Earlier today I delivered a message in Southern Seminary’s chapel titled “A Confrontation with Jesus” on John 4:16-26. The video is below.
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Must-See Interview with Senator Ben Sasse
I can’t even begin to express what Ben Sasse’s testimony has meant to me since announcing his cancer diagnosis in December. He is absolutely defiant in his suffering, trusting Christ, and taunting death. Where does this confidence come from? He’s a living, breathing testament to the power of God in the gospel. Hallelujah. He also reflects on his life and what he would do differently. He is pointing us to the permanent things. Thank you, Senator Sasse. Watch all of this, but especially the last 20 minutes or so.
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A Piece of My Childhood Goes up in a Cinder
The picture you see above is something that happened in my hometown yesterday. To most people, I’m sure this looks merely like an old building that has just burned, but for me it’s so much more than that. It’s also a precious piece of my childhood going up in a cinder. This building was for many years the old Uptown Newsstand, owned and run by Mr. Johnny McDaniel. If Norman Rockwell ever painted a picture of a Newstand and its owner, it would look like Uptown and Mr. Johnny. I rode my bike there religiously every week for comic books and —when I had enough money left over — Delaware…
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Interview with “Issues, Etc.” Podcast about Cities Church
I spoke with “Issue, Etc.” this morning about the mob action at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota yesterday morning. Listen below:
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The Desecration of Cities Church
I was mad as a hornet when I saw what happened this morning to Cities Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in St. Paul, Minnesota. For those of you who haven’t seen the news, a group of leftist radicals shut down Cities Church’s worship service by shouting down the pastor, marching around the sanctuary yelling protests against ICE, and haranguing the men, women, and children who were gathered for worship. For a first person account of what happened, see the video below which was posted by one of the protesters. Please note the vile things coming out of the protester’s mouth and the terrified child being comforted by his father at…
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Supreme Court Hears “Transgender” Athletes Cases
On this episode of the CBMW podcast, we discuss the oral arguments of of the Supreme Court concerning “transgender” athletes.
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Was Blind but Now I See – John 9:8-41
In my last message on John, we turned our attention John 9:1-7 which relays Jesus’ miracle of healing the beggar who had been born blind. The rest of the chapter is the aftermath of that miracle. In spite of the evidence Jesus provides them through the miracle, the Jewish leaders and some of the people aren’t going to see the truth. They are going to remain in the dark. But I would argue that the reason they don’t see is because they don’t want to see. What is the people’s response to Jesus’ miracle of healing a man born blind? I want to draw your attention to four “responses” that…
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Answer Not a Kinist according to His Folly
There a number of race-baiting kinists, racial realists, and antisemites whose entire schtick consists in sowing error and division online among Christians. They live off of the error and controversy that they themselves manufacture. Do they have influence among a small section of the right? Yes. Must they be opposed whenever their teaching shows up in a church? Yes. Must pastors lead the way to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict? Absolutely yes, yes, yes. But I think we need to be realistic about the best way to engage the bad actors mentioned above. Arguing with them online is exactly what they want. They are conflict…
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Top 10 YouTubes of 2025
It’s time for my annual posting of the Top 10 YouTube Videos of the Year (see last year’s list here). This ranking is totally unscientific, and I gave up many years ago on limiting it to only ten videos. Also, it’s not only YouTube videos anymore, but I’m not changing the title because I’ve been doing it too long to change it now! Only one person was polled to compile this list—yours truly. This year’s slate of videos has both humor and humanity with some other odds and ends thrown in. If you think I’ve left something out, let me know. I’ll think about adding an “Honorable Mention” category at…
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What is Hell?| Responding to Kirk Cameron | The Kenwood Institute Podcast | Ep. 3
Kirk Cameron and his son recently recorded a podcast in which they both adopted an annihilationist view on Hell. This view holds that the damned do not suffer in hell permanently but eventually cease to exist. Jim Hamilton, Tom Sculthorpe, and I refute this view in podcast linked below. You can watch or listen to the podcast below.
