Beautifully Bent
March 5, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent…
When “My Bad” Isn’t Enough
February 29, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.” -Erwin W. Lutzer Yesterday, Australian Cardinal George Pell testified at a hearing…
Dining with the Difficult
December 23, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we’re related for better or for worse…and try to keep the maiming…
Our Work and Our Needs
December 19, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Fundraising has never been my strong suit, and frankly, asking for financial support is hardly one of “my favorite things”. I also know you get…
It’s In The Cards
December 11, 2014 | Relational Matters
The volume of Christmas cards coming into our home has gone way down, year after year, replaced by online greetings, which are now the norm. And…
Turbo Tongue
December 9, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! (James 3:5) James had…
“If I Have To”
December 8, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a willing heart.” -II Chronicles 25:2 This isn’t…
Wanting
November 24, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
There are many men who have much less than me, Day by day, they make their way And they find more in life than…
In Search of Stability
November 17, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Unstable as water, you shall not excel.” -Genesis 49:4 When Jacob was dying, he called his sons together for blessings and predictions. He began…
Amazing Grays
October 29, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Our local paper ran a feature story awhile back, written by a self-identified evangelical Christian and titled “There is Something in the Air. Can You…
To Love, Honor, and Scrutinize
October 21, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.” -Benjamin Franklin Some of us have that backwards. We marry without duly scrutinizing our…
Where Love and Sorrow Meet
October 20, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“When Jesus calls a man”, Dietrich Bonheoffer said, “He bids him come and die.” No getting around that. The claims of God on our…
Gungor and the Fallible Jesus
September 4, 2014 | Relational Matters
“And even if He (Jesus) was wrong, even if He did believe that Noah was a historical person, or Adam was a historical person,…
Priceless
August 26, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife — –1Peter 3:7 I’m sure I know my wife…