Churched Off
February 13, 2014 | Relational Matters
“While I love the traditional church, I love it like a foundational part of my past, as though it were a University I’ve graduated…
The Other Bond
February 11, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“Bad marriages don’t cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages.” -Frank Pittman While watching a remake of Anna Karenina (Tolstoy’s classic take on infidelity and tragedy)…
New Men’s Bible Study with Joe Dallas
February 11, 2014 | Announcements
If you’re a guy in the Orange County area, let me invite you to a new Men’s Bible study I’ll be teaching at Newport…
The Writing on My Heart
February 10, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be…
Unboxed
February 6, 2014 | Relational Matters
I like boxes; I love being boxed in. Clear definitions, unmistakable boundaries, everything nice and neat, that’s for me. I thrive on routine,…
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…
Wondering About Worth
February 4, 2014 | Marriage Matters
I once dreamed that my wife Renee was auctioning me off on e-Bay. Without the courtesy of any notice, mind you, so I had the…
Strangely Dim
February 3, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if…
Twinkie Salad
January 31, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
It’s become chic to say Christians should be known more by what we’re for than what we’re against. Usually the phrase is employed to criticize…
Judgment Days
January 30, 2014 | Relational Matters
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” -Matthew 7:2 I remember hearing Pastor Chuck Smith, years ago, admit (from the…
Treasuring Her
January 7, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife — –1Peter 3:7 I know my wife better than…
His Work, His Timetable
January 6, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.” –Psalms 138:8 I’m starting this year with a very mixed assortment of gratitude and disappointment, which is…
The Phil Robertson Controversy: No More Ducking the Issue
December 28, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
Apart from a radio interview with Bible Answer Man I’ve been ducking the Phil Robertson/Duck Dynasty controversy for over a week now, first because I…
And the Soul Felt Its Worth
December 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
If I tell myself I’m wonderful, I’m deluded. If I tell myself I’m horrible, I’m only half right. But if I tell myself I’m…