A Dumb Joke and Links
So, I’m editing and putting the finishing touches on the fourth modesty posts right now, as well as writing the fifth and sixth. I’m also biting off far more than I can chew with my youth group: I’m...
View ArticleAddressing the Dressing IV: Hair and Roman Culture
In the previous post, we learned that women’s clothing in ancient Rome was not terribly varied: respectable women worn the stolla and palla and differentiated themselves from one another with...
View ArticleAddressing the Dressing V (Part 1): The “Other” Modesty Text
So let’s recap. In the first post, we introduced the topic and gave a broad look at the categories of women in churches that have concerns about modesty (or a total lack thereof). In the second post,...
View ArticleAddressing the Dressing V (Part 2): 1 Peter 3:5-6
In the previous post, I dug through 1 Peter 3:1-6 and unpacked the v. 1-4 of that text. I commented on how the passage addresses women who have husbands that are disobedient to God and God’s commands...
View ArticleA Crash Course on Scripture
Seeing that I haven’t been home in around a week since I had a huge tradeshow this past weekend, the modesty post that was going to be up is not ready…but I do have something to share that has been in...
View ArticleWhat’s Upcoming for WYLD C!
Hello readers and welcome to this very brief news update! What’s the news for my blog? Well, I’ve been slugging through my series on modesty and soon that will be done (possibly this week, possibly...
View ArticleAddressing the Dressing VI: Bringing It All Together…Almost
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed that I’ve been heading in a specific trajectory and there are a whole lot of practical questions that remain outstanding. Now we’re going to be covering...
View ArticleHappy Shepherd’s Conference 2016!
Well, it’s that time of year again. People are flying and driving to Los Angeles for the 2016 Shepherd’s Conference. There will be hordes of pastors/elders/Bible geeks doing all the things they can...
View ArticleGod’s Abortion Guarantee
Normally I take articles from this blog and toss them on the Cripplegate, but today I’m doing the opposite. Yes, that means that my next installment in the modesty series still isn’t finished. Sorry....
View ArticleInstapost: Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Here’s a new thing I’m doing: Instaposts. Basically like a Twitter entry, but with a tad more than 140 characters. Now that life is incredibly busy, I’ll do this to share links and other stuff. Seeing...
View ArticleAddressing the Dressing VII: The Right to Bare Arms
So we’ve made it through seven posts, covering different information about modesty than many were expecting. Today’s post is a fair bit longer than my normal length, but I’d love to finish up this...
View ArticleWhat do you do when the ‘elders’ ask you to pray?
I always tend to take from this blog and put posts on the Cripplegate. This post is going backwards; it was written for the Cripplegate and was originally posted here. Many moons ago, in the comment...
View ArticleMovie Review: God’s Not Dead 2
It’s been just over two years since the movie God’s Not Dead came out. When it came out on DVD, I saw it and wrote a review. I wasn’t a fan because God’s Not Dead wasn’t a movie about Christianity;...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: The Church of the Highlands and Chris Hodges
Boy oh boy. I am asked about stuff all the time and don’t have time to do the amount of research or study necessary to give to properly deal with some of the stuff that comes across my plate, but I...
View ArticleBible Bite: Faith to Move Mountains…
There are a bunch of passages in scripture that I used to ignore, mostly because I didn’t know what to do with them. I’m guessing that you’re possibly like me; you know that certain passages are there...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: What is the “Seven Mountains Mandate”?
If you’ve heard of the New Apostolic Reformation, you’ve heard of many strange ideas. One of those may be the “Seven Mountains Mandate.” What is that exactly? Well, the Seven Mountains Mandate is...
View ArticleGenerational Curses Part 1: An Introduction
From the very beginning of time, the wicked have been been attempting to deceive those to whom God has revealed his truth. Those deceptions have sometimes been blatant, but more often than not they’ve...
View ArticleOops! Pre-emptive post alert…again!
Due to a preemptive manifestation of artificial sentience in my wife’s personal computer, the second post in my generational curses series posted a day early. If you got it in your e-mail, RSS feed,...
View ArticleGenerational Curses Part 2: The Scriptural Support
In the last post, I took an introductory look at the subject of generational curses and explained the two streams of generational curse teaching: hard and soft generational curse theology. Soft...
View ArticleThe Blog Is Officially On Standby
I’m guessing that you were expecting this to be the third installment on my series about generational curses, but the Lord has derailed that train for an indeterminate period of time. I recently lost...
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