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Mark Driscoll: A Man Disqualified from the Preaching Eldership

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Mark Driscoll: A Man Disqualified from the Preaching Eldership

I’ve been sitting here at my desk, thinking about the state of the church today. We live in an age where the loudest voice in the room is often mistaken for the most anointed. But friends, the Word of God doesn’t give us a metric for “success” based on how many people you can pack into a building or how many books you can land on a bestseller list. It gives us a metric for qualifications.
I’m talking today about Mark Driscoll. He’s a man who has had more influence than most, starting Mars Hill in Seattle back in 1996 and growing it into a massive multi-state operation before his eventual resignation. He’s now settled in at Trinity Church in Scottsdale. But when we look at the life, the ministry, and the recurring patterns of this man, we have to hold him up to the light of Scripture. And let me tell you, when you hold a man up to 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, the picture isn’t pretty.
A Pattern of Domineering and Abusive Leadership
The Apostle Paul is clear: an elder must be “not violent, not quarrelsome, not quick-tempered” (1 Tim 3:2-3) and “not arrogant, not quick-tempered” (Titus 1:7). These aren’t suggestions. These are the basic requirements for a man who bears the name of Christ before the congregation.
For years, men who worked right alongside Driscoll saw something very different.
In September 2013, a former elder filed formal charges alleging that Driscoll was “domineering, verbally violent, arrogant, and quick-tempered.”
By August 2014, twenty-one former pastors filed formal charges regarding “abusive and intimidating conduct” and a “culture of fear” instead of a healthy church.
Even his own friend, Paul Tripp, described the environment as “without a doubt, the most abusive, coercive ministry culture I’ve ever been involved with.”
Even after his own elders conducted a massive 1,000-hour investigation in 2014, they didn’t find “heresy” in the legal sense, but they found something just as disqualifying: a man guilty of arrogance, harsh speech, and a domineering leadership style that bullied those under his authority. He had restructured his church bylaws back in 2007 to ensure he had “yes-men” who wouldn’t question his decisions. That is not how a shepherd acts. That is how a CEO of a secular corporation acts.
Financial and Intellectual Dishonesty
An elder must be “above reproach” (1 Tim 3:2). Integrity isn’t just about avoiding a scandal; it’s about being honest in how you do the work of the ministry.
The Bestseller Scheme: In 2014, it came to light that Mars Hill paid a marketing firm about $210,000 of church money to buy 11,000 copies of his book “Real Marriage” just to land it on the New York Times bestseller list. Even the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) noted this violated ethical standards. It’s a lie, plain and simple.
Plagiarism: In 2013, allegations surfaced that he had lifted large sections of material from other authors without citation. Plagiarism experts confirmed he had not adequately credited his sources. A man who claims to be a teacher of the Word needs to be diligent and honest. Using ghostwriters and unattributed work isn’t just lazy; it’s deceptive.
Vulgarity and a Lack of Self-Control
The tongue is a fire (James 3:6). If a man cannot control his speech, he has no business standing behind a pulpit.
For years, Driscoll has been known as the “cussing pastor.” We have his old, pseudonymous “William Wallace II” blog posts full of vulgar, misogynistic, and homophobic rants. He has used his pulpit and his books to make crude comments about marriage and women that would make a sailor blush, much less a Christian elder. Even as recently as 2024, at the Stronger Men’s Conference, he was reported to have created a scene, publicly slamming a performer and causing a disruption that led other leaders to threaten to cut ties. This is not the conduct of a sober-minded man.
Divisive Teaching and Political Entanglements
If you want to know what a man truly believes, don’t look at his stage presence, look at his doctrine. Driscoll has frequently defined himself against historic, confessional Reformed orthodoxy. He’s rejected limited atonement, he’s called the Five Points of Calvinism “garbage,” and he’s flirted with bizarre notions about Christian nationalism, claiming critiques of that movement are “rooted in Satan.” He has even claimed to be slated for political events that organizers later denied he was ever invited to. Whether it’s vanity or a desire for relevance, this isn’t the behavior of a man grounded in the quiet, steady truth of the Gospel. (To be fair, these doctrinal positions are not formal “heresies” in the technical sense, but they show a man defining himself against orthodoxy, which is its own warning sign.)
Where Is the Repentance?
The saddest part of this whole saga is the lack of genuine restoration. In 2014, the Acts 29 network, which he founded, removed him, calling his behavior “ungodly and disqualifying,” and urged him to step down and seek help.
Did he? The evidence says no. In 2021, forty-one former elders signed a letter calling for him to resign from his current post because the patterns of abuse and behavioral concerns had continued. If a man hasn’t changed after two decades of being told his behavior is destroying those around him, when will he? There have even been allegations, and here we must be honest that these are only allegations, not established fact, that he runs his current ministry with a culture of 24/7 surveillance.
Guarding the Office
Brothers and sisters, why does this matter? Because the office of the elder is a sacred trust. It is not a platform for an ego. It is a humble calling to wash the feet of the saints and feed them with the pure milk of the Word.
A man who is arrogant, quick-tempered, and deceptive is disqualified. Period. The Scripture is not a suggestion box. When we allow men like this to continue in ministry without genuine, long-term, fruit-bearing repentance, we are spitting on the requirements set forth by the Holy Spirit.
The Gospel is not about a comeback tour. It is about a broken heart before a holy God. If you are sitting in a church where the “pastor” looks more like a celebrity than a servant, run to your Bible. Does he meet the standards of 1 Timothy 3? Does he love the sheep, or does he love the spotlight?
True repentance leads to a quiet life, a humble walk, and a heart that fears God more than the opinion of the world. Let us pray for the church, that we might once again prioritize the character of our leaders over the charisma of their delivery. And let us ourselves strive to be the men God calls us to be: humble, sober, and above reproach. There is a reason I’ve never reached for the office of elder. I don’t see that I am qualified biblically, and that is fine. Most of us are not. Don’t try to be a famous Christian. Extol Christ, and be a humble servant who lives a quiet life.

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Why Baptism Is a Symbol, Not a Savior

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Some folks love to twist the clear teaching of Scripture. They want to make baptism into some kind of magical water ritual that cleanses the soul. I have seen this error creep into too many churches. It is high time we look at the Word of God and stop elevating tradition above the text.
If you read the Bible plainly, without trying to manufacture a theology that saves you through wetness, you will see the truth. We are saved by grace through faith. Period.
The Strongest Argument: The Case of Cornelius
If you want to see the error of baptismal regeneration, look straight at Acts 10. This is the moment where the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles. Peter is preaching the Gospel. While he is still speaking, the Holy Spirit falls on everyone listening.
Acts 10:44 says, “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.”
Now, stop right there. Does the Holy Spirit fall on lost, unregenerate people? No. To have the Spirit is to be born again. To have the Spirit is to be united to Christ. Peter recognizes this immediately. He sees that they have the Spirit. They are already saved. Then, he commands that they be baptized.
If baptism were the means of regeneration, the sequence would be backward. Cornelius would have been sitting in his chair waiting for Peter to dunk him so he could finally get saved. But he did not. He got the Spirit first because he heard the truth and believed. The baptism was just the follow-up. It was the public verification of a reality that had already taken place.
The Apostle Paul’s Mission
Look at what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 1:14-17. He is writing to a church that is acting like a pack of fools, bickering over who baptized them. Paul thanks God that he baptized almost none of them.
Think about that. If baptism were the instrument of salvation, being the actual pipe through which the grace of God flows into your soul, Paul would have been baptizing everyone in sight. He would have been a baptism machine. Instead, he says he is glad he did not baptize them because he did not want anyone to boast. He says his call was to preach the Gospel.
You cannot preach the Gospel and say that the ritual of baptism is the means of your salvation. It is either the finished work of Christ on the cross, or it is the water. It cannot be both. Paul knew that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation, not the water of the baptistery.
Belief Precedes Baptism
Let us look at Acts 8:12. It says, “But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.”
Notice the order. It is crucial. They believed first. They accepted the truth of the Gospel. Then, and only then, did they get baptized. If baptism were the thing that made you a Christian, Philip would have had to drag them into the water before they understood anything. But that is not what the text says. Belief comes first. That is credobaptism. You believe, then you obey the command to be baptized.
The Thief on the Cross
Think about the thief on the cross. He was dying next to our Savior. He could not move. He could not get to a river. He could not perform any works of religion. But he looked at Jesus and trusted Him. And Jesus told him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43).
That man was not baptized. If he was saved without baptism, then baptism cannot be a requirement for salvation. It is just that simple.
Stop Confusing the Sign with the Reality
We are living in a time where people want to feel like they are doing something to earn God’s favor. They like the ritual. It makes them feel pious. But God does not want your rituals if you do not have a heart that has been transformed by faith in His Son. Romans 3:28 is clear: “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.”
A wedding ring is a symbol of marriage, but the ring does not make you married. The vows do. Baptism is the sign of the believer, but the act of dipping in the water does not make you a believer. Faith in the finished work of Christ does that.
Go back to the Word. Stop listening to the theologians who want to complicate the simple Gospel. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Everything else follows after.
Scripture References
Acts 10:44 (LSB): “While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message.”
Acts 10:47-48 (LSB): “Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he? And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:17 (LSB): “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.”
Acts 8:12 (LSB): “But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike.”
Luke 23:43 (LSB): “And He said to him, ‘Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.’”
Romans 3:28 (LSB): “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.”

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How Ignorance of God Leads to Moral Decay.

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Hosea 4:6 (LSB): “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from ministering as My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”

Historical Context and Meaning for God’s People Then (Ancient Israel)

Hosea prophesied in the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim) during a time of outward prosperity under King Jeroboam II, but deep spiritual and moral decay. The chapter opens with God’s “charge” or lawsuit against the land: “There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land” (Hosea 4:1). This led to rampant sin—swearing, lying, killing, stealing, adultery, and breaking all restraint (v. 2)—with creation itself suffering as a result (v. 3).

The priests, who were responsible for teaching God’s law (see Deuteronomy 33:10; Malachi 2:7), had rejected knowledge of Yahweh and His Torah (law/instruction). Instead of leading the people in covenant faithfulness, they profited from the people’s sins (e.g., eating sin offerings) and participated in or tolerated idolatry, which the prophets often describe as spiritual “harlotry” or adultery against God (Hosea 4:10-14).

Consequences:

  • Destruction of the people (judgment, exile).
  • Rejection of the priests from their role.
  • Forgetting of their children (generational impact).

The “knowledge” here is not mere intellectual facts but relational, covenantal knowledge of God—acknowledging Him as Lord, loving Him, obeying His law, and living with truth, mercy (hesed), and restraint. Rejecting it meant breaking the covenant, leading to societal collapse. This was part of the broader pattern that culminated in Israel’s fall to Assyria in 722 BC.

Relevance for the People of God Now

The principle remains highly relevant for God’s people today—both the church (as the new covenant people of God) and, in a broader sense, any who claim allegiance to Him. While the immediate context was Israel’s priesthood and national covenant, the New Testament applies similar warnings to believers (e.g., parallels in Romans 1, where suppressing knowledge of God leads to moral chaos).

Today, “lack of knowledge” often manifests as:

  • Neglect of Scripture and sound doctrine in favor of feelings, culture, or superficial spirituality.
  • Rejection of God’s revealed truth (in creation, conscience, and the Bible) in churches, families, and Christian institutions.
  • Leaders (pastors, teachers) who fail to teach the full counsel of God, sometimes accommodating or profiting from cultural sins.

The result is the same: God’s people are “destroyed” (spiritually weakened, ineffective, or facing discipline/judgment) not primarily by external enemies but by internal ignorance and rejection of truth. Generational consequences follow as children inherit a diluted or false version of faith. This is not about earning salvation but about the fruit of covenant relationship—knowing God leads to holiness, while rejecting knowledge leads to ruin.

How Ignorance of God’s Truth Leads to Lawlessness and Perversion

Hosea 4 vividly illustrates the progression: No knowledge of God → no truth or mercy → no restraint → lawlessness, bloodshed, sexual perversion (including ritual prostitution tied to idolatry), family breakdown, and even environmental decay.

When people (and leaders) suppress or reject the knowledge of God:

  • Moral compass is lost: Without the fear of the Lord and His standards, “everyone does what is right in his own eyes.” This produces the very sins listed—deception, violence, adultery, and idolatry.
  • Perversion flourishes: Idolatry (worshipping created things or self) and sexual immorality are linked. Romans 1 echoes this: Exchanging truth for a lie leads to dishonorable passions and a “debased mind” that approves what is evil.
  • Society unravels: Lawlessness abounds because there is no objective foundation for justice, mercy, or self-control. The “spirit of harlotry” (unfaithfulness) spreads across generations. We see modern parallels in cultural rejection of biblical sexuality, truth, and authority, resulting in confusion, exploitation, family erosion, and normalized wickedness.

Ignorance here is often willful (“rejected knowledge,” “forgotten the law”). It is not innocent lack but active suppression, leading to strong delusion and societal destruction.

The Solution

The solution is repentance and return to the knowledge of God:

  1. Seek and acknowledge God: Turn from idols (modern equivalents: self, pleasure, power, ideology) back to the true God revealed in Scripture and supremely in Jesus Christ (Hosea 6:1-3 urges, “Come, let us return to the LORD”).
  2. Renew knowledge of God’s Word: Pastors and believers must prioritize teaching and obeying the law/gospel. This includes sound doctrine, catechism, and applying truth to life. Knowledge of God transforms conduct.
  3. Covenant faithfulness: Live in truth, mercy, and holiness. For Christians, this means union with Christ by faith, empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk in obedience.
  4. Generational transmission: Teach children diligently (Deuteronomy 6) so they are not “forgotten.”

God’s grace is central—Hosea’s own story (marrying an unfaithful wife and redeeming her) pictures God’s pursuing love. He judges to restore, not merely to destroy. The ultimate solution is the gospel: Christ, who perfectly knew and obeyed God, takes the destruction we deserve so we can know God truly (John 17:3).

In summary, Hosea 4:6 calls God’s people across eras to guard the knowledge of God as life itself. Neglect it, and lawlessness follows; embrace it, and there is restoration, fruitfulness, and hope.

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The Religious jews Are Not Our Brothers In The Faith.

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Let’s talk for a moment, about the satanic religion of judaism. Did that get your attention? It should. Many Christians see people who practice judaism as spiritual brothers at worst, and at best they see them as some kind of good luck charm. If you treat the jews well, rub their belly three times, and say a prayer, God will grant your wish, type of superstition. Well, hate to burst your bubble, but none of that is Biblical. They rejected the jewish Messiah. They persist in their trust in tradition, and sacraments. In other words, they are are trusting in their own self righteousness, not the Savior.

They deny the Trinity. By denying the 2nd Person of God, Who put on human flesh, dwelt among us, and ultimately was crucified, had the just wrath of God poured out on Him on the cross in our place, laid down His life, and resurrected on the third day, to justify sinners to Himself, they deny the Messiah they were waiting for. They deny the true, and living God.

1 John 2:22-25, “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.”
John 3:16-21
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been done by God.”
I know that I’ve been talking a lot about islam, and how satanic it is. I don’t want to leave out how evil judaism is. They may not be out there decapitating, raping, robbing, and enslaving us in the open like the muslims, but they are not our brothers in Christ. Don’t be fooled. Many of them hate us as much as the muslims do.
Don’t get the Jewish ethnicity confused with the jewish religion, or the country of Israel. They are not all the same. Most Israelis are not religious jews. Many of them are not of Jewish descent. Just because a person is one of those, doesn’t mean they are all of those. It doesn’t mean they aren’t either. They could be all three. Hope that makes it clear who I’m talking about. In case it hasn’t, I’m talking about the religious jews.
Think about how they treated Jesus. They are still waiting for their messiah, and I’m just spit balling here, but I think there will be a one world religion comprised of jews, muslims, and roman catholics. They will tout it as a final unification of the three enemies, claiming that finally there will be world peace between the jews, christians, and muslims. The messiah figure they are waiting for will be the antichrist. Anyhow, food for thought. Don’t be fooled into thinking that religious jews are your brothers in the faith. They are not. They have their own interests, and designs.

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The Depraved Mind: Sin’s Vicious Grip and Christ’s Glorious Liberation

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The Depraved Mind: Sin’s Vicious Grip and Christ’s Glorious Liberation

Greetings, sinners redeemed by grace! In a world gone mad with “woke” nonsense and self-deifying philosophies, it’s high time we confront the ugly reality of the human mind enslaved to sin. You know, that twisted, rebellious spirit that leads straight to hell if left unchanged. But praise God, there’s hope! Today, we’re diving into God’s Word to expose the chains of sin, the judicial handover to depravity, and the sweet freedom found only in Jesus Christ.

The Sin-Enslaved Mind: Captive to the Flesh’s Tyranny

Let’s start with the bad news, because without it, the good news is just cotton candy theology. The Apostle Paul nails it in Romans 7:23 (LSB): “but I see a different law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a captive to the law of sin which is in my members.” Oh man, can you feel that? It’s like your brain’s got a civil war raging. One side screaming for righteousness, the other dragging you into the mud of lust, pride, and every other filthy vice. Paul ain’t sugarcoating it; he’s confessing the brutal truth that sin had enslaved us before our conversion, but the lost are still enslaved. The Christian fights against his sin, and loses. We rely solely on the grace, and mercy of Jesus.

Look at Romans 7:25: “So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.” Bam! Your spirit/mind wants God as a Christian, but your flesh is a traitor, sold out to the enemy. This isn’t some modern psychobabble about “inner conflicts”—it’s spiritual bondage. Romans 7:14 drives it home: the Law is spiritual, “but I am fleshly, having been sold into bondage under sin.” Sold like a cheap commodity at a flea market! And Jesus Himself warns in John 8:34: “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.” If you’re living in habitual rebellion; porn, greed, gossip, whatever, you’re not “free-spirited”; you’re shackled, or double minded. Remember, all Christians sin, but we don’t practice it. We practice righteousness.

Don’t get me started on the “progressive” crowd who call this outdated. They twist Scripture to justify their perversions, but God’s Word stands firm. Romans 8:5-7 exposes the carnal mind: those according to the flesh “set their minds on the things of the flesh… For the mind set on the flesh is death… because the mind set on the flesh is at enmity toward God.” Enmity! That’s outright hatred toward the Creator. Romans 6:16-18 spells it out: present yourself to sin, and you’re its obedient lapdog, heading for death. This enslaved spirit isn’t just a bad habit; it’s a death sentence, a hostile takeover by the enemy himself.

Given Over to Depravity: God’s Judgment on the Rebellious

Now, if that slavery wasn’t bad enough, Scripture shows what happens when you double down on stupidity and reject God outright. Romans 1:28 (LSB) drops the hammer: “And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do those things which are not proper.” Gave them over! That’s divine judgment, folks, not some passive “letting go,” but God actively handing rebels to their own devices. The context in Romans 1:18-32 is chilling: suppressing truth leads to futile thinking, darkened hearts, and boom! God says, “Fine, wallow in your filth.” Idolatry, homosexuality, greed, malice. It’s all there as the fruit of a depraved mind.

Ephesians 4:17-18 echoes this: Gentiles walk “in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their mind, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.” Hard-hearted ignorance? That’s the “enlightened” atheists and liberals of today, prancing around with their rainbow flags and evolution fairy tales, blind as bats to God’s glory. 2 Timothy 3:8 talks of “men of depraved mind,” disqualified from truth because they’ve rejected the Savior. 1 Timothy 6:5 hits false teachers as depraved, deprived of the gospel’s light.

This isn’t God being mean; it’s justice. You spit on His revelation in creation and conscience? He lets your mind rot in its own rebellion. We’ve seen it in history. Think Rome’s debauchery or today’s cultural sewer. But here’s the sarcasm for the skeptics: Sure, keep pretending your “free thinking” is liberated. It’s just chains disguised as choice, leading to eternal torment. Wake up!

Freedom from Enslavement: Christ’s Victory Over Sin’s Chains

Alright, enough doom and gloom. The Bible doesn’t leave us in the pit; it points to the Rescuer. Romans 8:2 (LSB) proclaims: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.” Set free! That’s not self-help; that’s supernatural liberation through the cross. Romans 6:18: “…and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” From sin’s slave to righteousness’ slave, what a trade-up!

Jesus declares in John 8:36: “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” Indeed! No halfway measures. Romans 6:22: “But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit, leading to sanctification…” And 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” This freedom removes the veil over hardened minds, as Paul says. Romans 8:15 assures believers: we “have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again…” No more cowering under sin’s whip!

How? Through Christ’s death and resurrection. He bore our sins, satisfied God’s wrath, and rose victorious. Romans 6:16-18 thanks God that though we were slaves, we can obey from the heart the gospel. This isn’t earned. It’s grace! But don’t cheapen it with antinomian slop; true freedom leads to holy living.

The Renewed Mind: Transformed by the Spirit’s Power

Finally, the capstone: not just freedom, but renewal. Romans 12:2 (LSB): “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Transformed! Like a caterpillar to a butterfly, but spiritual. Ephesians 4:23: “and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,” putting off the old self’s corruption and donning the new, created in God’s likeness.

Titus 3:5: Saved “through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” Ezekiel 36:26 promises: “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Fulfilled in Christ! Colossians 3:10 speaks of being renewed in knowledge after God’s image, and 1 Corinthians 2:16: “we have the mind of Christ.”

This renewed spirit sets our minds on things above, not fleshly junk (Romans 8:5-7 contrast). It’s daily, walking by the Spirit, crucifying the flesh. No more enmity; now peace with God.

Conclusion: Repent and Be Renewed!

So there you have it, straight from Scripture: sin enslaves the mind, God hands over the unrepentant to depravity, but Christ offers freedom and renewal. This world peddles lies like, “follow your heart,” “live your truth,” but that’s depraved drivel leading to destruction. If you’re reading this in bondage, hear me: Repent of your sins! Turn from that enslaved, unfit mind and trust solely in Jesus Christ, who died for sinners and rose to justify you before God. Do it now! Convert to Christ! His grace is sufficient, His renewal transforming.

If you’re already in Him, stand firm. Renew your mind daily in the Word, expose the darkness, and proclaim this gospel. No compromise with the world’s filth. Until next time, stay based in biblical truth. God bless.

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Islam is the Most Obvious Fake Religion.

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Islam makes these assertions; Allah is omniscient. (knows everything) The quran is factually without fault, or error. Muhammad did not make any errors in the recitation of it to the scribes. In the quran, allah says that the people of the book (Christians) are polytheists. The quran, hadith, and Muhammad say that Christians worship three gods, and in their misunderstanding of the Christian trinity claim that they worship God, Jesus, and Mary.

According to the Quran and Hadith/Islamic theology, Allah is fully omniscient (Al-ʿAlīm – “The All-Knowing”).
This is affirmed repeatedly as one of His eternal attributes with no possibility of ignorance or mistake (e.g., Quran 2:255, 6:59, 34:3, 16:19, etc.).

Yes, according to Islam, what Allah revealed and what Muhammad recited (the Quran) is factually true and completely without error.
The Quran is the literal, eternal, uncreated Word of Allah, perfectly preserved and transmitted verbatim (Quran 15:9, 53:3-4, 85:21-22).

Yes, the Quran (Allah’s revelation) and Muhammad’s teaching present Christians as committing shirk (associating partners with God) – i.e., polytheists.
Specific verses directly address Christian beliefs:

  • Quran 5:116: “And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, “Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?”’ He will say, ‘Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right…’”
  • Quran 5:73: “They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the third of three.’ And there is no god except one God.”
  • Quran 4:171: “O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion… The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah… So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, ‘Three’; desist – it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God.”

These verses (and 5:72, 9:30-31) accuse Christians of taking Jesus and Mary as deities/gods alongside or instead of the one true God, portraying their doctrine as polytheism.

According to the Bible and all historic Christian teaching, God is one God in three Persons – and Mary is explicitly NOT part of the Trinity, nor divine, nor a deity in any sense.

Biblical demonstration – the Trinity has always been taught as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit only:

  • Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name [singular] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
  • 2 Corinthians 13:14: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
  • Matthew 3:16-17 (Jesus’ baptism): The Son is in the water, the Holy Spirit descends as a dove, the Father speaks from heaven – three distinct Persons, one God.
  • John 1:1-3, 14; John 10:30; John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13-15; Isaiah 48:16, etc.

Every passage that defines God’s nature lists exactly these three Persons. The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible, but the doctrine is clearly taught from Genesis 1:26 onward and was the universal belief of the Church from the apostles.

Biblical demonstration – Mary is a created human, not divine, and never part of the Godhead:

  • Luke 1:38: Mary herself says, “Behold, I am the servant [handmaid] of the Lord.”
  • Luke 1:46-47: “And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.’” (She calls God her Savior – proving she needed salvation and is not divine.)
  • John 2:4: Jesus addresses her as “Woman” (not as co-equal deity).
  • Acts 1:14: Mary is listed among the disciples praying – she receives no worship.
  • No verse anywhere in the Bible presents Mary as God, part of the Trinity, or a deity to be worshipped. She is honored as the virgin mother of the incarnate Son, but she is fully human.

Historical demonstration – no Christians, in any era or region, have ever believed or taught that Mary is part of the Trinity or a deity:

  • From the very beginning (1st–4th centuries): All Church Fathers (Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Athanasius, etc.) taught the Trinity exclusively as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • Nicene Creed (325 AD, confirmed 381 AD) – the universal statement of Christian faith used by Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants to this day: “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty… And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God… And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life…” Mary is mentioned only once: “incarnate of the Virgin Mary” – to affirm Christ’s full humanity and divinity, not to include her in the Godhead.
  • Athanasian Creed (early 6th century, but reflecting earlier belief): Explicitly defines the Trinity as one God in three co-equal Persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – with zero mention of Mary as divine.
  • Council of Ephesus (431 AD): Gave Mary the title Theotokos (“God-bearer” / Mother of God) only to protect the truth that Jesus is fully God from the moment of conception. The council and all orthodox Christians explicitly rejected any worship of Mary as God.
  • Christians in Arabia in the 7th century (the time of Muhammad) were mainly Miaphysite (Jacobite) and Nestorian – both groups held the exact same Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and venerated Mary highly but never as divine or as a fourth member of the Godhead.

The only possible exception ever cited is the tiny, obscure, and condemned heretical group called the Collyridians (mentioned only by Epiphanius of Salamis around 375 AD – a source whose very existence many historians doubt). They were a fringe sect of women in Arabia who allegedly offered cakes to Mary in a pagan-syncretistic way. Epiphanius himself called it idolatry, insisted the Trinity alone is to be worshipped, and said Mary must not be worshipped. They were never mainstream, never represented what Christians believed, and did not teach that the Trinity consists of Father, Son, and Mary. They were rejected as heretics by the universal Church.

Therefore, the Quran’s portrayal is factually incorrect about Christian belief.

The Quran states that Christians (and even Jesus himself, according to 5:116) taught people to take Jesus and Mary as deities/gods besides Allah – something no Christian group in history has ever taught or believed. Christians have always taught, from the 1st century to today, that the Trinity is the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit – three Persons, one God – and that Mary is a redeemed human servant of God who needs a Savior.

Conclusion:
If Allah is truly omniscient and the Quran is His perfect, error-free revelation (as Islam claims), then this factual error about what Christians actually believe cannot exist. The revelation contains a clear mistake about Christian doctrine. Therefore:

  • Muhammad either misunderstood or lied about what Christians taught, or
  • the revelation he received contains error, or
  • Allah (being omniscient) would not have allowed such an error in His final, guarded Book (15:9).

This directly contradicts Islam’s own foundational claims about Allah and the Quran. Hence, by Islam’s own standards of divine omniscience and scriptural inerrancy, the revelation is in error – proving Islam false.

MooHamHead was a rapist, child molester, thief, murderer, torturer, slaver, liar, and engaged in homosexual behavior. He, and those who followed him, for the last 1400 years, have been doing the same things. They wage battles against those who don’t believe in Allah, or MooHamHead. When they kill their enemies, they enslave their wives, daughters, and sons. They rape the women, and boys. Sometimes to death. They enslave, and torture those whom they let live. They take all your land, and valuables. They burn the Churches down, and build mosques. They are the most evil, and vile, of people. Islam is a satanic death, and pervert cult. MooHamHead was a servant of satan. Cursed be his name. May pork be upon him.

Christian Nationalism · cultural · Islam Muslims quran

Jesus, or MooHamHead?

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Christ offers you justification to God, a sin propitiating, and expiating, marvel of mercy, and grace.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

not of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 LSB

What does allah offer? Die as a martyr, and you’ll have houris to have sex with in paradise. Kill all the unbelievers, and you can rape their wives, and daughters, to breed them out. Make slaves of their sons. Kill their old people. Take their property as loot. Burn their Churches, and build mosques on the site. They wipe their butts with the cross. They dig up the graves of Christians, and pour their bodies out on the ground. These things they have done, and are doing. They never stopped. You just don’t hear about it on the news. This is what being a good muslim is. Allah is a monster. MooHamHead is a devil. They are antichrist. MooHamHead was a liar, thief, rapist, child molester, pervert who did homosexual acts, he tortured and murdered people, and instructed his followers to do the same in order to serve islam, and go to paradise for the eternal orgy. Cursed by his name. May pork be upon him.

Compare him to Jesus. Jesus is God incarnate. We have one God, the true, and living God. One God, three persons. Muslims can’t even comprehend Him. They call us polytheists, and it is haram(is an Arabic term meaning ‘taboo’.) for them to even get the truth of this from us. Their god is supposed to be omniscient, but he doesn’t even understand the trinity. Neither did MooHamHead the liar false prophet of islam. Jesus offers you eternal life, adoption as His child, His perfect love, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit giving us communion with Him, for all eternity. He offers to make us whole, and healthy, in Jesus Christ. He offers us an eternity with no sin. Look to Christ on the cross. See how ugly a death He died. See the effect of your sins, and my sins, on Him. He who knew no sin became sin on our behalf. He took the wrath of God that we deserve, and paid the debt we owed. If you would simply repent of your sins, and trust solely in Him, you can have that eternal life, and sonship, in Christ.

Theology

Jesus is Our Priest.

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There is no New Testament prescription for the office of Priest that is in keeping with the Roman Catholic, or Orthodox churches. To the contrary, the teaching is that there is only one Who fulfilled the office of Priest, it is the Lord Jesus Christ. The New Testament priesthood is made up of all Christians. It isn’t an office reserved for individual men. Those Old Testament Priests were of the tribe of Levi, and had very specific, God ordained duties to perform in the tabernacle, and later in the temple. All of those duties were pointing forward to the incarnate Lord’s sacrifice as the spotless Passover lamb. There is no efficacious works for a human priest to perform that have not been perfectly completed by Christ during the crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection.

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
​1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, 2 being able to deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because of it, he is obligated, just as for the people, to also offer sacrifices for sins in the same way for himself. 4 And no one takes this honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.
5 In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
“YOU ARE MY SON,
TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”;
6 just as He says also in another passage,
“YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER
ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”
7 He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10 (LSB Strong’s)

23 And the former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, 24 but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant
​1 Now the main point in what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says, “THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. Hebrews 7:23 – 8:6 (LSB Strong’s)

5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone,
AND HE WHO BELIEVES UPON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.”
7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,
THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone,”
8 and,
“A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE.”
They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this stumbling they were also appointed.
9 But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. 1 Peter 2:5-10 (LSB Strong’s)

5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the witness for this proper time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Timothy 2:5-7 (LSB Strong’s)

creation · marriage · Theology

Lessons from the Wild: Animals’ Monogamous Bonds as a Shadow of God’s Design for Marriage

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In the vast tapestry of God’s creation, where the roar of lions mingles with the whisper of windswept plains, there lies a quiet testimony to fidelity that stirs the soul. From the elegant arch of a swan’s neck to the steadfast howl of a wolf pack, certain animals form bonds that endure a lifetime. But from a Biblical vantage, rooted in the unyielding authority of Scripture, these pairings are no mere quirk of nature. They are divinely etched parables, faint glimmers of the profound glory entrusted to humanity as the pinnacle of creation.

As we peer into the wild, let us allow these creatures to demonstrate words, illuminating the covenantal mystery of marriage that God ordained from the dawn of time.

The Created Echo: Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom

Scripture declares that the heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork (Psalm 19:1). So too do the beasts of the field and the birds of the air bear witness to His wise and good design (Romans 1:20). Consider the swan, gliding in perfect symmetry with its mate, performing courtship dances that span decades. Or the albatross, traversing vast oceans only to reunite with its lifelong partner in an aerial ballet of devotion. Gibbons swing through the canopy, their duets a symphony of territorial love, while wolves—fierce guardians of the pack—stand as alpha pairs, unyielding in loyalty until death claims one.

These are not anomalies; they are echoes. In a world marred by the Fall, where entropy pulls at every thread, God has preserved these instincts as signposts. The beaver dams its family fortress with tireless labor alongside its mate; the prairie vole clings with a hormonal tenacity studied by scientists yet ordained by the Creator. Even the humble French angelfish patrols coral realms in exclusive tandem.

Yet these bonds, beautiful as they are, remain creaturely—instinctual, not intentional. The animals do not utter vows; they do not grasp the weight of covenant. They simply are, displaying a shadow of permanence and exclusivity that whispers of something higher.

Humanity’s High Calling: The Imago Dei in One-Flesh Union

Here the glory ascends from shadow to substance, for man alone wears the crown of creation. “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… male and female he created them'” (Genesis 1:26–27, ESV). In this divine pronouncement, we find the blueprint: humanity, differentiated yet unified, reflecting the relational Trinity itself—Father, Son, and Spirit in eternal, perfect communion.

Marriage, then, is no human invention but a sacred ordinance, the “one-flesh” union that crowns Eden’s garden (Genesis 2:24). Jesus Himself harks back to this foundation, declaring it indissoluble save for the grave (Matthew 19:4–6). And in the New Testament, Paul unveils its deepest mystery: “This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32).

The animals’ fidelity is a prelude; human marriage is the symphony. Where the wolf models loyalty without words, the Christian husband and wife proclaim it—with vows spoken before God and witnesses, with forgiveness extended in the shadow of the cross, with children raised as arrows in the hand of the Almighty (Psalm 127:3–5). This is glory: not mere survival, but an institutional witness. The self-sacrificial love of spouses images the Bridegroom who “loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25).

A Rebuke and a Redemption: Shamed by Swans, Saved by the Savior

Oh, how these creatures indict us! In an age of no-fault divorce and fleeting affections, the swan does not abandon its mate for a newer pond; the albatross does not “trade up” after half a century; the gibbon sings no dirge of regret over infidelity. Their unthinking faithfulness shames our calculated betrayals, reminding us that lifelong monogamy is etched into the created order—a common grace that testifies against every heart grown callous (Jeremiah 17:9).

But praise God, the story does not end in shame. For those in Christ, marriage becomes a theater of redemption. The Spirit empowers what the flesh weakens; grace transforms stumbling fidelity into radiant gospel display. A couple who cleaves through trials, who serves without tallying score, who bears fruit in holiness—these are not just surviving Eden’s curse; they are previewing the wedding feast of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7–9).

The Pinnacle’s Privilege: Worship in Wedlock

Thus, the monogamous menagerie serves as a divine object lesson—a whisper from pre-Fall Eden, a call to reclaim what sin has fractured. Yet the full splendor belongs to us, image-bearers called to higher things. To whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). Let us, then, steward this glory with fear and wonder: husbands loving as Christ, wives submitting as the Church, both walking in the light of covenant-keeping grace.

In the end, the animals point beyond themselves. Their bonds allure us to gaze higher, toward the eternal union where no death parts, no shadow dims, and every vow finds its fulfillment in Him.

What say you, reader? Have you seen God’s fingerprints in the wild? Share in the comments below, and may your own story, wed or single, echo the faithful love of our Creator.

Further Reading:

  • Genesis 1–2 and Ephesians 5 (your Bible—start there!)

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Bible Reviews

Don’t Get This False Children’s Bible!

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The, “Just Love Story Bible” is a mess of Critical Race Theory, social justice, and feminist lies that will present a false god to your children, and keep them in idolatry. One of the authors of this lie, a person who calls herself, the Reverend Jacqui Lewis, said this about her work, “…the book’s goal is to teach children Christian lessons they ‘don’t have to unlearn because they understand from the beginning what this faith is really about…” Her goal wasn’t to accurately translate the word of God, and maintain the ideas He has communicated in His word.

If you think this is bad, just wait. There’s more. Another red flag for anyone who takes the word of God seriously is that Lewis claims to be a Reverend, or in other words she is assuming for herself the role of preaching elder. Which any serious student of God’s word knows is a role reserved only for matured in the faith men. Her co-author is a woman named, the Reverend Shannon Daley-Harris. Look! It is yet another feminist with a hyphenated last name, and she’s assumed the role of Reverend. Of course they are in a theologically liberal church. “…Lewis has long preached at Middle Collegiate Church, a multiethnic congregation in Manhattan’s East Village affiliated with the United Church of Christ…” While her co-author, Harris is an associate dean of Auburn Theological Seminary in Morningside Heights.

They couldn’t resist the urge to turn Moses, and Jesus from Jews into black men with afros. This isn’t the biggest offense, but it lets you know just one more thing about the liars producing this work. The illustrator is just as much an activist. It also figures that both the authors are from the Presbyterian USA denomination.

When asked, “Why did you create the Just Love Story Bible,” Lewis had this to say,

“I was approached by Beaming Books a while ago about doing an interfaith project. And as time went on, it seemed right to do a Christian book given all the meshugaas (a Yiddish term for madness) in the world about what Christianity is or isn’t. Shannon has all of these gifts from writing liturgy for the Children’s Defense Fund, and she’s got a really strong sense of the Hebrew Bible. Our agenda is teach young people a theology of love and justice that we don’t have to unlearn because they understand from the beginning what this faith is really about.”

Notice it was not her intention to accurately translate, or render the word of God. It was indoctrinate children into social justice, critical race theory, and feminism. I know. You are thinking, “That’s not what I read.” You have to look at the end product, and read in between the lines with liars like this.

Here is what Harris had to say about her work,

“It’s OK to actually tell kids from the get-go: Some of these stories are about true people and things that really happen, and some of them are made-up stories, but they’re in there because they can still teach us true things about God. You can tell the story of Jonah and the whale and still let kids at all these different developmental levels get into it imaginatively to extract the true lessons about us as God’s people, without feeling like they have to — pardon the pun — buy the swallowed-by-whale thing, hook, line and sinker.”

She, like almost all liberal theologians don’t actually believe the Bible. They pick, and choose. Before you say, “Whoa brother. There are parables that are told that didn’t really happen.” That is is not what she is talking about. You can see from her own words, she doesn’t believe the account of what happened to Jonah.

Don’t believe me about the CRT intent? Here is what Lewis said,

“It is the most gorgeous rainbow of faces. When we talk about what children can do and how they can be activists, or how they can be revolutionary lovers, that looks like a rainbow of people. But the biblical characters mostly look Black and brown and caramel, which is what we would really experience in the region. In the world where children have been exposed to white characters in Bibles for as long as Christianity has been Christian, now white children, I imagine, looking in this Bible and seeing brown people and thinking to themselves, “Oh, brown people belong to God, too.””

She doesn’t care what God has said. She only cares about how she can twist it to make CRT, social justice, activists of your children. This is disgusting, and perverse. The don’t even keep the text of the word of God. They create all new false stories/lies, and present them as the word of God. Look at the image at the top of this article. That is just one example.

Harris is just as bad. They don’t really care about what God has said. They simply make their own stories up.

“Frankly, the discipline of 300 to 500 words to tell a story in a sort of theologically responsible way. And knowing this book will be for some kids who go to church every Sunday with their families, and some who have never been before and are interested in what it’s all about. Some of them, there is enough dialogue and detail in the text to stay quite close to what we find in Scripture. And then others are almost more like modern midrash — that wonderful Jewish tradition of imagining a text, imagining what wasn’t said, what might have come before or come after. We say this explicitly in one of the introductions: How might the story have been told differently by somebody else who was there?”

Lewis goes on to promote a “hermeneutic of doubt.” This is what satan practiced. He is a liar, and a murderer from the beginning. He tempted Eve by asking her, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 and “And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5

Here is what Lewis said, “The New Testament is like this: There was a birth, a death and a resurrection. And (we) want to stay, in a way, orthodox enough that parents who really care about those stories will pick up the Bible and read it, and then we can stretch them, which was my hope and challenge. And when we got to resurrection, I went all the way philosophical, “some people like Plato think… ” and “some people like Aristotle think… ,” to just introduce our faith also includes doubt and the possibility of having a hermeneutic of suspicion. Did that happen? For me, it matters more that children know that love never dies, so that’s where I landed.”

If you don’t believe me about their theological positions as being theologically liberal, here it is in Harris’ own words when asked how she thinks theologically conservative Christians will receive her work,

“There will be a group of sort of literalist or fundamentalist folks for whom this isn’t a welcome resource. But it’s been really interesting to see the reception from not just folks who are raised progressive, but those who are raised in a tradition that no longer fit them, who did grow out of a theology and are looking for one that they can grow into and grow with alongside their children.”

Notice, she calls brands theologically conservative people as fundamentalists. This isn’t by accident.

Here is an excerpt from a news article where she intentionally calls sojourners, strangers/foreigners, immigrants. It is obvious what she is doing, but in case it isn’t to you. Read the excerpt.

Interviewer: “In your summary of Leviticus 19, you include the divine lesson “You shall love immigrants as yourself, for you were immigrants in the land of Egypt. I am your God.” Why did you choose that wording rather than that of other translations that have used “stranger” or “foreigner”?
Daley-Harris: Whatever the language is, the heart, essence and message is, “we’re all newly arrived at this place.” What does it mean to not try to slam the door behind you, but to really use that lived experience to create some empathy for those who are experiencing it anew? Other than our Indigenous friends who are still living in the United States, we’re all immigrants, ancestrally and historically, to this place.”

Of course it is blatantly, satanically, feminist. They tell slippery, soft, pleasant sounding lies, that tickle the ears of self-centered, fleshly, carnal, people.

“Absolutely: that Jesus was a feminist, and maybe there wasn’t language for that then, but he was a culturally Jewish man, a rabbi, who came to understand that he could relate to women differently than the culture around him. He engaged them. He drew them in. And I think those lessons are super important in this modern context. When Shannon and I say, we don’t want children to learn something they have to unlearn, we don’t want them to learn patriarchy from this story Bible.”

Her big concern? She doesn’t want them learning patriarchy from the word of God. Well, where should they learn the truth of it from? Muslims? Mormons? Jews? None of those cults actually treat women as equally being human, and deserving dignity as image bearers of God the way Biblical Christianity does.

Long story short, keep your kids, and grandkids, away from this satanic tripe. It is nothing but political ideologies wrapped up in a antichrist shawl, and served with cookies, and hot chocolate. Because the best liars are the ones who follow satan’s example.

Here is a link to the original article if you care to read it. https://religionnews.com/2025/10/16/new-childrens-bible-aims-to-capture-diverse-nonpatriarchal-theology-of-love-and-justice/