Lent Devotion 3: True Worship
‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ (Matt. 6: 21) A few years ago, my teenage son told me that the largest evangelical church in our city was winning over many of his friends....
View ArticleThird of Seven Prayers for Marriage: Honoring a Champion
‘In order for God’s image to shine radiantly in him, man must first receive the purification whereby the divine Sculptor frees him from that dross that conceals the authentic figure of his being.’ Pope...
View ArticleFourth of 7 Prayers for Marriage: The Gift of Gender Difference
Properly defined, marriage hinges upon gender difference. A wedding counts only when the angular awkward guy in the tux kisses the woman in white, a vision of curves and hidden complexity. Once the two...
View ArticleFifth of 7 Prayers for Marriage: Children Need Mom and Dad
‘At stake [in ‘gay marriage’] is the identity and survival of the family: father, mother and children. At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived...
View ArticleSix of 7 Prayers for Marriage: Just Love
It is now popular to label anyone a ‘hater’ who upholds marriage and refuses to remove its centerpiece: gender complementarity. On the other hand, those for ‘gay marriage’ are applauded as loving and...
View ArticleSeventh of 7 Prayers for Marriage: Under the Rainbow
‘The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night.’ – St. Edith Stein I marched last Tuesday in DC for marriage. America was not with me. Christians may still believe...
View ArticleCourage of Our Convictions
‘Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shone like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.’ (PS 37: 5, 6) How could a nation...
View ArticleAuthentic Drivel
With grief I consider the irony of Exodus’ response to John Paulk’s immersion in gay culture (Exodus Blog, April 22; Paulk presided over Exodus in the nineties). Exodus used to focus on how Jesus leads...
View ArticleWhat is at the Core of Same-Gender Attraction?
Facing well one’s same-sex attraction requires more than good theology. One must also understand how we develop into whole-enough men and women. Yes, we are born to become good gifts to the opposite...
View ArticlePower to Change 3: The Awakening Church
Changing deep patterns of sexual desire, behavior and motivation require the support of an entire community: it takes a village, Jesus-style. Any program or therapy is only as good as the greater...
View ArticleMercy 3: Sweet Water for Bitter
‘Come all who are thirsty, come to the waters.’ (IS 55: 1) Last November DSM wound up a 40-day fast in Minneapolis. We prayed for many things, among them 4 states which had ‘gay marriage’ bills. We...
View ArticleMercy 5: Waking Up, Mercifully
‘I will rouse your sons, O Zion, and make them like a warrior’s sword.’ (Zech. 9: 13) Rouse thyself! May one glimpse of the world’s rendering of gender and sexuality provoke godly zeal in you. May zeal...
View ArticleDefenseless, Surrounded
‘Save me from the need to vindicate myself.’ St. Augustine The Infant King provokes both the surrender of our defenses and the strengthening of them. Look at the response to His birth. Three kings cast...
View ArticleSavoring Truth in Superficial Times
Last week, the New York Times featured an article on the uproar provoked by the…The post Savoring Truth in Superficial Times appeared first on ANDREW COMISKEY.
View ArticleDownward Ascent 2: Good Grief
‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.’ (Matt. 5:4) Happy are the… The post Downward Ascent 2: Good Grief appeared first on ANDREW COMISKEY.
View ArticleGift of Tears
“A large number of people followed Him, including women who mourned and wailed for Him.… The post Gift of Tears appeared first on ANDREW COMISKEY.
View ArticleDignity of Choice
‘Fatalism is resigning ourselves to the inevitable; faith is entrusting ourselves to the One who… The post Dignity of Choice appeared first on ANDREW COMISKEY.
View ArticleBattle for the Bride
‘Can we recognize the diabolical coup at work here? Think for a moment with the…
View ArticleNovember, 9 2014: Contracepting Beauty
The beauty of man for woman is not found primarily in thrashing limbs and ecstatic…
View ArticlePapa Do Preach
‘All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to say nothing.’ For… The post Papa Do Preach appeared first on ANDREW COMISKEY.
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