A few comments have helped me to understand that my recent post on tattoos was less clear than I wanted it to be. Here’s the point. It wasn’t really about tattoos. It was about Christians being worldly and not noticing. It also wasn’t about shoes, the Beatles, the Navy, or me either. That wasn’t the […]
One of the things that make the yellow lights in my head start blinking is when people say things like, “When God tells us to X for Y. This means that Y needs X.” Then the yellow lights go to red when someone adds, “I’m Y and therefore needy, you’re part of everyone else and […]
Excerpt from Toby’s Palm Sunday sermon. “When Jesus calls a man, it is abundantly clear that He demands everything. But this is good news because only Jesus knows what it will take to eradicate our sin. He must take our colts; He must overturn our tables; He must die. What is He doing? He’s healing us (Mt. 21:14).” […]
I thought I would take a few more minutes to talk some more about this article. I wish there were a way to talk about the article without seeming to attack the author. I don’t know anything about Lucy Ann Moll and I don’t have any ill will toward her. I favor giving her the […]
Yesterday I got all fired up about a Christian writing a psychological article on a Biblical Counseling web site. I could hardly contain myself and I may have skipped a few steps for some. I tried to tone it down by asking questions and saying very little. I thought I would go back today and […]
Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, visited the Naval Academy during my first-class year. On a Sunday afternoon, he spoke to about twenty Christian midshipmen in Memorial Hall. He was a dynamic speaker. At the end of his talk, he said he would like to talk with those of us who really meant business with […]
What does “gave himself” mean in Ephesians 5:25? I ran into this question as I was trying to learn to live with my wife in an understanding way. What does Paul mean when he says to love your wife like Christ loved the church and gave himself? What Jesus did when he gave himself is […]
If a fellow is going to try to love his wife as Christ loved the church, he first needs to orient himself to who he is in the universe and who he is with God in the universe. Without this proper orientation, he will be making things up and flying by the seat of his […]
Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 15:5–6). What a great benediction this is. When we recognize who God is, the God […]
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