In Case of Relapse
March 28, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. -Horace “Relapse” mean “deterioration after a period of improvement.” It’s an enemy to avoid,…
“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…
It’s a Worm-derful Life
March 22, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
“But I am a worm —“ -Psalm 22:6 “If any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” -Hebrews 10:38 There’s…
Keeping it Real
March 21, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Believe it or not, that tow-headed 17 year old is me playing Oscar Madison in a 1971 production of The Odd Couple at Wilson…
Keeping Silence
March 17, 2016 | Relational Matters
Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another that you may be healed. – James 5:16 How ya doing? is a question…
Beyond Belief
March 16, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
“The word ‘evangelical’ has become almost meaningless this year.” So said Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern…
Honey I Shrunk the Id
March 15, 2016 | Marriage Matters
They drummed it into us in Psych 101 and it reappeared for analysis and debate all throughout my education in the 80’s – Freud’s…
10 Things a Mature, Responsible American Voter Won’t Do
March 15, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please…
Death by Gratitude
March 14, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice — -Romans 12:1 This morning I…
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…
Sin: The Presence, the Power, and the Promises
March 9, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
When I came to Christ at the age of sixteen, I had a bucketful of emotional and sexual struggles which, I assumed, would disappear…
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.…
Does Anyone Really Stay Pure?
March 7, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification — that each of you possess your vessel in honor. -I Thessalonians 4: 3-4 Sexual…
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…