Uncivil Rights
October 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Did you really expect social transformation to be anything other than a murderous process? It’s a war, E.G., and we gotta fight it like…
Marriage Counseling? Don’t Bother Unless You’re Willing to be Bothered
March 7, 2017 | Marriage Matters
If you’re not willing to sweat and suffer a bit, there’s not much point in joining a gym. If you’re not willing to hear…
Jen Hatmaker: Hermeneutics, Hurt, and Human Affection Part II
November 4, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In yesterday’s post we looked at what can be a dry topic – hermeneutics – and applied it to what’s definitely a hot topic:…
Jen Hatmaker: Hermeneutics, Hurt, and Human Affection (Part I)
November 3, 2016 | Relational Matters
Popular author and speaker Jen Hatmaker’s declaration that she now condones same-sex marriage is another cog in an expanding wheel of leaders who are…
Beautifully Bent
March 5, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent…
Manny Pacquiao, Gay Marriage, and a Call for Eternal Hostility (Part One)
February 23, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. – Thomas Jefferson Filipino…
Wrestling with Arizona
February 27, 2014 | Relational Matters
I’ve been wrestling with the rightness or wrongness of SB 1062 the controversial bill passed by the Arizona Legislature but vetoed by the state’s…
Twinkie Salad
January 31, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
It’s become chic to say Christians should be known more by what we’re for than what we’re against. Usually the phrase is employed to criticize…
Sick of it All
October 23, 2013 | Doctrinal Matters
And the land had rest from war.” – Joshua 11:23 Joshua is a book about conflict, an exciting and sobering look at Israel’s possession…
News That Made Me Smile
June 7, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
The news this season is anything but uplifting. Scandals at federal levels, terrorism at international ones, unspeakable crimes against children, general social and moral…
Have We Learned?
May 24, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
I see a lot of conservative salivating over the scandals plaguing President Obama, and indeed, it looks grim for the man who ran on…
Weekend At The Movies
May 10, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
If you’re off to the movies this weekend you might consider Robert Redford’s new film “The Company You Keep.” Being at odds with Mr. Redford on…
Talking Marriage With A Human Rights Commission
March 22, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
This week I was asked to speak to a Human Rights Commission in another state about the role Christians can play in opposing discrimination.…
Relevance or Revision?
November 16, 2012 | A Cuppa Joe
Ten years ago I wrote this for a local church that was challenged by its own denomination’s wavering on homosexuality. Since this church refused…