I’ve spent the last hour watching the official video of Jensen McRae’s song “Wolves“. Watching … and crying … and crying. In our anti-trafficking research, Bella and I have been inspired by a particular approach to preventing the abuse of young girls in Fiji. In a program that used to be run by Homes of…
Facebook’s infinite scroll led me last night to a video of a woman being unclothed in public by her boyfriend. But it was all very funny and just a harmless prank … wasn’t it? The scene is a beach and the boyfriend provides helpful commentary as he films his girlfriend on his phone. He has…
Three of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) record Jesus’ witty phrase that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. In each case the listeners are amazed but Jesus refuses to water it down. One can surmise that…
In The Journey of Desire, John Eldredge paints a very noble picture of gender differences and sexuality (Chapter 8, The Grand Affair). From Gen 1:27 he infers that gender is the means by which God’s image is born by us. God wanted to show the world something of his [sic] strength. Is he not a…
Greg Carey writes on the Sojourner’s website: God does not prohibit Eve from eating the fruit. God fills the garden of Eden with trees that bear fruit. Yet God sets apart one tree as forbidden. “You may freely eat of every tree in the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and…
