David J. Stewart

The Peace Of God

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

Fear is caused by thinking you must carry tomorrow's burdens with today's strength. God is peace. Ephesians 2:13-14, “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.”

We fear the unknown.
We fear want and poverty.
We fear death.
We fear the future.
We fear eternity.
We fear failure.

God doesn't fear anything, which is why God has peace. If God has peace we will make it! And God is peace! So, when the Bible talks about “the peace of God,” the Scripture is literally saying that God is at perfect peace. God offers His perfect peace to us. John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” What a beautiful truth!

In America we love the word “security,” but there is no such thing. There is no such thing as “social security.” The only security that has ever existed is God. The LORD is tranquil. He is relaxed and never stresses over anything. God is not worried about anything. The same peace that God has is freely available to you dear reader, if you want it.

Philippians 4:6-8, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

I love and cherish that promise from God. The same peace which makes God feel serene, at home and calm at all times is freely available to you and me. It is not a different peace, but the exact same peace Jesus has. You don't have to have a nervous breakdown. You don't have to crack up. You don't have to spend $50 an hour to meet with some psychiatrist nut, so you can become as nutty as she is. Oh, that every redeemed saint of God would claim “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,” which “shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7b).

That being said, some people do have nervous issues and they need extra grace from God to help them cope with their nervous condition, but God's grace is sufficient dear reader. The same peace which God possesses which causes Him not to fret, worry, sulk and panic is available to you. John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

If you're ready to have a nervous breakdown, go home and bake some cookies for your neighbor. Prepare a gift box for a homeless person and then go give it to them in Jesus' name. Take your guitar to a local nursing home to cheer some elderly people up. If you'll spend one hour a day doing something for others, you won't have a nervous breakdown. When I get down and discouraged, I lose myself in my website ministry, working day and night for Jesus Christ to help others find the truth that will set them free (John 8:32-36).

If you sincerely believe that God has a perfect peace, you won't be upset if you think God's okay. Folks, God is still on His throne today! Everything alright in my Father's house, where there's joy, jot, joy. Get your mind off of yourself and you won't commit suicide. Get out of the self life and your life will find new meaning. The greatest things in life are not things! The most miserable people on the planet are well-to-do people who live only for themselves.

I thank God for the precious memories I have for doing something nice to help someone when I was down and discouraged. I am not a wealthy man, but one day I gave $100 bill to a disheveled homeless man in Guam who helped me load my groceries into the back of my car. He immediately put his head down in humility and I knew I had touched his heart. I wouldn't trade that precious memory for anything, and I guarantee you that he will never forget that moment. I did if for Jesus. Proverbs 19:17, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.”

Oh, that every redeemed saint of God would claim “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,” which “shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7b). And please don't overlook or dismiss Philippians 4:8, which teaches us as saints the importance of maintaining a healthy thought life by avoiding critical people, relentless bad news and negative things. We are what we think!

Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

Amish Ladies Put Baptist Women To Shame

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Proverbs 7:10-11, “And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house.”

One of the most controversial topics that I write about as a fundamentalist Bible preacher is modesty. God knows that I mean no unkindness or disrespect to anyone, sincerely. I simply believe that the good LORD intended for women to be feminine, which means dressing modestly, carrying herself like a proper lady, and possessing a calm spirit of humility and sweetness at all times. Sadly, the typical image of the American woman today is not pleasant.

I have tremendous admiration and respect for Amish ladies, who wouldn't ever even consider putting on a pair of pants. I speak to the shame of most Baptist females today who wear pants:

The religious significance of Amish Clothing is deeply connected to the beliefs and values that guide Amish life. For Amish people, clothing is much more than something worn every day. It serves as a visible expression of faith, humility, and obedience to God. Every garment reflects religious principles that have been passed down through generations. Rather than following fashion trends, Amish communities choose clothing that supports their spiritual commitment and cultural identity. As a result, clothing becomes an important part of their religious practice and daily life. [emphasis added] READ MORE

How does Amish beliefs and Biblical emphasis on modesty compare to shameful American women in churches today who wear pants, Spandex, shorts and other immodest attire in public? Call me what you will, God is on my side. Psalms 118:6, “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”

I have been wickedly shunned, ridiculed, censured, mistreated, despised, belittled; even I and my wife kicked out of Family Baptist in Pensacola in June of 2025 over my Bible preaching against women wearing pants. The pastor's wife wears pants and they (not me) took issue with my article, “Why A Christian Lady Ought Not Wear Pants.” Such is the life of a faithful Bible preacher who tells THE TRUTH. The Apostle Paul experienced the same persecution and rejection from churchgoers for telling THE TRUTH. Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”

Here again is more helpful information about why Amish women dress modestly...

How Faith Influences Amish Clothing

Faith shapes nearly every aspect of Amish life, including how people dress. Clothing choices are guided by religious teachings that encourage modesty, simplicity, and humility. Within Amish communities, the religious significance of Amish Clothing can be seen in the way garments are designed to avoid drawing attention.

Amish people believe that outward appearance should reflect inner faith rather than personal style. Because of this, clothing remains simple and practical. This approach helps individuals focus on spiritual growth instead of material possessions or social status. [emphasis added] READ MORE

I find it disturbing that the Amish have higher Biblical moral values than over 95% of today's evangelical communities. I speak particularly to my own camp of Baptists. American culture today is not in the same orbit as Biblical morality, integrity and decency. Sadly, over 95% of professed Christian females today have sinfully adopted perverse American culture instead of following the inspired Word of God concerning morality, dress and decency.

To hear the pastor of a church defend women wearing pants in public, and hear him foolishly wrest the inspired Scripture in a wicked attempt to justify immodesty, is unimaginably evil. Evil is planned sin. Whenever a female puts on a pair of pants, knowing that immodesty and lust are sinful, she is doing evil. ...

1st Peter 2:11-12, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.”

Whereas the inspired Holy Bible calls fleshly lusts a “war against the soul,” today's ungodly pastors and pastor's wives make light of modesty, justifying immodesty under the excuse of having liberty in Christ. I have been called many disparaging names over the years, particularly of being a “legalist.” In theology a legalist is someone who adds works to grace, which I have not done.

Sadly, today's wicked army of neo-evangelical churches have all but totally abandoned Biblical separation from the world and false teachers.

Today's Worldly Foolish Pastors

Last year a local cocky younger Baptist pastor in Pensacola condemned my Bible preaching against women wearing pants. He insisted that his wife wears pants and she loves Jesus as much as any religious woman. I kindly told him that I completely disagreed, and that my wife demonstrates her love for Jesus by the long dresses she has faithfully worn all her life. What saith the Scripture? John 14:15, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” The old adage is very true: Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.

According to that henpecked errant local pastor, the inspired King James Bible doesn't forbid Christian women wearing pants. He contends that God's command for Christian ladies to wear “modest apparel” in 1st Timothy 2:9-10 somehow permits his wife to wear sexy pants in public. Kindly said, I think his denial of the truth is wicked and shameful.

1st Timothy 2:9-10, “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.”

As Amish ladies fully understand, the clothing that a female wears conveys a message to those who see her. Does a pair of pants on a women convey modesty? You are a dishonest person and not right with God if you think it does. There is no way that pants could ever be made modest on a woman, and any honest person knows it. I am so sick and tired of immature, backslidden, carnally-minded, ungodly religious people trying to justify pants on females. I am a much despised and criticized Bible preacher for my stand against women wearing pants. I am not against the women; I am against them wearing pants in public.

Tragically, the U.S. Attorney General declared it legal for women to wear trousers in public on May 28, 1923, marking a significant change in women's rights regarding clothing. Prior to this, many laws and social customs prohibited women from wearing pants. It cannot be denied that the United States has experienced a steady decline in moral values and faith in God over the past century. There is nothing new under the sun...

Isaiah 1:4-6, “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.”

I Will Be Deleting My Facebook Account On Monday

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:04:59 +0000

Exodus 20:16, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

Proverbs 19:5, “A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.”

I have had it with Facebook! Today my account was suspended for three days over a FALSE ACCUSATION regarding a post I uploaded concerning modesty. Here is their horrible unprovoked threatening message to me today. I won't tolerate this abuse! ...

Well, they've already suspended my Facebook account for three days. Facebook are liars! They have not repeatedly warned me. This is the first warning of this type that I have received. I don't like LIARS! I had uploaded a post a few days ago preaching against women wearing pants in public. This is without a doubt the hottest subject that I get heat and criticism over from my Bible preaching. The next topics that generate heat are the eternal security of the believer, my refusal to fully support President Donald Trump, my denial of a flat earth, and my rejection of Zionism and present-day manmade Israel. People go ballistic over these topics!

Here is the unedited image that Facebook is accusing me of uploading, wrongly accusing me of “Child Sexual Exploitation.” These people are out of touch with reality...

Facebook calls this image:
'Child Sexual Exploitation'

Suspended from social: Coloradans say Meta wrongfully shut down their accounts

For my Facebook posts, I usually get about 4 or 5 emojis in response, 12 or 15 at most. This particular post received over 50 emojis, most laughing emojis by peeved women who disagree with my noble post that Christian women ought not wear pants in public. They wickedly hate me as a fundamentalist preacher for upholding Biblical modesty! Hey, get angry at God, because He made morality. 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.”

Facebook's owner Mark Zuckerberg has been sued by thousands of people, forced to testify in front of congress and answer to thousands of angry parents for bad things that happened to their children on Facebook. So, Facebook are now paranoid over any potential problems in this area, overacting to any complaints, falsely accusing their users. My guess is that one of the ungodly angry women FALSELY accused me of uploading an inappropriate image to hurt me, and Facebook's system reacted without even bothering to investigate the complaint. God knows my heart. Proverbs 29:26b, “...every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.”

1st Samuel 24:15, “The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.”

I have never liked Facebook (now renamed to "Meta Platforms"). Facebook is utterly confusing and very difficult to figure out and navigate. After several years of using Facebook, I still cannot figure it out because Facebook is so confusing and unfriendly for users. I am done! I will protect my name as much as I can. I don't have to use Meta (Facebook), and why should I when they are horribly accusing me of a serious crime? Facebook have gone too far!

Facebook is largely a Satanic tool for evil, blamed for causing thousands of divorces.

I won't be FALSELY ACCUSED of such an atrocious, despicable and evil crime as child sexual exploitation and continue to support Facebook's platform! Proverbs 22:1, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.” When Facebook unsuspends my account in three days, I am going to post this article for my Facebook readers to see, and give it two days, then I am deleting my account, unless something happens that changes my mind between now and Monday.

There is no point in deactivating my account when I have no intentions of ever going back to Facebook. We are living in a frightening society today in the United States when people are going to prison for life over allegations of committing sexual crimes. I'd rather be accused of murder than sexually exploiting a child. Facebook's heads are stuck where the sun don't shine!

One of my neighbours in Pensacola was just sentenced to 25 years in prison, accused of fondling a young teen girl that his wife was babysitting. Facebook are playing with fire! It seems that Mark Zuckerberg wants to drag everybody else down with himself. He has been repeatedly accused of enabling pedophiles in the news, so now he wants to accuse Meta users of the same perversion. I am just one of thousands of Meta users who've been unjustly targeted and falsely accused. I won't stand for it! Unlike anonymous creeps who have FALSELY ACCUSED me of wrong doing in the past on social media, I do know who Facebook is and there is something I can do. On Monday I am deleting my account, if they don't do it for me. I am sick of Facebook!

God willing, I am deleting my account on Monday unless I receive an apology from Facebook for FALSELY ACCUSING ME of such a serious crime. Let the world go to Hell.

I Don't Need Or Want Facebook's Crap

Furthermore, Facebook is full of ungodly heathens, belligerent jerks and rotten people (the world). When a preacher friend of mine commit suicide in 2024 and I posted a tribute to honor him, over 75 losers posted laughing emojis just to express hatred toward my ministry friend. People foolishly believe whatever the news media says. I don't need this garbage in my daily life. Facebook is a source of hurt feelings, grief and irritation.

Furthermore, the several thousand posts and images that I've uploaded over the past several years to Facebook are all buried in the Deep Web, so that none of it appears in the search engines. I've been basically feeding a few dozen Facebook users when I could be spending my time reaching thousands. I humbly think that my time for Jesus Christ can be used better elsewhere, where all of my work is in the public domain, not buried in the Deep Web.

I know of Baptist a pastor who has written over 10,000 posts in the Fighting Fundamentalist Forum (which forum I hate for all their slander and gossip); all of which articles are buried in the Deep Web, so that no one outside of the Fighting Fundamentalist Forum will ever read them (and from what I know about the pastor that is a good thing). Lord willing, I plan to spend a lot more time working on my ministry websites and blogs. To Hell with Facebook!

I only started Facebook several years ago as an extension of my Jesus-is-Savior.com website ministry, but it hasn't done anything to help my ministry. If anything Facebook has drawn me away from my ministry work. All I've been doing lately is bickering with worldly backslidden Christians who don't want to live for the LORD. They want to debate theology to prove my beliefs wrong and they disrespect me. That's not what I signed up for. And now Facebook is making bogus bizarre FALSE CLAIMS about me. Enough is enough!

The Sin of Christian Women Wearing Worldly Pants

I will go to seed preaching Biblical morality in this important area of female modesty. ...

1st Timothy 2:9-10, “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.”

Do pants convey (becometh) godliness? No. You won't find an Amish lady wearing pants. No you won't! Amish women put most Baptist females to utter contemptible shame. And don't you dare tell me that it is a mere cultural distinction that Amish women choose. They are moral. They care about modesty! Most worldly females in our churches today have been so infected by the heathen world and feminist ideologies, that they don't know or care what it means anymore to be modest. Shame on any pastor, pastor's wife or Christian who attempts to justify females wearing pants, shorts, bikinis, Spandex or other immodest attire in public. God cares about modesty and so should you!

Amish women do not wear pants because their dress code emphasizes modesty and traditional values, which are expressed through long dresses and skirts. This choice reflects their commitment to humility and separation from the modern world, as outlined in their community guidelines. So, why do most Baptist pastor's wives wear pants? They have no excuse! Call me what you will, I am not just old-fashioned, I am right!

I Have Been Persecuted For Standing For Modesty

In 2014, when I was having a three way conversation with Marty Herron (senior pastor of Harvest Baptist Church on Guam from 1999 to 2018), and a visiting guest preacher, I kindly made the comment that women ought not wear pants. Pastor Herron made the disparaging remark about me, “He's old school.” I'm not just old school, I am Biblically right! One of the greatest evils today is that churches are following the heathen world closely, but like Peter are following Jesus afar off. Ungodly Christian women today are ashamed to look old-fashioned, to stand out for being exceptionally modest. They want to appear “hip” and “cool” with the ungodly heathen world, hiding their light for Christ under a bushel.

When I and my wife attended the horrible Family Baptist Church in Pensacola (2021-2025), they ruthlessly kicked us out of our church family over modesty. My wife has never wore anything but long full-length dresses her entire life. The pastor's wife and mother wear pants and took great offense over my Bible preaching on social media. I had never said one word about my beliefs in their church. THEY (not me) made an issue (a stink) over my Biblical stand on social media against women wearing pants, because their worldly wives feel Holy Spirit conviction. Since I and my wife made them feel uncomfortable by our very presence, since we are living separated lives for Jesus, they wanted us gone. Today's churches have become pathetic!

On April 30th, 2025, Pastor Brad Moffett censured my website ministry, mistreating I and my wife in his church office. He had invited us into his office for a different purpose, but did a Bait & Switch on us (which I think his bossy wife pressured Brad to do). In that horrible meeting, Brad slandered Pastor Jack Hyles, calling him a carnally-minded dirty old man.

Even worse, Pastor Brad falsely accused Brother Hyles of ruining hundreds of families at Hyles-Anderson College through alleged perverse teachings on sex and marriage. I and my wife were shocked, hurt and utterly disgusted by Brad's allegations, having no idea what Brad Moffett was talking about (and when we asked he refused to explain his accusations). Dr. Hyles is my and Alice's hero of the Christian faith, under whose ministry we were both saved.

Pastor Brad insisted that no one loves Jesus more than his worldly wife, and that there is absolutely nothing wrong with his wife wearing sexy pants in public. The inspired Holy Bible does not agree! To the same degree that you obey the Holy Bible you love Jesus. John 14:15, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Using religion as a cover-up for sin is a common issue, as it allows individuals to rationalize their behavior instead of taking responsibility. If Amish women refuse to wear pants because it is worldly and not expressive of their faith, what makes you think it is acceptable to God for Baptist women to wear pants?

We are living in the “perilous times” foretold in 2nd Timothy 3:1-7. A century ago in the United States you couldn't find a woman wearing pants in public. It was a shameful thing back then for a woman to reveal her buttocks and thighs in public, and it still is today. If you think this is merely a matter of culture, like Pastor Brad Moffett sinfully told me in April of 2025, then you are not right with God either. Any honest Christian KNOWS that pants are not modest on a female. Pants, shorts and Spandex are worldly attire which are very inappropriate for a lady!

Woe unto today's ungodly churches! The world has no place in a local New Testament church. Mark 4:23, “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

Elon Musk Just Became A Trillionaire, But As A Hellbound Man He Is Poor In Heaven's Sight

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Luke 16:19-24, “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.”

It was reported in the news this week that inventor businessman Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire after the initial public offering (IPO) of his company SpaceX on June 12, 2026, which significantly increased his net worth to around $1.1 trillion. This milestone was achieved as SpaceX's stock debuted at $150 per share and rose shortly thereafter. Proverbs 28:6, “Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.”

Elon Musk was previously known for his atheistic views, stating that he found the idea of a super consciousness unlikely and believed in the evolution of complexity from simplicity. However, he has since shifted his beliefs, now identifying as a "cultural Christian" and expressing a belief in God after years of atheism. He no longer identifies as an atheist.

But don't get too excited yet. Cultural Christians are individuals who appreciate Christian values and culture, but do not actively practice the Christian faith or hold religious beliefs. They may identify as agnostics, atheists, or non-practicing Christians, often influenced by their family background or social environment. Unreal! You couldn't make this stuff up. You can still be an atheist while claiming to be a Cultural Christian!!!

Whatever Elon thinks he now is, he's NOT a born again Christian. So, effectively he's still no better off than if we were still an avowed atheist. John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” There are billions of people all across the planet who claim to be a “Christian,” but they have never been born again. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to the people in Matthew 7:21-23. They boasted to Christ of having done “many wonderful works” in His name. They boasted of preaching in Jesus' name. They had even cast out devils in His name. Matthew 10:1 says Jesus gave His disciples (including unsaved Judas) the power to cast out devils. They had lived the Christian life in Matthew 7:21-23, but the dear Savior denied knowing them as His redeemed sheep.

I admire Elon Musk for his inventive aspirations, courage to take risks, and business wisdom. But I fear for his soul. Life is short, Hell is hot, and eternity is a long time. It is my hope and sincere prayer that Elon would come to the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ before it is too late. We never know what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1). Being a Cultural Christian is worthless as far as being born again is concerned. The very term “Cultural Christian” is offensive to me as a born again child of God. It is a misnomer! There is nothing “Christian” about being a Cultural Christian, anymore than “Federal Express” is a part of the federal government. Elon Musk is not a Christian in any legitimate sense of the word.

Being a “Cultural Christian” is synonymous with being a phony Hellbound Christian! I did not write this article to be unkind, God knows my heart. I wrote this article to draw attention to the fact that regardless of how much wealth someone may have in this temporary world, we cannot take one scintilla of it with us into eternity! 1st Timothy 6:7, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”

Elon Musk has more money than he could spend in a million lifetimes. Literally, if he lived one million lifetimes, he could have a million dollars to spend for each one. Tragically, his earthly prosperity is destroying him. Proverbs 1:32, “For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.” Wealth has blinded many people, as it did the rich man in Luke 16:19-31. The only thing that will matter when we breathe our last breath, and our heart pumps blood for the very last time, is whether or not we have been born again by faith alone in Jesus Christ. That is how you obey the gospel, by believing it!

Here is God's simple plan of salvation. You and I are wicked sinners (Romans 3:10-23). We all deserve to spend eternity burning in Hell for our own sins (Romans 6:23; Revelation 20:11-15, 21:8). But God the Father in His love, sent His only begotten Son Jesus into the world to die on a cross 2,000 years ago to pay our debt of sin (Romans 5:6-9; 1st Corinthians 1:18). Jesus was buried, but then three days later He miraculously resurrected from the dead. This is the gospel (1st Corinthians 15:1-6), by which all who BELIEVE IT are saved instantly, irrevocably and eternally (Romans 1:16). You have God's promise of it (1st Corinthians 1:21).

Simply by faith (taking God at His written Word), simply accept Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins, believing that Jesus who was buried, raised up the third day. That's it. That's all you need to do to go to Heaven someday. You've just got to believe that Jesus did it all for you.

The Atheist Religion Of Rush

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Ecclesiastes 7:5, “It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”

Rush is a Canadian rock band which began in 1968 in Toronto. They were inducted into the Canadian Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994, and the U.S. Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2013. They've had 24 gold albums, 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum). The band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide for over the past 50 years. And they're still performing.

Tragically, bassist Geddy Lee, drummer Neil Peart (1952-2020) and guitarist Alex Lifeson are all avowed atheists. Geddy has called himself a “Jewish atheist.” Neil Peart said publicly that he is agnostic (not sure what he believed), but he also said that he was skeptical if God exists. So, effectively he was also an atheist. That is so sad and tragic! The inspired King James Bible says they are all WITHOUT EXCUSE!!!

Romans 1:20-21, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

The band members of Rush are all self-made millionaires. Neil Peart had a net worth of $42 million at the time of his death from brain cancer in 2020. Geddy Lee's net worth is $40 million. Alex Lifeson's net worth is $35 million. They are all rich men who think they have no need of God in this world, but they will regret the day they were born in the afterlife. I say that kindly with love because I care. If the inspired King James Bible be true, and I've staked my eternity that it is, all of Rush's band members will spend eternity suffering in the torments of Hell's fire and brimstone, without rest day nor night, without hope, forever! They made their choices!

I have been a hobbyist musician since age 15. I play many stringed instruments well. My favorite is the pedal steel guitar, and second is the 5-string banjo. As such I have a musical opinion about bands like Rush, and then there is my Christian opinion as a born again child of God. Musically speaking, I have admired Rush's music for the past 50 years. Fly By Night is one of my favorite Rush songs, from 1975. Speaking as a Christian, they are of the Devil.

Having said that, I never really listened to the lyrics as a teenager, I mostly heard the music. I never grasped the deeper meaning of their lyrical contents. But now that I am much older, and I have examined the band member's lives, beliefs and lyrics out of mere curiosity, I am disturbed. I had never known that all of Rush's members are avowed atheists. That is so sad and tragic. But if you listen to them talk in interviews, and read their song's lyrics, they make dissing God sound so sensible and wise.

In reality, kindly said, they are fools under the wrath of God according to the inspired Holy Bible. John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” Psalm 7:11, “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” Our divine Creator does not take it lightly when you reject the gift of His only begotten Son, Jesus.

Here are the lyrics to Rush's popular song, "Faithless"...

Faithless
[Verse 1]
I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices
Empty vessels ring so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and marketplace
In the temple and marketplace

[Pre-Chorus]
Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist
I will quietly resist
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist
I will quietly resist

[Chorus]
I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in beliefs
You can call me faithless
You can call me faithless
But I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me
And that's faith enough for me

Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
Album: Snakes & Arrows
Released: 2007

Did you catch that blasphemy against God? ...

I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices
Empty vessels ring so loud

What saith the Scripture? Proverbs 16:25, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” The lyrics were composed by all three band members, disrespectfully referring to God almighty as, “a spirit in the sky.” Woe unto those wicked sinners! Their moral compass is broken!

What saith the Scripture? Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” Rush is preaching the exact opposite through their demonic music.

And here are the lyrics to Rush's popular song, "Freewill"...

Freewill
There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings, we dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned or the Gods are malign, blame is better to give than receive

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them they weren't born in Lotus Land
All preordained, a prisoner in chains, a victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face, you can pray for a place, in heaven's unearthly estate

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

Each of us, a cell of awareness, imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends with uncertain ends on a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill

Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart
Album: Chronicles
Released: 1990

This song is clearly an attack against God. The band member's atheist views are inherent in the lyrics, discouraging the listener from having faith in God. They mention prayer, Heaven, one's celestial state, all blaspheming God and His Word. We are taught by Jesus Himself in Mark 11:22b, “Have faith in God.” But you certainly do have a freewill given to you by your Creator, and He will not force you to trust in His only begotten Son, but you will spend eternity burning in the Lake of Fire if you don't. Who are you, or me, to challenge God almighty?

One thing that I commonly see in those who critique organized religion is that they don't make a distinction between faith in God versus faith in organized religion, and there is a big difference. In the song Faithless, they attack the Bible preacher...

And all the preaching voices
Empty vessels ring so loud

Many preachers are empty vessels, but I am not. By God's grace, I have preached THE TRUTH for the past 24 years of website ministry since 2002, and I've never requested or taken a single penny for my labors for Christ. My ministry is a labor of love for God, truth and people. But Rush just lumps all Bible preachers into one sinking ship, accusing us of being empty vessels that ring so loud. Unfortunately for Neil Peart, it is now too late. The moment he breathed his last breath in 2020, dying from brain cancer, his eternal fate was sealed.

Atheism Is A Religion

I don't care what any skeptic or naysayer says, atheism is absolutely a religion.

I recently had a very disturbing chat with ChatGPT about how the moon was formed. We got into some deep philosophical ideas and I had ChatGPT going in circles when I corned it. According to ChatGPT a big rock smashed into the earth. When I asked the A.I. why it didn't bother to mention the other possibility, that God made the moon, it dismissed my concern using the excuse that it gave me the "scientific" answer, not the theological one. ChatGPT says it is programmed to "infer user intent" and thus infers that ALL of it's users want the scientific answer, unless they specifically mention "God."

This is where it got philosophical, because I challenged Chat GPT on the validity of deeming a speculative hypothesis (not even a theory based upon credible evidence) as being "scientific." The crazy idea that a gargantuan rock smashed into the earth billions of years ago, and then a big piece of the molten earth broke off and somehow became a perfectly round moon circling in our planet's orbit, is beyond absurd! It is absolute pure science fiction. This is 100% atheist indoctrination. Only a very dishonest person would dare claim that a bizarre non-plausible chaotic collision formed the moon billions of years ago, when the inspired Holy Bible plainly teaches in Genesis 1:14-18 and Psalm 8:3 that God made the moon.

The Theia theory, also known as the giant-impact hypothesis, was first proposed by Canadian geologist Reginald Daly in 1946. This hypothesis suggests that the moon formed from debris resulting from a collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized body named Theia. If you believe that is how the moon formed, I truly feel sorry for your blatant ignorance. Do you also think the earth is flat? I hope not. It blows my mind in 2026 to know that millions of fools still think that the earth is flat, and that our planet does not move through space at 67,100 mph.

NASA, museums and universities everywhere, National Geographic, and countless other heathen groups, have adopted Reginald Daly's ridiculous hypothesis of how the moon was made. It is the religion of atheism, a set of beliefs which cannot be proven. Daly's bogus hypothesis is no more “science” than claiming that the moon is made out of Swiss cheese!

I wrote a blog about the danger of using ChatGPT. Don't get me wrong, I really like Chat GPT, but it will lie to you sometimes! I've tested it numerous times, catching it in a lie. For practical advice ChatGPT is great. But if you are going through marriage difficulties, it will at times suggest filing for divorce, and that is unscriptural.

When I asked ChatGPT about two undetonated bombs found in the Alfred P. Murrah Building in 1995, after the Oklahoma City Bombing incident, the A.I. denied that any bombs were found. When I shared a link to the actual local news video about the discovered bombs, ChatGPT still denied that they existed. Clearly, some evil people who don't want the public to know the truth are controlling ChatGPT. Here's the video, so you can go ask ChatGPT for yourself. Have fun! The A.I. dismissed my ministry website as a "conspiratorial website." Ha!

Atheism is a religion, and it is what the band members of Rush are promoting, and it is evil. So, as much as millions of fans love and cherish the band's creative music, we must at the same time acknowledge that they are pulling on the same rope as the Devil.

You Better Know I Am “Critical” Toward False Gospels

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Galatians 3:1-3, “O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”

One of my Facebook friends named Ronnie got upset with me today over my article exposing Jack Chick (1924-2016) as a false prophet. Here is my article...

Where Jack Chick Went Wrong On The Gospel

Here is Ronnie's first response:

“Bro David Stewart, those gospel tracts are biblical. Amen.”

Here is my first reply:

No, Chick Tracts are of the Devil. Not one verse in the inspired King James Bible requires surrendering your life to Christ, acknowledging Jesus as your LORD, or repenting of your sins, or even to be willing to repent of your sins, to be saved. Jack Chick (1924-2016) meant well, but he was doctrinally corrupt and off base.

Over the past 24 years of website ministry, I have received numerous testimonies from frustrated Christians who before they were saved had been misled by Chick Tracts, thinking that God would not save them until they were willing to stop fornicating, stop getting drunk and stop living a lifestyle of sinning. If they had died during that time of ignorance, they would have went to Hell forever because Jack Chick lied to them.

Jonah 3:10, “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.” The Bible calls turning from their evil ways "works." This passage also says that God Himself "repented." So, repentance cannot mean to turn from one's sins because God cannot sin.

Despite his great art work, Jack Chick was a dangerous false prophet!

Here is Ronnie's second reply:

“Quit being so critical, you will fall into same trap as Steven Anderson.”

Here is my unedited final reply:

Kindly, I didn't want to do it Ronnie, but I have unfriended you. It's the only way that I can silence the foolish critics. If you think I am being "critical" as a Bible preacher to contend for the Christian faith, as the Bible commends the saints to do (Jude 1:3), then you clearly are not right with God.

Furthermore, I seriously doubt if you are saved, since you are wickedly defending Chick Tracts which plainly teach another gospel.

Millions of churchgoers and non-churchgoers alike have been horribly misled by today's senseless incompetent pastors to believe that God won't save them unless they are first willing to forsake a lifestyle of sinning. Ray Comfort, Paul Washer, Marty Herron, Jeff Redlin, Albert Mohler, Charles Stanley, Joel Osteen, Kirk Cameron, Pensacola Christian College, Bob Jones University, Mormons, Roman Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Christ, Reformed Baptists (Calvinists), Neo-Evangelical Baptists, Seventh-Day Adventists—all require a willingness to forsake sinful BEHAVIOR to be saved.

Yet, in all the passages of the inspired King James Bible, I cannot find even one place where anyone was required to turn from their sins, repent of their sins, be willing to turn from their sins, surrender their life to Christ, acknowledge Jesus as LORD, or anything else to get to Heaven other than to simply BELIEVE that Jesus is the Christ, the only begotten Son of God; and to trust that He died on a cross to pay for our sins, was buried, but three days later resurrected from the dead. This is the only Gospel, nothing else (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

In Acts 16:30-31 when the Roman jailer asked what he needed to do to be saved, Paul and Silas simply answered: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."

In John 6:28-29 when some people asked Jesus what works they needed to do to work the works of God, Jesus answered: "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

Yet, Jack Chick comes along with his own corrupt theology and writes in over one billion Chick Tracts that God will not save you unless you are first "willing to turn from sin," which is nowhere found in the Holy Bible. Shame on you Ronnie for defending false doctrine.
I used to be one of the biggest fans of Jack Chick 30 years ago. I bought Chick Tracts by the boxes to distribute. I bought his sample packs galore because I wanted all of his literature. I bought his comic magazines, the whole shebang!

But after I started my website ministry in 2002, a web visitor contacted me about Chick Tracts. At first I refused to turn on one of my childhood heroes, Jack Chick. I was captivated as a child and teenager by his alluring artwork.

My ministry friend warned me about Jack Chick. I still remember that his name was Herald. He told me that for a period of about five years he wanted to be saved, but after reading Chick Tracts thought that he couldn't be saved without first giving up the sins in his life, which he wasn't willing to do. Herald told me that if he had died, he would be burning in the Lake of Fire forever because Jack Chick LIED TO HIM. And yet you wickedly defend him? Shame on you.

Herald opened my eyes. But at first I was stubborn, like you are being. It literally took six months for me to come around, before I was finally willing to do what needed to be done. I was defensive at first, like you are being now. I made excuses for Jack Chick, but the seed of truth had been planted into my soul. For six months the truth gnawed at my conscience, bothering me day by day what Herald had said.

One day I remembered a sermon that I had heard by Pastor Jack Hyles titled, "The Axe Is Laid To The Root." I decided to just lay the axe to the root and decide once and for all if what Jack Chick is preaching is sound Bible doctrine. I firmly concluded that it is not! I simply cannot justify what Jack Chick is preaching in his cartoon literature with the inspired Word of God. You better believe that I am being "critical" and so should you be doing if you cared.

What we believe ultimately determines where we will spend eternity. Either you must be willing to forsake your sinful behavior to be saved, or you don't have to, but it cannot be both. By falsely accusing me of being "critical" for contending for the faith in defense of a free grace Gospel without works, you are wickedly endorsing multiple plans of salvation. Think about it.

Isaac Anderson Speaks The Truth About His Parents

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Proverbs 9:9, “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”

Pastor Steven and his wife Zsuzsanna Anderson's son Isaac Anderson rightly states:

“God doesn't need people like my Dad. 'Cuz here's the thing, I don't care how many people he's gotten saved, it's not relevant if he is doing the things that he does; he makes the cause of Christ look bad. That's why the bishop must be blameless. It [the Bible] doesn't say, 'Oh well the bishop must be blameless, unless he's really really good at preaching, and reaches a lot of people for God.' No, because the whole point is my Dad (like Nathan the prophet said to David) has given great occasion to the enemies of God to blaspheme. He has given great occasion to the enemies of God. 'Cuz, guess what, why is Jordan [at the Dead Domain YouTube channel] able to make hours of videos trashing my Dad? Well because my dad did horrible stuff. And obviously, I'm sure Fundamentalist Baptists in the New IFB are going to get trashed because of my Dad's actions, just like they got trashed a few years back when Donnie Romero (an Independent Fundamental Baptist pastor) is snorting cocaine and banging hookers, when he's at Church conferences, right? That's a pretty bad look too, but the New IFB if they want to deal with this they need to distance themselves from my Dad, and get as far away from him as possible; and you know, if all [of] them took a stand against abuse, it wouldn't make them look bad. Maybe they'd get a few weeks of bad press for it, but in the end it would it would work out well for them. So yeah, the cause of Christ doesn't need people like my Dad, he's not a good Ambassador for Christ. I don't care how many times he's read his Bible or how articulate he is, he's not a good a Ambassador because he makes us look bad, he makes good Christians look bad.” —Isaac Anderson

Bravo Isaac, you speak the truth! Many Christians are having a difficult time sorting out their feelings concerning Pastor Steven Anderson and his troubled ministry and family issues. But I humbly think his son Isaac nailed it, who understands his father better than anyone. Brother Anderson has brought much reproach upon the name of Jesus Christ because of his hatred of people, bashing of sinners, justifying wife beating, and even calling for the destruction of his own children. This is not the Christian way! I say that with love and compassion.

Isaac also made these statements (with which I concur):

“Jonathan Shelley is a man lacking all integrity.” —Isaac Anderson, a quote from “Episode 10: Isaac Anderson is angry at his father Steven Anderson's abuse!”

“We talked to Jordan [at the Dead Domain YouTube channel] because Jordan was actually willing to listen to us. These people [New IFB] need to quit crying about us talking to Jordan, and ask themselves why they didn’t have anybody who would talk to us. Like really? So, Jordan is (according to them) a degenerate transvestite, reprobate; and apparently still more morally sound than their own pastors. That makes them look bad, if it takes a transvestite to have a better idea of what’s righteous than their own pastor.” —Isaac Anderson, a quote from “Episode 10: Isaac Anderson is angry at his father Steven Anderson’s abuse!”

Dear reader, God is love! It is okay that we should hate sin and evil, but never sinners! God loves people, a concept that has become lost in the vast majority of today's dead churches.

“Receiving from people doesn't make you love them more; giving to people makes you love them more, because you have an investment there.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “How To Love”

“Let emotion in. Let tears in. You're missing life. Let love in! ...America's dying for a lack of love and compassion! And our churches are dying...” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Take The Shield Down”

“You can't love anybody, until you love everybody!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, a precious quote from the MP3 sermon titled, “The Test Of Spiritual Maturity”

The mistake the church has made, is we have taught people how to quote Scriptures, we haven't taught people how to love people. We don't love people because of what they do, or don't do; we love them because God loves them, and God cares about them, and He wants us to help win them to the Lord. People just want to be loved. 1st Corinthians 16:24, “My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.”

Don't Mark People Off; Never Give Up On Any Man

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Psalms 6:1-10, “O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.”

Don't Mark People Off; 'We Never Give Up On Any Man'
(an excerpt from the 1983 sermon: 'The Blessings Of Sin' by Pastor Jack Hyles)

“Do you know what? Do you know all most backsliders need? All they need is one person who really cares? That's all they need. One person! Somebody said: 'What happened to all these converts here? [They] walk down the aisle and get baptized and they don't stick.' You! You happened to them. I watch you. A fella will get baptized, walk down here, and stand right there like he was in an exile on Patmos. While your yackety, yackety, yackety, yackety with all the members of this church; your little circle. And that poor fella gets no attention at all. And one friend could make the difference in that fella right there! You haven't got time for him, you're too busy yacking with your little circle of friends here at the church. You don't believe in fellowship; I believe in it! Let me tell you something—there's not a sinner that ever got saved, not a backslider ever in sin, but what couldn't be kept and cleaned and sustained, if he had somebody who really cared.” ~Pastor Jack Hyles, “The Blessings Of Sin”

People just want to be loved!

I shared an excerpt from Brother Hyles' sermon at the beginning of this article, but if you'd like to hear the entire sermon, it is called: “The Blessings Of Sin”

“Pharisaism is fundamentalism not compassionate.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “The Blessings Of Sin”

I could literally write a lengthy book around the preceding truthful statement by Brother Hyles. Most Baptist pastors today are ungodly Pharisees! There is so little love and compassion in today's Bible colleges and churches anymore. I'm taking about these shameful places:

Pensacola Christian College (PCC, a toxic cesspool of Lordship Salvation)
PCC's Campus Church (Pastor Jeff Redlin, wrong on Bible repentance)
Bob Jones University (a toxic Calvinist cesspool of iniquity and Lordship Salvation)
Harvest Baptist Church on Guam (Pastor Marty Herron, BJU alumni, fake Bibles)
Lighthouse Baptist Church on Guam (Pastor Sean Quinlan, an incompetent PCC intern; Lordship Salvation in PCC literature)
Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola (Pastor Bill Adams; PCC supporters, wrong repentance, unkind toward people, Chick Tracts)
Fairfield Drive Baptist Church in Pensacola (Pastor Josh Thompson; Lordship Salvation, Josh teaches a class at PCC)
Family Baptist Church in Pensacola (Pastors' Brad and Bobby Moffett; a toxic place of PCC supporters, wrong repentance, hateful of truth-tellers, unkind toward people)

As you can sadly see, our Bible colleges and churches pastored by their graduates are in shambles today. I am not happy about that. It saddens me as a redeemed child of God. Since the false teachings of Misunderstood Repentance and Lordship Salvation are a perversion of God's grace, they cannot produce the required second birth to enter into God's Kingdom. I cannot help but make the connection between their doctrinal corruption and woeful lack of God's love for people. I humbly think that there is a correlation.

As a faithful pastor for 55 years, Dr. Jack Hyles was a loving and compassionate man and he saw a lot of uncaring and unloving fundamentalist Christians which grieved him. Brother Hyles often expressed his frustration about it. For example:

“If you have one person in this world, one, in or out of your family, who really cares for you; and will care for you when you mistreat them, and will care for you when you cannot give them a thing; if you have one person who cares for you with Bible care, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

Brother Hyles made the preceding statement in a sermon, the day after preaching a funeral for a female church member in her late eighties who had died. Pastor Hyles closely watched as the woman's family and friends in a procession walked by the casket to see how they responded. The great grandkids didn't even bother to look at their great grandmother. Dr. Hyles said afterwards that he was convinced only two of the several dozen people who walked alongside her casket truly cared about her. That is so typical and sad of the perilous times in which we live today. Brother Hyles further stated:

“If you really care about one person, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“Our trouble is we only love those who appeal to our senses.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

In another sermon I heard Pastor Hyles rightly say:

“I am all for standards, but I am not for standards without love.” —Pastor Jack Hyles

When I heard that statement, I immediately thought about Pensacola Christian College. And also this truthful statement:

“The pastors have destroyed the churches, and they've been trained by people that have never built churches, and they have no compassion.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard”

Brother Hyles well knew that there is a serious lack of love and compassion in today's Bible colleges and churches. Oh, that we would start behaving as Christians again to love one another, even as God loved the world and was willing to die for everyone (Romans 5:6-9).

I encourage you dear reader to listen to Pastor Hyles' life-changing sermon, “The Blessings Of Sin.” In the sermon Brother Hyles talks about divorced men who are often despised and looked down upon in churches, as I was when I attended Campus Church at PCC in 2021. Their senior pastor Jeff Redlin treated me like garbage, ultimately banning me since August of 2022 from attending their church. That is the devil in their pastor, not the love of God's Holy Spirit. I wouldn't give you a dime for the money-hungry religious phonies at PCC.

The demonic Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) religion have an official exclusive strange doctrine called “Investigative Judgment” (which most SDA members are ignorant of). This bizarre teaching says that in the year 1844 Jesus entered into the heavenly Holy Place to begin His work of investigating the saints to determine who is “worthy” to enter into Heaven. Dear reader, NO ONE is “worthy” of God's grace or mercy. NO ONE is “worthy” to enter into Heaven. Kindly said, SDAs are a cult who preach the heresy of Lordship Salvation. If anyone ever goes to Heaven, it will be solely upon the merit of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on Calvary's cross.

If we truly want to be like our dear Creator and Savior, then we ought never give up on any human being. Homosexuals are still human beings created in God's image. Jesus died for even the vilest of people, for wretched sinners like yourself and me. We are all so unworthy of God's love and grace, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1st Corinthians 15:57).

Living A Religious Lifestyle Versus Being A Good Christian

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Matthew 15:7-8, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”

Sadly, ninety-nine percent of people who attend churches today are as phony as can be. They merely go to be part of a social club, fun center or to feel a sense of belonging. They are living a religious lifestyle for their own personal satisfaction. There is no sincere desire to truly obey, serve or please God.

Such is the case of a religious woman who enjoys going to church. She enjoys singing the old hymns. She enjoys the whole church thing. Yet, in her personal life she disobeys her husband at home. In fact, she loves her religious lifestyle so much that she divorced her husband because he refused to go to church with her. It didn't matter to the man's wife that he is suffering in horrible bodily pain all the time and needs to be at home. All that mattered to his defiant wife was what she wanted, with no regard for her husband. She is selfish.

I fully agree with Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) that if a husband tells his wife to stay home from church, she should obey and stay home. The feminist idea that a wife can just do whatever she wants, without her husband's permission, is of the Devil. A wife who abandons and divorces her husband simply doesn't love him and never did. A godly husband or wife would rather die than file for divorce! I know that is not a popular idea, but Jesus said in Matthew 19:8b, “Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.” God hates the sin of divorce!

I know a religious woman who left her Christian husband. She just moved out one day and moved to another city six hours away, without saying a single word to her legal husband. He only found out where she was a month later, when he read their credit union statement. She didn't even bother to tell her husband that she was moving across the state. Can you imagine? That is wicked rebellion ladies!

When her husband scolded her verbally for not asking for his permission to leave home, let alone to move to another city six hours away without saying a word to him, she wickedly replied: “I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION!” Woe unto that ungodly wife when she stands before God in the afterlife to give account. Romans 14:12, “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” When her betrayed husband warned his rebellious wife that she would have to answer to God, she wickedly exclaimed: “That's fine!” What a sinful and ungodly attitude for a wife to have toward her own husband. What saith the Scripture? Ephesians 5:23, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”

Wow, did you get that? A wife is commanded by God to submit (obey) to her own husband AS UNTO THE LORD. How many American women believe and obey this Scriptural truth today? Not many I can assure you dear reader, not many at all. Most women have been corrupted by the evil influence of feminist ideologies. Satan is the author of all rebellion! 1st Samuel 15:23, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” A defiant wife who disobeys her husband, and makes his life a living hell on earth, is in the same boat as a witch. I didn't say that, God our Creator did.

Kindly said, there are many professed Christian women who are far more religious than Christian in their behavior and words. Our talk talks and our walk talks, but our walk talks louder than our talk talks. Many Christian women today are so enamored with living a religious lifestyle that they sacrifice their marriage on the altar of selfish pride.

Ladies, your marriage is 10,000 times more important than attending a local church. The pastor is not your hubby! Shame on any ungodly wife who elevates her pastor's word and opinion above that of her own lawfully wedded husband. Your pastor has ZERO authority over you dear woman; your husband has 100% authority over you.

When you sass your husband and make demands of him to obey you, or else you will leave and divorce him, you are directly rebelling against God. Rebellious wives who abandon their husband and cause him much grief can expect to receive NO REWARDS in Heaven. The LORD does not reward quitters! Proverbs 31:12, “She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.”

And if you are the type of rebellious person that is already thinking: “Well what about my husband?” or “What about abusive husbands?,” you are a big part of the problem in this broken society in America. I am so sick and tired of the ungodly naysayers who feel compelled to contest and counter everything that the Bible preacher says.

That being said, I would never defend any form of abuse. In my humble opinion, rebellious wives are ten times more of a problem in homes today than abusive husbands. Many husbands only get angry when their wife disobeys him. And here's something that will ruffle your feathers—God's command for wives to obey their husband is not conditional upon her husband being fair and nice toward her. Unless it is something illegal, immoral or unsafe, a wife is expected by God to submit to her husband. That is biblical truth.

I learned a long time ago that there is a vast difference between living a religious life versus being a good Christian. The way that we treat others matters. You need to understand dear reader that you are not a good Christian just because you attend a local church. You are not a good Christian just because you sing hymns on Sunday. How you treat your spouse reveals how good of a Christian you are. No wife who files for divorce is right with God. I say that kindly with Christ's love, not to be mean, but truthful. Thank you for reading my ministry blog.

Why A Lot Of People Won't Attend Church Anymore

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Galatians 6:1-3, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”

I don't find any passage of Scripture which teaches to throw people under the bus, kick them out of their church family, and kill your wounded in a church.

A lot of people won't attend church anymore because they're tired of being kicked out of their church family. No pastor or so-called New Testament "church" should ever have any right to kick you out of your family. The local church is your surrogate family in the Lord.

When you attend a local church for a few years, you form friendships. You make close acquittances. You get to know people, and they get to know you. You are making an investment into that church with your time, your money, your love, your concern, your prayers and your very soul. The Bible says in Luke 12:34, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Your heart follows your investment. When you attend a church for 45 months, you have made an investment with your life.

But then one day, because you said something in a comment on Facebook or other place on social media that offends them, you are told the next time you arrive at church by the pastor that you are no longer welcome. They horribly tell you to leave before they call the police on you, and don't ever come back again. This is how people are being abused by today's ungodly shameful pastors and carnal churches. Why prey tell me, would anyone who has been through such a traumatic negative experience, ever want to attend another church? Only a fool would invest into something risky and uncertain, which they can lose on a whim over something as trifle as a mere comment on social media. Is this communist North Korea?

I have known numerous Christians, including myself and my wife, who have been kicked out of a church on a whim. They didn't even bother to talk with us first at the wicked Family Baptist Church at 5454 W. Mobile Highway in Pensacola, they just kicked me and my wife out of our church family in June of 2025. In some previous churches, I was compelled to leave and then banned afterwards when I tried to go back. Campus Church did that to me at Pensacola Christian College (PCC) in 2022. Today's pastors are horrible, brutish, cold-hearted and woefully lacking in God's love and compassion. I speak to their utter shame. There is no love or compassion at PCC, which complaint I have read from a few dozen of their former students.

“I am all for standards, but I am not for standards without love.” —Pastor Jack Hyles

“The pastors have destroyed the churches, and they've been trained by people that have never built churches, and they have no compassion.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard”

I cannot blame people for not wanting to attend church anymore, when after years of investing your love, time, money, prayers and resources for Christ, their carnal ungodly pastors just kick you out, maliciously taking away your church family, throwing you under bus and leaving you for dead spiritually. I've seen this happen umpteen times to truth-tellers—punished for befriending pastors with the truth of God's Word.

The Apostle Paul experienced this painful situation himself. Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” What irony! If there's one place in the cosmos where you should be able to tell THE TRUTH, you'd think it would be a New Testament Bible church. But nope, even people in the churches would rather believe and defend a lie, than to embrace the truth. Go figure.

Kicking someone out of a church is no different than if you were to throw a family member onto the street. People just aren't willing to invest everything they have into a local church anymore, just to have some ungodly jerk for a pastor take it all away from you on a whim. No pastor should have that kind of power, but they do since it is their organization and not the LORD's. Christians today are simply unwilling to invest years of their life into a local church anymore, when today's wicked pastors have absolutely zero loyalty for those who are faithful to God.

The Miserable Atheist

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Romans 1:20-21, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

Hebrews 11:24-27, “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.“

The inspired Holy Bible teaches that there is no such thing as a bona fide atheist. Our text passage from Romans 1:20:21 plainly teach that at some early point in life everyone KNOWS that God exists, evidenced by the universe that we can see. The Bible says therefore they are all without excuse. In other words, woe unto the atheist!

One of my hobbies over the years has been to investigate the religious beliefs of famous people. I am curious what they think about God, and His only begotten Son Jesus. When a famous person dies, I am curious if they went to Heaven or Hell. I care about people, which is why I made this blog ministry, to preach the truth of God's Word.

Here is a list of atheist celebrities that I am familiar with:

Alex Honnold (free climber)
Morgan Freeman (actor)
Sarah Silverman (comedian)
Warren Buffett (investor)
Elon Musk (inventor)
Linda Ronstadt (singer)
Sir Elton John (singer)
Harrison Ford (actor, says nature is God)
Geddy Lee (musician)
Alex Lifeson (musician)
Neal Peart (musician)
Ridley Scott (producer)
James Cameron (producer)
Gene Wilder (actor)
William Shatner (actor)
Billy Joel (singer)
Britney Spears (singer)
George Clooney (actor)
Peter Fonda (actor)
Kathy Griffin (comedian)
Hugh Hefner (creep)
Bruce Lee (actor)
Larry King (radio and television host)
Seth MacFarlane ('Family Guy' creator)
John Malkovich (actor)
Helen Mirren (actor)
Marilyn Monroe (whore)
George Clooney (actor)
Roman Polanski (rapist)
Rob Reiner (actor)

Here is a list of over one hundred atheists in music.

Here is a list of hundreds of atheist celebrities.

I randomly listed 30 avowed atheists. These people that I mentioned (with the exception of Alex Honnold) are all millionaires multiple times over, and a few of them even billionaires. How sad and tragic, to have enjoyed this earthly life to the fullest, just to die in one's sins and spend eternity suffering in Hell, fire and brimstone (Revelation 21:8). If God allows suffering in this temporary lifetime, what makes you think that He won't in the next?

It always saddens me as I think about these people. I am familiar with these celebrities from watching them in movies, music and the media. It is truly heartbreaking for me as a born again child of God, to know that all of these people will spend eternity suffering in a burning Hell without Jesus Christ. Psalms 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

Alex Honnold amazes me, not only for his incredible lack of fear of heights, but for his incredible lack of fear of God. How can such an intriguing man, who has free-climbed dozens of mountains without any ropes or safety gear, and has seen things that very few humans will ever see in person, not believe in a Creator? Alex has sat on mountain cliffs thousands of feet above the ground, beholding the most spectacular sunrises and sunsets, seeing beautiful views of nature that photos simply cannot possibly convey, and yet he denies that there is a God? Something is very wrong with that man's soul. The Bible says that at one time Alex KNEW God, but he was unthankful and did not glorify God, and his heart became darkened.

Those Who Deny Jesus' Deity Are Effectively Atheists

There are hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people who claim to believe in God, but they deny that Jesus is God. Effectively they are also atheists, because they deny the Son. John 8:24, “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” The inspired Scripture warns in James 2:19 that it is not enough to merely believe in God, because the demons know there is a God, but tremble. You must acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the only begotten (biological) Son of God, which makes Him also GOD.

This is why ALL of the modern perverted English revisions of the Holy Bible have been tampered with by Satan, to ruthlessly attack the deity of Jesus, and to remove the word "godhead" completely from Acts 17:29, Romans 1:20 and Colossians 2:9 (the only three mentions of the word in the King James Bible). The Devil's modern perversions change “godhead” to the “divine nature,” which sounds like new age, and clearly removes the idea of God being three individual persons; and yet one. 1st John 5:7, “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” This passage of Scripture has been butchered in ALL modern English translations, to merely read that there are three in Heaven. See for yourself! Get thee behind me, Satan!

I Thank God For His Blessed Holy Spirit

I pray for God's Holy Spirit to work in people's heart, as my words speak to their mind. Without the Holy Spirit of God, all is in vain. Psalms 127:1, “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” Zechariah 4:6, “Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.” Jesus said in John 15:5b, “for without me ye can do nothing.” I pray for God to work in the hearts and minds of all my ministry followers.

Every Living Being Knows There Is A God

Every living soul KNOWS that there is a God, and that by His omnipotent power He created the universe (Romans 1:20-21). I cringe as I watch astronomy videos on YouTube, to hear them attributing the origin and workings of the universe to accidental aftermath and cosmic chaos, totally ignoring our brilliant Creator. It is ingratitude and wickedness!!!

I heard some guy today claiming in a video that Mars used to have an atmosphere like earth over 4 billion years ago, but it evaporated away. You've got to be a fool to believe that junk!

I cringe when I read NASA's website, learning how ridiculous and bizarre their official position on the origin of the moon truly is. Read what NASA teaches for yourself:

Earth’s Moon is thought to have formed in a tremendous collision. A massive object ― named Theia after the mythological Greek Titan who was the mother of Selene, goddess of the Moon ― smashed into Earth, flinging material into space that became the Moon. SOURCE

I am fully convinced that many of NASA's 18,000 employees believe in God, and some are no doubt born again believers; but the organization's leadership is afraid to go against the world's common consensus that science should be separate from theology. But manmade theology is not God. To throw God under the bus under the guise that theology shouldn't be mixed with science is a Satanic way of thinking. Theology and truth are two different things. Theology is man's interpretation of the Holy Bible. But only a fool would dare try to explain the origin and workings of the universe without acknowledging our divine creator, and to fabricate bizarre science fiction explanations that even a child knows is ridiculous conjecture (guesswork).

And that is from some of the smartest people on the planet. Dummies! That would make a great new episode of The Outer Limits, but the inspired Holy Scripture labels it as “science falsely so called” (1st Timothy 6:20-21). What saith the Scripture? Psalms 8:3, “When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.” God made the moon, the planets, the stars, the universe and all therein (John 1:1-3, 14).

To God be the glory, great things He hath done, and will continue to do. Jesus is precious!!!

It Is Rare To Find Somebody Who Really Cares Anymore

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

2nd Corinthians 7:9-12, “Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.”

2nd Corinthians 8:16, “But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.”

1st Samuel 24:12, “The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.”

These are remarkable passages of Scriptures. In 2nd Corinthians 7:9-12, the Apostle Paul sharply rebuked the church at Corinthians over numerous problems in their midst. Paul said that he didn't write his letter on behalf of anyone; but rather, to show that he cared. I encourage you to listen to this beautiful sermon from 1987 by Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001), in which you can clearly hear why I love Brother Hyles so much and listen to his wisdom. ...

Who Cares Anyway?
(Pastor Jack Hyles)

Here are some inspiring life changing quotes from the sermons:

“I sometimes wonder if there's any love left.” —Dr. Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“If you have one person in this world, one, in or out of your family, who really cares for you; and will care for you when you mistreat them, and will care for you when you cannot give them a thing; if you have one person who cares for you with Bible care, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“If you really care about one person, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

“Our trouble is we only love those who appeal to our senses.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

I admit that I felt convicted yesterday while listening to this sermon. I haven't always turned the other cheek when someone did me wrong, threw me under the bus, or deliberately hurt my feelings. People can be so cruel. Sadly, Christians can be as horrible as the heathen world. I have been deeply hurt and done wrong by numerous ungodly pastors and their wives. It is in our sinful human nature to want to get back at the people who hurt us, to retaliate, to seek revenge. I am just as guilty as you are—as we all are at times.

“Father, please help me to do better from day to day; to emulate your only begotten Son Jesus in my thoughts and behavior.”

I learned a long time ago as a fundamentalist Bible preacher that there's a fine line between faith and foolishness. There's a fine line between preaching what is right and against sin, versus attacking people and making matters personal. Sometimes it gets confusing and become hard to sort through our own feelings.

In fact, since I am a caring person with a tender heart, sometimes I have difficulty discerning between my feelings and my Bible preaching. I tend to feel guilty about many things, from a humble heart. I feel unworthy to eat a nice meal in a restaurant. I feel like God doesn't want to be around a guy like me. I know that those are just feelings, which can be deceptive; not reality. So, I have a troublesome tendency to be too hard on myself, and if I'm not careful I can become down and discouraged easily.

We are taught repeatedly throughout the inspired Scripture that vengeance belongs to the Lord, and that we shouldn't avenge ourselves (Romans 12:19-21). To do that is easier said than done, I know; but God wouldn't command us to do something impossible.

Throughout human civilization people in general have been uncaring and selfish. Things haven't changed in 2,000 years. Philippians 2:20, “For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.” Things haven't changed in 3,000 years. Psalm 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.” In lieu of today's amazing new technologies, selfish human nature hasn't changed over thousands of years.

If you don't care, but want to start caring, then you need to plan time to think about whatever or whoever it is that you want to start caring about. Luke 12:34, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Our human heart follows our treasure. That is, our feelings and love will follow our investments, where we spend out time, money, prayers and resources.

In American society today, people don't invest in each other anymore. We are so busy living our individual lives that we don't care about anybody except ourselves. I speak to the shame of 99% of today's Bible colleges and churches. One man can make a difference! You show me any group or church that cares about people, and I guarantee you that the man in charge cares, and his influence is leading his followers to show love, concern and compassion.

As we draw nearer to the end times Tribulation, I am often reminded of what Jesus said in Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” The daily evening news is rife with heinous crimes, government and local corruption, police brutality, public unrest, economic woes, senseless acts of violence and selfishness, war, et cetera. Hardly anybody trusts anybody anymore. The world has always been a wicked and ugly place (1st John 5:19). It is rare to find somebody who really cares anymore.

By God's grace, I want to be a caring person. Since I started my Jesus-is-Savior.com website ministry back in April of 2002, I have never made a single penny. My long time ministry friend Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) mailed me a check for $200 many years ago, but I never cashed it. I kindly mailed it back to him with a 5-page thank you letter. I have had hundreds of kind web visitors over the years offer to give me donations for my labors for Christ, but I have always declined with gratitude. My ministry is a work of love for God, people and truth.

“If you really care about one person, you're above average.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Who Cares Anyway?”

We've all met our share of rotten selfish people in our lifetime. I sure have, many of them pastors. I try not to focus on people, lest I become bitter and discouraged. The Scripture tells us in Hebrews 12:2 to LOOK TO JESUS, who is the Author and Finisher of our Christian faith.

We are all selfish by nature. The Bible tells us that Jesus thought about OTHERS instead of Himself. Philippians 2:3-5, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” If you and I want the mind of Christ, then we need to get out of the self life. We need to start thinking about OTHERS, and how we can help and be a blessing to the people in our life. The Bible tells us as saints to have Christ's mind in us.

Biggest Difference Between The Righteous And Wicked

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Proverbs 24:16, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”

I love this Bible passage and I think about it often. A righteous man will fail and fail and fail and fail and fail and fail to live above sin, but by God's grace he will get back up. Some believers can live above reproach, but no one can live above sin.

As a Bible preacher, by God's grace I receive thousands of emails each year, many from believers who are frustrated with their failure to overcome sin in their life. I always direct them to Romans 7:14-25, in which inspired Scripture passage the Apostle Paul is transparent, sharing his intimate struggle with sin on a continual basis.

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.”

We CAN have the victory over sin through faith in Jesus Christ. We live the victorious Christian life the same way we all got saved, through FAITH IN CHRIST.

The following passage teaches us how to overcome temptation to sin...

2nd Corinthians 10:5-6, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”

This is not mind control; but rather, walking in the Spirit. The way that we overcome sin is when a sinful thought enters into our mind, we seize that thought, bringing it into obedience to Christ as this passage teaches. And when we mess up and fail, verse 6 tells us to revenge all disobedience. When I have faltered in my Christian walk, and look back in hindsight in frustration that I failed again, I determine in my soul that it won't happen again, not on my watch. I believe that is what this Scripture passage is teaching. We should have a desire and a determination in our heart, with God's help, not to repeat our same blunders.

I don't care who you are, you're either a child of God (Romans 8:9); or a child of the Devil (John 8:44). And if you're a child of God, you are still a sinner. As long as we are stuck in this earthly flesh, we will have to contend with the enemy of the flesh.

I don't know about you dear reader, but I have never wanted to live more righteously than I do today. I love my dear Savior and Lord, Jesus, and I want to please Him (John 14:15). I love God and owe Him my life for saving me from the eternal damnation of Hell, fire and brimstone (1st Corinthians 6:20). We all deserve to burn in Hell, but God loves us and made a way of escape through faith alone in Christ (John 3:16; Romans 5:6-9).

The biggest difference between the righteous and the wicked, other than the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit or lack thereof, is our attitude toward sin and evil. The wicked person has no regard or fear of God, and has only the desire to continue committing evil. Their only deterrent is fear of getting caught and going to the penitentiary. Thank God for our legal system, as imperfect as it is. Before the flood of Noah's day, God showed us what the world was like when there was no magistrates, government or court system. Thank God for the law!

One of the evidences that someone is saved is the conviction of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The inspired Holy Bible warns that if you are without chastisement from God, you are not saved (Hebrews 12:6-8). God is not an absent parent! It is 10 o'clock and the Lord does know where His children are at (Psalms 139:1-6).

It is quite normal for believers to fall, get up, fall again, rise up, fall again, and so forth. The Bible says that a “just man” falls seven times. Seven is God's number of completion. Creation was completed and then God rested on the seventh day. There are seven notes in a diatonic musical scale. There are seven colors in a rainbow prism. God likes the number seven for some reason. And for that reason, I indent all of my sentences with seven spaces. I love the number seven, it is my favorite number.

“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 love that awesome quote!

Feeling Ignored By God Is A Very Normal Experience

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:56:19 +0000

Luke 18:1-8, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”

In the popular 2005 movie, The Island, the following script is heard...

McCord: (makes a reference to God)
Lincoln Six-Echo: Who is God?
McCord: You know when you really want something, you close your eyes and wish for it really hard? God is the guy that ignores you.

I sincerely believe that 100% of viewers can relate to that statement if they are honest. I am 59 years old and if all I had to go on was my prayer life, I would become an atheist. But when I read the inspired King James Bible, I say to myself: “There's no way that men could have written this amazing Book; and if they could have written it, they wouldn't have.” Moreover, the inspired Holy Bible was penned by approximately 40 different men, most of whom never met or knew each other, spoke different languages, coming from various different social backgrounds and education, and spanning a time period of at least 1,500 years. This remarkable manner in which the Holy Bible was given to humanity proves its divine origin.

Furthermore, when I observe and consider the universe, and the uncanny intelligent design in all of creation, I know that there is a God, and He is a good and faithful Creator.

In our text passage of Scripture, Jesus teaches a very important truth that God the Father intentionally ignores us when we pray, “though he bear long with them,” even though we “cry day and night unto him” (Luke 18:7). Our importunity in prayer pleases God, because it requires a greater faith to keep petitioning God when he is not answering.

I admit that this bothers me. It bothers me that God ignores me, testing my faith by not answering my prayers how and when I want Him to. What saith the Scripture? Romans 9:20, “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?” Who am I (or you) to question how God does things? I choose to trust Him, blindly if need be, trusting the great heart of God when I cannot see the omnipotent hand of God at work.

You Cannot Be Happy Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +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 is 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 better years when my wife was loyal and with me. Now she is gone, again.

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.

As a home musician, I have always admired other musicians. The Beatles were musical prodigies. They wrote hundreds of songs, at least 140 of them iconic masterpieces. I recently read a quote by George Harrison that reiterates the truth Brother Hyles is trying to convey:

“It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever is the now.” —George Harrison

I think one reason George's quote resonates with so many people is that, regardless of one's worldview, it points to something we all experience: the present is the only moment in which we can actually live and act. A born again Christian can certainly remember the past with gratitude, learn from it, and look forward to the future with hope. At the same time, Scripture also emphasizes faithfully living today. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount:

Matthew 6:34, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.”

And Psalm 118:24 says:

“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Those verses don't say the future doesn't exist, but they do remind us that today is where we make our choices, offer our prayers, and live our lives. Let's make the best of today.

Like Solomon in the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, George is giving his perspective from a secular viewpoint. George was not a born again Christian, sad to say. One man who claimed to be a close acquaintance of George has publicly propagated the claim that George becoming a Christian before his death in 2001, but neither George or any of his family have confirmed the claim, and all supporting evidence speaks to the contrary. I reject rumors.

That being said, George was right (from a certain perspective) that there is no future or past, there is only the here and now. We know as Christians that there is a future, and we must all give account to God someday for our every word and deed (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36). George is simply saying that we shouldn't dwell upon the past, because it is forever gone and cannot be changed or relived. And we don't even know if we'll be alive tomorrow, so we ought not concern our self with it (Proverbs 27:1).

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 what 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. 1st Timothy 6:8, “And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”

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.

The Ungodly Wife Has It All Backwards

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

1st Peter 3:1-2, “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.”

The inspired King James Bible teaches that if a wicked, lost or backslidden husband won't listen to the inspired Word of God, he may still be won by the manner of life (“by the conversation”) of his own wife, seeing her fear of God. A godly wife has more influence over her own husband oftentimes than does God, as we see evidenced in Eve's influence over Adam in the Garden of Eden.

Tragically, many Christian wives have it all backwards. I have heard of countless cases where a wife insisted that her husband go to church, go for counselling, or do something else, or she threatens to divorce him. Many husbands would rather be divorced than to succumb to a rebellious wife! Hey, I dare you to try threatening God and see if He buckles ladies!

The carnal wife tries to force her husband to obey her; the godly wife leads her husband by example in the fear of God, as the Holy Bible teaches. You will never force a real man to succumb to your will ladies. You may boss a wimp around and get him to jump through your hoops, but not a genuine man. Many divorces have resulted because of a rebellious wife who refused to follow God's inspired Word. If she cannot get her way, then she files for divorce. Woe be unto that wife in eternity when she stands before God in judgment.

You cannot show me one verse in the entire Holy Bible that commands a husband to submit to his wife in any matter. No, you cannot! What saith the Scripture?

Ephesians 5:22, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”

Whenever I quote this passage of Scripture, nearly every time rebellious people will immediately run to other Scripture passages about a husband's duty to love his wife, and of submitting one to another in the fear of the Lord. That is called a red-herring, drawing the conversation away from the main point. They cannot stand it! Rebellious wives and complicit henpecked men resent the Word of God. That is, they resent the whole concept that a wife is required to obey her own husband as unto God Himself.

The Bible teaches in Ephesians 5:21, “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.” A husband and wife should submit to one another, desiring to make each other happy and content. But God knew that there would be tension at times, because in any marriage you are uniting two sinners. So, God put this next command in the Bible in Ephesians 5:22, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.” In cases where there is conflict, the wife (not the husband) is ALWAYS suppossed to submit.

Sadly, most American women (including Christian females) have been contaminated by today's feminist ideologies. They absolutely cannot stand the idea (biblical truth) that a wife is commanded to obey her husband IN EVERY THING. Not in some things, but in everything. If it's not illegal, immoral or unsafe, she must obey her husband, so says God.

I heard Pastor Jack Hyles say in a sermon, that once his wife ordered him to go change their son's diaper, but Brother Hyles refused to do it. She told him again, but he didn't budge. She finally figured it out that she needed to ask him kindly, and say “please,” before he would do it. That is 100% biblical. Shame on the defiant wife who attempts to tell her husband what to do!

Most so-called “Christian” women today are feminists and don't even realize it. If you sass your husband, fail to do his laundry, don't cook him decent meals, refuse to love on him, and you threaten to divorce him if he doesn't obey you—you are a dirty feminist! I speak to the utter shame and contempt of many women today. I wish divorce were illegal.

American women in particular have been groomed by our rotten corrupt ungodly culture to quit when the going gets tough, to abandon ship and file for divorce, looking for greener pastures elsewhere. Jeremiah 3:20, “Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.” It is mostly because of government welfare programs that U.S. women can abandon their husbands and mooch off of taxpayers. So the defiant wife goes from her husband providing for her financially to Uncle Sam providing for her at the expense of taxpayers. That is so evil and unbiblical.

Ladies, you will never get your husband to do what you need and want him to do by putting ultimatums on him to, “Do this or else!” Sorry, it doesn't work that way. The God who created the universe and all therein has already told you what to do in 1st Peter 3:1-2, “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.”

If you want to reach your difficult husband, then the only way is for you to lead him by godly example, by you being submissive to him in the fear of God.

Being lazy and not picking up your shoes and clothes, that your husband has asked you repeatedly to pick up, is rebellion.
Abandoning your husband and refusing to come home is rebellion, causing far more damage than anything good.
Smarting off to your husband on the telephone is rebellion, not constructive to repair your damaged marriage.
Behaving as a spoiled brat as a wife instead of a responsible adult is rebellion.
Demanding that your husband go for counseling or else you're filing for divorce is rebellion, not leading by godly example.
Filing for a divorce is evil rebellion which brings the judgment of God.

1st Samuel 15:23a, “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry...” Kindly said, we are living in a society and generation of spoiled brats today. Get mad at me if you want. I am so sick and tired of women countering this type of Bible preaching by going after the men. GET RIGHT WITH GOD AMERICA!!!

That all being said, I do not intend any unkindness dear reader. I full understand that we are all guilty sinners, and we all have faults and shortcomings. But at age 59 I have seen a lot in my lifetime, and women today are a spiritual mess because of the evil influence of feminism. Please obey your husband. This is God's will for your life.

Lead Your Husband by Example by Submitting To Him; Don't Force Him To Submit To You

Please understand that I did not write this article to bash women, God forbid. I wrote this article to emphasize the important biblical truth ladies that you can influence your difficult husband by your manner of life. Although your husband is supposed to lead the home spiritually; if he does not, then you need to continue to obey him in every thing coupled with the fear of God. That is very important. You're not just submitting to your husband, you are doing so because YOU FEAR GOD. You fear Him because one day you must give account. As your husband sees your fear of God, he will fall into line, if there is any hope for him.

Regardless of where your husband is at on a spiritual level, you need to be the godly example that the Lord intended for you to be. There is an old adage that is very true: “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” Making demands of your hubby, sassing him in anger, trying to control him, screaming at the top of your lungs and threatening him, is what a fool does.

King Solomon had quite a bit to say about women in the Proverbs, and he should know, because he had 700 wives and 300 concubines living in his palace. Proverbs 14:1, “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”

Showing Grace Toward Others

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

2nd Corinthians 8:9, “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

Ephesians 3:8, “Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.”

Ephesians 6:24, “Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.”

Philippians 1:7, “Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.”

I learned a biblical concept from my ministry friend Pastor David Baker Sr. (1967-2024) a couple years ago. I had commented that I thought a certain pastor was like another great man of God, and he posted on Facebook that he strongly disagreed with me. I kindly replied to explain publicly the reasons why I thought that certain pastor was in some respects similar to the great man of God whom I had compared him to.

I was concerned that I might have offended Brother Baker by our disagreement. But to my delight he commented to thank me for “showing grace” toward him. I had never heard that statement used before, but I loved and adopted it for my own. I often use that phrase now, “showing grace” toward others.

We would all be wise, especially God's children, to show grace toward the people around us. God has shown His grace toward all humanity, by the gift of His only begotten Son, Jesus. We all deserve to go directly to Hell to be punished forever for our own sins, but God in His mercy and grace has made a way of escape through faith in Christ. Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

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.”

Inefficient People Always Make Excuses

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

Proverbs 22:13, “The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.”

Proverbs 6:10-11, “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”

I not too long ago filed a complaint against the Better Business Bureau in Pensacola with The Office Of The Attorney General for Florida. Their office is located in Tallahassee. The woman on the phone at the BBB gave me a hard time. She was belligerent and a snob. I am a person with disabilities, and am now considered a senior citizen. The woman had sent me three emails earlier that morning, which confused me. I couldn't just read them. I had to login at their BBB website to read each communication.

In one of her messages she said they were closing my case against a local financial institution. She had stated the reason why, with which I disagreed. When I called she was unkind to me, harsh and insisted that she didn't say what I had read. I knew that she was wrong, but because she was pressuring me I couldn't login and think clearly enough to find the message in question, She pressured me to get off the phone. She clearly couldn't have cared less.

After she rushed me off the phone, and I could take my time, I found the message and confirmed that in fact she had said exactly what I thought she had said. I tried to file a complaint against her with the BBB, but they dissed me and never bothered to return my phone message. So, I search online where to file a complaint against the BBB for giving me a hard time, and for wasting my time in the first place. I was directed to The Office Of The Attorney General Of Florida. I believe it was a frivolous matter, compared to some of the serious cases they no doubt receive, but I believe the way we treat others is important.

In fairness to myself, I don't know what kind of cases that The Office Of The Attorney General handles. My complaint was more than just hurt feelings. The woman at the BBB gave me a hard time as a person with disabilities. I had plainly told her that I am taking several different prescription medications and my mind doesn't think as fast. She was cold and didn't care, pressuring me to get off the phone. She should have been kind and told me to take my time to find the message she had sent me. She could have said she was going to grab a cup of coffee while I looked. At a minimum, she could have invited me to call her back as soon as I found the message. But instead she was calloused and belligerent toward me, making things more difficult. I have a right to complain when someone mistreats me.

When I sent an official email complaint to The Office Of The Attorney General, no one ever responded. So, weeks later I mailed a letter to The Office Of The Attorney General that took me over one hour to compose, carefully articulated. A couple weeks later I received a voicemail from the manager of The Office Of The Attorney General, saying she apologized for their lack of response. She made the lame excuse that their office receives 400 complaints every day, but she only has 7 employees working on staff. That is totally unacceptable for a government agency! Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) said it best: “The most important job is the one that doesn't get done.”

The manager of The Office Of The Attorney General promised me twice that someone would respond to my complaint the very next day, but no one ever bothered to do so. I never heard back from anyone. If they had any decency and were ethical, and truly cared upon the citizens of Florida, somebody would have responded of nothing else just to let me know that they cannot help me. It's called being courteous. I cannot read minds! I do not know what type of cases they handle. Where do they draw the line between serious and frivolous complaints? How am I supposed to know?

I thought my situation with the BBB was important enough to spent hours composing my message to them, and paying for postage, and taking my time to drive down to the mailbox to send them my complaint letter. The least The Office Of The Attorney General could (and should) have done is to dignify me as a human being by replying. In hindsight, I can only conclude that they thought my complaint wasn't worth their time, but it was (and is) important to me. I was horribly mistreated by the BBB. They were impatient with me. They dismissed my case without even bothering to talk to me first. That is rude and no way to do things.

When the woman in charge at The Office Of The Attorney General made the excuse that she only had 7 employees, and receives 400 complaints each day, I thought of a passage of Scripture from Proverbs 22:13, “The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.” In other words, people make excuses instead of getting things done. Shame on The Office Of The Attorney General for making excuses. I had also included a gospel tract by military chaplain David Rutkin.

I am not calling the woman who contacted me lazy. I'm sure that she works very hard. She didn't leave her name in the voicemail. She just said that she is in charge of 7 employees, and her office handles incoming complaints at The Office Of The Attorney General. But I do sincerely feel that she is inefficient and never should have told me she doesn't have enough employees to get the work done. That is really bad. I wrote this blog to emphasize the importance of little things. Nothing is unimportant! Never make excuses.

There's Nothing More Contemptible Than Lazy Police

When I lived in Chicago and was in my mid twenties around 35 years ago, a punk in a moment of road-rage punched his fist through my driver's window in anger. I was obeying the speed limit, but he wanted me to go faster. My blood was everywhere because the capillaries in the face carry lots of blood. I went to the local hospital and called 911. When the two lazy, worthless, incompetent police officers showed up, they made excuses and refused to go arrest the punk. They did nothing. God will hold them accountable in eternity.

One of the wicked police officers told me that he understood that when someone's rips a page out of your book, you want that individual to burn on Hell. Then the other trashy officer said that they just had an incident of a man in a tavern shoving an icepick into another man's eye, and that they had more important matters to deal with thine mine. What evil lazy men! Sadly, this is the world in which we live. The works of the flesh have always plagued humanity since the beginning when Cain murdered his innocent brother Abel.

Chicago's history is tarnished with corrupt politics, abusive police, dishonest detectives and crooked judges. Chicago is awash with police brutality, beaten confessions, spousal abuse by cops, tampering with evidence, wrongful convictions, bribes, et cetera. Ecclesiastes 5:8, “If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.” Nothing escape God's eyes. Hebrews 4:13, “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

All my life I have heard inefficient people grasp for every excuse they could find in an attempt to justify their inefficiency. It's no way to do things!

Hating Sinners And Giving Up On Them Is Unbiblical

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

1st Corinthians 5:9-10, “I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.”

Jude 1:22, “And of some have compassion, making a difference.”

Preachers and religious church layman alike have a long history of wresting Scripture out of context to fit their agendas. People often only see what they want to see in the Word of God. I hear pastors from the New Independent Fundamental Baptist (New IFB, or NIFB) movement preaching hostility toward the LGBTQ+ community. They preach hatred of sinners!

In our text passage of inspired Scripture from 1st Corinthians 5:9-10, the Apostle Paul plainly counters his teaching not to keep company with unrepentant sinners, specifically fornicators, by clarifying that he wasn't talking about unsaved people. Paul goes on to elaborate, explaining that we ought not keep close fellowship with professed believers who still live like the Devil, that they might be ashamed and repent...

1st Corinthians 5:11-13, “But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

”2nd Thessalonians 3:14, “And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.”

The Bible is not teaching to reject sinners here. The context plainly teaches that if someone professes to be a Christian, but is living in open sin, separated saints are not to keep company with them. Those are some strong words from God's Word. The Bible clearly teaches biblical separation from worldly sinners, whether they be lost or saved.

I Grew Up Around Skid Row In Chicago

I saw a different side of life that very few people ever get to experience. My father and I would often see men lying in the gutter of the street, not knowing if the man was dead or alive. Back then in the 1970's when you called 911, they'd just send a police Paddy wagon to take away the individual. I was humbled as a child seeing that on a regular basis all my youth.

I just cannot relate to Steven Anderson's attitude of throwing sinners out the door of the church, hating on them. I didn't grow up that way, thank God! I grew up viewing people as being broken instead of bad. And I sincerely believe that is how God views all of us.

There's Room At The Cross For Everyone

In the late 1800's at the North Orange Baptist Church in Orange, New Jersey, an interesting thing happened one Sunday. It was the church where the great American businessman Samuel Colgate (1822-1897) was a member. Samuel Colgate, son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. During a church service a prostitute came forward to be saved. She trusted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and expressed a desire to join the church. "I'll gladly sit in some back corner," she said.

The self-righteous pastor hesitated to call for a motion to accept her into membership, and for a few moments the silence was deafening. Finally, another self-righteous church member stood up and suggested that action on her request be postponed. At that point, Mr. Colgate arose in her defense from the back of the church and said:

"I guess we blundered when we prayed that the Lord would save sinners. We forgot to specify WHAT KIND. We'd better ask Him to forgive us for this oversight. The Holy Spirit has touched this woman and made her truly repentant, but apparently the Lord doesn't understand she isn't the type we want Him to rescue."

Purportedly, many in the congregation blushed with shame. Another motion was made and the woman was unanimously received into the fellowship. I love that true story!

The New IFB Are Wrong To Hate And Give Up On Sinners

Saul in the New Testament was guilty of hating and murdering Christians, a crime I would think is much worse than committing homosexuality. Yet, Jesus came to Saul in love and reached out to him with the Gospel, and Saul was saved (Acts 9:1-5).

Oftentimes The Only Thing You Can Do Is Just Let It Go

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Romans 12:19-21, Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”

I am age 59. I sometimes wonder how I managed to make it this far in life alive. Many people don't. I have lived in the city of Pensacola since 2021. A couple years ago, I read in the local news about a 52-year-old local man who was sadly killed when a dump truck struck his vehicle. When I think back over my life—the numerous close calls with death, crazy people and life's unpredictability—I am surprised that I've made it this far. I am thankful to God.

That being said, I cannot tell you how many times there have been throughout my life, when I felt totally helpless in a situation. I have often wished to God that I had some supernatural power to hurt people—to force them to face the consequences of their bad attitudes, their reckless ways, their woeful lack of love and concern—to force them to care! Unfortunately, neither I nor you have that power, short of breaking the law and going to prison for committing a crime.

More times that I can remember, cruel people have hurt me, stolen from me, humiliated me, defrauded me, been mean to me, and made me wish that I had the power to execute vengeance upon them. What saith the Scripture? Our text passage from Romans 12:19 teaches that vengeance belongs to God alone. This passage is a quote from the Old Testament from Deuteronomy 32:35, “To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.” I love that phrase, “their foot shall slide in due time.” In other words, the old adage is very true that: “What goes around comes around.”

God PROMISES, His integrity is at stake, to avenge all wrong doing. I used to sometimes get angry at God, thinking that someone hurting my feelings was too trivial a matter for Him to avenge; but dear reader, that is simply not true. If someone hurts your feelings, and you feel like deleting them or hurting them badly, you can rest assure that God will avenge you friend.

While driving, I have had mean people blast their car horn at me just because they could, just to be a jerk, when I hadn't done nothing wrong. One woman blasted her horn at me in McDonald's drive-thru last year. I hadn't delayed to keep up with moving traffic. I did nothing wrong. That unkind gesture from her ruined my day. What she did lingered in my mind and I was sad the whole day.

I wish that I could merely let things go when incidents happen, when mean people hurt my feelings, and not let anything affect me; but it does affect me, and I have never been able to just move on like nothing happened. It takes a day or two, or three, for me to calm down and things to go back to normal. The reason why is because I have a large heart. I am a caring person. The flipside of caring is that I am also a very emotionally sensitive man. I get my feelings hurt very easily. I learned a very long time ago that tender-hearted people do not mix well with cold-hearted people. I want nothing to do with cold-hearted people.

Jesus Said In This World, 'Ye Shall Have Tribulation'

Jesus said in John 16:33 that in this world we shall have tribulation. There is no escape!

I admit that one of the hardest things for me to do is to just “let a matter go.” I could spend an entire day sharing with you the horrible painful things that people have done to me over the years. Considering the shocking things that some evil people to do hurt others, I feel fortunate. Yet, my pain of soul is real, lasting and difficult to survive with.

After 19 years of marriage, my wife divorced me in 2006 against my will. I cannot express in words the inexplicably painful emotional pain of soul and feelings of betrayal that I endured. I just wanted to die. Many people were cruel toward me during the divorce process and afterwards. I was alone. Pastors and churches were unkind and abusive toward me, leaving me for dead during the darkest years of my life. But God's grace saw me through.

I realized one day that as long as I am alive, it matters not if I live to be 90 years old (I don't want to live that long), people are people are people, and they WILL hurt me. People equal pain. I haven't lost faith in the goodness of the majority of humanity (as far as sinners go), but since I don't know who to trust I am leery of humans in general. So, I live by the old adage: “Be nice to everybody, but trust no one.” I am at the place in my life where I don't want to step outside my front door anymore. It seems that half of the time when I leave my home I get my feelings hurt by mean, selfish, angry, hurting and belligerent people. It's a jungle out there!

I have been suffering since 2004 with chronic debilitating burning neck pain, burning nerves throughout my upper body, and the entire right side of my body feeling half asleep. I can only obtain half of the prescription pain medications that I need. These medical problems only exasperate my suffering. I have little patience. I am easily frustrated and irritated. People do not understand, nor do they cut me any slack. That makes things much more difficult for me.

I cannot take the time to explain to every stranger I meet what I am suffering through; and yet, I have to publicly interact with strangers on a regular basis. It is difficult. Most people are kind and agreeable, but there are always the few rotten people who are contemptible to say the least. It discourages me. I increasingly find myself telling the faithful LORD that I just want to go home to Heaven. I am a kind, loving, friendly, generous and nice man; but mean people keep hurting me everywhere I go, bringing out the worst in me in my pain. I rarely tell people off. It only happens when I get caught off guard, with no time to think and process what just happened. I truly do understand why people take their own lives, to escape this miserable life. I don't think I would ever do that, but I look forward to the end of my life's journey on earth.

It Is Rarely Easy To Let Things Go

I have learned painfully, again and again—that oftentimes when people are mean to me, and push my buttons, and I want their head on a platter—that there is absolutely nothing I can do to be avenged, and I reluctantly have to just let the matter go into God's hands for judgment.

I assure you dear reader that your Creator is not so busy, high-minded and pious that He is beyond caring about even your hurt feelings. It might have been a misunderstanding, but if you still got your feelings hurt by something that someone else said or did, the LORD must address the matter. What did Jesus say in Matthew 12:36, “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Our earthly law enforcement thinks it a trifle matter when people's feelings are hurt, but such feelings have at times led to murder. I assure you that God does not take your words or feelings lightly. We must give account to God for our every word.

I try to live above reproach, but I horribly fail at times. For the 17 years that I lived on the island of Guam, I never gave anyone the middle finger. I don't think a Christian should do that. But since I've moved to Pensacola, I have flipped the bird at least twice that I remember at crazy drivers. I am a careful driver, which even my Florida driver's license reads. I stop and look for oncoming cars before I pull out into an intersection.

I didn't see any cars coming, but then when I pulled out, another car was on top of me before I knew it, BECAUSE THEY WERE SPEEDING! The local speed limit is 30 mph, but they are going 55 mph or more! When drivers speed, it changes the dynamics of everything, causing accidents (which aren't really accidents if someone is breaking the law by speeding). Pensacola police rarely ticket speeders. It's never easy to let a matter go, but oftentimes there's nothing else that we can do.

When I was younger, over 30 years ago, a punk driving in Chicago got angry and in a moment of road rage punched his fist through my car window. My blood was all over the place because the capillaries in the human face have lots of blood going to them. The shards of broken glass cut my face up. I went to the Emergency Room and called 911. The Chicago police came, but the two bums that arrived were TOO LAZY to do their jobs. They did nothing. I found out later that the punk lived up in Evanston, Illinois. He just drove away after assaulting me and shedding my blood. I thought about going to Evanston to vandalize his car, but I didn't, fearing that I would likely get caught and go to jail instead. And also, that is not who I am. I have never avenged myself. I decided to leave vengeance in the Lord's hands as He promised.

I went to court, but the punk didn't bother to show up. The crooked judge put out a bench warrant for his arrest, but nothing was ever done. I had to go to a junk yard to buy an old window and replace it myself. The punk gave some lame sob story to the violent crimes detective that he had lost his job and his dog died; which somehow gave him the right to shed my blood? The ungodly police department let the punk go, and he was never held accountable. I am trusting God to punish that creep for what he did to me, and to punish the ungodly corrupt Chicago police and dysfunctional court system that failed me.

In this case, and hundreds more, there is absolutely nothing I can do to obtain justice. I have to let the matter go, which I did decades ago, trusting God to keep His solemn promise to avenge all evil. I have aggressively been run off the road multiple times by crazy drivers.

Nearly 40 years ago, one day when I pulled out of the exit of Hyles-Anderson College in Crownpoint, Indiana, to go to work, I heard a horn honking from the car next to me. I looked and a young punk was waving his erect penis at me, harassing a student of a Bible college. Woe unto that punk on Judgment Day! He was mocking Jesus according to Matthew 25:40. Dear reader, this world is full of sick, evil and insane fools.

Ungodly People Are Insensitive And Mean

I always feel bad and guilty, when in anger I tell people off. A cantankerous woman one day scolded me when I strayed a few feet off the public sidewalk while walking my dog, sniffing around as a dog likes to do. I saw the woman's coward for a husband go into the house, and he sent her out instead to do the dirty work, to rebuke me for being on their alleged stupid property. They should have a fence if they're that paranoid. I told her she had a problem. She made some nasty remark and I yelled, “F you!” (but I said the word). I felt so bad all that afternoon, apologizing to the LORD. I later gave a $5 bill in a gospel tract to a worker at Whataburger, trying to forget what had happened. People can be so rotten, selfish and mean!

I hate this horrible world! I cannot even walk my dog without bad things happening. One day while walking my dog, a deranged woman drove an SUV as big as a garage off the road into the cables securing the telephone poles on my street. The poles all shook violently and leaned sideways after she snapped the cable apart. After a few moments she crawled back into her vehicle and drove away. WTF. People today are wound-up, stressed, angry, on drugs, paranoid and quick to snap and run their ugly mouths. I am increasingly just letting the dog stay in her own yard, where no one can complain. My father used to say, “You can't get into trouble playing in your own back yard.” Most people place all of their emphasis on this temporary world. When they die, Hell will be the eternal home. They made their own choices.

I could go on and on about the horrible things and ugliness I have seen in people throughout my life, and no doubt so could you. I wrote this article to encourage those of my readers who have been hurt, betrayed, cheated, assaulted, or maybe just had your feelings hurt by a insensitive ungodly individual, uncaring pastor, et cetera. Many ungodly Americans today have become viscous. They're quick to tell you to get the hell off their property. They have no love, no compassion, no concern; only hatred for their neighbours. The inspired Holy Bible warned us that these "perilous times" would come in 2nd Timothy 3:1-7...

2nd Timothy 3:1-5, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

When I read this inspired passage of Scripture, it describes all of the rotten people I just told you about, and countless more demon-inspired wicked people I've met in my lifetime. To be quite honest, I love Isaiah 13:11, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.” I long for this wicked world to be judged!

Although I share in God's desire for all men to repent of their unbelief to come to Christ (2nd Peter 3:9); yet I know that only a tiny few will ever do so (Luke 13:23-24), because of their love for sin (John 3:20). Although you don't have to be willing to give up your sinning to get to Heaven, you do need to humble yourself to acknowledge that YOU ARE A SINNER! No one has ever been saved who didn't admit that they are a guilty sinner in God's sight. Faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ is invalid unless you come to God for forgiveness on the basis that you are a guilty sinner (Romans 3:19-20).

If you have been deeply hurt by someone, sometimes there is nothing you can do except let the matter go into God's hands for judgment. This requires faith in God, that He cares and will be faithful to keep His promises to avenge and hold everyone accountable (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Romans 14:10-12). My nerves are burning horribly as I type this. My heart is sad at times because of umpteen ungodly people who have hurt me in recent years. There is nothing that I can do except lay my hurt feelings, wounds and heavy burdens at the Lord's feet, and claim His abundant “mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16b).

I know that this article has been quite a bit long, but I speak from a broken heart. I read something many years ago where Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) said when he gets his feelings hurt, he writes. I was so delighted to hear that, because that is exactly what I do. I write to bury my pain of soul into my ministry work, laying up treasures in Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21). When my feelings get hurt, and there is nothing I can do about it, I go through a self-counseling process. I think about biblical teachings and look for comfort in God's Word. ...

Colossians 3:1-3, “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.”

It is so easy to get boggled down and drawn into the things of this temporary world—whether it be good hobbies that distract us from serving the Lord, a secular career that draws you away from the will of God for your life, or the terrible things that mean people do to hurt our feelings and wound our pride that discourage us and quench our zeal for God—life is a minefield.

People can and will rob us of our joy. For decades, I suffered a lot of persecution as a Christian in the secular workplace. One day I read a passage of Scripture that has forever impacted my life. John 16:22, “And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.” I cherish that solemn promise from God. The dear Savior promises that when we see Him in the future (whether by death or by Rapture), no man will ever take away our joy again. What a glorious day that will be! Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

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

Why I Don't Like Or Recommend The Roman's Road

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

John 20:31, “But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.”

Our text passage of Scripture gives the plain reason why I do not like or recommend the Roman's Road method of leading a lost sinner to Christ. God specifically authored the Gospel of John to convince the reader that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, the Christ, so that by believing we will be saved. God didn't write the Epistle of Romans to show us how to get to Heaven, that is why He gave us the Gospel of John. Why use the wrong tool for the job?

John 1:29, “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” In John chapters 19 and 20 we read about Jesus' death on the cross, burial and physical resurrection three days later. That's everything anyone needs to know to be saved. You are a SINNER and Jesus is the SAVIOR!

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.”

The Problem Of Using The Book Of Romans

There's much debate today over obscure passages of Scripture in Romans 10:9-10 and 13.

Some Bible students claim that Romans chapter 10 is about the future physical restoration of the nation of Israel, and that the passage has nothing to do with the eternal salvation of a sinner. I reject that theory!

Others claim that you cannot be saved unless you confess Christ publicly (Romans 10:9-10), and pray a sinner's prayer (Romans 10:13). But John 12:42-43 refutes that heresy concerning Romans 10:9-10. And Romans 10:14 refutes that heresy concerning Romans 10:13 that you must pray to be saved. You don't have to "confess" the name of Jesus publicly to be saved, just as the saved Chief Priests did not confess Christ in John 12:42-43. And according to Romans 10:14 we are saved at the moment we BELIEVE, regardless of whether we pray or choose not to pray. You don't have to ask God to save you, you just need to believe.

The Epistle of Romans has caused much confusing regarding how to be saved. And although we do read helpful Scripture passages in many books of the Bible concerning salvation, it would be foolish to ignore the Gospel of John, or supersede it with other books of the Bible, when God specifically authored the book of John to show us the way of salvation. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

I mean, you could use a screwdriver and hammer to make a hole, but why not use the drill that God intended for you to use? Why use a spoon to cut a block of cheese instead of a sharp knife? Would you use a pair of scissors to cut your lawn's grass, while a power mower sits in the garage? God used the Apostle John to pen the Gospel of John for the specific purpose “that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name” (John 20:31b). So, why use any other book of the Bible?

Don't Complicate The Gospel

2nd Corinthians 11:3 speaks of “the simplicity that is in Christ.” I am so sick and tired of men complicating God's simple plan of salvation. The Gospel of John is very clear that we are saved simply by believing on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, simply by accepting His sacrificial death on Calvary's cross as full payment for our sins, believing that He was buried, but then resurrected physically from the dead three days later. This is "the gospel" according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6. Believe it, oh sinner, and the work is done!

The beauty of God's simple plan of salvation is that in the Scripture we're never given a level of faith that has to be reached in order to go to Heaven. Isn't that wonderful? If your only hope for Heaven is Jesus Christ for what He did through Calvary's cross 2,000 years ago to pay your debt of sin, you are saved.

Hatred Of People Hurts The “New IFB” Movement

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Galatians 5:14-16, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

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 and his New IFB. 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 heretical New IFB teaching that Christians should hate LGBTQ+ sinners. It is wrong and unbiblical!

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 wrongly assumes that this is the proper Christian attitude for all believers to have, that we should all vehemently hate homosexuals and wicked people. But those were David's feelings, not God's. Kindly said, he is wrong! His father taught him hatred for homosexuals, what he calls the "Reprobate Doctrine" (in this article I compare what Pastor Jack Hyles taught versus Pastor Anderson). To hate anyone goes against everything the Holy Bible teaches for a Christian (Matthew 5:43-44, 22:37-39; John 3:16-17; Jude 1:22). John 3:16, “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.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center has addressed the issue of Pastor Anderson's intense hatred for LGBTQ+ people. There is debate among Bible preachers how the government should handle homosexuals. Some more liberal preachers say that homosexuals should be allowed to be who they are, and left alone. I think this is an irresponsible view. Homosexuality is a threat to any society, because it's not merely confined to their private homes. There has been an obvious attempt by the homosexual community since the 1980's to aggressively push their wicked agenda. Furthermore, they are being allowed to legally adopt children in the United States. That is shocking and very disturbing!

Other preachers think that homosexuals found guilty in a legitimate court of law, should be executed according to Leviticus 20:13, which is still a moral law that never changes. Ceremonial laws were only for the Jews, but moral laws never expire. What bothers me is when pastors hypocritically say that murderers should receive the death penalty, but not adulterers, rapists, pedophiles or homosexuals. What gives any pastor the right to selectively decide which moral crimes are worthy of capital punishment? The inspired King James Bible plainly teaches that homosexuality is a sin and a crime (Romans 1:24-32; Leviticus 20:13).

Years ago when I first learned about Pastor Steven Anderson around 2009, I couldn't stand the guy because of his hatred for unrepentant sinners. But like many people I started listening to his sermons and he grew on me. Most of what Pastor Anderson says is good practical biblical advice and life changing. I hate sin and love any preacher who exposes sin, but hating people is just plain wrong!

As a side note: Many of today's Baptist pastors are pathetic. When I met with Pastor Brad Moffett of the shameful neo-evangelical Family Baptist Church in Pensacola in April of 2025, Brad actually claimed that God's prohibition for women to wear men's clothing in Deuteronomy 22:5 was only ceremonial law and doesn't apply today. Not surprisingly, his wicked wife wears her sexy pants in public. Dear reader, Deuteronomy 22:5 is MORAL LAW, which never expires. If it was wrong 3,500 years ago for women to wear pants, it is still wrong in 2026!

Hatred Limits A Preacher's Effectiveness For Christ

But unfortunately for the New IFB, the inspired Word of God warns us in 1st Corinthians 13:1-3 that without love for people, even the greatest preaching and sacrifice is for nought. The old adage is very true: People don't care what you know, until they know that you care.

1st Corinthians 13:1-3, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”

Respectfully, Pastor Brad Strand and Dr. John R. Rice (1895-1980) in their Bible commentaries interpret this passage to apply only to Christian brethren loving one another, but I humbly disagree with that idea. This Scripture passage plainly teaches that if you can preach great sermons, you're just making a bunch of noise if you lack love for people. The Bible doesn't specify or limit this truth only to the saints. A pastor will be ineffective to the same degree that he fails to love people.

Now, Pastor Steven Anderson has been very successful from a secular point of view. His Faithful Word Baptist Church is now running around 300 to 400 people in attendance in Phoenix, Arizona. But most of those people are like him, intensely hating the homosexual community, publicly saying that they wish LGBTQ+ sinners were dead. So, is that really success just because you have drawn a crowd of like-minded haters?

Also, Brother Anderson has been banned in at least 33 countries, so that he cannot reach those millions of people for Jesus Christ. By spewing hatred, Pastor Anderson has greatly limited and hurt his ministry. He is like sounding brass making a bunch of noise, ineffective from Heaven's point of view. Yes, they do get many lost sinners saved, for which I praise God, but the New IFB could reach 100 times more lost sinners for Christ if they would stop hating unrepentant sinners.

God Does Not Rejoice In The Death Of The Wicked

Ezekiel 33:11 plainly teaches that God Himself has no pleasure in the death of the wicked.

Kindly said, Pastor Anderson has a long history of saying vile hateful things, shaming the cause of Jesus Christ. On June 12, 2016, 49 people were murdered and 58 were injured in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which was a popular LGBTQ+ venue. The shooter, Omar Mateen, targeted the club during a "Latin Night" event, and the attack was deemed an act of terrorism. Steven Anderson praised the shooter and celebrated the murders, calling for all homosexuals to be murdered. Dear reader, that is not a true man of God, that is a hatemonger! People will not tolerate hatred!

In sharp contrast to Pastor Anderson's rejoicing in those 49 murders, read what the inspired Word of God teaches in 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?” God Himself, our faithful Creator, does not rejoice when wicked people die!!! 2nd Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” The LORD wants all men, even the vilest of criminals, homosexuals, pedophiles and all walks of humanity, to repent of their unbelief to trust Christ to be saved. That is love!

Mr. Anderson is a clone of hate-preacher Fred Phelps (1924-2014), whose church members used to hold big signs thanking God for dead fire fighters, dead miners, dead children, murdered 911 victims, and anything else offensive to infuriate the sensitive public with his hateful shenanigans. I admit having mixed feelings for many years concerning Pastor Steven Anderson and his ministry. He recently threw me under the bus, for disagreeing with Pastor Matthew Stuckey's heresy that the Epistle of 1st John wasn't written to help believers with the assurance of salvation, to KNOW that we have eternal life. 1st John 5:13 plainly calls Matthew Stuckey a theological liar.

New IFB Pastors Have No Respect Or Love For Others

When I rebuked Pastor Stuckey on Facebook on May 30th, 2026, Pastor Steven Anderson broke off all contact with me, unfriended me on Facebook and blocked me out. I am done being disrespected, mistreated and bullied to stay silent by aggressive New IFB members, while their pastors grossly butcher the inspired Word of God. I have a right to speak up! Unlike 95% of their incompetent pastors in the New IFB, I actually have an earned degree in Pastoral Theology that took me eight years to earn from Hyles-Anderson College (1985-1993), signed by my hero of the faith Pastor Jack Hyles.

Pastor Matthew Stuckey was born on June 2, 2000, making him 26 years old today. He has no formal theological training. I am literally old enough to be Matthew's grandfather, yet like the rest of their ungodly heartless New IFB pastors, Matthew has zero respect for me as a fundamentalist Bible preacher or human being. Do you know what that horrible guy did to me? When Pastor Anderson threw me under the bus and broke off our ministry friendship last month, Matthew posted laughing Emojis on Facebook to mock me. He thinks it's funny that Pastor Anderson broke off our ministry friendship. That's typical shameful behavior in the New IFB.

So, I seriously question the so-called "success" of the New IFB movement, when they spew hatred for sinners. Sickeningly, 80% of the churches in Germany rallied behind Adolf Hitler during World War II. Is that success? The Bible has much to say about striving for Christ lawfully. There's a right way and a wrong way to serve God. The New IFB definitely preach Christ of contention, but like the Apostle Paul, I thank God for their soulwinning efforts, which is the ONLY reason I support Pastor Anderson's ministry. To God alone be the glory.

In sharp contrast to Pastor Matthew Stuckey laughing at what happened on May 30th, I wept in tears because someone whom I thought was my friend, Brother Anderson, wasn't my friend ministry at all. I don't think he understands the concept of true friendship. In my humble opinion he manipulates and uses people, and the day that you offend him (as I did) you're axed.

Pastor Roger Jimenez is living proof of what I say. He and Pastor Anderson were close buddies for over 20 years, who are both from Sacramento, California. I heard Pastor Jimenez say that he wouldn't want to be a pastor if it weren't for Pastor Anderson. He loved Brother Anderson and greatly looked up to his friend! But when Pastor Jimenez (the long time pastor of Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento) refused to make a malicious YouTube video in 2024 to attack Pastor Anderson's older brother Clint Anderson, for allegedly "kidnapping his daughter" Miriam, their friendship was over. Pastor Anderson proceeded to regularly attack his "friend" for the next 2 years to destroy him, and he did. That was very wrong and unchristian.

Kindly said, I am not lashing out against Pastor Anderson like I did last week, for which I have already apologized to everyone, including him. I never should have thrown his children in his face. Whatever did or didn't happen under his roof is none of our business! But I will say that Pastor Anderson has made many enemies among peers by his contentious nature. I'm talking about Tommy McMurtry, Matt Furse, Adam Fannin, Joe Majors, Roger Jimenez and countless other wounded and disgruntled pastors. I am sick and tired of all the fighting within the New IFB. They bite and devour each other like savage wolves! There's a reason why Pastor Anderson has been banned from entering into at least 33 countries, because of his hateful unbiblical attitude toward unrepentant sinners that is toxic and contagious. I won't call the New IFB a "cult" anymore, but they are "cultish" in some ways, pandering to their leader.

Truly said, many members of the New IFB are mean, cruel and heartless toward others, showing zero respect. Pastor Steven Anderson called Attorney David Gibbs Jr. a "fat slob." Kindly said, that is not how a man of God should talk. We all have areas in our life that could use some improvement. I am not lashing out against anyone. Dear reader, the way we treat others matters. Right doctrine matters! I just want to be a blessing. I am not trying to attack the New IFB for personal reasons, God knows my heart. Contrariwise, I am rebuking their unbiblical hatred for LGBTQ+ sinners. God is love. God doesn't have love, GOD IS LOVE!!!

Things You Should Have Learned Back In Kintergarden

noreply@blogger.com (David J. Stewart) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:51:00 +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.”

It ceases to irritate me when I see adults failing to use good manners. We all should have learned back in kindergarten decades ago to say: “please,” “excuse me,” “I'm sorry” and “thank you.” Yet, sadly many adults have terrible manners. When I hear children being demanding of adults, rude, not saying “please,” I kindly correct them, as adults should do.

The Bible emphasizes the importance of good manners, highlighting that respectful conduct is a hallmark of upright living and that we should treat others with dignity and kindness. Key principles include esteeming others above oneself and using polite, kind speech to build others up (Philippians 2:3, Ephesians 4:29).

Philippians 2:3, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

Dear reader, be considerate of OTHERS. If other people are rude, inconsiderate and mean, don't you join them! It matters not if you are at the grocery store, the bank, church or rotting behind bars in prison, we all need to learn to say: “please,” “excuse me,” “I'm sorry” and “thank you.”

In prison it is a matter of survival. I heard that from Michael Franzese's father, John "Sonny" Franzese (1917-2020), who was an infamous underboss in the Colombo crime family in New York. John told his Son Michael that to survive in prison you must learn to say: “please,” “excuse me,” “I'm sorry” and “thank you.” Michael grew up in a mob environment, but his father initially did not want him to be involved in organized crime, but unfortunately he was drawn into the dirty criminal business.

When John was arrested the Prosecutor's office offered him a sweet deal, a drastically reduced prison sentence if he would snitch on the mob, but he refused. John "Sonny" Franzese spent a total of over 50 years in prison for racketeering and other serious crimes that ended with his release in 2017 at the age of 100. It was in prison when Michael became a born again Christian and he travels the world today as a Gospel evangelist. His true testimony from being a hardened murdering gangster to a born again Christian is quite remarkable.

I am often reminded of what John "Sonny" Franzese taught his son about surviving in prison, because those same good manners will help us survive throughout life, without which proper etiquette you will only hurt, offend and aggravate people.

I never go to any local business without bringing a loose cart in the parking lot into the store with me. I'm going that way anyway, so why not grab a cart or two? Lazy people just carelessly leave their shopping carts sitting in the parking lot, without consideration for OTHERS.

You can tell a lot about a particular community by driving around and looking at stuff like that, to see if people give a damn or not. If you go into Walmart or Target and see merchandise laying on the floor and no one cares to pick it up, and garbage lying on the ground throughout the neighborhood, that speaks volumes about people's irresponsible and selfish attitudes toward the things of OTHERS. I care; therefore, I NEVER toss my garbage onto the ground. I would NEVER leave my cart randomly sitting in a store's parking lot. I would either return the cart to the cart corral or bring it back into the store where I got it.

People are so bad that they refuse to even flesh the toilet. When I see paper towels lying on the floor in a public restroom, I pick them up to throw away and then wash my hands. My goal is to always leave whatever public place I enter cleaner when I leave than when I arrived. The old adage is very true: Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching? How are your manners dear reader?

When the traffic light turns green, I have heard drivers lay on their car's horn in anger because the vehicle in front of them didn't move right away. That happens to me from time to time, when the car in front of me just sits there when the light turns green. I NEVER touch my horn!!! I have actually sat through an entire green light that turned red again, while the car in front of me didn't move, and I just calmly waited and didn't honk my horn. I just don't want to be an impatient kind of person.

I decided a long time ago that when I go into any business, and there is a long waiting line, I will just stay calm and wait as long as it takes. If I get too frustrated I will just quietly leave and come back another day, but getting upset, emotional and angry is a loser's game.

Every month before I step foot into CVS to go to their Pharmacy, I have to prepare my mind for whatever may happen, so I don't get caught off guard and become angry. Case in point, last week I called the CVS Pharmacy ahead of time to ask the pharmacist if my pain medications were ready, and she confirmed that they were ready. But when I got to CVS an hour later, she said she was busy and hadn't got to it yet, and told me to come back later. I kindly thanked her and said I'd be back later. I didn't complain. I drove 15 minutes away and she called me to say that the drugs were ready. Arrggh! But I thanked her, didn't complain or get upset, and I just had a good afternoon anyway.

It is so much better to live life that way, then to always be a nervous wreck, angry at everyone, and have a poor Christian testimony. Believe me, people do see how we behave, respond and treat OTHERS. I truly don't consider myself a good Christian, I don't. But I do want to care and be nice to everybody, because everyone is having a rough time. 1st Corinthians 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” God knows that there have been plenty of times in my life when I didn't glorify God, but I don't want to be that guy ever again. The dear Savior deserves our very best!

Victor Nischik Denies A Free Grace Gospel

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

Galatians 1:6-8, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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.”

Victor Peter Nischik (1934-2015) was a long time deacon at the First Baptist Church of Hammond for nearly 27 years. Dr. Hyles became their new pastor in 1959. Pastor Hyles performed the wedding for Jennie and Victor in 1961. Mrs. Nischik sadly filed for divorce in 1986. At the time Mr. Nischik was employed at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Mr. Nischik left the church frustrated in 1988, but Jennie continued working as Dr. Hyles' lifelong secretary. That has always bothered me a lot! As far as I am concerned, Mrs. Nischik belonged AT HOME with her family, not working as Dr. Hyles' secretary!

On June 19, 1993, Dr. Donald A. Waite (1933-2014) interviewed Victor Nischik (1934-2015). I won't link to the interview on YouTube, simply because it contains graphic talk. Mr. Nischik is a wicked man who blatantly lies about Pastor Jack Hyles, accusing him of subscribing to Sexology magazine and exchanging Playboy magazine with acquaintances. Anybody who knew Brother Hyles could laugh at such ungodly ridiculous accusations. Dr. Hyles didn't even watch Hollywood movies! Pastor Hyles' dear ole mother sat in front of him in church, until 1984 when she went home to be with Jesus in Heaven. Don't you tell me that Brother Hyles lived a sordid double lifestyle in the face of his mother who raised him in godly faith.

I am fully convinced that Victor Nischik is an evil liar! Nischik is subtle, so full of crap. It is obvious he is a blatant liar. You can feel his hatred in his 1993 interview with Dr. Waite. According to Mr. Nischik Brother Hyles beat his wife into total submission. If that were true someone world have seen it, because they centered their lives around attending church. I don't believe a word of any of it.

Nischik claims that Dr. Hyles offered to have female church members have sex with him if he wanted. I don't think so! The only one saying that crap was Vic Nischik! All he does is twist Pastor Hyles' sermons out of context, connecting dots that don't exist to deliberately create doubt in the mind of listeners. Woe unto Mr. Nischik at the Great White Throne of Judgment!

Dr. Donald A Waite (1933-2014) is a wicked slanderer! These are evil men. Vic Nischik falsely accuses Dr. Hyles of trading Playboy magazines with people, and of watching smut videos in his office, and sharing details of what he did in bed with his wife. That is not Pastor Hyles! No real man would do any of the contemptible things that Victor Nischik claims. Nischik claimed that after 1970 his wife Jennie wasn't allowed to have sex with him anymore, per Pastor Hyles. Do you really believe that Vic Nischik didn't have sex with his wife for 16 years before she divorced him in 1986? If you do, I feel sorry for you friend.

All that being said, here is an excerpt I made from the 1993 interview in which Mr. Nischik accuses Brother Hyles of preaching a counterfeit Gospel that leaves off repentance. Nischik alleges that thousands of people will go to Hell because of Pastor Hyles' false plan of salvation. Well, that speaks volumes against Victor Nischik and helps clear up the matter. By saying that Dr. Hyles preached a false Gospel that leaves off repentance, it plainly reveals that VICTOR NISCHIK WAS NOT SAVED. He died in 2015 and I sadly think he went straight to Hell.

In the disturbing excerpt that I made, you can hear Mr. Nischik (who was my age in his late fifties at the time of the 1993 interview), unjustly criticize the First Baptist Church of Hammond for using The Roman's Road, for leading lost sinners to pray a sinner's prayer to be saved. According to Nischik more is required. He believes that you must repent of your sins to turn away from them, and live a changed life to evidence that you are really saved. THAT IS THE HERESY OF LORDSHIP SALVATION!!! I am fully convinced that Vic Nischik is in Hell forever!

Why should we believe anything that a man says who is wrong on God's simple plan of salvation? Mr. Nischik couldn't be more wrong! The only righteousness that I posses is God's imputed righteousness through faith alone in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:9). Clearly, Mr. Nischik was involved heavily at the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Indiana for 27 years, and he superficially lived the Christian life, but he had never been born again!

Pastor Steven Anderson's Blatant False Theology On Christ's Second Coming

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

2nd Timothy 2:15-16, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

Mark 13:32-33, “But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”

I listened to a heretical sermon today from Pastor Steven Anderson. He preached the sermon on Sunday morning, July 5th, 2026, titled: “The Rapture Is The Second Coming.” For someone unlearned who doesn't know any better the sermon might sound sensible. However, what I am about to show you proves that Steven Anderson is very wrong on the Rapture and Christ's Second Coming.

In this chart from chapter 2 of Pastor Anderson's YouTube movie titled: 'THE BOOK OF REVELATION,' you can see in comment numbers 35 and 36 that he errantly teaches the Rapture will happen 75 DAYS after the Abomination of Desolation. Listen for yourself in Part 10 of his Revelation series, at 31:00 minutes into the video, where he states:

“When does the Rapture take place? 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week.” —Pastor Steven Anderson, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 31:00 minutes into video)

Pastor Anderson admits that many believers have accused him of setting a date, which he ridiculously denies. You can hear him say this at 31:19 minutes into Part 10 of his Revelation series. Dear reader, like it or not, Pastor Anderson has already SET A DATE! Anderson says that the Rapture of the saints and Jesus' Second Coming are the SAME event, which events he errantly says will occur 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. This fact alone exposes him as a FALSE TEACHER!

Pastor Anderson alleges that he is not setting a date since no one knows when Daniel's 70th week (aka, the Tribulation period) starts. I hope you clearly see that he is in fact, DATE SETTING! Jesus emphatically declared that NO MAN, not even the angels in Heaven, know the time of His return (Mark 13:32-37).

At 34:06 in Part 10 of his Revelation series, Pastor Anderson says Jesus only meant that no one would know the time when He said it. Huh? Pastor Anderson says the people alive during the Tribulation will know the time of Jesus' return. That is blatant false teaching!!! Yet, if you listen to the sermon that he preached on July 5th, “The Rapture Is The Second Coming,” you'll hear him accusing saints (like me) who believe in a Pretribulation Rapture of ignoring Scripture, lying and making stuff up. Kindly said, Pastor Anderson is woefully guilty of everything that he accuses Pretribbers of doing.

Pastor Anderson is adamant that the Rapture will occur 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. The very title of his July 5th sermon, “The Rapture Is The Second Coming,” reveals his ignorance of Scripture. Anderson is literally teaching that Christ's SECOND COMING will happen 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. So, if this be true, then people WILL KNOW, and the angels WILL KNOW, the time of Jesus' return.

Mark 13:34-37, “For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”

But there is no need to watch if we already know that Jesus is coming back 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week. Pastor Anderson is making a fool of himself to say that he is not setting a date, when he just plainly stated that the Rapture will happen 1,335 days into Daniel's 70th week, and 75 days after the Abomination of Desolation...

“So, I'm not setting any kind of date, I never have and I never will—until I see the Abomination of Desolation and then I'm going to start setting to set a date. And hopefully I'm still alive at that time.” —Pastor Steven Anderson, 'Revelation - Part 10' (Time: 35:25 minutes into video)
That is DATE SETTING!

Kindly said, Steven Anderson is a college drop out! He quit Hyles-Anderson College in 2006 and never graduated. I enrolled in 1985 and eight years later by God's grace I graduated with honors in 1993. Here is my diploma singed by Pastor Jack Hyles. Kindly said, Anderson never finished his training to be a pastor, which is clearly evident in his many theological blunders.

Here are some more articles I've written in defense of a biblical Pretribulation Rapture:

God knows that I didn't write this article to be unkind, nor in a malicious spirit toward Brother Anderson, God forbid. I wrote this article because right doctrine matters!