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On Doing Good Works
Some food for thought from my sermon last Sunday: since all Christian’s are created for and called to do good works (Eph. 2:10), we...
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Coastlands Church
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Resisting Natural Evil
There are two agents of evil in the empirical world: man and nature. People generally accept that there is an obligation to stop man’s...
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Coastlands Church
Jul 11, 20244 min read
In Defense of Reckless
No contemporary Christian song garners as much criticism as the Cory Asbury song "Reckless Love" where we find this line: "Oh the...
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Coastlands Church
Jan 9, 20242 min read
The First Civil Disobedience
Exodus 1:15-21. The first recorded act of civil disobedience in the Bible presents for us the justification of all true civil...
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Coastlands Church
Jul 21, 20237 min read
San Diego Pride Parade Outreach 2023
For two years it has been on my heart to reach out to the increasingly popular, sexually deviant culture. This year I finally had the...
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Coastlands Church
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Happy Juneteenth
"Happy Juneteenth! Don't forget, slave laws and anti-literacy laws occurred simultaneously. They aimed not only to enslave individuals...
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Coastlands Church
Mar 13, 20232 min read
Jesus Revolution
This movie moved me. I consider myself a product of the Jesus movement. So many of those who have guided me and loved me came from this...
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Coastlands Church
Feb 13, 202310 min read
A Christian response to Brian McLaren’s Adventures in Missing the Point; Truth
Recently, one of my former students brought me an article by prominent postmodernist Brian McLaren. The excerpt was from a book titled...
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Coastlands Church
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Blessedness
At its most basic level, blessedness is the place of human flourishing. Psalm 1 paints the picture of a firmly rooted tree, strong and...
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Coastlands Church
Oct 12, 20229 min read
Bad Ideas: A Case Study on Eugenics and Transgenderism
If ideas have consequences, bad ideas have bad consequences. But what if those bad ideas become massively popular? History has shown us,...
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Coastlands Church
Jun 21, 20221 min read
The Narrow Path
The secret to the narrow road is the beauty and peace of divine company. A narrow road is rarely safe. The entrance is sometimes just a...
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Coastlands Church
May 23, 20222 min read
Fulfill the Law
One of the most misunderstood passages in Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount is His introduction for the interpretation of the Law in...
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Coastlands Church
May 6, 20222 min read
Roe vs Wade
With the imminent rescission of Row vs Wade I’ve watched and heard numerous conversations on the matter of abortion, ethics, and law....
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Coastlands Church
Apr 12, 20221 min read
A Father’s “No.”
Do you know what the most powerful word a dad says is? Just one word: It’s “no” N-O No, you can’t eat cake for dinner. No, you can’t...
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Coastlands Church
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Christ who Strengthens me
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I’ve changed my mind twice now on this scripture. This often memorized and often...
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Coastlands Church
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Religious Monsters
Religious monsters. I’ve met them, you’ve met them: always either depressed/not good enough or massively prideful, comparing, and fake-...
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Coastlands Church
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Love is Love
Love is love. I see it on little signs in people’s yards. What people are trying to say is that romantic affection and sexual acts are...
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Coastlands Church
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Darkness Was Not Created
Darkness. Interesting to note that darkness was not created, but it is identified. It’s the state of being before any light- the first...
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