Articles, Essays and Other Writings
This page features a collection of my writings covering a span of more than 25 years. Included are blog posts, sermon transcripts, articles from James and Dave’s Bible Page, book reviews, relevant school papers and news columns from the Daily Beacon and the Tennessee Journalist.
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- Abortion Violence No Solution
- Alcohol: To Imbibe Or Not To Imbibe?
- Apostles and Prophets Today
- Are You Sure You Believe In Christ’s Teachings?
- Babies In Heaven
- Bethlehem’s Treasure: A Christmas Meditation
- Bible Keys To Victorious Prayer
- Biblical Church Discipline
- Biblical Inerrancy and Alleged Contradictions
- Bullfrogs & Butterflies: What Is Meant By The Term Born Again?
- Bullfrogs and Butterflies 2: Why the New Birth Is Necessary
- Bullfrogs and Butterflies 3: What About Those Who Have Never Heard?
- Calvinist/Arminian Controversy, The
- Case For School Choice, The
- Christ the Charismatic
- Christians and Suffering
- Christians Must Denounce Anti-Semitism
- Christians No Foes To Progress
- Church and You, The
- Church and You 2, The: Frequently Asked Questions
- Church, State and Theocracy
- Compassionate Conservativism Revisited
- Confessions of a Political Independent
- Confronting Doctrinal Disputes Biblically
- “Conversion Therapy” Controversy, The Part 1
- “Conversion Therapy” Controversy, The Part 2
- Cross: Violent Grace, The
- Cure For “Rapture Fever,” The
- “Cussing Christians” and “Swearing Saints”
- Darwinian Paradox, The
- Denominational Charismatics: The Fire Within
- Dietary Laws: Can a Christian Eat a BLT? (Expanded and Updated)
- Divine Healing: A Biblical Overview
- Doctrine and the Christian Life
- Does God Hate?
- Early Spiritual Memories
- Election Year Sanity
- Equality Must Go Both Ways
- Evaluating the Legacy of Jerry Falwell
- “F Word” Needs Clearer Definition
- ”Fake News?”
- First, the Bad News
- Freedom in God’s Forgiveness
- Galileo’s Quest For a Rational Faith
- “Goat Herders?” Why Educated People Should Know the Bible
- God Is…
- Good TV, Bad Theology: A Response To the West Wing Bible Scene
- “Happy Holidays,” Tolerance and Common Sense
- Heaven, Hell, Eternity and You
- ”Here To Take Over?” Thoughts on Biblical Dominion
- Hold Your Head Up!
- Holy Living Is Wholely Living
- Holy Living 2: The Sanctification Factor
- Holy Living 3: Legalism-Counterfeit Holiness
- Humor In the Bible
- Israel: Yesterday, Today and Forever (With David Pope)
- Issues of Life 1: Abortion
- Issues of Life 2: Capital Punishment
- Issues of Life 3: Self Defense, Firearms and the Military (With David Pope)
- Jesus and Genesis
- Jesus and Genesis 2: Walking Through Creation With Christ
- Jesus and Homosexuality
- Jesus and the Scriptures
- Jesus: Conservative or Liberal?
- Jesus: Conservative or Liberal? Part 2: Jesus, Money and the Poor
- Jesus: Conservative or Liberal? Part 3: Biblical Stewardship, Charity and Welfare
- Jesus The Messiah
- Jesus vs Religion
- King James Only? (With David Pope)
- Making Peace In a Warring World
- Manger, Cross and Crown
- Mark 16: 9-20 Is For Real!
- Ministry: A Call Without Compromise
- Ministry, Money and Manipulation
- Misconceptions About Faith Based Charity
- Mourne At Birth, Rejoice At Death?
- My Methodist Years
- My Pentecostal Journey
- Myth of Secular Government, The
- Overcoming Life’s Trials: A Survival Guide
- Pentecost: God Breathes
- Politics and the Christian Voter
- Portrait of Jesus
- Priorities In Prayer
- Preachers and Politics
- Pro-Life Reasoning Not Limited To Conservatives, Religious
- Prosperity: A Biblical Overview
- Prosperity 2: Checks and Balances
- “Prosperity Gospel” Controversy, The Part 1
- “Prosperity Gospel” Controversy, The Part 2
- Racism and the “Curse of Ham”
- Real Place Called Hell, A Part 1 (With David Pope)
- Real Place Called Hell, A Part 2 (With David Pope)
- Receiving God’s Forgiveness
- Reincarnation Dilemma, The
- Resurrection Realities: The Miracle of Easter
- Review: A New Kind of Conservative by Joel Hunter
- Review: Rogersville (Then And Now) by Randy Ball and Rodney Ferrell
- Review: Salvation On Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington
- Review: The Expository Genius of John Calvin by Steven Lawson
- Review: Walking Through Grief by Mark Medley
- “Sacred Style”-What the Bible Says About Our Appearance
- Sandy Adcox: A Tribute
- Scorecard For a Healthy Church
- Selah: Rediscovering Biblical Meditation
- “Seriously, But Not Literally?” Interpreting the Bible Like Jesus Did
- SEX!!!!!!!!!!
- Sin and Repentance
- ”Slain In the Spirit” and Other Oddities
- Snakes and Scripture
- Speaking In Tongues: Frequently Asked Questions
- Speaking In Tongues Frequently Asked Questions 2: Are Tongues For All?
- Speaking In Tongues Frequently Asked Questions 3: Benefits of Tongues
- Spirit Shines Forth, The
- “Strange Fire?” The Dilemma of Cessationism
- Tale of Two Rainbows, A
- Ten Commandments and Religious Liberty, The
- Think! Loving God With Your Mind
- This Is Sabbath
- Troubling Bible Passages 1: Slavery
- Troubling Bible Passages 2: Genocide
- Troubling Bible Passages 3: The Death Penalty
- Trump Paradox, The
- Unpardonable Sin? The
- Vegetarianism, Animal Rights and Christian Ethics
- What Is a Full Gospel Christian?
- When Left Is Right
- Why Water Baptism?
- Word of Faith: A Biblical Overview, The
- Word of Faith Controversy, The