A Devotional on Proverbs 3:27: The Debt We Forgot We Owed ❧ ✦ ❧ The Verse We Walk Past Picture the scene. It is a little before six on a winter evening, and the line at the pharmacy counter has stalled. An elderly man at the front is counting coins onto the counter for…
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One Conversation at a Time: Growing the Local Church the New Testament Way
Image: A typical New Testament-Era Marketplace where early Christians could be found sharing their faith. How the first Christians filled the Roman world without buildings, budgets, or marketing, and how a small congregation can follow their pattern with a single honest question ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: A Church With Nothing but a Message Picture a…
Pastor David Jerome: You Were Warned, Luke 20:9-18
Here is the full transcript [Click HERE to close] – Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. A quick poll. The rain, do you like it or do you not like it? All right. Mixed. Yeah. When we were living in the Philippines, we loved the rain because it was the only thing that cooled things off. But we…
The Devil’s Night? Separating Halloween Fact from Folklore
A historian’s and theologian’s look at All Hallows’ Eve: its tangled roots, its modern form, and the open door it sets before the church ❧ ✦ ❧ The Porch Light Question Every October, a quiet decision is made in thousands of Christian homes, and it is made at the front door. Leave the porch light…
Wisdom Is Shouting—Are You Listening? Open The Book Daily For Guidance
A Father’s Letter from the Wisest Man Who Ever Lived ❧ ✦ ❧ The smoke of a thousand burnt offerings still hung over the bronze altar at Gibeon when night fell. In the darkness, the Lord came to the young king. In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I…
The Infinite We Tolerate and the God We Refuse
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. – Psalm 14:1 (KJV) Why the mind that can calculate infinity still flees its Author, and why the evidence will not let it go ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: The Safe…
From Pharaoh’s Court to the Tarot App: The Ancient Lure of Hidden Power and the Biblical Call to Trust the Living God
A Biblical Theology of Magic for a Re-Enchanted Age ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: Rods That Became Serpents The scene is one of the most dramatic in all of Scripture. Two aging Hebrews, Moses and Aaron, stand before the throne of the most powerful man on earth. At God’s command, Aaron throws down his staff, and…
Feeling Better vs. Growing Holier: An Honest Look at Lakewood Church Reviews
PHOTO: At Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen opens his message by having the congregation hold up their Bibles and recite a confession (“This is my Bible…”) inherited from his father, the late John Osteen, who had the same practice; only his version was somewhat longer. Joel’s preaching, however, is topical rather than expository: he does not…
Everything But Paul? A Review of the Modern Case Against the Canonical Writings of the Apostle to the Gentiles
Illustration: The Apostle Paul in prison, where tradition holds that he wrote the Epistle to the Ephesians with assistance from his courier, Tychicus. Original image sourced from Britannica; enhanced and brought to life from the original grayscale etching-style image using Google Gemini. ❧ ✦ ❧ Introduction: A Strange New Canon A claim has been spreading…
Pastor Joey Sampaga: The Sovereign Authority of the Son, Luke 19:45 – 20:8
Here is the full transcript [Click HERE to close] – Well, good morning everyone. Welcome to East Valley International Church. I’m so glad that you all are here. Just a quick reminder that we do have our Sunday School and we’ve been, this is our second lesson on Revelation. And I want to encourage you all just…