Sound Doctrine: Endangered Species, Essential Structure
November 12, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
All a man, a church or a denomination needs to guarantee deterioration of doctrine is to take everything for granted and do nothing. The…
I Was Born Again This Way
October 27, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“And having been set free from sin you became slaves of righteousness.” -Romans 6:18 Pop singer Lady Gaga made a huge splash with a…
Beastly Me
October 22, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. – Psalms 73:22 David was having one of those days, one…
The Critical Structure
October 7, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
It’s not hard to get guys to do something heroic. But ask them to do the mundane, the day to day, week to week…
Hearing Aids
September 9, 2014 | Marriage Matters
There’s a lot I can get away with in my house. I can leave dirty socks in my study, sing Motown classics to let…
Gungor and the Fallible Jesus
September 4, 2014 | Relational Matters
“And even if He (Jesus) was wrong, even if He did believe that Noah was a historical person, or Adam was a historical person,…
When the Young and the Restless Leave Church
August 27, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
My son had some disturbing news to share the other day. He attended an event where several of his old friends who had graduated…
Thinking it Through
August 25, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things…
You’re Grounded!
August 21, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all…
Keeping it Real
August 15, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in…
Eternally Secure, Perpetually Striving
August 13, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
One of Christianity’s longest running arguments has to do with the believer’s security. If one has been born again, can he ever lose his…
Robin Williams and the Dark Plunge
August 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
(I’m reposting this message with a few updates in light of the Robin Williams tragedy, hoping it can be of use to anyone suffering…
He’s Just Not That Into Him
August 5, 2014 | Marriage Matters
A book and subsequent film titled “He’s Just Not That Into You” looked at the phenomena of single women who find it hard to…
The Greater Condemnation
July 30, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. – James 3:1 James didn’t write a very nice book. In fact,…