Church Hurts
August 1, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“Sometimes the person that hurt you the most, is the one you need the most.” -Author unknown Some of us bear scars that are,…
The Stepford Syndrome
July 31, 2014 | Relational Matters
The power of porn may not just be its explicit content. It may also be its capacity to take the viewer into another world,…
The Greater Condemnation
July 30, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. – James 3:1 James didn’t write a very nice book. In fact,…
You Want Her to Trust You Again?
July 29, 2014 | Marriage Matters
The married man who uses porn, commits adultery, or gives himself to other kinds of unclean behavior breaks trust. He’s in a covenanted relationship…
Naked and Unashamed
July 28, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. – Genesis 2:25 Shame wasn’t part of the human vocabulary until…
Lessons from the Apes
July 18, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes seems to be the current rage, topping box office records and offering an impressive array of special…
The Cruelest Lie
July 9, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
It hung over the entrance to Auschwitz, a large metal sign handmade by prisoners, offering a last shred of false hope to the doomed:…
Lord of My Meltdowns
July 2, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.”-Psalm 139:23 Renee and I were reading Psalm 139 this morning…
Good Debate on ‘God and the Gay Christian’ this AM on Moody Radio
June 28, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Those of you who followed my series on Matthew Vine’s book God and the Gay Christian will be interested to know that Matthew and…
Some ABC’s We Can’t (But Often Do) Ignore
June 26, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Certain words – important ones – simply don’t mean what they used to. “Christian” traditionally meant born again, believing in the authority of scripture,…
Nice Flesh
June 23, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of…
Graceless
June 4, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling…
At What Cost?
June 2, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“ — neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing.” – II Sam 24:24…
You Said It
May 29, 2014 | Relational Matters
“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.”…