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…
Another Spirit
March 3, 2020 | 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…
“Tear Down This Wall!”
November 12, 2019 | Doctrinal Matters
Walls work both ways. Some keep enemies out, guarding the freedom and safety of the citizens, while others make captives out of free men.…
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 –…
Here’s to a 2019 Without Excuses
December 31, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.” (Job 9:20) The non-apology apology is one of life’s most frustrating experiences. It happens when…
Dances with Snakes
November 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sunday’s CBS Special on Conversion Therapy Made Christian Counselors Look Like Snake Handlers In some parts of the country, churches pull out live rattlesnakes…
After the Fall
October 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Man is an amalgamation of dignity and depravity, a glorious ruin.” -Dan Allendar Years ago my pastor gave an illustrated sermon…
Holy Cop-Out
September 26, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“It is not God who does not call. It is man who will not respond!” – Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China and Thailand There’s…
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…
It’s Truth When I Like It, It’s Legalism When I Don’t
September 3, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts. – Psalm 51:6 When a verse from the Bible isn’t too much of a challenge for…
Sick of it All
August 31, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
And the land had rest from war.” – Joshua 11:23 Some people find conflict entertaining. (Remember the kids yelling “Fight! Fight!” in the schoolyard?)…
In Other Words
August 2, 2018 | Relational Matters
A New Vocabulary is Changing the Way Christians View Homosexuality. Should We Adopt It? (Part One of a Three-Part Series) But if thought corrupts…
The Intimate Enemy
July 31, 2018 | Marriage Matters
When somebody knows you, they have power. That alone keeps some of us from letting anyone in. If knowledge is power, then knowledge of…
Trans Actions
November 14, 2017 | 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…