In Search of Love
January 22, 2016 | A Cuppa Joe
Some people seem to think Christian Love means Affectionate Reassurance. Affectionate because it brings lots of hugs, smiles, and “I love you’s”. And reassuring…
When Darkness Lost
December 24, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” -John 1:5 Like St. Jude, I’m a sucker for lost…
And the Soul Felt Its Worth
December 17, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
If I tell myself I’m wonderful, I’m deluded. If I tell myself I’m horrible, I’m at least half right. But if I tell myself…
Manifest
December 16, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“God was manifest in the flesh.” -I Timothy 3:16 “The world is not an easy place for anyone,” Annie Sullivan said in reference to…
The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 3 of a Five Part Series
December 3, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
The growing support for transsexualism in the culture, plus the growing number of voices within the Church calling for us to not only to…
The Transsexual Dilemma: Part 1 of a 5-Part Series
December 1, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
Six years ago I wrote an article on transsexualism – a person’s identification with the opposite sex (“I’m a woman in a man’s body”)…
The Conservative Dinosaur
November 14, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton A woman stomped…
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…
Amazing Grays
October 29, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Our local paper ran a feature story awhile back, written by a self-identified evangelical Christian and titled “There is Something in the Air. Can You…
Top Ten Movie Quotes
October 17, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Having loved films the better part of my life, certain lines from certain movies have always stuck with me. Since the weekend is a…
Gotta Serve Somebody
October 1, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.” -II Chronicles 12:8…
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…
Jesus and Same-Sex Marriage
September 17, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
Recent well-publicized developments are causing many Christians to re-examine their position on homosexuality. A newly-formed group called Evangelicals for Marriage Equality is dedicated to…