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Marriage in Heaven: A Response to Randy Alcorn and John Piper

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Lee — 27 Comments

In a comment posted here, a reader named Eric Breaux asked for my response to a couple of articles by two well-known Christian writers and preachers, Randy Alcorn and John Piper. You can read the articles here: Do You Think…

Is Christianity an Abusive Relationship with God?

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Lee — 4 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Gonzo: Hi. I love reading your posts and do find them both comforting and inspiring in my personal life. As one who’s coming to…

What if my Family Doesn’t Approve of the Person I Want to Marry?

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Lee — Leave a comment

Here is a recent comment (slightly edited) that a reader named Alyssa left in response to the article, “What if My Partner and I Have Different Religious Beliefs? Can Interfaith Marriage Work?”: I really enjoyed reading your article. I am…

Tagged with: family, interfaith marriage, love, marriage, Marriage Love, relationships, spiritual marriage, true love
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships

Didn’t Jesus Say it’s Better to be Celibate than Married?

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Lee — 208 Comments

Matthew 19:3–12 records this conversation of Jesus, first with some Pharisees, then with his disciples: Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” He…

Tagged with: Catholicism, celibacy, Christianity, divorce, eunuchs, Jesus Christ, marriage, sex, the Bible
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Response to a MGTOW Critique

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Lee — 84 Comments

A MGTOW blogger whose screen name is Neroke recently wrote a response here to my article, “The Red Pill Movement (MGTOW): Men Waking Up as Loners.” Though he invited me to respond in his comments (“You have a problem with me you…

Tagged with: atheism, celibacy, feminism, marriage, men, MGTOW, personal responsibility, red pill movement, the red pill, women
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships

Can I be Saved if I Hate my Mother?

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Lee — 14 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Mary: Greetings, Lee. I have been an Eastern Orthodox Christian my entire life, despite brief forays into other denominations, even considering myself an agnostic…

Is There Sex in Heaven?

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Lee — 37 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by “Heart broken and worried”: Hi Lee I recently lost my fiancé a month ago we just got engaged on Christmas Eve. We were together for 6yrs and…

Tagged with: angels, heaven, love, marriage, sex, sexual intercourse, sexuality, soulmates, Swedenborg, the Bible
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships, The Afterlife

What if I’m in Love with Someone Who’s Already Married?

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Lee — 4 Comments

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Scoope69: Hi, Lee I have been pondering about this spiritual question for some time and I was wondering if you could answer this for…

Tagged with: adultery, commitment, love, marriage, relationships, sex, The Ten Commandments, trust
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What if the Right Woman has the Wrong Feet?

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Lee — 30 Comments

This article is a response to a Spiritual Conundrum recently submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Jared. We’ll get to his query in a minute. But first, the question in the title is not the…

Tagged with: body fetish, foot fetish, foot fetishism, lust, masturbation, pornography, sex, sexuality, the Bible
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“Wives, submit to your husbands.”

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Lee — 22 Comments

Wives, submit to your husbands. (Ephesians 5:22) That is a misquote of Paul. “What?!? That’s exactly what Paul says! Here it is from the King James Version—God’s own translation of the Bible:” Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. “And…

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