Throwback Thursday: “To My Gay Angry Friend”
June 3, 2021 | Church and Culture
I posted this open letter 9 years ago on August 2, 2012. It was the day after a nation-wide show of support for Chic-Fil-A…
9 Christmas Song Lyrics That Seem a Little Strange
December 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
They’re playing those songs, everywhere and repetitively, and I’m really not one to get tired of it. But while singing along, some questions rise.…
EvangelicaLGBTQ
February 12, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
When a liberal church goes pro-gay, we yawn. When an Assemblies of God congregation announces it’s “gay affirming”, we wake up. Hopefully.Last Sunday Rev.…
When Someone You Love is Gay
January 7, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
Approval Accepted; Acceptance DeniedWhen someone says “Mom and Dad, I’m gay”, are Mom and Dad automatically forced into a choice between approval or rejection,…
Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going in 2020
December 28, 2019 | Announcements
“I’ve often said that no one understands the subject of sexuality better than my friend Joe Dallas. I’m not merely speaking of Joe’s formidable…
Banned by Amazon
July 18, 2019 | A Cuppa Joe
What Happened to My Book and Why it MattersOn July 8 my publisher informed me that my book Desires in Conflict, along with a…
Pride of Ownership
June 13, 2019 | Relational Matters
The California Assembly will soon vote on a resolution laying the framework for what many of us have feared and predicted for years: the…
Jussie Smollett and our Romance with Rescuing
February 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Jussie Smollett scandal is so chock-full of issues that writing about it can make you feel like a mosquito in a nudist camp.…
Dances with Snakes
November 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sunday’s CBS Special on Conversion Therapy Made Christian Counselors Look Like Snake Handlers In some parts of the country, churches pull out live rattlesnakes…
Man Engraved: A response to Boy Erased
November 1, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
Today, the film Boy Erased is enjoying great reviews and limited release. If it’s not in a theater near you, within a few weeks…
3 Concepts that are Choking our Conversations about LGBTQ
September 20, 2018 | Relational Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
When Vague is in Vogue
September 19, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (I Corinthians 14:8) Years ago I was speaking at…
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…
“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…