Halloween’s origins are not a matter of speculative debate, but a historical fact rooted in the profane festival of Samhain, celebrated by the pagan Celts. This was no innocent harvest party; it was a demonic rite where the veil between the living and the dead was believed to thin, inviting spirits—both benign and malevolent—into the world.

Big Tent Abolitionism is not a compromise on principle. It is a recognition that we can share the same foundation while differing in application, method, and maturity.

But here lies the irony: behind the confident slogans and clenched fists, misery lurks. Liberal women—having rejected the blessings of marriage, family, and children—often find themselves profoundly alone and miserable.

They are my life. Other than Jesus himself, they are the clearest sign of just how much God adores me; just how treasured I am to him; just how loved I am; they are a constant reminder of how true my sonship to God is.  When I receive kisses from my queen, it is the Father giving his son a kiss. When my children embrace me, it is my elder brother holding me near. When we hold hands to pray around our meals, I am in close fellowship with the Trinity. It is a truly wonderful thing.

Because the bible is the singular unified voice of God, these passages and Luke 17 are not in contradiction, but beautifully harmonize with each other. When someone has sinned against us we must have a heart like Christ—compassionate, loving, and ready to forgive—and we should settle in our hearts that we will forgive when they repent (Mark 11:25).

If James had not been murdered, then the church would not have prayed fervently for Peter to live. Not only did God welcome his child, James, into His eternal peace and presence at his death, but he also used James' death to sanctify the church.

Because Christ defeated death by death, the death of Charlie Kirk is not unlike the death of all martyrs—it will only grow the church. If we do not shrink, then Kirk’s death will only cause the church to hit hell’s gates even harder. So, I exhort you dear brother, I encourage you dear sister, I stir you little children, you’re Lord calls you to battle in his army for an assured victory! March on and be not afraid, for Christ, your King, is with you!

These carnal sons of men . . . rejoiced in their own prosperity and in David’s downfall. David is confessing his indifference to their prosperity. To David, it is irrelevant that his enemies are wealthy as long as he may delight himself in the Lord.

Recently, while preaching through Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine, I paused to detail the differences between Catholic and Reformed belief's concerning Mary. 

We need to recognize that with the Bible in hand, and the Spirit in our hearts, we are able to help others whether we feel what they feel or not. And we need to reserve the right to always ask questions to gain clarity on someone's story so that all the facts may be known. 

A covenant serves as a way for man, not to fully comprehend God, but to know Him to the extent that he is willing to reveal Himself to us (Deut. 29:29).

This is one of those examples of when we need to just read the bible plainly and do it. A woman’s long hair is her glory and a covering for her. When she cuts it off, she loses her glory, and she loses her God given covering. It’s as simple as that.

Pastor John helped me see that if God is not sovereign over salvation, then God is not sovereign.

The church, for too long, has neglected this reality and has been too comfortable cozying up to the culture and adopting its ideas. Certainly, Israel took from Egypt (Exodus 12:36), but only their material possessions as God instructed them.

God's men act like God's Son: on the alert, firm in the faith, strong, and loving.

The modern church must reclaim the biblical vision: children belong in worship, alongside their parents, learning to love and fear the Lord. The Bible is clear—God calls entire families to worship Him, not just adults.

Any position, strength, or skill we gain is a gift from his hand, so we should trust that if help will come in the hour of trial, it will come from his gracious hand, and for his own glory. We may also appeal to God’s glory.

These are just a few examples of righteous deception in the bible, but in every one of these cases, we see the person or people lying, being deceptive, strategic, shrewd, and wise as serpents, we also see them being as innocent as doves.

Our culture has drifted so far from God, and subsequently immeasurably far from sanity and coherent thought, that the inability to stop drinking, aka the inability to stop willfully taking money out of your bank account, willfully driving to a store, willfully walking into the store, willfully grabbing a bottle off the shelf, willfully paying the proper amount – tax and everything – willfully popping the top, willfully putting the opening to your mouth, willfully tilting your head back, and willfully swallowing the alcohol is now seen as a symptom of a disease rather than a moral failing.

The concept of “first fruits” appears in Leviticus 23:10, which states, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted.”