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…
Uncivil Rights
October 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Did you really expect social transformation to be anything other than a murderous process? It’s a war, E.G., and we gotta fight it like…
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…
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…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
September 17, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…
Why Persecution?
September 12, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
” Why Persecutest Thou Me?” – Acts 22:7 You almost blush when you use the word, right? I know I do. “Persecution” is so…
We who are Imperfect Conquerors
September 5, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who has loved us.-Romans 8:37 Confidence is what you have before…
It’s Truth When I Like It, It’s Legalism When I Don’t
September 3, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts. – Psalm 51:6 When a verse from the Bible isn’t too much of a challenge for…