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…
Lessons from the Apes
July 18, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes seems to be the current rage, topping box office records and offering an impressive array of special…
Remembering Freedoms
July 4, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Hoping you’re having a wonderful, blessed celebration of the many freedoms we’ve been blessed with. Renee and I are enjoying, right along with you,…
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…
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…
The Scare Snare
June 5, 2014 | Relational Matters
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. – Proverbs 29:25 I wonder how many things…
Another Spirit
May 28, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where…
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 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 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…
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…
Brazenly Yours
February 26, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. – Hebrews…
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wife?
February 18, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Make a generalization about men and women and someone will point out an exception, proving that generalizations are only generally accurate. That said, I’ll still…