“If I Have To”
December 8, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a willing heart.” -II Chronicles 25:2 This isn’t…
Surveying the Damage
November 25, 2014 | Marriage Matters
I’m somewhat OK with admitting my sin. It’s clearly not my favorite thing to do, but I will if I have to. Examining its impact is…
The Critical Structure
October 7, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
It’s not hard to get guys to do something heroic. But ask them to do the mundane, the day to day, week to week…
The Minimalist
September 23, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“Men do not differ much about what things they call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” – G. K. Chesterton…
Jesus and Same-Sex Marriage
September 17, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Recent well-publicized developments are causing many Christians to re-examine their position on homosexuality. A newly-formed group called Evangelicals for Marriage Equality is dedicated to…
Hungry Like the Wolf
September 8, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Strut on a line, it’s discord and rhyme, I howl and I whine I’m after you Mouth is alive all running inside and I’m…
What the Wounded Wife Has to Say
August 19, 2014 | Marriage Matters
If I knew falling in love would hurt this much I would have rather fallen into a ditch, and maybe I would be healed…
You Want Her to Trust You Again?
July 29, 2014 | Marriage Matters
The married man who uses porn, commits adultery, or gives himself to other kinds of unclean behavior breaks trust. He’s in a covenanted relationship…
Some ABC’s We Can’t (But Often Do) Ignore
June 26, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Certain words – important ones – simply don’t mean what they used to. “Christian” traditionally meant born again, believing in the authority of scripture,…
Nice Flesh
June 23, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt. VII
May 26, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’ The Gospel is something completely different.…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt.V
May 23, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or,…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part IV: Paul and Romans One
May 22, 2014 | Relational Matters
“All lies and jest, Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.” -Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer Reading Matthew…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part II: Homosexuality and Leviticus
May 7, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vine’s new and well publicized book, argues that we should reconsider what the Bible says about homosexuality. His…