How Evil Spirits Increase Their Activity Against Believers in These Last Days

Brandon Holthaus, Senior Pastor of Rock Harbor Church in Bakersfield, California, released this timely video yesterday tackling the subject of how evil spirits are increasing their harassment against Christians. Holthaus gives frank and methodical explanations of what is going on and why. In his hourlong explanation he unpacks some of the tools and methods Satan...

How the Trinity Was Automatically Assumed in Revelation

The book of Revelation is the culmination of God's biblical canon for his church and as such it should be no surprise that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as one Godhead have an active role in it. From verse 1 of chapter 1, we learn this awesome Revelation not only belongs to Jesus Christ,...

Ministering to the Saints is Godly Work and a Labor of Love

Today when we think of the term "minister" or "to minister" in religious circles, what often comes to mind is the clergy of any church, whether dressed in suits, robes, or casual wear carrying out preaching or teaching or running a program for the congregation. However, in the Bible the word has broader application given...

Basking in the Teachings of the Holy Spirit

As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's Spirit dwells and works in us to snuff out who we were in our sinful past. Thanks to God, we are no longer who we were when we "walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air" (Ephesians...

Bible Prophecies Are a Light Shining in a Dark Place

When Peter penned his second epistle, in chapter 1 of the letter he hoped all saints would make their "calling and election sure" (v. 10) and that they would hold the truths of the gospel "always in remembrance" (v. 15). The apostle then shared the proof for how and why it would be possible for...

God Reserves the Right Not to Answer All Our Questions

After Christ rose from the dead, he made it a point to answer many of the disciples' questions to help them understand the scriptures, the Lord himself, and their place in God's plans moving forward. Despite the fact the Lord Jesus was willing to satisfy much of their curiosity, they still had to accept the...

Scripture Is An Excellent Tool for Reasoning

Sharing the gospel is not only a labor of love, but it is also many times a labor of patience that requires a lengthy amount of time to convey the facts surrounding it. We see this play out in Acts 17:1-9 where Paul and Silas taught in Thessalonica. Paul took three sabbath days in a...

A Year Crowned With Goodness

The good, the bad, the highs, the lows all contributed to an overall blessed year for me. I thank God for that. If you have entered or are about to enter the New Year with your spiritual and mental state intact because of who you are in Christ Jesus, then that means the past year...

Misinformation about God, Jews & Christians is Satan’s trademark for persecution

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17...

Abundant godly love and abundant holiness fuel each other

"I want to know what love is. I want you to show me." So goes some of the lyrics in the 1984 hit by the band Foreigner. Showing and demonstrating to the world what genuine godly love looks like was one of the founding principles taught by the Lord Jesus and his disciples in the...