Posts by Timothy Zebell

No Longer a Christian Nation

No Longer a Christian Nation

Surveys indicate that only 6% of American adults possess a basic Christian worldview about things like God’s attributes, the accuracy of the Bible, and salvation. Worse yet, the trend line is quickly declining …

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Blind Faith: Crisis Actors, Ukraine, and YouTube Prophets

Blind Faith - Crisis Actors, Ukraine, and YouTube Prophets

Time and again, the predictions of these prophets have failed to transpire. … Where are the Matt Lee types among God’s church who are willing to say, “Enough is enough! Prove to us why you are worthy of our blind faith”? One of the most consistent prophetic themes on YouTube is the promise of an…

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Court Decides Whether Quoting the Bible Is a Crime

Court Decides Whether Quoting the Bible Is a Crime

Two Christians stood trial on Monday for publicly expressing the “extreme Christian thinking” that homosexuality and sex outside of a monogamous and heterosexual marriage are sins. Incredibly, their crime occurred seven years before LGBT was added to the national hate-speech law as a protected class. Nevertheless…

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An Indispensable New Year Resolution

An Indispensable New Year Resolution

Do your friends, family, and co-workers know more about your opinions regarding vaccine mandates, masks, inflation, illegal immigration, election integrity, America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, or our president’s mental health than they know about your opinions regarding God and His expectations for how we ought to live?

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When Fear Rules: The Rise of Omicron

When Fear Rules - The Rise of Omicron

Fear has been the driving force in determining our way of life for nearly two years, so perhaps it should not be surprising that it only took four men in Africa with Hay Fever-like symptoms to cause a stock market crash, trigger a new spate of travel bans, and rebooted talk of government lockdowns. On Black Friday…

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It Is Time to Stop Clowning around about Abortion

It Is Time to Stop Clowning around about Abortion

Ironically, the same woke activists that decried comedian Dave Chappelle’s insensitivity last month toward transgenders are now lauding a Saturday Night Live sketch with “Goober the Clown (who had an abortion when she was 23).” … “Review after review, recap after recap, proclaimed that it was punchy and provocative,”…

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Halloween: How to Use the Vampire to Share the Gospel

Halloween - How to Use the Vampire to Share the Gospel

Gothic horror, from which was birthed our modern depictions of monsters, is rooted in mankind’s fear and comprehension of its own dark inclinations. Certainly, the king of gothic horror is the vampire. As such, vampires portray the thirst and restlessness of our repressed dark side. They challenge us to confront our natural predisposition for evil and our pursuit of personal gratification over all else….

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How to Use Halloween Horror to Share the Gospel

How to Use Halloween Horror to Share the Gospel

What better time is there for conversations about the afterlife than a day dominated by ghosts and monsters? Indeed, the horror of vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, and ghosts provide prime opportunities to share spiritual truths with a secular society. Far from fearing these monsters, Christians can embrace them as meaningful archetypes that illustrate…

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