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…
Five of the Most Important Questions in the Bible
April 20, 2021 | Church and Culture
The Bible’s full of answers. But there are some pretty important questions in there as well. Here are five that stand out to me.…
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?”…
Our Unnatural Drift
August 10, 2020 | Keeping It Clean
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in…
From God’s Mouth to Our Madness
July 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
There are some scriptures worth remembering while we’re coming to grips with these mad times. They are God’s reminders to people on both sides…
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…
Eternally Hostile, Always Joyful
July 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“… for I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas…
How Do I Handle My Regrets?
February 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
I don’t believe people who say “I have no regrets.” Unless you’re of the sociopathic variety, you must have a combination of insight and…
My Glorious Thorn
December 20, 2018 | Relational Matters
He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to…
What NOT to Tell Yourself When You’re Craving
November 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are many men who have much less than me, Day by day, they make their wayAnd they find more in life than I can…
We Who Are Kept
October 26, 2018 | A Cuppa Joe
“You who are kept by the power of God “(I Peter 1:5) Consistency has never come naturally to me, so if my life stays…
Hostile Takeover
October 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
For I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-Thomas Jefferson A growing…
When Vague is in Vogue
September 19, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (I Corinthians 14:8) Years ago I was speaking at…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
September 17, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…