The Default Principle
November 18, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
When you discover behavior that delivers pleasurable impact, your brain will crave a repetition of the impact. Accept this fact and prepare for it,…
Veteran’s Day and Grateful Remembering
November 11, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
There’s honor in fighting, assuming the situation calls for it and the fighting is fair. So today, remembering our veterans isn’t asking much, considering…
Bless the Jerk
November 7, 2013 | Relational Matters
There’s no way to navigate a life without getting bumped, bruised or outright wounded by people. No one’s exempt, and generally, the closer we…
What’s So Funny?
November 4, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
“If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.” ― Charles H. Spurgeon Two things tell…
Die, Monster Flesh, Die!
October 31, 2013 | Relational Matters
“For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good thing.” – Romans 7:18 It’s a day for monsters,…
It Ends Well
October 29, 2013 | Doctrinal Matters
“Being confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” –…
How Do I Know He’s Getting Better? Five Things to Look for When a Man Says He’s Repentant
October 29, 2013 | Marriage Matters
Wives often ask my wife and I how they can really know their husband, who’s committed some form of sexual sin, is getting better.…
Strange Ire: John MacArthur, Charismatics, and Controversy
October 28, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
I think it’s odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often about petty matters. – Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl”…
Darts Among Friends
October 24, 2013 | Relational Matters
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. – Ephesians 5:16…
Sick of it All
October 23, 2013 | Doctrinal Matters
And the land had rest from war.” – Joshua 11:23 Joshua is a book about conflict, an exciting and sobering look at Israel’s possession…
Turbo Tongue
October 22, 2013 | Marriage Matters
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (James 3:5) James had…
My Worst Side
October 21, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are. -Thomas a Kempis If I were to describe everything…
Chosen
October 18, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
I’m not big on “favorite scriptures”, since all of the Word is inspired and profitable (II Timothy 3:16.) Still, I guess everyone has certain ones…
Mad at Dad
October 17, 2013 | Relational Matters
Dads figure pretty largely in the lives of the men I’ve worked with over the years. Well, duh, I know – Dads figure largely…