Parchment & Pen Blog

I’m not a legal scholar or an expert on the issue of same-sex marriage, but I’d like to offer some thoughts I have had on the subject for some time. Specifically, I want to address the complaint that the traditional restriction of marriage to unions of a man and a woman are discriminatory against gay [...]

It’s hard to miss the big news story of the week. Britain’s Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting a baby. The news broke sooner than the royal family were probably intending. The Duchess is experiencing severe morning sickness which forced her to be hospitalized. I know there’s a great deal [...]

Credo House Executive Director, Tim Kimberley, is being featured this month on the popular Facebook page Awesome Marriage. Here are five short videos highlighting theological reflections to help marriages: What does it take to have an Awesome Marriage? Growing in Knowledge of God Morality vs. Living for Jesus Balancing Fantasy and Reality Boundaries in Friendships [...]

My wife stood last week in the entryway of my kid’s school sobbing. Not a little quiet cry but really letting all the emotions come to the surface. A lady had asked how she was doing and she let it all out. Six or seven godly women gathered around her praying. They laid hands on [...]

(Lisa Robinson) As May dwindles down and we flip the calendar to June, it reminds me that Father’s Day is just around the corner.  To be sure, the praise of fathers will be extolled and the importance of father’s highlighted.  One method that is often used to highlight the importance of fathers, is to cite [...]

I have been asked this quite a few times over the years and the issue was brought up again recently. Can homosexuals be Christians? Or, better, is there such a thing as a “homosexual Christian”? Many would believe that someone who engages in a homosexual life style is necessarily excluded from the Kingdom of God [...]

Do not read this book! Yes, there are many reasons why many of you should strongly consider never reading this book.  The Driscolls say this at the beginning of chapter 10: If you are older, from a highly conservative religious background, live far away from a major city, do not spend much time on the [...]

I know of only one person who I believed was being used by God significantly who had not been though some sort of faith crisis that caused them to doubt their beliefs at their deepest level . . . I am getting ahead of myself. As many of you are aware, I deal with many [...]