Relational Matters

“While I love the traditional church, I love it like a foundational part of my past, as though it were a University I’ve graduated…

   I like boxes; I love being boxed in. Clear definitions, unmistakable boundaries, everything nice and neat, that’s for me. I thrive on routine,…

“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” -Matthew 7:2      I remember hearing Pastor Chuck Smith, years ago, admit (from the…

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…

He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be…

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.  (Proverbs 25:19)  Decades ago,…

“What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the…

“Bless the Lord oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” –Psalm 103:2 “Blow, blow thou winter wind”, Shakespeare said. “thou art not so…

“For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia — At my first answer no…

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…

“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,…

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. – Ephesians 5:16…

Dads figure pretty largely in the lives of the men I’ve worked with over the years. Well, duh, I know –  Dads figure largely…

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. -I Timothy 5:17 …