Navigating Among Naysayers
May 7, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
Starve your distractions, feed your focus.-Author unknownI don’t think social media is the problem. I think our it’s our lack of discretion.We get baited…
Who You Callin’ A Pharisee?
April 24, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
“The Holy Spirit did not go into such detail about the Pharisees in the New Testament just so we could understand a group unique…
When Darkness Lost
December 4, 2019 | Doctrinal Matters
And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.-John 1:5Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost causes. I’ve…
Tears on Good Friday
April 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s Good Friday, and plenty of us will cry. No problem with that, but it wouldn’t hurt to look at what tears do and…
The Shoulder Ride
March 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Perverse and foolish oft I strayed and yet in love He sought meAnd on His shoulder gently laid, and home, rejoicing, brought me.”-Henry W.…
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…