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August 2026

August 27, 2026

The Call to Pursue Purity and Faithfulness to Christ

A few weeks ago, I posted this on my Facebook page: In recent years, many...

November 2025

November 27, 2025

Prayer Is Vital in the Battle for Purity

Jesus taught His disciples to “always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1). We are...

July 2023

July 20, 2023

True, Lasting Happiness Is Found in Jesus, Not Sex or Sexual Identity

Sex as God intended—in marriage, between a man and a woman—is a pleasure to be...

June 2023

June 19, 2023

How Should We Understand Moral Failings in the Church and Prevent Future Ones?

For every well-known Christian television personality or evangelical leader who commits sexual immorality, there are...

March 2022

March 17, 2022

Sexual Sin Is Not Inevitable

A few years back, a church not far from where I live announced that they’d...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

Comments on Ephesians 4-5 about Sexual Immorality, Transgender Confusion, and LGBTQ Issues

I shared the following notes with a pastor friend who was preparing a message addressing...

July 2021

July 19, 2021

Was There Any Value in Purity Culture or Was It All Just a Mistake?

A reader asked me, I see a lot of people pointing out the harm done...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

We Must Learn the Skills to Resist Sexual Temptation

Scripture says, “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). Only by...

May 20, 2021

Christopher Yuan on “Is Being Gay Genetic?”

A few years ago when we were both speaking at an apologetics conference, I had...

May 06, 2021

Setting God-Honoring Boundaries for Purity: Advice for Women from Wise Christ Followers

A reader commented on one of my blogs about sexual purity and Christian leaders: I have appreciated...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Final Thoughts on Embracing Sexual Purity and Preventing Disaster

I’m glad to say—and some readers will be very glad to hear—this is my final...

February 25, 2021

Counting Sin’s Costs Can Help Foster Sexual Purity

My goal in this series of blogs is for us to wake up and do what it...

February 22, 2021

Christian Leaders Need Accountability to Guard Our Lives and Ministries

My next few blogs will follow up on my three previous posts and continue to allude sometimes...

February 18, 2021

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

I continue to receive comments on my previous blogs such as, “Let it go. The man is...

February 17, 2021

Evaluating Our Responses to the Ravi Zacharias Scandal

In my previous blog, “In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias’s Sexual Abuse of Women,” I quoted from the...

April 2019

April 15, 2019

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

Recently I shared on my blog about The Houston Chronicle’s Report on Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse,...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

The Houston Chronicle’s Report on Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse, and the Lessons for All Evangelical Churches

On February 10, the Houston Chronicle released the first of a three-part series titled “Abuse of Faith: 20 years,...

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