Newsbusters: Colbert Suggests It Will Take Years To Rebuild Democracy After Trump CBS’s Stephen Colbert mourned on Tuesday’s edition of The Late Show that it will take several years to rebuild democracy after President Trump leaves office. Colbert’s lamentations came as Trump addressed sailors onboard the USS George Washington in Japan, which led him to…
Author: Dennis Robbins
The Gospel Won’t Preach Itself: A Challenge to Join the Fight
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” – Romans 10:14 (ESV) There are people in downtown Gilbert tonight who will die without Christ. Not because God…
The Word Became Flesh: The Unparalleled Christ
Beyond All Others: The Incomparable Person of Christ The apostle John begins his Gospel with words that echo the very cadence of Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1, ESV). Then, in verse 14, he makes the stunning declaration that has reverberated…
“Faith in the Face of Desperation” – The Heart’s Reception to the Gospel. Sermon by Pastor David Jerome.
At East Valley International Church, we’ve embraced tools like Anthropic’s ClaudeAI, not because we’ve abandoned biblical ministry, but because we refuse to let methodology limit God’s reach. When someone desperately Googles “Does God love me?” at 3 AM, they encounter not religious platitudes, but Christ’s actual presence responding through whatever means He chooses. The gospel…
A Morning Surprise: Meeting Ken Smith of Sting ‘N’ Linger Salsa
The morning of October 25, 2025, began quietly enough—Mesa skies still dim, the dawn breeze carrying that slight autumn crispness. My daughter Bethany and I were wrapping up preparations for our “Everything Is Free” garage sale. With serious downsizing ahead of us and no ability to participate in the HOA’s annual sale event, we decided…
No, AI Isn’t the Next Enron—It’s the Next Electricity
GeekWire’s October 23, 2025, article, “What will happen when the AI bubble bursts?,” argues that the artificial intelligence industry is following the same destructive pattern Cory Doctorow calls “enshittification” — a predictable corporate decay where platforms prioritize users, then advertisers, and finally profit extraction, leading to systemic decline. The piece draws a direct line from…
When Hollywood Lectures the Church: Jimmy Kimmel’s Biblical Illiteracy Exposed
A Critical Analysis of Celebrity Moral Posturing and Scriptural Distortion In a recent podcast appearance, late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel once again appointed himself as Christianity’s moral arbiter, questioning how anyone supporting immigration enforcement could “go to church on Sunday.” This breathtaking display of theological ignorance deserves thorough examination, not merely for its factual deficiencies, but…
Standing Firm: How You Can Be Certain the Bible is the Word of God
Answering the Skeptics: A Defense of Biblical Authority Scripture Foundation: Revelation 22:18-19 In the spring of 1947, a young Bedouin shepherd named Muhammad edh-Dhib was searching for a lost goat among the limestone cliffs near the Dead Sea. Frustrated, he tossed a stone into one of the caves and heard an unexpected sound—the shattering of…
A Deep Dive into Gov. Pritzker’s Authoritarian Warning That… Warns About Authoritarianism
You Have to Be KIDDING Me?! Oh boy, where do we even START with this one, folks? Gov. Pritzker Compares Trump’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown to How the Holocaust Started “Before the Holocaust took place, people were accused of being immigrants … and then it was othering people. And that led to a lot worse things.”…
Reaching the Unchurched: An Outreach Plan For East Valley International Church
Together, Let’s Bring Them in To East Valley International Church A Note to Our Congregation This document presents a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach to reaching the unchurched in our Gilbert community. However, it’s important to recognize that many of the specifics outlined here will ultimately depend on congregational participation based on individual work schedules, family…