Crushed Roses and Overused Duct Tape: Responding to “Purity Culture’s” Greatest Lie that “Sexual Sin is the Worst Type of Sin!”
Why do we view sexual sin as unforgivable in God’s eyes?
A Few Thoughts on God’s Promise to Supply, Our Apparent Lack, and Not Freaking Out
If I’m in control, then I Should freak out, but if God is in control, then I should sit down and trust in Him.
The Two “Vials” We Must Drink to Understand, Accept, and Live the Christian Life
We are worse off than we could ever dare to imagine, and we are more loved and accepted in Christ than we could ever dare to imagine.
The Dancing God Who Rejoices or the Frustrated God Who Only Frowns?
Do you view God as a generally happy and contented being, or do you view God as a generally frustrated and disgruntled being?
The Scandal of God’s Mercy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and So-Called Old Testament Genocide
Will we allow the shock of God’s mercy and love shown on the cross in the New Testament to sinners such as Jeffrey Dahmer at least neutralize the so-called “acts of violence” by God in the Old Testament?
Ten Thoughts on Earning my Doctor of Ministry Degree
I successfully defended my dissertation for the Doctor of Ministry degree on May 23, 2023 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary through a hybrid model of meeting in Kansas City, MO (I live in Alabama) and meeting for online Zoom classes. I began in the summer of 2019 with classes and then, for the last year Read more about Ten Thoughts on Earning my Doctor of Ministry Degree[…]
Anxiety, Stress, Freaking Out, Prayer, and God
My attempts to control my life (or anyone else’s life) is an attempt to BE God, which is quite stressful. Anytime I try to take on God’s attributes as if they were my own is always an attempt in taking on more stress in my life.
God’s Call of Duty
“God, have You served me this particular situation in order to change it, or have You given me this particular situation to bear up under it and accept it as Your will?”