The Misapplication of “Heresy”: A Theological Response To Kent Hovind’s Characterization of Lordship Salvation Introduction The contemporary evangelical debate over the nature of saving faith has produced considerable heat but often insufficient light. Among the more inflammatory contributions to this discussion are Kent Hovind’s repeated characterizations of “Lordship Salvation” as taught by theologians such as…
Author: Dennis Robbins
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: The Reality of Heaven
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams: The Reality of Heaven On July 17, 1955, families streamed through the gates of Disneyland for the first time. Walt Disney had promised “the happiest place on Earth,” and despite opening-day chaos—sweltering heat, unfinished attractions, and crowds double the expected size—visitors glimpsed something extraordinary. Children pressed their faces against Main Street…
The Numbers Game: Does White Nationalism Warrant Ilhan Omar’s Attention?
“The idea that America is a White nation that must be preserved is disgusting.”— Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/i2wSe092kq — Liberacrat™️ (@Liberacrat) October 1, 2025 An Investigative Analysis of Rep. Omar’s Statement and the Movement She Critiques When Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) declared that “the idea that this is a white nation that needs to…
The Gray Zone: Unmasking the Hydra—How Antifa’s Decentralized Network Fuels Coordinated Violence
In the heated theater of American political discourse, few subjects are as polarizing or as deliberately obscured as Antifa. To its detractors, it is a monolithic, terrorist organization plotting a violent revolution. To its sympathizers, it is a phantom, a mere ideology, a boogeyman invented by the right to discredit left-wing activism. Both of these…
When Oversimplification Insults Everyone’s Intelligence: Former Congressman Jamaal Bowman’s Astonishing Claim
The Monocausal Fallacy: When Oversimplification Insults Everyone’s Intelligence Former Congressman Jamaal Bowman’s Astonishing Claim Deserves Scrutiny In a recent CNN appearance, former Representative Jamaal Bowman made a claim so sweeping, so reductive, and so divorced from medical science that it demands examination. According to Bowman, “The reason why heart disease and cancer and obesity and…
The Reichsmarschall’s Decline: Hermann Göring’s Retreat from Command
A Study in Administrative Failure and the Erosion of Military Authority, 1940-1945 In the opening campaigns of World War II, Göring’s air force proved instrumental in securing Germany’s lightning victories—the swift subjugation of Poland in autumn 1939 and the stunning defeat of France by June 1940. These triumphs earned him the Führer’s ultimate accolade: appointment…
Refuting Subjective Revelations: A Biblical Critique of “5 Ways to Know a Revelation is From God”
This article is from Beliefnet.com: [Click here] to read the full transcript of the Beliefnet.com article [Click again to close] 5 Ways to Know a Revelation is From God If you really want to hear the voice of God, you have to be ready to listen. Hearing God’s voice is something that we all desire….
Be Careful How You Listen: A Bible Study and Sermon on Luke 8:16-21
East Valley International Church believes the Holy Spirit moves powerfully through both sanctuary aisles and fiber optic cables, reaching hearts that need Christ wherever they are. We live in a generation hungry for authenticity yet skeptical of authority—and into this tension steps Jesus, not as a distant deity demanding compliance, but as the Word made flesh…
From Pews to the Pavement: Making Evangelism Everyone’s Business
The church parking lot empties after another Sunday service. Another sermon has been preached, another collection plate passed, and another week begins where most Christians will quietly return to their routines without sharing the gospel even once. This isn’t necessarily because they don’t care about evangelism—it’s often because they’ve been led to believe it’s someone…
The Fascinating and Odd Story of The Shakers
In the annals of American religious history, few movements have captured the imagination and challenged conventional understanding quite like the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing—better known simply as the Shakers. This remarkable religious community, founded in the industrial mills of eighteenth-century England and transplanted to the fertile soil of Revolutionary America, represents…