Our Unwanted Memories
June 23, 2016 | Relational Matters
“Mr. Dallas,” the card read, “how long have you been sexually sober? And does it ever get easier?” A pointed but fair question. I…
Dying to Love
June 17, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Love. How did one show it? How could God Himself show truth and love at the same time in a world like this? By…
Horror in Orlando: Let the Scapegoating Begin
June 15, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
“Opportunistic” means “exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.” “Scapegoating” means “the practice of singling out…
Overcoming Evil in Orlando with Good
June 13, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 Paul’s warning to not be overcome by evil reminds us that we…
Talking about Transgender: Why we Must; Where we Stand (Part Four of a Five-Part Series)
June 11, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. -John Lilly “Because I said so”…
Talking About Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part Three of a Five-Part Series)
June 9, 2016 | 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…
Talking About Transgender: Why we Must; Where we Stand (Part Two of a Five-Part Series)
May 27, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
In Part One of this five part post, we looked at Biblical precedence for speaking out on moral issues, a precedence we need to take…
Talking about Transgender: Why we Must, Where we Stand (Part One of a Five-Part Series)
May 26, 2016 | Relational Matters
If you can keep your head When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you… -Rudyard Kipling If you believe there…
Surveying the Damage
May 24, 2016 | Marriage Matters
I work with guys who’ve messed up their marriages then, by God’s grace, roll up their sleeves and commit to restoring what they’ve wounded.…
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.…
Standing Your Lonely Ground
May 19, 2016 | Relational Matters
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!” – Luke 6:26 Generally, you should consider what others are telling you. Occasionally,…
Another Spirit
May 18, 2016 | 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…
The Vanishing Hymnal
May 17, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
There are traditions, then there are essentials, and a wise church knows the difference. Mine did. When I began fellowshipping as a teenager, our…
Unleashing Samson
May 16, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
He was strong and impressive; a clever Nazarite who could spin riddles, destroy lions barehanded and conquer a thousand men with a donkey’s jawbone.…