Back in 2009, I wrote a song based on a series of messages I delivered on Ephesians. To my mind, Ephesians 1 and 2 are among the most sublime passages in all the New Testament. And so I wanted to put the key thoughts to music. The song is called “In Christ.” I wrote the first stanza, the chorus, and the bridge. The church to whom I delivered the messages wrote the next two stanzas in response to an assignment... Read more

Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Dead Sea … ” Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him. Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new... Read more

As the Insurgence increases, we really need some fresh songs written by song-writers and musicians who have been impacted by the book and it’s explosive message. Songs on the gospel of the kingdom. I am unaware of ANY such songs. But even if some exist, we need fresh ones written born out of the present Insurgence. So I’m calling all songwriters and musicians. I’m challenging you to write some powerful songs based on the message. Looking forward to hearing from... Read more

Ever since the 1800s, modernists have tried to argue that God is inconsistent because of the commands of YHWH (God) to His people to slaughter the Canaanite nations. Some Christian scholars today have tried to resolve the problem by suggesting that God never told Israel to do such a thing. But rather, this was Israel’s own inaccurate narrative of what happened. Others have argued that God did in fact command Israel to kill, but we simply cannot t understand the... Read more

Update: The new INSURGENCE podcast has launched and I have two conversation partners. Go to TheInsurgence.net to check it out. — Today I interview my friend Michael Heiser. If you’ve read my book Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, Michael’s name should be familiar to you since I quote him in several places in my discussion of the fallen principalities and powers later in the book. (Michael also graciously wrote a robust endorsement for the book, to which I’m... Read more

“For the first time, the authors discuss the one part of their book, Jesus: A Theography, where they disagreed — the part that didn’t make the final draft.” Click here to listen to it Read more

Today we published Episode 6 of the new Insurgence Podcast. The episode is called Racism and the Kingdom of God. (My conversation partner knows all about racism first hand.) Listen on any of these podcast platforms. Note that all the episodes build on each other, so you’ll want to hear them all. Enjoy! Read more

Quick update: Very soon I will be posting an interview I did with the foremost expert on the subject of angels — yea, those mysterious creatures that Scripture speaks about. The interview is FASCINATING and you don’t want to miss it. So keep an eye out. That said, here’s an article written by Nathan Ovitt that will  help you consume more books. — If I put a bumper sticker on my car, it would probably read “So many books, so... Read more

The age-old question that has tormented philosophers and theologians for centuries is resurfacing again . . . with new vigor. This time it’s emerging in the wake of the horrors of a mass murder of small children in Newtown, Connecticut. Regrettably, atrocities like this have been going on in our world since the Fall. And they always seem to provoke us to make sense of evil. Last month, I wrote a post entitled There is No Proof of God’s Existence.... Read more

Yesterday, someone who works for a radio station in California saw my post How Can a Good God Allow Innocent Children to Be Murdered? Subsequently, I was invited on the program to talk about the subject. Here are a 7 points I made in the radio interview: 1. When something tragic touches us, that’s when we notice and feel the pain. Incomprehensible atrocities have and are happening all over the world, including the murder of women and children. But when... Read more