Church Hurts
January 22, 2019 | Doctrinal Matters
“Sometimes the person that hurt you the most, is the one you need the most.”-Author unknown Some of the people sitting next to you…
Here’s to a 2019 Without Excuses
December 31, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.” (Job 9:20) The non-apology apology is one of life’s most frustrating experiences. It happens when…
And the Soul Felt its Worth
December 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
If I tell myself I’m perfectly wonderful, then I’m deluded. If I tell myself I’m completely horrible, then I’m masochistic. But if I tell…
What NOT to Tell Yourself When You’re Craving
November 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are many men who have much less than me, Day by day, they make their wayAnd they find more in life than I can…
As We Forgive Those
November 19, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
“… and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespassed against us.” (Luke 11:4) Jesus loves me, this I know. But this…
Fruitful in Famine
November 15, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Abide At the Last Supper Jesus knew He’d soon be leaving His disciples, and He wanted them…
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…
We Who Are Kept
October 26, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
“You who are kept by the power of God “(I Peter 1:5) Consistency has never come naturally to me, so if my life stays…
After the Fall
October 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Man is an amalgamation of dignity and depravity, a glorious ruin.” -Dan Allendar Years ago my pastor gave an illustrated sermon…
Blew It Again?
October 4, 2018 | Relational Matters
Day has begun and I’m already sinningHelp me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste of the grace that You’re…
Holy Cop-Out
September 26, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!” – Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China and Thailand There’s…
When Jesus was Interviewed about Same-Sex marriage
September 24, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Few things are as tough as an unfriendly interview, and that goes double for unfriendly interviews about homosexuality. Which leads me to wonder how…
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…