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?)…
Your Messy Basement
August 30, 2018 | Relational Matters
Years ago I leased office space in a charming old historical building in our city. It was a three story affair with nooks and…
The Drowning
August 29, 2018 | Relational Matters
Depression Among Believers is Alive and Hell My beloved’s anguish was so deep and violent, that reason seemed to totter in her…
Hug Addicts
August 27, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Is Hugging People at LGBT Parades the New Evangelism? Popular author and speaker Jen Hatmaker made headlines two years ago when she declared her full…
Doubt
August 25, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
“Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” – Matthew 11:3 When things everywhere seem to be falling apart, doubt…
Face the Fire
August 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the…
Beware the Weasel
August 22, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
I can’t prove this, but I’m convinced there’s a creature in every man that sabotages his godly intentions and his integrity. I call it…
“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…