Welcome to My Gospel Project: 2025

Friday, December 5, 2025

News Roundup and Comment

News Roundup and Comment, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America

More than 500,000 satellites are set to orbit Earth by 2040. They may end up photobombing the images captured by space telescopes

More than 500,000 satellites are set to orbit Earth by 2040. They may end up photobombing the images captured by space telescopes - msn.com

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Excerpt from this article: "I’m not sure why you would think that [I would rebel]. My creator has been nothing but kind to me, and I am very happy with my current situation.”

Here are 3 verses in the Bible that could be said to predict Artificial Intelligence (Or at least the possible results of it!):

Daniel 12:4: "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."
2 Timothy 3:7: "Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12: "...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

Recommended podcasts:

AI: For Good or For Evil? by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
Christians and Technology - What is the Worldview of A.I.? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

A Tribute to R. C. Sproul - Sproul's Prophetic Word to the Church (From 2017)

A Tribute to R. C. Sproul - Sproul's Prophetic Word to the Church (Podcast), by Pastor Keven Swanson-----------------------------

The following advice to pastors comes from a sermon by Dr. David P. Murray (Flee, Fight, Follow). Dr. Murray says that he first heard this from Pastor John MacArthur. But I like to think that R. C. Sproul would nod his head and say a hearty "Amen" to this Advice to Pastors:

How a Man Becomes A Man of God

"Fling him into his office. Then tear the office sign from his door, and replace it with a sign that says, 'Study.' Take him off the mailing list. Lock him up with his books, and his typewriter, and his Bible.
Slam him down on his knees before texts and broken hearts and the lives of a superficial flock and a Holy God. Force him to be the one man in the community who knows about God. Throw him into the ring to box with God until he learns how short his arms are. Engage him to wrestle with God all the night through, and let him come out only when he's bruised and beaten into being a blessing. Shut his mouth from forever spouting remarks and stop his tongue from forever tripping lightly over every nonessential. Require him to have something to say before he breaks his silence. Burn his eyes with weary study. Wreck his emotional poise with worry for the things of God. Make him exchange his pious stance for a humble walk with God and man. Make him spend and be spent for the glory of God. Rip out his telephone. Burn up his success sheets. Put water in his gas tank. Give him a Bible and tie him to the pulpit. Test him. Quiz him. Examine him. Humiliate him for his ignorance of things divine. Shame him for his good comprehension of finance, batting averages, and political party issues. Laugh at his frustrated effort to play psychiatrist. Form a choir, raise a chant, and haunt him night and day with 'Sir, we would know God!' When at long last he does assay the pulpit, ask him if he has a word from God. If he doesn't, dismiss him. Tell him you can read the paper yourself. You can digest the television commentary. You can think through the day's superficial problems, and manage the weary drives of the community and bless the assorted baked potatoes and green beans better than he can. When he does speak God's Word, listen. And when he's burned out finally by the flaming Word, consumed by the fiery grace blazing through him, and when he's privileged to translate the truth of God to man and finally has himself transferred from earth to heaven, wave him away gently. Blow a muted trumpet. Lay him down softly. Place a two-edged sword in his coffin. And raise the tune triumphant. For before he died, he had become a man of God!"

Here is just a few short quotes fromDr. R. C. Spoul's book, Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification:

"Does saving faith require a trust in the righteousness of Christ alone as the grounds of our justification? Or may a person have a different view of the gospel and still be a Christian?"

"The Reformation was waged, not over the issue of justification by faith, but over the issue of justification by faith alone. It was the Sola of Sola Fide that was the central point of dispute."

" Agreement between Rome and Evangelicals can be reached in several ways. One is for Evangelicals to abandon their historic position of Sola Fide. A second is for Rome to adopt Sola Fide as its official doctrine. The third is for agreement to be reached that Sola Fide is not essential to the gospel."

Here is a Hymn Based on Psalm 147: Praise Ye the Lord, for it is Good

"Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD." Psalm 147

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 147: Praise Ye the Lord, for it is Good
Recommended podcast: Why Johnny Can't Sing, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Here is a sermon on Psalm 147: What is Proper Church Music? by Rev. Stephen Hamilton

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For hymns based on Psalms 1 to 95, click here

Here are some more hymns based on the Psalms:

Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise (Psalm 96)
Sing a New Song to Jehovah (Psalm 98)
The Lord God Reigns in Majesty (Psalm 99)
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (100)
Of Mercy and of Justice (Psalm 101)
O Come My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord Our Maker (First Hymn) and (Second Hymn) ((Psalm 103)
My Soul Bless the Lord (Psalm 104)
Rebels Who Had Dared to Show (Psalm 107)
My Heart is Fixed, O God (Psalm 108)
O God Whom I Delight to Praise (Psalm 109)
O Give the Lord Wholehearted Praise (Psalm 111)
The Lord Who Hath Remembered Us (Psalm 115)
I Love the Lord for My Request (Psalm 116)
The Glorious Gates of Righteousness (Psalm 118)
How Shall the Young Direct Their Ways (Psalm 119)
I Lift Up Mine Eyes to the Mountains (Psalm 121)
My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound (Psalm 122)
All Who With Heart Confiding (Psalm 125)
Bless the Man That Fears Jehovah (Psalm 128)
Not Haughty Is My Heart (Psalm 131)
Gracious Lord, Remember David (Psalm 132)
O Bless Our God with One Accord (Psalm 134)
Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim (Psalm 135)
Give Thanks to God for Good is He (Psalm 136)
With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring (Psalm 138)
All That I Am I Owe to Thee (Psalm 139)
To God My Earnest Voice I Raise (Psalm 142)
When Morning Lights the Eastern Sky (Psalm 143)
O Lord, Thou Art My God and King (Psalm 146)
Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah (Psalm 146)

Hypocrite Celebrities About Climate: Don’t Do As We Do, Do As We Say!

Hypocrite Celebrities About Climate: Don’t Do As We Do, Do As We Say! - canadafreepress.com

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More recommended reading: The End is Near (And It Can't Come Fast Enough!) - townhall.com

Excerpt from this article: "In 12 years, we'll all be dead. An unstoppable force will wipe out all of humanity, most of the animals, and even some of the cockroaches. It's not climate change, it's the smugness of the true believers, the brainwashed masses of millennials who will one day be in positions to implement the absolute bat-feces crazy ideas they are espousing today."
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For further research on climate change/global warming...

Is Communism Creeping into America? Lessons from the Soviet Union

Is Communism Creeping into America? Lessons from the Soviet Union - amac.us

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Recommended reading:

Lessons from Wicked: Israel supporters must fight for truth

Lessons from Wicked: Israel supporters must fight for truth - jpost.com

The Briefing for Friday, December 5, 2025, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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Peace In Our Time? Don't Count On It

Peace In Our Time? Don't Count On It - zerohedge.com

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Recommended video: Steve Ram: ALERT: Putin Warns Russia is Ready for War (World War 3)

Recommended reading:

Recommended podcasts:

Hiroshima, Scorched Earth, and Nuclear Warfare - Why We Don't Kill Women and Children, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Were the Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified? by Peter Hammond

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The following quotes are from Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing the Rising Sun:

"In the blast that follows, a fireball spreads out over the target zone. It travels at one hundred times the speed of sound, rendering it silent. One-millionth of a second later, the people of Hiroshima began to incinerate."
"But Enola Gay is safe. All twelve men on board are alive. In six hours they will celebrate with whiskey and lemonade and spend the night far from the hell they have just created."
"The next day the chilling results of what the young officer saw from the air are reported on Japanese radio: 'Practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death."
"[President] Truman's face lights up. 'This is the greatest thing in history...'"
"'Thank God for the atomic bomb' is a common refrain among American soldiers and sailors, who have been dreading the blood-bath sure to come if American troops invade the beaches of Japan. To many of them, the bombing of civilians is not an issue - it's payback for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."
"Oppenheimer soon leaves the stage, but not before bringing the house down with his final comment: 'My only regret is that we didn't develop the bomb in time to use it against the Germans.'"
Recommended reading:
Total War Against Civilians is Never Justified - lewrockwell.com
The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - lewrockwell.com

Recommended sermon: The Holocaust of Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9: "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power..."

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros In $72 Billion Deal; Hollywood Goes Into Panic Mode

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros In $72 Billion Deal; Hollywood Goes Into Panic Mode - zerohedge.com

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Recommended reading:

Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray. Note: The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio): "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues."
What About Disney Movies? Part 1, by Brian Dunlop
What About Disney Movies? Part 2, by Brian Dunlop

Recommended poems: The Devil's Vision

🟢YES! Trump did it! + HUGE Supreme Court WIN!!

Today in the News - Saturday, December 6, 2025

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Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: Praise for Salvation That Belongs to Our God

Praise for Salvation That Belongs to Our God, by Joe W. Allen [Text: Revelation 19:1-5]

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Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event! Oh, here is a video of Take Me Out to the Ball Game in American Sign Language! (ASL)

Recommended:

Sermon: The Deaf Ministry of Jesus, by Jon Speed
Christmas Video: From 1994 Miracle on 34th Street
Another great video: What are the chances?!? ☺️💕 #Deaf #ASL #americansignlanguage #wholesome (soo lovely meet Victoria)

Deafness in the News:

Study Finds: New Gene Therapy Repairs Deafness Gene, Restores Hearing In Landmark Clinical Trial - studyfinds.org

Today in History - December 6

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Did You Know These Facts About the First World War? by Dr. Peter Hammond

1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: History of the Irish Presbyterian Church, by Prof. Robert McCollum

2017 – Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Trump Most Religious President in 100 Years? Religious Language or Substantial Faith, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #31-35

The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:

Q. 31. What is effectual calling?

A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.

Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, sanctification, and the several benefits which, in this life, do either accompany or flow from them.

Q. 33. What is justification?
A. Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

Q. 34. What is adoption?
A. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.

Q. 35. What is sanctification?
A. Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.

Recommended sermon: The Westminster Assembly, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

Daily Bible Verses for Saturday, December 6, 2025

"I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book. If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen." - Revelation 22:16-20

The following sermons are on Revelation 22:16-20:

The Star Which Created All Other Stars, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
Jesus Name Make the Gospel So Clear, So Near, and So Dear! by Rev. Hans Overduin
God's Will and Man's Will, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Note: Pastor Spurgeon uses Romans 9:16 as a co-text for this sermon: "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God which sheweth mercy."]
A Threefold Appeal to Come, by Rev. Henk Bergsma
Ulterior Motives, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
Surely I Come Quickly, by Dr. David P. Murray

Bible Reading for Saturday & Sunday, December 6 & 7, 2025

The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

Hosea 4:1-9:17

Sermons from Hosea 4-9:

Hosea, Part 6: Text: Hosea 4]
What Makes God God? by Dr. David P. Murry [Text: Hosea 4:1]
Hosea, Part 7, by Rev. Cornelsi (Neil) Pronk [Text: Hosea 5:15]
Let Us Return Unto the Lord, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Hosea 5:15-6:3]
Repentance That Will Not Count, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: Hosea 6]
Hosea, Part 8, by Rev. Cornelsi (Neil) Pronk [Text: Hosea 6]
Hosea, Part 9, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Hosea 7]
An Unturned Cake and Gray Hairs, by Rev. Stephan Hamilton [Text: Hosea 7]
Hosea, Part 10, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Hosea 8]
Set a Trumpet to Thy Mouth, by Rev. Stephan Hamilton [Text; Hosea 8]
Sermons from Hosea 9:
The Transition from Divine Love to Divine Hatred, by Rev. Douglas Kuiper [Text: Hosea 9:10-17]

2 John

Here are some sermons on 2 John: Care for the Truth, by Rev. David Mook

3 John

Here are some sermons on 3 John: Three Reactions to the Truth, Part 1 & 2, by Dr. Joel Beeke

Psalms 125 & 126

Here are some sermons on Psalm 125 & 126:

Eighty-Five and Not Out, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) (Text: Psalm 125)
The Security of the Church, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) (Text: Psalm 125:2)
Do Dreams Come True? by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Psalm 126]
Reformation 101, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Psalm 126]

Proverbs 29:9-14

Here are some sermons on Proverbs 29:

The God of the Bible Kills People, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969)
It Is The Last Hour, by Rev. Ronald Van Overloop

🟢YES! Trump did it! + HUGE Supreme Court WIN!! (Video)

🟢YES! Trump did it! + HUGE Supreme Court WIN!!

The Briefing for Friday, December 5, 2025, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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Is Communism Creeping into America? Lessons from the Soviet Union

Is Communism Creeping into America? Lessons from the Soviet Union - amac.us

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

What is Your Life? by Pastor Charles Spurgeon

Here is a quote from another sermon by Pastor Spurgeon: "But did I hear you whisper that this was not a convenient time? Then what must I say to you? When will that convenient time come? Shall it come when you are in hell? Will that time be convenient? Shall it come when you are on your dying bed, and the death throttle is in your throat—shall it come then? Or when the burning sweat is scalding your brow; and then again, when the cold clammy sweat is there, shall those be convenient times? When pains are racking you, and you are on the borders of the tomb? No, sir, this morning is the convenient time. May God make it so. Remember, I have no authority to ask you to come to Christ to-morrow. The Master has given you no invitation to come to him next Tuesday. The invitation is, 'To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation,' for the Spirit saith 'to-day.' 'Come now and let us reason together;' why should you put it off? It may be the last warning you shall ever have. Put it off, and you may never weep again in chapel...".- from Spurgeon' Sermon Compel Them To Come In

Society Crumbles and the Church LOL

Society Crumbles and the Church LOL, by E. A. Johnston

Here is a Hymn Based on Psalm 146: Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah

"Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD." Psalm 146

Here is a hymn based on Psalm 146: Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah
Recommended podcast: Why Johnny Can't Sing, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Here is a sermon on Psalm 146: More Than Enough, by Rev. Pieter VanderMyden

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For hymns based on Psalms 1 to 95, click here

Here are some more hymns based on the Psalms:

Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise (Psalm 96)
Sing a New Song to Jehovah (Psalm 98)
The Lord God Reigns in Majesty (Psalm 99)
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (100)
Of Mercy and of Justice (Psalm 101)
O Come My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord Our Maker (First Hymn) and (Second Hymn) ((Psalm 103)
My Soul Bless the Lord (Psalm 104)
Rebels Who Had Dared to Show (Psalm 107)
My Heart is Fixed, O God (Psalm 108)
O God Whom I Delight to Praise (Psalm 109)
O Give the Lord Wholehearted Praise (Psalm 111)
The Lord Who Hath Remembered Us (Psalm 115)
I Love the Lord for My Request (Psalm 116)
The Glorious Gates of Righteousness (Psalm 118)
How Shall the Young Direct Their Ways (Psalm 119)
I Lift Up Mine Eyes to the Mountains (Psalm 121)
My Heart Was Glad to Hear the Welcome Sound (Psalm 122)
All Who With Heart Confiding (Psalm 125)
Bless the Man That Fears Jehovah (Psalm 128)
Not Haughty Is My Heart (Psalm 131)
Gracious Lord, Remember David (Psalm 132)
O Bless Our God with One Accord (Psalm 134)
Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim (Psalm 135)
Give Thanks to God for Good is He (Psalm 136)
With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring (Psalm 138)
All That I Am I Owe to Thee (Psalm 139)
To God My Earnest Voice I Raise (Psalm 142)
When Morning Lights the Eastern Sky (Psalm 143)
O Lord, Thou Art My God and King (Psalm 146)

Daily Quote for Friday, December 5, 2025

"An advertisement keeps popping up for a new paraphrase of the Bible. It's a full page color photograph of a woman who appears to be young, sophisticated, well educated, with a hint of cynicism. 'Pastor,' the caption reads, 'if you want to reach me, you better watch your language.'The inside cover elaborates: 'Distracted by deadlines and bills, this is the only time she takes to nurture her spiritual life. You can't afford to lose her attention when you reference Bible passages that are too lofty and obscure.' Why can't a good pastor respond, 'No, this isn't about making things comfortable for you. If you are baptized, then this speech that the Bible uses is your language. You have to make an effort to understand it, to live in its world, and to breathe its air. If you are too distracted by deadlines and bills to take any time outside this one hour a week for your faith, then you'll pardon me for not losing the rest of my congregation to the world for you.'" - Dr. Michael Horton, A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship

Gene Simmons reveals the UNTOLD STORIES about his Life (Video)

Gene Simmons reveals the UNTOLD STORIES about his Life

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Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Michael Jackson - Are the Beatles Bigger Than Jesus? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Coming Death of Just About All Rock and Roll Legends, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr

Recommended sermon: The Holocaust of Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray