God Is Not Impressed With Spectacular Prayers

Matthew 6:7, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”

I recently heard a ministerial student pray for me. I didn't laugh but wanted to. He prayed something like this...

Dear Father of spectacular lights and all created beings, great God of the cosmos and all personalities in the universe, I pray with all superlatives and depth of richness from my soul. Please bestow your grandeur blessings upon this struggling servant of yours. We pray for the beneficial magnificent of thine orderly blessings.

Something like that. I cannot even repeat his formal speech, but he lost me after the first sentence. I thanked the younger fella for praying for me because he did it from a sincere heart. But I felt compelled to write this article to teach others that when you pray, just be yourself. It is annoying to me when people pray using big words, and in my humble opinion are being hypocritically sanctimonious in nature, laying it on thick with the religious lingo. There is just something sweet about hearing a simple common man pray. You can keep all that bigger than life, Hollywood style, theological deeper life, stuff-shirt type pompous prayers. That doesn't impress me at all, and I think I can confidently say neither does it impress God.

I heard Pastor Jack Hyles say that he doesn't like praying in public, and I couldn't agree more. Dr. Hyles says that when we pray in the presence of others, we are carefully articulating out words to impress other people. Whereas when we pray at home alone, or in the solitude of our soul, we just talk to God as we would a friend (and that's how prayer should be).

I am against religion formalism in church. When I attended the Discovery Class for the First Baptist Church of Pensacola in 2022, one of their assistant pastors said that their church prides itself in “formal worship.” That didn't impress me one bit. In stark contrast, my hero of the Christian faith Pastor Jack Hyles wrote a whole chapter against formalism in his 1993 helpful book titled, “Enemies Of Soul Winning.” In am referring to chapter 3, “Formal Worship: An Enemy Of Soul Winning.” Nothing has killed churches today like formal worship!

At the First Baptist Church of Pensacola they do not sing the old hymns of the Christian faith that I grew up with and cherish. Instead, they sing spiritually lifeless Episcopalian type formal songs that are a sure cure for insomnia. The church is weird. They host a contemporary church service at 8:15 am, and then a formal worship service at 10:45 am. I always say that the contemporary service is too contemporary for me, and the formal service is too formal for me.

In neither church service do they sing the wonderful old hymns of the faith. They don't sing songs like: At Calvary, What A Friend We have In Jesus, I Am Resolved, At The Cross and Nothing But The Blood. Sorry, you won't find those foundational songs of the Christian faith in America at the First Baptist Church of Pensacola. Instead, you'll find 7-11 songs. That is, 7 words repeated 11 times. I dread today's lifeless neo-evangelical church music!

You'll sadly also find the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. You'll find that nearly all the women wear their worldly pants. The preaching is lame at best, and dead. The church does a lot of charitable work for the community, but that doesn't make them good people. Please listen to Evangelist Justin Zhong preach this applicable sermon titled: 'Balaam, Son Of Bosor.' Even the Apostle Judas was given the power by Jesus to cast out demons (Matthew 11:1); and yet the Bible says Judas was a known thief (John 12:6), and had a devil in him (John 7:70). I digress.

When Evangelist John R. Rice (1895-1980) was asked to pray for the meal they were about to eat at Hyles-Anderson College, everybody expected him to pray a lengthy sanctimonious pietistic type of prayer. But the elderly godly preacher simply prayed: “Thank you dear Lord for this food we are about to eat. Amen.” I want to be that man! I don't want to impress others with my praying. I dread praying in public, I really do, and I try to avoid it at all cost. In the last church that I attended, I intentionally didn't join, knowing that only voted-in members were allowed to pray publicly. They never asked me to pray and I couldn't have been happier not being asked to pray. My life of prayer is personal between me and my faithful God.

But if you are asked to pray in public friend, please don't sound like a religious nut. I mean, you can clearly tell when someone has prepared a prayer. If you ever watch someone pray at a White House prayer breakfast, they read off a teleprompter. Nothing is said from the heart. President Donald Trump has been known to use a teleprompter during speeches, including prayer gatherings at the White House. Prayers should never be read from a script. To do so just proves that it's all a carefully plotted ruse, not sincere.

Matthew 6:7, “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” I often think about this Bible verse, because it confirms that heathens can pray. As I mentioned earlier, Judas Iscariot had the power to cast out devils (Matthew 11:1). Hellbound heathens can pray, fast, tithe, fear God and give alms to the poor, as evidenced by Cornelius in Acts chapter 10. Cornelius didn't get saved until Acts 10:44. He was a good man, but lost, until he came to faith in Jesus Christ later on.

The 450 hellbound prophets of Baal during Elijah's time were all religious. The world is full of religious heathens (Matthew 15:8). Jesus confirmed that most of the world is going straight to Hell when they die (Luke 13:23-24).

When I am asked to pray publicly, I just keep it simple and try to talk to God as if no one else is there. Obviously that is not possible, and can be risky if you say something that you shouldn't say, but I always try to keep my prayer's length to a minimum. God already knows what we want and need even before we pray, so we don't need to pray lengthy prayers (Matthew 6:8).

Dr. John R. Rice was famous for teaching the truth, “Prayer is asking!” God wants us to cast all our cares upon Him (1st Peter 5:7). The Lord doesn't want us to be stressed out about anything, but to bring all of our needs and supplications (long term requests) to God in prayer (Philippians 4:6-8). God always hears our prayers, but we don't know what He will do. I agree with Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) that if we could see all that God sees, we would never question His motives again when He seems to ignore our prayers. God knows what is best!

I admit that I often feel like the meme below at the bottom of this page. It makes no sense to me oftentimes why God ignores the saints when we cry out to Him, but Jesus taught in Luke 18:1-8 that God the Father will oftentimes ignore His children to test us, because without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please Him (Hebrews 11:6). A faith must be tested.

The unjust judge ignored the widow simply because he couldn't have cared less about her as a hurting human being; but in sharp contrast, God ignores us because He does care and wants our faith to grow. Unshakable faith comes from having our faith shaken! Nothing shakes a believer's faith like unanswered prayers from our heavenly Father. What did Jesus say about that? Luke 18:1, “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” Just keep on praying, whether it seems God answers or not.

I have lived long enough to know, having been born again for 47 years since age 12 in 1979, that God oftentimes answers my prayers in ways which I hadn't seen until I was able to look back in hindsight decades later. The old adage is true: When you cannot see the hand of God at work, trust the great heart of God. “God” is not mentioned one time in the Old Testament book of Esther, yet we are given a privileged look into the lives of God's saints, so that we can see that everything worked out for good in the end (Romans 15:4).

Multiple Accusations Do Not Make A Person Guilty

1st Kings 21:13-14, “And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king.  Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.”

We are living today in perilous times of wicked slander, hatred and allegations on social media. Literally, anybody can say anything about anyone in the court of public opinion, and there is no cross examination to defend the accused. Countless lives have (and are being) destroyed by allegations made on social media. This is the perverse “Me Too” generation, where anybody can claim to be a “victim” to gain attention, money and sympathy. Once someone accuses you, there is absolutely NO WAY to defend yourself to clear your name, and that is wicked. It should be the other way around, that unless there is solid evidence you cannot be deemed guilty.

Check this horror story out. I remember when I lived in Chicago, hearing about this horror story in the daily news, that I felt so sorry for this poor teacher, Albert Thompson (then age 43). I remember that the school fired the man before they had all the details to protect the school. Angry people in the public were protesting outside the man's personal home, throwing tomatoes and garbage at his house. Days later police investigators learned that those 11 children all ruthlessly LIED. ...

FOR $1, PUPILS ACCUSE TEACHER OF SEX ABUSE

By Associated Press | May 18, 1994

When 11 fourth-graders accused their substitute teacher of molesting them, authorities were ready to believe them. Even the teacher agreed that children so young rarely lie about such things.

This time, they did lie - prodded, police say, by a classmate who had offered them $1 apiece to accuse the teacher falsely. "What's so scary - and so sad - is that you've got 9-year-old kids sophisticated enough to know they can get a teacher by saying he fondled them," Chicago Teachers Union spokeswoman Jackie Gallagher said.

"You just don't want to think that our little kids who you're still reading nursery rhymes to are figuring they're going to stick it to their teacher."

Albert Thompson told police his class at Fuller Elementary School on Chicago's South Side became unruly during his May 9 assignment. He said some children ran out of the classroom, and he had to stand by the door to keep others inside.

When Thompson threatened to report their misbehavior, a 9-year-old girl offered to pay 10 classmates - nine girls and a boy - $1 each if they joined her in claiming that Thompson fondled them, police said.

Thompson, 43, never was charged. Police cleared him after some of the children made inconsistent statements and one admitted they had made up the story to get him in trouble. The 9-year-old also recanted, police said.

But he hasn't gotten another teaching assignment.

"We're in a society where you're guilty until proven innocent," Thompson said Tuesday. Political correctness and children's rights "overrode my rights," he said.

At the same time, even Thompson said the case was unusual. "For every case like mine, there are nine cases" where a child really was abused, he said.

"This is really the exception," said Bette L. Bottoms, an assistant psychology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has researched the use of child witnesses in sexual abuse cases. "Let's not use this as an example to discredit children in general."

Lt. Robert Hargesheimer said the children probably had not thought through their actions and how the allegations "could damage this guy personally and professionally."

The district still must review the police report before giving Thompson more teaching assignments, said schools spokesman Dawne Simmons.

School officials are also trying to decide how to punish the youngsters.

Gallagher said the children will benefit more from counseling than severe punishment.

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Isn't that terrible? Albert Thompson is absolutely right, “We're in a society where you're guilty until proven innocent.” Thanks to DNA technology and testing, hundreds of wrongfully convicted men have been exonerated and released from prison decades later who were falsely accused of a horrible crime. As of April 14, 2025, in the United States alone 375 men have been exonerated of criminal behavior by DNA evidence. It is tragic and evil that police investigators under public pressure to find a criminal often blame innocent people!

This true story of Albert Thompson, who was FALSELY accused of molesting 11 children in his classroom, serves to warn everyone why we should NEVER believe any accusations against anyone until all the details are gathered, and there is irrefutable evidence to indict them.

In Defense of Pastor Steven Anderson

I posted this blog because all the hordes of hell lately have come against Pastor Steven Anderson, accusing him of abusing his wife and children. The evidence doesn't exist! Just because his four adult children (who are barely out of their teens) claim they were physically abused, doesn't make it true. We must keep in mind that Brother Anderson is a well-known Independent Fundamental Baptist preacher, so he is hated by everyone for his biblical stand. God pity the preacher that the world don't hate!

If Steven Anderson were a plumber, Walmart manager or dog catcher, nobody would care what goes on under his roof at home. You know that to be very true friend. Pastor Jack Hyles was right, “No one can withstand the attack of a critic.”

A man sent me a message today slandering my ministry friend Pastor Steven Anderson, and included a link to Paul Wittenberger's new slanderous hateful documentary titled: 'Man of God: The Cord.' Here is what the critical man messaged to me about Brother Anderson...

“Such anger. Such Rage this man took out on his whole family. This is not the fruit of the Spirit love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self control. How terrible.”

And here is my biblical reply to this critic, in defense of Pastor Anderson's justly presumed innocence...

Kindly said, what you are doing is evil. You are a fool if you believe that garbage. CPS has been to Pastor Anderson's home several times without warning and they've left impressed every time. If the Anderson's children were in harm's way, CPS would have removed the remaining eight children from their home, BUT THEY HAVEN'T! 

I have four adult children all in their thirties now. When they were teenagers they were a handful. They went through a time of rebellion where they thought they knew more than Mom and Dad. I went thought the same rebellious stage as a teenager. The Anderson's children are no different, they are still kids caught between childhood and adulthood, juveniles. 

Paul Wittenberger is a human piece of trash! He is a hateful bitter man who used to produce pornographic videos. Now he produces hateful slanderous videos attacking a godly fundamentalist preacher. Paul is no better than Christ-denier Eric Skwarczynski at the 'Preacher Boys' toilet channel on YouTube. Pastor Anderson is not perfect (no preacher is; I'm sure not), but there is NO EVIDENCE that he has abused his family, only accusations. Accusations are not facts! I go through this all the time with Pastor Jack Hyles' enemies, who hate on him with slander without facts. 

Paul Wittenberger and his ungodly accomplices are pulling Pastor Anderson's sermon words out of context, twisting the facts and distorting the truth in a wicked effort to push an agenda to destroy God's man. Here's the honest video that you should be watching, in which you can hear John Anderson talk about how good of a parent his Dad is (John later changed his story 180 degrees, indicting himself as a liar).

My father used to beat me mercilessly with a belt countless times and it hurt! I had marks! Sometimes I didn't deserve it, but most times I did (Hebrews 12:6-8). Sometimes he'd hit me all over and blame me for moving around while he spanked me. Right! NOTHING hurts worse than the slap of a leather belt!!! I thought my father was a jerk at the time. But today, I THANK GOD for my strict Dad that he spanked me, because I'm a law abiding citizen today! I'm not in prison. I'm not a drug addict bum surviving on the streets. I'm not a panhandler. I am a responsible man! I care. I fear God and the law. I owe that to my Christian Dad. If you have a problem with spanking children, you are a Bible denying fool and not right with God. 

Paul Wittenberger with his magnifying glass is wickedly digging for dirt, connecting dots that don't exist, lifting Pastor Anderson's words and phrases out of context in his sermons to fabricate a false narrative to damage his name, reputation and ministry. 

THE TRUTH is that Paul Wittenberger is a greedy man! He is angry at Brother Anderson for costing him his Alex Jones connection (and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years). Alex Jones has several million followers. Pastor Anderson took a proper biblical stand against Alex for his worldliness and heresy which caused Alex and Pastor Anderson to part ways. When that happened, Paul Wittenberger lost his cash cow! That is the hatred, anger and bitterness fueling Paul's campaign to destroy Pastor Anderson's ministry. Paul is bitter 

This "Man of God" documentary by Paul Wittenberger is 100% slander! I heard Miriam criticizing her Dad for studying too much. That's a great father whom she should be proud of. There's not a perfect parent on planet earth, but this video is sinfully trying to connect a bunch of dots to wrongly demonize two great parents. Pastor Anderson is 100% correct in his teachings about spanking and disciplining children. Wicked society today does NOT follow, recognize nor regard God's Word. 

The bottom line is that people will always believe what they want to believe, with total disregard for the truth if it doesn't fit their agenda. We see this every day in the ungodly media concerning President Donald Trump. In the eyes of the insane Democrats, President Trump cannot do anything right. They hate him without cause for what he stands for, the Christian conservative right. 

Pastor Anderson is my ministry friend and I will defend him to the hills. I am a friend at midnight. I refuse to condemn a man based on mere unfounded allegations. I don't care of dozens of people accuse someone, that doesn't make it true. 

In the Old Testament, wicked Jezebel conspired to have innocent Naboth murdered so she could steal his vineyard to give to Ahab her husband. Jezebel paid two thugs to lie about Naboth, falsely accusing him of treason and blasphemy to kill him unjustly. 

Joseph was falsely accused. Jesus was falsely accused. Daniel was falsely accused. The Scripture gives us several examples of innocent saints who were FALSELY accused and suffered for it. One of the most unjust things you will ever do is to just believe accusations against a person without any irrefutable evidence to back it up. 

Case in point was back in 1994 in Chicago, when 11 children falsely accused their substitute teacher Albert Thompson (then age 43) of sexually molesting them. A mean little girl paid 10 classmates $1 each to lie that their teacher sexually molested them. Due to the children's inconsistencies in their testimonies, one child eventually told the truth that they were paid to lie, but the damage was already done. The man had been wrongfully fired before the facts were gathered. The school never called Mr. Thompson again to teach. His home had been vandalized by angry neighbours. The stigma sticks!

It is unbiblical, evil, unethical and just plain wrong to believe accusations without irrefutable solid evidence to back up those allegations. You need to stop slandering Pastor Anderson based on nothing more than hearsay and rumors. His four children clearly have an agenda to bring down their father's ministry, and that is Satan!

For The Wages Of Sin Is Death

Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Above: The wreckage of two cars that tragically collided at high speed

Above: The lifeless arm of one of the three deceased car wreck victims

This horrible car accident was in the national news today. A woman who had just come from her dialyses treatment made a wrong turn in San Diego. She was barreling down the highway going the WRONG WAY! She died. Sadly, the young couple that she collided with were also killed. They were police officers and had just been married. All three of them died almost instantly. Today could be the last day of your life too! Death often comes unexpectedly.

The first photo above is a snapshot from this YouTube video (title: “Two SDPD Detectives Killed in Triple Fatal Crash | San Ysidro”), clearly showing one of the victim's lifeless arm. I am sad to see stuff like this, but as a Bible preacher it is my job to make people think about life and death, to prepare you for Heaven. I have no idea who these three people were, or where they went in eternity. I wrote this article simply to ask you dear reader: “Do you know for sure that if you died right now, would you go to Heaven?” I have asked that question to thousands of people in my life. That is what a soulwinner does!

I cannot plead with you enough dear friend NOT to blindly follow religious men! What did Jesus tell us to do? John 5:39-40, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” The Bob Jones University crowd are arrogant in their theological error, driving the WRONG WAY into oncoming traffic, barreling down the highway to Hell, driving their unlicensed vehicle of Lordship Salvation! Please don't let the Bob Jones crowd take you to Hell with them! They are driving the WRONG WAY!!! Lordship Salvation is the wrong way! (an awesome sermon by Pastor Jack Hyles).

The Apostle Paul NEVER once told us to “repent of your sin” to be saved! Paul NEVER said to “surrender all” to Jesus as the absolute Lord and Master of our life, forsaking the old ways for good, committing our life to serve God. NO, Paul didn't teach that garbage to be saved. What did Paul teach? 1st Thessalonians 4:14, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” Isn't that so simple? That is the blessed Gospel. All you have to do to go to Heaven is come to God as a guilty sinner, realizing your need for salvation, and BELIEVE the Good News that Jesus died on the cross in your place to pay your debt of sin. He was buried and three days later Jesus miraculously raised up from the dead physically. And THAT IS IT! (John 6:28-29). Pastor Jack Hyles does an excellent job exposing, Misunderstood Repentance.

I love what the Apostle Paul said in Galatians 3:1-3, “O foolish Galatians (Bob Jones University and Harvest Baptist Church on Guam), who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth (the Gospel), before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” I love that wonderful phrase...THE HEARING OF FAITH.

That is how 3,000 people got saved on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:41, “Then they that gladly received his word (Peter's Gospel message) were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.” Those dear folks just heard Peter preach the Gospel, and they gladly received it. That is what Paul meant in Galatians 3:2b by “THE HEARING OF FAITH.” You get saved when you believe the Gospel as you hear it. Isn't that so simple? Sure it is, the way God intended for salvation to be.

So the next time you hear a false teacher like Gary Walton, Marty Herron, Steve, Pettit, Chuck Phelps or John MacArthur COMPLICATING God's simple plan of salvation, RUN away from them! Mark (identify) and avoid them (Romans 16:17-18). Expose them (Titus 1:10-13). The Bible says that we are saved solely by GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, which is by faith in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:9; Romans 10:3-4; Galatians 3:24-26). JESUS PAID IT ALL! ...

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Lordship Salvation is a foundation of sand. Misunderstood repentance (i.e., turning from sin to be saved) is a foundation of sand. These modern corrupt Devil's Bibles will instruct you how to build a house upon the sand! Dear friend, you need JESUS CHRIST, the only true foundation (1st Corinthians 3:11). We find the will of God the Father concerning salvation in John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” 

Please pay attention to what Jesus said! The dear Savior didn't say anything about running the race as Steve Pettit preaches. The Savior didn't bid Godspeed to such wicked evildoers as does Pastor Gary Walton at Harvest Baptist Church on Guam to Steve Pettit and John MacArthur! Jesus said the Father's will to get to Heaven is to BELIEVE ON HIM!

Some people directly asked Jesus what “works” God requires to be saved. The Savior gave them the simple answer in John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” Dear friend, over and over and over the Bible plainly teaches us to simply BELIEVE ON HIM to be saved.

So where in the world did Ray Comfort come up with the false claim that God requires a person to LIVE A LIFESTYLE of turning away from sinful behavior to get to Heaven? Harvest Baptist Church on Guam bids Godspeed to these devils in the pulpit! Steve Pettit is friends with John MacArthur, sanctioning his doctrines of devils. Folks, none of what these wicked infidels preach is THE GOSPEL, as I have just plainly shown you. We need to get mad (Make A Difference). I have been wearied lately, lonely without a church family, all because Harvest Baptist Church on Guam has done evil against me, ostracizing me since 2014 for telling THE TRUTH (the very truths that I have shared with you in this important blog).

Kindly said, the reason why I expose these false teachers by name is not to be mean or unkind, but as a canvas to help YOU see THE TRUTH. What saith the Scripture? 1st Corinthians 11:19, “For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” The Bible says we need heretics, so that faithful teachers like me, who preach doctrinally sound Bible can be made known. How do I know I am right? Why, it is simply because I am preaching what is taught in the King James Bible, as I have plainly shown you.

What Steve Pettit is preaching is something from a bizarre episode of The Twilight Zone. Jesus commanded us to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES in John 5:39. Please don't take my word for it, go check for yourself the inspired Word of God in the King James Bible. I love you dear reader with God's unconditional love, which is why I write these articles. I make no money and never have from my ministry. I do what I do out of LOVE. I love God, truth and all people.

Sadly, very few (and I mean very, very few) pastors care about what I am saying. Your average fundamentalist church and pastor today shamefully don't want to suffer reproach for the name of Christ (2nd Timothy 3:13). They refuse to fight, withstand and take a stand (Ephesians 6:11-13). They don't want to be put outside the gate with Jesus. Shameful pastors like Chuck Phelps, Jared Baldwin, Joe Hansen, Marty Herron, Gary Walton, and thousands more infidels like them, are all pulling on the same rope as the Devil, perverting the grace of God. I am telling THE TRUTH, faithfully, as a born-again Christian and a Bible preacher should (Jude 1:3).

I have listened to this tragic video several dozen times while writing this article, hearing the Jaws Of Life used by the courageous firemen, who are cutting through the wreckage in an attempt to extricating three bodies from twisted metal and debris. It is clear toward the end of the video that no one survived. That victim's tattooed arm sticking out of the wreckage is startling. I cannot find a word to express how it makes me feel.

I am fairly certain that is the young man's arm. That is so sad and frustrating, to see someone's life gone in an instant. They had just been married. Life isn't fair! I know God is fair, but this life sure isn't. Pastor Jack Hyles preached a helpful sermon once that I often think about called: 'The Most Dangerous Question You Could Ask.' That question is “why.” Never ask God “why,” because it wasn't meant for us to understand everything in this life. That is why Philippians 4:6-7 tells us to pray about everything, and then claim the peace of God that “passeth all understanding.” That requires living BY FAITH friend. I speak to believers.

Have you been born-again dear reader? Have you ever come to a place in your life when you realized that you are a guilty sinner (Romans 3:10, 19-23), deserving of death and Hell as the penalty for your sins (Romans 6:23)? Did you acknowledge your need for the Savior, by BELIEVING the Good News (Gospel) that Christ died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and three days later He miraculously resurrected bodily from the dead? (1st Corinthians 15:1-6). If Jesus is your only hope for Heaven and you've trusted in Him, you are eternally saved (John 6:28-29; John 6:47). Nothing more is required. Nothing more is permitted. Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do! You don't go to Heaven because of what you do, but because of what Jesus did on the cross. We are saved by God's righteousness, which is through faith in Jesus Christ, and not by our own imperfect righteousness.

Please understand that I am not saying that these three people died because of some particular sin they committed. I am not implying anything like that. What I am saying is that we live in a fallen world because of sin. Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” When Adam chose to sin, he opened the floodgate of sin and death upon the rest of the world. That is why we are all born sinful by nature, and by choice. I am a big guilty sinner, and I admit it! I don't want to sin, but as a sinner I still do (Romans 7:14-25). It is because we live in a fallen world that bad things happen to people.

King Solomon wisely said that “time and chance happeneth to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11b). That is what happened in this tragic car wreck. It seems crazy that the woman driving the wrong way didn't realize what was going on, with cars driving right past her going the opposite direction. I guess we'll never know, but in this world you never know what to expect! Always be on guard and expect the unexpected. Still, no one can escape time and chance. Death could come at any moment. Revelation 6:8 speaks of a pale horse whose rider's name is Death! Grim reaper? Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

I am SO GLAD that I know my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. I KNOW that I am saved! I know because God promised in the Bible “TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE” (1st Corinthians 1:21b). If I were among the Bob Jones University crowd today I would be terrified, with their demonic heresy of Lordship Salvation. Jesus plainly warned everyone in Matthew 7:21 that “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord (there's your Lordship Salvation heresy), shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

John 6:40b plainly teaches that the will of the Father is to “BELIEVE ON HIM” (the Son). I believe, do you? Make sure you don't add anything to it, like the Bob Jones crowd foolishly do, requiring turning away from sinful ways. That is NOT the Father's will to be saved. The Father's will is simply to BELIEVE ON THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON (John 20:31).

The One Thing That Determines Salvation (Pastor Curtis Hutson)

The Gift Of Eternal Life Is Wrapped In The Wonderful Package Of Jesus

“Faith is the only righteous thing that I can do!” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “God's Reversal Of Psalm 51”

Thou Art Troubled Over Much

Luke 10:37-42, “And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

I love this passage of Scripture because I can relate to it. The Greek word for “troubled” is turbazo which conveys the idea of stirring up sediment in a glass of water, reflecting Martha's anxiety and distraction with many tasks. Just like water can be made murky and unclear when disturbed, so also can the human mind be boggled down and cluttered with we start to worry, fret and become frustrated unnecessary.

Martha didn't need to make a fuss over her sister Mary not helping her in the kitchen. So often people cause needless emotional trauma for themselves by minding other people's business, thinking about things that don't involve us, and complaining because we think we're being treated unfairly. So often what we think about ourselves is not based upon what we think, or even what other people think, but upon what we think others are thinking about us.

Martha's mind was murky because she did that to herself. The best attitude we can have is to just do what we are supposed to do, and not worry or complain about others. There but for the grace of God, go I. Martha was a responsible adult. She had guests in her home and there was much to do to entertain them with food and drinks. Things weren't as convenient back then as they are today. She couldn't just grab a bag of Doritos or Cheese Puffs to hand to their guests. Pizza Rolls and microwaves weren't invented yet. Preparing food was a lot of work.

Martha's sister Mary was sitting at Jesus' feet listening to His every Word. That greatly upset Martha. After trying to handle everything herself, she finally got angry and complained to Jesus that Mary wasn't helping her. I humbly think if Martha had respectfully asked Jesus if Mary could please help her in the kitchen, He might have responded different, but she got upset instead and complained about her sister. So often we react wrongly to situations which make things worse. There is always a right way and a wrong way to respond to a given situation.

I think Martha's first mistake was that she didn't join Mary at Jesus' feet to hear His Words. I mean, it's not every day that God's only begotten Son visits your home! Would it have really mattered if she spent 15 minutes at His feet before preparing the food? That's just my opinion.

Second, when Martha went into the kitchen, she should have focused on her own work and not worry about what he sister was or wasn't doing. Jesus even denied Martha's request for Mary to come help her. Jesus refused her request, saying that “Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:42b). It is always a good thing to listen to the inspired Words of God (John 6:63).

I can relate much to Martha because I am a responsible person who likes to get things done today rather than tomorrow. Why do later what I can do now? I don't like to procrastinate. I like to get things done right away. But there is a negative flipside to being that kind of person, which is that I tend to worry, overthink and get frustrated easily, like Martha.

Martha was not a bad woman at all, she was just too serious and businesslike. Those who have followed my website ministry over the years years know that I tend to be on the serious serious most of the time. I rarely use humor. I am more of a serious type of preacher, getting right down to business, saying what needs to be said without beating around the bush. I like to get right to the point. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy laughing and good humor, but I tend to be a more serious kind of guy. I'm more of a follower than a leader. I enjoy supporting the Lord's soldiers on the frontlines from the rear, providing needed support for the team. I have had numerous pastors thank me over the past 24 years for my website ministry, for providing valuable resources for other preachers and Christian layman alike. To God be the glory.

We can learn a valuable lesson as believers from this biblical account of Martha and Mary. God recorded this incident for our learning, to help us not to become needlessly troubled like Martha. A lot of people can relate to Martha, as I can. There are a lot of people like Martha in the world who tend to think too much.

In Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus tells an interesting story about a man who owned a field. He hired some laborers early in the day who agreed to work for a penny. As the day progresses and he needs to get the work done, the owner hires more men, who also agree to work for a penny. Even at the eleventh hour, the owner hires more men to get the work done, offering them one penny for one hour of work. The men who worked all day became angry. They complained to the owner of the field, whining that he paid some workers a penny for only an hour of labor, when they worked all day for one penny. The owner reminds the men that it is his money to do with as he pleases, and he emphasizes the fact that they all agreed to work for twelve hours for one penny. He paid them exactly what was agreed upon.

I love this Bible passage because it settles a lot of disputes in the business world today. I have never liked worker's unions because they bully employers. Any worker can quit and walk out the door any time they want. No one forces them to work in unhealthy, dangerous or unfair wages. They stay because they choose to stay. The popular excuse is that “I need this job,” but that doesn't make it okay to form a union that forces companies to pay higher wages.

Sadly, corporations and employers historically have tended to abuse workers. But unions have become equally abusive, strong-arming companies with threats, violence and harassment. The inspired Holy Bible is very clear that a business owner has a right to pay whatever he wants, and if you don't want the job you don't have to accept it. But if you agree to work a certain number of hours in exchange for a certain amount of pay, you don't have a right to complain and accuse your employer of cheating you.

I once had a casual friend who was foolish in his thinking. A pastor had offered a homeless man a box of food and $10 for a day's work, for which the man gladly agreed. My friend accused the church pastor of taking advantage of the man, making him do hard manual labor for a ridiculously low wage. Kindly said, my friend was very wrong biblically. That pastor did nothing wrong! The homeless man agreed of his own free will to work all day for $10 and a box of food, which he received as promised. It upsets me how spoiled rotten this corrupt young generation is today, demanding minimum wage.

Look, if I offer you $10 to work for 8 hours mowing my grass, pulling weeds and laboring in my garden in the hot summer sun and you agree, I have done nothing wrong. I don't care if the minimum wage is $14 an hour, you agreed to work for $1.25 an hour.

Yet, some ungodly critic would accuse me of wrongdoing, because people are much troubled in their thinking. Just like Martha, millions of Americans whine and complain incessantly whenever they receive an apple instead of an orange, or their lollypop isn't the same color as the next guy's, or my hotdog is longer than yours. We all need to focus on walking by faith to please God, and stop looking at what everyone else is doing (or not doing).

What saith the Scripture? 2nd Corinthians 10:12, “For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” I could drive myself crazy with comparing my life, wife, marriage, ministry, health, house, accomplishments and career with my peers that I graduated Bible college with in 1993, but the Bible says that would be foolish. It is unwise to make comparisons, simply because we are all dealt different cards in life. We all have had different opportunities, different luck, different paths, different families, different experiences, et cetera. Although we control some aspects of our own lives, there is also much that we have no control over.

I am now 59 years old. I cannot believe how fast the time has passed over the decades. The older I grow in grace, the more I realize how important it is to simply trust upon the Lord, and lean not upon my own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-7). I cannot see tomorrow, but God can. So, I need to trust He who hold the future. God fully understands that we are feeble, frail and weak flesh. Psalm 103:13-14, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”

I choose to trust the Lord, instead of worrying about tomorrow. Today, all I can do is labor for Jesus Christ to preach the Gospel, contend for the faith, love my neighbour as myself, and live each moment to fear God and keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13).

How To Have Super Human Power

Proverbs 16:32, “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

I was listening to the Proverbs this morning as I often do (and so should you because we all need God's wisdom). I heard our text passages of Scripture and something caught my attention. The Bible doesn't say that you'll be mighty if you control your temper, it says that you will be BETTER than the mighty. Victory over another is the shallowest victory in the world, because all you need to triumph is an inferior opponent. That is why the Word of God teaches that if you can control your own temper, you are greater than he that overthrows a city.

I like President Donald Trump, but he gets under my skin sometimes with his arrogance and proudful comments. For the past several weeks he's been braggadociously touting the victory of the United States over Iran. I really think he's doing it just to irk and annoy Iran's leaders. By the way, I found this amazing article in my archives written by Congressman Ron Paul from 2020, in which he predicted that President Trump would attack Iran.

I had also predicted back in 2016 that if elected as U.S President, Donald Trump would take us to war and further the domestic police state. I suspect that when the war in Iran is over, Mr. Trump in the years ahead will deal with crime that is out of control right now in major cities like Chicago. What do you expect, considering that the government took the Holy Bible out of all classrooms since 1963. A man who had been arrested and released 72 times set a 26 year old woman on fire in 2025.

So, defeating Iran is nothing to brag about, considering that Iran is still using 1970's old technology and weaponry from the Cold War Era. But the Bible says if you can control your own spirit, you are mightier than a warrior who conquers a city. You are your own greatest opponent, a formidable enemy. By the grace of God, Jesus wants to live the Christian life THROUGH US if we will simply yield ourselves as a vessel to do God's will.

Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

I learned a very long time ago that in my own human strength I cannot live the Christian life. If I try, I will fail again and again and again and again. The Spirit of Jesus Christ lives through me in the form of His Spirit. That is, the “fruit” of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25).

Proverbs 17:28, “Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.” The Bible says even if your are a complete fool, if you'll just keep quiet people around you will count you as being wise. Wow! You can have instant character in the eyes of others just be shutting up! Just by staying silent, the Bible says people will esteem you a man of understanding. In sharp contrast, “a fool's voice is known by multitude of words” (Ecclesiastes 5:3b). You can achieve perceived super human power by just keeping your mouth shut dear reader.

Evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935)

Something Difficult For Lifelong Christians To Understand

Ephesians 4:17-23, “This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”

I was saved at the early age of 12 or 13 (I've been giving this matter a lot of thought lately and I am leaning toward I had just turned 13). I was saved at a very early age. So, I never really went into what some Christians would call “deep sin.” I was a rambunctious kid. I used to steal vegetables from my neighbour's garden in their backyard and then throw the vegetables at their house. That wasn't very nice! I used to love playing “Ding Dong Ditch,” ringing neighbour's door bells and then me and my friends would run away to hide. Some people would get really mad, yelling at ghosts (because we were hiding) things that I cannot repeat. Today, people shoot kids for ringing their doorbell. Times sure have changed from when I was growing up in the 1970's.

Anyway, as rough as I was as a kid, I was mild by today's standards. Teens today are scary! I've been horrified by some of the recent local news. I saw a shocking news video this week of a punk shoving a stranger into a speeding train. You couldn't make this stuff up! In November of 2025 a deranged lunatic set a 26 year old woman on fire. He murdered her! The perpetrator had been previously arrested 72 times and convicted of 10 felonies, but was still free to hurt others. A judge who acquits the guilty condemns the innocent. We are living in perilous times in the United States. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

Something that Christians like me have a difficult time understanding, who got saved at a very early age, is that there are cold-hearted wicked people in this world who can commit heinous acts of evil with no conscious whatsoever. We simply cannot fathom the depths of their depravity, and thank God! I am grateful to the LORD that I cannot grasp the mindset of a homosexual. If you don't think that homosexuality is gross and perverted, you are not right with God.

Sadly, my next door neighbour was robbed last month by dirty thieves. My security camera recorded the criminal's face and body, and his pickup truck, in the very act of stealing my neighbour's trailer from his yard. I gave the videos to my neighbour, who gave them to the local sheriff's office. Unfortunately, security camera companies today are so greedy that they are selling crap quality merchandise for premium prices, hurting consumers. Even though I paid $2,200 for my GW Security camera system from Amazon, and the system did record the thief's vehicle license plate, the resolution is so bad that you couldn't even guess what the letters and numbers were on the plate. I hate our greedy degenerate ungodly culture today in America that places no value, priority or consideration on quality anymore! We've lost our goodness.

Pastor Lester Roloff (1914-1982) was so right, who in his sermon titled “Titanic” said: “America was 'great' when she was good, and she was good when she had great churches.” Those days are forever gone my friend! Today's churches are pathetic instead of great. In 2025 there were 15,000 church closures across the United States, and another 15,000 churches are expected to close their doors forever in 2026. To be honest, I think this is a GREAT THING! I wish they would all close their doors, and then we can start over. There are an estimated 350,000 churches across the United States. Tragically, 99.9% of them are DEAD spiritually! I'd dare say that there are 350 great churches remaining in our country.

Pastors and their wives are as carnal as can be nowadays. God pity the pastor's wife who wears pants in public, and her henpecked husband who allows and defends such wickedness. I'm preaching at you Family Baptist Church in Pensacola!

God pity the wicked pastors wife who deliberately mistreats people so that they will leave church and never come back again. I'm preaching at you Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola! SHAME!!! Pastor Bill Adams' wife dissed me as a human being. She is as carnally minded as can be, merely going through the motions of playing church year after year. The easiest place in the world to backslide is at church because you get used to the routine. That is what church revivals are all about, but tragically most revivals today are nothing more than entertainment time and filling your belly with food. SHAME!!!

The thief in the video that my security system recorded on March 6th and 7th of 2026, looks to be calm, just another day for him, while stealing with impunity from an innocent family. Folks, if you have been saved for 47 years like I have, we have a hard time understanding those kind of cruel people. I cannot even fathom someone hurting another human being without having any conscience about it whatsoever. That is because I FEAR GOD, and so should you if you are wise.

I assure you dear reader that there are evil people in this world who could easily put a bullet in your head and go home to enjoy a good movie over dinner with their own family. The infamous Golden State Killer (a career police officer) was finally apprehended after being on the loose for 40 years (DNA finally caught up with him thankfully). He was convicted of brutally raping 53 women, some young teenagers. He murdered 13 of his victims. He burglarized over a hundred homes. Yet, in court his own niece testified that he was the most loving uncle a girl could ever want. Weird? No, he chose his victims. He loved his own family while fortuning others. Only God knows the incalculable damage that he caused by his evil crimes. There were many divorces, heart attacks, mental breakdowns and suicides because of what he did to his victims! Thankfully, I cannot even wrap my brain around how he could live with himself.

If you've ever seen the infamous 1972 film “The Godfather,” that is reality! Murdering people is just business to some men! Most of us have never met true evil in our lifetime, and I pray that we never do. I have met some evil people, but I cannot say that I have ever met true evil yet. The way that I humbly see it as a Christian, there are four types of sinful people (and we're all guilty sinners in God's sight until we become born again)...

1. The Goodie Two Shoes Person - This person doesn't cuss, doesn't use tobacco or drink booze, doesn't watch Hollywood movies or listen to worldly music. This type of person often enjoys going to church and is just a decent person with high morals.
2. The Average Person - They cuss from time time time. They enjoy movies, might drink beer or use tobacco. They watch Hollywood movies. They have some bad habits or worldliness in their life, but don't want to hurt or take advantage of anybody. I'd consider myself in this group.
3. Bad People - These people do hurt others. They'll steal your money, lie about you and if given the opportunity, commit adultery with your wife. You cannot and should not trust them. They'll cheat on their taxes, break their promises and do not fear God.
4. The Purely Evil Monster - This is where you'll find criminals like John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler. The value of life means absolutely nothing to them! This is why Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu could murder 75,227 innocent Palestinians (mostly defenseless women and children) without showing the least bit of remorse. Only a purely evil monster could murder innocent people!!!

For most of my adult life, I couldn't grasp the reality that there are completely heartless humans who can commit the most unimaginable crimes against others, and feel zero guilt or remorse; but I now understand that such evil people do indeed exist. Not all of them are psychotic serial killers like Ted Bundy, some are heathen politicians like the present insane mayor of Chicago. Brandon Johnson is a lunatic communist monster!

I remember years ago that admirable former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said his own mother refused to believe that 911 was an Inside Job. Jesse said that his mother was such a good, sweet and honest human being that she couldn't even begin to grasp the thought that our own U.S. White House could be so evil to orchestrate the 911 attacks, but they most certainly did dear reader. The evidence is irrefutable and damning!

The smoking gun behind 911 was that President Bush's younger brother, Marvin Bush, headed up the security co many that oversaw all electronic surveillance on The Trade Tower complex in the 2-years prior to the 911 attacks. That's how they obtained access to plant the explosives. Bush and company think that they've escaped justice, but the inspired Word of God PROMISES that they haven't (Ecclesiastes 5:8, 12:14). Hell is coming up to meet George W. Bush at his death someday, where monsters' Dick Cheney and George H. Bush are already burning in torment without rest day nor night, without hope, forever.

Yes, there are some evil people in this world, the depths of whose corrupt wicked souls we will never truly understand. When demonic serial killer John Wayne Gacy (who literally made money on the side working as a clown) was finally executed (15 years after sodomizing and murdering over 40 boys), his brain was dissected and mailed to Kansas so that a pathologist could slice it up to see if there were any abnormalities in his brain. The results all came back normal. Boy, that's frightening!

You see dear reader, they were looking in the wrong place. What saith the Scripture?  Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” They were examining Mr. Gacy's physical brain, but the inspired Holy Bible warns that it is the human heart that is evil.

Matthew 15:17-19, “Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.”

Jesus said that the source of manure is the food that we eat, but the source of murders, adulteries, gossip, heresy, immodesty, Lordship Salvation, mistreating others and every evil thing is from THE HUMAN HEART. Only a fool trusts his own wicked heart! The adage is true: Never trust a man who trusts himself.

We are all sinful by nature. I have heard some preachers foolishly teach that as a Christian we no longer have a sinful nature, but that is false teaching. Although it is true that every believer has a new nature in Christ Jesus (2nd Corinthians 5:17), we also still have the old nature since we are still in the flesh (Romans 7:14-25).

It is difficult for many saints to grasp the reality that some people have zero conscience. I admit that I still have a problem understanding such people. I am glad that I have difficulty understanding the calloused heart of a hardened sinner, because by God's grace I don't ever want to become that person. The less someone cares, the less they care. The hallmark character trait of being a Christian is caring. Do you care dear reader?

The Sin Of Indifference Is Destroying Fundamentalism

Titus 1:13-14, “This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”

Jude 1:3, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”

Revelation 3:1-2, “And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”

I cherish these passages of Scripture as a fundamentalist Bible preacher. A big part of my website ministry over the past 24 years has been contending for the Christian faith. As you can imagine, that has made me many enemies, and gotten me kicked out of numerous corrupt neo-evangelical and neo-fundamentalist churches.

The Sin of Indifference is Worse Than Cancer

One of the greatest sins that I see in today's churches and Bible colleges is INDIFFERENCE. Much disorder and confusion has been caused in our churches because of pastors who have waxed complacent, refusing to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 1:3b).

According to ChatGPT, “indifference” means:

A lack of concern, urgency, or engagement toward truth, doctrine or spiritual responsibility. Knowing something matters—but not caring enough to act, examine, or defend it

INDIFFERENCE is a real pattern some people notice:

• Accepting whatever a pastor says without examining it
• Little interest in studying Scripture personally
• Avoiding doctrinal discussions or disagreements
• Prioritizing comfort, routine, or community over truth
• Reluctance to “contend” for beliefs, even when challenged

Why indifference happens

A few common reasons:

• Comfort — people don’t want conflict
• Trust in authority — “the pastor must know”
• Lack of confidence — feeling unqualified to question
• Cultural shift — less emphasis on doctrine, more on experience

Bottom line

In a religious sense, indifference is spiritual passivity—a lack of concern for truth strong enough to examine, question, or defend it. SOURCE

ChatGPT practically just gave the address of Pensacola Christian College (PCC)! God knows that I don't hate anyone in this world, truly. I do not hate anyone in the PCC camp. Quite the contrary, I love them with God's unconditional love. When I extended an Olive Branch of friendship to the pastors at PCC's Campus Church in 2022, and to PCC leadership as well, they wickedly threw me under the bus and effectively murdered me because of my website ministry. Since 2022, I am as a dead man to PCC. God is on my side because I am TELLING THE TRUTH about them, that they mishandle the Gospel.

I saw a big banner at work 30 years ago that read: “Attitudes are contagious—Is yours worth catching?” I like that. Pastor Jack Hyles (1926-2001) said it so well...

“The pastors have destroyed the churches, and they've been trained by people that have never built churches, and they have no compassion.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Many Pastors Have Destroyed My Vineyard”

Yep, that is PCC today, zero compassion! They are educators, not church builders, so they woefully lack compassion. All you have to do for people to think you don't care is nothing. When the sin of indifference sets in like cancer, it does all kinds of serious damage.

From where I sit as a fundamentalist Baptist Bible preacher, I see a bunch of shallow churches merely going along to get along with PCC. Birds of a feather flock together! The Bob Jones University cult is just as bad, preaching deadly Calvinism (aka, Lordship Salvation) and promoting the Devil's corruptible seed of the modern perverted English Bible versions. Neo-evangelical churches are destroying America!

The Corrupt Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola

When I attended Smyrna Baptist Church in Pensacola in 2024 for several months, I noticed that they use and distribute toxic Chick Tracks which preach a counterfeit Gospel. Take a closer look at the damnable heresy taught in Chick Tracts! The following image is page 20 from the Chick Tract titled, “This Was Your Life”...

The inspired King James Bible already answers this question in Acts 16:30b-31a, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved...” So, why does Jack Chick (1924-2016) answer it so differently to instead answer, “REPENT! - Surrender your life to Christ.” That is NOT what we are taught in Scripture. Dear reader, the hellbound false prophets in Matthew 7:21-23 surrendered their lives to Christ, even calling Him “Lord, Lord.” But Jesus denied knowing them as His sheep. Things that are different are not the same. RIGHT DOCTRINE MATTERS!!!

Smyrna's senior pastor is Bill Adams, who is several years younger than I am. He is a tough fella, possessing strength without beauty and denim without lace. I liked Pastor Adams, but he is holding a grudge against me. I had approached him to shake his hand on the last Sunday of August 2024. He rudely looked left over my shoulder while we shook hands. I contacted him when I got home about the incident to ask him if I am welcome at their church, because I didn't feel like I was. Understandably, the pastor's diss sent negative implications. He kindly apologized and said he didn't know why he was so rude. I forgave him immediately and told Pastor Adams that I'd see him next Sunday. As far as I was concerned, all was well.

I went to Smyrna Baptist Church the next Sunday. During the planned time of shaking hands in each service, Bill Adams' wife approached me in my pew. She deliberately shook my hand and immediately looked hard right 45 degrees off in the distance to diss and offend me, and it sure did. The bold impudent look of disrespect on her face was unmistakable. She had every intention of offending me, and she did. She had heard what her husband did the week before which hurt my feelings and offended me.

After the pastor's meddling wife dissed me, I contacted her husband as soon as I arrived home from church, again asking him if I am welcomed in their church, but this time he ignored me. I waited a few days and I contacted him again, including his secretary to make sure he received my messages. Pastor Adams completely ignored me. So, my last email to Pastor Adams, I scolded him in Jesus' name. I respectfully wrote that he and his wife ought to be greatly ashamed of themselves for mistreating of me as a new comer. I had been kind to them.

The truth dear reader is that I was a marked man from the very beginning because of my biblical stand against the cult at Pensacola Christian College (PCC). I have a right to my opinion, and in my view PCC is a theological and religious cult. Only cults ban people from coming to church. I didn't ask to attend their college in the summer of 2022, I kindly l asked if I could attend their Campus Church. Their ungodly hateful pastors held a grudge against my ministry websites, so they refused, for which wickedness they will answer to a holy God in eternity (Galatians 1:6-9, 3:1-3, 5:4, 6:7).

Everywhere that I try to go to church, my fundamentalist website ministry precedes me! I have never said a word to anyone in these churches about my ministry websites, but they already knew and sinfully held it against me. Telling the truth is not a crime! 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”

Mrs. Adams didn't want me in their church, so she found a way to offend me so that I would leave and never return. When she had heard what happened between me and her husband in late August of 2024, it was her golden opportunity to get rid of me the next week, for which hateful behavior she will be held accountable by almighty God. No one wants to be somewhere that they are not welcomed.

What upsets me so much is why she did it, because I am taking a courageous biblical STAND against the multiple counterfeit plans of salvation being taught at PCC. There can be only ONE true Gospel (Galatians 1:6-9). Pastor Adams' daughter attends PCC. Smyrna Baptist Church is conjoined at the hip with PCC, committing spiritual adultery with spiritual headquarters. They are indifferent toward the truth, perverting the Gospel to follow headquarters at PCC.

Don't Support PCC and You Will Be Blackballed

Anyone who speaks out against PCC and their leadership is expelled from the group and community. Several dozen churches throughout the Pensacola area wickedly bid Godspeed to PCC. 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” Before they had their own Campus Church which seats several thousand people, PCC had internship programs in local churches for their students. So, PCC still has a close working relationship with many local churches in Pensacola.

The sad truth dear reader is that PCC is an authoritarian cult. Their leadership have HUGE egos at PCC. Anybody who dares to call them out to question their teachings, ruffle their feathers and oppose their authority is blackballed, shunned, ostracized, ignored and thrown the bus. That is what they have wickedly done to me since 2021 when I first attended their Campus Church for a few months. I had left the church in the fall of 2021, hurt and frustrated by their incompetent cold pastor, Jeff Redlin. But several months later I missed the friends at PCC I had made, and I needed a church family, so I tried to go back, but PCC's pastors and leaders refused. We have been enemies since, by their hand.

I am a born again child of God, created in the image of our Creator, yet their leadership horribly treated me like garbage at PCC, Smyrna Baptist Church, Family Baptist Church, et cetera. SHAME on all of them! They are indifferent toward the integrity of God's simple plan of salvation. You don't repent of your sins to be saved, you trust Christ who died on a cross to pay for your sins 2,000 years ago. Jesus Christ bore the unbearable weight of our sin burden, simply because we couldn't bear that impossible load.

I echo with the Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:17b, “I am set for the defence of the gospel.” The wicked arrogant pastors of Smyrna Baptist Church, Family Baptist Church, Campus Church and Fairfield Drive Baptist Church in Pensacola can all detest, hate and shun me as a trouble-maker, as wicked King Ahab did to the prophet Elijah (1st Kings 18:17-18), but God is on my side for TELLING THE TRUTH. I am not the one perverting, changing, embellishing and altering God's simple plan of salvation to include turning away from your sinful bad habits, and forsaking your self-serving sins to obey God's will instead of yours to get to Heaven; they are preaching that crap!

The PCC Camp Are All Indifferent Toward The Truth

 

Right doctrine matters! The horrible sin of indifference is destroying fundamentalism today. I am just doing what every preacher should be doing, contending for the faith. Titus 1:13-14, “This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.” Whatever a pastor stops preaching against is what his church will fill up with in five years.

I and my wife were wickedly kicked out of Family Baptist Church in June of 2025. Their ungodly pastors are siding with immodesty and a counterfeit plan of salvation. SHAME!

You see dear reader, in today's spiritually DEAD churches you're expected to just show up, shut up and put up. No Sir! I cannot do that. Revelation 3:1-2, “And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.” This Scripture passage indicts PCC! They have made a name for themselves since 1974 when they opened their doors, but THEY ARE DEAD while they live. That is, they are spiritually dead while being physically alive.

The $64,000 question is: “Do you care dear reader?” I do care, and it gets me into trouble sometimes. Religious people get mad at me for exposing their foolishness.

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have bene fooled.” —Mark Twain

The PCC camp are in denial. I found four different conflicting plans of salvation in the ministries of PCC, yet they couldn't care less. Depending on where you look, you'll find a different plan of salvation at Pensacola Christian College. Do you think the LORD honors such confusion? Do you think God is okay with presenting different versions of the Gospel? I assure you on the authority of the inspired Scripture that He does not (Galatians 1:6-7).

Sinful human nature is to become defensive. The PCC camp has become very defensive against my Bible preaching against them as being a “cult.” It all depends on that you consider “a cult.” There are different types of cults. There are personality cults, which they had at the First Baptist Church of Hammond when Pastor Jack Hyles was still alive.

That is not a bad thing necessarily, but I knew a college student who literally assaulted another student, putting him in the hospital with a broken collar bone for criticizing Dr. Hyles. That is evil, not Bible Christianity. Unfortunately Brother Hyles encouraged that type of shameful behavior in his preaching at times by telling people to physically stand up to critics. I love Dr. Hyles but disagree with him on that matter. You can verbally stand up to a gossiper or critic without beating them into silence. The Bible commands us as God's redeemed children to be as “harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16b).

I am a VOICE! I am just preaching the truth of God's inspired Word in the King James Bible. Tragically, 99% of today's fundamental Bible colleges and Independent Fundamental Baptist churches have grown complacent making lots of money. PCC takes in about $175 million each year. Great fluff biscuits in the morning! That's a lot of cheddar! They've got a cash cow! But what about THE TRUTH? PCC has blood on their hands for preaching a false gospel, and for wickedly bidding Godspeed to the Bob Jones University camp who also preach Lordship Salvation. Did I say that birds of a feather stick together? They're all making filthy lucre! When the Gospel is being perverted, it is blood money!!!

We Ought Not Bid Godspeed to False Prophets

The Sword of the Lord shamefully supports PCC to get their money from advertisements PCC runs in their bi-weekly publication. 2nd John 1:11, “For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.” Oftentimes I see full-page ads in the Sword, wickedly bidding Godspeed to heretics who pervert God's simple plan of salvation. The biggest problem today in the churches and Bible colleges is indifference, but who cares? Right! Well, I care damn it! Little things are important. Pastor Jack Hyles was right...

“Nothing is unimportant.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, “Unjust In The Least”

God knows that I don't want or like to make enemies. The good LORD knows that when I attended all these churches in the city of Pensacola I was a complete gentleman. I was kind and loving toward everyone, including the leadership. But they ignored me from day one because of my reputation as a fighter who preaches against PCC. I needed a church family. So, I stayed quiet in those churches, but behind the scenes I was (and still am) taking a biblical stand by preaching hard on social media against the incompetent leadership at PCC and their Campus Church, and that got me kicked out. Sadly, it has become next to impossible nowadays to find a doctrinally sound church to attend. What's a poor fella to do?

By not contending for the Christian faith, today's Bible colleges and churches have become spiritually dead and indifferent concerning THE TRUTH. Senior Pastor Jeff Redlin and his sidekick “Boy Wonder” (Associate Pastor Timothy Zacharias) at PCC are spoiled yuppies! 

When I contacted Jeff Redlin in July of 2021 to ask him if I was welcomed at Campus Church as a divorced man who intends to remarry, he totally ignored me for 10 days. I asked him that question because I know they frown upon divorced people getting remarried. And he had already made me feel like human garbage by mistreating me from day one. I told him the truth that I was sleeping in Walmart's parking lot and he just coldheartedly walked away at their church picnic on the 4th of July. Jerk!

So, I needed to know if I was welcome at their Campus Church, and if he had any compassion and love at all as a pastor (he doesn't). Nobody wants to be where they're not wanted. His lame excuse for not responding was that a student had died a month earlier in June. Unreal. What a liar! I don't think he lied about the student, but I don't believe him for one second that is why he ignored me. You see dear reader, PCC is a religious cult for self-righteous snobs. Divorced people who need to get remarried for sex (1st Corinthians 7:9) are outcasts at Campus Church. You're just supposed to just suck it up and masturbate for the rest of your life. Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that. I'll try to remember for next time. They are so out of touch with reality at Pensacola Christian College. Their heads are buried in the sand! Somebody needs to expose rotten places like PCC—who shun hurting divorced people, throw truth-tellers under the bus, and preach another gospel of partial faith in Christ plus turning from your sins.

Indifferent pastors aren't concerned about fighting the good fight of faith. Since preachers have disagreed for centuries over the biblical meaning of the word “repent,” many pastors today dismiss the matter as something not worth debating over. But what we believe will determine where we spend eternity. If you're wrong on repentance, you're also wrong on the Gospel.

We've got too many pastors and churches today merely going along to get along. They have the herd mentality that ruins churches. What we need are Spirit-filled men of God who are learned in the Scripture and unapologetically stand for THE TRUTH.

We Need to Strengthen Christian Fundamentalism

Revelation 3:1-2, “And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”

Christian fundamentalism is upholding the fundamentals of the inspired King James Bible, and separating from those who don't. It's that simple.

Fundamentalism excludes the world's Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) that has robbed today's churchgoers of the beautiful hymns of the faith that conveyed great theological truths; unlike today CCM 7-11 songs (7 words repeated 11 times). Yuk!

Fundamentalism excludes the Devil's hundreds of perverted modern English Bible revisions. Ladies and gentleman, the King James Bible is not merely a “version,” it is God's inspired Word! God only authored ONE BOOK!

Fundamentalism excludes the Satanic lies of Calvinism, Lordship Salvation and repenting of “your sins” to be saved. Christ died for your sins; He doesn't demand that you make a futile attempt to forsake your sinful bad habits to receive God's free gift of eternal life (Romans 4:4-6; Ephesians 2:8-9). The only thing that you and I contribute to our own salvation is the sin that made it necessary. The only sin you need to turn from to be saved is the sin of UNBELIEF.

Fundamentalism excludes Christian females wearing pants in public. Shame on any pastor's wife or daughter who wears Spandex, pants or short skirts. Modesty matters to God!

And I would like to add that there's no such thing as a fundamentalist who's not a hypocrite to some degree. There's simply no earthly way that we can all be perfect. Fundamentalism is essentially a synonym for simply obeying the Holy Bible, and all of us fall short (Romans 3:23). No one can withstand the attack of a critic. So, if you have your big magnifying glass out and want to follow a fundamentalist around like Eric Skwarczynski (how to pronounce) does to condemn and destroy their life, you WILL find plenty of flaws and sins.

I am humbly proud to be a born again Christian since age 12. I am also humbly proud to be an Independent Fundamental Baptist. Not everybody is selling out in our camp today! I love this sermon by Pastor Jack Hyles titled, 'It's Time To Come Out Of The Closet' (or, 'Where Are The 7,000?').

The sin of indifference is destroying fundamentalism today, simply because today's shameful pastors have lost their zeal to contend for the faith. The “repent of your sins” to get to Heaven heresy has crept into nearly every Baptist church today (all of the pseudo-Christian false religions teach it). The reason for this is indifference! Put another way, it's like that great 1990 country song by Aaron Tippin, “You've Got To Stand For Something.”

Thank you for reading my ministry blog. Jesus is precious!