Since the fall of man and our exile from the garden, humanity has longed to reconnect and communicate with the divine. Different cultural religious views sprang up over the millennia, each prescribing their own methods of contacting the spirit realm, but the desire itself is universal. What is rather unique about the God of the Bible is His desire to communicate with us . Most other religious practices incorporate some form of prayer, meditation, or channeling, but in each ca

Violence can be difficult to reconcile with morality. Yet war, capital punishment, self-defense, and defending the lives of others are all biblical concepts. Indeed, justice itself carries with it the image of a sword as it cannot be guaranteed without the use of force. Even freedom is hard won and must be defended vigorously—the Framers of of the US Constitution understood that in their inclusion of the Second Amendment. But the cultural attitude, particularly among Western

Cessationism or Continuationism? Unfortunately, the debate in the church today misses the bigger picture of valuing the identity and role of the third person of the Godhead as presented throughout the Bible. Jesus we know, the Father we understand, but the Holy Spirit is at best a curiosity, largely an enigma, and often simply ignored. But the importance of the Holy Spirit's role and value of His identity in the Christian faith cannot be overstated. Identity & Role I want to

The skeptics' idea that Jesus was not a historical figure and that the entirety of the Christian faith was a fabrication of man is both ludicrous and has been debunked many times over by many authors, historians and theologians—particularly after Dan Brown's books inundated Western culture. However, the internet has perpetuated this ill-informed position and breathed new life into it, influencing many skeptics' beliefs. In fact, I've even met professing Christians who believe

In Western Christianity, aging can be difficult. While scripture instructs us to honor our elders, our culture generally dismisses them in favor of the younger and more vigorous. Leaders in particular seem to have an unspoken expiration date—a shelf life—which they are expected to abide by in order to make room for the next generation. The sad reality is we generally tend to label an aging leader as an old wine skin, which may sometimes be the case, but they still usually con

From Geocentric models to Heliocentric and from Steady State cosmology to the Big Bang theory, man has proposed many ideas of what the universe looks like. Of course all of them have problems. In fact the current popular model, the Big Bang Theory, has so many problems that its credibility has been in question for quite some time. But not only does scripture paint a very different picture of what our world and the universe around us looks like, but also how they formed, and

If faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains, it is understandable that most Christians become discouraged. If such grand...

You've probably heard the phrase once saved, always saved— but does scripture support such a sentiment? The answer is both complicated...

Death. It’s an uneasy reality that looms over us all. Scripture spends far more time talking about here than the hereafter, but there is still much to learn about our fate from select passages. Surprisingly, while you’d think these pages would be mined for every detail possible, it seems they are largely overlooked or ignored. Instead of the rich tapestry of truth provided to us, we often instead turn to grossly oversimplified, and sometimes outright unbiblical, concepts. So

Fasting is a core spiritual discipline along with prayer, scripture reading and meditation, yet probably one of the least understood and...

There are many provocative, intriguing, and tantalizing passages in the Bible that as such, often cause the reader to react to, rationalize, or reject them. When Scripture doesn’t fit neatly in our carefully curated cultural box, instead of adjusting our box, we often adjust the Bible. Arguably, the most intriguing and provocative passage in all of Scripture is the first few lines of Genesis chapter 6 which briefly describes “the sons of God” marrying and having relations wit

Many Western Christians struggle with the idea of demonic possession—it seems rather incredulous to the materialistic, scientific mind....

While military action is the default political strategy of the world, the real war is for the hearts and minds of men- a spiritual war...

Scripture alludes to an astonishing concept that man's free will - our choices - impact our children even in a hereditary sense. In...

Science fiction has burned into our minds the idea that life exists throughout the universe. An acceptance of biological evolutionary...

Missions is often perceived in our politically correct society today as an unwelcome and even destructive offshoot of imperialism. In the...

A NASA-snapped photograph of a distant nebula cloud dubbed "The Pillars of Creation" may be more than a simple tongue-in-cheek name given...

It is a pretty rare occasion that I agree with much of anything Bill Maher says, but he has surprised me lately with his boldness to...

The church father Tertullian said, "The blood of the martyrs is a seed of the church." Persecution is often perceived as detrimental to...

The time for the big reveal of the brand new ministry focus I've been helping develop is coming soon at generationhero.org. Years in the...