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Beyond Words: Experiencing God Through His Living Word

Last updated on: July 2, 2025 at 9:00 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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If you want to get anything out of the Bible you must approach it believing it is THE WORD OF GOD. That is what you are seeking if you are reading the Bible, the word of God, not just another religious opinion. It is like looking into a window or a portal or something where you can get a glimpse of who God really is. It is in His Word that you will learn His character, His ways in a... Read more

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2025-06-27T13:12:25-04:00

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Beyond Limits: Discovering Your Fuller Identity in Christ

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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This world is suffering from an identity crisis. And because most people don’t know who they are, they wrap themselves up in all kinds of identities that still aren’t who they really are. People wrap themselves up in their sexuality, their race, their hate, even their religion, but guess what? Any of those identities will not satisfy and will just lead to more frustration that usually gets taken out on someone else. So, what is the solution? At the heart... Read more

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Unmasking the Devil: Origins, Power, and Your Authority

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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Is there such a thing as the devil? Who is the devil? Where did he come from? I think most spiritually minded people have some belief in spirits. Some people live in fear of the Devil like there is a devil behind every tree just waiting to pounce on them. Then some don’t believe there is a devil at all. Both of these positions are equally flawed and dangerous. There is a lot of misunderstanding about who the devil aka... Read more

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The Great Equalizer: Unmasking the True Roots of Inequality

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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There is a lot of screaming these days about inequality. What is really at the root of it all? We live in a time under an intense delusion of inequality. I’m not talking about the shallow front-page stuff that pits one race against another or one sexual preference against another. Most of these crusades are nothing more than this group or that group wanting special privileges and recognition under the guise of trying to convince others they are being discriminated... Read more

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

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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The Uncomfortable Truth About Our Collective Biases and the Call to Action “The wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:2-3 This is what is going on in this country. People are taking shots at the very things that hold this country together. All these socialistic mini terrorist groups are like termites gnawing away... Read more

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

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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Touching God…knowing him intimately, communicating with him, knowing his presence. There is that part of us that longs for a connection to a greater, higher power. But it isn’t the method that is most important. The Michelangelo painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of God creating man is certainly well-known, highly recognizable and iconic. The hand of Adam touching the hand of God is also, I think, very symbolic of the human need to touch God. Is it... Read more

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Faith, Flaws, and Rock Stars for Jesus

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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What happens when rock stars talk about Jesus? A reflection on grace, witness, and how God may use even the loudest messengers. I recently watched a documentary about Kid Rock’s ‘Rock The Country’ tour. A concert aimed at and performed in small towns that normally don’t get the big-name concerts. As most know Kid Rock unashamedly performs for patriotic crowds boosting and promoting patriotism and Donald Trump as president. He is endorsed by Trump and is often seen in public... Read more

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Future Bankrupt: Why Our World System Can’t Last

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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What is wrong with the world system today? Is it sustainable? This world system is like a patient on an emergency room table that is bleeding out and there are fifty or more people in the room arguing about how to save the patient. Some are doctors and some are not. Some are experts in their field and some are not. And some are…well…no one even knows how they got in the operating room to begin with. Most of them,... Read more

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2025-06-27T13:12:32-04:00

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Could Your Church Be A Cult?

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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There is a lot of misunderstanding about what a cult is these days. When you think of cults, you probably think of Jim Jones or orange saffron robes or that ring of the doorbell. And those may be examples of cults, but the best definition of a cult I have ever heard is by a cult expert, Walter R. Martin, in his very fine book, Kingdom of the Cults. He gave three tenets for identifying a cult. He said if... Read more

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How To Turn Your Pain Into Power

Last updated on: June 27, 2025 at 1:12 pm By Benjamin Raven Pressley

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Just about everyone has been through something painful in their lives. If you haven’t you probably will. I’m not saying that to bring you down and it certainly is not my wish for you. Fact is we are all born with an expiration date and we are born into a body subject to breaking down, aging, aches and pains. Jobs and careers come and go. Cars and houses and anything created by humans will eventually break down, fail or need... Read more

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