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1. This Big Lie in American Christianity Is Making Us Weak ...

It was another eye-opener to me when in recent articles I shone a light on the gain-is-godliness-carnal-prosperity message and received comments from readers, even friends, accusing me of judging—with ...

Created on 23 August 2018

2. It May Hurt, but This Is the Only Way Jesus Can Set You Free From Fear

Much is made of the fact that Nicodemus "came to Jesus by night." In my opinion, it is much ado about nothing. John's Gospel mentions his nocturnal meeting with Jesus three times. This minor detail has ...

Created on 10 August 2018

3. Alpha Course Changes Hearts and Lives

The Alpha Course is changing lives across the world. Enjoy this powerful video featuring "Emma" of Mexico. Despite her initial resistance to the course due to her grief over her sister's death Alpha has ...

Created on 02 August 2018

4. Why Your Faith Should Go Beyond 'Safe'

I once had a Christian publisher who wouldn't allow me to mention baptism or a cross necklace or even heaven in my book. I don't publish with them anymore, but they are not entirely to blame. The problem ...

Created on 25 July 2018

5. How Almighty God and the Bible Have Influenced our Founding Fathers, Supreme Court, Congress, Education System

Hobby Lobby's 2018 Independence Day advertisement is a reminder to the citizens of the land of the free and the home of the brave: "Blessed in the nation whose God is the Lord." The national arts-and-crafts ...

Created on 03 July 2018

6. Modern Christianity Has One Fatal Flaw ...

... art of our lives in America. There are Enlightenment overtones and emphases in Western Christianity without us realizing it. It is all we have ever known. The Enlightenment proposed that all of man's pro ...

Created on 03 May 2018

7. How to Spot Imitation Christianity ...

Our American culture is one of emulation. People emulate athletes, movie stars, celebrities and so on. Emulation is rampant in our culture. In fact, it is so rampant that for decades it has become pervasive ...

Created on 15 February 2018

8. When People From the Bible Did the Unthinkable, They Experienced the Miraculous

When Mia K. Wright read the Bible, she noticed a pattern: The people who experienced the extraordinary did unordinary things. In her book Unthinkable (March 6, 2018) Wright challenges readers to push past ...

Created on 24 January 2018

9. Can We Have Values and Virtues in a Post-Christian Culture?

In response to the revelations of newly enabled #MeToo victims and advocates, highly-paid and award-winning actor Matt Damon believes we must acknowledge a "spectrum of behavior" in our current national ...

Created on 28 December 2017

10. What a Navy SEAL Can Teach Us About Real Christian Brotherhood

I'm one of many in my generation who has been taught more about our individual walk with Jesus than about how all of us believers are one body. Only recently has the reality of this truth about the church ...

Created on 29 November 2017

11. Why Muslims Are Abandoning Allah and Turning to Jesus in Record Numbers

Present world conditions show us that the stage is being set for a grand finale. It's clear to me that Islam is about to take some serious losses. It will be greatly weakened as we approach the day of ...

Created on 04 October 2017

12. This Is What Happens When a City Obeys Psalm 33:12

If you listen to my podcast or follow Bethel Church you probably know that lately God has been speaking to me about Redding, the city I call home. I have a fire burning in my heart to see my city become ...

Created on 14 June 2017

13. 10 Telltale Signs You Lack a Biblical Worldview

Through the years, I have discovered that the average Christian and a large number of church ministers lack a biblical worldview. By biblical worldview, I am referring to interpreting all of life through ...

Created on 14 June 2017

14. 6 More Toxic Stages of Performance-Focused Christianity ...

Note: This is part two of a two-part series. For part one, click here. Getting free of performance-based Christianity will revolutionize your life, but I have found that many people need to untangle themselves ...

Created on 22 May 2017

15. The Surprising Spiritual Battle Over Biblical Archaeology

One of the great resources available to those interested in learning from the past is the Biblical Archaeology Review magazine. The BAR, as it is affectionately known, provides current information on historical ...

Created on 28 April 2017

16. Why Holy Spirit Won't Let You Enter This Place Empty-Handed

When the Magi from the East arrived at the home of Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, they did not come to see the King of the Jews empty-handed. They brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Lord ...

Created on 24 January 2017

17. Expose This Lying Thief if You Want to Walk in Your God-Designed Destiny

As I've been reading the book Charis—The Power of Grace, I have been inspired time and again to look at failure from a totally new perspective.  As a recovering perfectionist, it's often a great challenge ...

Created on 24 January 2017

18. This Fruit of the Spirit Equips You to Shine in a Mean-Spirited World

Listening is tough. So is holding our tongue. Maybe that's why the Bible instructs us to do both. The writer of James tells us, "But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger" (James ...

Created on 23 January 2017

19. A Christ-Focused Widow's 2 Keys to Healing in Excruciating Sorrow

... ait to feel no pain before you engage—or re-engage—in the purpose for which God still has you on this Earth. Our western culture and western Christianity has too often given the impression that the goal ...

Created on 23 January 2017

20. Billy Graham's Daughter Offers Post-Inauguration Appeal to Heaven

"Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our ...

Created on 23 January 2017