How Can I Talk About Transgender?
July 1, 2021 | Church and Culture
13 years ago I wrote this article for the Christian Research Journal. In the years since, “transgender” has evolved from a seldom-recognized issue to…
Throwback Thursday: “To My Gay Angry Friend”
June 3, 2021 | Church and Culture
I posted this open letter 9 years ago on August 2, 2012. It was the day after a nation-wide show of support for Chic-Fil-A…
Discerning Ourselves (Part 3 in a Three-Part Series on Discernment)
March 26, 2021 | Church and Culture
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”…
Losing Heart, Acting Badly
December 8, 2020 | Church and Culture
Therefore, since we have this ministry,as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.-II Corinthians 4:1When the going gets tough, it’s easy to…
Free Speech. Some Restrictions May Apply.
December 1, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within…
The Un-Evangelistic Evangelical
November 5, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
Lord lay some soul upon my heart and love that soul through me, And may I ever do my part to win that soul…
The Power of Abiding
August 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is only into the thirst of an empty soul that the streams of living waters flow. Ever thirsting is the secret of never…
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…
One Nation Under Judgement
July 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.”-Thomas JeffersonGod’s no quitter. But He has been known to give up, never because He’s…
Who You Callin’ A Pharisee?
April 24, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
“The Holy Spirit did not go into such detail about the Pharisees in the New Testament just so we could understand a group unique…
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…
Why We’re Misunderstanding the “Judge Not” Command
February 19, 2020 | Doctrinal Matters
Try this little experiment: read today’s news – online or in the paper – then try not to think that anything you just read…
It’s a Wormderful Life
December 19, 2019 | Doctrinal Matters
“But I am a worm —“-Psalm 22:6“If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”-Hebrews 10:38Of all our family Christmas…
‘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…