Comments on: Free Anne Jackson book and a collection of confessions.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:58:11 +0000

I don't know if you will ever see this but-your then-boyfriend was a jerk. You did not deserve his abuse.
If you think your denial of Christ was a sin, then confess it to Him. If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness. He forgives and He forgets. Your sin has been removed as far as the East is from the West. Christ died for you, He doesn't reject you. He loves you.
I hope this helps. (((((hugs))))))

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:47:02 +0000

I know how you feel – I ended a relationship of five years because my boyfriend didn't have God as his priority and we didn't want to risk a failed marriage 10 years on. A year on I'm still not convinced it was the right decision. I can't confess that when I realise we'd be married by now if I wasn't a Christian, I sometimes yearn for that life instead.

By: love

love — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:47:59 +0000

i went through a time like this too, where i just stood at the door and knocked for years. eventually i gave up and accepted that i would just never have that relationship with God… years later He knocked on MY door and since then i have had an intensely personal relationship with the living God. He works on His time, not ours.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:44:13 +0000

Hi Jay,
just wanted to say thank you for sharing this. it's more common than many of us think…. this is not a solution or anything, but worth reading…Love Is an Orientation by Andrew Marin. Check it out, especially as a minister, you will like the discussion he brings up.

bless you,
Kristine

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:05:58 +0000

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see"…or feel!

By: Dan about to be from Georgia!

Dan about to be from Georgia! — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:01:39 +0000

I want to be the last comment here so a few of the previous comments making people feel bad about stuggling with masturbation won't be the final word.

God knows our hearts.

God knows our sins.

God knows the sins of those that have hurt you and I.

God knows the sins that we have committed against others.

God knows what makes us mad about the church.

God hasn't fallen off his throne.

God is still there.

God knows how we stuggle with serving him because of our "little sins."

God cares more than you know.

God is FOR you.

He is FOR you!

By: Tim DuMont

Tim DuMont — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:26:53 +0000

The problem isn't masturbation at all. It is the lust for physical pleasure and lusting after the other sex that is the problem. Jesus said that if you have even thought of someone of the opposite sex in an impure manner you have sinned against them. Masturbation nearly ALWAYS involves lust. That is just how it works. And just because something is commonplace doesn't make it normal or right. God calls us to be better than average.

There is no question about it, Masturbation is dangerous.

By: Zahara

Zahara — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:16:44 +0000

Well said Anon. Well said.

If only Christians could spend all of the energy they seem to waste on feeling guilty about masturbation on doing something good for the world.

I seriously doubt God cares if you masturbate, but I'm pretty sure God DOES care that people are hungry, homeless, lonely and sick out there and "Christians" are too busy sitting in their "small groups" wining about their masturbation guilt instead of figuring out how to make a difference in the world.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:56:40 +0000

Why in the world is masturbation (female or male) considered to be sin? I can find no biblical basis for this view; outside of letting it usurp your relationship with a spouse or in connection to pornography. It is normal and natural. And like blowing your nose or passing gas, meant to be done privately and not flaunted publicly.

Here's your next blog topic Jon, Stuff Christians Like…pretending God hates masturbation.

By: Flahdagal

Flahdagal — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:00:52 +0000

What I couldn't say: If you put a gun to my head and told me I had to choose one: remain a Christian, but I had to embrace folks like Kirk Cameron and Ray (Banana Guy) Comfort and their anti-evolution thinking, or believe the science but have to profess atheism, I'd choose science. I don't feel like believing in science and evolution is anti-Christianity, but I think so many in the church feel it's either/or.