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Theology is too important to be polluted by linking it to political ideology.

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Jeff Hilles warns that mixing theology with political ideology corrupts both faith and politicsu2014and distorts the gospel we're called to proclaim.

Children professing faith before they truly understand ‘Jesus is Lord’ can be an inoculation of dead Christianity. 

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A child's early profession, if not truly understood, can inoculate against real faith. Here's why lordship matters.

If our selfish desires are being met, our prayer life suffers, as does our relationship with God.  

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Selfish desires quietly starve our prayer life and distance us from God, but repentance restores intimacy and true communion.

God, the Creator, has every right to say, “do what I say, not what I do.”

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God's right to command differs from ours entirely: He is Creator, not subject to the law He gives, so His words settle what ours never could.

We need to trust God, even when we don’t understand Him.

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Trusting God isn't about having answers. It's about resting in His character when nothing adds up.

Our culture’s continued slide into unbiblical immorality has conditioned many of us to sidestep personal sanctification.  

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Cultural compromise doesn't excuse spiritual passivity. Scripture calls believers to pursue holiness even as the world normalizes sin.

Lifestyle Evangelism is like General Revelation – it does not save anyone.

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A godly life adorns the gospel but cannot deliver it. Salvation comes only through the proclaimed word of Christ crucified.

It’s not always the gospel that’s offensive, sometimes it’s the Christians. 

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The gospel is meant to offend the proud, but too often it's Christians' behavior, not the message, that pushes people away.

 In Genesis, we have paradise lost, in Revelation we have paradise gained.

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The Bible's story arcs from Eden lost to Eden restored, showing that God's redemptive plan ends far better than it began.

“We are only guaranteed our last heartbeat.”

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No one is promised tomorrow. This piece explores why the certainty of death should push us toward the certainty of Christ, not fear.

The power of the pulpit should come from the Lord and not from the charisma of the pastor.

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Pulpit power isn't pastoral charisma - it's the Holy Spirit working through preached truth to convict, convert, and sanctify hearts.

Life is short and death is eternal.

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Life passes quickly, but death opens onto eternity forever fixed. This piece considers what that means for how we live now.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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Voltaire's warning still stands: false belief always precedes cruelty, and only truth in Christ can guard the heart from both.

Swimming Against the Current: The Mark of Spiritual Life

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A dead fish floats downstream with no resistance - a living faith swims against the culture's current, straining toward Christ every day.

“If you think one political party is right and the other party is evil, the problem with our politics is you.“

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Tribal politics reveals a heart problem Scripture names as pride and idolatry-not which party you back, but who you worship.

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Spiritual Self-Deception: How Pretense Hides the Heart from God

After 30 years of church service masking self-deception, one believer examines how pride quietly replaces genuine faith with performance.
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Put Off the Old Self: How Christ Gives You a New Life

Spiritual Growth Randy DeVaul -
Paul's Ephesians 4 command to put off the old self and put on the new reveals that holiness flows from identity in Christ, not effort.

Faith Over Feelings: Trusting God Even on an Off Day

Spiritual Growth JM Troppello -
When your feelings don't line up with your faith, Scripture shows how to trust God's wisdom instead of your own understanding.

James Talarico – Pastoral Credentials and Political Power: A Warning for the Church

In the News Jeff Hilles -
A Texas lawmaker's seminary background raises a bigger question: when does pastoral language become a political strategy?

Ideology, Persecution, and the Fight for Truth

News Portal Jeff Hilles -
This week: schools hiding gender transitions from parents, Christians persecuted from Iran to Myanmar, abortion drug failures exposed, and discernment on AI, gambling, and false teaching.

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The Christian View of Assisted Suicide and the Value of Life

Jeff Hilles -
Assisted suicide promises control over death, but Scripture calls us to trust the Author of life, even in unbearable pain.

Valley of Baka: What It Teaches About Passing Through Hard Seasons

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A short devotional on Psalm 84's Valley of Baka, showing how God turns hard seasons into springs along the road to Zion and beyond.

Salvation Is Once for All: Everything Else Is a Process

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Salvation is a finished event in Christ, but obedience, knowledge, and Christlikeness are lifelong work for every believer.

PCA vs. PC(USA): What Really Divides These Presbyterians

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One denomination holds Scripture as fully inerrant; the other does not - and that single choice reshaped everything else.

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Why God created man?

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God created man in His image and with a purpose, but Adam lost it chasing God's likeness. Every hard thing since then is part of a plan already in motion to conform us to the image of His Son.
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Famous Atheists Who Became Christians

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An Oxford atheist argued with friends until Christianity made more sense than materialism. These stories of scientists, journalists, and scholars who crossed from unbelief to faith still challenge and inspire.
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Sovereign Lord: The Introduction That Never Fails

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When Peter and John's friends faced threats, they didn't rush to ask for help - they first remembered who God is: the Sovereign Lord who made everything.
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Holy Spirit After Death: What Happens When a Believer Dies

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The Holy Spirit indwells believers by personal union, not physical location, so death and the rapture change nothing about His presence.
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Christianity vs. christianity – Who’s who in Eternity 

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Theology is too important to be polluted by linking it to political ideology.

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Jeff Hilles warns that mixing theology with political ideology corrupts both faith and politicsu2014and distorts the gospel we're called to proclaim.
Biblical Theology

Valley of Baka: What It Teaches About Passing Through Hard Seasons

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A short devotional on Psalm 84's Valley of Baka, showing how God turns hard seasons into springs along the road to Zion and beyond.
Spiritual Growth

When God Humiliated the gods of Egypt

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Pharaoh's gods ruled the Nile, the soil, the womb, and the herd — until God turned every sacred symbol against Egypt. The ten plagues were not random disasters but a precise, public humiliation of the powers Egypt trusted most.
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New Age Spirituality: What Christians Need to Know

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New Age spirituality is surging in search trends and pop culture - here's where it began and how it contradicts the gospel.
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God, the Creator, has every right to say, “do what I say, not what I do.”

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God's right to command differs from ours entirely: He is Creator, not subject to the law He gives, so His words settle what ours never could.
Devotion

Great Grace: Living at the Center of God’s Will

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When persecution threatened the early church, great grace sustained it. This devotional explores what it means to live fully surrendered under God's abundant favor today.
In the News

God vs. gods vs. god

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Not every religion that speaks of one god means the God of the Bible. A close look at Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, and the Jehovah's Witnesses reveals how a single word can point toward heaven or mask something far darker.
Biblical Theology

Adam, Eve, and the Meaning of Love Before the Fall

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Adam and Eve could truly love God before sin entered the world, but redeemed sinners know His love in a deeper way through mercy, grace, and the cross of Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Growth

Holy Kiss: A Small Habit That Reveals Real Christian Love

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A grocery store snub taught this writer what Paul meant by "greet one another with a holy kiss" - and how love is measured in small moments.
Devotion

Boldness in Prayer: You Will Need It Today

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Some days remind us how much we depend on prayer for wisdom, patience, and deliverance from temptation. Prayer draws us near to the God who already knows our hearts.
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Ideology, Persecution, and the Fight for Truth

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This week: schools hiding gender transitions from parents, Christians persecuted from Iran to Myanmar, abortion drug failures exposed, and discernment on AI, gambling, and false teaching.
In the News

Choosing Gratitude Over Complaining, Comparing, and Coveting

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The author unpacks the Three C's - complaining, comparing, coveting - and how Scripture points us toward gratitude and lasting contentment instead.
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“The Rod and the Staff are a symbol…”

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The rod and staff symbolize protection and guidance, with the cross embodying God’s justice and mercy.
In the News

Breaking the Chains of Trauma

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Trauma bonding twists pain and love until you can't tell them apart, chaining survivors to the ones who hurt them. But God's design for love heals and frees — and those chains don't have the final word.

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What the Bible Actually Says About Pride and Homosexuality

Scripture does not open with a rule about sex—it opens with a design. From Genesis to Romans to a single past-tense word in First Corinthians, the Bible's case is clear and consistent and offers hope for every sinner on the list.

Why did the female minister go to bed?

Scripture reserves the pastoral office for qualified men. Here's a gentle, verse-by-verse look at why and what the SBC's 2025 vote revealed about the debate.

Church: You’d Love To Help, But Stacking Chairs is not Your Spiritual Gift

God doesn't only use our strengths. Sometimes He calls us into the work we'd rather skip, reminding us that every member of His body matters.

Bible Receives Modern Update With ‘Morally Gray Edition’

A Babylon Bee satire imagines a "Morally Gray Edition" of the Bible that removes God's absolute moral standards. The joke lands because progressive theology really is trying to soften Scripture.

Besides Adam and Eve, what person in the Bible had no earthly parents?

Joshua led Israel into the Promised Land after Moses died, conquered Canaan in obedience to God, and pointed forward to Jesus through his very name, which means "Yahweh saves."

Daily Bible Reading: Why No Christian Should Regret Time in the Word.

A satirical Babylon Bee headline pokes fun at our excuses, but the punchline is should not be true... no Christian has ever truly regretted opening the Bible. Here is why daily Scripture reading must be your soul's first meal of the day.

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James Talarico – Pastoral Credentials and Political Power: A Warning for the Church

A Texas lawmaker's seminary background raises a bigger question: when does pastoral language become a political strategy?
In the News

What is the Most Inflamatory Verse in the Bible?

John 14:6 draws fierce backlash because it names one path to God-here's what 'comes to the Father' and 'except through me' really mean.
In the News

Choosing Gratitude Over Complaining, Comparing, and Coveting

The author unpacks the Three C's - complaining, comparing, coveting - and how Scripture points us toward gratitude and lasting contentment instead.
In the News

Biblical Truth vs. Human Truth: Why God’s Ways Outrank Ours

A veteran believer compares Naturalism, Humanism, and New Age thought with Scripture's answer: repentance, grace, and a Shepherd who provides.
In the News

Occult Involvement: What Scripture’s Warnings Really Mean

Scripture's warnings against sorcery, divination, and occult practices show that only Christ's authority holds real power over darkness.
In the News

New Age Spirituality: What Christians Need to Know

New Age spirituality is surging in search trends and pop culture - here's where it began and how it contradicts the gospel.
In the News

The Devil Made Me Do It: A Biblical Look at Blame and Sin

Flip Wilson's punchline became an excuse for sin, but Scripture ties temptation to our own hearts and holds us responsible.
In the News

Evidence of a Creator: The Universe’s Order Points to God

From Fibonacci spirals to DNA's code, nature's mathematical precision raises a question no lab experiment can answer alone.
In the News

Criticisms of Christianity: Five Common Objections Answered

Is Christianity just a crutch, a fairy tale, or hypocrisy dressed up as faith? Five common objections, tested and found lacking.
In the News

Everyday Frustrations and Finding Peace in God’s Presence

From bug encounters to QR codes and gas prices, one writer's humor turns into a heartfelt call to bring frustrations to God.
In the News

Young Men Returning to Faith: A Prodigal Son’s Story

A Gallup poll shows young American men returning to faith - and one writer's family history shows why that return matters so much.
In the News

Campus Evangelism: Three Disturbing Shifts in Students

Fifty years of campus ministry reveal three shifts: truth denial, Biblical illiteracy, and rising despair reshaping evangelism today.
In the News

DSA Religious Socialists: A Coalition Built Without Christ

A socialist coalition invokes Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and liberation theologians as religious cover, but their theology diverges sharply from Scripture.
In the News

Critical Thinking and the Bible: Does Scripture Hold Up?

From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the conquest of Canaan, this piece takes on Christianity's toughest objections directly and unapologetically.
In the News

Getting Right with God Before the Diagnosis Comes

A woman facing terminal cancer got baptized to 'get right with Him' - and her son followed her into the water that same day.

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Facing the Giants in Your Life

Paul Johnson -
At 85 years old, Joshua marched toward fortified cities filled with literal giants. His courage, obedience to Scripture, and unwavering dedication show how God equips ordinary people to face whatever looms largest in their lives.

Solid Ground in a Shifting World

Randy DeVaul -
Peter emphasizes spiritual growth, urging believers to cultivate virtues and avoid false teachings. He highlights Scripture’s reliability and encourages growth in grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.

The Bible on Loneliness, Abandonment, and God’s Love

Rina Schultz -
Abandoned elders dumped like unwanted pets, and a student told never to pray with them. When universities insisted God is a social construct, one believer had to choose between a lifelong dream and an unshakable faith.

We must Not be Ashamed of the Gospel

Timothy Leibbe -
Polycarp burned rather than deny Christ. Today many believers can barely be distinguished from the world around them. The gospel is the only life preserver for a dying culture, so why are we afraid to throw it?

Forgiving is a Secret Weapon

James Jordan -
Holding a grudge feels like punishment, but the only person it actually hurts is you. Forgiveness is not letting someone off the hook but releasing yourself from the anger that keeps wounding you long after they walked away.

Afraid of God?

Zack Duncan -
Abraham raised the knife over his only son, trusting a God whose command made no sense. That tension between terror and trust is exactly where faith grows — and where God proves He can be trusted completely.

How to Love God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength

Gabriel Ololade -
The article explores loving God, growing in Christ, prioritizing His kingdom, and aligning life with His will. There is a need for a genuine relationship with God and loving Him with all one’s heart, mind, soul, and strength.

Are There Mexican Angels?

I. M. Koen -
A dying veteran spent his final days talking to unseen visitors in an empty room. Then a chaplain no one could account for walked in, took his hand, and prayed him into eternity.

Devotions

Just the Christian: Letting Your Identity Bow to Christ

Rich Holt -
When Barnabas sold his property and gave the proceeds to the apostles, he traded a Levite's inheritance for a deeper identity found only in Christ.

Great Grace: Living at the Center of God’s Will

Rich Holt -
When persecution threatened the early church, great grace sustained it. This devotional explores what it means to live fully surrendered under God's abundant favor today.

Boldness in Prayer: You Will Need It Today

Rich Holt -
Some days remind us how much we depend on prayer for wisdom, patience, and deliverance from temptation. Prayer draws us near to the God who already knows our hearts.

Strange Bedfellows: How God Uses Unlikely Alliances

Rich Holt -
Herod, Pilate, and the crowds were unlikely allies in crucifying Jesus, yet God used their conspiracy to accomplish salvation. See how He still turns strange circumstances into instruments of His purpose today.

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Spiritual Self-Deception: How Pretense Hides the Heart from God

Spiritual Growth Andrew Ross Andrew Ross -
After 30 years of church service masking self-deception, one believer examines how pride quietly replaces genuine faith with performance.
Spiritual Growth

Put Off the Old Self: How Christ Gives You a New Life

Randy DeVaul Randy DeVaul -
Paul's Ephesians 4 command to put off the old self and put on the new reveals that holiness flows from identity in Christ, not effort.
Spiritual Growth

Faith Over Feelings: Trusting God Even on an Off Day

JM Troppello JM Troppello -
When your feelings don't line up with your faith, Scripture shows how to trust God's wisdom instead of your own understanding.
In the News

James Talarico – Pastoral Credentials and Political Power: A Warning for the Church

Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
A Texas lawmaker's seminary background raises a bigger question: when does pastoral language become a political strategy?
Devotion

Just the Christian: Letting Your Identity Bow to Christ

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
When Barnabas sold his property and gave the proceeds to the apostles, he traded a Levite's inheritance for a deeper identity found only in Christ.
News Portal

Ideology, Persecution, and the Fight for Truth

Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
This week: schools hiding gender transitions from parents, Christians persecuted from Iran to Myanmar, abortion drug failures exposed, and discernment on AI, gambling, and false teaching.
In the News

Choosing Gratitude Over Complaining, Comparing, and Coveting

Nora Gwen Nora Gwen -
The author unpacks the Three C's - complaining, comparing, coveting - and how Scripture points us toward gratitude and lasting contentment instead.
Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth Needs Daily Effort, Not Just Sunday Habits

JM Troppello JM Troppello -
A Pilates routine taught this writer that spiritual maturity, like physical strength, comes only through showing up consistently.
In the News

What is the Most Inflamatory Verse in the Bible?

Jeff Hilles Jeff Hilles -
John 14:6 draws fierce backlash because it names one path to God-here's what 'comes to the Father' and 'except through me' really mean.
Devotion

Great Grace: Living at the Center of God’s Will

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
When persecution threatened the early church, great grace sustained it. This devotional explores what it means to live fully surrendered under God's abundant favor today.

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Question #45: Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?

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Only the blood of Christ and the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin,

Question #46: What is the Lord’s Supper?

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Bread broken, cup lifted, souls fed. The Lord's Supper is more than ritual remembrance — it joins believers to Christ and to each other, and points forward to the feast still to come.

Question #19: Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?

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Answer: Yes, to satisfy his justice, God himself,...

Question # 23: Why must the Redeemer be truly God?

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Answer: That because of his divine nature his...

Question #51: Of what advantage to us is Christ’s ascension?

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Christ did not ascend and leave us behind. He rose bodily into heaven as our advocate before the Father, securing our place there and pouring out his Spirit on those still below.

Question #49: Where is Christ now?

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Risen and reigning, Christ is not absent but active, seated above every power and interceding for his people right now, until he returns to judge and make all things new.

Question #43: What are the sacraments or ordinances?

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Water poured, bread broken, cup raised — baptism and the Lord's Supper are more than rituals. They are visible pledges where the Spirit seals gospel promises to every believer who receives them.

Question #30: What is faith in Jesus Christ?

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Answer: Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the...

Question #26: What else does Christ’s death redeem?

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Answer: Christ’s death is the beginning of the...

Question #21: What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God?

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Answer: One who is truly human and also...