Hostile Takeover
October 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
For I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-Thomas Jefferson A growing…
Uncivil Rights
October 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Did you really expect social transformation to be anything other than a murderous process? It’s a war, E.G., and we gotta fight it like…
After the Fall
October 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Man is an amalgamation of dignity and depravity, a glorious ruin.” -Dan Allendar Years ago my pastor gave an illustrated sermon…
Blew It Again?
October 4, 2018 | Relational Matters
Day has begun and I’m already sinningHelp me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste of the grace that You’re…
Holy Cop-Out
September 26, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!” – Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China and Thailand There’s…
When Jesus was Interviewed about Same-Sex marriage
September 24, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Few things are as tough as an unfriendly interview, and that goes double for unfriendly interviews about homosexuality. Which leads me to wonder how…
3 Concepts that are Choking our Conversations about LGBTQ
September 20, 2018 | Relational Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
When Vague is in Vogue
September 19, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (I Corinthians 14:8) Years ago I was speaking at…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
September 17, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…
Why Persecution?
September 12, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
” Why Persecutest Thou Me?” – Acts 22:7 You almost blush when you use the word, right? I know I do. “Persecution” is so…
Medicating the Messenger
September 7, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
The pain in my tooth was murderous. I was reduced to a whimpering, whining child, and if you’ve ever had serious dental trouble you…
We who are Imperfect Conquerors
September 5, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who has loved us.-Romans 8:37 Confidence is what you have before…
It’s Truth When I Like It, It’s Legalism When I Don’t
September 3, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts. – Psalm 51:6 When a verse from the Bible isn’t too much of a challenge for…
Sick of it All
August 31, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
And the land had rest from war.” – Joshua 11:23 Some people find conflict entertaining. (Remember the kids yelling “Fight! Fight!” in the schoolyard?)…