April

We need to talk about the elephant in the room. For decades, the conversation around pornography (especially in faith spaces) has been defined by two things: moral condemnation and total silence. We’ve all heard the sermons. We’ve heard mega-church pastors declare that porn is a "portal to demonic oppression." And while people may agree with the spiritual gravity of that statement, what happens next? The sermon ends. The music plays. And thousands of people walk out the sanctuary doors,...

When we talk about marital rape, the conversation almost always gets reduced to a single word: “No.” Consent is not as simple as we were made to believe. We were taught that you say “yes,” or you say “no.” But when you are living inside a high-control or abusive marriage, reality isn't that neat. So many women survive encounters with their husbands that leave them feeling violated, empty, and traumatized. But the word “rape” is usually the last word in their minds. There are a lot of...

If you have found yourself in the grasp of a disordered personality—whether a narcissist, sociopath, or psychopath—you have likely found yourself feeling completely crazy at times. You know what the Bible says, but what you are experiencing in your daily reality simply does not match up. This gap between what they say and what they do is where confusion thrives. But Scripture gives us an unyielding standard for discernment. In Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus explicitly warns us that we will know them...