Some years back I spoke at an Evangelical Christian Apologetics conference about how Christians should discern what music they listen to, and this is a recording of that talk. Having been out of strictly Evangelical circles for some time now, I am not sure if the “Christian music” vs. “Secular music” debate is still raging,…
I did a major website overhaul some years ago to get rid of out of date or irrelevant content, but I continue to get requests for this article so I have chosen to repost it. Enjoy! Introduction Pastor Joe Schimmel is founder of Fight the Good Fight Ministries and pastor at Blessed Hope Chapel in…
The 2019 film Brightburn poses an interesting question: What would happen if an alien being crash landed in rural Iowa as a baby, was adopted by human parents, and eventually discovered he had superhuman powers? Now this premise should not sound original to nearly anyone in Western civilization for the last 80 years or so…
What follows is not the ravings of a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist. (No, really!) I write this as one who has worked in I.T. and had an online presence since the 90’s. These are publicly known and easily verified facts (hence all the links) for those unaware of how modern technology is affecting our privacy. Introduction…
Introduction “What do you tell your kids about Santa Claus?” This question can strike fear into the hearts of many Christians. The issue is that while most of us love Christmas, and many of us will even admit to enjoying “the whole Santa thing,” we do not wish to lie to our kids. It may…
Introduction Growing up, Halloween was one of my favorite holidays. When I became a Christian, I was somewhat surprised when I found out that many Christians did not like Halloween. Blaming the holiday’s pagan origins, they seemed to think that it was necessarily evil. Well, trick-or-treating never influenced me toward evil – it was just fun! Anyway,…
Introduction The “digital revolution” is all around us. In churches, schools, and our local Wal*Mart, we are being sold on the idea of the latest in digital technology. At an unprecedented pace, reality is being replaced by the simulacrum of technology (ironically, making the changes almost unremarkable). Despite the pretentious (but, admit it, impressive) title,…
