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January 2026

January 10, 2026

Reclaiming Biblical Community in an Individualistic World

The church, family and the world has become so individualistic. It has become so splintered...

December 2025

December 20, 2025

Are You a Child of Darkness?

Throughout scriptures believers are called children of light Ephesians 5:8-10 encourages believers, who were once...

November 2025

November 26, 2025

Are We Living Life Upside Down? Awakening From The Matrix

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a...

November 12, 2025

How Relevant Is God to You? Beyond the Sunday Wind-Up

How relevant is God to you? Is he just a religious figure? Is he just...

November 07, 2025

What Is Meant By An Answer To Prayer?

I think first of all, we should consider what is meant by an answer to...

October 2025

October 08, 2025

From Starter Faith to Spiritual Warrior

I think most people, when they think about faith, think of it being a religious...

October 02, 2025

The Divisiveness of Truth

Defining truth, you would think, would be pretty straightforward. I mean, a thing is either...

September 2025

September 24, 2025

Seeking His Presence: Why Prayer is More Than a Wish List

Prayer’s most basic definition is talking to God. But, ah, it is so much deeper...

September 18, 2025

The End That Never Was: A History of Doomsday Predictions

History is filled with predictions of the end of the world, or doomsday prophecies, that...

September 11, 2025

God, the Devil, or You: How to Know Who Is Speaking

There are a lot of voices out there screaming for your attention. Advertisers screaming at...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

Not a Better You, But a New You: True Transformation

Have you ever been to a fair or a carnival where people running booths were...

August 20, 2025

Beyond Performance: The Freedom of a Grace-Filled Life

So, what does living by Grace look like? Put simply it is being God conscious...

August 06, 2025

Grace: God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense

Grace. G.R.A.C.E. can stand for God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. That is pretty accurate. Living...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Our Role in God’s Grand Design

Does God Even Need Us? Why doesn’t God just take care of things for himself?...

July 25, 2025

The Art of Being A Friend: Reason, Season, or Lifetime

“People are in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.” I don’t...

July 16, 2025

Deep Calls to Deep: A Journey into Spiritual Growth

It is written in John 7:37-38 “In the last day, that great day of the...

July 11, 2025

Is Christianity Too Hard… Or Are We Making It That Way?

The Bidding For Your Soul All of my life, I have observed how many religious...

July 02, 2025

Beyond Words: Experiencing God Through His Living Word

If you want to get anything out of the Bible you must approach it believing...

June 2025

June 25, 2025

Beyond Limits: Discovering Your Fuller Identity in Christ

This world is suffering from an identity crisis. And because most people don’t know who...

June 20, 2025

Unmasking the Devil: Origins, Power, and Your Authority

Is there such a thing as the devil? Who is the devil? Where did he...

June 09, 2025

The Great Equalizer: Unmasking the True Roots of Inequality

There is a lot of screaming these days about inequality. What is really at the...

June 05, 2025

America’s Reckoning: Can a Divided Nation Still Stand?

The Uncomfortable Truth About Our Collective Biases and the Call to Action "The wicked bend...

June 02, 2025

Can We Really Touch God? Prayer, Meditation, and Presence

Touching God…knowing him intimately, communicating with him, knowing his presence. There is that part of...

May 2025

May 28, 2025

Faith, Flaws, and Rock Stars for Jesus

What happens when rock stars talk about Jesus? A reflection on grace, witness, and how...

May 22, 2025

Future Bankrupt: Why Our World System Can’t Last

What is wrong with the world system today? Is it sustainable? This world system is...

May 02, 2025

How To Turn Your Pain Into Power

Just about everyone has been through something painful in their lives. If you haven’t you...

April 2025

April 24, 2025

The Significance Of The Two Trees In The Garden Of Eden

This week I welcome a guest blogger named Dani’El Garvin. He is a Miq'Maq Elder,...

April 18, 2025

Is Our Inner Peace Up To Us Or God?

Is our inner peace something we have to work up, wind up or pay up...

April 07, 2025

Speaking in Tongues: Gift, Controversy, or Both?

Is Speaking In Tongues For Today? I have seen very few subjects that seem to...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

Darkness vs. Evil Turning The Darkness Into Light

Darkness, in its simplest definition, is just the absence of light. Darkness is not a...