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…
And the Banned Played On
May 27, 2020 | Church and Culture
Sit. Stay. Don’t speak!Lie down. Now roll over.Aw, who’s a good church? You’re a good church! Yes, you are.So said the City Council of…
‘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…
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 –…
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…
Blew It Again?
October 4, 2018 | Relational Matters
Day has begun and I’m already sinningHelp me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste of the grace that You’re…
Those Relentless Visuals!
August 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Between stimulus and response, there is a space.In that space is our power to choose our response.In our response lies our growth and our…
In Other Words: LGBTQ Language and the Church
August 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mixed Orientation Marriage and Spiritual Friendship: Valid Terms or Distortions?Part 2 of a 3-Part Series In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:…
A True Player
June 26, 2018 | Keeping It Clean
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we…
A New Tongue
June 11, 2018 | Doctrinal Matters
Why is the porn habit so hard to kick? There are plenty of reasons, I’m sure, but one of them has to do with…
Which Words Matter, and When?
December 8, 2017 | A Cuppa Joe
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets A few years back I spoke at…
Willing to Will; Believing with some Doubt
February 20, 2017 | Keeping It Clean
Draw me, and we will run after thee.” – Song of Songs 1:4 Today while I’m striving to keep my mind where it belongs, and…
The Restrainer
June 29, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. II…
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…