Brian Smith
| March 2017
The Deception of The Shack
Many Christians are excited about the new movie, "The Shack," but don't be fooled...
Many Christians are excited about the new movie, "The Shack," but don't be fooled...
The Bible speaks a lot about false teachers. The Lord gives us ways to spot them, but here's a more recent one you may not have considered.
Does Israel need to hear the gospel, or has God already saved them under a different covenant? The Catholic church (and even some Protestants) believes the latter. What do the Scriptures say?
When finding your next church home, we might be tempted to draft a long list of must-have requirements, but in reality you need only three criteria to find the "perfect" church.
This past weekend the movie "War Room" was released and I greatly enjoyed watching it with my bride. However, just because a movie is "faith-friendly" doesn't mean it is 100% Biblically accurate.
It seems everyone is talking about the four "blood moons." Are these lunar eclipses prophetically significant? Some believe so, while others dismiss the speculation as hype. Are the moons a sign of the end? Let's find out...
Am I an American who believes in Christ or am I a Christian who lives in America?
The problem with wearing an air of tolerance is that when you have one of those difficult encounters with diversity, your tolerance is unmasked and revealed to be prideful hypocrisy and false humility. There’s no backpedaling.
Maybe it’s because I am getting old, but every time I open my Bible these days it strikes me how very TODAY it is. For example, I am currently studying the book of Psalms, and a few weeks ago read Psalm 2.
This topic is something I live with. It is next door to me. It is in my son’s school. It is in my grocery store, my help-wanted ads, my doctor’s office, my home. It is the life-breath of my small community. It is not some far-flung problem for someone “else”. It is not something I’ve made judgments about from a distance. It is an on-going conversation in my soul about people – real people – that I live with every day. It’s personal.