Where Love and Sorrow Meet
October 20, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“When Jesus calls a man”, Dietrich Bonheoffer said, “He bids him come and die.” No getting around that. The claims of God on our…
Not Interested. Thanks. Goodbye.
September 29, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
It took me about four decades to perfect the art of brushing off pushy solicitors. Not that I begrudge anyone their means of making…
Right Position, Wrong Attitude
September 26, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
“The children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left.” – Elijah,…
Anticipation
September 24, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he…
Sufficient Evil
September 22, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. – Matthew 6:34 I know something’s wrong when I repeatedly wake up wondering how I’m ever gonna…
Still in the Dog House? Try This
September 16, 2014 | Marriage Matters
For the married man who’s let his wife down, there can be a real helplessness that goes along with repentance. You know you’ve messed…
Time to Run?
September 2, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“Should such a man as I flee?” –Nehemiah 6: 11 Nehemiah had it rough. His passion was to rebuild; the distractions and opposition…
Armed
August 18, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in…
Naked and Unashamed
July 28, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. – Genesis 2:25 Shame wasn’t part of the human vocabulary until…
Nice Flesh
June 23, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of…
Assessing “God and the Gay Christian” – Part I
May 5, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Why Bother? Today’s church is being asked – pressured, really – to follow the culture’s lead, and the culture is leading towards wholesale approval…
Armed and Suffering
April 21, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in…
Staying Power
February 26, 2014 | Marriage Matters
“By our Heavenly Father and only because of God, only because of God. We’re like other couples. We do not get along perfectly; we…
The Writing on My Heart
February 10, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be…