Michael Brown and Jonathan Feldstein

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  • Is the Church ready for Trump 2024?

    Is the Church ready for Trump 2024?

    Before you read another word, if you are a Trump hater, you should know that the purpose of this article is not to bash the former president. If you are a Trump lover, know that this article is not here to extol him. Instead, the focus is on followers of Jesus, not Donald Trump.

  • Joy is contagious

    Joy is contagious

    In the weeks leading up to that moment of surrender, I had been wrestling with God, believing that Jesus died for my sins, yet unwilling to repent and turn away from my sins. This was something I had never wrestled with before.

  • Is Christian nationalism dangerous?

    Is Christian nationalism dangerous?

    This definition also suggests that America has a special covenant with God, and so being a Christian nationalist means helping America fulfill its God-appointed, covenantal destiny.

  • Is the Bible pro-choice?

    Is the Bible pro-choice?

    But we don’t have the right to do this to someone’s else body. And when it comes to abortion, the woman is making a choice about the body within her body. That is not her right.

  • Should we emulate the table-flipping Jesus?

    Should we emulate the table-flipping Jesus?

    So, Jesus not only called us to love our enemies, He led the way by dying for His enemies. And it is that behavior and attitude that the Word of God calls us to follow.

  • Washed by the Word vs. defiled by the news

    Washed by the Word vs. defiled by the news

    It is one thing to be aware of what is happening in our world. It is another thing to feed on the news. Let us, instead, be nourished by the life-giving, life-sustaining, life-transforming living Word of the living God.

  • Have we been fair weather friends of Donald Trump?

    Have we been fair weather friends of Donald Trump?

    For me, the conservative Christian principles that led me to vote for Trump in 2016 and 2020 are the principles that lead me to look for another candidate.

  • Parable of the cancer pill that no longer cured cancer

    Parable of the cancer pill that no longer cured cancer

    Today, that defective message has become the norm, with all kinds of celebrities and well-known people professing their faith in Jesus, seemingly without shame, but then continuing to live in open, unrepentant sin for years.

  • Can the Church regain its prophetic voice?

    Can the Church regain its prophetic voice?

    Because we have lost our saltiness, we have been scorned, discarded, and ridiculed, almost literally “trampled under people’s feet.” This is exactly what has happened to the Church of America in recent years.

  • A message from God to Ric Flair

    A message from God to Ric Flair

    God brought you back from so much and kept you alive because He wants to bring you to Himself. He’s giving you a chance to repent, meaning, to turn your life around with His help and to come to know Him personally.