The UnSafe Bible

The Old and New Testaments are both needed to get the full picture of God's story of redemption. To ignore one in favor of the other is to miss out on insights and revelations about God and his love. As Pastor Ken looks at the book of Revelation today, there are many similarities to the Old Testament prophets and the visions that God gave them. John sees the same things that they saw but in more d...

What is the most awe-inspiring sight you have ever seen? An epic sunset? An amazing mountain view? Your spouse on your wedding day? As beautiful as all of those things are, they won't compare to the sight of God on his throne. Today Pastor Ken teaches that it won't just be an amazing sight, it's also a picture of his sovereignty and deity. This throne carries all the dominion and power of the enti...

Can you wrap your head around the concept that God has always existed? Probably not, and that's because God doesn't exist on our timeline. The way God sees time is altogether different from how we perceive it. Here in the book of Revelation, Pastor Ken shows us the mind-boggling time travel that John went through to receive his revelation from Jesus. We may think this is only possible in science f...

Have you ever seen a football player almost make it to the end zone, but they start celebrating too soon and get tackled? Or a marathon runner that ran an incredible time, but slowed at the finish line and took second instead? You can play a great game and run a great race and blow it all in the last few feet. We can do the same spiritually. Pastor Ken reminds us today that it's important to finis...

Nature takes the path of least resistance, and that path is always toward destruction. If you leave a piece of fruit on the counter too long, it becomes rotten. The longer a house stands, the more dilapidated it becomes. When left to their own devices, things don't get better, they slowly decay. Human beings are no different. Today Pastor Ken shows us this pattern is evident in the church as well....

When you're planning a road trip, you often have a few choices on how to get to your destination. Do you choose the shortest time, the shortest distance, or the route without tolls? Or do you pick the scenic route? Ultimately, it doesn't really matter, you will still arrive at the same destination. But as Pastor Ken teaches today, you can't have the same approach to eternal life. Spiritually speak...

Things often seem backward in the kingdom of God. Jesus said that the last would be first and the first would be last. Those who lose their lives are the ones who live. He also made it clear that those who were ahead financially were not necessarily ahead spiritually. The church at Laodicea didn't understand this concept. They were a rich congregation, able to afford whatever they wanted. They tho...

You don't have to be a college graduate to be used by God. You don't have to earn a certain amount or have a minimum number of Instagram followers. You don't have to look trendy or come from a background of religious influence. The world might look to those things to measure your success, but God looks at the heart. In some cases, like the church in Laodicea, those worldly advantages might actuall...

Talking the talk doesn't mean much without walking the walk. You can claim to be whatever you want, but if your actions don't back it up, it's meaningless. This is especially dangerous when it comes to Christianity. It's not just your reputation with others that you need to be aware of, it's your reputation with Jesus himself. As Pastor Ken shows us today, if you only talk the talk, Jesus will spi...

Have you ever done something good, but you did it with the wrong intentions? Maybe you helped a widow, but it was really just to get a pat on the back. Or have you ever been nice to someone because you had something to gain from them? With Jesus, it's not enough to just do good things. He will also judge you based on why you did those things. As Pastor Ken teaches us today, it's not enough to put...

Have you ever put together a piece of furniture without looking at the instructions? Sometimes the assembly is intuitive enough that you can get away with it, but often it leads to frustration. You get to assemble the furniture twice: once the hard way, and once the easy way. The same is true in life. Although we've been given an instruction manual on how to live, many choose to try it their own w...

Today Pastor Ken points out that when science trumps creation, we no longer are an image bearer of the Lord. Replacing creation with evolution means you evolved from an amoeba. So you are an animal, no better than a skunk. But when you hold true to the fact the world and everything in it was created, you can find purpose and meaning. Jesus accepted everything written in the Lord's book as good and...

The church at Laodicea is like a lot of people today. They forgot who God truly was. Today Pastor Ken shares in his message today, God is who He says He is in His word. You can't pick and choose what characteristics listed in the Bible are true. True Christianity isn't describing your ideal situations and only accepting those truths as you believe.

Having a finite brain is like trying to understand another culture without experiencing its customs or traditions. You cannot comprehend how this culture operates with the information you have available. Likewise, as Pastor Ken explains in today's study, it's hard to understand the Trinity, the character of Christ, or why bad things happen to good people with the limited knowledge we have in our c...

What if you could go through life without ever taking a test? No spelling test in elementary school, skip driver's ED test, never being tested on the date your mom was born. There is one test you'll never be asked to take if you believe in Christ. Today Pastor Ken shares how heaven dwellers, also known as believers in Christ, will be spared the test of deliverance. The great tribulation will only...

God has given everyone free will. The option to decide for themselves what they believe. The choice to obey or sin. To follow His path for their life, or pick fleshly desires. Perhaps the most important decision, to bow down and worship Christ as Savior, can be made now, or after all, hell breaks loose. In today's message with Pastor Ken, you'll see that everyone, even the demons, will eventually...

The world doesn’t need the Church to accommodate them in their sin. It’d be like a surgeon telling a cancer patient that the mass is just part of them and that it’s not their place to remove it. All men and women are born with spiritual cancer. We’re born with sin and selfishness in our hearts, and they will destroy and separate us from God. As Pastor Ken will remind us in today’s message, in Chri...

Believing Jesus is the only way to Heaven is very narrow-minded and exclusive. But, as His Creation, who are we to argue? He didn’t have to make anyway to be made right with God. God could have simply wiped us out for our prideful rebellion against Him, but He loves us too much to end it that way. As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message, despite the enemy’s attempt to paint us as an unloving...

God doesn’t call you based on your qualifications. That may feel disappointing or insulting, but God doesn’t need what we have to offer. He’s the one who gave us our gifts and talents – He has access to anything He needs. So why does He call us and desire to use us? As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message, God delights in using the weak and unqualified to draw people to Himself. He loves us...

Think about the story of Jesus feeding five thousand plus people with 5 loaves and 2 fish - it was a great miracle at that moment, meeting a real need for that hungry crowd, but it also offers a great illustration of how God works with each one of us. As Pastor Ken will point out in today’s message, we have very little to offer God. Our gifts and talents are nothing compared to the problem we face...

God can do anything He wants – but He chooses not to. He could have made us all like robots, programmed to do His will with no autonomy, but He knew that love required choice. We must choose to love Him and obey Him. As Pastor Ken will explain in today’s message when we make that choice to lay ourselves down and serve our Savior out of gratitude, God will work in and through us, in ways, we could...

When you accept Jesus as your Savior, you become a temple of the Holy Spirit. The same Holy Spirit that led the Israelites with a cloud and a pillar of fire, who came upon the one hundred and twenty in the Upper Room, and who has led numerous men and women through the centuries – lives in you. In today’s message, Pastor Ken will remind us of this fact and challenge us to remember it as we go throu...

The letters we find in the book of Revelation reveal aspects of who Jesus is. When He ascended to Heaven to sit by His Father after His physical earthly ministry, His spiritual ministry continued. He sent His Spirit to reveal Himself to men, as well as specifically working in the authors of Scripture – like John – to reveal His nature and prophetic visions of His second coming. In today’s message,...

As we continue our study of the book of Revelation, context plays an important role in our understanding of the letters written to the various Churches. Today, Pastor Ken will take a close look at the history of the ancient city of Philadelphia – a city shaken by earthquakes and living in nearly constant fear of them. They couldn’t trust the structures of man to protect them and many lived in the...

Have you ever considered where you’ll be after this life? Have you ever felt sure of what your eternity will be? Today in his message, Pastor Ken wants you to know that if you want to be sure of a glorious life in heaven’s eternity, you need to seek after Jesus. He is the only way to be truly saved. Surrender yourself to Him and be sure of your stake in His kingdom. When you give your life to Chri...