David J. Stewart

People Everywhere Are Checking Out

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

This woman is so right, people these days are losing interest in everything. Jesus foretold in Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” People are checking out. People are surviving from paycheck to paycheck. Inflation is sky high. The educational system is trash. People are depressed.

I ran across this intriguing YouTube video today. This woman speaks much truth.

Millions are starting to lose interest in everything

I use a nifty free website called Note GPT that converts any YouTube video into text. Here is some of this woman's text:

There is a shift that is occurring where people are beginning to lose interest in everything and it's causing them to retreat from society. People are radically changing the way that they are living their lives. I know that I have felt this. When you look around our society, you see that everything is really operating on this fear-based narrative.

We are living in a world right now where we're just waiting on the next big event to happen, and we have an extreme amount of financial pressure and economic stress that is overshadowing almost everything that we do. The amount of work that is having to go into life just to maintain it, and to survive; people are getting overwhelmed and exhausted and are completely checking out.

I mean, when you look at the statistics, more people than ever are living paycheck to paycheck. Nobody has any money in savings. People feel hopeless that they'll never be able to own a home. They're having to move into their vehicles. Our food system is trash. Our education system is trash.

And just the awareness is discouraging that the people who have been in charge and are controlling this system, that we are currently operating in; it's not going so well. And I think more people are waking up to the fact that when we are living in this overwhelming state of fear, we are easier to be controlled and manipulated.

When we're comparing ourselves to other people, it's easier to sell us stuff. We are never happy and we're constantly on this hamster wheel of working really hard just to like, meet our most basic needs. The world is currently operating on a level of corruption that we have really never been aware of before, or a lot of us have not been aware of just how corrupt a lot of systems are operating; and not just within the U.S. but globally as well.

We are constantly on our phones and screens and social media. We're becoming more and more disconnected from each other, and it's making social interactions more challenging for us and for other people. We're losing the ability to have a community and form connections with other people.

We have been disconnected from nature and outdoors, which is a place where a lot of people can find peace and calm from this place of fear. It is causing people to have this overwhelming sense of anxiety and depression, and we have major mental health concerns that are going on with the majority of people, and that is a red flag that something is wrong.

We can only handle so much stress before we completely shut down, which I think is what is happening to a lot of people. We are becoming overwhelmed and from that place of overwhelm, you know you have to fight-flight or freeze, and we have been in fight and flight for a long time and freeze is where a lot of people are going to, where they are just completely checking out and this is the shift that is leading us into a deep awareness of what is going on, and that awareness is an uncomfortable place to be there; in that place where you are seeing past the veil you know has been over us for so long.

Please keep in mind that she is speaking from a carnal viewpoint, not a Christian one. The first half of her video caught my attention because I could relate to her intriguing comments, which I think we all can. Something is amiss in American society today. People everywhere have lost interest in living. Where are the little league baseball games at the local parks? Where are the bands today? Where are the Christmas carolers in December? The pleasant American culture that I grew up in during the 1970s and 1980s has deteriorated beyond recognition. Everybody is enamored with gadgets and social media. We've never been more connected while being disconnected. I liked it better back in the 1970s before there were any microwaves, credit cards, computers, cellphones, Red-Light Cameras, A.I. generated music, et cetera.

As born again Christians, God doesn't want His children to follow the fear, worry and stress of this temporary crazy world. Jesus encourages us in John 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Everything's alright in my Father's house. The Holy Bible tells us how to handle this troublesome life down here on earth...

Colossians 3:1-4, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

That is why when by God's grace I wake up each morning, I seek the LORD early. I listen to the King James Bible or some Bible preaching. I check my ministry emails and get to work writing. By the good and faithful Lord's grace. I begin each day by setting my mind and affection “on things above, not on things on the earth.”

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) wisely said that as he grew older he ran to the Bible like a starving man. I fully agree! If we don't pray and abide in the Scripture daily, we are telling God by our behavior that we don't need His help and guidance. I desperately need God!!!

I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee ev'ry hour,
most gracious Lord;
no tender voice like Thine
can peace afford.

Refrain:
I need Thee, O I need Thee;
ev'ry hour I need Thee;
O bless me now, my Savior,
I come to Thee.

Hear song

I really like the pedal steel guitar in this song, 'The Old Rugged Cross.'

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Pastors Are Gifts From God, But Many Have Not Sought The Lord

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Jeremiah 3:15, “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

The Holy Bible teaches that pastor are God's gift to the local New Testament Church. A pastor's primary duty is to FEED God's flock with knowledge and understanding. This is not possible with the Alexandrian counterfeit Bible PERversions!!! The modern Bible are corrupt, teaching a false type of repentance. There are a raging theological debate in the churches, and has been for centuries, over the true meaning of Biblical repentance for salvation.

Does a person have to forsake sinful behavior to have their sins forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life? If you have to forsake a life of sinful activity to be saved, then how can it be a gift? Obviously it cannot, yet pastors like Charles Lawson at the Temple Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, teach just that! Pastor Lawson wrongly accuses Dr. Jack Hyles of leaving off repentance! Woe unto Pastor Lawson, who is an admitted 2-point Calvinist. Lawson is wrong on repentance and therefore, wrong on God's simple plan of salvation. Unless Dr. Lawson repents of his wrong repentance, he will spend eternity burning in the Lake of Fire.

Although pastors are a gift from God, they sometimes become “brutish” (not thinking straight) and actually do more damage than good to the cause of Christ. Jeremiah 10:21, “For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.” I believe Pastor Lawson is as good a man as you'll find, as far as good men go, but he is wrong on repentance, and he has the heart of tens of thousands of Americans via his YouTube sermons and website.

There is no middle ground! Many of the Baptist churches have foolishly adopted a middle-of-the-road position on the Gospel, allowing BOTH Arminian and Calvinist theology to co-exist, which is IMPOSSIBLE. Either turning away from sinful behavior is necessary to be saved, or it is not! Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”

This is not a Baptist issue, it is a serious doctrinal matter affecting ALL churches!!! Here is an excellent MP3 sermon by (non-denominational) Pastor Ralph Yankee Arnold titled, “Calvinism And Grace Are Not Compatible.” Jesus was not a Baptist! Although I am an independent fundamental Baptist, and proud of it, there is not such thing as “The Baptist Church.” I learned that truth from Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980). There is only local New Testament churches!

Many web visitors have referred to me as their “pastor,” and I love and appreciate you all. Before I was even conceived, God called me to preach! The same was true of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:5).

Why I Don't Believe In Marriage Counseling

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

1st John 2:27, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

I humbly think that too many of us as God's children merely go along with what society tells us is normal. One example is to seek marriage counseling when marital troubles arise, as if counseling will fix all of your problems. I couldn't disagree more. As you just read in our text passage of inspired Scripture from 1st John 2:27b, “ye need not that any man teach you...”

The King James Bible teaches that the indwelling Holy Spirit is our teacher and guide throughout life, so that we need not for any man to teach us.

Our corrupt American society has been indoctrinated with so many falsehoods; such as, the ridiculous idea that every child is supposed to go to college after high school. The ugly reality of the situation is that last I checked, 36.4% of Americans now have college degrees. Prey tell me, what's the value of having a college degree when everybody has one one? Back in the year 1910 only 2.7% of Americans had a university degree, and it meant a lot back then. But today, a college degree is about as worthless as toilet paper. In fact, toilet paper still has some value because you can do something worthwhile with it, but a college degree is worthless! Yet, American media continues to brainwash families to think that you have to go to college.

John 14:26, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

If two adults, especially children of God, cannot sit down and work out their personal disagreements and issues, then bringing in a third party isn't going to fix the problem. In fact, it will likely just make things worse. We've been indoctrinated as Americans to believe a bunch of junk that's simply untrue. Marriage counseling is not a magic solution to your marital troubles. Spending $125,000 for a worthless college degree is not a smart move.

Another example of American indoctrination is the crazy idea that we need to be tested, prodded, poked, jabbed and examined like lab rats in case we "might" have something wrong with us. In truth, it's just a clever way for the greedy medical industry to make billions more dollars! Since I am over age 50, my doctor has been pressuring me for years to get a colonoscopy. I have turned her down, and will continue to turn her down, indefinitely!

Look, I believe in the dignity of the human body, created in the image of God. There's no way in Heaven or Hell that I am going to allow anyone to shove a camera up my rear end to examine my intestines unless there's a darn good reason! Testing to see if I “might” have a problem is not a valid reason to humiliate me as a human being. If I get colon cancer one day, then I do, damn the torpedoes; but no one is sticking a movie camera up my rear! Pardon my rude speech, but I cannot express this any gentler to make my strong point. To hell with all their testing! And in fact, they tell you up front that allowing them to do a colonoscopy can result in false positives. That is, they may scare the hell out of you for nothing, because the test makes mistakes. I am sick and tired of the incompetency of the medical industry. They cannot even get their billing department in order at the hospital I go to!

I am 100% against subjecting myself to the medical industry's cruel methods. Just for a standard series of blood tests that I recently got per my doctor, what they call a “full panel,” the medical center charged Medicare $1,000. Good night in the morning! They really take advantage of Medicare. In 2023, I had a CT scan with dye, which only took about 15 minutes. The hospital charged Medicare $12,000. Wow! Just 4 hours in the Emergency Room for severe pain in my right flank, and under my left shoulder blade, cost Medicare $16,758. That is medical financial abuse as far as I am concerned. I don't know why the government allows it.

My point dear reader is that whether it be bogus marriage counselling, selling yourself into financial slavery for the rest of your life to earn a worthless college degree, or allowing someone to shove a camera up your ass to look around, these are all gimmicks in our wicked greedy society today in the United States. I learned a very long time ago to think for myself!!!

Medicare Advantage Plans Scam

I knew several years ago when I kept seeing thousands of TV commercials trying to lure Medicare recipients to sign up for Medicare Advantage Plans that something was crooked about the whole thing. As a general rule, anytime someone comes to you with a great deal, or a fantastic offer that you cannot live without, DO NOT TRUST THEM!!! Apart from God's free gift of eternal life, nobody ever comes to you with a “great deal” unless somehow they are going to profit more than you from it.

My suspicions have been fully justified in recent years. I checked into the matter. What Medicare Advantage Plans essentially are is private insurance companies trying to rip you off!!! It was reported in the news this week that Medicare Advantage Plans have been denying most claims, leaving suffering patients in a world of hurt without proper medical treatment. Medicare Advantage insurance companies defend themselves by using the lame excuse that when a claim is denied, you can appeal their decision to deny your claim; but they damn well know that ONLY 25% of Medicare recipients appeal denied claims. That is how these ungodly crooked insurance companies steal Medicare's money and hurt suffering people!!!

RUN from Medicare Advantage Plans!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!

I have stayed with Medicare parts A and B (which you are given by default), and Lord willing that's what I will die with someday. So far they've paid 100% of all my medical bills. It will be a cold day in Hell before I ever switch to some accursed greedy private insurance company's Medicare Advantage Plan! The crooked greedy insurance companies are the only one's receiving the "advantage"! Please don't buy into these obvious scams!!!

You've Got To Be Smarter Than The Average Bear

Hey, if you need help with your marriage, here is Pastor Jack Hyles' 22-part Bible study series on marriage...

Marriage

Bible Studies on Marriage (MP3): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

There's no advice your marriage needs that you cannot get from listening to Brother Hyles' 55 years of pastoral wisdom and having counselled with several thousand people.

I am against bringing a third party into one's marriage problems. Your dirty laundry is nobody's business except your own. If two adults cannot solve their own immaturity and problems in a marriage, especially for two redeemed children of God, nothing is going to help your marriage.

The Bible plainly says in 1st John 2:27, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.” Don't buy into the propaganda that you need a stranger to solve your marriage difficulties. They have their own problems to deal with.

Are You Ready To Meet God?

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Proverbs 27:1, “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”

There was a very sad accident which happened in Colorado Springs in 2009. An 18-year old woman, Whitney Hendrickson, was slowly burned to death in a fiery accident, which involved an out-of-control vehicle that struck hers as she was fueling it.

I have often wished I had been there that horrible morning. Without hesitation, I would have rammed her vehicle with mine to free her. Or I would have jacked up the vehicle with my jack and pushed the vehicle and jack over away from the pump. I would have done something! Damn the torpedoes! Even dousing her with water from a hose until the fire department arrived could have saved her life. There were evidently no men present. A man takes action!

The poor girl was pinned between the gas pump and the burning minivan. As she saw the flames moving toward her, she cried out for help, saying “Help me! Help me! I'm going to die.” Sadly, there was no one to save her. Life is so short. She had no idea when she woke up that morning that it would be her last day on earth. My deepest sympathies goes out to that young woman's family. I am still reminded of Whitney from time to time, 17 years later.

Spencer Eden/KDVR-TV | March 17, 2009

March 17, 2009 - A Colorado Springs convenience store gasoline pump caught fire and exploded, killing a woman.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — A convenience store gasoline pump caught fire and exploded Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring at least one other person, police said.

Witnesses told The Gazette newspaper the pump caught fire after hit was hit by a pickup that had in turn been struck by an SUV. Police said the incident was under investigation.

The woman was pumping gas when the fire erupted, and she was trapped between the pump and a minivan, witnesses said.

"She was standing there screaming 'Help me! Help me! I'm going to die,"' Greg Alderman told The Gazette.

Police Lt. Dave Whitlock identified the woman who was killed as 18-year-old Whitney Hendrickson of Colorado Springs.

The SUV driver, 29-year-old Kelli Renae McKay of Colorado Springs, was treated at Memorial Hospital for bruises. She was cited for suspicion of careless driving involving a death, a misdemeanor, Whitlock said.

A passenger in the minivan was unharmed as was the driver of the pickup.

Alderman, who works across the street from the 7-Eleven store where the explosion occurred, said he tried to get to the woman but the heat was too intense.

Michael Horvat, who also works across the street, said he ran to the store with a fire extinguisher but an off-duty firefighter yelled at him to back off. Just then the pump exploded.

"She was frozen in there, between the gas pumps and her car," Horvat said. "She was holding her face. Flames were all around her. She never got out."

SOURCE

I wrote this article because this accident is a clear reminder to all of us that life is predictably UNPREDICTABLE. We have a tendency to take so many things for granted in this life, including life itself.

Consider this poor woman who lost her life. Any hope of having a future husband or children or grandchildren, any hope of ever hearing those first words “Mama” or “I wuv you mommy,” any hope of watching her children graduate from school, or of receiving a big hug from one of her own children, is now gone forever. How sad. How tragic!

This is why I get so peeved at our government leaders for needlessly sending our children to die on foreign soil for agendas that have absolutely nothing to do with America's freedom. Alan Greenspan, who headed the Federal Reserve Board for 19 years, stated that the Iraqi War is mostly about stealing their oil. That's not a good enough reason to forfeit our children's lives. Many parents will never be grandparents because their child died in Iraqi for the New World Order. And if that's not bad enough, President Bush Jokes about War In Iraq! It is all so evil. Just remember, Obama, Bush and the Clintons will all spend this coming Christmas with their children. If your pastor supported the War in Iraq, you need to find a much better church.

May we keep in mind the untimely death of this unfortunate young woman, and numerous others we read about every day in the news, so that we may redeem the time, preparing to meet our God and Creator. Life is what happens to us while we're making big plans. Life has its disappointments, heartaches and times of sorrow for everyone—some more than others—but God is still on His throne in Heaven and now is the time to get right with God. Friend, do you know Jesus as your personal Savior? Time on earth is running out for everyone.

The Reality Of Sin, Righteousness, Judgment And Hell

After I read this tragic story, I couldn't help but think of the Scriptures and the BILLIONS of unbelievers that are headed for the Lake of Fire in their sins. Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

And again in 2nd Thessalonians 1:8 we are warned, “In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.” I don't know if this young woman was saved or unsaved, and I make no statement concerning that. I certainly hope with all my heart that she's enjoying Heaven now with the saints.

What caught my attention mostly was the fact that this young women saw death approaching. She saw the fires moving closer and closer. Fear overwhelmed her, as it would anyone. How tragic that multitudes of people in the world today refuse to see the fires closing in around them! They are blind to the reality of sin, judgment and Hell fire! Oh, that men would hear and believe the Word of God, repenting toward God for salvation.

Jesus taught in Matthew 24:37-38 that the people before the flood were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage (going from one failed marriage to another). Jesus said that it would be the same way in the Last Days. We are living in those times today (2nd Timothy 3:1-7). People today are not listening to God. This is why we have a city nicknamed “Sin City” (Las Vegas), and abortion is legal, and Salem in Massachusetts prides themselves as the “City of Witches,” and lewd internet smut is a legal $50 billion per year business, and homosexuals are getting married and adopting children, and America's legal system is extremely corrupt and oppressive, and idolatry is commonplace, and our churches preach another gospel from a false bible perversion. Woe unto America! We are a spiritual sick and diseased nation.

Jesus said that when the flood finally came, THEY KNEW NOT what had happened until it was too late. Not one person heeded Noah's preaching of the imputed righteousness that is found only in Christ. Only Noah and his immediate family boarded the ark. Noah preached for 120 long years, but not one person obeyed the Gospel to believe it; not one person got saved; not one sinner escaped God's wrath when judgment came. And after perishing in the flood they sadly went to burn in Hell forever. Psalm 9:17, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

Tragically, preachers no longer cry aloud against sin, no longer warn men of the coming judgment of an angry God, and no longer stress the awfulness of eternal punishment for all Christ-rejecters in the fires of Hell. Every mainstream so-called “Christian author,” such as Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Max Lucado, et cetera, spend 99% of the time AVOIDING the unpleasant and offensive topics of sin, judgment, God's wrath, hellfire and eternal punishment. Yet, the great need of our day is to hear these topics preached loud and long so that men may fear God and come to repentance.

All of the popular televangelists today are a bunch of greedy fakes! Beware of the minister who focuses on health, wealth and prosperity. Beware of any professed “Christian” who wants to sell you something; but never warns of the coming judgment in hellfire, never exposes the awfulness of sin, never talks about winning souls to Jesus Christ and never talks about God's wrath upon the wicked. America's great need of the hour is preaching preachers!

The tragic accident in Colorado Springs could have happened to anyone. It was horrific to say the least. Burned alive! Proverb 27:1, “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” The important question is, are you ready to meet God? Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

Luke 13:5, “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent (change your mind to get born again), ye shall all likewise perish.” —Jesus Christ

Just Decide Once And For All That God Is Good

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Psalms 145:9, “The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.”

1st Corinthians 1:9, “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”

1st Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going to put God on trial for the problems and loneliness in my life after my wife cruelly abandoned me in 2006. God didn't do that to me! I decided that I am not going to place God on trial every time bad things happen to me, every time some wicked pastor kicks me out of church, again. God didn't do that to me!

The $64,000 question dear reader is: Do you believe that the King James Bible is inspired by God? If you do, then you must concede that God is good, faithful and that He cares. When I get down on myself and frustrated with life, which we all do at times if we're honest, I always remember that I decided long ago that God is good, faithful and that He cares. I refuse to place God on trial in my mind.

I'll be the first to admit that God never seems to answer my prayers. I told the LORD years ago that I would always tell the truth. I won't cover for God. I am not saying that God has never answered any of my prayers. I am saying that it “seems” that God never does. There's a big difference! I read in a book something that Dr. Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) said which I have never forgotten. He said that if we could see all that God sees, we would never again question why the LORD answers our prayers the way that He does. I agree with that!

The Holy Bible gives us a clue from Jesus' Words in Luke 18:1, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” And then Jesus tells the parable of The Unjust Judge who ignored the widow because he simply didn't care. But God ignores our prayers because He does care, because our IMPORTUNITY pleases God. Faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6). Importunity requires a greater faith!

Dear reader, just settle it once and for all that God is good, faithful and He cares.

We Should All Mark And Avoid Pastor Steven Anderson

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

1st Timothy 3:4-7, “One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

Kindly said, based on our text passage of Scripture, Steven L. Anderson has no business being a church pastor. His oldest four children in recent years have all conspired against him publicly to destroy his marriage, home and ministry. You can find hundreds of articles and videos on social media in this regard. I am not attacking Steven Anderson, he has brought this upon himself by his viscous anger, hot temper, hatred of sinners and woeful lack of God's love.

The Bible emphasizes that pastors will be judged more harshly than others, highlighting the seriousness of their role and the potential for abuse of authority. It is important to seek guidance from Scripture to understand the responsibilities and standards expected of church leaders. Sadly, Pastor Anderson has flagrantly ignored the Word of God, doing his own thing.

I made this very important video, which was difficult for me to obtain from Rumble. I had to download OBS Studio (a free opensource program) to record my computer screen, and then I was able to use Corel Visual Studio software that I bought to remove the commercial advertisements from the 30 minute video, but I got it to preserve it. Praise God!

Pastor Roger Jimenez Exposes Steven Anderson

In this heartfelt video, Pastor Roger Jimenez tells his side of the story, to provide context for all the hateful slander hurled against him by Pastor Anderson, which truthful side Steven Anderson doesn't want anyone to see, because it exposes him for the unloving angry man that he truly is; not the caring, compassionate and loving pastor that he refuses to become.

As Baptist pastors, Steven Anderson and Roger Jimenez are both from Sacramento, California. They were best of friends for over 20 years, both personally and ministerially. Yet, as Roger painfully explains in this eye opening video, Steven cruelly threw him under the bus for not taking sides with him against his own family.

Steven pressured Roger to make a malicious video to dox his older brother Clint Anderson, whom Steven accused of kidnapping his daughter. Doxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the internet and without their consent, and or with the intention of harassing or causing distress to the victim. That is exactly what Steven Anderson did to his brother and sister-in-law in South Carolina. I don't blame Pastor Jimenez for refusing to be a part of Anderson's vengeful hatred and vindictive plot to dox his brother. I am certainly not the first person to humbly think that Steven Anderson seriously needs psychiatric help for his angry, abusive and hateful nature.

Pastor Anderson went as far as to accuse his own older brother Clint of having perverse sexual desires for his own niece. Steven Anderson is not the kind of individual that I would ever want to be associated with—a man full of hubris and bitter anger who hates and attacks his own family and friends. I did not write this article to be mean or to attack anyone, God knows my heart. I recommend for everyone to steer clear of the New IFB entirely. In the past I have reluctantly supported Pastor Anderson and the New IFB, but I cannot do so any longer. Their hatred for sinners, anger and abusive ways have done much damage to the cause of Jesus Christ.

Kindly said, I think Steven Anderson is a disgrace as a man of God, and he never should have became a pastor. Pastor Jimenez nailed it in his video, saying that "there is no love in the Anderson home." Steven has never accepted responsibility for his abusive and shameful behavior. He never apologizes to the people whom he hurts. Kindly said, he is a hateful individual woefully lacking in God's love. I want no part of that anymore!!!

Ungodly toxic pastors like Steven Anderson need to be exposed, because a lot of people are confused if he is a man of God or a phony. He's a phony! Since the pastor is big on soulwinning, that confuses a lot of people, so they reluctantly support him and overlook his flaws and deliberate disobedience to the Holy Bible. Steven Anderson isn't just a flawed human being, he is intentionally wresting the inspired Word of God to justify hating sinners.

The fact that his four oldest children are trying to undermine and destroy his name, marriage and ministry speaks volumes. Those kids are hurting. And for Steven to arrogantly and cold-heartedly say that if he could go back in a time-machine that he wouldn't change a thing regarding how he raised his children is shocking! If what he says is true, that means his kids would still hate him, and there is something VERY wrong with that poor attitude.

You'd think at a minimum, as Pastor Jimenez rightly says in his video, that Pastor Anderson would have at least expressed having a broken heart publicly, and to reaffirm his love for his four oldest children. He hasn't done that! Instead, he has preached a series of sermons from the Old Testament about stoning rebellious teenagers. That is unreal. Steven is an extremely proud individual, who is above reproach in his own eyes. Only God can break him one day.

Anderson says he didn't do anything wrong. Okay, then why are his four oldest kids so angry and hellbent on destroying him? They're not angry for no reason! There is no brokenness in Steven Anderson. There is no love whatsoever for his four oldest children. He has removed all of their photos from social media, disowning them from the family. I haven't heard Anderson once say publicly that he loves his kids. Clearly he doesn't.

Kindly said, Steven Anderson is a poster boy for religious hatred. He shamefully represents everything that a pastor ought not be—haughty, proud, arrogant, full of hubris and bitterness toward anyone who challenges his power and control. What he did to attack, undermine and destroy his so-called "friend" Pastor Roger Jimenez is disgusting, evil and wrong. For two long miserable years (2024-2026), Pastor Anderson preached a few dozen sermons all aimed at ruining the reputation and ministry of Pastor Jimenez. He succeeded (Proverbs 11:9). Pastor Anderson had a meeting and gave talking points to other New IFB pastors who all turned against Pastor Jimenez, railing on him. How is that not cultish?

On January 17, 2026, Pastor Jimenez sadly resigned as pastor of Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, over a personal undisclosed moral indiscretion. That wasn't good enough for Steven Anderson. He shameful preached umpteen additional sermons attacking the fallen pastor, demanding to know what the undisclosed moral infraction was, so he could further condemn and utterly attack and destroy his best "friend" of over 20 years.

Kindly said, Steven Anderson is a hateful MONSTER!!! With a fake friend like him, you don't need any enemies! God pity that wicked pastor. Being imperfect is one thing, but wresting the Bible to justify those imperfections is another thing entirely. Pastor Anderson has twisted the Holy Bible around to justify hating unrepentant sinners, hating his own family, and hating preachers like me who expose him for the religious phony that he shamefully is.

Please know that I did not post this video and these comments to be mean, nor to attack Pastor Anderson; but rather, to hopefully wake up some of his blinded followers in the New IFB who pander to him, empowering him to continue hurting people and blaspheming the name of Jesus Christ. Anderson's vehement hatred of the LGBTQ+ community for whom Christ died on Calvary's cross is inexcusable. God is love! Christ died for all men, even for the vilest of evil sinners (Romans 5;6-9). Jude 1:22 teaches for God's children to have compassion on sinners, so that we can make a difference for Christ.

God desires for all men to repent of unbelief to be saved (2nd Peter 3;9). The Lord has no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33;11). But Pastor Anderson wickedly praised the murder of 49 people in 2016 at the Pulse gay nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. No genuine man of God would have rejoiced about that tragedy. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Steven Anderson's preaching goes totally contradictory to the inspired Holy Bible, which is why we should all be wise to mark and avoid him and his cult of followers.

I love you all unconditionally with God's love, whosever you may be. Everybody is welcome at my ministry. I just want to be a blessing to as many people as I can for Jesus Christ. If you're looking for a big sinner, you've found the biggest one right here. I am just a sinner saved by God's grace. Thank you for reading my ministry blog. To God be all the glory.

Should Public Schools Remove Filthy Books?

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:34:00 +0000

Proverbs 29:27, “An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.”

Someone asked me if I think the state of Florida is right to remove questionable books that promote sympathy for homosexuals and other liberal agendas from public schools. Yes, absolutely! I love what U.S. President John Adams said:

“We have not government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —U.S. President John Adams

It is ungodly and insane for any liberal nutcase to even suggest that our founding fathers intended for the U.S. Constitution to grant the right to homosexuals to push LGBTQ literature upon impressionable children. The government ought not even be in the education business! Parents in local communities should either teach their children at home, or organize local schools in each town. It has never been the state's or federal government's job to get into the education business. God never intended for women to pursue careers and leave off motherhood. The Bible calls career woman "turned aside after Satan" in 1st Timothy 5:14-15. The $64,000 question is do you fear God?

Our ungodly government is so hypocritical. While they claim it infringes on atheist children's rights to teach biblical creation, those same wicked liars will force sympathy for the homosexual agenda upon children. The Bible sums up the real issue in Proverbs 29:27, “An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.” Liberal unsaved queer-loving wicked sinners will NEVER live in harmony with God-fearing, sin-hating, holy living, truth-loving, Christians. These two groups will never harmonize! Each group is trying to control what is taught and promoted in public schools to our children. It's a never-ending war between good and evil.

Just as the U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights doesn't grant anyone the legal "right" to yell "fire" in a crowded theater when there is no fire, neither does anyone have a legal right to corrupt children with wickedness. And that is really the core issue, whether or not homosexuality is a sin. The inspired Holy Bible says it is (Leviticus 20:13), but wicked perverts like Elton John say that sodomy is perfectly okay. Elton has publicly said that all organized religion should be legally banned. Elton hates Christianity, hates the Bible, hates Jesus and hates the Church, because they won't approve of his homosexual deathstyle (Proverbs 29:27).

When children go to school, they should be taught how to read and write, math, social studies and science, nothing else. It's not the school's job to teach sex education and pass out free condoms. It's not the school's job to teach Critical Race Theory crap, blaming white people for the woes of blacks today. It's not the school's job to reshape history, rectifies past social injustices or try to recruit children to support the LGBTQ garbage agenda. Public schools are of the Devil. Since 1963 prayer and Bible reading have been banned from the schools, and the dire consequences have been costly. Look at these shocking charts.

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001)...

Satan's Bid For Your Child

Dr. Jack Hyles got into a heated argument with a local high school teacher in Hammond, Indiana, in the 1960's when the school required his son to read "Catcher In The Rye," which book is full of street language, sexual gestures and swearing.

The book is as wicked as the Devil himself—full of rebellion, sexual immorality and filth. No normal decent adult would want a teenager to read such trashy literature. Let's face it, there are some horrible people in society. Police only catch a small fraction of sexual predators who prey upon children in society. The very prosecutor John David Atchison who prosecuted Evangelist Kent Hovind in 2007 was arrested in Detroit, Michigan, when he flew to have sex with a 5-year-old little girl. The prosecutor had a doll, jar of Vaseline and other items in his possession when he got off the plane. A short time later he commit suicide in prison in 2007. Truth is stranger than fiction. We are all miserable needy sinners!

Perverts, sickos and unbelievably wicked people surround us in society. You never know what mass-murderer, rapist, kidnapper, lawyer or neo-evangelical pastor might be standing next to you in the checkout line at a local grocery store. No one is safe! Again, I think John Adams nailed it...

“We have not government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” —U.S. President John Adams

When wicked liberals, kooks, communists, abortionists, homosexuals and leftists try to subvert, skirt and wrest the U.S. Constitution, it simply doesn't work anymore to preserve freedom. It's the same with God's Word. For someone with a pure heart who sincerely wants to please God, the Bible works for them; but if someone is wicked and truly doesn't want to do what is right to please God, then they will wrest, corrupt and change the truth of Scripture into a lie in a wicked attempt to justify their evil. God wrote the Bible for those who are pure of heart. That is why Jesus often spoke in parables. Those who were pure of heart understood His sayings, but those who were wicked and had no desire to please God, they were blinded by their own wickedness.

I think all controversial philosophical books such as "1984," "The Handmaiden's Tale," "Catcher In The Rye," "Heather Has Two Mommies," et cetera, should be removed from the schools. Those liberal hypocrites won't even allow the inspired Holy Bible, but they'll allow that degenerate crap. All of those secular books are not intended to educate, they're intended to recruit and shape public opinion. All books and curriculum should be limited to only education. School is not the place for promoting agendas. We've lost our minds in America. Pastor Lester Roloff (1914-2982) was right, "We're in insanity because of sin!"

I thank God for President Trump. He hasn't always been a moral man in his past philandering. But he has done more to stop abortion than his predecessors. Sadly, even though the federal government has left the abortion business since 2022, abortion has merely moved to the individual states, and there were still over one million abortion murders last year! President Trump has removed all known homosexuals from the U.S. military. Praise God! He removed all the DEI crap from the government! Amen.

But, tragically, I am 100% certain that when wicked Democrats retake the White House in the near future, they will bring back all the LGBTQ junk, DEI nonsense and evil with a vengeance, and pass laws to ensure that the good President Trump has accomplished can never be repeated in the future. They hate Donald Trump with a passion, because they hate Jesus!

Anyway, I 100% fully support Governor Ron Desantis courageous efforts to rid Florida's school of the kooks, liberals and queers and their books that aim to corrupt our children with evil. Why don't they teach children sympathy for Christians who are persecuted? Why only the sodomites? The truth is that they couldn't care less about sympathizing with queers, they want to undermine the family and pervert our kids. Senator Ted Cruz' father Rafael said it well. YouTube has repeatedly banned this video, so I copied and saved it to my website.

That is the real issue we face today. The Devil's crowd want to control the people. They want to destroy the family. This blatant truth cannot be denied. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

There's Nothing “Fundamentalist” About Hating People

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Matthew 22:36-40. “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

I had first learned about Pastor Steven Anderson and his Faithful Word Baptist Church around 2009. The church was started in 2006 in Tempe, Arizona. Out of that one church and Pastor Anderson's strong evangelical influence, several dozen other churches have also started. As a group that call themselves New Independent Fundamental Baptists (New IFB, or NIFB).

Kindly said, the New IFB movement call themselves “fundamental,” but that is a misnomer (an incorrect or unsuitable name) when they spew and teach hatred for sinners. To truly be a fundamentalist, in the Christian sense, it means that you adhere to the fundamental teachings of the inspired Holy Bible, and that you separate from those who do not. That being said, the inspired King James Bible does NOT teach hatred toward anyone. Pastor Anderson, respectfully said, has wrested the Holy Bible in an attempt to teach hatred for sinners. This heresy goes totally contrary to everything that the Word of God teaches.

Over the past 17 years I have had strong mixed feelings toward the New IFB over several issues, primarily with their ideology that God hates homosexuals and so should you, and that LGBTQ+ people are beyond the hope of the gospel, so we should just throw them under the bus by not sharing the gospel with them.

As blatant living proof that Steven Anderson and his New IFB cultish movement are WRONG, there is the ministry New Hope Ministry started by Frank and Anita Worthen, two former homosexuals who found salvation and deliverance through faith in Jesus Christ. There is hope for homosexuals!!! Frank and Anita are living proof that the New IFB are very wrong and unbiblical in their teaching and preaching that God hates LGBTQ+ people and that they cannot get saved. It ceases to anger and frustrate me hearing these hateful New IFB pastors perverting God's Word, teaching hatred toward humans created in God's very own image.

Homosexuality Is A Sin In The Holy Bible

That being said, and I know I will upset some people here, homosexuality is a horrible sin condemned in the Word of God. And yes, Leviticus 20:13 calls for capital punishment for them if convicted in a valid court of law. Leviticus 20:13, “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” In the year 1962, homosexuality was still a punishable crime in all 50 states in our nation. What changed? God hasn't changed (Malachi 3:6). The Holy Bible hasn't changed (Matthew 5:18). What has sadly changed is that our American culture has deteriorated because of the influence of Hollywood, apostate churches, the controlled mainstream media and other detrimental ungodly influences.

Steps In The Degeneration Of Our Nation (1967)

More Sermons By Brother Lester Roloff

There is much debate among theologians, clergy and church layman over the issue of punishment, if any, for homosexuals. The common claim is that Leviticus 20:13 was given under the Mosaic Law, when Israel was a theocracy, so it only applied to Old Testament Jews.

Another common thing that proponents of having no punishment for homosexuality bring up is that under the Mosaic Law, you would have been killed for eating lobster, or rebelling against your parents, or picking up sticks on the Sabbath Day, and they would be correct.

My humble opinion in the matter, and this is just what I believe, is that God's prohibition of homosexuality and capital punishment for committing it are unchanging moral laws. I think we must use wisdom to separate moral laws (that never expire) from ceremonial laws (which were temporal only for Jews living under Moses' law). The prohibition to eat lobster was clearly a ceremonial law.

On April 30, 2025, I was confronted by Pastor Brad Moffett at the Family Baptist Church in Pensacola. I had attended their church for 45 months, before they kicked me and my wife out over my preaching against women wearing pants (his wife and mother wear pants). Brad's wife couldn't stand me over my stance, so she pressured her husband to censure my ministry.

Brad also didn't like that I preach the death penalty for homosexuals if convicted in court. The immature pastor said Romans chapter one proves that homosexuals ought not be punished, because God didn't kill them, He “gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves.” But God doesn't kill murderers either, does He? No, God has entrusted and empowered our government to enforce righteousness by punishing lawlessness (Romans 13:1-4). Our country's founding fathers in the United States castrated homosexuals. Go check for yourself!

I reasonably asked Pastor Brad Moffett if he believes in capital punishment for murderers, and he conceded that he does. So, I asked him what gives him or anyone else the right to selectively pick and choose which of God's moral laws are worthy of the death penalty. What gives anyone that right? We don't have a right to decide that murderers should die, but adulterers, kidnappers, rapists, pedophiles and homosexuals should live, when God's law plainly requires the death penalty for all those crimes. I'm just telling you what the Bible says.

Not only do today's lawmakers flaunt God's law by refusing to punish crime, but they mock God in Maryland by only charging a $10 penalty fee for the crime of adultery. Go check! That is wicked blasphemy against a holy God! Ecclesiastes 8:11, “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” I was born in 1967. I can honestly say that I do not recognize the country I grew up in today. I never thought I would see a time in my country when thousands upon thousands of young punks would smash, riot, vandalize, pillage and steal from business in major cities across the United States with impunity. In cities like Los Angeles, if you get caught stealing anything under $1,000 you merely receive a citation, just like double parking. No wonder crime is out of control. New York City is just as bad and only waxing worse!

Everything has deteriorated in American society. Today's music and movies are garbage. There's no more bands. Young people have lost their inspiration to do anything. Everything has been ruined by corporate and personal greed. We've gone away from the holy God of the King James Bible. Elderly people across our country are suffering. Many cannot afford medical care. Homelessness is at epidemic levels due to a woeful lack of affordable housing. Contrary to President Trump's 'Make America Great Again' rhetoric, inflation is higher than ever. Housing prices have not come down! Yet, President Trump has added another $3 trillion of national debt to our miseries. I digress from the subject at hand.

We Should Love LGBTQ+ Sinners With Christ's Love

That all being said, since our federal and state governments today have spiraled downward into wickedness and no longer punish homosexuality, all we can do is try to get them saved by sharing the 'GOOD NEWS' (Gospel) of Jesus crucified, buried and risen for them (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

I love people! I love LGBTQ+ people and am kind to them, as I am to everyone with God's unconditional love. It is not my place or jurisdiction as a U.S. citizen to punish criminals. But it is my duty as a Bible preacher to tell the truth, damn the torpedoes!

I can tell you with all biblical authority that the New IFB, including pastors' Jonathan Shelley and Steven Anderson, are very WRONG to preach hatred toward homosexuals. I cringe when I hear them spewing hate, calling for homosexuals to shoot themselves in the head. That is wrong! God loves everyone. There is not one LGBTQ+ sinner who has not been created in the image of God, our Creator. Don't anyone dare try to convince me that we should hate someone for whom Christ died on Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago. You are special to God, I don't care who you are!

Again, in closing, there is absolutely nothing “fundamental” (in the Christian or biblical sense) about hating people, regardless of who they are or what they have done. I have seen prison wardens weep in tears as they flipped the throw switch to electrocute an inmate on death row. That is the heartfelt concern and love that we should all have for others. What saith the Scripture? Ezekiel 33:11, “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”

Dear reader, if you have a problem with the following image, you do not understand or closely know the loving God of the Holy Bible. The NIFB would reject and criticize this image, claiming that Jesus hates LGBTQ+ people like they do. The LORD does not accept or sanction their wickedness, but He still loves and died for them. John 7:7, “The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.” In John 5:40 Jesus didn't say, "ye cannot come"; but rather, He said, "Ye will not come" to Him that you might have life. The free gift of forgiveness of sins and eternal life is offered by God to whosoever wants it; free for the taking. Simply believe that Jesus did it all for you. That is, place your whole trust in Christ's death on the cross, burial and His bodily resurrection the third day. This is "the gospel" by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved (Romans 1:16; 1st Corinthians 15:1-6).

From Genesis to Revelation the inspired King James Bible teaches love. There's nothing “fundamentalist” about hating sinners for whom Christ gave His life on Calvary's cross. We are taught in the Scripture to hate evil (Psalms 97:10), but never sinners for whom Christ died.

New IFB Pastors Are Not Above Reproach

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Titus 1:9-14, “Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”

There is a disturbing prevalent heresy in the New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (New IFB, or NIFB) movement that says no one is permitted to challenge, question or oppose the teachings and preaching of their leaders. Nothing could be more unbiblical!

I recently corrected some heresy by a NIFB pastor, but one of their aggressive followers wrongly accused me of bringing an accusation against an elder. That is lunacy! He cited 1st Timothy 5:19, “Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.” This Scripture passage is talking about a member of a church accusing one's pastors of adultery, stealing money or some other serious offense. It does not mean that no one can challenge a doctrinal video that he uploads to YouTube!

Sadly, the New IFB is full of religious nuts! Pastor Steven Anderson is their leader, and he is harsh and aggressive, cold and mean. Once you offend him, it's over; you don't get any second chances. Respectfully said, the guy is shallow, woefully lacking God's love for sinners.

Part of the problem is that Pastor Anderson has been very successful, which success has enabled him to throw his enemies, former disgruntled church members, upset ministry peers, angry family members and wounded friends under the bus while ignoring their cries. I know because I am one of them! For every wounded person that he throws under the bus, he has ten more loyal followers to pander to him. And that just enables him to continue hurting people.

Kindly said, the New IFB's pastors are not apostles! They are definitely not above reproach. Learned Christians are not railing on New IFB pastors for calling them out for their numerous heresies. Onorato Diamante on YouTube is a layman, like myself, and like myself he exposes the New IFB false teaching that you cannot go to Heaven without praying a sinner's prayer.

The New IFB are very wrong in this doctrinal matter! In several dozen Scripture passages we are plainly taught that the way of salvation is simply to believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:14-18, 36; 5:40; 6:28-29, 40, 47; 10:1, 9; 11:25; 20:31). We are saved by believing the Good News of Jesus Christ crucified, buried and risen to be saved (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). In none of those passages are we taught to call, ask, confess, repent or pray to be saved, but only to BELIEVE. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

I kindly correct New IFB pastors all the time for their gross theological incompetence. Every New IFB pastor that I know of teaches hatred for the LGBTQ+ community, which is totally unbiblical. Although I do believe that homosexuality should be a punishable crime, I also believe that even the vilest criminal is still created in God's image, and we ought not hate someone. Christ died for the vilest sinners (Romans 5:5-9).

I have seen prison wardens weep in tears while flipping the throw switch for an electric chair. That is the condition of heart that we should all have as Christians. Ezekiel 33:11 plainly teaches that God Himself has no pleasure in the death of the wicked.

In 2016, Pastor Steven Anderson rejoiced when a 26 year old deranged gunman murdered 49 victims in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a known LGBTQ+ hangout. What Pastor Anderson did was wicked and very wrong! What gives anyone the right to rejoice when the wicked die, when God Himself has no pleasure in the death of the wicked?

2nd Peter 3:9 tells us that God desires for all men to repent of their unbelief, to trust Christ to be saved. It is not God's will for ANY to perish! This strongly disproves the heretical popular New IFB heresy that homosexuals are beyond the hope of the gospel, so don't bother witnessing the gospel to them. NIFB pastors call this the “Reprobate Doctrine,” which heresy Steven Anderson learned from his doctrinally unlearned father (which Steven has openly admitted).

Pastor Jack Hyles taught a much milder form of the Reprobate Doctrine, but unlike the New IFB Dr. Hyles didn't create a pet doctrine and give it a name like Steven Anderson has. Dr. Hyles simply believed that biblically there is such a thing as a “reprobate.” But what Brother Hyles taught versus what Steven Anderson teaches are lightyears apart. This chart is invaluable to help understand how unbiblical the New IFB are in their doctrine. ...

Major “Reprobate Doctrine” Comparison

Shame on the New IFB for preaching hatred toward people!!!

I Was Raised To Love Sinners, Not hate Them

I grew up around Skid Row in Chicago, tagging along with my father who was a Skid Row minister for over 30 years. My father and I more times than I can remember got out of the car and saw men lying in the street gutter at 34 S. Desplaines avenue in front of the rescue mission. We didn't know if they were dead or alive. My father called 911 and they always sent a police paddy wagon to come get them.

My father took this photo on the front steps of Chicago United Mission, our rescue mission...

My father once threw away a case of expired Vanilla extract and drunkards remove it from the garbage and drank it. Some men drank paint thinner, sniffed model glue, et cetera. I've seen teenagers sniffing spray-paint from paper bags! White paint was running out of their nostrils. Once the Devil takes over your brain, you are in gat danger!

“No man has as much sense after he drinks as he did before he drinks.” —Evangelist Lester Roloff

I am so thankful that I was raised NOT to hate sinners. I was raised to love and have compassion of human beings, to see them as being broken rather than bad. That is what made Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) such a great pastor—he loved the down and out, the rejects, the poor, the mission men, the guilty, the broken hearted and bereaved of society. Jude 1:22-23, “And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” There is something very wrong with the aggressive New IFB and their hateful pastors. God is love.

BEWARE of the New IFB's teaching that we should bash and hate LGBTQ+ people. Certainly, we ought not accept them in their unrepentant state as church members in good standing. Every pastor has a biblical duty to spare not and cry aloud against the sins of the people; but at the same time we must love and show compassion toward all men, seeing through their faults for what they can be through faith in the gospel. We are commanded to love our neighbours (Matthew 22:39), and the Lord did not place exclusions upon that command.

You Cannot Be Happy Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Philippians 4:11, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”

I heard a life changing sermon today by Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001). It is titled, “The Yesterdayer, the Todayer, and the Tomorrower.” I encourage all of my ministry followers to start listening to the preaching of Brother Hyles on a regularly basis, if you don't already. I jotted down some notes from the sermon to help you. These are great truths!

Which category do you fall under: Yesterdayer, Todayer or Tomorrower?

Dear reader, if you're happy it's today. Until you get satisfied with today, you'll never be happy. Are you a Yesterdayer? Are you always wanting today to be like yesterday, when times were better? You can't. Yesterday is gone! I am now 59 years old. I cannot feel 40, 30 or 20 again. I cannot relive those wonderful years when my wife was loyal and by my side.

Are you a Tomorrower? Are you always looking through a haze to a brighter future here on earth. Many spouses think the grass is greener in someone else's marriage, so they divorce their spouse and marry another person, just to find out that the next husband or wife is just as bad, or worse. Some people are always chasing rainbows! Take off the rose-colored glasses and learn to appreciate what you have. Plant some grass seeds in your own yard.

As long as you're a Yesterdayer or a Tomorrower, you'll never be happy! People dream about tomorrow with fantasies, and then when tomorrow arrives they reminisce about how wonderful yesterday was. This is their whole life—never happy, never satisfied, never content. When we think about the past, we tend to only focus on the positive things that made us happy, but if we'll be honest with our self, the past did include negatives that we'd rather forget. So, whether we are looking backward or forward, we tend to only see what we want to see, not reality.

Another favorite sermon by Brother Hyles is titled: "Learn To Enjoy Where You Are, While On Your Way To Where You Are Going." These sermons will change your life dear reader if you'll heed the wisdom. Most people are miserable today, because they're always looking to the future for happiness, or dwelling upon a filtered fictional past. They were complaining in the past as much as they do today, but they have forgotten how bad it was yesterday.

Many people are in a state of discontentment. They'll never be happy! They dream of going to paradise, but if they ever got there they'd still be miserable and it wouldn't be paradise, because they'd still be there! Until we can learn to relish the moment, and become comfortable in the present, we'll never be happy in life.

I think a lot of believers who contact my ministry—who are discouraged, down and destitute in life—it is largely because they have never learned to be content with today, satisfied with what they have. There are two ways to become rich:

Have all you want
Want all you have

I just want all I have. You can have very little in life, and yet be rich, if you are content. And contrariwise, there are billionaires who are miserable, still not content with what God has given them. Everything is a mindset in life.

I have never owned a new car in my life. I am 59 years old. I don't want a new car. I love old things. My present vehicle is a 2014 Honda FIT, and I love it, mainly because it is 100% paid for. I saved up money on Guam before I moved to Pensacola in 2021. I paid about $12,000 cash (including sales taxes) and bought the vehicle before I had even left Guam, from a Honda dealership in Pensacola. One of their kind employees even picked me up at the airport and drove me to the dealership to get my new (old) car. They had already acquired my license plates. They were very nice to me, which I am still very grateful to them for doing. I am still driving the same reliable vehicle and Lord willing, plan to drive it until it is either beyond repair, gets stolen or smashed. So far it has served me very well. I am happy with it. Thank you Lord!

I live a simple life. I have all I need and am content and happy in the Lord, despite my chronic health afflictions that torment me night and day mercilessly. God is faithful (1st Corinthians 1:9). Job 13:15, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.” Job 19:25, “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” My full trust is in God my Savior!

Pastor Hyles says your whole disease is that you are not a Todayer. You're not satisfied with today. We foolishly have the wrong attitude, "It's always going to get like I dream it will be." But our fantasies don't include any negatives. You can't be happy tomorrow, because tomorrow will be today when tomorrow comes. So, if you're not happy today, when tomorrow comes and it is today again, you still won't be happy. Boy this is good stuff!

Dear reader, learn to embrace the moment, now! We can be happy right now, simply by thanking God in every thing, and learning to enjoy where we are at. This is what causes nearly all of our unhappiness. Be a Todayer. Get comfortable with today, right now! Yesterday is a cashed check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. All we have is cash to spend today. Spend it wisely. Worrying about tomorrow won't change anything, but it empties today of our Christian joy. God gives us trials and burdens to make us better, not bitter.

We're all guilty at times of being Yesterdayers and Tomorrowers, by either dwelling upon a filtered fictional past or by looking to the future through a blinding haze, missing the moment. If you've never come to grips with settling to be happy today, you'll never be happy. This is something that I think we would all be wise to continue working at, to learn to enjoy today.

It Came To Pass

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Romans 15:3-4, “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

The little phrase “it came to pass” is mentioned 463 times throughout the inspired King James Bible (398 times in the Old Testament, and 65 times in the New Testament). That just might be the most repeated phrase in the Holy Scripture, and I think it has significant practical meaning.

Dear reader, whatever heavy burdens you may be carrying right now, it shall come to pass. If you are going through a divorce, it will come to pass. If you are physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair or a hospital bed, it will come to pass. Everything in this temporary world shall come to pass, whether it be good or bad.

I am often reminded of Jacob's words to Pharaoh in Genesis 49:9a, “And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...” Jacob had suffered so much throughout his miserable life. After deceiving his father Isaac, to defraud him and his brother Esau, Jacob fled for his life to go live with his uncle, Laban. But his heathen uncle took advantage of him time and time again, lowering Jacob's wages ten times. Laban tricked Jacob into marrying both of his daughters, to conscript him to serve for another 7 years in the field.

I could write a lengthy book about the miserable life of Jacob. I could write about his 10 sons by Leah and her handmaids, who wickedly sold Joseph into slavery, and then lied to their father about his fate. Unless you've lost a child to a wild animal attack, eating your child alive, we cannot understand Jacob's inexplicable pain. I could also write about Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, who slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. I can only imagine Jacob's intense feelings of betrayal, anger, helplessness and jealousy that he suffered for years because of such awful betrayal by his own son and wife.

When God touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, it is my humble opinion that the LORD did that on purpose, so that Esau would feel compassion toward his crippled brother. And then I could write about Jacob's beloved wife, Rachel, who prematurely died while giving birth to their second child, Benjamin. I fully know the inexplicable pain of suffering from betrayal, cruelty and loss; but no one knows your pain except you! It was Jacob's pain of soul and body that broke, shaped and conformed him into the image of Christ.

No one knows your pain except you!

If you are at a bad place in your life, just hang in there friend, because things always change; but if you are at a good spot in your life, don't get use to it—don't get used to it—because things always change. And it came to pass!

I think this is a significant finding, that 463 times in the Scripture we find mentioned the comforting phrase “it came to pass.” Life doesn't stand still for anyone!

Life Is A Veil Of Tears

To be quite honest, due to my continual suffering from debilitating agonizing neck pain, burning nerves throughout my upper body, and related bodily afflictions, I am looking forward to the eventual end of this life's journey. I think if I found out tomorrow that I only have six months to live, I would throw a party. I am a happy person, but I am also miserable in suffering. I share the exact same sentiments as the Apostle Paul who exclaimed in Philippians 1:21, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

One of my favorite sermons by Pastor Danny Castle at the Shining Light Baptist Church in Morganton, North Carolina, is titled: '7 Reasons Why I Want To Go To Heaven.' Yes Sir! I feel the same. I am so tired and wearied with this old sin sick, broken and insane world. Dear reader, Pastor Jack Hyles once said in a sermon that, “Life is a veil of tears.”

Life is a veil of tears.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “The Patient Waiting Of Christ”

Whatever burden you may be carrying today friend, it shall come to pass. if you are struggling in your marriage, going through a painful divorce, or are recovering after a divorce, God loves you and so do I. Your life is not over dear friend!

It disgusts me how so many self righteous Pharisaical professed Christian groups today, like the cesspool of hypocrisy at Pensacola Christian College (PCC), look down on divorced people. When, as a divorced man, I attended their cult in 2021, the shameful senior pastor of Campus Church Jeff Redlin treated me like garbage, belittling me with his harsh comments and throwing me under the bus. I simply asked him if I was welcome as a divorced person at Campus Church, since I had every intention of getting remarried. I had already heard that they cruelly mistreat divorced people, but I needed to know for myself. I needed to know if they cared about me as a human being, and they don't.

Kindly said, they are a cult of proud married people; once you are divorced, even if you're just 20 years old, you are strictly forbidden to ever date or remarry. And if you do get remarried to someone else, they will expel you from their community, like the Mormons do. That is insanity!!! Ultimately, their ungodly pastors banned me since August 2, 2022, from attending their Campus Church. Really loving people, huh? Run from that horrible place!

My Humble Opinion On Divorce And Remarriage

And while I am on the topic dear reader, the inspired Holy Bible is very clear in 1st Corinthians 7:1-2, “Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” How can a divorced child of God obey this passage of Scripture if they are prohibited to ever get remarried? They cannot.

The Bible teaches in 1st Corinthians 7:11 that a wife who abandons her husband is not permitted to remarry, but that is simply because she can go back to her husband. I humbly believe that in such a case, if the former husband has moved on to remarry someone else, the wife is only then free to remarry another. Granted this is not God's prefect will. Nor is it His acceptable will, which according to the Apostle Paul in 1st Corinthians 7:6-7 would be to just remain unmarried until death, to focus solely on serving Christ. That is what Paul did. Since Paul spoke of being "loosed" from a wife, he was likely married previously.

And there there is the permissive will of God. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 7:9 that if you are burning with sexual desire, it is better to marry than to burn. The Bible doesn't exclude divorced people! If we take all these Scripture passages into consideration, only a fool for a pastor would teach that once divorced your life is over.

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) wisely recommended that someone wait at least five years after a divorce before moving on. To clarify, if your spouse wants you back, you do not have a right to go remarry someone else. When making decisions concerning divorce and remarriage, our guiding principle is The Golden Rule in Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” There is no law against love. I humbly think I have the mind of Christ in this matter (1st Corinthians 2:14-16).

Whatever your hardship, burden, pain, broken heart, dilemma, loss, challenge or suffering may be dear reader, it shall come to pass!

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

It Came To Pass

Please Don't Become A One Issue Christian

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Ephesians 3:17-19, “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”

Colossians 1:23-23, If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church.”

I have met many professed Christians in my lifetime who have become one issue people. That is not good. Some people are infatuated with politics, and that has become their main thing. Other have made fighting abortion their main thing. I have met quite a few people who are enamored with health gimmicks, powders and similar junk. They all have some “miracle cure” for my injured neck and chronic pain. All they have done is irritate and annoy me.

There's one user on Facebook who keeps bombarding me with information on the Noahide Laws. He wants me to refute them. I don't care about the Noahide Laws! The guy's absolutely infatuated with the subject. He has made a blog dedicated to do nothing but expose the Noahide laws. I finally told him that this article is what I believe, and to please stop sending me his junk! Some people won't take “no” for an answer!

Dear reader, as you know there are many nuts on social media. I meet people frequently who are absorbed with one issue. It is their main thing, their whole reason for being on the internet.

Another young fella last week, someone from Canada whom I have been distant ministry friends with for years, cussed me out this week, calling me horrible disparaging names that I won't repeat, but the first word started with the letter “F.” What was my offensive? I simply told him kindly that I do not agree with Pastor Steven Anderson's unbiblical “reprobate doctrine,” which heresy teaches we should bitterly hate homosexuals, and God hates them, and that LGBTQ+ sinners are beyond the hope of the gospel. I reject that tommyrot! I reject that balderdash, poppycock and utter nonsense! NO ONE is beyond the hope of the gospel (2nd Peter 3:9). God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, and neither should we (Ezekiel 33:11). The New IFB (independent fundamental Baptist) are messed up on so many levels it is pathetic! Their leader Pastor Steven Anderson is consumed with bitter hatred for people. In sharp contrast, Matthew 22:39 commands us to love our neighbour without exception.

Please don't become a one issue Christian! I have a ministry friend who has been corresponding with me for many years. He is saturated with exposing Roman Catholicism. He writes emails to priests to refute them, debating and arguing with Catholic leaders, to no avail. My ministry friend has often attempted to draw me into his love-affair with exposing Rome, but I have carefully maintained a healthy distance. I do expose the demonic Roman and Russian Orthodox Catholic religions, but that is not my main thing. My main thing has and always will be preaching the gospel of free grace. That is one issue that you CAN make your main issue.

I had an incompetent Baptist pastor (Sean Quinlan from Pensacola Christian College) wrongly accuse me in 2018 of being "obsessed" with the Bible issue. I took his disparaging remark as a compliment! God knows that I am not a one issue person, but it might seem like it sometimes. I admittedly do preach quite a bit against the heresies of Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation. But I only do so because a counterfeit gospel is being preached from nearly every pulpit today. The only ministry websites which I have dedicated to one issue is in the matter of faith in Jesus Christ (e.g., https://faithaloneinjesussaves.blogspot.com and https://giftofeternallife.blogspot.com).

That being said, I don't ever want to get so caught up into fighting against Freemasonry, Zionism, Charismatics, government corruption, booze, or other evils that it becomes the main issue.

I knew a young professed Christian woman a long time ago who was absolutely consumed with voting Republican. If she met a complete stranger, she told them to "vote Republican." Ladies and gentlemen, that is crazy! She wasn't a bad person, she was just unbalanced as a person. I chose our text Scripture passages because the inspired Holy Bible speaks about being "grounded and settled" in love, and faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Solomon speaks of a "false balance" in the book of Proverbs. Every believer should be balanced.

To clarify, it's okay if your livelihood is making bicycles, cakes, fixing cars, or whatever. You can turn any hobby or work into a ministry by simply sharing the gospel with people. You can literally type any hobby or interest into a search engine on the internet, and add the word "ministry," and you'll likely find something. I found scuba diving ministries, paragliding ministries, dog walking ministries, et cetera. I'm not talking about that.

I am discouraging you dear reader from becoming so caught up into one topic that it consumes you, to the point where people cannot even share a normal conversation with you, without you constantly bringing up the issue. The guy I mentioned earlier in Canada, who got angry at me for disagreeing with the New IFB's "reprobate doctrine," blew up in anger last year when I disagreed with the New IFB heresy that you don't have to pray a sinner's prayer to get to Heaven. John 6:47 teaches that all we need to do to be saved is "believe" on Jesus. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

I simply cannot communicate with the disturbed guy in Canada. If I dare to mention either of these hot topics with which he is consumed, he goes postal. That is a form of mental illness. When someone cannot even communicate with you because you are consumed with some minor doctrinal issues, you need professional help. As you can imagine, over the past 24 years of website ministry since 2002 I have met my share of insane, kooky and strange people.

When I started my website ministry back in 2002, I was gradually adding topics to my website. One cruel woman emailed and noticed that I hadn't yet written an article to preach against adultery, which she said proves that I am guilty of adultery. What a lunatic! These are the types of losers, hypocrites, haters and fools that I have to contend with as a Christian evangelist and missionary to cyberspace. Now, I just block them out and move on. There's too many sincere people who need my help, for me to allow a small group of evil naysayers and hateful critics to discourage me.

I've had ungodly people try to blackmail me. One hateful person years ago, who was wickedly slandering me on the internet with accusations that aren't true, offered to remove their evil comments, but only if I do what they said. I never responded because (like the U.S. government) I don't negotiate with terrorists! It will be a cold day in Hell before I ever allow anyone to bring me to my knees. I bow before no man! God is my Creator and Savior, and I bow to Him alone!!! Jesus warned that my enemies are His enemies (Matthew 25:40, 45).

It is okay to contend for the faith dear reader, but don't ever become so absorbed with an issue so that people cannot communicate with you without you bombarding them and being rude.

I know a Christian woman whose brother and sister-in-law are members of the Church of Christ cult. In their cult they require water baptism to be saved. Every time that the Christian woman I mentioned meets with her own family, they gang up on her with their cult's beliefs. They put her down. They pressure her to convert to the Church of Christ. That is what I am talking about! Some people are so horrible and immature, and downright mean. I don't care what you believe, no one has a right to browbeat and force their beliefs on others. Even God Himself won't do that! God has given us His inspired Word in the King James Bible. Everything you and I need to make it through life's difficult journey is contained in that beautiful Book!

Although it is normal to feel passionately about things that interest and emotionally impact us, we need to be careful not to become consumed with one issue. As a Bible preacher there are some issues that I focus more strongly upon than others, on purpose.

For example: I have spent much time refuting the unbiblical teachings of Pensacola Christian College (PCC). Titus 1:13b teaches, “rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.” As difficult as it may be to grasp, I found FOUR different plans of salvation at PCC. That is messed up! Since they obviously don't care at PCC and no one is heeding the truth, I have turned up the heat in my preaching; not to be mean or unkind, but simply because I care. Since what we believe determines where we will spend eternity, it is a critically important issue!

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. To God alone be the glory!

Beware Of False Teacher Dan C. Corner

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Galatians 1:8-9, “But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

Please understand that I don't condemn anyone, for the Bible condemns all of us as guilty, dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinners. My salvation solely rests in Christ's righteousness, because of the precious blood that He gave for our sins. My intention is not to be unkind; but rather, to expose false teachings.

Daniel C. Corner, founder of Evangelical Outreach in Washington, Pennsylvania, is a dangerous false prophet! Mr. Corner denies the Eternal Security of the believer and teaches a false gospel of partial faith in Christ plus works based type of salvation.

Dan Corner has written two popular books titled, "The Myth Of Eternal Security," and "The Believer's Conditional Security." Corner is associated with Jesus Is Lord Ministries International, Word Broadcasting Network and the satellite Reformation Channel. These media conduits feature various Anglo-Catholics, Wesleyan-holiness ministers, revivalists and wacky Charismatic preachers.

Beware dear reader! Dan Corner propagates his heresy to millions of naïve people. The internet is saturated with lies and “doctrines of devils.” 1st Timothy 4:1, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” Dan Corner has corrupted the simplicity that is in Christ and instead teaches doctrines of devils. The Bible DOES teach the Eternal Security of the believer, which is the only conclusion you can make if you believe Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do.

The Eternal Security Of The Believer

(Pastor Jack Hyles, 1926-2001)

NOTE: All Scriptures are quoted only from the inspired King James Bible. Dan Corner's website is saturated with the corrupt New International Version of the Bible. No wonder Mr. Corner is so messed up doctrinally, he's using a corrupt bible!

Corner Corrupts the Meaning of 1st Corinthians 6:9-10

1st Corinthians 6:9-11 is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied Scriptural passages in the Bible...

1st Corinthians 6:9-11, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

Deceitfully, Dan Corner and other enemies of Eternal Security fail to quote 1st Corinthians 6:11...
"And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
When you repent to believe on the name of Jesus Christ to be forgiven of your sins, the righteousness of God is IMPUTED (credited) to your record, and your sins are credited to Christ. To be saved, You Need HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (Matthew 6:33). You are no longer viewed as an adulterer, murderer, homosexual or thief once saved. Every believer's sins have been washed away by the blood of Jesus and they cannot ever lose salvation. How can you lose by doing bad works what you didn't earn by doing good works? The spiritual heavenly birth is as irreversible as is the physical earthly birth. When God beholds the believer, He only sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ, faultless in God's sight (Jude 1:24).

IMPUTATION is the great missing doctrine in Dan Corner's demonic theology. Opponents of Eternal Security fail to understand that man's salvation rests in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, and not in one's own self-righteousness...

"For he [God the Father] hath made him [God the Son] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2nd Corinthians 5:21)

We don't go to Heaven because we live a life of obedience and faith; but rather, because we have trusted in the righteousness of Jesus Christ to forgive our sins...

"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins." (Acts 10:43).

The only thing that we contribute to our own salvation is the sin that made it necessary. Dan Corner foolishly teaches that salvation can be lost if believers willfully commit sin. If that were the case, then every Christian is unsaved because we all sin every day!!! Corner has even written a book teaching that one's salvation is CONDITIONAL upon living an obedient life to Christ. Yet, Corner deceitfully claims that salvation is still by God's grace. False prophets typically use such senseless double-talk. It can't be both ways! Kindly said, Dan Corner speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Salvation cannot be by grace and works. Romans 11:6 plainly states, "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work."

Salvation is either freely offered (Romans 10:13) by God's grace, and freely received (Revelation 22:17) as a gift because of Christ's blood sacrifice (1st Peter 1:18,19); or else salvation is conditional as Dan Corner teaches and works are a necessary part of salvation.

Please do not be deceived, salvation has nothing to do with the life we live. That would be self-righteousness!!! Romans 4:5 quickly silences Dan Corner and those who agree with him... "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." A man's faith is COUNTED for righteousness. Salvation is a gift; Not a Reward. Dan Corner is WRONG!

The Damnable Heresy of Dan Corner

Dan Corner is an aggressive false prophet who vehemently hates the Biblical teaching of Eternal Security. The following garbage is quoted from Mr. Corner's website...

True grace teaches us to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives (Titus 2:12). In contrast, there exists a false and dangerous "grace" message which gives a license for immorality (Jude 4) and breeds arrogance through a false security (Rom. 11:19-23).

SOURCE: http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/doctrine.htm

Contrary to Mr. Corner's false teaching, the biblical doctrine of Eternal Security does not give a believer a "license for immorality." Romans 6:15 plainly teaches that the born-again believer is NO LONGER UNDER THE LAW; yet is still expected to fulfill the Law: "What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." But fulfilling the Law is a result of walking in the Spirit (i.e., the “fruit” of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-25), and NOT a prerequisite for salvation.

Again in Romans 3:31 we read, "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." Just because sinners are saved without works (Romans 3:20) does not give anyone permission to willfully sin. Opponents of Eternal Security make the mistake of placing the cart before the horse, i.e., they expect people to continually forsake their sins to guarantee salvation; but it's the other way around, we depart from our sins because we are saved and love the Lord (John 14:15).

Howbeit, even the best of Christians still sin, and are unable to completely escape the sin-nature. The Apostle Paul clearly had sin problems in his personal life...

Romans 7:14-25, “For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”

I dare say many believers today are as faithful to the Lord as the Apostle Paul. Yet Paul struggled horribly with sin on a daily basis. Interestingly, Paul never once mentioned losing his salvation. This is clear evidence that Eternal Security is biblical and no believer ever needs to fear losing the Salvation, which God promised before the world began (Titus 1:2). John 3:17 tells us that Jesus didn't come into the world to condemn humanity; but rather, to seek and to save sinners (cf. Luke 19:10). JESUS SAVES SINNERS!

Here once again is Dan Corner...

A true Christian (or righteous person) can die spiritually because of sin (Ezek. 33:18; Rom. 8:13; James 1:14-16; Lk. 15:24; etc.) fall away (Lk. 8:13; Heb. 6:4-6; etc.) and never again return to Jesus, just as the Apostle Judas Iscariot and Solomon didn't return after they turned from the faith.

SOURCE: http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/doctrine.htm

There is NO biblical evidence that Judas Iscariot was ever saved. The Bible says Judas was a known thief (John 12:6). Judas had a devil (John 6:70). Solomon was a Christian, clearly evidenced by his writings in the book of Ecclesiastes. There is no reason to doubt that Solomon went to Heaven, although it is abundantly clear that Solomon, as wise as he was in a worldly sense, foolishly abandoned the Lord for most of his life. Judas, on the other hand, never showed any evidence of having ever been saved. Many religious people follow Jesus today, but they are as lost as the Devil. Being a follower of Christ is not biblical salvation. Multitudes followed Jesus merely for a handout of food, or to see a miracle.

A true Christian (or righteous person) doesn't have to "practice" sin, such as adultery or murder, before they lose their salvation, since it only takes one act of adultery to make a person a Bible-defined adulterer (Lev. 20:10) and one act of murder to make him a Bible defined murderer (Number 35:16). Rev. 21:8 is clear in stating such people are headed for hell because of their sins. David is a clear example of a righteous man who lost his salvation for a time, due to adultery and murder.

SOURCE: http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/doctrine.htm

Nowhere in the inspired Holy Bible are we warned that committing sin can result in losing salvation. Yet, Dan Corner perverts the Scripture and foolishly teaches that committing even one sin can rob us of our salvation. King David DIDN'T lose his salvation and there's NO Scriptural evidence to support Corner's heresy. In Psalm 51 David asked God to restore “the joy of thy salvation.” David didn't ask to get his salvation back.

We are not saved by works (Eph. 2:8,9) but to reap eternal life and not destruction you must sow to please the Spirit and not the sinful nature (Gal. 6:8,9). God is faithful to us (1 Jn. 1:9; 1 Cor. 10:13) but we must be faithful to him to the very end of our lives to escape the lake of fire or second death (Rev. 2:10,11). God surely loves us (Jn. 3:16; Mk. 10:21; Rom. 8:35-39) but those who inherit the kingdom of God love God (Jam 2:5; 1 Cor. 2:9) and to love God means to obey his commands (Jn. 14:15; 1 Jn. 5:3).

SOURCE: http://www.evangelicaloutreach.org/doctrine.htm

Clearly, Dan Corner teaches a works-based salvation, requiring obedience to Christ and holy living as absolute essentials to obtain eternal life. Such false teaching negates the gift of God. Dan Corner is a deceiver. Despite his claim that salvation is not by works, he clearly requires works when he mandates righteous living, obedience and remaining faithful as being essential to salvation.

In sharp contrast, consider the words of Romans 4:5, "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." Either salvation is by GRACE or it's by WORKS. It cannot be both, "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work" (Romans 11:6). What part of Romans 4:5 and 11:6 doesn't Dan Corner understand?

Dan Corner Perverts the Meaning of Romans 8:13

Dan Corner twists the meaning of Romans 8:13 to mean that sinful believers can lose their salvation...
“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” —Romans 8:13
However, Galatians 5:25 plainly evidences that a person can LIVE IN THE SPIRIT (i.e., be saved); while failing to WALK IN THE SPIRIT (i.e., live for the Lord)...
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” —Galatians 5:25
Sadly, Dan Corner falls short of 2nd Timothy 2:15. He simply does not study! Corner teaches that a believer can lose salvation and must repent of one's sins in order to get saved AGAIN. There is NO Scripture to support his false doctrine. Again, I am not exposing Dan Corner; but rather, his false teachings, because they are a road to Hell.

The inspired Holy Bible contains numerous examples of CARNAL believers who deliberately chose to live in sin, horrible sin. King David was a "man after God's own heart" (1st Samuel 13:14); yet he commit adultery with Bathsheba, impregnated her, and then murdered her husband to hide his sin (2nd Samuel 11).

Noah got drunk (Genesis 9:21).

Samson had sex with a prostitute (Judges 16:1).

Jonah ran from God (Jonah 1:3).

Peter cursed the name of Jesus and used profanity (Mark 14:71).

One-third of the Bible was written by murderers: Moses, David and Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus). With the exception of Paul, Moses and David were already saved when they commit murder. Corner foolishly teaches that all these believers LOST their salvation and needed to get saved again. Corner is a heretic!

Dan Corner Perverts Luke 15:24

Corner attempts to use Luke 15:24 to teach that a believer can be repeatedly saved, “For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.” There is NOTHING in the account of The Prodigal Son to indicate that Jesus was speaking about a believer who had gone into sin and lost salvation. Corner makes that erroneous assumption!

In John 3:3 Jesus proclaimed, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” The Bible never speaks of losing one's salvation or of being born again and again and again. Romans 8:9 states, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” Every believer has the Holy Spirit indwelling their body. That Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus Christ and God the Father. To teach that salvation can be lost is to claim that God is not faithful.

Dan Corner teaches that a believer MUST ENDURE 'til the end to be saved. This is unbiblical. Enduring or persevering is a good work. Titus 3:5 states, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Yet, critics of Eternal Security claim that works of righteousness are necessary for salvation. They are liars! We are saved by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ!

To claim that the Prodigal Son pictures a believer losing salvation is to twist and corrupt the Scripture.

Dan Corner Corrupts the Meaning of Hebrews 12:14

Dan Corner horribly perverts Hebrews 12:14 by alleging that the author of Hebrews was teaching that a believer must continue in holy living to go to Heaven. LIES! The Word of God is adamantly clear in Romans 4:5, "But to him that WORKETH NOT, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."

Here is a correct interpretation of Hebrews 12:14 by Evangelist Oliver B. Greene...

'Verse 14: "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord."

This injunction has been so often misunderstood and misapplied that many believers who have endeavored to live holy lives have been tormented and discouraged, thus becoming useless as good stewards, good soldiers in God's great army.

The Greek word here translated "follow" means "to pursue, to follow after." Many believers have been taught from the pulpit that if they do not live above sin - (meaning "sinless perfection") - they cannot hope to see God...

It is not through perfect peace and perfect holiness that we see the Lord: it is by grace through faith! When we have been saved by God's grace, we are to pursue peace and holiness; but we see Jesus because we are covered by the blood and saved by His marvelous grace...

"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord." We note here our attitude concerning our fellowman, and also our disposition toward God the Father who loved us, and Jesus the Son who saved us.'

SOURCE: The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews; pp. 547-548; 1965; by Dr. Oliver B. Greene

Hebrews 12:14 is speaking about our influence upon other people. If we don't pursue peace with others, and live holy lives, then lost sinners WON'T see the Lord in us. You are the only Jesus someone knows. That person may go to Hell if they don't see the Lord in you. As believers, we are supposed to be the light of the world (Matthew 5:14). Jesus said in Matthew 5:13, “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?...” Do you know what salt does to people? It makes them THIRSTY! Christians are supposed to be the salt of this sinful world, that cause lost sinners to thirst for God. Have you lost your saltiness, i.e., savor? This is what Hebrews 12:14 means.

In sharp contrast, Dan Corner corrupts Hebrews 12:14, claiming that a person cannot see God unless they continue in holy living. Mr. Corner perverts this Scripture to mean that one's salvation is dependent upon holy living. Clearly, Daniel Corner is a false prophet who doesn't understand the inspired Word of God. He is an unsaved heretic, a modernist who pretends to be a Christian. The Devil is a beautiful liar!

Hebrews 12:15 Explains Verse 14

Hebrews 12:15, "Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." This Scripture warns us that we have the potential to cause others to sin. A believer who lives in unrepentant sin influences others for evil, like a poison.

Hebrews 12:15 speaks of a "root of bitterness." This Scripture is a quote from Deuteronomy 29:18 in the Old Testament... "Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood." Thus, when a believer sins, it often causes other believers to fall by the wayside. There's no better example of this than the false prophet, Balaam, in the Old Testament.

Clearly, we see that Hebrews 12:14 refers to our Christian influence upon others; and NOT to our personal salvation.

What Does Hebrews 10:26,27 Mean?

A Lame Accusation Against Proponents of Eternal Security

Romans 3:31 states, "Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." Most opponents of Eternal Security accuse us of believing that a person can believe on Christ and then go live in gross immorality with no fear of judgment. That is not true. 2nd Corinthians 5:10 warns, "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." So you see, every believer must one day stand trial before God at the Judgment Seat of Christ and give account for the good AND THE BAD they have done. No one has God's permission to sin.

However, to corrupt the Gospel into damnable heresy by requiring believers to maintain a holy lifestyle of obedience in order to remain saved is blasphemy. This is what the opponents of Eternal Security have done. It is otherwise known as "Lordship Salvation." I don't know anyone who believes in Eternal Security who is excited over the idea that they can indulge in sinful living without fear of judgment. There WILL BE judgment, but it will be at the Judgment Seat of Christ; and not The Great White Throne of Judgment which will only be for the unsaved (Revelation 20:11-15).

When you think about it, the very fact that God has set apart a judgment entirely for the saved is evidence by itself that believers DO NOT lose their salvation. 1st Corinthians 3:15 states, "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." Many believers will receive no rewards in Heaven, and will cry tears of agony and remorse over their wasted lives. 1st Thessalonians 4:6 states, “That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.” Every believer will give account to God for the GOOD and the BAD.

Hebrews 12:6-8 tells us that God chastises His children. It doesn't say He disowns them. In fact, Hebrews 13:5 promises us that God will never leave nor forsake His children. God is a faithful God Who keeps His promises.

Salvation is a promise from God, a gift paid for by the literal precious blood of Jesus Christ... “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” It is unbiblical to require people to live a holy life as a requirement for salvation. It is a false gospel. Corner spits on the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. There is NOTHING we can do to merit or lose salvation.

When will men learn that salvation is of the Lord? The problem is that people like Dan Corner confuse the ROOT of a believer's faith with the FRUIT of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25). Please read, Are We Justified by faith and Works? The Apostle Paul speaks of the ROOT of Abraham's faith in Romans 4:5; but the Apostle James speaks of the FRUIT of the believer's faith in James 2:18-21. The fruit is a result of walking in the Holy Spirit as an obedient child of God, and not as a part of saving faith. To require the fruit as part of saving faith is the lie of Lordship Salvation and a damnable heresy. We must always keep justification wrought by the Man Christ without, completely separate from sanctification by the Spirit of Christ without.

Dan Corner's False Teaching On Sin

Dan Corner teaches that certain sins, e.g., adultery and murder, are worse than other sins and will cause a believer to lose salvation and go to Hell. There is nothing in the Bible to indicate that committing certain sins will cause a believer to lose salvation. All sin is horrible in God's eyes (James 2:10). Mr. Corner twists the Scriptures and makes many inferences where the Bible does not make any direct statements to support his wild theories.

I was listening to one of Dan Corner's radio interviews in which it was said that if a Christian man was shot in the act of adultery, while in the very bed of adultery, that he would go to Hell because he would have died before he had a chance to repent. Folks, that is crazy! Is our salvation that insecure? Can you imagine? If we risk losing our salvation every time we commit certain sins, then it is a Works Salvation. Dan Corner is bad news!

The mighty Bible teacher and man of God Dr. Harry Ironside made the following excellent statement...

“People try to put guards around that truth and say, 'Yes, you are justified by faith if you have enough good works to add to it.' That is not true. It is by faith alone, and good works spring from that. When you know you have eternal life, you will find your heart so filled with love for Christ that you will try to live for His glory.”

SOURCE: Dr. Harry Ironside — The Eternal Security of the Believer

Amen! The false teaching that salvation can be lost makes salvation an uncertainty. How much sin can a person commit before losing salvation? What a horrible way to live, being in constant fear of losing salvation if we cross certain sinful lines in our life. This is 100% Works Salvation, which is of the Devil. Whereas the Bible teaches that the believer is secure in the gift of eternal life which is rooted in God's unconditional love (Romans 5:8) and the righteousness of Jesus Christ (Romans 10:3,4); opponents of Eternal Security place salvation in the hands of men, where it is sinfully rooted in self-righteousness. We are saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS; and not our own.

Dan Corner attempts to use 1st John 5:16 to teach that certain sins will cause a believer to lose salvation, i.e., die spiritual, but other sins won't... “If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.” However, the very next verse thwarts Corner's heresy... “All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.” Did you read that? ALL SIN is unto death (Romans 6:23). So what does 1st John 5:16 mean?

The wonderful thing that sets Biblical Christianity apart from the religions of the world is that our salvation is based upon God's unconditional love, mercy and grace (John 3:16). In sharp contrast, Muslims, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus and a host of other religions teach that men can only do their best, through good works and self-sacrifice, and hope they've been good enough to merit Heaven. Biblical Christianity is rooted in God's unconditional love and the righteousness of Jesus Christ; whereas, the world's religions are rooted in hypocrisy and self-righteousness.

Opponents of Eternal Security are Self-righteous Boasters

Those who deny the Eternal Security of the believer are self-righteous hypocrites. Dan Corner thinks he's not as sinful as adulterers, murderers and homosexuals; but he is and he needs to get saved! Please read, Who's The Biggest Sinner? If salvation can be lost, then we're all going to Hell.

It is arrogance and an insult to the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ for anyone to hypocritically claim that salvation can be lost, but they haven't lost it yet because they're living a righteous life. This is exactly what Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Every time Mr. Corner says he hasn't sinned unto death he is boasting of his own self-righteousness. All sin is unto death (1st John 5:17; Romans 6:23).

Dan Corner teaches that believers who are guilty of adultery, greed, murder or homosexuality are not of a pure heart and will die spiritually and go to Hell if they don't repent and get saved again. Who does Corner think he is?

Dan Corner is a self-righteous hypocrite, as are his followers. Corner is as much a dirty, rotten, hell-deserving sinner as Adolf Hitler. Yet, he thinks he's secure in his salvation because he is avoiding certain DEEP SINS in his life. He fails to realize that he's already guilty of committing every sin in the Bible... “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10). According to James 2:10, Dan Corner is as guilty as the vilest sinner who spits in Jesus' face. Mr. Corner needs to stop teaching heresy and realize that we are all vile, rotten, wicked sinners who can only be saved by HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!

Eternal Life is the Free Gift of God

God is not a liar. God has promised salvation to all those who trust upon the name of Jesus Christ. Romans 10:13, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” God gave us the rainbow as a token that He is an honest God Who keep His promises. Yet, those who deny Eternal Security call God a liar.

The Scriptures expose Dan Corner as a big liar. The Bible teaches that salvation is a “free gift” (Romans 5:15; 6:23). Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” A gift means a gift, with no strings attached.

The very idea that salvation is CONDITIONAL (as Daniel Corner teaches) upon the life we live negates the gift of God. Jesus tells us the only “work” we need to do to be saved. John 6:29, “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” That's it, to BELIEVE (i.e., trust) upon Jesus to forgive one's sins. We are sinners and Jesus is the Savior. That is the simplicity of salvation.

Dan Corner is a false prophet! The Word of God exposes Mr. Corner as a false teacher because he requires self-righteous works for salvation. Adding anything to faith alone in Christ is a guaranteed road to Hell. If we are not saved by good works, then how can we be lost by bad works? Salvation is of the Lord. We are NOT saved by our own self-righteous efforts; but rather, by the righteousness of Christ Jesus. Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay. Thank God for the gift of His only begotten Son.

Dan Corner places a heavy burden upon sinners, teaching that their salvation is CONDITIONAL upon holy living, denying the flesh and avoiding certain sins. If this were true, then how could salvation ever be a free gift? It couldn't. By every definition of the word “gift,” it must be offered free of ANY OBLIGATION OR COMPENSATION.

Carefully notice in Romans 12:1 that the Apostle Paul pleads with the believers at Rome to live for the Lord... “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Notice that Paul said it was their “reasonable service”; not their required service. 1st Corinthians 6:20 tells us that we are bought with a price, i.e., the blood of Jesus Christ. God gave the ultimate sacrifice to pay for our sins. Thus, eternal life is a free gift that does not require any compensation, obligation or prerequisites to receive it. God does remind us that He paid a great price and we ought to live for Him; but this is NOT mandatory to have the gift of eternal life.

In 1st Corinthians 5:1-5 we read about a Christian man, a member of the Church of Corinth, who was living in open fornication in the church. He was carnal and the church was also carnal (1st Corinthians 3:1). 1st Corinthians 5:5, “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” This Christian man was living in unrepentant sin and Paul said to give him over to Satan for “the destruction of the flesh,” but notice that Paul also said the man's spirit would “be saved in the day of the Lord.” He was saved and DIDN'T lose his salvation.

I recently saw a commercial on TV offering a “gift” to anyone who opens a new account at their bank. That is false advertising. If I am required to open an account to get the “gift,” then it's NOT really a gift, it is a reward. There is a big difference between a gift and a reward.

If Saved, Always Saved

There is nothing wrong with the term “Once Saved, Always Saved,” but I prefer the statement, “If Saved, Always Saved” better. If a person is genuinely saved, then there is no possible way that person could ever be unsaved. Christianity is not a philosophy that can be renounced. It is not an organization that can be resigned. It is not a business that can be dissolved. Christianity is a new birth, a supernatural act of God Almighty in response to one's faith in Jesus as the Christ. Once a sinner has been born-again into the family of God, all the hordes of Hell cannot change that. God NEVER disowns His children.

The enemies of Eternal Security fail to address Hebrews 12:6-8 where God says He chastens His children... “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.” The Bible doesn't say that God disowns His children; but rather, He chastises them. The idea that God kicks children out of His family when they sin and then requires them to forsake their sins in order to be accepted back into the family is an insult to the blood of Jesus Christ.

The Hypocrisy of Those Who Deny Eternal Security

The biggest flaw in the thinking of Dan Corner, and others like him, is that they fail to realize just how sinful they are themselves. Dan Corner and his followers hypocritically condemn other believers who live in unrepentant sin, failing to realize that they're just as sinful in God's eyes. If salvation can be lost, then who is righteous enough to keep their own salvation? Only a self-righteous hypocrite would claim to be self-righteous enough to please God.

Isaiah 64:6 puts Dan Corner to shame, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

I thank God that my salvation is solely in the hands of my righteous Savior Jesus Christ; and not dependent upon my own sorry, frail, insufficient, rotten and sinful self-righteousness. Dan Corner's teachings are based in self-righteousness. He is no less a sinner than the adulterous believers he condemns. Dan Corner condemns other believers, whom he considers more sinful than himself, saying they've lost their salvation, but he's just as much a dirty, rotten sinner who fails to see the sinful beam in his own eye.

The Eternal Security of the Believer (by Pastor Harry Ironside)

Our Astounding Faithful Brilliant Creator, God

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”

I love astronomy! I cannot watch enough astronomy videos on YouTube. I enjoy watching the Boring Space and Calm Space YouTube channels, among several other channels. I listen to them each night while I sleep. The more I learn about God's amazing gigantic universe, the smaller and more humble I feel. Psalms 8:3-4, “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” As amazed as David was in the Old Testament, he had no idea how big the universe really is!

Dr. Edwin Hubble was the first to discover that the universe is larger than our own Milky Way Galaxy in 1924, when he identified Cepheid variable stars in the Andromeda Nebula, proving it was a separate galaxy. And do you know how far away the Andromeda Galaxy is from the Earth dear reader? I'll tell you—it is 14.7 quintillion miles away!!! Wow! This finding was formally presented in 1925 and published in 1929. Edwin Hubble announced his discovery that the universe is expanding in 1929.

By working backwards, scientists concluded that since the universe is ever expanding, there must have been a “Big Bang” that started it all 13.8 billion years ago. I don't think they should speak assertively as if a Big Bang is a fact, simply because no one truly knows. It does make some sense, but then again, what would have existed before the Big Bang? And what would have caused the Big Bang, if there is no divine Creator as 100% of official heathen science sources assume (NASA, National Geographic, et cetera). The heathen world by default attempts to explain the origin and workings of the universe upon the biased assumption that God does not exist. If there was a so-called "Big Bang," God made it happen!!!

God is truly more than amazing!!! The nearest star to Earth, other than our Sun, is Proxima Centauri, which is located about 4.24 light-years away. That is approximately 25 trillion miles away! Great fluffy biscuits in the morning! It would take over 793,000 years to count to 25 trillion if you counted one number per second. This estimate is based on the fact that counting to one trillion takes about 31,710 years. And of course, there's absolutely no way that you could count those very long numbers in just one second. And that's if you could humanly count for 24 hours a day without ever sleeping or taking or break, which is impossible. So, realistically, it would take someone at least 25 million years to count to 25 trillion. That just gives you some idea of how far away Alpha Centauri is.

While the sun's visible surface—the photosphere—is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, its upper atmosphere has temperatures in the millions of degrees. It's a large temperature differential with still little scientific explanation.

Our Amazing Planets

Our solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, plus five officially recognized dwarf planets including Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris. These objects orbit the Sun, are round due to their own gravity, but have not cleared their orbits of other debris. Jupiter is the largest planet and could fit 1,000 Earths inside if it were hollow, while Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun.

I love learning about the planets in our own Solar System. Except for the Earth, the planets are named after gods from Roman and Greek mythology. With the exception of Neptune and Uranus the other 6 planets can be seen unaided and all 8 are visible with a small telescope or binoculars.

Mercury is the most minor planet in the solar system and is closest to the sun. Due to its proximity, it experiences extreme temperature fluctuations. During the day, temperatures can reach up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit; at night, they can drop to -290 degrees Fahrenheit. This temperature difference is due to the planet’s lack of atmosphere and slow rotation. That's an astounding temperature differential between day and night of over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Venus has a surface air pressure of 1,200 psi (pounds per square inch). The earth's pressure at sea level is only 14.7 psi. Venus' atmosphere is composed of sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide, giving it a Greenhouse Effect (trapping the sun's rays) that raises the planet's surface temperature to a shocking 900° F. That's twice as hot as your kitchen oven on its highest setting! Russian probes landing on Venus were annihilated within 90 minutes!

Venus spins in the opposite direction compared to most planets, including Earth, which is known as retrograde rotation. This means the sun rises in the west and sets in the east on Venus. Venus rotates very slowly, taking about 243 earth days to complete one rotation on its axis, which is equivalent to a rotational speed of approximately 4 mph. However, its thick atmosphere moves much faster, at around 224 mph. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Venus has no moons.

The planet Saturn has 292 confirmed moons, making it the planet with the most moons in the Solar System. These moons vary greatly in size and characteristics, with Titan being the largest and notable for its thick atmosphere. Saturn is known as a gas giant, having no solid surface. If you were to fall with a parachute on Saturn, you'd just keep falling and falling as the heat and pressure increased until you were destroyed.

Saturn's atmosphere is primarily composed of 96.3% hydrogen and 3.25% helium, with trace amounts of other gases like methane and ammonia. It features a banded structure and is known for its dynamic weather patterns, including massive storms and a unique hexagonal cloud formation at the north pole.

The lightning on Saturn is 10,000 times more powerful than on Earth. Saturn's northern hemisphere has a raging six-sided storm nicknamed "the hexagon." This hexagon, a towering multilayered storm, has been there for decades, if not hundreds of years. The strange storm was discovered in the 1980s.

Believe it or not, Saturn is so lightweight for its size that it would float if you could find a bathtub big enough! This gas giant’s average density is less than water, thanks to its makeup of mostly hydrogen and helium. It’s a truly unique trait among the planets and highlights just how different Saturn is from the rocky worlds like Earth and Mars. Discover more about Saturn on NASA.

When I was growing up there were nine planets, but The International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, leaving us today with only right planets. This decision was based on new criteria that Pluto did not meet, specifically that it had not cleared its neighboring region of other objects. But there are many scientists who think that Pluto should be reinstated as a planet.

Whereas it takes a little over 8 minutes for the sun's light to reach the Earth, it requires more than 4 hours for the sun's light to reach the planet Neptune. Uranus spins on its side.

Our Milky Way Galaxy is shaped like a giant disk and takes 100,000 light-years (literally traveling 182,282 miles per second, which is 670 million mph, for 1,000 years) to cross lengthwise. That's 600 trillion miles!

Compared to Earth's peaceful moon, Jupiter's moon Io may come as a surprise. The Jovian moon has hundreds of volcanoes and is considered the most active moon in the solar system, sending plumes of sulfur up to 190 miles (300 kilometers) into its atmosphere. Io is the innermost and most volcanically active moon of Jupiter, featuring over 400 active volcanoes and a surface constantly reshaped by volcanic activity. It orbits Jupiter at an average distance of about 262,000 miles and is slightly larger than Earth's Moon.

Neptune is roughly 30 times as far from the sun as Earth, and it gets correspondingly less heat and light. But it radiates far more heat than it's taking in and has far more activity in its atmosphere than planetary scientists would suspect, especially compared to nearby Uranus. This is still an unsolved mystery for astronomers. Neptune's winds reach mind boggling speeds of over 1,500 mph.

Earth has several bands of magnetically trapped, highly energetic charged particles surrounding our planet, known as the Van Allen belts (named after the discoverer of the phenomenon) . In outer space, if unprotected, your body's DNA would be destroyed from the sun's dangerous rays. God made the Earth's atmosphere to protect all life.

Mars is home to Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the entire solar system. Towering at 69,840 feet high, it stands nearly two and a half times taller than Mount Everest! These are all amazing facts about our Solar System, made by our faithful Creator.

The Intriguing Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

I am very excited about The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It is a NASA observatory set to launch in September of 2026, designed to explore dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets with a field of view 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. It aims to survey billions of galaxies and discover thousands of new exoplanets during its five-year mission.

Unlike the Hubble and James Webb telescopes which can only focus on very small areas of space at a time, the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will be able to focus on large areas. So large in fact, that its 300 megapixel camera would require 3,000 digital television screens to show just one image. These three telescopes working together will exponentially discover and reveal new secrets about God's great handiwork. Lord willing, I cannot wait for the new discoveries! God's greatness is truly unsearchable!

Hubble Telescope Images Of Galaxies

Life And Ministry Of Evangelist Sam Jones (1847-1906)

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

“Liquor dealers are like lice, they make their living on the heads of families!” —Evangelist Sam Jones (1847-1906)
Evangelist Samuel Porter Jones was born on October 16, 1847 in Oak Bowery, Alabama. He died on the eve of his 59th birthday in 1906 on October 15th. Sam died at only age 58. My father was a Skid Row Gospel preacher for over 30 years in Chicago, who took the above photo in front of his Rescue Mission at 34 S. Desplaines Ave. in downtown around 1977.

The following biography was written by by Dr. Ed Reese (1928-2015), whom I was grateful to have as one of my Bible preachers at Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993). ...

He had many titles, "Sam Jones, lawyer," "Sam Jones, the drunkard," but the one most prized was "Sam Jones, the evangelist." And, evangelist he was, with some 500,000 decisions made out of estimated audiences of 25,000,000.

His father, John J. Jones, felt the urge to follow four other brothers into the Methodist ministry but decided that he could make a more secure living as a lawyer and businessman. His mother, Nancy, died in 1856 saying to her nine-year-old son, "Sam, I will never be able to return to you, but you can come to me." He was greatly touched and never forgot her dying words. For three years he, and his two brothers and sister lived with their pious grandparents, with his godly grandmother exerting more influence on his life than any other member of his family. When Sam's father remarried and settled in Cartersville, Georgia, the children relocated there in 1858. Sam's father set up law practice and was a man of outstanding reputation as a Christian. The Civil War broke out and the father became a captain in the Confederate army.

As a schoolboy, Sam was clever at reciting pieces in class. His formal education came through private tutors and boarding schools.

When the Union armies marched through Georgia, the family was separated and in January 1864, young Jones was swept into Kentucky. There he met Laura McElwain of Eminence, whom he later married.

Returning to Cartersville, he concluded his education, graduating from Euharle High School in June, 1867. At the graduating ceremony, he delivered the valedictory address reflecting the outlook of his generation which came of age in the ashes of the Southern Confederacy.

His father intended to give him a college education, but Sam's health broke down. Having nervous dyspepsia, he decided to study law at home. Thinking that alcohol would help his "nervous stomach," he soon became a regular alcoholic.

Sam showed great promise of success in legal endeavors. He was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1868 after only one year of legal study. He married one month later on November 24, 1868. When he was sober, Sam tried cases as a brilliant lawyer; when drunk, he was worthless as an attorney and as a husband. Gambling also helped bring him to the brink of ruin.

During this time he moved to Texas, to Alabama, and finally back to Cartersville. By 1872, the only job he was able to get was that of a furnace stoker in a factory near Cartersville where he shoveled coal for twelve hours a day. The pleas of his wife and the births of two children did not change him. A daughter, Beulah was born October 31, 1869, but died in August of 1871. Mary was born in September of 1871. Other children born to the Jones' were Annie (May 11, 1873), Sam Paul (May 31, 1875), Robert (Dec. 24, 1876), Laura (October of 1881), and finally Julia (April of 1885).

In August, 1872, there was a dramatic change. News came while he was on a six-week drinking binge that his father was seriously ill. On his deathbed, his father's words pierced the heart of young Sam. "My poor, wicked, wayward, reckless boy. You have broken the heart of your sweet wife and brought me down in sorrow to my grave. Promise me, my boy, to meet me in Heaven." Overcome with emotion, Sam fell to his knees and took his dying father's hand, and shouted "I promise, I'll quit drinking and set things straight. I'll meet you and mother in heaven." The father died and Sam kept his vow. He tells about his last encounter with drink:

I went to the bar and begged for a glass of liquor. I got the glass and started to drink and looked into the mirror. I saw my hair matted, the filth and vomit on my clothes, one of my eyes totally closed, and my lips swollen. And I said, "Is that all that is left of the proud and brilliant lawyer, Sam Jones?" I smashed the glass on the floor and fell to my knees and cried, "Oh God! Oh God, have mercy!" The bartender ran to my side and thought I was dying ... and I was. I said, "Just let me alone."

I picked myself up and staggered to my cheap rooming house and said to the ladies running it, "Would you do me a favor?" They answered in the affirmative. I asked them to bring me a pot of black coffee. I went through three days and nights of hell, but when the morning came, something had happened to old Sam Jones. I went down to the clothing store and said, "I want you to give me a new suit. I got saved last night. Sam Jones is coming back." Not only did I get a suit, but shirts, ties, coat, everything I needed and as I left, the merchant stuck a $100 bill into my hand.

I went to the barber for I had not had a shave in over a month. I asked for a bath, a shave, a haircut. I put on my new clothes, looking pale and weak I left to go to my wife whom I had beaten till she was black and blue. She didn't even recognize her own husband. I said, "Honey, God has given you a new husband and the children a new daddy, and I wonder if you will forgive me and start all over again." She grabbed me in her arms and cried, "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I have been praying for this!" And I have been going round the country bragging about Jesus ever since.

Sam was twenty-four years old. A week later in the agony of keeping his vow, he walked down the aisle of the little country church where his grandfather, Samuel G. Jones was preaching and said, "Grandfather, I take this step today. I give myself, my heart, and life, what is left of it, all to God and His cause." He felt an immediate call to the ministry. A week after his conversion, Sam preached his first sermon in his grandfather's pulpit. In November, 1872, he was licensed as an itinerant preacher for the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was called "the Mountain Evangelist" in his early days, perhaps because he "put the fodder down low where the poor folks can reach it."

The North Georgia Conference assigned Jones to a rural circuit which had five churches scattered in four different counties. This was the VanWert Circuit, one of the poorest in Georgia. He was soon being asked by nearby pastors to help them with their annual revivals. Because of his growing fame, he was shifted from one circuit to another. By 1880, he was spending only 50% of his time preaching in his own circuit. The other half of the time he was conducting revivals for other pastors in nearby towns.

In December, 1880, the Conference decided to free him from the restraints of pastoral responsibilities and made him the fund-raising agent for the Methodist Orphan Home in Decatur, Georgia. The orphanage had a debt of $20,000 and Jones was encouraged to go anywhere he felt he could raise money for the institution. Starting in small towns, he was soon in the big churches of the State. He preached and took offerings for the orphanage. Sam was also given permission to hold revival meetings for Methodist ministers and even help in "union meetings" if a Methodist church was among the denominations that sponsored him. His fame spread beyond his State. In 1883, he conducted a two week series of meetings for the Methodist churches of Louisville, Kentucky, which received some attention from the secular press. At a meeting for men only in the local Masonic Temple, he delivered a blistering attack on such sins as profanity, Sabbath breaking, gambling, licentiousness and intemperance.

By 1884, Sam Jones, as an evangelist, was well established. It was this year he first attempted a large-scale, city-wide revival in Memphis, Tennessee. Thirteen pastors of five different denominations united to sponsor him. Jones estimated 1,000 decisions for Christ here including 400 public professions of faith and 100 joining the churches by the end of the meetings. Later, a crusade was held in Chattanooga, Tennessee with another 1,000 decisions for Christ. He was invited to Jackson and Knoxville, Tennessee; to Waco, Texas; and to T. DeWitt Talmage's tabernacle in Brooklyn in January, 1885. This crusade was a great success and now the largest cities of both the South and the North were seeking his services.

A campaign that really pushed Jones to the top of his profession, second only to Moody during these days, was the 1885, Nashville, Tennessee meeting. In a city of 50,000, the ministerial association invited him to erect a tent for 5,000 and preach. People packed it three times a day for four weeks, while the evangelist berated them, amused them, and compelled them to come forward pledging their lives to Christ. The meeting opened in May and before it was over a month later, some claimed that 10,000 were converted. This was his largest crusade. He made such an impression that he was invited to address the State Legislature. He told the legislators about the evils of the liquor traffic and also offered them some suggestions on how to reform the prison system. Other 1885 crusades were: St. Joseph, Mo. (2,220 converts); Birmingham, Ala. (1,800 converts); St. Louis, Mo. (1,600 converts). In St. Louis, he came with an invitation from just one pastor, but others soon cooperated once he got there. There was a real revival. The "St. Louis Globe" carried his sermons, sometimes six columns of them!

In 1886, Sam Jones was in Cincinnati, Ohio (2,000 converts); Chicago, Illinois (1,500 to 3,000 converts). In Chicago, he was sponsored by the South Side ministerial association. A renovated skating rink seating 7,000 was used and the five week meeting drew some 260,000 people. He also went to Baltimore, Md. (1,200-2,500 converts) as well as Indianapolis, Toronto, St. Paul, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Omaha.

In 1887, he preached in Kansas City and Boston among many others. In 1889, his meetings included Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco, where 1,200 made decisions. 1890-91 saw meetings in Chattanooga, Little Rock, Wilmington, among others.

The Jones crusade in Memphis in 1892, had 2,500 conversions and this was also the year he gave up his connection with the North Georgia Orphanage in Decatur.

Although he passed the peak of his career by the middle of the 1890's, he continued to return year after year to certain cities. He conducted eighteen revivals in Nashville alone. Between visits to larger cities, he preached in almost every city with a population of over 10,000 in the South. In 1897, Sam, went back to Boston at the request of the Methodist preachers with many Baptists cooperating also once he was there. Some 2,500 decisions for Christ were made.

The 1899 revival in Toledo, Ohio was perhaps his most unique. The city had recently elected a mayor, a man who actually claimed to live and administer the law according to the Golden Rule. The name of the mayor was Sam Jones! (Samuel M. Jones). The battle of Mayor Sam Jones, known as "Golden Rule Jones" against evangelist, Sam Jones, has become a classic event of revival history. The crusade began on March 5, with the next mayoral election to be held April 3. At the opening session in the city Armory, the mayor, Samuel M. Jones, introduced the evangelist, Samuel P. Jones. The mayor, ignored by his party, the Republicans, decided to run as an independent. Although a moral man with good intentions, his "let everything be done with love" philosophy had kept open 700 saloons and 150 gambling dens. On March 12, at a meeting for 6,000 men, the evangelist let them have it, mayor and all! Headlines in the Republican "Toledo Blade, read," "Evangelist's Hot Shot", "Jones batteries turned on municipal authorities; declares if the Devil were mayor, he would not change a thing!" In the Democratic "Toledo Bee," the headlines said, "Sam P. Jones rips up Toledo's administration; he prefers rule of hate to rule of love that keeps saloons open."

Sam Jones usually stayed three weeks in an area, sometimes five. Auditoriums were usually around 5,000 seating capacity with some 150,000 attending for the series. The choirs were around 400 and the ushers around 40. His income averaged around $30,000 per year. Much of it was given away to worthy causes.

He preached with such zeal that his health finally broke. For some years he rested from evangelistic preaching and turned his skill to lecturing, primarily against the liquor traffic. He spoke about the "moral issues" of the day and sought reform in corrupt cities. In some cities, especially in the South, he was able to persuade the citizens to outlaw saloons and drive out the other enemies of the Christian faith.

Eventually he resumed evangelistic preaching. It is said that when Sam preached, liquor stores closed, theaters and jails emptied, and cussing was reduced to whispers. His life was threatened on several occasions. His crude wit, coarse stories, and rural life drollery captured his hearers everywhere. Like Billy Sunday, his eccentricities of speech, his unconventional ways and manner probably contributed to his popularity. Jones spent every summer after 1885 touring Chautaugua circuits. Much of the wit of Will Rogers is traceable to Sam Jones. This wit is illustrated by some of the following stories:

One time a committee complained that they brought him to town to preach to sinners but that he ended up preaching at them! He said, "Never mind, I will get to the sinners. I never scald hogs until the water is hot."

Once, when asked why he didn't attack the Catholics, he replied, "When I get through with the Methodists, it's bed-time."

In one revival, the pastors, feeling Jones shouldn't be so negative in his preaching, gathered for a prayer meeting one afternoon to pray for him. Jones driving by the tabernacle was overjoyed to see a group of ministers conducting a prayer meeting, so he slipped in to join them. He heard their prayers about him..."Help him to have more tact, change his mannerisms," etc. Then it was his turn to pray.

Lord, I hope you won't listen to a one of these preachers. They don't preach against sin. They don't visit from door to door. They don't weep over sinners, and they don't win souls. And they want You to change me until I'm just like them. O Lord, help these preachers to have enough sense to realize that if You were to answer their prayers, I would be just as worthless and no-account as they are. I'd be too lazy to work too. I'd be afraid to fight sin and too cold to cry over sinners and too indifferent to win souls. Please God, don't make me like any of these fellers.

His prayer continued and a great sweeping revival was seen.

In another town, a saloon keeper approached Jones when he was walking down a street and asked if it was true that Jones hated liquor, etc. He held up a ten dollar bill and taunted the evangelist ... "I bet you'd like to have that! I make my money selling whiskey." He was totally surprised when Jones grabbed the ten and said, "Yes, I'll take it! The Devil has had it long enough."

In Sigourney, Iowa, three saloons were licensed for $300 each, or $900 in all. The town was only 2,000 in population, so in his speech, Sam declared the liquor dealers might as well walk up to the people and ask, "If you will let us damn this town, we will give you 40 cents apiece." He asked how much a 200 pound hog would bring. He was told $12. "So," replied the evangelist, "hogs $12 apiece and people 40 cents apiece. Say, brother, don't you wish you were a hog? For the pitiful sum of 40 cents each, you turn your boys over to be debauched, the hearts of mothers are crushed, and the town ruined ... all for 40 cents! This is cheap; but I suppose that is all you are worth, eh?"

To a tightwad Christian who complained about being asked to contribute to the church, after being saved out of alcoholism, he lashed out. "Well, you paid the Devil $250 a year for the privilege of plowing with a steer on rented land, and now you don't want to give God, who saved you, five dollars a year for the privilege of plowing with horses on your own plantation. You're a rascal from the crown of your head to the sole of your foot!"

Jones made absolutely nothing of education, would not tolerate stiffness or formality, was definitely informal, was blunt and uncouth in his preaching, direct and child-like in his praying.

His crude mannerisms would include, "I wouldn't wipe my feet on" someone. He made much use of a phrase like, "put the hay down low enough so that both the jackass and the giraffe can get to it." ... "Many a fellow is praying for rain with his tub bottom up," ... "It tickles me to see an old sinner come in and pull out an old, dwarfed member of the church, lay him down and measure by him, and say, 'Look here, boys. I'm as long, as broad, and as good as this man'."

An eyewitness to a Jones revival might put him in his proper perspective. Tom Watson tells about a revival in Thomson, Georgia:

How he did peel the amen corner. How he did smash their solemn self- conceit, their profound self-satisfaction, their peaceful co-partnership with the Almighty, their placid conviction that they were trustees of the New Jerusalem. After awhile with solemn, irresistible force he called on these brethren to rise in public, confess their short-comings, and kneel for Divine grace. And they knelt. With groans, and sobs, and tears, these old bellwethers of the flock fell on their knees and cried aloud in their distress. Then what? He turned his guns on us sinners. He abused us fore and aft. He gave us grape and canister and all the rest. He abused us and ridiculed us, he stormed at us and laughed at us, he called us flop-eared hounds, beer kegs, and whiskey soaks. He plainly said that we were all hypocrites and liars, and he intimated somewhat broadly, that most of us would steal. After the meetings the community settled back to business, but it has never been the same community since. Gambling has disappeared, loud profanity on the streets was heard no more, and the bar-rooms were run out of the country.

D. L. Moody, once attended a service to hear Sam preach. After hearing him, he wrote him a letter:

God has put into your hands the sledge hammer with which to shatter the formalism of the Church and batter down the strongholds of sin, and He is helping you mightily to use it. God bless you.

A year before his death, Jones was called to the speaker's platform in Atlanta by President Theodore Roosevelt, who said to him, "Sam, you have been doing as a private citizen, what I have tried to do as a public servant"

Musicians that traveled with Sam Jones included E. O. Excell, who composed many hymns and Walter Holcomb, who led singing for him and later married his daughter.

Death came suddenly. Coming home on a train from a campaign in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and planning to celebrate his fifty-ninth birthday back in Cartersville, he dropped dead. Early in the morning he complained about not feeling well, drank a glass of water and toppled over. This was near Perry, Arkansas, twelve miles from Little Rock. His funeral in Atlanta, Georgia was a state affair.

Books that came out after his death were, Famous Stories of Sam P. Jones (1908), Popular Lectures of Sam P. Jones (1909), Sam Jones Revival Sermons (1912) and Lightning Flashes and Thunderbolts (1912). His own works included Sermons and Sayings (1883), Music Hall Series (1886), Quit Your Meanness (1886), Sam Jones Own Book (1887), St. Louis Series (1890) and Thunderbolts (1895).

SOURCE: No. 4 in the 'Christian Hall of Fame' series by Professor Ed Reese. Reese Publications, 7801 Ember Crest Trail, Knoxville, TN 37938

David’s Perfect Hatred Of Sinners Is Not God’s Opinion

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Psalms 139:21-22, “Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.”

Before I say anything, let me say that I love Pastor Steven Anderson and am not writing this article to be mean or lash out against him. There's a big difference between lashing out against someone, versus taking a stand upon one's convictions. I am an independent fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher (not New IFB); and moreover, a born again Christian since age 13. I have disliked the New IFB teaching that Christians should hate LGBTQ+ sinners. It is wrong!

Respectfully said, I have heard Pastor Steven Anderson for decades spew hatred of sinners from his pulpit at Faithful Word Baptist Church. His favorite go-to passage is our Scripture text from Psalms 139:21-22, particularly where King David says: “I hate them with a perfect hatred.” Pastor Anderson assumes that this is the proper Christian attitude for all believers to have, that we should all vehemently hate homosexuals and wicked people.

But I was reading The Strand Study Bible this evening (which is my favorite Bible commentary), and I read Job 20:5, “That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”

Pastor Strand gives this commentary for this Scripture passage:

It is not always true “that the triumphing of the wicked is short.” Sometimes evil men live full lives (Psa. 73:3-12). It must be remembered that the Bible often quotes the words of its characters without endorsing those words, or reports their beliefs and their statements without comment. Zophar, angry with Job for his previous remarks (Job 19:28-29), was simply attempting to vilify Job here by making “suffering” Job appear to be “wicked” Job. —Pastor Brad Strand, The Strand Study Bible, p. 831, Job 20:5

When I read this commentary, I immediately remembered Psalms 139:21-22 where David said he hated the wicked with a perfect hatred, because what David said goes contrary to everything the Word of God teaches.

Clearly, David was not thinking according to God’s thoughts. …

Matthew 5:43-48, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

In His Beatitudes (or as I like to call them, “the attitudes that should be”), Jesus taught that we should love everyone, even those who hate us. This is totally the opposite of David’s “perfect hatred” for the wicked in Psalms. You cannot show me one verse in the inspired Word of God where God teaches that we should hate people!

Jesus Christ Is My Only Righteousness

I am not sorry to disagree with the corrupt New IFB concerning their despicable teaching that Christians should intensely hate LGBTQ+ people. I have news for you, whoever you may be, you and I are just as wicked as the vilest sinner upon the earth. The only thing that makes me or you any more righteous than John Wayne Gacy, Adolf Hitler or Taylor Swift is the precious blood of Jesus Christ that washes our sins away. I have no righteousness of my own to offer God, and neither do you dear reader. Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Our best is filth to God. The only thing that makes a child of God any more righteous than the vilest homosexual is the precious blood of Jesus that washed our sins away the moment we were saved.

God loves everyone without exception! The idea that God hates a certain group of sinners (homosexuals), when the ONLY righteousness that any Christian possesses is the imputed righteousness of God which is through faith in Jesus Christ, is preposterous! ...
John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”
How could anyone, especially a pastor, read this beautiful passage of inspired Scripture and walk away thinking that God hates anyone? Kindly said, with respect, something is seriously wrong with Pastor Steven Anderson. His hateful spirit is wrong! I didn’t write this blog to be mean or rail on anybody, truly, God knows my heart; but rather, for a couple reasons:

First, to teach you the truth that it is biblically wrong to hate anyone We can hate what people do, and hate what they become, but we ought never hate the individual whom God created in His image, and for whom Jesus died on the cross.
Second, in hope that you won’t become a hateful person like many in the New IFB. Their horrible pastors have foolishly taught them to hate unrepentant sinners, but the inspired Holy Bible says God still loves them very much, and desires for all men to come to repentance to be saved (2nd Peter 3:9).
Third, to teach you that the Bible is full of statements and attitudes that weren’t necessarily proper or right, so we need to be careful not to just assume that we should behave like they did. When David’s wife Michal (Saul’s daughter) mocked David after a day of dancing and rejoicing in the Lord, calling him a fool, she died barren. David held a lifelong grudge against her, which was very wrong. David held strong grudges against people. Just because he felt a perfect hatred toward wicked sinners doesn’t mean that we should.

The great God who made the universe loves you dear reader. He loves the homeless person on the street. He loves the criminal spending the rest of his or her life in prison. He loves the LGBTQ+ person who feels lonely and hated by the religious community. God sees all of our needs, burdens, suffering, loneliness and pain.

God Has No Pleasure In The Death Of The Wicked

In 2016, after a deranged 26 year old gunman shot and killed 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Pastor Steven Anderson wickedly praised the shooter and reiterated his vehement hatred for LGBTQ+ people. What saith the Scripture?
Ezekiel 33:11, “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”
The faithful LORD desires for all people to be saved (2nd Peter 3:9). God loves every living human being, and so should we. I think we would all do well to remember Jesus' command in Matthew 22:39, “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” This is the second of Christ's great commandments, the first being to love God. No one loves God who does not love all of one's neighbours, regardless of who they are.

I Apologize To Pastor Steven Anderson And Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Ephesians 4:29-32, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

I sincerely apologize to everyone for this past week. I got angry and I am sorry. I love and respect Pastor Steven Anderson, and I apologize to him too for lashing out against him in anger this week. I have removed all my posts about his children from Facebook. The faithful LORD has been convicting me for the past few days. Taking a stand upon our convictions is one thing, but lashing out in anger to hurt someone (especially a Christian brother) is just plain wrong. It doesn't matter if Pastor Anderson apologizes to me, I am apologizing to him. I am sorry to everyone! God deserves better.

On May 30th, 2026, I read a disturbing post on Pastor Anderson's Facebook page (which links to a YouTube video by Pastor Matthew Stuckey), in which he errantly teaches that the Epistle of 1st John wasn't written so that a believer can “know that ye have eternal life,” which contradicts the exact text of 1st John 5:13. Here is my unedited rebuttal of his YouTube video.

I had made an additional comment in a separate post, saying: "I am tired of New IFB pastors butchering the Word of God and getting upset when people like me correct them, and if anybody doesn't like it, there's the damn door!" So, Pastor Anderson unfriended and blocked me out without saying a word, and I got very angry at him, and I lashed out against him for a couple days. The Lord has been convicting me, because that is not me. I don't want to become bitter and hateful toward anyone, let alone my Christian brother, as flawed as he is as a preacher. We are all flawed. We are all guilty horrible sinners. No one has it all together!

Mrs. Beverly Hyles (1929-2017) was right that so often it's hurting people that hurt people. I have been a curious follower of Brother Anderson for 17 years, since I learned about his soulwinning ministry around 2009. That being said, I have struggled with mixed feelings toward the New IFB for all that time over numerous problematic issues. Pastor Anderson is 100% WRONG to teach that God hates anybody, people for whom Christ died on a cross in love.

He was very WRONG in 2016 to publicly praise the murder of 49 people in the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. I have intentionally looked the other way all these years, because I love Brother Anderson and realize that he is who he is, and I have learned so much from the guy. He is truly a blessing to thousands of people, and a great soulwinner. That being said, I humbly think 2nd Chronicles 25:1-2 is the best passage of Scripture to describe Pastor Anderson.

2nd Chronicles 25:1-2, “Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.”

Respectfully said, Pastor Steven Anderson's heart is not perfect toward God. NO ONE is right with God who hates and teaches hatred toward anyone. His go-to passage of Scripture is Psalms 139:22, “Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.” This is David's words, NOT God's! What David said goes 100% contrary to everything that the Holy Bible teaches. As for Brother Anderson's go-to passage of Scripture, I believe we all would do well to adopt Matthew 22:39 in regards to having hatred towards others. Matthew 22:39, “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Jesus didn't offer exceptions to this commandment, filtering out certain groups.

John 3:16 teaches that God loves the world, so much so that He gave His only begotten Son to die for EVERYONE on Calvary's cross. Pastor Anderson has foolishly taken this one passage of Scripture, from a guy in the Old Testament who held many life long grudges against numerous people. Michal, David's beloved wife, upset him one day, and she died barren because David disowned her. That is not the love and forgiveness of the God that I know. Just because David was called "a man after God's own heart" in his youth, doesn't mean that he wasn't a sinner, or that everything that he felt, did and said was pleasing to God.

I am sorry for my anger and for attacking Pastor Anderson by throwing his children in his face. I was wrong. Please forgive me. And Pastor Anderson too! I will continue to promote the sermons and ministry of my beloved Brother in Christ, but I won't hold back expressing my heartfelt feelings anymore about problematic issues within the New IFB, but I will do it in a Christian spirit of love, good will and respect for Pastor Steven Anderson. I love the guy, truly!

Nothing caused me to change my mind except the conviction of the Holy Spirit concerning my own hurt feelings and pondering the matter. I realize that a lot of people hate Pastor Anderson, but they are just as guilty as he is for doing so. We ought never to hate anybody!

Faithful Word Baptist Church led 10,321 lost sinners to Christ in 2025. You better believe that I'm going to support a soulwinning work like that, but not while wearing blinders or rose-colored glasses anymore. If the shoe fits, wear it! When you're right, you're right; when you're wrong, you're wrong! My job as a Bible preacher is to tell the truth and damn the torpedoes, but done in a spirit of love and respect toward others. By God's grace, I will be that preacher!

I think what Paul Wittenberger is doing to destroy Pastor Anderson is wicked and I WON'T be sharing his horrible "Man of God" video slandering Pastor Anderson. "Framing The World" movie producer Paul Wittenberger is angry because he lost his Alex Jones' connection and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenues. This happened as a consequence of Pastor Anderson preaching against Alex's worldliness and heresy. Alex kicked him out, refusing to sell Paul's movies anymore. Steven Anderson is not for sale! I respect him for that.

I have already removed my negative comments about Pastor Anderson from Facebook and my blogs. This was just not me this past week. I've been out of character over my hurt feelings. Please try to understand that I am taking several different prescription medications. I suffer in constant chronic debilitating agonizing burning neck pain, burning nerves throughout my upper body, the entire right side of my body always feeling half asleep, radiating pain down my right arm, et cetera. Those are not excuses, they're valid reasons. I suffer night and day in horrible relentless bodily pain, so that everything easily frustrates and irritates me. Plus, I am having to deal with a heavy personal life changing burden right now. Please remember me in your prayers, I sure could use them dear reader.

Since I suffer in constant burning neck pain that radiates, I don't pen pal with anybody on social media, and I rarely read other people's Facebook pages. I don't even want to talk with my own family on the phone. You cannot possibly begin to understand how chronic pain adversely affects one's life, unless you've been there in relentless agonizing pain that never goes away. Although my constant pain has become “the new norm,” it never gets easier.

My first neck surgeon described it by tapping on my knee. He said a few seconds might not bother me, but if he tapped for 5 hours it would, and after feeling neck tension and pain 365.2425 days a year, that would drive anyone crazy! The surgeon was exactly right! I feel overwhelmed right now by everything. And again, I am so sorry for my anger this past week. I don't want to be that guy!

Sometimes in the heat of the battle for truth and righteousness things can become personal for a Bible preacher. It does for every preacher, I don't care who you are. It got personal at times for Pastor Jack Hyles, but he always rebounded in love and forgiveness toward others. He was the first to admit that he didn't always respond in a Christlike manner toward his enemies and critics, but because he was a man pure of heart, he always came out on top for the LORD in the long run. Dr. Hyles wisely taught me to become better, not bitter.

In his sermon titled, "Slippery When Wet." Dr. Hyles said the famous fundamentalist preacher, Pastor J. Frank Norris (1877-1952), died a bitter old man. Dr. Norris and Brother Hyles both went to Heaven at age 74. Life will make anyone bitter if we let it. I refuse to become bitter!!!

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. Jesus is precious!!!

The Big Difference Between Me And The New IFB

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Romans 3:4, “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.”

On May 30th, 2026, I noticed a post on Pastor Steven Anderson's Facebook page by Pastor Matthew Stuckey, which redirected the viewer to this YouTube video. In this video, which overall is good because it refutes Pastor Jack Trieber's new heretical book, Matthew makes a horrible error in his teaching. He says that the Epistle of 1st John was not written to show believers how to know we have eternal life, but rather to give us joy. That is a blatant contradiction to 1st John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Kindly said, Matthew is absolutely WRONG!

That being said, I had a choice to make when I saw this post on Pastor Steven Anderson's Facebook page. I could have just stayed quiet and thought to myself: “Gee, I know how sensitive Steven is and I should probably just let it go, for the sake of getting along.” But that thought never once crossed my mind. As a fundamentalist Bible preacher, I instinctively reacted the moment I saw his video and in the kindest of words refuted Pastor Stuckey's teaching. Here is my unedited post...

Kindly, Pastor Matthew Stuckey gets this wrong. He plainly says in this video that the Epistle of 1st John was written so that believers can have joy, but he denies that the epistle was written so believers can KNOW we are saved, which blatantly contradicts the plain statement of John. 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟱:𝟭𝟯, “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱; 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱.”

The Epistle of 1st John was not just written to give believer's joy, but also to help us individually determine if we are saved.

I humbly think the key verse is 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟯:𝟮𝟰, “𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀.” The acid test is whether or not we have the indwelling Holy Spirit, and that is what 1st John helps us determine, individually, if we have the Holy Spirit.

If we hate a Christian without cause, we may not have the Holy Spirit, and thus are not saved (1st John 2:9-11). If we can sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, then something is very wrong, and we may not have the Holy Spirit, and are not saved (Hebrews 12:6-8). John is NOT saying that we are unsaved if our life is filled with sin; but rather, if we can live like the Devil without being chastised by God, then we may not have the indwelling Holy Spirit. Hebrews 12:6-8 plainly calls someone a "bastard" who is never scourged and chastised by God for our sin. Anyone who does not have the Holy Spirit (i.e., the Spirit of Christ) is unsaved (Romans 8:9).

We have to be very careful when interpreting the Scripture to rightly divide it. Many people read 1st John 2:4 that you are not saved if you don't keep God's commandments. They assume that this means keeping all of God's commandments, but john plainly writes in 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝟯:𝟮𝟯, “𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.”

So, you are not saved if you don't believe on Christ. That is God's commandment. We know from umpteen other Scripture passages that works are not allowed or necessary to get to Heaven (John 6:28-29; Romans 3:20; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 5:4). So, we know that John is not teaching that you must keep God's law to be saved. The ONLY commandment that you must keep to be saved is to BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, which the dear Savior Himself confirmed in John 6:28-29. Many Bible students get 1st John wrong.

1st John 3:9 simply means that the indwelling Holy Spirit cannot sin. The Bible does not say that we won't practice sinning as the new corrupt Bible versions read, it says the man who walks in the Spirit "cannot sin." It means when we sin, we do so in the flesh. When we walk in the Spirit we cannot sin (Galatians 5:16). But we all walk in the flesh every day by default, because we are all carnal sinners by old nature. I reject the heresy that when a person gets saved, they only have a new nature and the old nature is gone. No, we still have the old flesh to contend with. The Apostle Paul makes this clear in Romans 7:14-25.

This is mostly an excellent and needful video by Pastor Stuckey, but he is wrong that 1st John was ~not~ written so that believers can KNOW we are saved.

The day I got saved, the preacher said that if you can commit sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, you are not saved. I knew that I didn't have the Holy Spirit, because I had never felt bad about my sinning. When I look back now in my mind, before I got saved at age 13 there is only a blank in my mind concerning God. I was spiritually dead.

But from the day I got saved until today I have felt the presence of God's blessed Holy Spirit in my life: convicting, comforting, guiding, rebuking and teaching me as His child. The day I got saved was like a light switch being turned on in my soul. For the first time in my life I heard an inaudible small voice in my soul convicting me about sassing my mother. I started reading my King James Bible in Genesis through Leviticus, and then I jumped to the New Testament like most believers do...lol. There was a change in my life. I remember my mother saying to me one evening, "You've changed." In hindsight, that is a beautiful confirmation of God's Holy Spirit in my life. I had been born again!

To clarify, I do not believe in Lordship Salvation. I do NOT believe that a changed life proves anything, because the false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23 lived a changed life, doing many wonderful works and they followed Jesus while calling Him: "Lord, Lord," yet they were hellbound sinners. They were living the Christian life without ever having been born again. That is Satan's favorite weapon!

There is only one thing that the unsaved person cannot have, and that is the blessed indwelling Holy Spirit, and that is why 1st John was written, to give us the joy of knowing that we are truly saved.

I have heard Benny Hinn preach different plans of salvation to various audiences. When he was in Colorado speaking to Catholics, Hinn praised the Virgin Mary and presented a Catholic plan of salvation. When in Israel, he preached a different gospel. But when I heard him preach in Tennessee, he preached a free grace gospel, which confused me. I had to give it some thought but eventually figured out what he was doing. Benny Hinn is a chameleon, changing colors to appease different crowds to get their money (2nd Peter 2:1-3). Even though I heard Benny Hinn preach a free grace gospel, I realized that he doesn't believe a word of what he is saying. So, to me, that helps understand why God gave us the Epistle of 1st John.

Pastor Jack Trieber is definitely wrong in his errant views put forth in his book; but this video also needs to be corrected, because the Apostle John did write his epistle to help the Christian KNOW that we are saved according to 1st John 5:13. 1st John 3:24 plainly teaches that we KNOW we are saved by the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, by which we were "sealed" the moment we trusted Christ to be saved (Ephesians 5:13-14).
One of the reasons for which God gives us His indwelling Spirit is “𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻” (𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟭𝟰𝗯). The Holy Spirit is God's downpayment on His child. No preacher is perfect. I didn't post these comments to shed a bad light on Pastor Stuckey; but rather, to contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3b).

In response to my kind post, a NIFB member replied to my post, falsely accusing me of "railing against a pastor" and of "bringing an accusation against an elder." That is crazy talk! So, I rebuked the fella for having zeal without wisdom, and for his ridiculous claim that I did something wrong to correct one of their New IFB pastors for a YouTube video. I had also commented that if anyone agreed with him, they could leave too! Pastor Anderson unfriended and blocked me completely on Facebook. I admit that I was deeply hurt by his rejection, and for throwing me under the bus for telling the truth, but I forgive and still love him. That's just the way that he is. I am grateful for his soulwinning ministry for the LORD.

Kindly said, Matthew Stuckey is 26 years old, I am 59, old enough to be his grandfather. Yet, he and Pastor Anderson have no respect for me as a fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher. The idea that Brother Stuckey can upload a YouTube video, and nobody is permitted to weigh in and correct his unbiblical teaching is absurd. I did not "rail" on God's man. Humbly said, I am as much "God's man" as any New IFB pastor, if not more so for my older age and formal theological training for eight years. I have been saved for 46 years! Sadly, they seem to have no respect for anyone outside of their NIFB camp. That is not right. The NIFB think much too highly of themselves. They are not God's gift to humanity. They are not apostles! They ought to be servants, for “he that is greatest among you shall be your servant” (Matthew 23:11).

Very kindly said, the big difference between me and the New IFB is that I am loyal to truth and principles, not to men and institutions. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) wisely taught me that truth. In sharp contrast, the New IFB are loyal to their own, prioritizing following their peers over the truth. There is absolutely no way that Pastor Stuckey has a leg to stand on, to say that the Epistle of 1st John was not written to show us how to “know that ye have eternal life,” when that is the exact text verbatim in 1st John 5:13. And for Steven Anderson to blindly defend Mr. Stuckey and throw me under the bus speaks volumes of where his loyalty rests. I sat that respectfully and kindly, but truthfully.

Dear reader, I am a loving and sincere man. God knows that I truly do care. Unlike the vast majority of NIFB pastors, I do have a caring heart. I love people. I would NEVER have rejoiced when 49 people were murdered in 2016 by a 26 year old gunman in a gay nightclub in Orlando. But Steven Anderson praised the shooting and said he hated homosexuals. That is not a man of God in his right mind! That is hatred of people created in the image of God, not hatred of sin. The NIFB are a dangerous influence because of their hatred toward sinners. For that reason I have never, nor will I ever, officially join their hateful NIFB community. I only support the soulwinning and Pastor Anderson's helpful preaching. He is a gifted orator.

I took a stand on May 30th, 2026, for THE TRUTH. Romans 3:4, “God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.” Matthew Stucky is so horrible that after Pastor Anderson broke off all contact with me on social media, Matthew posted laughing Emojis on Facebook to rub it in and mock me. Really nice fella, huh? That's the NIFB!

This video by my ministry friend Onorato Diamante exposing the New IFB, shows how immature some of their pastors are, particular Jonathan Shelley. Many in the New IFB don't take anything seriously except themselves. Some are incompetent, most of whom have zero formal theological training, evidenced by their butchering of God's inspired Word. I say that very kindly. These are perilous times when literally anybody can become a pastor (women, homosexuals, atheists, ignoramuses and fools). God knows that I love everyone and hate nobody. I am just a struggling redeemed sinner, trusting in God's mercy and grace day by day. God is faithful.

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. To God be all the praise, credit and glory (John 15:5).

New IFB Unjustly Calls Pastor Jack Hyles “Wicked”

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

John 11:25-26, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

According to ungodly New Independent Fundamental Baptists (New IFB, or NIFB), Pastor Jack Hyles was a "wicked man" for preaching that you can be saved without praying some stupid sinner's prayer. Sadly, the New IFB elevate their doctrines above the inspired Word of God.

According to Pastor Jonathan Shelley, he states:

So, telling someone that they need to confess to the Lord Jesus, and believe in their heart; and that's how they get saved—that's the gospel. Calling upon the name of the Lord is part of the Gospel. People who say you don't have to call upon the name of the Lord are preaching another gospel. ...they're wicked and I want nothing to do with that individual. —Pastor Jonathan Shelley

Well, here is Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) teaching that you DON'T have to pray a sinner's prayer to get to Heaven...

Dr. Jack Hyles on Sinners' Prayer for Salvation

In this video, you can hear Pastor Jonathan Shelley for yourself wrest the Scripture and call free grace preachers like myself, Onorato Diamante and Pastor Jack Hyles a bunch of derogatory names for teaching THE TRUTH that you can be saved without praying...

The New IFB Cult Redefines Faith

Well, respectfully, pastors' Shelley, Stuckey and Anderson and the whole lot of those New IFB pastors are wrong for unbiblically teaching that you cannot be saved unless you call, pray or ask for it. Kindly said, this blatantly contradicts umpteen passages of scripture where lost sinners simply BELIEVED ON CHRIST to be saved:

Mark 2:5, "When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee."

John 4:39-42, "And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world."

John 6:28-29, "Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

Acts 2:41, "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."

Acts 10:43-44, "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word."

Acts 16:30-33, "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway."

And yet, in lieu of these plain passages of Scripture (and there are plenty more), NIFB pastors continue to wrest the Holy Bible to teach that you cannot go to Heaven without praying a sinner's prayer. They are preaching another gospel in the NIFB! Their distorted gospel WON'T hinder you from being saved, since asking God to save you isn't a work, but their heresy could run the risk of confusing someone, causing them to struggle with assurance of salvation. The sinner's prayer woefully confused me for several years after I got saved, causing much misery.

Pastor Matthew Stuckey's Foolish Heresy On 1st John

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:30:00 +0000

1st John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

Kindly said, Pastor Matthew Stuckey gets the epistle of 1st John very wrong. He plainly says in the video below that the Epistle of 1st John was only written so that believers can have joy. 1st John 1:4, “And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.” So, yes, in part, John did pen his Epistle led (by the inspiration of the Spirit of God) so that our joy could be full as believers.

But then Pastor Stuckey horribly denies that his epistle was also written so that believers can KNOW we have eternal life, which blatantly contradicts the plain statement of John. 1st John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Clearly the Epistle of 1st John was written to show us how to KNOW we are saved so that our joy can be full. Stuckey left off 1st John 5:13.

For Pastor Stuckey to deny that the Epistle of 1st John was written for the purpose of helping believers KNOW that we are saved is to blatantly contradict the plain teaching of 1st John 5:13. It's no different than Pastor Anderson teaching that Jesus burned in the fires of Hell for three days, when Luke 23:43 plainly teaches that He and the repentant thief went to PARADISE the very same day they died. Steven Anderson is grossly incompetent in his theology, elevating his Andersonology over the inspired Word of God.

The Epistle of 1st John was not just written to give believer's joy, but also to help us individually determine whether we are saved. Here is Pastor Matthew Stuckey making a total fool of himself, denying that the Epistle of 1st John was given to us by God so that we can “KNOW” we are saved. Stuckey says the epistle was only intended to give us Christian joy. ...

IFB Book Review | Evidences of Salvation by Jack Trieber

I am just going by Pastor Stuckey's exact words, he states: "It's not a book written to show to us whether or not we are saved." Those are his exact words! The guy is incompetent as a wannabe theologian. 1st John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Pastor Stuckey conveniently left off mentioning this Bible verse in his video, because it contradicts his perverted view of 1st John. I don't see how Steven Anderson can defend him, but he foolishly does, to his utter shame. Pastor Stuckey is WRONG and so are you if you agree with him! Shame on Steven Anderson and Matthew.

I humbly think the epistle's key verse is 1st John 3:24, “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.” The acid test is whether or not we have the indwelling Holy Spirit; and that is what 1st John helps us determine, individually—if we have the Holy Spirit.

If we hate a Christian without cause, we may not have the Holy Spirit, and thus are not saved (1st John 2:9-11). If we can sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, then something is very wrong, and we may not have the Holy Spirit, and are not saved (Hebrews 12:6-8). John is NOT saying that we are unsaved if our life is filled with sin; but rather, if we can live like the Devil without being chastised by God, then we may not have the indwelling Holy Spirit. God is not an absent parent. Hebrews 12:6-8 plainly calls someone a "bastard" who is never scourged and chastised by God for our sin. Anyone who does not have the Holy Spirit (i.e., the Spirit of Christ) is unsaved (Romans 8:9; 1st John 3:24).

We have to be very careful when interpreting the Scripture to rightly divide it. Many people read 1st John 2:4 that you are not saved if you don't keep God's commandments. They assume that this means keeping all of God's commandments, but John plainly writes in 1st John 3:23, “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.”

So, you are not saved if you don't believe on Christ. That is God's commandment. We know from umpteen other Scripture passages that works are not allowed or necessary to get to Heaven (John 6:28-29; Romans 3:20; Titus 3:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 5:4). So, we know that John is not teaching that you must keep God's law to be saved. The ONLY commandment that you must keep to be saved is to BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ, which the dear Savior Himself confirmed in John 6:28-29. Many Bible students get 1st John wrong.

1st John 3:9 simply means that the indwelling Holy Spirit cannot sin. The Bible does not say that we won't practice sinning as the new corrupt Bible versions read, it says the man who walks in the Spirit "cannot sin." It means when we sin, we do so in the flesh. When we walk in the Spirit we cannot sin (Galatians 5:16). But we all walk in the flesh every day by default, because we are all carnal sinners by old nature. I reject the heresy that when a person gets saved, they only have a new nature and the old nature is gone. No, we still have the old flesh to contend with. The Apostle Paul makes this clear in Romans 7:14-25.

This is mostly an excellent and needful video by Pastor Stuckey, but he is wrong that 1st John was ~not~ written so that believers can KNOW we are saved.

The day I got saved, the preacher said that if you can commit sin without any conviction whatsoever from the Holy Spirit, you are not saved. I knew that I didn't have the Holy Spirit, because I had never felt bad about my sinning. When I look back now in my mind, before I got saved at age 13 there is only a blank in my mind concerning God. I was spiritually dead. But from the day I got saved until today I have felt the presence of God's blessed Holy Spirit in my life: convicting, comforting, guiding, rebuking and teaching me as His child.

The day I got saved was like a light switch being turned on in my soul. For the first time in my life I heard an inaudible small voice in my soul convicting me about sassing my mother. I started reading my King James Bible in Genesis through Leviticus, and then I jumped to the New Testament like most believers do...lol. There was a change in my life. I remember my mother saying to me one evening, "You've changed." In hindsight, that is a beautiful confirmation of God's Holy Spirit in my life. I had been born again!

To clarify, I do not believe in Lordship Salvation. I do NOT believe that a changed life proves anything, because the false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23 lived a changed life, doing many wonderful works and they followed Jesus while calling Him: "Lord, Lord," yet they were hellbound sinners. They were living the Christian life without ever having been born again. That is Satan's favorite weapon!

There is only one thing that the unsaved person cannot have, and that is the blessed indwelling Holy Spirit, and that is why 1st John was written, to give us the joy of knowing that we are truly saved.

I have heard Benny Hinn preach different plans of salvation to various audiences. When he was in Colorado speaking to Catholics, Hinn praised the Virgin Mary and presented a Catholic plan of salvation. When in Israel, he preached a different gospel. But when I heard him preach in Tennessee, he preached a free grace gospel, which confused me. I had to give it some thought but eventually figured out what he was doing. Benny Hinn is a chameleon, changing colors to appease different crowds to get their money (2nd Peter 2:1-3).

Even though I heard Benny Hinn preach a free grace gospel, I realized that he doesn't believe a word of what he is saying. So, to me, that helps understand why God gave us the Epistle of 1st John.

Pastor Jack Trieber is definitely wrong in his errant views put forth in his book; but this video also needs to be corrected, because the Apostle John did write his epistle to help the Christian KNOW that we are saved according to 1st John 5:13. 1st John 3:24 plainly teaches that we KNOW we are saved by the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, by which we were "sealed" the moment we trusted Christ to be saved (Ephesians 5:13-14).

One of the reasons for which God gives us His indwelling Spirit is “𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻” (𝗘𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟭:𝟭𝟰𝗯). The Holy Spirit is God's downpayment on His child. No preacher is perfect. I didn't post these comments to shed a bad light on Pastor Stuckey; but rather, to contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3b).

Pastor Jack Hyles' Five Lifetime Decisions

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sun, 31 May 2026 05:10:55 +0000

Ecclesiastes 12:9, “And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.”

As an independent fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher, I am loyal to truth and principles, not to men or institutions, which quality is extremely rare today in a preacher. I am not bragging, I am simply saying that I decided way back in Bible college 40 years ago to adopt Brother Hyles' five life's decisions:

Nobody will ever tell me what to preach or where to preach.
Money will never be an object in my ministry.
I will always be a friend to my friends.
I will be loyal to principles, and not to Institutions. In the sermon Dr. Hyles states:

“Students of Hyles-Anderson College, do not give your loyalty to Hyles-Anderson College. You give your loyalty to what we stand for today, and if tomorrow we don't stand for it, you withdraw your loyalty—loyalty to principle, loyalty to right, loyalty to character, loyalty to integrity, loyalty to conviction, loyalty to truth; not loyalty to institutions.” —Dr. Jack Hyles, from the sermon titled, “Filled With All The Fulness Of God.”
I will make the decisions of my ministry on the basis of what I think is right only.

Amen! Those are five excellent life changing decisions for all of us, especially for preachers!

Priceless Gems From 'The Sword Scrapbook'

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 30 May 2026 07:26:00 +0000

I just purchased the 'SWORD SCRAPBOOK' volumes I (1969) and II (1975) on eBay by Dr. John R. Rice's loyal lifelong secretary Miss Viola Walden (1915-2007). I snapped some photos today of interesting things in Volume I.

I Love Sharing My Music With Others

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Proverbs 18:1, “Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.”

I've been playing pedal steel guitar for 34 years since 1992, which has been a passion for me over the years. I started playing lap steel in 2006. My Mom Barbara Jean Stewart (1935-2001) while she was still alive enjoyed hearing my steel guitar. My father took this photo in 1998 at his Rescue Mission on Chicago's West Side...

Dad took a photo of Mom and Me (1998)

She went to Heaven on August 20, 2001. I miss my mother. I thank God for music.

Here are some of my Mom's Gospel piano recordings. She never played anything except hymns of the Christian faith:

Gospel Medley 1 (3:25 Minutes)
Gospel Medley 2 (10:41 Minutes)
Gospel Medley 3 (6:10 Minutes)

Here are some of my steel guitar recordings:

Pedal Steel Guitar From My Heart
Steel Guitar Songs I Recorded For You
Brighter Day
He Knows My Name (I played along with a Hyles-Anderson College song)
God Understands
In The Garden
Just Over Yonder
There's A Highway To Heaven
Do They See Jesus In Me?
His Hand In Mine
Near To The Heart Of God
He Washed My Eyes With Tears
A Million Moons Over Hawaii
Rainbows Over Paradise
Then Came Jesus
Thank You Lord

When I moved from Chicago to the island of Guam in 2004 and lived there for 17 years, I learned to play the Hawaiian lap steel guitar, which was fitting for living on an island.

I just ran across this pretty song today and thought I'd share it with everyone. I love country music with a pedal steel guitar (mostly 1970s music). Nearly all of today's so-called "Country music" is garbage. Alan Jackson is right, country music is dead! This song is a pretty song with nice lyrics and has a great pedal steel guitar. ...

You Must Be out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind

Many years ago, I started a dedicated website just for the Hawaiian steel guitar, which is mostly played using the C6th tuning. On my website you'll find several hundred songs containing steel guitar, which is the best way to learn to play any musical instrument, by saturating your ears and mind with what a particular musical instrument is capable of doing.

This was the song in 1992 that drew me into learning to play the pedal steel guitar, "My Wonderful Jesus" by The Gospel According To Steve, Leroy And Brother Dave. My favorite Hawaiian steel guitar artist is Jerry Byrd (1920-2005). I met Jerry in 1993 in Winchester, Indiana, at the bi-annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Convention. I also met famous steel guitarist Bud Tutmarc (1924-2006) at the convention in 1993. When I attended Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993), I bought one of Bud's gospel cassettes at the college's bookstore. Bud Tutmarc made many recordings with the Ralph Carmichael orchestra. ...

“For Ever and Ever” - Bud Tutmarc & Ralph Carmichael (1969)

Lloyd Green (born 1937) is my favorite pedal steel guitar artist, and one of my musical heroes. I had the privilege of meeting Lloyd and his late wife Dorothy, in 1995 at the International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis. Lloyd has recorded pedal steel guitar and Dobro on about 30,000 songs as a career Nashville musician from the 1960s throughout the late 1980s, including all of Don William's recordings. Lloyd played steel guitar on "Remember When" by Alan Jackson. Here is "In The Garden" by Lloyd.

I had been offered countless times on Guam a full time job to play my steel guitar in bars and nightclubs (they offered me $200 per night), which I always kindly turned down because I never wanted to use my God-given talent to help the Devil sell booze. Plus, by God's grace, I have never drank one drop of Liquid Devil, and by God's grace I never will. Those aren't my kind of places. I have always played freely at home, nursing homes, weddings, or in the sand at the beach when I lived on Guam. Music makes the world a better place.

These days at just play my musical instruments at home for the dog, Miss Pickles.

I Love Playing 5-String Banjo

I had learned to play the 5-string banjo in the late 1980's but there was no internet back then and living in Chicago meant I had no inspiration. Chicago is a Blues town! But in 2017 I learned about a guy named Dave Hum (1966-2012) in Salisbury, England, and his music inspired me to get back into my banjo playing, which I am still passionate about.

I made this banjo blog as a tribute to Dave Hum, and to share my own Bluegrass and folk backing tracks with other musicians. Last week I recorded the popular folk song using the Double C tuning (gCGCD), 'Whisky Before Breakfast.' Here is 'Old Spinning Wheel' that I recorded last year in Standard tuning (gDGBD). I really like playing this song, 'Mason's Apron,' also played in Standard tuning. And 'My Grandfather's Clock' in Standard tuning.

Here are some more 5-string banjo songs that I recorded at home...

Arkansas Traveller (Deering Golden Era banjo)
Boys Of Bluehill (I used the Double C tuning, gCGCD)
Dunphy's Hornpipe (I used Standard tuning, gDGBD)
Golden Slippers (Deering Golden Wreath)
Green Gates (Deering Calico)
Green Gates (Deering Goodtime Special)
Miss McLeod's Reel (I used Standard tuning, gDGBD)
My Grandfather's Clock (Deering Golden Era)
Old Spinning Wheel (Deering Goodtime Special)
Off To California (Deering Golden Wreath)

The banjo is a happy instrument. Thanks be to God, I have a Deering Calico (maple neck) and Golden Wreath (mahogany neck) banjo, and a Recording King Elite-85 banjo (maple neck), but I mostly enjoy playing my Deering Goodtime Special (hard rock maple) student model. The Goodtime Special is 3 pounds lighter than my other banjos, which helps my neck since I have an old injury that causes me tremendous pain all the time. I love the 5-string banjo!

God Is Faithful And Good

These days I just play at home at my leisure, when my neck pain and related afflictions aren't stifling my ambition. When you're suffering in constant chronic neck pain, and taking multiple different prescription meds, you don't want to do anything except rest. My burning neck pain is so bad every day, and the burning nerves throughout my upper body, et cetera. I digress. I have no complaints to the good LORD, He is wonderful and I love Him.

Kindly said, I don't claim to be a good Christian, but God knows that I do care and I want to be a blessing to as many people as I can for Christ with my website ministry, which is my greatest passion, serving Jesus. I enjoy making music with my banjo, steel guitar and other stringed instruments, but those things don't change lives or earn me rewards in Heaven. So, I am making an investment with my ministry labors!

I recently bought some music from Hyles-Anderson College and added my pedal steel guitar to one of their songs just for fun, “He Knows My Name.” I am grateful to be an alumnus of the college while my hero of the Christian faith, Dr. Jack Hyles (1926-2001), was still with us. Brother Hyles is still alive, he has simply relocated to Heaven to be with the dear Savior.

In the photo below, you can see the “Division 4, 76-3,” blue birthday gift that my bus kids and workers (my church family) gave to me while attending Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993). Our church bus route was in Chicago in the Wicker Park neighborhood. I voluntarily served the Lord on the 76-3 bus route for 7 years, drove a church bus for 4 years, and then I helped out in the church Bus Garage for my last year with Rick Suba, the mechanic for the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana. And you can also see a Youth Conference poster on my wall.

Me in 1992 with my Emmons D-10 Pedal Steel Guitar

I hope you've enjoyed hearing some of my music. I just wanted to take a break from my other articles and share my music with everyone. Tomorrow we'll be back to my regular ministry articles. God be the glory. Music makes the world a better place.

God is good, just and faithful!

A Christian Cannot Be Demon Possessed

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

1st Corinthians 3:16-17, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

Ephesians 1:13-14, “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

A Christian man recently wanted to debate with me, insisting that he is demon possessed. He told me that he has a psychiatrist doctor to help him with his mood swings, nightmares that cause him to grind his teeth and dark thoughts. The man said he is taking numerous prescription medications. I sympathized with his medical afflictions and prayed for him. It is not my place to condemn anyone. There but for the grace of God, go I and you.

However, I needed to kindly disagree with his assertion that a born again Christian can be demon possessed, simply because it is not true, which he didn't take lightly. The inspired Word of God is very clear the the believer's physical body is the “temple” of the indwelling Holy Spirit. 1st Corinthians 3:16-17, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

We also learn from the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 1:13-14, “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” The moment that a lost sinner trusts Christ as his or her personal Savior, that individual is immediately and forever SEALED with the Holy Spirit of God. A transfer of ownership has changed hands from Satan to God. There is no way that a child of God can be inhabited by a demon, although it is possible for a Christian to be influenced by demonic spirits.

In Matthew 16:23, Jesus called the Apostle Peter “Satan.” We know that Peter was not the Devil, but he was thinking like the Devil at that time, wanting to prevent Jesus from going to the cross, which was the entire reason for His coming to earth.

The Afflicted Woman In Luke 13:16

According to biblical teaching, Satan can cause suffering and sickness, as seen in Luke 13:16, where Jesus refers to a woman who had been bound by Satan for eighteen years. However, not all sickness is attributed to Satan; some may arise from natural causes or divine purposes (John 9:1-5).

In an attempt to prove that a Christian can be possessed by a demon, the man I mentioned earlier brought up Luke 13:16, “And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” Since she is a daughter of Abraham, we know that she was saved. The guy debating with me insists that “Satan hath bound” means she was demon possessed. Now, dear reader, the Bible doesn't say that she was demon possessed, it says that she was bound by Satan for 18 years. Jesus said the thief only comes to kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10).

In Job chapter one we read that God gave Satan permission to afflict Job terribly. Satan caused thieves to murder Job's servants and then steal all of his livestock. The Devil murdered all ten of Job's children. Poor Mrs. Job! I have always been empathetic toward Job's wife for suggesting that Job curse God and die, because she had just lost every last one of her precious children. Of course, she was very wrong and lacking in her faith, but she was hurting deeply. Job's wife is a perfect example of how NOT TO respond to life's tragedies. Yet, I wonder how you or I would have done in her situation. Would we have praised the Lord anyhow? God allowed Satan to afflict Job and his wife. Mrs. Job was tested just as much as Job! Yet, neither of them were demon possessed.

According to “Barnes Notes On The Whole Bible”:

Whom Satan hath bound - Satan is the name given to the prince or leader of evil spirits, called also the devil, Beelzebub, and the old serpent, Matthew 12:24; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 20:2. By his “binding” her is meant that he had inflicted this disease upon her. It was not properly a “possession” of the devil, for that commonly produced derangement; but God had suffered him to afflict her in this manner, similar to the way in which he was permitted to try Job. See the notes at Job 1:12; Job 2:6-7. It is no more “improbable” that God would suffer “Satan” to inflict pain, than that he would suffer a wicked “man” to do it; yet nothing is more common than for one “man” to be the occasion of bringing on a disease in another which may terminate only with the life. He that seduces a virtuous man and leads him to intemperance, or he that wounds him or strikes him, may disable him as much as Satan did this woman. If God permits it in one case, he may, for the same reason, in another. [emphasis added] —“Barnes Notes On The Whole Bible”

I agree with Pastor Albert Barnes (1798-1870). The woman in Luke 16:13 was not demon possessed, she was bound by Satan with a disease for 18 years until Jesus freed her.

And may I kindly say, I think it would be foolish for a Christian to try to determine if our illness has been caused by the Devil, the Lord, or is just a result of living in a fallen world. Does it really matter? I mean, since we know that nothing can happen to anyone without God's knowledge and permission, we would be wise to simply trust God rather than to try to figure out the cause of our suffering.

I admit that I myself have a hard time knowing that God sees an innocent person being robbed and then murdered, and does nothing to stop it, but we suffer because we live in a fallen world of sin. I am not going to place God on trial as the heathen world continually does. Living in a fallen world doesn't mean that we suffer evil because of any particular sin we may have committed; but rather, because Adam's sin brought the curse of sin and death upon the entire human race (Romans 5:12). That is why bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. And to clarify, we're all bad sinners in the sight of a holy God (Isaiah 64:6; Romans 3:10-23). Some of us may live above reproach, but no one can live above sin.

The Apostle Paul's “Thorn” In The Flesh

Another argument that the man I mentioned earlier brought up is the Apostle Paul, citing 2nd Corinthians 12:7, “And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.” Again, the man claims that Paul was demon possessed as a Christian. Dear reader, this is false teaching! It is IMPOSSIBLE for a child of God to be possessed by a demon! Likewise, no child of the Devil has the Holy Spirit living inside them. Romans 8:9, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” No one is saved who does not have the Holy Spirit living inside (indwelling) them.

The Apostle Paul did not claim to be demon possessed; but rather, he said “there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.” We must never read into the Scripture what it does not say. The messenger of Satan was not a demon, it was the “thorn.” The Bible plainly says that! To say that the “messenger of Satan” was a demon who entered into Paul is a wicked thing to claim. Most theologians think that Paul's thorn was poor eyesight, because he said to the churches of Galatia in Galatians 4:15b, “for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.” Paul had poor eyesight. We don't know for certain if that is the “thorn” which he spoke of, but it certainly could have been.

The Human Heart Doesn't Need A Demon To Do Evil

Dear reader, I find no evidence that the afflicted woman in Luke 16:13 or the Apostle Paul were demon possessed. That is a serious accusation to make about someone. Just because you are going to a psychiatrist doctor, taking multiple prescription medications, suffering from dark thoughts in your mind, grinding your teeth at night during nightmares and you're struggling with your mental health, does not mean friend that you have a demon living inside you! Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

I think we give the Devil way too much credit. I do not believe that every time someone commits a horrible crime that the Devil made them do it! We are fully capable of committing the most unimaginable heinous evil deeds as humans. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that some monsters are demon possessed! How do we know the difference? I don't think it was meant for us to know. There are some things that only God Himself knows. So, I think Christians are sometimes inspired by demons, but never possessed. It is impossible!

Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) didn't think the fight over the inspiration and accuracy of the King James Bible was a trifle matter. Dr. Hyles pastored First Baptist Church of Hammond from 1959 to 2001. Along with co-founder Dr. Russell Anderson (1931-2023), Dr. Hyles started Hyles-Anderson College in 1972. Dr. Anderson was saved in 1959 in Michigan. There was no truth any more important to Brother Hyles than the inspiration of every single word in the King James Bible...

“And brother, any time anybody ever casts any reflection upon the accuracy and the inspiration—verbal inspiration—of this Bible, I'll guarantee you he was inspired by the demons. I'll guarantee you! I don't care if he's got a 'reverend' in front of his name. I don't care if he has a clerical collar on. I don't care what school he's been to. He's of the Devil if he says that the Bible is not verbally inspired by God!” —Dr. Jack Hyles, a great quote from the awesome MP3 sermon titled, “Satan's masterpiece”

You see, a Christian can be inspired by demons, as was Peter in Matthew 16:23, but that doesn't mean you are demon possessed (i.e., a demon lives inside of you).

I humbly think as Christian believers that we need to be very careful about casually going around deciding who is demon possessed (including our self). If you were to suggest to me that serial killers' John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer were demon possessed, I wouldn't argue with you. Those monsters were pure evil! But even though Pastor John MacArthur preached a counterfeit plan of salvation, I do not think he was demon possessed. I do think he was inspired by demons to preach the lie of Lordship Salvation.

Beware of nutty Pentecostals and Charismatics who see everything through a filter of being demon possessed. To the man with a hammer in his hand, everything starts looking like a nail sticking up. And to the wacky Charismatic, they see all evil as being the result of having a demon inside you. I reject all that utter nonsense! Humans are evil enough of our own nature, without needing a demon to make us do bad things to other people. To become evil, all you need to do is just stop caring and your life will spiral downward into insanity and ruin. That is why my favorite Bible verse for many years has been Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Always be on guard!

Our U.S. Society Is As Unethical As It Is Wicked

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 27 May 2026 07:08:00 +0000

Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

I am so sick and tired of our ungodly crooked society in the United States. Everywhere I turn as a born again Christian, at age 59, I see corruption. But this is nothing new. I remember when I lived in Chicago decades ago, that I received a disturbing letter one day from my bank. The Park National Bank sent me a letter saying that they would be selling my personal information to strangers, and if I wanted it stopped I would have to write them a letter requesting that they don't sell me out. That made me so angry. It should be the other way around. Legally, no one should be able to share or sell your personal information without your express authorization, and I don't mean permission buried in 50,000 words of fine print in an agreement that you were pressured to sign without having 8 hours and a lawyer to read and understand it! I hate our unethical culture of greed, selfishness and manipulation in America.

I went to download an app for my Discover credit card today, because their website is not working properly and I cannot log in. I called and tech support said their website is down. When I downloaded the app from Google Play and went to open it, I was accosted with a threatening message that said if I use their application, they are going to spy on me. You are being spied on by your credit card company. Yes, credit card companies monitor your spending habits and transactions to assess creditworthiness and detect fraud. They also collect data on your online behavior and social media activity for marketing purposes. That is so immoral, unethical and sinful. If you want a credit card nowadays, you have no choice.

And then there are ungodly realtors. If you read a standard real estate contract today, the realtor makes out like a bandit either way if the seller or the buyer reneges. I really hate lawyers! Hell is full of accursed attorneys who spent their lives preying upon their victims.

I typed "professional banjo" into a search engine, but I was disgusted when a bunch of cheap inferior quality banjos came up for $150 to $500 from China. Then at the bottom of all those pages I found an unethical disclaimer that says the person recommending the essentially garbage banjos gets paid kickback money from Amazon (or some other merchant) for referring people to their website. That is highly unethical and immoral, because that person is telling you that they are lying to you to make money. Nobody thinks that a piece of crap for $150 from China is a “professional banjo.” I hate when people lie to make money!!! I paid $4,436 for my Deering Calico banjo, and that is a bona fide professional banjo (which I bought at a 15% discount from Fuller Guitars in Houston, Texas).

Tragically, we live in a wicked world of liars, cheats and con artists! Whether it be Priceline, Alamo Car Rental or Allstate Insurance, they are all ungodly and unethical thieves! There is a never ending cry in God's ears from hurting victims of hundreds of wicked insurance companies who make money by denying claims. Insurance companies are lying crooked thieves! Prudential Life Insurance are dirty ungodly thieves!!! Hell is coming up to meet them at their coming!

While our U.S. government is giving hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars away to Ukraine and Israel, many Americans cannot afford to live anymore. Food prices are so high right now that people aren't buying it anymore. I am spending less and less on groceries, sticking to whatever bargains I can find. I bought a big 5 pound bag of Russet potatoes at Walmart for $3.34. Why should I pay $10 for skimpy prepared meals? I love making homemade French fries with ketchup. I also make my own hashbrowns with my Hamilton food processor. Just one potato makes enough hashbrowns for me. Why spend more?

I guess it's mainly because I am growing older, but I notice unethical things a lot lately. The inspired Holy Bible teaches in Revelation 20:6 that we as saints will someday reign with Christ during the Millennium. I agree with Pastor Steven Anderson that there won't be any laws, rules, codes nor regulations at that time, the Holy Bible will be our only rule Book. I sure hope that is so. I can tell you one thing. If the Lord entrusts me with any power to control laws, I will do away with all shady fine print that attorneys write to hurt people. I hate fine print! They deliberately make it tiny for a reason, because it is unpleasant and if you really understood what that fine print said, you'd RUN AWAY!!!

Furthermore, if I had my way as a ruler, I would ban all disclaimers and legal notices from being any smaller, or a different color, or less vibrant and loud, than the original advertisement used to attract customers. So, if you use a megaphone to promote your service or product, so must you also use that same megaphone to tell customers the bad or potentially risky information! I am so sick of liars, cheats and cons!

I saw a woman in New York City get arrested for changing the locks on her own house, because some squatter stole her home, hasn't paid a penny in rent for years, and the criminal government are doing nothing to give her justice! God damn New York City! They're way past unethical at this point in NYC, now it's just downright criminal. I feel so sorry for those home owners! Can you imagine being bilked for $15,000 a year or more in property taxes, and there's a squatter whose been stealing your house for years and hasn't paid a single dime in rent, damaging your property with wear and tear, and the law sanctions it and there's absolutely nothing you can do? Welcome to New York. That crap is not allowed in Florida!

I admit that with my constant chronic neck pain, burning nerves throughout my upper body and related bodily afflictions (from getting hit by a bus in 1992 and suffering a steep fall at work in 2005), I just don't have much patience with anyone or anything. Unfortunately, my wife doesn't understand what I am going through, but I love her still. I live in a lonely world of constant physical burning pain in my neck and bodily discomfort that only somebody suffering constantly from damaged cervical nerves and osteoarthritis can even begin to understand.

For the aforementioned reasons, I just don't have the patience to read lengthy legal jargon and fine print one mile long in a business or service agreement. Like most people, I just sign the stupid thing. Damn the torpedoes! Call me a fool, and maybe I am sometimes, but I am miserable in my suffering and just want to go home to be with the dear LORD. I have zero patience with complicated things. For that I have nothing to apologize for.

I view American society today as a giant mousetrap! With all the extra security at every public event and cops galore, societal paranoia over crime, and everyone having a mobile phone stuck to the side of their head these days, I just want to stay home where I am safe.

I have visited the First Baptist Church of Pensacola downtown a couple dozens times over the past 4 years. It's only 10 minutes away from my home. I get creeped out each time I visit because they have not one, but two police cruisers parked outside of the church all the time during services, anticipating crime. Why does a church need such protection? Granted, they're one of the largest churches in the city, having well over a thousand members. Also, the church has some very wealthy and influential members from the community, which I think plays a role. Sadly, the church is corrupt, preaching the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. They only use the English Standard Version (ESV), which is highly corrupt. I could NEVER join such a cult!

I think it is sad and tragic, and a shameful testimony of what our American culture has deteriorated into, when a church needs police presence at all times. There's always a cop sitting next to the information desk. I exited the contemporary church service one Sunday and the cop looked at me like he wanted to kill me. That was creepy! I don't know what has happened at their church in the past, but it feels more like Nazi-Germany than a church today. I digress.

Dear reader, if you are a born again child of God, be an ethical person. That is, do the right thing! If you borrow a cart at a store to use it while shopping, please put it back where you found it. Don't just leave the cart in the parking lot for someone else to have to deal with. I always return my cart, even if it means walking all the way back into the store to return it. That is being ethical.

I've been to some websites that refuse to allow me to exit, and I have to close the whole browser just to escape. That is so wrong, thuggish and unethical to do to people. Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

Thousands of websites today, including YouTube sad to say, display big busted lewd women in advertisements who are scantily clad like harlots, luring men to dating websites to get their money. It is highly unethical and sinful to buttonhole guests with immoral temptations, all so that the company can make more money. It is truly evil. The inspired Holy Bible calls men's struggle against the lusts of the flesh a "war" (1st Peter 2:11).

Yet, countless unethical companies today couldn't care less, exploiting the ungodly lusts of the flesh to make money. I am reminded that the Holy Bible warns the LOVE OF MONEY is the root of all evil (1st Timothy 6:8-11). And this truth holds true for today's wicked religious schools—that deny the inspiration of God's Word, set low moral standards for their students, and preach Satan's fraud of Lordship Salvation—all in an effort to make more filthy lucre (Romans 16:17-18). RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

We made the mistake of attending the Pensacola Seafood Festival in September of 2025 for Labor Day. One of their umpteen unethical vendors charged me $14 for one chicken teriyaki stick. The meat was cold and there were only about three small pieces of chicken on it. I added some fried rice, which was another $11. I paid $25 for garbage! I was so pissed off! I told my wife we'd never come back to the festival, because they have become utterly greedy and don't want to give the patrons something worth the money, they just want to empty your wallet and give you nothing in return. Nothing is worthwhile anymore in our rotten society!

Hollywood is very unethical. When you buy a movie, Hollywood forces you to watch previews for 10 other movies, trying to lure you into buying more of their films to get your money. But you paid for that movie DVD or Blu-ray, so why should you have to watch (or go through the trouble of skipping through) 10 other movie previews that you didn't buy (and are very likely not interested in)? If they were ethical, which they are not in Hollywood, they would have put the movie previews at THE END of the movie, not at the beginning each time you want to see it. Hollywood has no class at all, they are just ungodly greedy jerks!

Nearly everywhere that we go on social media today, we are bombarded with unethical advertisements, being hounded IN YOUR FACE to buy something. Facebook does it incessantly, shoving advertisements IN YOUR FACE. They are ungodly greedy sinners.

The company Microsoft is one of the most unethical companies! They forcefully reboot my computers on a regular basis without my permission. I have tried to stop it, but aside from turning my computers off, there's absolutely nothing one can do. Microsoft are thugs!

If you buy a computer that comes with Microsoft 10 Home, they won't allow you to buy software from any other company. The software is locked. You have to literally go through a scary in depth process to disable it. Microsoft has faced harsh criticism for various unethical business practices and software issues, including allegations of monopolistic behavior and aggressive tactics. Some users and critics have described the company's actions as thuggish, particularly in its handling of competitors and customer concerns. It's no wonder why so many people hate Microsoft! Thankfully, there is a caring holy God in Heaven who sees everything, and no evildoer can escape the wrath and judgment of our faithful Creator (Ecclesiastes 5:8, 12:13-14; Matthew 12:36; 1st Thessalonians 4:6; Hebrews 4:13).

Another one of my pet peeves is when you visit a website and they unethically buttonhole you with pop-up messages, IN YOUR FACE, harassing you with whatever they are pushing. When you close one window, another one rudely pops up, and then another, dangling in your face to annoy you so that you cannot enjoy the material that you came to read in the first place. Sadly, companies are often ruthlessly competitive and don't care about their neighbours. This is nothing new, this disturbing but intriguing documentary shows how ungodly and ruthless competitors were when the television was invented, stealing other men's inventions.

Libraries could be written about the unethical things that go on in the United States today, let alone the entire world. I want no part of any of it as a born again Christian. Although we cannot control what other people do, I strongly encourage you dear reader to be different than the average bear. I fear God and I hope you do too. Knowing that I must give account to my Creator one day compels me to be careful how I treat people. I am careful to avoid getting into difficult situations where I might be tempted to lie or to do something wrong.

I absolutely love what Pastor Jack Hyles said:

“If you want to never do anything that is terribly wicked, then you never do anything that is slightly wicked.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, "Unjust In The Least"

I wish that all corporations and our government would treat people the way they want to be treated to fulfill 'The Golden Rule' which Jesus taught in Matthew 7:12, but they don't. The real world doesn't work that way. But this is nothing new under the sun. Psalms 142:4, “I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.” Have you ever felt that way? I certainly have, often.

I called Medicare yesterday and was put on hold for almost an hour, but was rudely hung up on when a man finally answered. I don't even get upset anymore, because I understand that people are angry, worked up and don't know the Lord. And if they do know the Lord, most believers are carnally-minded, walking in the flesh.

Jesus foretold in Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Although He is speaking about the coming Tribulation period, we are already seeing this phenomena today in America. The daily news is filled with horrific stories of unpunished crime and corruption, which injustices cause people's hearts to grow cold. Everywhere we go in the United States today we are meeting cold, uncaring, unkind and frustrated Americans. Evil begets more evil.

I could spend a day sharing my own painful experiences of dealing with irate Americans with you. We need to always remember what the Scripture teaches in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”