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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Bouncing Back in the Spirit—Why Your Best Is Yet to Come

Plan, plan, plan, goal-set and make resolutions. We're told everywhere we turn to plan, create goals and set resolutions. All of which will help you reach your final destination, from weight loss to career ...

Created on 20 January 2017

17. Prophetically Aligning With God's Activity Around You

I've been working through Experiencing God (again), and I find myself pondering "Reality One: God is Always at Work Around You." This is summed up in John 5:17: "Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working ...

Created on 20 January 2017

18. Strategically Strengthening Your Spirit in the Middle of Maddening Chaos

David, the great Old Testament figure, was no stranger to discouragement, fatigue, fear, confusion, doubt, bad decisions and second chances. Like refreshing rain on parched ground, his raw humanity, disarming ...

Created on 20 January 2017

19. 5 Early-Warning Signs You Desperately Need a Spiritual Recharge

What if you could plug your soul in for a long recharge the way you do your phone every night? If you're like me, the "juice" on my phone can slide into the red zone, and I don't even notice. An emergency-like ...

Created on 19 January 2017

20. 2 Decisive Steps America Must Take to Escape Jezebel's Stranglehold

Discouragement and despair are horrible taskmasters. They wear at your soul. The psalmist David wrote, "For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to ...

Created on 19 January 2017