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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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Year of the Sword or Year of the Scalpel? What 5787 Really Means

5787 is being called the Year of the Sword, but Hebrews 4:12 cuts closer to home than any battle cry - it exposes us first.
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Free Will and God’s Love: Why Some Reject Him

In the News Debra Hodges -
Why would a loving God allow anyone to reject Him? This piece explains free will, judgment, and grace through key Bible passages.

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

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

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

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

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How the Holy Spirit Cultivates Christlike Character in You

Randy DeVaul -
How the Holy Spirit patiently cultivates Christlike character through Scripture, trials, community, and pruning in every believer's life.

Church Hurt Is Real: Finding Healing and Peace in God

Nora Gwen -
An introvert's honest reflection on surviving church hurt, choosing joy, and seeking a direct, unmediated relationship with God.

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

Marie Grace, PhD -
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.

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

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

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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Faith Over Feelings: Trusting God Even on an Off Day

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When your feelings don't line up with your faith, Scripture shows how to trust God's wisdom instead of your own understanding.
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Spiritual Self-Deception: How Pretense Hides the Heart from God

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After 30 years of church service masking self-deception, one believer examines how pride quietly replaces genuine faith with performance.
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Christianity vs. christianity – Who’s who in Eternity 

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Is it disrespectful to call God, Daddy?

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Thirty-plus names of God fill Scripture, yet none of them is Daddy. Childlike intimacy with the Father is a gift, but childlike is not the same as childish, and the line between tender closeness and casual irreverence is worth examining.
Biblical Theology

The Christian View of Assisted Suicide and the Value of Life

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

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

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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.
Biblical Theology

What Satan Fears Most

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Satan laughs at busy schedules and mocks human wisdom, but he trembles the moment a believer kneels and taps into the power of God Almighty. Prayer is not optional — it is the cord that keeps the lights on in the spiritual life.
Biblical Theology

Did Adam and Eve go to Heaven or Hell?

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The Bible never names Adam and Eve's eternal destination, yet their story holds tantalizing clues. Animal skins, a promised sacrifice, and a God who kept speaking point toward a faith that may have saved them.
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The Unnamed Woman at the Well Who Saved a King’s Life

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An unnamed woman in 2 Samuel 17 hid two fugitives and saved a kingdom, proof that God uses ordinary obedience over fame.
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The Problem With the Enneagram

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Personality tests promise self-knowledge, but the enneagram's roots run darker than most realize. Its types were revealed through occult practices, yet it swept evangelical churches. Scripture warns against what lies behind it.
Biblical Theology

Trump Transcript on God and Prayer

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Asked point-blank about prayer and his relationship with God, Trump gave a rare extended answer that raises real questions about faith, motivation, and what it means to want to go to heaven.
Spiritual Growth

What Is the Difference Between the Gospels?

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The four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — present the life,...
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Living Out Christian Faith in a Secular Environment

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In today’s world, people of faith often find themselves...
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.

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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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Free Will and God’s Love: Why Some Reject Him

Why would a loving God allow anyone to reject Him? This piece explains free will, judgment, and grace through key Bible passages.
In the News

Year of the Sword or Year of the Scalpel? What 5787 Really Means

5787 is being called the Year of the Sword, but Hebrews 4:12 cuts closer to home than any battle cry - it exposes us first.
In the News

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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Death Grip on a Mirage

Derek Hastings -
A man raised atheist spent decades clinging to a world he eventually recognized as a mirage. When he finally let go, he found the Truth and Love he had been searching for his whole life.

Mourning Becomes Joy

Randy DeVaul -
Grief has a way of making time stand still....

Why Lent Starts in the Desert and Ends at the Cross

Dave Hallmon -
Lent is a season of preparation for Easter, encouraging believers to emulate Jesus’ forty days of prayer and fasting. It is a time for honest, personal answers to faith-related questions.

The Most Difficult Thing You Will Ever Do in Life

Donald Pay -
We cannot escape problems and challenges in life, no...

Examining Ourselves Before the Lord

Randy DeVaul -
Believers are commanded to examine their faith in various aspects of life, leading to blessing and deeper fellowship with God.

The Day the World Turned Green

Anne Hope -
Daughter’s birth on St. Patrick’s Day brought hope amidst husband’s cancer diagnosis. His death taught the author about selfless, enduring love.

Chosen to Represent Jesus

Randy DeVaul -
Fourth in our 5-part series on ‘God’s Purpose for...

The Power of the Tongue: Watch Your Mouth!

Randy DeVaul -
A single spark levels a forest; a single word can level a relationship. James 3 makes clear the tongue steers life itself, and only a Spirit-transformed heart can turn destructive speech into words that heal.

Devotions

The Right Ideas Corrupted: Lessons from Ananias and Sapphira

Rich Holt -
Ananias and Sapphira sold their possessions, supported each other, and made a promise to God, yet Satan twisted their good intentions into deceit and death.

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.

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Church Hurt Is Real: Finding Healing and Peace in God

Biblical Theology Nora Gwen Nora Gwen -
An introvert's honest reflection on surviving church hurt, choosing joy, and seeking a direct, unmediated relationship with God.
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Year of the Sword or Year of the Scalpel? What 5787 Really Means

I. M. Koen I. M. Koen -
5787 is being called the Year of the Sword, but Hebrews 4:12 cuts closer to home than any battle cry - it exposes us first.
In the News

Free Will and God’s Love: Why Some Reject Him

Debra Hodges Debra Hodges -
Why would a loving God allow anyone to reject Him? This piece explains free will, judgment, and grace through key Bible passages.
Biblical Theology

How the Holy Spirit Cultivates Christlike Character in You

Randy DeVaul Randy DeVaul -
How the Holy Spirit patiently cultivates Christlike character through Scripture, trials, community, and pruning in every believer's life.
Devotion

The Right Ideas Corrupted: Lessons from Ananias and Sapphira

Rich Holt Rich Holt -
Ananias and Sapphira sold their possessions, supported each other, and made a promise to God, yet Satan twisted their good intentions into deceit and death.
Spiritual Growth

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

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.

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Question #38: What is prayer?

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Answer: Prayer is pouring out our hearts to...

Question # 24: Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?

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Answer: Since death is the punishment for sin,...

Question # 28: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?

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Answer: At the day of judgment they will...

Question #18: Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?

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Answer: No, every sin is against the sovereignty,...

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 #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 #34: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?

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Answer: Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his...

Question #10: What does God require in the fourth and fifth commandments?

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Answer: Fourth, that on the Sabbath day we...

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...

Question #2: What is God?

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Eternal, infinite, and unchangeable — God stands apart from every false rival. His power, goodness, wisdom, and truth are without limit, and nothing in creation occurs outside his sovereign will.