’s movement has successfully challenged traditional notions of the proper roles of women and men. Women have made major inroads into areas of life that were once the exclusive province of men: business, finance, law,…
Tagged with: battle, gender issues, gender roles, male, man, manhood, masculinity, men, spirituality, war, warrior
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships
Pray to God, but Row Away from the Rocks
In recent news, Edgar Lungu, current president of the nation of Zambia, proclaimed Sunday, October 18, 2015, a day of prayer and fasting to save the kwacha. The kwacha is Zambia’s currency. You see, since the start of 2015, the…
Tagged with: business, day of prayer, Edgar Lungu, effective prayer, finance, kwacha, Mambo Hamaundu, money, prayer, Zambia
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
Posted in Current Events, Money and Business
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