Perfecting
July 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Day has begun and I’m already sinning Help me to change this heart that I have Lord, help me taste Of the grace that…
The Word in the Middle of the Madness
July 9, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
There are some scriptures worth remembering while we’re processing these last few horrible days. “He that answers a matter before he hears it, it…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
One Nation under Judgment
May 4, 2016 | Doctrinal Matters
God’s no quitter, but He’s been known to give up. Never because He’s weak; only because He’s done. So when humanity went from bad…
“The Lord Hath Need of Him”
April 25, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
Ever read a verse an entirely new way? I just did, and it’s been simmering in my head ever since. For sure, we need…
Rebel Without a Clause
April 19, 2016 | Keeping It Clean
The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians. –…
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…
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…