JOEL 2 GENERATION

This past week as we are teaching through the Epistle of First Peter  we came across what I believe to be one of the most challenging verses for modern Western Christians because somehow we have been taught and believed that we can somehow live a Christian life that won't include suffering. And I know many Christians that when suffering came into their lives, that teaching/belief, led to the shipwreck of their faith ( 1 Timothy 1:19 ). Some of that has been the result of being Christians in the Western First World (be that North America, Western Europe and/or Australia/New Zealand). We haven't faced a lot of the suffering that is far more common in other parts of the world. As to those that TEACH this idea, that has come from a radical misunderstanding of God's covenants, taking promises out of the Old Testament that were EXCLUSIVELY and ONLY for Israel as a NATION under the Mosaic Covenant (i.e. Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ). This is a false teaching and tragically has destroyed t

 

I just attended a conference with some of the world's leading apologists and polemicists in the area of Muslim Evangelism. The material presented was incredible, persuasive and intellectual. I was attending with a friend who himself is a former Muslim. What was sadly lacking however was an emphasis on presenting Muslims the Gospel along with the power of God.  It isn't that the those who were presenting didn't believe in the miraculous, as I am sure all of them know how critical things like visions, dreams and other miraculous demonstrations of God's power are in the bringing Muslims to Christ. The stories of such things are impossible to deny.  However, most of the people at this particular conference would probably relegate such things to God's initiative exclusively and minimize the ways evangelists can be learning and growing in ministries that are more supernatural in nature.  This is the tragic oversight. We can and do grow in ministering in divine healing. Th

Several years ago, I was horrified to discover that a man I had known personally and respected was a co-founder of the group known as "Evangelicals for Biden". He was undoubtedly more motivated by his Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) than he was by actively supporting the unChristian platform of Biden/Harris at that time.    And today, a new generation of so-called "Evangelicals", who are no longer really Evangelical Christians, but rather are "Progressive Christians" who are somehow still using the term Evangelical.   The speakers Evangelicals for Harris have are steeped in Marxist ideology which is incompatible with Christianity. They are advocate for offsprings of Marxism such as Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and radical LGBTQ+ ideas - such as surgically mutilating the bodies of boys and girls surgically without the knowledge and/or consent of their parents!   They will claim to be pro-Life and against abortion while they are "for Harris&

Megan Basham's new book, Shepherds for Sale - How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda , exposes numerous ideologies that have infected the church.  Even before her book was released, the Evangelical leaders she exposes for their compromise (and/or the "disciples" of these leaders) started a campaign to attempt to discredit Basham, claiming she mischaracterizes them or the people she calls out and even that she lies.  Thankfully, Basham brings receipts and aside from some minor honest mistakes that will be corrected in all future editions of her book, she irrefutably demonstrates the false teachings and godless ideologies that these Christian leaders have attempted to "baptize" and present as somehow Christian. Marxism and all of its ideological offspring, such as Critical Theory, Critical Race Theory (CRT), Intersectionality, White Privilege, and Systemic Racism, are COUNTERFEITS to Christianity. They are IRRECONCILABLE with the historic Ch