Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt.V
May 23, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or,…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part IV: Paul and Romans One
May 22, 2014 | Relational Matters
“All lies and jest, Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.” -Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer Reading Matthew…
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,…
Armed and Suffering
April 21, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in…
Worship and Recovery
April 3, 2014 | Relational Matters
Guest posting by Renee Dallas Note from Joe: I’ve received a number of messages from wives asking for help dealing with their own pain over…
“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…
World Vision, Same Sex Marriage and Us: Responding or Reacting?
March 27, 2014 | Relational Matters
Many of you e-mailed me privately or messaged me about my response to World Vision over their policy change towards hiring people in same sex…
Who’s Counting?
March 26, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. -Psalm 32:2 I am amazed at the God who forgets. My old friend…
Wrestling with Arizona
February 27, 2014 | Relational Matters
I’ve been wrestling with the rightness or wrongness of SB 1062 the controversial bill passed by the Arizona Legislature but vetoed by the state’s…
Dinner and a Porn Flick
February 17, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Some things seem so self-evident, it feels stupid pointing them out. Does anyone really need to say “Air is good, so you should breathe” or…
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…
Same Image, Different Dad
February 5, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God.” -John 1:12 The phrase Image Bearer is…