God Talk

What were you doing at 2 AM?

We have opportunity to put our faith in to practice at all hours of the day and night. Here is a story of me getting such an opportunity to follow the voice of Jesus and practice what I preach at 2 AM.

New Age Movement and the Christian Church

Have you ever LARPED? The modern church has been overrun with the new age movement and a lot of the leaders are confusing themselves with biblical characters of long ago. Many people are being sucked into cult like theology and don’t even realize it.

What Jesus’ Brother Has to Say about Surviving the End Times (“Hey Jude” Week 8 of 8)

“Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold…” If you knew someone who *grew up* with Jesus, wouldn’t you want to hear what he has to say about… everything? After all, some things never change; people having nasty attitudes was just as common then as it is now, and it’s just as poisonous for us to ingest as it was then. Let’s explore how Jude intends for us to handle it.
Scriptures Today: Jude 1:17-25 // Romans 8:26-27 // Revelations 3:14-18
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Never Be Grumblers & Flatterers! (”Hey Jude” Week 7 of 8)

“…grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.” Do you know anyone like that? We should not rejoice that their judgment is coming, but seek to connect them with the Judge to repent in advance! And in the process, maybe we’ll find a few specks (or planks) of grumbling, fault-finding, and flattering natures in ourselves to seek forgiveness and change from. This stuff has destroyed churches, but worse, it’s destroyed Christians. We have to be better; tune in to this message and tune out from distractions to hear how to lay these struggles at the feet of God and trust His power to change our hearts.
Scriptures Today: Jude 1:14-16 // Hebrews 13:17 // Matthew 7:3-5, 1-2 // Matthew 16:24-26 // James 4:6 // 2 Timothy 4:3
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Are you fair and balanced?

Jesus tells us the same way we judge we will be judged. When we show favoritism and judge situations inconsistently we are inviting God to do the same against us.

When a pastor goes to church

It is not often a pastor gets to go to church. I did today and I was shocked and disappointed by the experience.

Sodom and Gomorrah (“Hey Jude” Week 3)

Today we shift gears and aren’t talking as much about false teaching as we are about false living. Ironically, false living comes about through false teaching!  Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities of old, famous for their degree of, among other things, sexual immorality, and God utterly destroyed them using fire from heaven. Jude is using them to warn the people of his day, but that warning is just as relevant to us today. The church has historically been the rudder that steers society, but in today’s world is tossed around by the wind and waves of popular opinion, ignoring God’s call to live holy lives. Jude reminds us there is judgment for doing so, and we would do well to heed the call!
Scriptures Today: Genesis 1:19-29 // Romans 1:25-27 // Ezekiel 16:49-50 // Matthew 10:14-15, 11:23 // Luke 17:28-30 
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Is Salvation Secure? (“Hey Jude” Week 2)

Today’s topic has caused considerable disagreement in conservative Bible-believing churches, and essentially the church remains divided on the issue. The debate is whether or not your salvation can be lost. Are you “once saved, always saved?” Or are you able to become saved, yet later in life denounce your salvation and lose it? It would seem that by turning to scripture we could determine what God really says and end the debate.  The irony, in this case, is that diligent study by prominent theologians throughout the ages has found enough verses in scripture to support EITHER view! Today we will look at what the bible says and what we have come to believe on the issue, and why.
 
Scriptures Today: Jude 1:5-6 // Romans 11:17-21 // Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26 // Revelation 2:10 // James 5:19-20, 2:14-26 // Colosians 1:21-23 // Matthew 10:22, 6:14-15, 21:18-19 // 
1 Timothy 4:1-4 // John 10:26-29 // Psalm 103:8 // Luke 15:3-7 //
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Grooming

Grooming is real and we are starting to see how it is transforming the younger generations of Americans.

Heresies (“Hey Jude” Week 1)

The book of Jude, though only one chapter in length, is a powerful indictment of false teachers that had begun plaguing the church 2,000 years ago and have become even more prevalent in modern times. Jude hits the issue head-on beginning in verses 3-4 and immediately encourages believers to contend for the faith because ungodly teachers have slipped in, denying Christ and perverting the gospel into a license for immorality. Jude has a message for those who teach you can be a Christian and live any way you want. He puts the freedom we have in Christ into a God-honoring perspective and blueprint for life that creates the balance needed for those in his day and ours! 
 
Scriptures Today: Jude 1:3-4 // Romans 8:1 // 1 Corinthians 10:23 // Matthew 5:17-19 // John 15:21 // 2 Timothy 4:3 // John 4:14
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