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Understanding the Ultimate Ransom

I recently made a video doing a response to something the televangelist “prosperity gospel” preacher Jesse Duplantis said in one of his recent videos. He was using Psalm 49:16 as a proof-text to say it’s ok that he is super wealthy, but clearly missing the context of the whole Psalm as it is speaking against those who boast and trust in their riches! Here’s the video if you want to watch it, it’s only 1:57 long (don’t forget to subscribe to me on YouTube or TikTok as that’s where I’m posting a lot more of my content recently):   But this did get me thinking about something to do with what Jesus said in his ministry and how his sacrifice ful...

Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...inning to fragment, offered a caution that has never quite lost its relevance: “Obviously, then it is a waste of effort for us to attempt counting the precise number of years which this world has yet to go, since we know from the mouth of Truth that it is none of our business.” — Augustine of Hippo, City of God, 18:53 He was speaking about date-setting, but the principle extends further. It is not our business to engineer the end times. It is not our business to identify a political leader as the one anointed to trigger Armageddon. It is certainly not our business to tell soldiers that their lives are being risked in the service of a prophetic scrip...

Humble without the #hashtag

...As much as it a pains me to give this guy any more exposure, sometimes you need to in order to expose something. First, you need to watch the latest video from Joshua Feuerstein to understand what I'm talking about here:     I do this not to further his “cause” or “movement” but rather to counteract it. Mainly with something more practical, but hopefully also with more common sense too. It's things like this that give Christianity a bad name. I mean really, is this really what Christians should be worried about? Why not do something more useful like feed the homeless and start a movement that'll actually benefit society AND do something Jesus...