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Final Thoughts on Embracing Sexual Purity and Preventing Disaster

article February 24, 2021

Every sad tale of immorality among Christian leaders over the last several years has been a shot fired across the bow. But from my viewpoint, almost nothing has changed. We don’t talk about it—or we say how horrible it is each time a leader falls and then move on, not bothering to change anything. God calls us to something far better.

Counting Sin’s Costs Can Help Foster Sexual Purity

article February 22, 2021

I met with a man who had been a prominent ministry leader until he committed immorality. I asked, “What could have been done to prevent this?” He paused only a moment, then said with haunting pain, “If only I had really known, really thought through what it would cost me, my family, ministry, and my Lord, I honestly believe I never would have done it.”

Christian Leaders Need Accountability to Guard Our Lives and Ministries

article February 19, 2021

My next few blogs will follow up on my three previous posts and continue to allude sometimes to what happened with Ravi Zacharias. Why? So that as Christian leaders and laypeople, we can learn from it and avoid sexual immorality ourselves.

What Christian Leaders and Ministries Must Realize So We Don’t End like Ravi Did

article February 17, 2021

It is certainly true that there’s nothing we can do about Ravi’s life now. That is done. But there’s a lot we can and should do about our lives. And families. And churches. And ministries. That’s the whole point: not to wallow in what Ravi did, but to ask ourselves what we can do so that at the end our lives, God can say to us, flawed though we be, “Well done.”

Evaluating Our Responses to the Ravi Zacharias Scandal

article February 15, 2021

In my previous blog, I quoted from the detailed investigative report from a law firm which was commissioned by Ravi Zacharias International Ministry. In this blog, I want to address the responses to my article, which I think are very enlightening in evaluating our different views of the moral failures of Christian leaders.

Thoughts on Whether the Recent Reports on Sexual Abuse Are Attempts to Slander the Church, and 15 Consequences of Sexual Immorality

article March 11, 2019

There are certainly times when the world slanders the church and Christians by sharing reports that are not true or unjust. But the fact is, the sexual sin of SOME pastors in SOME churches is a reality (and sadly, it’s more than just a few pastors who are involved). This is at epidemic proportions, and epidemics are not solved by our saying, “This is just another attempt to make the church look bad.” 

The Biblical Opposite of Homosexuality Is Not Heterosexuality

article February 27, 2019

If asked, what would you say is the opposite of homosexuality? The vast majority of us would answer that it’s heterosexuality. But as Christopher Yuan points out in the following article, the biblical answer is different: it’s holiness.

Sexual Sin Isn’t Only Wrong, It’s Just Plain Stupid

article October 22, 2018

After hearing about several recent cases of sexual immorality involving Christian leaders, I’ve been rereading Proverbs.

The Sacred Trust of Pastors and Christian Leaders: Accountability and Consequences for Sexual Abuse

article August 27, 2018

The evangelical landscape is littered with the carcasses of lives and ministries decimated by sexual sin. For every well-known Christian television personality or evangelical leader who commits sexual immorality, there are any number of lesser-known local pastors, Bible teachers, and parachurch workers who quietly resign or are fired for the same. 

Is It OK for Christians to Read Erotic Books?

article August 17, 2018

Someone wrote our ministry to ask, “Is it permissible for a Christian to occasionally enjoy erotic reading? (I'm not talking about anything violent.)" This person’s question was answered by Karen Coleman, an EPM staff member now with Jesus. I appreciate her wise and winsome response.