JOEL 2 GENERATION

This past week I attended an event where the Gospel was BOLDLY proclaimed on a college campus. I won't mention the name of the ministry as this blogpost illustrates a common approach by evangelistic ministries that could have easily been dozens of other well-known ministries. Skeptics, atheists, Muslims, LGBTQ+ students were all interacting with the speakers who presented. It was open Q&A. It was done honorably and respectfully (from ALL sides I should not fail to mention).  Beyond the microphones up front, there were many other "Gospel conversations" taking place amidst the large crowd.  What I am about to say might not apply across the board, but it did apply to the conversations I witnessed and it completely applied to the Gospel presentation that was going forth publically from the microphone at the front. The Gospel was being preached and yet there was no offer whatsoever (or expectation?) that the truth of the Gospel would be demonstrated in some other way.  Wha...

One of our mentors used to say that that "the greatest miracle God will do is to purify and unify His Church before Jesus returns".  At the time, I didn't know what to think about his assertion. I realize now that our mentor wasn't simply using hyperbole to make a teaching point. He was speaking the truth about such a thing being "the greatest miracle"! Of course, Christians will debate IF this is something Jesus will actually do before He Returns. Some Christians ONLY except such a miracle to take place after His Second Coming.  Again, it takes very little faith to believe Jesus will return for a "beat up girlfriend" whereas it does require faith to believe He will return for a "beautiful Bride"! And don't get me started regarding those who reduce all talk of Christ's work of sanctification as merely "positional" and not "actual"! Returning to the discussion of the "state" of the Body of Christ today...

Fighting against centuries of "theological thinking" (much of it if we are honest amounts to UNBELIEF), we have been convinced that much of what we read in our New Testaments doesn't "really" apply to us today. Can we 'really' live like Jesus?  Except for a rare few, most teachers don't hold out the expectation that we can do what Jesus did. And if you do, you will quickly be labeled a false teacher. (and yes, I have some experience to back my claim!) So, for the sake of argument, let's give them/you? that one. The life Jesus lived, and in particular the Kingdom power He moved in, isn't to be aspired to. An entire theology known as "Cessationism" contends that such miracles "ceased" with the death of the Apostles in the 1st Century AD. If only such scholars were familiar with the the 2nd and 3rd Centuries, because miracles continued thereby falsifying the Cessationist position. Some theologians will argue further against b...

There are millions of American Christians that rejected the "Obamafication" of American Christianity  LINK  - and that is to be commended! You resisted lie after Marxist lie!  You may have also resisted being duped into "NeverTrumper" Christianity  LINK  - and thankfully you had more discernment than the millions of Christians that either refused to vote (helping the godless Left) and/or voted against Trump (MORE than helping the godless Left). You were able to realize that God had a purpose in Trump's elections (which now stand at 3!) But what about your church's pulpit? What was your pastor saying from 2016 onward? During Hitler's rise to power - it has been estimated that 33% of Germany's pastors supported Adolph Hitler, and 33% opposed him. And in the middle, 33% of the pastors SAID NOTHING! It is this 3rd group that this blog post is about. In hindsight, almost every Christian I know would decry the pastors that remained SILENT. And I am sure th...

Jeremiah 50:8 -  " Flee from the midst of Babylon..." Isaiah 48:20 - "Go out from Babylon..." 2 Corinthians 6:17  -  "Therefore go out from their midst [Babylon's],  and be separate from them, says the Lord "  (quoting Isaiah 52:11) Revelation 18:4 - ..."Come out of her [Babylon], my people..." In the history of God's people, there was an actual, historical Babylonian captivity (587BC-537BC) and throughout salvation history there have been other "types" of Babylonian captivities. Both the Apostle Paul in  Second Corinthian s and the Apostle John in Revelation  exhort Christian believers to leave their particular Babylons. Paul was speaking specifically to what 1st Century believers were facing and John was prophes y ing a future Babylon system dynamic during the Great Tribulation at the end of the age before Christ's Return. In other words, every generation of Christians, heeding the command of God, are called to "le...

As the news that the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, ordered the declassification of the evidence that Barak Obama was behind the treasonous coup plot to undermine and even overthrow the first presidency of Donald Trump, millions of American Christians are soon to face an uncomfortable dilemma because they actually believed Obama to be an honorable man who served presidentially for two "scandal-free" terms.  And Obamagate, as the coup has been called, was mocked by the same Christians (including NeverTrumper ones) as a right-wing conspiracy theory held by Christian Trump supporters. They simply have believed the fake news media's reporting all along. (and still do as the same news outlets they rely upon are trying to spin things even now to defend Obama and the fake narrative they all pushed). The dilemma will only be compounded as these Christians will soon be confronted with the realization that virtually everything they believed about Obama was/...