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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a 2-part podcast discussion. Click the play buttons below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Reading the Bible is hard. Understanding it can be nightmarish. It’s long, confusing, and says really weird stuff. Sometimes people can’t even agree on what a single sentence means! However, there’s […]
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Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) For many, our salvation story tends to involve a point in life where we realized everything else had failed us. Whether we tried to find satisfaction in work, relationships, or entertainment, Christ
A Surprising Way Idolatry Keeps Us from Surrendering to Christ Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteChristians around the world are trying to understand how to respond to a video from a small-town pastor. I’ve written a lengthy article on the subject (check it out here). I understand that it’s a hefty chunk of content to get through, so I’ve released a podcast version as well. I continue praying that, above
Podcast version of my response to Dana Coverstone’s prophetic dreams Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 22 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) Pastor Dana Coverstone is creating quite the buzz in Christian circles. He released a video where he shares some prophetic dreams he’s had. A dream from December seemed to predict the global
A Lengthy Response to Dana Coverstone’s “3 Prophetic Dreams” Video Read More »
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Why a Biblical Worldview Is Necessary for Christians Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 15 minutesThis article was requested by one of my generous supporters on Patreon. If you’d also like to support this ministry, click here. It’s been 7 years since #BlackLivesMatter began. Today, it is sweeping the country, even the world, like never before. People from all walks of life are taking sides, and Christ’s followers find themselves
Should Churches Get Involved with the Black Lives Matter Movement? Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutes(This article also includes a podcast discussion. Click the play button below, or subscribe and listen on your Apple or Google podcast app.) The Bible is a living, breathing collection of books with all kinds of writing styles, written at various points in time, each with a specific purpose in mind. God gave us this
Why You Should Own a Bible Without Verse Numbers Read More »
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Check out my new podcast episode about faith Read More »
Approximate Reading Time: 8 minutesExploring how Catholicism spawned from the early church has been quite the journey. It started as a request from one of my monthly Patreon supporters, but the more I dug into it, the more I realized how much we can learn. Although we disagree with the majority of the Catholic Church’s teachings, it’s important for
3 Dangers We Must Avoid After Splitting From the Catholic Church Read More »
