A Doll’s Lesson
July 6, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Author Jan Frank, a good friend and an awfully astute lady, taught a workshop years ago which I’ve never forgotten. While speaking about treating…
Our Unwanted Memories
June 23, 2016 | Relational Matters
“Mr. Dallas,” the card read, “how long have you been sexually sober? And does it ever get easier?” A pointed but fair question. I…
Dying to Love
June 17, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Love. How did one show it? How could God Himself show truth and love at the same time in a world like this? By…
Horror in Orlando: Let the Scapegoating Begin
June 15, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
“Opportunistic” means “exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.” “Scapegoating” means “the practice of singling out…
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.…
“The Lord Hath Need of Him”
April 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Ever read a verse an entirely new way? I just did, and it’s been simmering in my head ever since. For sure, we need…
Of Morsels and Birthrights
April 4, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward,…
It’s a Worm-derful Life
March 22, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“But I am a worm —“ -Psalm 22:6 “If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” -Hebrews 10:38 There’s…
Death by Gratitude
March 14, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice — -Romans 12:1 This morning I…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
March 9, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…
Does Anyone Really Stay Pure?
March 7, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification — that each of you possess your vessel in honor. -I Thessalonians 4: 3-4 Sexual…
When “My Bad” Isn’t Enough
February 29, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Keep in mind that when sin is viewed superficially, it is dealt with superficially.” -Erwin W. Lutzer Yesterday, Australian Cardinal George Pell testified at a hearing…
Manny Pacquiao, Gay Marriage, and the Need for Eternal Hostility (Part Two)
February 25, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson Hostility…