Satan, The Original Trojan Horse The story of the Trojan horse derives from Greek mythology and tells of a great deception that brings about the destruction of the mighty city of Troy, believed to be invincible until its collective pride and arrogance, borne from its riches and power, exposed a fatal vulnerability. As the story goes, Paris of Troy stole away the King of S...

Genuine Christian Repentance in Tumultuous Times: An Example We have seen the latest racial and political train wreck unfolding in slow motion over several years. The temperature on the ever present, simmering hate and bigotry residing in the DNA of this country began to boil with the election of Barack Obama several years ago and has fueled the divisiveness and radicaliz...

Reports from the recent presidential election results indicate that approximately seventy-seven percent (77%) of white self-professed evangelical voters supported Donald Trump, chief anti-masker. It is no surprise that Christianity Today and National Geographic surveys from June and October, respectively, indicate that this segment of the population is, together with Catho...

John MacArthur has been been one of the greatest expository preachers of the past century, devoted to rightly dividing the Scriptures, prolific in authoring commentaries, works of theology, study materials, and more. He has successfully pastored Grace Community Church in California for years, developed a college and seminary, trained up evangelists, pastor-teachers, and mi...

In Part 1 of this blog, we focused attention on the fundamental realities that: (1) as humans, we come out of the womb liars in a lying world; (2) lying takes many forms, and is destructive and hurtful (3) God does not lie, cannot lie, hates, forbids, and judges lying severely; and (4) Christians must put away lying and deceit, practicing honesty and truthfulness, confessi...

As toddlers, not long after the moment we are able to begin to process language, we will be exposed to and engage in lying. New parents are shocked the first time their precious angel attempts to convince mommy and daddy that he or she did not do the thing their parent just caught them doing. We come out that way little liars: "The wicked are estranged from the womb; they...

"Non-essential?" My wife brought a social media post to my attention last week which stated: "A government that labels Churches as non-essential in reaction to a pandemic and in the same breath labels abortion clinics, liquor stores, and marijuana dispensaries as essential is no longer the government described in Romans 13." From there, stringing various Bible verses t...

We are living in unsettling times. We are in the midst of a pandemic that threatens our health, our jobs, our bank accounts, our basic way of life. America is polarized, armed, rebellious, and unabashedly dishonest. Many seem to have no intellectual ability or desire to deliberate or employ reason in pursuit of truth. In fact, most people no longer seem to accept that trut...

The world has changed very dramatically for all of us the last few weeks, perhaps forever. Things many of us took for granted have now been disrupted or threatened: our health, our schools, our jobs, the ability and freedom to spend time with friends and family, and even attend church. Suddenly, we have a clearer perspective and sharper focus on the things that really matt...