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…
Why We’re Getting it Wrong on the ‘Judge Not’ Question
November 28, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge, and my job to love.” -Billy Graham He said “Thou shalt not…
Fickle Feelings and Thankful Thinking
November 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Psalm 103:2 I’m too stressed out to do the Hallelujah! thing, so…
Talking about Transgender
November 18, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.-John Lilly “Because I said so” often…
Trans Actions
November 14, 2017 | Doctrinal Matters
Tolerance is a belief in nothing. When we preach tolerance without declaring truth, we have set ourselves up to never set a boundary. We…
Demoralized
November 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Another week, another horrendous crime. Or another scandal. Or another natural disaster. When terrible becomes business as usual, then you know we’re in big…
Porn and Perfection
October 24, 2017 | Marriage Matters
I don’t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don’t…