Number of blog posts for each year is shown after the year. Number of comments is shown after each post title.
- Jan 5 -- How Jay Adams Would Counsel a Pedophile (67)
- Dec 24 -- Hope for the Weary at Advent (guest post by Teri Zalk) (4)
- Oct 22 -- Small to Great (guest post by Rochelle Sadie) (9)
- Oct 7 -- Do you always have a log in your own eye? (6)
- Jul 20 -- An update on my one-on-one ministry (6)
- Jul 13 -- Why you need to listen to your emotions (5)
- Jun 23 -- “Loyalty” is not a Christian virtue (18)
- Apr 28 -- What The Truman Show can illustrate about church (8)
- Apr 12 -- Rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord! (0)
- Mar 13 -- Untwisting Scriptures about “your rights” (a video) (11)
- Jan 13 -- That time I tried to be transparent in a small group . . . (41)
- Nov 26 -- What’s the best way for us to bring glory to God? (4)
- Nov 25 -- Is God glorified through our suffering? (22)
- Nov 21 -- Why the Jeffrey Epstein case matters to Christians (44)
- Oct 28 -- “The Return of the Daughters” meets Rachael Denhollander (39)
- Sep 23 -- What does “loving your enemies” look like with an abuser? (19)
- Aug 6 -- Are wolves proliferating in the churches? (20)
- Jul 22 -- Can God be in the presence of sin? (8)
- Jul 15 -- Have you been Philippians 4:8’d? (27)
- Jul 1 -- For those who Don’t want to Waste Your Lives . . . (17)
- Jun 24 -- “It’s not about you” (25)
- Jun 17 -- “Your empathy is a sin” – a response to Desiring God (72)
- Jun 14 -- A new church parable of the Good Samaritan (14)
- Jun 10 -- “Better than I deserve” (16)
- May 30 -- Will God send leanness to your soul? (3)
- May 27 -- Three fingers pointing back at you (34)
- May 20 -- Is your fear sinful . . . or actually pleasing to God? (16)
- Apr 25 -- Faith in All It’s Splendor (17)
- Apr 23 -- The good news about Biblical bitterness (a short talk) (10)
- Apr 11 -- Those “renegade bloggers” in the Christian Post (25)
- Apr 3 -- That forgiveness talk at Harvest Bible Chapel (48)
- Mar 26 -- You should come to church to “give” and not to “get” (7)
- Mar 18 -- When God is not disappointed with you (19)
- Jan 23 -- The secret to living a life that pleases God (4)
- Jan 7 -- Thirsty yet? (3)
- Dec 31 -- Here’s the Joy looks back over 2018 and looks forward (4)
- Nov 27 -- Looking for “evidences of grace” in the life of an abuser (19)
- Oct 31 -- What is real Christianity? (5)
- Oct 28 -- For my Mother (1927-2018) (55)
- Oct 24 -- New website page: The beliefs behind the blog (0)
- Sep 26 -- “Why are you so negative?” A response to “positive” people (15)
- Sep 25 -- A message to the wounded helpers: What would Jesus do? (1)
- Aug 10 -- Are you exiled from God? (0)
- Jul 23 -- Quieting a Noisy Soul by Jim Berg – A Response (Part 1) (19)
- Jul 12 -- Are you the prodigal son or the older brother? (8)
- Jun 17 -- My dad in the 1960s: integrity vs “virtue signaling” (5)
- Jun 15 -- The “slippery slope” of victimization (13)
- Jun 12 -- The SBC sexual offender database that isn’t: my inside peek (10)
- Jun 10 -- Behind the broken wall, beyond the torn curtain (4)
- Jun 4 -- Making sense of the church world’s epidemic of abuse (18)
- May 26 -- Commentary on JD Greear’s Facebook Live statement (11)
- May 15 -- Reason trumps emotions? 90% of evangelicals say yes (18)
- May 13 -- Happy complicated Mother’s Day (19)
- Apr 30 -- Sin and Holiness — a poster (7)
- Mar 30 -- Defeat that roaring lion (2)
- Mar 19 -- No more karma Christianity (17)
- Mar 5 -- How to handle those “forgive and forget” Scriptures (17)
- Feb 12 -- Should you love yourself? A response to Desiring God (13)
- Jan 26 -- Rachael Denhollander, SGM, and Bob Jones University (8)
- Jan 22 -- Turpin tragedy: Is homeschooling the problem? (25)
- Jan 10 -- Let’s look beyond those generational labels (6)
- Jan 2 -- Prayers for those who haven’t prayed in a long time (5)
- Dec 29 -- Here’s the Joy looks back over 2017 and looks forward (4)
- Dec 25 -- A Christian Carol (or, Living in the Spirit Present) (0)
- Dec 19 -- A better motivator for Christian service than gratitude (5)
- Dec 15 -- Happy 33rd anniversary, Mr. Reasonable (6)
- Dec 12 -- Encouraging thoughts on forgiveness and grief (4)
- Dec 4 -- You want to “suffer well”? — a poster (4)
- Nov 24 -- She is “Undiminished” (guest post by an abuse survivor) (2)
- Nov 22 -- Thankful . . . for the Protectors (9)
- Nov 8 -- It’s unBiblical to surrender your rights (6)
- Oct 30 -- Does God crush you like a rose to make perfume? (16)
- Oct 16 -- Speaking at a DV conference in Raleigh, NC, in November (0)
- Oct 10 -- Tullian: Jesus + Nothing = Everything? (27)
- Oct 5 -- “Children obey your parents”? Part One (4)
- Sep 5 -- Reflections on my 60th birthday: reframing my name (17)
- Aug 29 -- Maybe it’s time to stop praying for God to “use” you (6)
- Aug 27 -- “Jesus as Intercessor”: barely restraining God’s wrath? (13)
- Aug 22 -- The problem of excommunication – a response to Desiring God (70)
- Aug 8 -- What if you married a Nazi? (0)
- Jul 25 -- Standing against evildoers—a poster (3)
- Jul 23 -- A new website exposing a cult (0)
- Jul 20 -- Dear Christian, find your life in Jesus Christ (4)
- Jul 18 -- Dear Christian: stop trying to die (3)
- Jul 17 -- Dear Christian, your marriage is not supposed to kill you (17)
- Jul 10 -- A bit of news (with a video) (0)
- Jul 7 -- How easy it is to appear righteous: a poster (2)
- Jul 6 -- To those in “Biblical” Patriarchy: return to God (15)
- Jul 5 -- “Biblical” patriarchy: Here’s how you replaced God (28)
- Jun 27 -- Our only hope: a poster (4)
- Jun 23 -- Dear Michael Pearl, this is what righteous anger looks like (37)
- Jun 21 -- If you know someone who can’t hold onto hope . . . yet (6)
- Jun 14 -- There weren’t any wicked people in MY part of the world (0)
- Jun 3 -- A video interview on the topic of “yielding rights” (4)
- May 22 -- Dear sister I read about on the CBCMoscow blog post (25)
- May 8 -- Thoughts for the hopeless from Isaiah 40 (12)
- May 1 -- “The evolution of this blog” updated (0)
- Dec 28 -- Here’s the Joy looks back over 2016 and looks forward (0)
- Dec 22 -- A guest post on A Cry for Justice (0)
- Dec 13 -- Just call me Mr. Knightley (0)
- Dec 6 -- Power over Porn (1)
- Nov 30 -- What does it mean to “serve the church”? (7)
- Nov 24 -- The picture on my grandmother’s wall (4)
- Nov 1 -- In the messy middle of the story (9)
- Oct 24 -- Behind the scenes at “Untwisting Scriptures” (2)
- Oct 17 -- Do you see how significant this is? (3)
- Oct 11 -- Do you pray for God to “break” you? (14)
- Oct 3 -- New book on the way: “Untwisting Scriptures” (11)
- Sep 5 -- Reflections on my 59th birthday: a warrior’s tale (9)
- Aug 29 -- Bible journaling before Bible journaling was cool (0)
- Jul 27 -- The “root of bitterness” in Hebrews–it isn’t unforgiveness (10)
- Jul 14 -- Don’t trust your feelings? (1)
- Jul 6 -- “You give them something to eat” (0)
- Jun 23 -- Not really six months of silence (2)
- Nov 22 -- Lessons from blind men and the elephant in the room (1)
- Nov 15 -- Searching for the one who is worth searching for (3)
- Oct 6 -- What kind of salvation did we get? (4)
- Sep 5 -- Reflections on my 58th birthday: found faithful (3)
- Jul 15 -- Let’s pray right now (4)
- Jun 23 -- Patience right now (3)
- Apr 14 -- Note to self: Stop saying “I can’t” (2)
- Mar 2 -- If necessary, use words (2)
- Feb 17 -- What kind of help do you need? (0)
- Dec 2 -- Sin? Holiness? Legalism? Hypocrisy? Defining terms (0)
- Sep 24 -- Replying to one who says Christians should have no rights (15)
- Sep 5 -- Reflections on my 57th birthday: Stepping Heavenward (2)
- Aug 23 -- How much of a day of rest should Sunday really be? (5)
- Aug 7 -- Airing my dirty laundry at Bob Jones University (2)
- Jul 25 -- The Heavenly Man: Revival in China . . . and Iran (1)
- Jul 15 -- What does it mean to live in community? (6)
- May 25 -- Letter to an abuse survivor friend (0)
- Apr 4 -- The “Peace Child” story for a new generation (0)
- Mar 26 -- Free from sin (0)
- Mar 13 -- Waging warfare through Psalm 18 (1)
- Feb 11 -- Taking up offenses (7)
- Jan 26 -- How can I be strong in the Lord? (5)
- Jan 15 -- Is Satan really a defeated foe in my everyday life? (1)
- Dec 8 -- For shame, beautiful Botkins (26)
- Nov 18 -- Ephemeral and everlasting (0)
- Oct 21 -- Who is Jesus Christ to me and for me? (0)
- Jul 28 -- Ask Him what it means (0)
- Jul 14 -- Checking my motives (0)
- Jun 12 -- Is the Bible really my daily manna? (11)
- Jun 5 -- A song I love to hate (11)
- Apr 26 -- Is church attendance pleasing to God? (5)
- Mar 29 -- The lion roared (0)
- Mar 10 -- We are not able (0)
- Mar 3 -- What does it mean to be spiritually dead and alive? (4)
- Feb 9 -- Changing Perspectives (1)
- Jan 27 -- The Thick Darkness Where God Was (10)
- Jan 13 -- The Prayer of Jabez, revisited (2)
- Dec 30 -- A New Year Filled with Hope (3)
- Dec 9 -- What does real repentance look like? (14)
- Nov 18 -- How can I give grace? (14)
- Nov 1 -- Joy in darkness (2)
- Sep 30 -- It’s HARD Living by the List (6)
- Aug 12 -- Are all sins really equal? (6)
- Jul 25 -- Chief of hypocrites (1)
- Jul 20 -- Glory, glory, glory (2)
- Jul 15 -- On holiness and human waste (1)
- Jun 24 -- No more night of the living dead (0)
- Jun 10 -- Broken wall, torn curtain (1)
- May 20 -- The trump card of Romans 7 (4)
- Apr 29 -- Somebody’s perfect? (1)
- Apr 22 -- That I may know Him . . . (0)
- Apr 15 -- What would Jesus do, revisited (2)
- Apr 6 -- Resurrection now (0)
- Mar 27 -- Reading under the covers with a flashlight (1)
- Feb 28 -- You gotta laugh: hope in the midst of Alzheimer’s (3)
- Feb 14 -- Fresh Bread, Fresh Words (1)
- Nov 7 -- New book! What the Bible means to me (1)
- Sep 29 -- Joy is a response (joy part 2) (2)
- Sep 5 -- Reflections on my 54th birthday: getting old (0)
- Aug 30 -- He’s still the Hiding Place (0)
- Aug 24 -- A brief timeline of redemptive history (3)
- Jul 24 -- Garments of praise (1)
- Jun 26 -- Is praise really a sacrifice? (0)
- May 29 -- Acknowledging my inability (5)
- May 8 -- Life lessons from Bill Nye (2)
- Apr 24 -- A Resurrection psalm (1)
- Apr 3 -- The joy of Joy Ridderhof (5)
- Mar 20 -- Perhaps another opportunity in Japan (0)
- Mar 6 -- On reading through the Bible in 2011 (4)
- Feb 20 -- Leviticus: My Wilderness Book (1)
- Feb 8 -- Mother’s Day in February (6)
- Jan 16 -- Seeing beyond the screen (2)
- Jan 9 -- A Tribute to Dr. John Dreisbach, chapter 2 (1)
- Jan 2 -- Thirsty yet? (7)
- Dec 12 -- “Pronoun Trouble” in Galatians 5:16-17 (0)
- Dec 5 -- The magnifying glass of God (5)
- Nov 28 -- Celebrating Redemption (3)
- Nov 6 -- Where does your mind go? (2)
- Sep 26 -- How can I be pleasing to God? (3)
- Aug 28 -- Should my life be centered around the gospel? (0)
- Jun 26 -- I reviewed a book on Amazon: Free and Fulfilled (0)
- May 15 -- Lean hard (1)
- May 2 -- Facing anxiety attacks (1)
- Apr 16 -- The welcome behind the veil (0)
- Mar 14 -- Writing about triumph like Charles Dickens (1)
- Jan 31 -- So what’s the point of prayer? (0)
- Dec 27 -- Lessons from Teaching English as a Second Language (5)
- Dec 20 -- The peace of God at Christmas . . . and all year (0)
- Nov 28 -- A Tribute to Dr. John Dreisbach, 1922-2009 (6)
- Nov 15 -- Maturity: praying in faith or in fear? (0)
- Sep 13 -- Reflections on my 52nd birthday: the opening of the eyes (3)
- Aug 2 -- reading Tozer’s The Pursuit of God (0)
- Jul 13 -- “He must increase, but I must decrease” (0)
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