This is a short clip from a longer video discussing one of the many issues I go over in the MegaChurch model. The longer version of this video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0QvXOtJ58Q&t=2828s In my experience with the MegaChurch, I sometimes wonder if it looks more like a humanitarian corporation than a Gospel soul-winning machine. Jesus made crowd-thinning statements. H...
This is in Mark chapter 9 and it’s a simple scripture, but every time I come across it, it stuns and humbles me. Jesus... I believe!...but please help my unbelief. I was reading this recently and felt led to share these ideas with you guys and the beauty of this scripture and simple event. Other Resources: What Is the Gospel?: https://youtu.be/YkxEdB_3QLM Can we Please Give New Christians ...
I thought I'd make a video on how I 'bible study'. Yes, I use that word as a verb no matter how much my Grammarly wants to correct it. I hope this helps you guys be more confident when you sit down and try to study. Have a different method that you think might be helpful for others? Share it in the comments! Keep in mind, this is more for casual and simplified Bible study. I think of the busy ...
I brought my friend Jeff Morgan on to talk about Judaism and answer common questions that Christians have about what the Jewish people believe. In this short clip, we talk about how Christians love the Jewish people and some considerations when talking with them about the Messiah. Watch Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/-aPA_uQWaok Jeff's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW...
This is a short clip from a longer video that can be found here: https://youtu.be/1VfZDep6Z50 In this clip, I discuss how we need to strive to understand different perspectives and how it can help us reason with and reach others. My friend Rob Bowman made this post, and he's one of the most respected men in his field. He's a biblical scholar and apologist with 35 years of ministry experience...
Is it true that every new age practice has a sanctified practice of it? Is there a sanctified version of adultery? Stealing? So why with Witchcraft? Channeling? Necromancy? There is no sanctified practice of these things. These are not imitations or perversions of something good, they’re just outright defiance and disobedience. You don't redeem these things. You *divorce* them. Link to full v...
How spiritually mature are we? Sometimes I don't measure up. Like... at all. I have observed some of the most admirable Christians in my life and have learned so much about Jesus just by watching them. These are areas that I see that are scriptural and can demonstrably be shown by how some Christians respond to certain things. Timestamps: 0:46- 1. Filter Feelings Through Scripture/High Emotio...
There's MUCH more to her story and this conversation. Here's the link to the whole video here: https://youtu.be/anLxU9riiqA In this short clip, Jen, a former lesbian, explains how when she understood what God's love and grace were then it changed everything. We also talk about the culture's redefinition of love and tolerance. Other Great Resources: Mike Winger's Series on the biblical view o...
The link to the longer video is found here: https://youtu.be/C8K8h0OL9sQ John 10:10 says: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." In the New Age, this scripture (among many others) I heard used regularly to promote the idea that Jesus taught that His purpose was to give us a prosperous and abundant life, overflowing with ble...
The link to the longer video is found here: https://youtu.be/C8K8h0OL9sQ Mark 11:24 says, "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." In the new age and in many churches, it's taught that if you believe hard enough what you've prayed for, then you *must* receive whatever you've asked for. The logic is that since you're havin...
Heads up... Dense conversation ahead. You've been warned. What do you do when suddenly everything in your culture gets turned around? We're finding more and more people embracing blatant lies thinking it's the high moral ground. As language becomes less expressive, minds are more easily controlled. Wrong is right. Right is wrong. Up is down. Down is up. Babies in the womb aren't actually babi...
The link to the longer video is found here: https://youtu.be/C8K8h0OL9sQ This was my favorite segment of this two-hour video. Matthew 7:7-8 says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." This was the ultimate scripture used ...
What do we do when we have churches with their hearts in the right place but their methodologies, priorities, and goals are flawed? The "American Church" style has a reputation for entertainment, preaching prosperity, life application, wonders, healing, and miracles... but not necessarily the Gospel, or exegeting scripture and theology. It creates a frustratingly watered-down gospel and puts th...
This is a short clip from a longer interview found here: https://youtu.be/a686EkPTP6M Micah Wilder was raised a faithful Latter-Day Saint, or LDS which some people might know better as ‘Mormon’. He is a co-founder of Adams Road ministry, a music ministry that is performed at over 1000 churches across the U.S. He briefly attended Brigham Young University, and at the age of 19 went on a two year...
The link to the longer video is found here: https://youtu.be/-JlSa26DVGY If we ask Jesus to protect us before we sin, is He obligated to? The advice that's given in the book, "The Physics of Heaven" by Bethel is to have more faith in the Lord's ability to keep you than the Devil's ability to steal you away, and that you can never be snatched out of Jesus's hand. Their logic is that if you're a...
The link to the longer video is found here: https://youtu.be/C8K8h0OL9sQ Proverbs 23:7 says "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." For many people, this is a scripture that means that we'll attract what we think about. This is a proof text used to supposedly show that our thoughts have magnetic power, and if we can harness the power of positive thinking then we can become what we think abo...
This is a shorter clip from a longer interview done with John Cooper from Skillet. In this clip, we talk about how it's difficult to discern who's a Christian anymore and when we have Christian leaders who were elevated to celebrity status but never really had a high degree of truth for Scripture. Longer video can be found here: https://youtu.be/oF9cnI7nlAQ Resources mentioned in the video: ...
What happens when you die? Is heaven real? What about reincarnation, NDE's, hell, and if the soul even exists? Lots of people ask questions about these topics and wonder if they're compatible with Christianity. (Spoiler alert... they're not.) We have a conversation about these topics from a Biblical Christian worldview. These are topics that Lee Strobel covers in his new book, "A Case for H...
I'm very excited to share this video. I loved making it. In this video, I’m going to give you some core differences between the type of love we see expressed in society, the culture, and the world compared to the love that is taught in the Bible… and yes, there’s a big difference. When I was in the New Age, I had a complete distortion of what I understood ‘love’ to be, but at the time I truly p...
In this clip, I speak about how we can learn something from others with a different view, and why we need to be wise when properly representing other viewpoints. My friend Rob Bowman made this post, and he's one of the most respected men in his field. He's a biblical scholar and apologist with 35 years of ministry experience. He's authored about a dozen books, one of my favorites being, "Putt...
Salvation and water baptism are a lot like marriage. It’s not the wedding ring that makes you married, right? It’s the inner commitment and the vows that you take. Accepting Jesus as Lord and committing your life to Him, is like the wedding vows, the commitment that comes from within. The water baptism is like putting on the wedding ring. You want people to know that you’re married. It’s a publ...
In my opinion, one of the most misunderstood passages in the gospels is in John 10:33-36 when Jesus is talking to the Pharisees. It says, “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’? If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—...
Is there a better way to talk to and treat those you disagree with? Does loving others with who we vastly disagree mean we have to sacrifice our theology (and humanity) to do it? Where do we draw the line? Does the topic of Calvinism, atheism, politics, LGBTQ+, or other contentious topics deeply anger you to the point of being aggressive and reactively lashing out about it? How can we act mor...
*This was originally on my podcast. I uploaded it here to YouTube land for your listening pleasure. There is no video of this, just audio.* Men are amazing, useful, necessary, and contribute immeasurably to society. Demi Lovato is a woman. A few years ago both of these statements would have been obviously true and acceptable. Now, they conjure up wrath, division, and bitterness. Sometimes I...
For a while now I’ve been wanting to cover this topic about God’s attributes, and in my study of putting together this video, I discovered that this is also a *great* way to show the validity, perfection, and necessity of God being a Trinity, particularly in God’s love. I think a lot of unbelievers-and even believers- think they know who God is and how He functions. But so many things are compl...
Just a heads up... I just had too much fun making this video. The sass... the tea... the lame jokes. Next level. Today’s video are just ways to make you the most interesting person at your next dinner party. For those of you who are senior Christians, then just a heads up, this video isn’t really aimed at you, but who knows, there might be something you didn’t know! After a recent conversatio...
To some people, an emotional high with God means they’re close with Him and He is pleased with them. They're addicted to the sensation. To them, if you're not constantly filled with the Holy Spirit... if you're not 'twitterpated all the time... then you're not as loved by God. What happens when people don’t believe they’re loved by God unless they’re having constant supernatural encounters with...
Here's my top ten... ish.... book list for 2021! (Lifehack: If you put 'ish' at the end of anything, you can apparently make it longer!) This is definitely not an exhaustive list, nor are they in any particular order. These are the books that have made a big impact on me this year. I wanted to add books that were (mostly) new and different from interviews I've done this year with the author. Ha...
Paul and Morgan are Christian YouTubers that some of you might have come across on your Tubes of You scrolling adventures. Through a very interesting series of events, I came across a video that they did about how they left the Hyper-Charismatic movement. (This is purposely called *hyper* charismatic because it's an extreme belief about how God works in the supernatural.) Intrigued, I watched i...
I had the great privilege to sit with my friend Dan Tate and talk about Mormonism. Dan used to be LDS. (Latter Day Saint, another name for Mormons, for those that don't know.) In this short clip he discusses some stereotypical views of Mormonism and some background on Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Link to the longer video is here: https://youtu.be/WoQGpQnNQPg My Social Media: Facebo...
1 John 4:16-18 says: "So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishm...
This is my somewhat artistic/poetic perspective on how people can say they follow Jesus, but don't do what He says. My Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewAgeToChristianity/ Instagram: @melissaldougherty My Website: https://www.melissadougherty.co/ If you are led, consider donating: https://paypal.me/MelissaDougherty77
