Posts with the category “truthcurrents”

Have you ever wondered about hell? Why did God create hell? How can hell be a just punishment for sin? Who goes to hell and who avoids it?For the next few weeks, Pastor Michael and his friend, Emilio ...  Read More

The election was just this week, and we have about 70 days ahead of us of interim period before a new president takes the oath of office, and before a new congress takes their place. How should we app...  Read More

One of the reasons we do TruthCurrents here at Evergreen is because I believe we have the responsibility as Jesus followers to be intellectually solid enough in our thinking to be able to apply biblic...  Read More

The Washington Times reported last week on a story out of the United Kingdom. A man by the name of Adam Smith-Connor, a 20-year Army veteran, was arrested for anti-social behavior. Taken to court, he ...  Read More

Jesus Christ left to his church a charge that we call the Great Commission. He told us to go and as we go to make disciples, baptizing them, and teaching them to observe everything that he commanded. ...  Read More

Leftists in our generation love to say that the very topic of persecution of Christianity is nothing more than overblown misinformation because they say, Christianity is the oppressive force that make...  Read More

The publishing industry has a new popular theme: books related to the “threat to American democracy.” Turns out that, according to books like, “The False White Gospel,” “Confronting Christofascism,” “...  Read More

One of the story lines that keeps recurring during this election season is the incessant handwringing among the progressive left, worried about the fall of what they call “our democracy.” Pointing fin...  Read More

Summer is over and school is back in session, but not for Enoch Burke. Burke is a Christian who also happens to be a teacher in Westmeath, Ireland. He was fired from his job recently because he refuse...  Read More

A few weeks ago on X, formerly Twitter, there was an account managed for the Sesame Street character Elmo. A post was made on that account that simply said this, “Elmo is just checking in. How’s every...  Read More

Despite the Dobbs decision, which reversed Roe vs. Wade after a generation, it turns out that right now is a tough time to be a pro-life voter in America. Every time abortion has appeared on a state-l...  Read More

When I was a boy I used to laugh at the old men who would sit around and bemoan the fact that they miss the good ol’ days, the way things used to be. And I made a decision when I was young that I was ...  Read More

Molech is a name you may not recognize. He was a pagan god from the ancient world and he shows up in various places throughout the Old Testament. Molech was an oppressive god who demanded much from hi...  Read More

One of the things that happens to me and virtually any other pastor who dares to speak about politics in this generation is that the critics come out in full force. And in my experience, critics tend ...  Read More

I often hear this question: “Can an authentic Christian vote for the Democratic party?” Well, I think that’s the wrong question. Politics come and go. Issues and positions change. Culture shifts. I do...  Read More

As we enter the month of August it’s time to turn our attention to presidential politics. I’ve heard Christians say this year, more than I’ve ever heard before, that they plan to sit out this election...  Read More

Without a doubt, a lot of things have happened in recent weeks. We’ve seen the attempted assassination of a former United States President. We’ve seen the Republican National Convention unfold. And th...  Read More

After decades of government promoted abortion, it turns out that nations are now beginning to incentivize parenthood because they’ve discovered that they need more babies. Talk about the law of uninte...  Read More

As we come to the end of another Pride Month in America, it’s appropriate for us to consider where we stand with our culture with regard to “gay pride” and “LGBTQ rights.” Colin J. Smothers, “The mode...  Read More

It’s called, “The National Defense Authorization Act of 2025.” It’s a new bill that is being advanced to the full Senate from the Senate Armed Services Committee and it will make it possible for your ...  Read More

Last week in Indianapolis, IN, almost 11,000 messengers representing hundreds of churches from across the United States and across the world came together for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptis...  Read More

In recent news, the Boy Scouts of America have now completed their surrender to the culture that started several years ago. And the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs has ignited a firestorm of critici...  Read More

“Death to America!” That’s a chant that we see on TV sometimes. It usually comes from somewhere in Tehran or another place in the Middle East, but lately it has shown up in Dearborn, Michigan, the jih...  Read More

The goal of TruthCurrents is to help us learn how to frame current events according to biblical principles so that we can think biblical thoughts about the world around us. Today, I want to talk throu...  Read More

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day and in a culture that can no longer even define the term “woman,” Mother’s Day is a bit of an anachronism. It’s a day that reminds us of some things that we intuitively kn...  Read More

In his prescient novel, 1984, George Orwell argued that the control of language is a means by which governments and other totalitarian agencies control the narrative, the agenda, the way we control pe...  Read More

“What does the Bible mean to me?” That’s the question of our day because we live in a time when people want to interpret the Bible according to their own priorities and to deliver the narrative or mes...  Read More

A couple of years ago when the Dobbs decision threw Roe vs. Wade back to the states, a lot of us thought that the abortion conversation would begin to decline and eventually become less significant as...  Read More

Critics of the Bible often say that rather than the Word of God, the Bible is just a man-made document that is about ancient stories and has no relevance to today. And yet, over thousands of years the...  Read More

In the category of “You Just Can’t Make This Up,” last Sunday, March 31st, 2024 was both Easter Sunday for western Christianity as well as National Transgender Visibility Day. In writing the proclamat...  Read More

This week is opening day for the 2024 MLB season. We ought to be talking about the prospects for each team or how the LA Dodgers committed $1 billion this winter to are agents trying to buy a World Se...  Read More

I had a private conversation recently where I used the language, “tyrant” to refer to some decisions by our federal government. The person I was talking to said, “Pastor, that’s a little overkill. Isn...  Read More

Alistair Begg is a widely popular conservative preacher. He has a program called “Truth For Life” that is very popular. He is a speaker at conferences and events across the nation regularly. But recen...  Read More

Have you ever been right about something that you really wanted to be wrong about? Well Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court knows exactly how that feels. He was right, but he didn’t want to...  Read More

Sometimes it just feels like the end of the world when I can’t get my favorite chicken sandwich on a Sunday. At least, that’s what lawmakers in New York think because they want Chik-fil-a to have to o...  Read More

In almost any restaurant in America, Christians can pray or give thanks before their meal without any concern about retribution. They can do that because their religious liberty rights are protected b...  Read More

In this election year, voters in two separate polls, have identified immigration as the top issue they want politicians to deal with. Welcoming people across our border while disregarding our laws is ...  Read More

A few weeks ago right before Christmas, the current Pope announced a new doctrinal position for the Roman Catholic Church. He is now allowing Priests to bless same-gender marriages. And the church tel...  Read More

Presidential election season has begun and it is full speed ahead. Lots of debates about the issues that voters are concerned about. But the greatest threat to America is untrustworthy and incompetent...  Read More

The big words today are disinformation and misinformation, the idea that what you think is not correct and somebody is going to tell you what you really need to know. Maybe it’s big tech, maybe it’s t...  Read More