Assessing Matthew Vines’ “God and the Gay Christian” Part III – Jesus and Homosexuality
May 9, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the…
Assessing Matthew Vines “God and the Gay Christian” Part II: Homosexuality and Leviticus
May 7, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
God and the Gay Christian, Matthew Vine’s new and well publicized book, argues that we should reconsider what the Bible says about homosexuality. His…
Assessing “God and the Gay Christian”
May 3, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
Several people have asked me to comment on Matthew Vine’s new book God and the Gay Christian, a recent and well-publicized argument for legitimizing…
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…
Worship and Recovery
April 3, 2014 | Relational Matters
Guest posting by Renee Dallas Note from Joe: I’ve received a number of messages from wives asking for help dealing with their own pain over…
A Welcome Divergence
March 28, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
My son and I caught a screening of the new Neil Burger film Divergent yesterday, and while I can’t say I was blown away, I…
World Vision, Same Sex Marriage and Us: Responding or Reacting?
March 27, 2014 | Relational Matters
Many of you e-mailed me privately or messaged me about my response to World Vision over their policy change towards hiring people in same sex…
World Vision: And the Hits (To Integrity) Just Keep On Comin’
March 24, 2014 | Keeping It Clean
“I’m hoping this (decision to hire openly gay employees in same sex marriages) may inspire unity among others as well, to say how can…
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wife?
February 18, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Make a generalization about men and women and someone will point out an exception, proving that generalizations are only generally accurate. That said, I’ll still…
Doubt
February 12, 2014 | Doctrinal Matters
“Art thou He that should come, or do we look for another?” – Matthew 11:3 John the Baptist, full of the Holy Spirit from…
Twinkie Salad
January 31, 2014 | A Cuppa Joe
It’s become chic to say Christians should be known more by what we’re for than what we’re against. Usually the phrase is employed to criticize…
Judgment Days
January 30, 2014 | Relational Matters
“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” -Matthew 7:2 I remember hearing Pastor Chuck Smith, years ago, admit (from the…
Treasuring Her
January 7, 2014 | Marriage Matters
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife — –1Peter 3:7 I know my wife better than…
The Phil Robertson Controversy: No More Ducking the Issue
December 28, 2013 | A Cuppa Joe
Apart from a radio interview with Bible Answer Man I’ve been ducking the Phil Robertson/Duck Dynasty controversy for over a week now, first because I…