“So Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, an Evangelical?”
August 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a Communist?” That dreaded question reduced corporate heads and A-list celebrities to Jello during the notorious…
Busted, with Benefits
August 16, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
The recent headlines about Willow Creek and the Catholic priests in Pennsylvania are terrible reminders of what happens when men in leadership give themselves…
Those Relentless Visuals!
August 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Between stimulus and response, there is a space.In that space is our power to choose our response.In our response lies our growth and our…
In Other Words: LGBTQ Language and the Church
August 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Side B Christians and Sexual MinoritiesPart 3 of a 3-Part Series “… but My servants will be called by another name.” Isaiah 65:15…
In Other Words: LGBTQ Language and the Church
August 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mixed Orientation Marriage and Spiritual Friendship: Valid Terms or Distortions?Part 2 of a 3-Part Series In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:…
In Other Words
August 2, 2018 | Relational Matters
A New Vocabulary is Changing the Way Christians View Homosexuality. Should We Adopt It? (Part One of a Three-Part Series) But if thought corrupts…
The Intimate Enemy
July 31, 2018 | Marriage Matters
When somebody knows you, they have power. That alone keeps some of us from letting anyone in. If knowledge is power, then knowledge of…
Temptation Tips
June 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
The history of humanity has been a continuing struggle against temptation and tyranny. – Robert Kennedy If you’ve struggled with lust in any form,…
Still in the Dog House? Here’s Something Worth Trying
June 28, 2018 | Marriage Matters
When a married man strays, whether through porn or a third party, it’s like he drove the family car into a wall. With the…
A True Player
June 26, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we…
A New Tongue
June 11, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Why is the porn habit so hard to kick? There are plenty of reasons, I’m sure, but one of them has to do with…
It’s a Wormderful Life
December 22, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
“But I am a worm —“ -Psalm 22:6 “If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” -Hebrews 10:38 Of…
The Singing Citizen
December 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! I do internal happy dances when God drops a rhema into…
Which Words Matter, and When?
December 8, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets A few years back I spoke at…