Before You Look At That Stuff Again …
September 1, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
It’s a familiar scene. You want it, it’s there.You’re lonely, or stressed, or bored. You’ve got some spare time; you’ve got access.You also know…
Our Unnatural Drift
August 10, 2020 | Keeping It Clean
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in…
10 Tips for Maintaining Sexual Integrity
July 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
About 20 years ago, I put together these “tips” in answer to the question of what steps a man should take to “keep it…
The Prettiest Slavery
February 25, 2020 | Keeping It Clean
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he…
EvangelicaLGBTQ
February 12, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
When a liberal church goes pro-gay, we yawn. When an Assemblies of God congregation announces it’s “gay affirming”, we wake up. Hopefully.Last Sunday Rev.…
‘Twas the Nightmare Before Corinth
December 16, 2019 | A Cuppa Joe
The Church at Corinth had some major problems before it – nightmares, actually – and Paul addressed them in the severest of terms. He…
Kicking and Screaming Towards Purity
February 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a willing heart.”-II Chronicles 25:2 The description above –…
The (Vanishing) Sexual Edge
January 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
“For God is not the author of confusion…”I Corinthians 14:33 God loves order and loathes confusion. That should give us pause when we see…
My Glorious Thorn
December 20, 2018 | Relational Matters
He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to…
What NOT to Tell Yourself When You’re Craving
November 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are many men who have much less than me, Day by day, they make their wayAnd they find more in life than I can…
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…
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…
Medicating the Messenger
September 7, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
The pain in my tooth was murderous. I was reduced to a whimpering, whining child, and if you’ve ever had serious dental trouble you…
Hug Addicts
August 27, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Is Hugging People at LGBT Parades the New Evangelism? Popular author and speaker Jen Hatmaker made headlines two years ago when she declared her full…