Posts with the category “truthcurrents”

Have you heard about the most dangerous thing to happen in Washington D.C. in recent weeks? According to the mainstream media some creature from the swamp has crawled out and seized control of power i...  Read More

Is the war in Israel a sign of the End Times? What is a biblical perspective on the Last Days? How does the teaching of the return of Jesus affect our understanding of who God is? This week Pastor Mic...  Read More

Is hell a real place? Is hell a big party? Does it even matter? This week Pastor Michael has the second of three discussions with Emilio Lartigue in a joint episode with the podcast “Truth Matters.”.....  Read More

Does it matter if the opening chapters of the Bible are historical? Can we agree to disagree on the issues raised in the book of Genesis? What are the consequences individually and as a culture if we ...  Read More

“How dare you?” Have you heard that? It’s the question that is usually asked by someone who is outraged about whatever the latest taboo topic is that is not acceptable for enlightened conversation. Le...  Read More

Well, it turns out that the LGBTQ agenda is a lie. It’s based on a falsehood that homosexuals and transgendered people were born this way. Well, now we know better.Jane Coaston, “More Visible L.G.B.T....  Read More

Israel is in a state war. Let me say that again: Israel is in a state of war. The U.S. is involved in the Ukraine. We’re about to be involved in the Middle East. With our attention on the two front in...  Read More

I overheard in a coffee shop the other day two men who are obviously Christians sharing their Bibles and talking about things. One of the men said to the other, “What difference does it make if Americ...  Read More

Whatever happened to the American experiment: the idea of an independent, self-sustaining, self-governing nation where you could have liberty and justice for all? That idea has almost disappeared from...  Read More

Paul Tournier, an influential psychologist, left us with this quote that I find fascinating. He said, “The human condition requires that there are two things in life that we cannot do alone. One is to...  Read More

Are we approaching the last days of human history before the final return of Jesus Christ to the earth? The apostle Paul mentions that in approaching those final events that there will be across the e...  Read More

The most common question that I get for TruthCurrents comes from conservatives in general, but Christians in particular. They say, “How did we actually get here? How did we come to be in the place whe...  Read More

A recent survey by the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development surveyed citizens in the more developed nations around the world, what we call the “First World,” and their question was ab...  Read More

How should we expect persecution of Christians to begin in America? There won’t be stake burinings or beheadings, at least not in the beginning. The initial stage of persecution will almost certainly ...  Read More

In 1787 the deliberations of the constitutional convention were debating about what the new nation would look like. Would we have a king? Would there be some other system? Because the deliberations we...  Read More

We’re several months down the road from the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court decision that reversed the 1973 decision Roe vs. Wade, a decision which has produced approximately 60 million abortions in...  Read More

One of the most common questions I get these days is, “How in the world did we get here?” What they mean is, how did our culture come to believe such patently absurd and even insane ideas about truth ...  Read More

Can a chat bot study, prepare, and present a good, Biblical sermon? We’ve been talking about artificial intelligence for a couple of weeks and I want to spend one more episode exploring the implicatio...  Read More

Recently a number of Tech executives like Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, and Steve Wozniak, one of the cofounders of Apple, joined together to author and sign an open letter suggesting that technolo...  Read More

While social issues dominate our attention and fill the headlines, one of the things that goes less noticed in our culture is the rapid development of technology. As Christians we need to ask question...  Read More

Today is the last day of June, which means the end of another year’s pride month. Finally, this exhausting display of nonsense can be put behind us as we move forward and give our attention to somethi...  Read More

Southern Baptists met last week in New Orleans, LA for the 2023 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Maybe you’ve seen something in the media, read something, or heard something about it...  Read More

At one point being a June bride was something to aspire to. Young people would set their sights on the first full month of the summer to start their lives together. But today June has taken on a new t...  Read More

In the last decade we’ve seen a dramatic change in the dominant worldview in American cultural life. As a result of that change, we’ve seen increased attacks on Christians as people who are intolerant...  Read More

We can become so preoccupied these days in the battle that is moving our culture toward a kind of woke, secular humanism that we sometimes forget to stop and consider what’s happening on the religion ...  Read More

In a day when so many are asking the question, “what is a woman?” an equally important question is, “what is a man?” What does it take to be a man as God intended? Is all masculinity toxic? Listen in ...  Read More

Is death inevitable? Are people meant to live forever on this earth? Can we achieve our own immortality? What does the Bible say about this? Listen in as Pastor Michael discusses this and more on Trut...  Read More

Christians spend a lot of time talking about the culture wars and identifying bad or wrong ideas outside of the church. But what about inside the church? How should Christians respond to false teachin...  Read More

How do you respond when someone says, “well, that’s just your interpretation,” after you share biblical truth with them? Are you prepared to defend your interpretation? Listen in as Pastor Michael dis...  Read More

With the moral revolution accelerating, how should Christians feel about what we see in our culture? Is it ok for Christians to experience hate? Is it biblical for Christians to hate something, anythi...  Read More

We mourn this week in the wake of another school shooting, this time in Nashville, TN. Our hearts are broken not only for the families who have lost dear ones, but also for the moral depravity reveale...  Read More

Well, the abortion debate is far from over. Just how far have some gone to fight against the Dobbs decision by the US Supreme Court? Let’s just say it involves lies, propaganda, and political power st...  Read More

In America’s greatest rival nation, China, we see a potential future for ourselves. Shocking? It should be. What happens when the President of America leaves out a reaffirmation for religious liberty ...  Read More

The vote is here for Oklahomans to decided whether or not we will leagalize recreational marijuana. How should Christians think about this? Does the bible have anything to say about marijuana. Listen ...  Read More

Who owns our children? Not in the sense of property, but who has the right to determine the influences over our children and how they should grow in their understanding of our complex world? Is it the...  Read More

The world now has 8 billion people. Wow. But not everyone is happy about it. Should we be upset with the environmentalists that so many people require so many resources? What is to be done? Join Pasto...  Read More

Is our world crumbling around us? Perversion, deception, and dishonor run rampant in our society. What are we to do as Christians? From where do we find encouragement? Pastor Michael discusses this an...  Read More

To arms! To Arms! Or at least that what some have been telling you about your gas stove. How should Christians respond when the culture around us is stirred up over every little thing? What does the b...  Read More

The Constitution of the United States protects free speech. But what do we do with those in congress who would dismiss such a fundamental right? How should Christians think about free speech? What doe...  Read More

With the midterm elections wrapped up and congress getting settled in the religious landscape of American politics may be shifting. We are beginning to see a significant presence of Muslim Americans i...  Read More