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?)…
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…
“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…
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 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mixed Orientation Marriage and Spiritual Friendship: Valid Terms or Distortions?Part 2 of a 3-Part Series In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:…
In Other Words
August 2, 2018 | Relational Matters
A New Vocabulary is Changing the Way Christians View Homosexuality. Should We Adopt It? (Part One of a Three-Part Series) But if thought corrupts…
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 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…
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…
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…
Who You Callin’ a Pharisee?
October 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Holy Spirit did not go into such detail about the Pharisees in the New Testament just so we could understand a group unique…