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Audio recordings from Shepherds Conference now available...

not_ashamed_0.pngThis past February, Clearnote Church, Bloomington hosted our annual Shepherds Conference. This year our subject was "Not Ashamed: Ministry in a Post-Obergefell World." The entire world is talking about the beauty of this and that sexual perversion, so the pressures on Christians to join in the work of removing these sins' shame is intense. Will the church be ashamed of the shame God has attached to these sins, turning away from His words to join the gay pride parade?

So we had an idea: why not hold a conference that might be helpful to the saints in this evil day?

Click here to listen to the audio recordings. We pray that they will be strengthening to you.


Effeminacy: when the church denies a sin is a sin...

Do not be deceived; neither ...adulterers nor effeminate ...will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9, 10)

A family member pointed me to this post by Doug Wilson, saying it encouraged him. The post is excellent. I hope you'll read it. Doug's post got me thinking...

The example Doug mentions of people being scandalized by what he's written is a reference he made in the past to "lumberjack dykes." Six or so weeks ago I used the expression "bull dykes" and got similar pushback from readers. Then yesterday, a pastor I respect told me he didn't think a man I'd posted a picture of was "vain" in his appearance. My post was wrong, he thought...


Will the church abandon gays and lesbians to shamelessness...

There are few places our rebellion against our Heavenly Father is more clear than our repudiation of the shame He has placed on gross wickedness.1 For instance, He declares this about sodomy and lesbianism:

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)

God has declared gay sex "an abomination." Thus men and women who desire relations with a member of their own sex desire what is shameful.

One help our Heavenly Father provides to assist us in fleeing sexual perversions is...