Hard Conversations

No one wants to be hated, but Jesus said his followers will be hated by the world. Now, here is a message that tells you how you can avoid all that so that the unbelieving world will love you, not hate you. It is called the Church Growth Movement and it really works wonderfully if your endgame is getting the nod from those people around you who really find the Bible too offensive to their progress...

My organization, Acts Ministries International (AMI), just completed its Missions Conference with over 700 people in attendance, and I must say it was a rousing success, which was punctuated by many people responding to the call for missions. But not everyone is happy about some Bible affirming Christians going overseas to preach the gospel. In this video, I will explain why postmodern progressive...

The most central question really is the origin of life. Our answer to that question does and can influence our responses to subset questions like what is it that is being aborted or can we make up as many genders as we see fit? Just because a person is a Christian doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she will get that question right. What are you? A Darwinian evolutionist? A theistic evolutionist?...

The most central question really is the origin of life. Our answer to that question does and can influence our responses to subset questions like what is it that is being aborted or can we make up as many genders as we see fit? Just because a person is a Christian doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she will get that question right. What are you? A Darwinian evolutionist? A theistic evolutionist?...

This videoblog is mainly about drinking. It's my response to a conservative Presbyterian pastor who, in one of his sermons, said to his mostly Asian American congregants, "Sip bourbon and scotch, and puff away for the glory of God." Say what? Really?

Mass shootings have become weekly affairs, so have the calls for gun control. Who could blame those who are demanding it, particularly in light of the unthinkable violence done to the children in Uvalde, Texas on May 24th? While most of what is being said is valid, no one is talking about that which is obvious: Gun control doesn’t change the heart of very people who actually carry out these heinou...

All those pro-choicers who make countless arguments in favor of abortion—“My body, My Choice”—they never go there . . . Where? Well, I will take you there. It is an inconvenient truth about abortion that the abortion advocates in the mainstream media, government, academia, and Hollywood won’t tell you, but their collusive silence doesn't make it any less true. I discovered this truth many years ag...

Non-binary! It is a buzz word these days; many people are using it. Non-binary gender. Non-binary world. Non-binary worldview. Do you know what that term means? I am quite certain that most folks who use that word do not really understand what that term implies. How do I know that? Just like marriage bachelors or square triangles do not and cannot exist in real world, non-binary world is an imposs...

There was a time when culture meant the culture of “White Anglo-Saxon-Protestants.” It occupied the center, demanding that the rest of the world submit and conform to it. Thankfully, those days are in the past, for we are now surrounded by diverse cultures with a level playing field and appreciating for our differences. Nevertheless, this, otherwise, wonderful development has produced a problem of...

Not many people see the importance of pastors until we are faced with life’s difficult circumstances. When faced with troubles, pastors are one of the first people we call to hear comforting words, seek advice, and receive prayers. And it is this group that has taken the brunt of the ongoing season of COVID and social unrest. Recently, a Baptist pastor shared a blog to let everyone know that the G...

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock’s face; Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell floating the idea of kicking out every Russian student from America; students from America’s top universities rejecting free speech . . . So what do they have in common? Goldwaterism! What’s that? Goldwaterism is named after Barry Goldwater, the conservative Republican senator from Arizona in the latter 20th century, who f...

Putin and the three Russian figure skaters? Are they one and the same? Do they belong to a same category? No, of course not. Putin is in a [low] class all by himself. But there is something in these Russians that we, too, share. Certainly, Roger Clemens, Barry Bond, Vince Lombardy, and Tom Brady share it. What is it? Well, this “it” was poignantly described in a song in the 1960s sung by a sultry...

Actress Whoopi Goldberg, also a long-time member of “The View,” has been blasted in recent weeks by both Left and Right for saying that the Holocaust has nothing to do with racism. But what’s more telling about the Left’s public outrage against what Goldberg said, which, by the way, isn’t entirely wrong, is their silence on what Goldberg didn’t say. And that shows what the Left truly believes as t...

Three issues addressed in the second part of, “A Candid Look at Transgenderism”: 1. Why the term “gender” should not be used as a synonym for “sex”? They are certainly related, but they are not the same thing; using those words indiscriminately confuses the real issue. 2. What is really behind the push for transgenderism? It is a reasonable demand that doesn’t require the tortured logic of biologi...

Transgenderism. This is a sheer madness: Adults who should know better are coaxing our young people to question their sexual identity through transgenderism. Have you ever wondered how many of us truly struggle with real transgenderism? And too many culturally sensitive Christians are afraid to speak the plain truth. This has to stop, for much is at stake. This and the following videoblog on trans...

Climate change, a.k.a., global warming. Have you given any thought to this wedge issue that has long been politicized? Is it fact or fiction? If indeed it’s a problem—to many, a huge crisis—then, is its cause anthropogenic or natural in origin? Is the Green New Deal solution to climate change or is it a raw deal? As a believer who firmly believes that “the present heaven and earth are reserved for...

Hell is such an awful doctrine to uphold. No wonder many people in our society, particularly those who strive to be sophisticated and culturally sensitive, have rejected this teaching. So, can a gospel that omits hell altogether still save? What is the real reason even many Bible-believing churches would rather not talk about hell from the pulpit? What is our reason for wanting to avoid this topic...

Racism . . . critical race theory. What does that have to do with the Thanksgiving narrative (?) and the recent Waukesha mass killing and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in 2020? Can you trust the Mainstream Media to honestly report what is really going on? What is going on? In search of truth, this videoblog delves into this volatile issue by way of considering significant statements made by those on...

The fact is that not everyone sitting in the pews is vaccinated, and most people, it seems, are not sympathetic to their choice no matter what their reasons are. This videoblog is an attempt to navigate through this volatile matter both biblically and scientifically, so that the unity of the church does not fall victim to a terrible witness before the world due to its harsh and divisive rhetoric s...

Information overload is an understatement. Inundated by a glut of information coming from all sides, each claiming to be right and authoritative, we are quickly losing our ability to know which is true and which is false. Can the mainstream media help us to know which is which? I am making a case that this establishment has long been compromised to the point that they have become part of the probl...

This video begins with what happened in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015 when a self-proclaimed white supremacist, Dylann Roof, entered a historical Black church and then mowed down nine Black Christians studying the Bible. Shockingly, the families of the slain forgave the killer within days of the killing, even telling him that they loved him. While that was well-received nationally, including...

How do you feel about illegal immigration? It certainly isn't a simple matter for the believers who are caught between having compassion for the needy and the duty to uphold laws. In this video I share how I came to resolve this struggle, in tension, with Scripture, on the one hand, and three meaningful encounters with illegal immigrants, on the other.

White evangelical men are the root of all that is wrong in America, claims Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of a New York Times bestseller "Jesus and John Wayne." And she has no patience for "complementarianism," a doctrine that, she feels, promotes militant masculinity that has created a hostile environment for women, which resulted in abusing and mistreating them—sexually or otherwise. This video is...

With the arrival of thousands of Muslims from Afghanistan in the U.S. and the increasing possibility of terrorism both home ana abroad in the aftermath of the Afghan fiasco, the question of Islamophobia will likely be raised again—as it did a few years ago. Be prepared to respond in a discerning manner so that our proclamation of the gospel to the world may not be adversely affected by our poor re...

Tens of thousands of refugees are entering the U.S. from Afghanistan. I am sure, with a few exceptions, all are Muslims, which, to the delight of many on the Left, bolsters their case that America needs to be more pluralistic, cultural, philosophical and religiously. So how should churches respond to this humanitarian crisis that may contribute towards the increasingly diminishing status of the Ch...