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Do you think Jack Hyles was a genuine Christian pastor who just went rogue due to pride and lust? Or was he a wolf in sheep’s clothing from the beginning? Perhaps only God can judge.

A horror film about hell? Thanks for sharing this bizarre item.

Churches and seminaries are facing a new challenge: the automation of pastoral work through agentic AI. Unlike generative tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini, agentic AI doesn’t wait for weekly prompts. Ask your AI agent once to prepare Sunday sermons by a certain day and time, and that’s it. The...

The church was an assembly of called out believers, gathered as a family of God. So it makes sense that they would meet in homes. Homes would be safer than in a hall or a designated church building, as persecution raged. The church in a city like Ephesus could assemble in several different...

If no one preached the gospel to you, you would not be a child of God.

Acts 2:46 And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. The assembling was in the temple and in homes. Where does your assembly meet for worship?

Acts 2:46 And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Not forsaking the assembly of ourselves together is not necessarily referencing temple worship. Early believers assembled primarily in homes. Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see...

While there is no recorded speech by Abel in the Bible, this does not mean he never spoke. There is also no mention of Abel sleeping, eating, or drinking, but he surely did all these. I think prophet Abel has much to say to us about proper sacrifice, brotherly love, brevity of life, obedience...

You haven’t posted articles here? Then what are your posts? And, once again, the member Armchair Apologist did not ask you to share your link, he told you that you can put the links in a tagline. QUOTE As I said, you can set up a tagline where you can include a link to your blogs. END QUOTE...

The member said you can set up a tagline (on your profile page) where you can include a link to your blogs. He did not ask for your Substack link directly. You then posted a link to your new Substack page that has only two visible articles in it. We have to login for more? Why did you have to...

You know why Jesus did not do what the devil suggested? Because Jesus did not want to obey the devil. You can directly face the fact that using power to benefit yourself is not necessarily a selfish or sinful act. Jesus did several things that benefited Him, and that’s okay. He passed through...

You just said you were not going to push traffic to your articles on another platform, then within about an hour, you post a link to your Substack page. How are we supposed to evaluate you based on this?

When you start feeling a bit too enthusiastic and enamored about a Bible teacher, it pays to Google their name with “controversy” tacked on. You may be shocked by the allegations or crime convictions that you discover. It can be heartbreaking and uncomfortable, but it needs to be done. Everyone...

No, that is not my question. Doing things that benefit yourself is not being selfish. Have you never done anything in your life that was of benefit to you? I hope you did not feel guilty about it. Eat a meal, exercise, attend college, go to the dentist, buy new clothes, get an haircut, etc.?

But you slid past the times when Jesus manifested supernatural powers to benefit Himself. He was on a mission. There wasn’t nothing wrong or selfish about Jesus doing things to escape mobs, pass through walls of locked rooms, walk on water, or make a boat instantly arrive at Capernaum. Why do...

He is not the first person to use this forum to promote links their blog posts. Posting 3, 4, 5 posts per day, and not interacting with anyone, gets tiresome.

When Jesus walked on the water, He also performed another miracle that benefited Him and His disciples. They had spent roughly 9 hours fighting the headwind and were stuck in the dead Center of the lake. At minimum they still had 4 hrs yet to go. They were exhausted and still miles from...

If the sexual allegations about Jack Hyles, his son David Hyles, his son in law Jack Schaap, and deacon A.V. Ballenger are true, they left a horrible legacy on First Baptist church of Hammond, Indiana and the IFB, sad to say. I listened to maybe 50 or more sermons by Jack Hyles before I...

Your automatic, knee jerk reaction may be to shout NO! But think about it. I think this topic is similar to how most preachers keep repeating. “Jesus spoke about hell more than He spoke about heaven”. Once a popular pastor makes some riveting remark, all the other Christian leaders pick up on...