A poem by Joseph R. Henderson (used by permission) are they known as mortal sins because they make us mortal or because they are mortal? Joseph R. Henderson, Copyright 2000, All Rights Reserved Be the first to like. Like Unlike

The following was written in 1995. I have been pondering the wonderful concept that Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, so that he can succor us in our temptations. This concept is epitomized in the following passage from Hebrews: 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

In the last few days, I have experienced more of spiritual pain than I ever hope to see again. The problems were largely of my own making, brought on by dwelling on my lifelong struggle to separate temptation from sin. Theoretically and conceptually, I know that it is no sin to be tempted. Yet, throughout […]

Elijah, that boldest of all prophets, challenged four-hundred and fifty of the prophets of Baal in front of a large gathering of Israelites. He asked them a very important question that we might well ask ourselves today: And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the […]

(Written in 1999) In my lifelong struggle with homosexuality, I have battled an ongoing feeling that something about me was unacceptable with the Lord, that I did not measure up like other men. I don’t intend that remark to be sexist, but it was my self-comparison to men, not women, that was causing me the […]