Introducing The New PSF!
I have long felt inadequate as a writer for PlainSimpleFaith. Many of the topics I have addressed are bigger than me,...
What Must I Do To Be Forgiving?
You know this feeling. Someone has wronged you (either recently or in the past) and the hurt festers within you until...
Where Do Christians Draw the Line on Movies?
“Don’t watch anything you wouldn’t watch with Jesus sitting next to you.” Most of us have heard advice like this. And...
When “Book, Chapter, Verse” Becomes A Bad Thing
Few Bible characters take as much of a beating from our pulpits today as the Pharisees. It seems everyone wants his...
Jesus Died to End Abortion & Racism
My heart is heavy this week. I can’t rid my mind of the news of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville...
A Crash Course on God’s Providence
There’s some confusion about God’s providence. To be frank, I don’t quite understand it that well myself. That is not to...
A Tale of Two Gods: How Calvinism’s God & the Bible’s God are Two Very Different Gods
One very popular denominational preacher and writer, John Piper, is famous for saying that “all things” – even down to the...
Stop Saying “Everything Happens for a Reason”
After a tragedy, sometimes a well-meaning person will comment, "Everything happens for a reason." Is that so? If the person making...
The Real Meaning of Matthew 18:20
When two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in their midst. To be sure, these are words...
Protecting the Lord’s Supper: Why I Like that Little Cup & Wafer
If a Christian from the 1st century could travel forward in time to the 21st century and visit a typical worship...