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…
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…
Blind Spots
February 21, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
And would some Power the small gift give us To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us,…
Doubt
February 12, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” – Matthew 11:3 John the Baptist, full of the Holy Spirit from…
Unboxed
February 6, 2014 | Relational Matters
I like boxes; I love being boxed in. Clear definitions, unmistakable boundaries, everything nice and neat, that’s for me. I thrive on routine,…
Strangely Dim
February 3, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if…
Judgment Days
January 30, 2014 | Relational Matters
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” -Matthew 7:2 I remember hearing Pastor Chuck Smith, years ago, admit (from the…
A Manger, My King, and Me
December 10, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
Like you, every year my wife and I say we’re going to “do Christmas right this time.” And we are trying. It’s His birthday…
With Love, Disappointed
November 21, 2013 | Relational Matters
“For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia — At my first answer no…