When Loxafamosity.com launched on January 1, 2000, it provided me a forum for many of my writing projects. The following links (with brief descriptions) will take you to them.
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Learn to be Content
Contentment is not optional for the Christian. It is required. God commands us to be happy and Scripture tells us how to do it.

Pursuing Crowns
Scripture is full of lavish promises of reward for those who will deny themselves the lesser and damning pleasures of the world to lay hold of the infinitely greater and eternal pleasures of heaven.

Nurturing Desperation
Until we come face to face with the severe warnings leveled at us in Scripture, it is unlikely that we will ever be terrified enough to deal radically with sin or cling radically to Christ.

Rescuing Wayward Affections
For all my talk of reward and satisfaction, I am far too often a "duty-man", coming to God in begrudging duty rather than overflowing delight. If my wayward affections aren't rescued, the implications are devastating.

To Be Loved By God
Is the love of God towards us such that He is seeking to make much of us, or is it of such a nature that He is rather trying to remove all the obstacles which keep us from making much of Him?

Sacrifice Nothing
The call to be a Christian is the call to never sacrifice the unfathomable wealth of the kingdom of God for the two-bit, low yield, here today gone tomorrow pleasures of this world.

29 Years & Counting
For 29 years now, our nation has lived under the weight of a system that grants legal sanction to the massive and brutal extermination of the most helpless members of the human race. So what should we do?

Persevere or Die
James 5:7-12 teaches us three things. 1) If you fail to persevere under trials, you will fail to attain eternal life. 2) If you are a complainer, you will be severely judged. 3) If you swear falsely, you will be condemned.

The (Sun) Devils Within
On a telling Saturday in Tempe, the worst in human nature reared its ugly head and proved that patriotism and good will are insufficient anecdotes to the problems which plague us most.

Restoring the Nations
Grave things are promised to those prophets who promise peace and safety to a world living in unrighteousness. Restoration is not offered without conditions, isn't it time we knew what those conditions are?

Wisdom is Shouting
When four hijacked commerical airliners slammed into Washington, New York, and Pennsylvania, a nation was thrown into a state of shock, anger, and mourning. There is blood on the land and wisdom is SHOUTING from the streets. The question remains...will we listen?

Nothing but Mammals?
Leave it to a group of crass twenty-somethings from the irreverent "Bloodhound Gang" to discover a simple ethical principle which seems to have escaped most everyone else.

A Place for Prayer?
Once again the Supreme Court is faced with the question as to whether or not prayer has any place in the public school system. As the two sides battle it out, it is at least the opinion of one author that both parties are missing the boat.

Resurrection Reality
The whole of Christianity hangs on the resurrection. If it can be shown to be false, the Bible can be rejected outright, but if it is true...well that would change everything.

Lebensborn Again
This past decade saw the door open on Lebensborn, Hitler's sadistic Aryan breeding program. Is bio-technology fast making such reproductive manipulation a reality in America, and if so is it any less reprehensible now?

Evolving Implications
As this country gradually embraces the notion that we are nothing more than the blind product of chance, the future grows darker and darker. The implications of an evolutionary system are far more problematic than one might think.

Faith Works: Abe & Isaac (university paper)
Few things are so misunderstood as the concept of biblical faith. In one of the most scandalous requests ever made, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his own son. . .and he said yes!

The Christian Body (university paper)
For all of this century's technological breakthroughs, there has yet to be anything that can rival the human body, and such a treasure brings with it immense responsibility.

The Church/State Debate (university paper)
This essay examines the volatile relationship which exists between church and state while noting that perfect separation is an utter impossibility.

The Long Road to Racial Remedy (university paper)
This essay examines public policy in post-Civil War America, noting the many obstacles which exist between theoretical equality and practical equality. When the law is unjust, the law must change.

The Sexualized Body (university paper)
This essay examines the growing trend in comtemporary art towards sexual perversion, paying particular attention to the controversial and often grotesque work of Robert Maplethorpe and Joel Peter Witkin.

Thomas Jefferson: A Confused "Christian" (university paper)
This essay explores the religious legacy of Thomas Jefferson, specifically his attempts to remove all reference to the deity of Christ from the Bible in pursuit of a more palatable gospel.

The Television Experience (university paper)
This piece is the product of an "Electronic Imaging" intro course in which the author was assigned to endure 12 straight hours of television so as to report on the psychological effects of such an experience.