Three Lessons ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Has To Offer
November 5, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
The buzz among Christians over Mel Gibson’s newest film went high decibel when Greg Laurie interviewed the actor/director a couple months ago during a…
The Monster Must Die
October 31, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good thing. – Romans 7:18 Tonight’s a time for monsters,…
Update on my Upcoming Book
August 13, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
The endorsements are in! I’m grateful to my deeply respected colleagues and friends who took the time to review, then endorse, my upcoming…
Perfecting
July 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Day has begun and I’m already sinning Help me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste Of the grace that…
The Restrainer
June 29, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. II…
Talking About Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part Three of a Five-Part Series)
June 9, 2016 | 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…
“The Lord Hath Need of Him”
April 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Ever read a verse an entirely new way? I just did, and it’s been simmering in my head ever since. For sure, we need…
Fruitful in Famine
April 20, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
And perhaps, by God’s grace, I succeed, and for a day or two become a creature consciously dependent on God and drawing its strength…
Of Morsels and Birthrights
April 4, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward,…
It’s a Worm-derful Life
March 22, 2016 | 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 There’s…
Keeping it Real
March 21, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Believe it or not, that tow-headed 17 year old is me playing Oscar Madison in a 1971 production of The Odd Couple at Wilson…
Keeping Silence
March 17, 2016 | Relational Matters
Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another that you may be healed. – James 5:16 How ya doing? is a question…
Honey I Shrunk the Id
March 15, 2016 | Marriage Matters
They drummed it into us in Psych 101 and it reappeared for analysis and debate all throughout my education in the 80’s – Freud’s…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
March 9, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…