“Regrets, I’ve Had a Few —“
August 4, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“—but then again, too few to mention.” Or so crooned Frank Sinatra in his signature ballad “My Way.” And if that’s really true, more…
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…
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…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Pt.V
May 23, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or,…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part IV: Paul and Romans One
May 22, 2014 | Relational Matters
“All lies and jest, Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.” -Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer Reading Matthew…
Assessing “God and the Gay Christian” – Part I
May 5, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Why Bother? Today’s church is being asked – pressured, really – to follow the culture’s lead, and the culture is leading towards wholesale approval…
St. Patrick and Purity
March 17, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day Some Limerick Thoughts on Keeping it Clean, Laddie There once was a stud they called Sampson Who…
A Doll’s Lesson
March 3, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Jan Frank, a terrific author, speaker and therapist dealing with women’s issues, made a point decades ago during one of her presentations that I’ve…
Dinner and a Porn Flick
February 17, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Some things seem so self-evident, it feels stupid pointing them out. Does anyone really need to say “Air is good, so you should breathe” or…
Doubt
February 12, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” – Matthew 11:3 John the Baptist, full of the Holy Spirit from…
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…
The Nightmare in Corinth
December 13, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
Last year I was teaching on I Corinthians in our adult Bible study class, so when Christmas came I got a crazy bug to…
The Default Principle
November 18, 2013 | Keeping It Clean
When you discover behavior that delivers pleasurable impact, your brain will crave a repetition of the impact. Accept this fact and prepare for it,…
Die, Monster Flesh, Die!
October 31, 2013 | Relational Matters
“For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good thing.” – Romans 7:18 It’s a day for monsters,…