The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
December 2, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Recent events in both the culture and the Church have prodded me this week to post, in a five-part series, an article I wrote…
The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 1 of a 5-Part Series
December 1, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Six years ago I wrote an article on transsexualism – a person’s identification with the opposite sex (“I’m a woman in a man’s body”)…
Wanting
November 24, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
There are many men who have much less than me, Day by day, they make their way And they find more in life than…
The Conservative Dinosaur
November 14, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton A woman stomped…
Sound Doctrine: Endangered Species, Essential Structure
November 12, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
All a man, a church or a denomination needs to guarantee deterioration of doctrine is to take everything for granted and do nothing. The…
Amazing Grays
October 29, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Our local paper ran a feature story awhile back, written by a self-identified evangelical Christian and titled “There is Something in the Air. Can You…
Houston and Homosexuality Part II: In Praise of Squeaky Wheels
October 16, 2014 | Relational Matters
Update Yesterday I posted on Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s subpoena of pastor’s sermons and communications, an extraordinary move by any standards. In response to…
Houston, Homosexuality and Heavy Handedness
October 15, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Since the Ebola scare is today’s top story, there’s a secondary item you may be unaware of: the City Council of Houston has subpoenaed…
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…
Right Position, Wrong Attitude
September 26, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“The children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left.” – Elijah,…
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…
A Little Help?
September 10, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper…
Gungor and the Fallible Jesus
September 4, 2014 | Relational Matters
“And even if He (Jesus) was wrong, even if He did believe that Noah was a historical person, or Adam was a historical person,…