The Holy Spirit: God With Us Every Christian should know the Holy Spirit as more than an abstract idea. He is the Third Person of the Trinity—the God who fills the silence, who moves in hearts, and who transforms lives. I write this as someone who has been deeply impacted by His presence and power. I want you to see why He matters—and why knowing Him matters most. He Is God First, let’s establish something essential: the Spirit is divine.…

Let me start this by saying: what I present in this blog post is merely a hypothesis. Not doctrine. It’s not a hill I’m willing to die on. But the topic below is something I’ve been chewing on lately, and I think it’s worth at least laying it all out and asking the question. What if artificial intelligence plays a major role in the rise of the Antichrist and the establishment of the one-world government and religion that’s described in…

Earlier today, I stumbled upon a meme image talking about false prophets and true prophets. As I always try to be discerning about any piece of instruction or advice found on the web, I quickly analyzed it: The first part reads, “A false prophet will tickle the ears of the lukewarm and give false hope to the desperate.” So far, so good, as we know that many who claim to be modern-day “prophets” boast about having direct messages from God…

In the landscape of contemporary Christianity, the American Church grapples with a multitude of challenges that demand attention, reflection, and action. These challenges not only affect individual believers but also have far-reaching implications for the Church’s greater witness, mission, and impact on society. In other words, we as the worldwide body of Christ should be unified, wholly biblical, and operating as the Church did in the Book of Acts, but several things have plagued us not being able to do…

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they keep my word, they will also keep yours.” – John 15:19-20 [ESV] In the 21st Century, secularism has…

Looking for a legitimately good church? Or if you already have a home church, are you curious to see how it stacks up as a local body of worship? Whatever the case, it’s important to know and identify what a solid church is like, as a vibrant, growing, evangelical, Bible-believing church serves as a hub for the spiritual development of its members, and a beacon of the Gospel for the broader community. But what specifically defines a good, evangelical, Bible-believing church?…

The modern Christian church landscape is highly diverse, with different denominations and theological perspectives. As society evolves, churches sometimes also adapt to cultural changes. While there is some value in engaging with contemporary issues, many churches have compromised (and even outright abandoned) the eternal values put forth by God in Scripture by changing their attitudes towards social justice and inclusivity issues. I will explore nine warning signs that may indicate a Christian church is embracing a more progressive stance or…

The growth of megachurches and multi-site churches has been a significant trend in the Christian church in recent years. They have garnered loads of attention from every corner of the church world, and have had positive, mixed, neutral, and negative responses from people for all sorts of reasons. I personally attended a non-denominational church for many years that in certain ways could be considered both a megachurch and a multi-site church. You know what? I had some good experiences with…

In today’s society, cancel culture has become a common thing. Cancel culture is all about censoring people we don’t like just because they said something that offended us. Cancel culture started off being a well-intended concept of distancing yourself from destructive individuals, but then it started to become more dogmatic as people on the left wanted to nitpick every little thing someone said that’s not politically correct and ruin their lives forever. I’m afraid I have to disagree that we…

Yesterday I watched a video of a Christian YouTuber exposing American-British Internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate. This YouTuber reacted to Andrew Tate converting from Orthodox Christianity to Islam. To many, it was a surprise, but I knew Tate would eventually denounce Christianity based on his persona and his admiration for Islam. The reason he left his Christian faith was that he felt that Christians tolerate too much sin. Tate used an example of a Methodist church allowing…

A few days ago, I saw a heated Christian debate about politics with two prominent Christian worship leaders. One believed Christians should stay out of political discourse, and another felt it was just a cop-out to appeal to the world. I don’t engage with much politics these days, but there’s an argument that can be made on both sides. Christians need to be involved in our communities as the salt and light of the world, but we also don’t want…

The Bible is the Word of God and is totally inerrant, infallible, inspired, truthful, eternal, sufficient, and authoritative. Even though they were initially written by men, the original autographs of the sixty-six books of Scripture are “God-breathed” by the Holy Spirit and are true in all things and perform, declare, and function as and with the authority of the Lord’s own words. Now, I’m not going to argue from the Bible itself that the Bible is the genuine Word of…

After Predestination and Election, what is it that comes first in the Ordo Salutis (Order of Salvation) when God in “real-time” goes to save someone? Is it the act of hearing or reading the Gospel of Jesus? Or is it the divine act of regenerating a soul, AKA being born again, where God makes a spiritually dead man alive? It appears that the Gospel Call (not God’s Effective Call, but the actual human-transmitted speaking and preaching of the Word of…

I’ve been hearing many Christian YouTubers criticize Christian movies and Christian music for being too cheesy and subpar to what the world is offering. Admittedly, I share often share this sentiment. Christian music has grown over the past 50 years, to the point where you now have a “Christian” flavor of every genre of music. Christian rock at one point was played moderately on MTV and other secular rock platforms. Christian movies seem to be a dime a dozen where…

Homosexuals have become more prevalent in media in the past decade. Many Christians feel threatened by the LGBTQ community because of how aggressive gay culture has become in education, movies, TV, politics, and even some churches. Many of these liberal churches have not only tolerated gays as people but blatantly have celebrated homosexuality as an acceptable activity. The Bible is super clear on where it stands with homosexuality (look at 1 Timothy 1:10, Romans 1:26-17, 1 Corinthians 6:9, and Leviticus…

CCM, or Christian Contemporary Music, has evolved a lot over the years. It began as a response to the counter-culture movement of the late ’60s and early ’70s and is now being used in many churches across America and beyond. CCM has crossed generational, language, and racial lines. The impact of CCM goes from Amy Grant to Lauren Daigle. Christian music has gone beyond traditional hymns to be more in tune with Top 40 popular music. Here are my thoughts…

As an adult, you have the freedom to watch whatever you want, but as Christians, we are called to guard our hearts and minds against sin (Psalm 19:14, Proverbs 4:23). We love things that aren’t good for us as fleshly humans, but we should desire God instead of sin (Psalm 37:3). When you watch an adult-rated movie, you open yourself to explicit language, sex, and possibly violence. You can enjoy the content as just entertainment but beware of the influences…