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Announcing my new YouTube channel! I started a new YouTube channel that's focused on surprises in the Bible and little known truths hidden in scripture. Check it out by clicking the link HER… Read More
2023-07-13 16:42
2022-11-17 05:05
About six months ago, I visited an Anglican church. I was expecting to find a church more focused on liturgical ritual than authentic belief. I thought it would be made up of older peo… Read More
2022-06-30 10:24
I recently completed the first draft of a book about how everyday Christians can live a supernatural life. Below is an excerpt. If you'd like to receive updates on the the full book will be… Read More
2022-05-09 12:13
1. Salvation already happened in the Apostles’ generation. (Matthew 24:13 & 34, 17:17, Acts 2:40)2. The past salvation event affects all generations. (Hebrews 5:9)3. Therefore salv… Read More
2022-02-08 14:34
2021-12-06 13:13
I started writing this blog to help me clarify and hone the things God was teaching me. I used this blog as an opportunity to share that teaching with others as I learned. Using a blog was… Read More
2021-10-04 13:26
In this gospel series, we’ve explored a lot of ideas from scripture that are rather controversial, because they are quite different than what is taught in many churches. Some of these… Read More
2021-06-02 05:19
Being in sin is walking in your flesh. The opposite of being in the flesh is being in the Holy Spirit. If you have been freed from sin, you’re free to walk in the Holy Spirit. But I sa… Read More
2021-03-28 03:27
Talk to many Christians today about the gospel, and they would have you think that belief is the whole gospel. But we’ve already seen, there is a lot more to the gospel than that. In f… Read More
2020-09-07 02:11
Jesus' Command to the ApostlesBaptisms today are almost always done in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I'm so used to it, I went years without giving it a second thought… Read More
2020-03-16 04:37
The gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven is not a person or an event that you put your faith in. It is not a belief system. It is not passive. The gospel has power. It changes you. It gives you a… Read More
2019-12-26 19:36
There are certain times in the life of a Christian when one is expected to give his testimony: before baptism, at summer camp, applying to go on a mission trip, attending a new Bible study… Read More
2019-11-04 02:33
As the 2020 Presidential elections quickly approach, the US political war is intensifying. Sometimes, I consider my wife lucky that she's not a US citizen and can't vote. But then again, she… Read More
2019-10-20 00:50
At the cornerstone of modern Christian teaching is frequently the doctrine that salvation is by faith alone. However, many of the scriptures I gave in my last post assert that there are requ… Read More
2019-07-22 16:15
In my last post, we discussed the righteous and loving judgement of God. Many church goers suppose that this judgement doesn’t apply to them because they are saved by grace through fai… Read More
2019-07-08 01:36
The question of how a loving God could condemn people to the lake of fire is one of those questions that Christians have a hard time understanding and unbelievers have a hard time accepting… Read More
2018-12-07 11:10
It's been a long time since my last post. But in my defense, wow, a lot has been happening in my life! In the past few months, I moved to a new country, got married to my fiancée, don… Read More
2018-08-23 11:23
In my last post, we discussed the strategies of our spiritual enemy against us. Now you might be asking, "how do I overcome my spiritual enemy?" First, you have to understand that even belie… Read More
2018-07-30 11:20
I’ve been thinking a lot about spiritual warfare. Five minutes on the internet will reveal so many possible opinions on what spiritual warfare actually is, from prayer to God to fighti… Read More
2018-07-14 11:41
You can't get far in charismatic circles without encountering people who "get drunk in the Spirit". Is this biblical? What's wrong with spiritual drunkenness? Isn't God ok with having a litt… Read More
2018-06-29 22:47
This is the final post I have planned in this blog series on men and women in ministry. We've explored almost all of the passages in the Bible that reveal what a godly relationship between m… Read More
2018-06-19 20:58
In the previous post, we started looking at New Testament passages about the roles of men and women in the church. Paul's letter to the Corinthians first discusses headcoverings. But there i… Read More
2018-05-26 02:08
In my previous posts, we’ve been exploring how God created men and women with differences and how these differences give them different roles in society. Since Christians have their ow… Read More
2018-04-24 10:18
An Atheist once asked a Pastor to prove that God is real. "Well that's easy," said the Pastor. "Just come to my church this Sunday and you'll experience his presence first-hand."
That Sunda… Read More
2018-04-11 11:01
Did you know that you can learn to pray for healing? Jesus said, "And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues… Read More
2018-04-11 10:59
The purpose of Jesus' Assembly is to strengthen each other for battle.
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church [assembly] and gave Himself up for her, so that He mi… Read More
2018-04-11 10:58
A new movement of God is afoot in the church. There is a growing desire in Christianity to turn God's Assembly from a higharchial institution into an organic community with a model… Read More
2018-04-11 10:57
Somewhere deep inside all of us, we know that God is real. But finding evidence of God's existence can seem difficult. There is no reason God shouldn't interact with us, so where are the mir… Read More
2018-04-11 10:56
We have discussed how the Assembly is a community of believers to equip them to make more disciples and grow the Kingdom. But what exactly do these believers believe in? They… Read More
2018-04-11 10:55
Just like the United States has a constitution that has to be interpreted and applied to specific situations by the Supreme Court, Jewish teachers interpreted and applied their Law to their… Read More
2018-04-04 06:47
When I read about the beginning of the world in Genesis, I’ve always found it interesting how Eve got her name. The woman gave into temptation and sinned. The man chose the woman over… Read More
2018-04-04 06:46
Since the first man and woman walked on earth, humanity has been plagued with a curse of men and women fighting for control over each other. This curse is the reason men have dominated women… Read More
2018-04-04 06:45
Jesus’ relationship to the church is a godly romance that brings a restored relationship between men and women. Our ideals of romance today are directly inspired by Jesus' demonstratio… Read More
2018-04-04 06:41
The differences between men and women, both physical and behavioral, are centered around bearing and caring for children, because our flesh’s highest priority is self preservation. We… Read More
2018-03-29 20:34
What is the church?
Spirituality in the world is changing. As pastors in the Western world wonder why attendance in their churches is plummeting, the number of Christians in the South and Ea… Read More
2018-03-29 20:33
I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly.
-Jesus
The common English translation of Jesus’ words substitutes the word “church” for… Read More
2018-03-29 20:32
Leadership is key to order in the church
What’s the most annoying church experience you can think of? Maybe someone going on and on about some insignificant announcement with no one to… Read More
2018-03-24 01:48
God created the world with a beautiful balance between men and women. So why are people today fighting for equality? We must go way back to the first man and woman to find the origin of sexi… Read More
2018-03-18 04:59
While western society pretty much agrees that sexism is bad, the views among those who believe in God are much more diverse. Some churches teach that women should sit on their own side of th… Read More
2018-03-18 04:58
Oxford University had a problem: men were consistently testing higher than women in science and math. So they tried to help the women out by lowering their standards and allowed students ext… Read More
2018-02-27 16:55
What’s the difference between church and bowling night?
Well… not as much as you might think. As we discussed in this blog post, the church evolved from Jesus’ words abou… Read More
2018-02-27 14:25
I’ve pretty much just been blogging against mainstream Christianity, and I’m still getting new subscribers somehow, so I guess we’ll just keep going and see what happens!… Read More
2018-02-27 14:17
Where did the church go wrong?
Unfortunately, churches today look much different from the ideas we’ve been discussing in this blog.
We’ve reduced church from a way of life to a… Read More
2018-02-27 14:16
Church is for believers
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And th… Read More
2018-02-26 15:59
This blog have thus far focused on the question what is the church? To answer this question, we looked in detail at the very first mention of the church in whole Bible. From this passag… Read More
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