Russell D. Moore, the Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice-President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote these words as a conclusion to a post on sexual sin, particularly in regards to a potential spouse’s sexual past. You can read the full post here.

Moore pours out his wisdom on this subject, accurately asserting the need for forgiveness and the assurance of a changed heart.

If your future husband is repentant, and forgiven, and yet you are “tortured” by the thoughts of his past, then the issue for you is one of personal pride and a refusal to see oneself as a gospel-forgiven sinner.

We are all sinners, we have all sinned gravely, and to look at another in disdain, whether a potential spouse, or just a fellow believer, is to reject your own need for salvation, your own deprevity.

Please read Moore’s response to this issue, it is not just for those who are single, those who are married and dealing with past sins, but for every Christian.

Thom Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources,  an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the world’s largest providers of Christian products and services.

Rainer provides keen insight into the inner workings of the church, offering valuable information and observations for believers.

Here are three of my favorite posts:

Myths About the Unchurched

And my prayer is that I will become someone so passionate about the gospel and what Christ did for me that I will have trouble keeping quiet. Indeed may I become like Peter and John who faced their detractors with boldness. Instead of concern for their freedom or even their lives, they simply said that they couldn’t keep quiet.

Crisis at County Seat First Church

I hear more and more pastors and seminary students say that they don’t want to go to a church like County Seat First Church. They have heard about the difficulties others have experienced at these churches. They have heard the condescending comments like: “It is easier to birth a baby than to resurrect the dead.”

8 Traits of Effective Church Leaders

In our subjective interviews with effective church leaders across the nation, our interviewers repeatedly reported that the leaders had a clear and compelling confidence about their own leadership. But that confidence was not arrogance. To the contrary, their confidence centered more on what God was doing and less on their own inherent abilities.