JOEL 2 GENERATION

In recent years it seems that everyone is talking about the Nephilim. And when I say "everyone", the diversity of people talking about them is simply unprecedented. From Christians to Non-Christians. From New Agers, to End Times Bible Teachers, to the UFO community, to so-called "Truthers", to Transhumanists and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) movement. I could go on as conservative Biblical scholarship has also taken a renewed interest as many have come to reject the interpretation popularized by St. Augustine and have returned to the earliest understanding. I would have to include myself in the aforementioned crowd as I never really understood the importance of the Biblical passage (Genesis 6:1-4) that references the Nephilim ( v . 4) until very recently. I would have to thank two sources for my understanding - the Early Church Fathers before the Council of Nicaea in AD325, and the work of the late Biblical Old Testament scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser. Note: Nephil...

The currency of the Christian life has been "devalued" - let's face it, the average person doesn't see much difference between the life their Christian friends are living and the lives of their other friends. The statistics are horrifying: Our divorce rate actually exceeds the national average (to be fair, part of the reason for that is because many in the larger culture don't even bother to marry). But as I am currently in the middle of a couple of Christian marriages that are in the process of blowing up, this issue is extremely close to home. Christians are addicted to porn - the most current statistics I have is that 70% Christian men who are committed church goers are "regularly using" porn. Possibly more shockingly is that when you get to pastors, the number is 50%! No wonder so many churches don't welcome into their churches the ministries working to get people set free and healed from porn addiction! Looking at just about every other area, th...