JOEL 2 GENERATION

There are so many Scriptures that we know, we memorize, we quote...but do we actually believe them? Do we "know" them more than merely in a cognitive way? When someone has been injured and they are going through rehabilitation, they don't really know how they are doing until they have "tested" themselves in some way. For example, putting weight on a leg where there has been a knee injury.  Then one walks on the leg. Eventually one attempts to run on the leg. That is exactly what the Scriptures teach when it comes to faith.  How do we KNOW that we have faith?   We can guess, we can imagine OR it can be TESTED.  And it is IN THE TESTING that we discover what our faith consists of and it is in the successful testing of our faith that we grow. James 1:3 - "for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness/endurance" Do we KNOW this? Do we believe this?  We should know it because for all those times that have been challenging but w

There are a lot of Christian voices out there right now who are sending horribly confusing messages when it comes to COVID-19 (Corona Virus).  A few years ago I made a podcast addressing the bad theology behind those messages. Here is that podcast - and I believe it is possibly even more relevant today than when I made it. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/joel2generation/episodes/2009-09-22T10_30_07-07_00 The Church didn't believe these things in the beginning.  It was sadly through the pagan and gnostic influences on St. Augustine that this poor theology that today gets propagated by Calvinism was introduced into Christianity.