Right Beliefs, Wrong Attitude
June 16, 2016 | Relational Matters
The children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left. – I…
Overcoming Evil in Orlando with Good
June 13, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 Paul’s warning to not be overcome by evil reminds us that we…
Talking about Transgender: Why we Must; Where we Stand (Part Four of a Five-Part Series)
June 11, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. -John Lilly “Because I said so”…
Talking About Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part Three of a Five-Part Series)
June 9, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
Tolerance is a belief in nothing. When we preach tolerance without declaring truth, we have set ourselves up to never set a boundary. We…
When Honor Trumps Sentiment
May 30, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
It’s easy to get sentimental, but really, what good does it do? Gratitude today means more than sentiment, and honor, I believe, is an…
Talking About Transgender: Why we Must; Where we Stand (Part Two of a Five-Part Series)
May 27, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In Part One of this five part post, we looked at Biblical precedence for speaking out on moral issues, a precedence we need to take…
Talking about Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part One of a Five-Part Series)
May 26, 2016 | Relational Matters
If you can keep your head When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you… -Rudyard Kipling If you believe there…
Second Language, Better Speech
May 23, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Sinful indulgence can be a language of sorts, the kind we learn early in life, then try to un-learn, but occasionally fall back into.…
Standing Your Lonely Ground
May 19, 2016 | Relational Matters
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!” – Luke 6:26 Generally, you should consider what others are telling you. Occasionally,…
Another Spirit
May 18, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where…
The Vanishing Hymnal
May 17, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
There are traditions, then there are essentials, and a wise church knows the difference. Mine did. When I began fellowshipping as a teenager, our…
Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? Part III: Discerning our Hearts
May 13, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
If we want to know truth and live right, then we’ve got to develop our ability to sort truth from error, and wrong from…
Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? Discerning the Times (Part Two of a Three Part Series)
May 11, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
And admit that the waters around you have grown Accept it soon, you’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is…
Point Man
April 26, 2016 | Marriage Matters
Guys talk a lot about making points with their ladies. We exchange ideas on how to do it, confide about gifts we’ve just bought…