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I really had no great desire to start a YouTube channel. I didn’t want to start back at zero after having worked for the past several years to build my Instagram and TikTok to more than 170,000 followers combined. But… A Reading Challenge Changed Everything For my 40th birthday, I challenged myself to read 40Continue reading “Why I Finally Started a YouTube Channel”

A few months ago I read Atomic Habits for my 40th birthday reading challenge of reading 40 of the most influential books ever written. It was… fine. Honestly, I thought it was mostly common sense. But one of the principles struck me: Decide first what kind of person you want to be, then build habits that get youContinue reading “I Memorized the Gospel of John (My First YouTube Video!)”

A few months ago, I read Atomic Habits. My reaction at first? Pretty good book. Helpful. But honestly, nothing life-changing for me personally. Then I actually applied it. I started building what I call a “memorization chain.” Every day during my commute, I memorize one key verse from each chapter of John’s Gospel. Not justContinue reading “🌐 SOMETHING THAT’S CHANGED MY WALK WITH GOD”

I wanted to like audiobooks. I really did. I’d put one on in the car with the best of intentions- only to find my thoughts drifting elsewhere. Time and again, I’d realize I’d zoned out, the book having faded into background noise minutes earlier.  That changed during a three-and-a-half-hour ride home from my sister’s house in NewContinue reading “The Surprising Origin of Dear Judas”

Introduction God reveals Himself through nature, history, and humanity (General Revelation) and mighty deeds, divine speech, and the incarnation of Christ (Special Revelation).The Creator of the universe invites His creation to know Him, saying, “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not theContinue reading “THE GOODNESS OF GOD”

I’ve heard it said that, with the change of one letter, millions of people would immediately change their view of Christianity. And that letter is “a.” These people would change their view if Christians would only proclaim Jesus to be a savior instead of the Savior. Adherents of this view often practice what is known as a “Buffet Religion.”Continue reading “Jesus the Only Way?”

I am going to argue that Scientific Naturalism is beset with critical shortcomings when we examine various scientific, philosophical, and historical arguments for the existence of God. Perhaps most conspicuous is that Naturalism, by definition, rules out the possibility of the supernatural ahead of time! As indicated by the name, Naturalists presuppose that only natural causes (notContinue reading “Six Places Biblical Christianity Succeeds Where Scientific Naturalism (Atheism) Fails”

This is a testimony of the goodness of God, and a ‘Thank You’ to those who serve in Youth Ministry. Last night my family and I were at Mount Southington skiing with another family from the church. By the end of the night, the little ones had gone home, but the ‘big kids’ ages 8-10,Continue reading “You’ll Know Them by Their Fruit”

Here is one tip that every Christian can use to make breakthroughs when sharing the Gospel with the lost. This is so very effective – it comes up constantly in discussions with unbelievers. And you’re getting at basically what the entire Bible is about. I’ve studied this intently. Not as a Pastor, but just asContinue reading “One Tip Every Christian Can Use for BREAKTHROUGHS”