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2026-08-07T17:47:43-04:00

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Why You Shouldn’t Offer Unsolicited Advice

Last updated on: August 7, 2026 at 5:47 pm By Frank Viola

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Last week, I talked about a major problem that sabotages relationships. If you’re having trouble with any relationship, you’ll want to check it out. And perhaps read it twice. Based on the response, the problem I addressed is far bigger than I thought. So thanks for all the feedback. Now on to today’s subject. I want to introduce you to another relationship destroyer, especially in friendships. It is offering unsolicited advice. (I’m talking about to fellow adults, not your crumb... Read more

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2026-07-05T08:50:23-04:00

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The Dangerous Cost of Forgetting Where We Came From

Last updated on: July 5, 2026 at 8:50 am By Frank Viola

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Yesterday, America celebrated her 250th anniversary (the Declaration of Independence and her birth as a nation). A recent poll found nearly half (46%) of Americans don’t know what America’s 250th anniversary commemorates. It’s worse among younger people: 61% of Gen Z respondents couldn’t answer correctly, with just 39% getting it right. Here’s the thing about being human. We’re wired for narrative. Not facts, not dates, not trivia, but story. Strip away someone’s sense of where they came from, and you’ve... Read more

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2026-06-30T07:51:46-04:00

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An Amazing Chronological Bible

Last updated on: June 30, 2026 at 7:51 am By Frank Viola

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Tyndale recently sent me a copy of their new Chronological Bible. And I’m super impressed with it. Out of all the Bibles I’ve held in my hands, the NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, Second Edition is cosmetically the most beautiful. It’s a thoughtfully designed study Bible that reshapes the reading experience around the unfolding story of Scripture, pairing the familiar Life Application framework with a time-ordered presentation of the biblical text. For readers who want to trace redemptive history as a... Read more

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2026-08-07T17:57:57-04:00

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Praying With a Hate-Filled Heart

Last updated on: August 7, 2026 at 5:57 pm By Frank Viola

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I marvel in disbelief when some professing Christians I know tell me they pray to God every night, yet live their lives are full of anger and hatred toward people they disagree with politically (or theologically). Let me give you an example. Demetrius Splitkin lives in the United States. He’s older than most of you. Demetrius loves his country, and he’s a news junkie. Mr. Splitkin tells his friends, “I pray every night to God that ____ will win the... Read more

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2026-06-26T08:06:26-04:00

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This is Sabotaging Your Relationships

Last updated on: June 26, 2026 at 8:06 am By Frank Viola

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Let me give you one of the ingredients for sabotaging your relationships. I’m talking about ANY relationship, whether it be with your girlfriend, boyfriend, friends, husband, wife, children, parents, co-workers, acquaintances, and all your virtual social media “friends.” The great relationship sabotager I’m speaking about is called OUTCOME DEPENDENCE. What is outcome dependence? Outcome dependence is doing something for someone else in order to achieve a certain outcome. Example: Your friend is hiring and you apply for the job. He... Read more

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2026-06-23T05:56:07-04:00

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Kingdom Apprenticeship

Last updated on: June 23, 2026 at 5:56 am By Frank Viola

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I have stated in the past that if Dallas Willard were still alive, we’d be friends. I’m confident he would find deep resonance with my book Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and I would have invited him to be one of my conversation partners on The Insurgence Podcast. (I’ve had 7 conversation partners for the podcast in all, Michael Heiser being one of them.) Unfortunately, I was exposed to Willard’s ministry after he passed. This brings me to... Read more

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2026-06-19T07:37:12-04:00

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A Word to My Miracle-Doubting Friends

Last updated on: June 19, 2026 at 7:37 am By Frank Viola

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“Faith is taking that first step even if you don’t see the whole staircase.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that always forgets to wear its mask when it leaves the house (“always” is relative). This is part 2 of a two-part series. Yesterday I shared Part 1 – A Word to My Miracle-Obsessed Friends. If you haven’t read it, you should. And I hope you’ll share the link with those... Read more

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2026-06-19T08:09:39-04:00

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A Word to My Miracle-Obsessed Friends

Last updated on: June 19, 2026 at 8:09 am By Frank Viola

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“Any work that exalts the Holy Ghost or the gifts of the Spirit above Jesus will finally end up in fanaticism.” ~ Frank Bartleman Welcome to another Thursday UNFILTERED blog post, the only blog that appreciates non-boring book titles like How to Tell if Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist (and if he is, should you break up with him?). This is part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 will drop tomorrow. It’s “A Word to My Miracle-Doubting Friends.” If you’ve... Read more

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2026-06-12T06:23:22-04:00

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God Hasn’t Forsaken His Eternal Purpose

Last updated on: June 12, 2026 at 6:23 am By Frank Viola

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The arc of God’s universe is long, but it bends towards His eternal purpose. Regrettably, even though I and others have been banging the drum of God’s eternal purpose for years, most Christians still have no idea what it is. And right now, many who understand the divine purpose have lost sight of it, being distracted by an obsession with the political system. So what’s needed today is a re-grounding in God’s eternal purpose. No other book in the New Testament presents the eternal... Read more

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2026-06-12T06:18:25-04:00

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Don’t Let Your Relationship With Jesus Slip

Last updated on: June 12, 2026 at 6:18 am By Frank Viola

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We are living in difficult times. And the future is unknown. It’s vital, therefore, that we nurture our relationship to Jesus Christ and press into knowing Him on a regular basis. In Willard Harley’s marvelous book on marital relationships – His Needs, Her Needs – Harley observes that in order for couples to stay emotionally connected, they need to spend 15 hours a week together. The point there is that for any relationship to flourish, there must be intentional time spent for... Read more

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