When Honor Trumps Sentiment
May 30, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
It’s easy to get sentimental, but really, what good does it do? Gratitude today means more than sentiment, and honor, I believe, is an…
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.…
Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? Part III: Discerning our Hearts
May 13, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
If we want to know truth and live right, then we’ve got to develop our ability to sort truth from error, and wrong from…
Discernment: The Dying Dinosaur? (Part One of a Three Part Series)
May 10, 2016 | Marriage Matters
Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. It is knowing the difference between right and almost right. -Charles Spurgeon This isn’t…
My Move
April 13, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. – Jude 1:21 At first glance…
“You Coming?”
March 26, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Last night’s Good Friday service got me thinking about a few points I hadn’t considered before. I’m still chewing on them. First, the Roman…
The Grace Grounding
March 11, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“There is now therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and…
Downton Abbey, My Lady, and Me
March 8, 2016 | Marriage Matters
It was a Sunday night in February 2013, and I’d been conked out for nearly an hour when Renee’s outraged cry jolted me awake.…
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…
The Demoralized Disciple
March 2, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
Discouragement is the illegitimate child of false expectations. -Lloyd Ogilive” Come November, it’s entirely possible that reviewing your voting options will provoke a response…
Mad Married Men
March 1, 2016 | Marriage Matters
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is…
Pocket Points
February 15, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
I find myself “pocketing” certain points – small sayings, or bit-sized principles that can be useful – as a way of staying equipped to face…
The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 2 of a 5-Part Series
December 2, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Recent events in both the culture and the Church have prodded me this week to post, in a five-part series, an article I wrote…
The Conservative Dinosaur
November 14, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton A woman stomped…