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June 2020

June 01, 2020

God’s Fatherly Heart on the George Floyd Horror

As lawful and peaceful protests, along with some unlawful rioting, erupt around the nation following...

September 2018

September 25, 2018

4 Things You Need to Know About the Holy Spirit to Live a Spirit-Filled Life

For Spring break one year, I took my family to the beach. Unfortunately, it was...

September 17, 2018

What Mark Driscoll and Family Have Been Up To

The big lesson that God has been teaching us in recent years is that everything...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Not Everyone Dies and Goes to a “Better Place”

Some students at a major state university approached me for help on a research project...

July 18, 2018

Are Christians Just Mean People?

People outside the church have always thought we Christians are mistaken about Jesus and His...

July 11, 2018

“There are lots of religions and I’m not sure only ONE has to be the right way.”

From our standpoint as Christians, a world full of religious options boils down to two...

July 05, 2018

Jesus Christ Is No Hypocrite

Judas Iscariot is the scoundrel of the Scriptures. Jesus taught him, loved him, and invested...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

What’s the Different Between a Christian Sinner and a Hypocrite?

In an effort to determine the most common objections to Christianity I commissioned a massive...

June 21, 2018

What Is a Christian Hypocrite?

What is a Christian? A Christian is someone who is undergoing a theological, moral, and...

June 12, 2018

Shocking Revenge Obituaries and 5 Reasons to Forgive TODAY!

Can you imagine if your obituary said this: “She abandoned her children…and will now face judgment…She...

June 06, 2018

Who Are the Real Christians?

The couple sat in my office and told me they were having marital problems. I...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

“Most Christians are hypocrites.”

The cycle seems to never get old. Some Christian supposedly says or does something that...

May 16, 2018

“Our Nation is Built on Freedom From Religion”

Many Christians are in an uncomfortable position discerning how to live in this post-Christendom and...

May 09, 2018

“I don’t like how some Christian groups meddle in politics”

If you want to have painful conversations that ruin your relationships, perhaps a good place...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

“Jesus was this loving individual, he didn’t exclude people because they’re different…”

Christianity is about love that changes people. We should in love accept people wherever they...

April 18, 2018

“the Christian religion and I have different views on social issues like abortion or gay marriage.”

I have been a Senior Pastor for roughly twenty years. And while my neighbors have...

April 05, 2018

Bigotry Against Christianity

Being a Christian today is a lot like being a kid and someone calls you...

March 2018

March 29, 2018

God is Intolerant

While the Bible says nothing about God being tolerant, it speaks often about God and...

March 22, 2018

Everyone, Including You, Is an Intolerant Hypocrite

Intolerance is not just a Christian issue but a human issue. It is not a...

March 16, 2018

Jesus Freaks are Intolerant Bigots

If there was one objection to Christianity that exploded to prominence in our research, it...

March 14, 2018

“I had a friend that…got born again and evangelical, and it broke my heart.”

As a Christian there are many moments in life when you wonder whether the person...

March 07, 2018

“…the Christian Church … Breeds Hate and Intolerance and Fear”

Many people take issue in very specific ways with what Christians believe and how we...

March 02, 2018

Christians Might Be Crazy

"Yeah, Christians might be crazy.” That was my honest answer to the guy who asked...

February 2018

February 02, 2018

3 Reasons Why Your Spouse Should Be Your Standard of Beauty

God’s plan is not that we have a standard that we compare our spouse to....

January 2018

January 30, 2018

What the Bible Says About Gender, Marriage, Fornication, Adultery, Rape, Incest, Homosexuality, Bestiality, and Prostitution

Christians and non-Christians end up disagreeing about sex, and most everything else, because they start...

January 23, 2018

Parenting Lessons From Jesus’ Childhood

God became a child. At every age, children can relate to Jesus, because Jesus was...

January 19, 2018

3 Kinds of People Parents Need to Know About

To protect their children, parents should learn to be discerning and began to examine the...

January 15, 2018

Teaching Kids Truths vs. Lies

When one of our sons was little, he spent the better part of a day...

January 12, 2018

7 Tips for Helping Kids Learn the Bible

Some of our best parental memories from when our five children were young involve bedtime....

January 08, 2018

5 Options to Educate Your Child

A Christian parent has a lot of complicated variables to consider in choosing how their...