Lord of My Meltdowns
July 2, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.”-Psalm 139:23 Renee and I were reading Psalm 139 this morning…
Good Debate on ‘God and the Gay Christian’ this AM on Moody Radio
June 28, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Those of you who followed my series on Matthew Vine’s book God and the Gay Christian will be interested to know that Matthew and…
At What Cost?
June 2, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“ — neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing.” – II Sam 24:24…
Sinner and a Movie
May 30, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
With movies like God’s Not Dead, Heaven is for Real and Noah dominating our conversations about the Bible and the box office, one quiet…
You Said It
May 29, 2014 | Relational Matters
“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.”…
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” Part III – Jesus and Homosexuality
May 9, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the…
Assessing “God and the Gay Christian” – Part I
May 5, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Why Bother? Today’s church is being asked – pressured, really – to follow the culture’s lead, and the culture is leading towards wholesale approval…
The Same-Sex Wedding Invitation Debate
April 24, 2014 | Relational Matters
Lots of buzz lately about whether or not a Christian should attend a same-sex wedding ceremony. And as buzz goes, this one’s awfully relevant,…
“It Contains Adult Language —“
March 31, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto…
A Welcome Divergence
March 28, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
My son and I caught a screening of the new Neil Burger film Divergent yesterday, and while I can’t say I was blown away, I…
Who’s Counting?
March 26, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. -Psalm 32:2 I am amazed at the God who forgets. My old friend…
Fred Phelps: The Symptom of our Sickness
March 21, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“I’ll explain, and I’ll be sure to use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand. You wart-hog-faced-buffoon!” – The Princess Bride Buffoons…
The Imperfect Conqueror
March 6, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
I get it when I read that God loves me. Forgives me, too, which is more of a plus than I’ll ever realize. The…