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Joe Dallas February 29, 2012

Hell? Yes. (But I Wish The Answer Was No)

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Hell? Yes. (But I Wish the Answer was No) I mentioned a couple weeks ago that there are four basic truths seeming to be “under construction” in the interest of new and improved truth: The Sinful Nature of Humanity, The Exclusivity of Christ, The Existence of Hell (this post), and The Definition of the Family. For the next two weeks, on Wednesday postings, I’d like to re-visit each of these four. Two weeks ago we discussed the sin nature; last week we Continue Reading

Filed Under: Doctrinal Matters Tagged With: Correction, Death, Doctrine, Family, Fear, Flesh, God, Grace, Hell, Help, Jesus, Job, John, Love, Porn, Purity, Scripture, Self, Sin, The World, Truth, Truths, Wisdom, Writing

Joe Dallas February 28, 2012

Considering Marriage Counseling? Then Get Your Money’s Worth!

Every Tuesday we’ll be posting an article about restoring and strengthening marriages that have been damaged by sexual sin. Hope it helps. — Considering Marriage Counseling? Then Get Your Money’s Worth! Time and again couples present themselves for counseling, saying they want their marriage improved or restored. In the interest of a better union, they’re willing to come for weekly sessions, pay a fee, and take at least an hour out of each week. Great. But so often, when the counseling starts to require negotiation, compromise, an apology or Continue Reading

Filed Under: Marriage Matters Tagged With: Counselor, Damage, God, Health, Help, Humility, Marriage, Moral, Normal, Physician, Politics, Process, Self, Sin, Spouse, Teachable, Trust

Joe Dallas February 27, 2012

The Critical Structure

Every Monday we’ll post something about maintaining your sexual integrity. Hope it helps. --- The Critical Structure Where there’s sin, there’s chaos. That’s the nature of sin – it confuses everything and everybody it touches. When there’s reformation in the Church, there’s a return to the basics (the authority of the Bible, the need for prayer, the value of worship) and the establishing of order. Likewise, if you’re getting serious about your purity, then you’re also in a personal reformation. That means you, too, need the order that Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Bible, Books, Christian, Devotion, God, Heart, Help, Integrity, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Ministry, Prayer, Purity, Scripture, Self, Sexual Integrity, Sin

Joe Dallas February 24, 2012

Random Ramblings #34: He Has Chosen Us …

Every Friday we’ll take a break from topical posts and will post some random personal thoughts. — A Cuppa Joe - Random Ramblings from a Fellow Struggler I don’t really believe in “favorite scriptures”, since all of the Word is inspired and profitable (II Timothy 3:16.) Still, there are some that inevitably come to our minds more often than others. One of those, for me, is Ephesians 1:4, a verse that swells me with godly attitude, gratitude and confidence: According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we Continue Reading

Filed Under: A Cuppa Joe Tagged With: Blame, Bless, Correction, Death, Divine, Faith, God, Grace, Jesus, John, Love, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin, Son, Sons, The World

Joe Dallas February 23, 2012

I’m Fine. No, Really. So Back Off.

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — I’m Fine. No, Really. So Back Off. The year was 1971, the church was Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, and the speaker was Chuck Smith, who is regarded today as the father of the Jesus Movement and one of the world’s finest Bible teachers. I was there as a definitely unsaved 16 year old heathen who enjoyed porn and promiscuity, and had no intention of ever abandoning either. But that night, listening to Chuck’s clear presentation of Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: Bible, Calvary Chapel, Christian, Chuck Smith, Devotion, Failure, Father, Fear, God, Grace, Heart, Help, Jesus, Jesus Movement, Love, Lust, Marriage, Ministry, Porn, Prayer, Rejoice, Relationships, Resist, Self, Son, Spirit, Spiritual, Struggles, Temptation, The World

Joe Dallas February 22, 2012

Jesus: The Way or A Way?

Every Wednesday we’ll post a message having to do with doctrine and purity. Hope it helps. — Jesus: The Way or A Way? I mentioned last week that there are four basic truths seeming to be “under construction” in the interest of new and improved truth: The Sinful Nature of Humanity, The Exclusivity of Christ (this post), The Existence of Hell, and The Definition of the Family. For the next few weeks, on Wednesday postings, I’d like to re-visit each of these four. Last week we looked at the first; today let’s address the question of Christ’s Continue Reading

Filed Under: Doctrinal Matters Tagged With: Barna, Bible, Books, Christian, Chuck Smith, Culture, Doctrine, Faith, Family, Father, God, Hell, Help, Jesus, John, Peter, Purity, Sin, Son, Spirit, Spiritual, The World, Truth, Truths, White House

Joe Dallas February 21, 2012

A Note from the Doghouse: “Honey, About That Mouth —”

Every Tuesday we’ll be posting an article about restoring and strengthening marriages that have been damaged by sexual sin. Hope it helps. — A Note from the Doghouse: “Honey, About That Mouth ---” Every so often I like to post a “Notes from the Doghouse” message, which is written in the first person, and draws from what I’ve so often heard men say in counseling: “Here’s what I’d really like to tell her ---“ In some cases, when a husband sins, the wife’s behavior has been exemplary all along. On other cases, her words or actions or both have Continue Reading

Filed Under: Marriage Matters Tagged With: Behavior, Blame, Damage, Family, God, Grace, Heart, Help, Job, Marriage, Needs, Notes From The Doghouse, Self, Selfishness, Sin, Wife

Joe Dallas February 20, 2012

Sufficient Evil

Every Monday we’ll post something to do with maintaining sexual purity. Hope it helps. — Sufficient Evil Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. - Matthew 6:34 I know something’s wrong when I repeatedly wake up wondering how I’m ever gonna make it. Too much work to do; too many projects on the back burner; too much me that’s still out of whack. There’s an hour or so, usually between 2 and 3am while it’s still dark, when I sigt bolt upright, wide awake, listing, wondering, worrying. It’s the familiar panic (familiar to me, anyway) I Continue Reading

Filed Under: Keeping It Clean Tagged With: Conflict, Father, God, Grace, Help, Jesus, Lord, Love, Needs, Purity, Resist, Sanctification, Self, Son, Temptation, Visual

Joe Dallas February 17, 2012

How Then Should We Respond? Homosexuality and The Church

I’d sure appreciate your prayers, as this weekend I’ll be speaking in Atlanta for the Love Won Out conference on homosexuality and the Church’s response. I don’t normally post on this topic since I’ve already written a number of books and articles on it, but today I would like to pass along an article I wrote for the Southern Baptist Voice back in ’02 on the subject of a Biblical response to this difficult issue. It’s a long post, but if the subject is of concern to you, I hope you’ll find this a useful read. God bless, and have a terrific Continue Reading

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Joe Dallas February 16, 2012

Your Messy Basement

Every Thursday I’ll post an article having to do with either relational or emotional matters. Hope it helps. — Your Messy Basement Years ago I leased office space in a charming old historical building in our city. It was a three story affair with nooks and crannies everywhere, including a basement and, beneath the basement, a crawlspace for storage. Several different pastors, counselors and attorneys worked out of this building, all of us proud of its rustic charm. Until the day we walked in and got a whiff of something indescribably Continue Reading

Filed Under: Relational Matters Tagged With: Affair, Basement, Behavior, Counselor, Fear, Heart, Help, Son, Wounds

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Hell? Yes. (But I Wish The Answer Was No)

Considering Marriage Counseling? Then Get Your Money’s Worth!

The Critical Structure

Random Ramblings #34: He Has Chosen Us …

I’m Fine. No, Really. So Back Off.

Jesus: The Way or A Way?

A Note from the Doghouse: “Honey, About That Mouth —”

Sufficient Evil

How Then Should We Respond? Homosexuality and The Church

Your Messy Basement

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