My Hell Testimony: Two Horrible Visions I Experienced

For several years now I've felt the Lord tugging at my heart to share this testimony about things I saw. But I was afraid to share those things, because I didn't want people to think I was "one of those people" who talk about dreams and visions.  There are Christians, many in fact out there who are very critical of the spiritual aspect of Christianity, things like healings, dreams, visions, miracles, tongues, and so on are actually offensive to some Christians. And you'll be brutally criticized.  So I kept quiet. I'm a pastor. And I need to be fearless for the Lord.  And that includes sharing what the Lord calls me to share.  So finally, recently, I said, you know what, I don't care what people say. I'm going to share what I saw. And I give God all the glory.  

Is there any evidence for God?

Has anyone ever told you, "If there were evidence for God I would believe in Him?"  It's a reasonable statement I think.  If you want me to believe something, show me the evidence.  Sure, there is an element of faith in all of it. But it can start with a reasonable inquiry, can't it? Yes it can.  

So if someone asks you, "Is there any evidence for God" you could reference them to read some books, like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis or the Reason for God by Tim Keller or Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig, but the problem is a lot of people in our ADHD society struggle to read an entire book cover to cover.  So sometimes it's much easier to point to a video someone can watch.  If they can't even do that much, they weren't really interested in an answer to the question anyway.

So I'd like to reference the following YouTube playlist for viewing, for those who seek evidence for the existence of God.  It contains 12 videos by noted Christian PHDs and philosophers and scientific minds on the evidence for God's existence.   

Here is a link that playlist: "Is God Real? Reasonable Explanations for Christianity"

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These are the documentaries/videos contained in the playlist: 

God of Wonders the documentary

The Fine Tuning of the Universe - Reasonable Faith Ministries

The Life of Jesus movie 

The Kalam Cosmological Argument - Reasonable Faith Ministries

The Atheist Delusion movie - Ray Comfort

Evidence for God - William Lane Craig

The Language of God - Dr. Francis Collins

Evolution vs. God - Ray Comfort

Science Confirms the Bible - Ken Ham

Bill Nye debates Ken Ham - Answers in Genesis

The Privileged Planet - The Discovery Institute

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed - Ben Stein 

5 Testimonies of the End Times: Visions & Dreams of the Last Days

"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams." -Acts 2:17

One thing those of us who love truth and strong doctrine and apologetics and philosophy is that we tend to sneer like a non-believer at legitimate spiritual gifts like prophecy, and those things associated with it, dreams, visions and prophetic utterances.  Yet biblical truth they are. They do of course messy the waters of biblical doctrine don't they?  But that is no excuse to reject them all as hackery.  To do so would be the ultimate expression of hypocrisy, to love the word of God so diligently, and then reject a teaching of the word of God because it upsets our own preferred view of it.  That would make no sense.

To that end I submit for your consideration these testimonies of heaven and hell. Don't allow these testimonies to be a stumbling block to you, but an open door of consideration, and reflection on who God is and how God reveals himself.  

The end times are a reality of the scriptures.  How will it come about?  What will happen?  It's all in the book of Revelation.  And apparently, God teaches about these times as well through the testimonies of those of the five-fold ministry who are called "prophets."  Don't despise the prophets my friends. Do discern the false from the true prophets. But don't reject them all.  Enjoy these testimonies of the end times.  God bless you. 

"Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good." -1st Thessalonians 5:20-21 NIV

1. Maurice Sklar's Vision


2. Kenneth Peter's Vision of the End Times


3. Tomi Arayomi's word from the Lord for the future


4. Dumitru Duduman on The Fall of America 


5. The End-Time War Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls

10 of my Favorite Preachers to Listen to on YouTube

10 of my favorite preachers to listen to on YouTube: 

1. Joe Sweet - Shekinah Worship Center - I only recently discovered this ministry and it's really powerful.  He goes into a lot of holiness, prophecy, and deeper Christianity, which is really edifying to listen to.

2. Derek Prince Ministries - One of the greatest theologians of all time in my humble view. Derek Prince is a biblical teacher with great, deep wisdom on many topics. 

3. Francis Chan - Crazy Love - This pastor is on fire for the Lord, you can't help but feel and embrace his sincere passion for God when he preaches.

4. Frank Turek - Cross Examined - I love apologetics, I'm a huge fan of science and philosophy, so Frank is a great way to learn more along those lines.

5. Ray Comfort - Living Waters - Ray Comfort is the evangelist. His central focus is winning people to Jesus Christ, which I think should be all our primary goals. You'll find a ton of videos of Ray talking to random strangers, sharing the gospel via the Way of the Master by taking the sinner through the ten commandments, then applying the gospel to the convicted conscience. 

6. Carter Conlon - Times Square Church - Passion, passion, and more passion from Carter.  He is sincere and excited and I need that in my Christian faith. The successor to the famed David Wilkerson. Solid biblical teachings.

7. Voddie Baucham - This man was a genius. In regard to culturally relevant issues, he was one of the best. His insights were amazing. He was a defender of the faith, a man on the wall, always watching the horizon for threats to the church. He passed recently, tragically. 

8. David Pawson - Solid, firm biblical teaching. Probably the closest to true biblical theology, holiness, truth, and love balanced well. He taught a lot on end times and prophecy, among other things during his time. He passed in 2020. 

9. Kyle Idleman Southeast Christian Church- A Calvinist, so the theology is a bit off. But he is good at balancing difficult issues, and explaining them in clear terms. 

10. William Lane Craig - Reasonable Faith - Deep, deep intellectual discussions, and topics. Logic, science, and theology. Quite fascinating.

Notable Mention: Alisa Childers, J Warren Wallace, Lee Strobel, D. James Kennedy Ministries, Sean McDowell,  Michael L. Brown 

10 Testimonies of Heaven & Hell: Visions, Dreams, & Near Death Experiences

"In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams." -Acts 2:17

This is a fascinating topic of study, the area of near death experiences, visions, and dream testimonies given by people who claim to have seen things from God. This is not an easy topic, as many think this is not a good thing, that God doesn't act in this way anymore, but I would contend that the scriptures say that people do and will experience these things.

Of course we have to test everything by the word of God, and prayer. So if anything below doesn't match with the scriptures, or with what God says about himself in the scriptures, then it should be disregarded. But we shouldn't discount the possibility of witnesses being given visions, dreams, and other experiences from God.

Yes it's true, someone could be making these things up. But as Christians we can't discount all of something ,just because there are a few who will lie and abuse a truth. I'll admit it's tough for me, because I'm a person who cares so much about the inerrancy of scripture, and the importance of doctrinal truth, and scriptural authority. But though I am very orthodox in my views of scripture, I'm also a firm believer that God interacts with us today. His Spirit goes further in the world and in our lives than we might realize.

So I just ask that we prayerfully consider these experiences. Test them against the word of God. Please do that. But please also consider in the Spirit, that perhaps God did give these experiences to these people to give us glimpses of things to come. Or to warn us of places we don't want to go.  

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed." -Daniel 7:13-14 (ESV)

1. Bill Wiese's Experience


2. Jordan's Testimony


3. Mary K. Baxter's testimony


4. Colton & Todd Burpo "Heaven is for Real"


5. A Glimpse of Eternity Near Death Experience


6. Howard Pittman's Testimony


7. Laurie Ditto in Hell for Unforgiveness


8. Mario Martinez shares his experience


9. Bryan Melvin's testimony of Hell


10. Sarah Boyanga's Testimony


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7 Christian YouTube Channels to Subscribe To!

I really enjoy the internet, social media, and YouTube in particular!  In fact, I haven't watched television in years.  I don't think I've watched television regularly since I was in my teens.  Instead when I'm looking for some relaxation time, I check out YouTube, or Facebook, or Twitter, or something like that.  So, I'd like to share with you some Christian YouTube channels that I really enjoy.  I have to be intentional about watching quality, clean content.  It matters what I allow in through the gates of my eyes and ears, because from there it goes into my mind and heart.  (These are in no particular order)

1. The Bible Project 
The Bible project comes from two pastors who are passionate about helping people understand the word of God. They make these short animated videos that help us understand larger overarching themes throughout the scriptures, and the greater intents of entire books of the Bible. Just recognize that these videos are from a meta-overarching viewpoint. The idea is that we should be reading the scriptures ourselves, not just watching videos. And if we have very specific questions on key issues, this is not the place to look, because the videos they produce are very general overviews.



2. The Veritas Forum
This is one of my favorite organizations, and they post all their lectures on their YouTube channel. If you're looking for intellectually deep theology, philosophy, and apologetics, check them out and subscribe.




3. CBN News 
I don't really trust television news sources like CNN, NBC, ABC or FOX. Now, I'm not saying CBN is perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I do like how they focus in on news that interests Christians, from the persecuted church, to court cases in the USA, these are the things I do want to know about. 




4. Ascension Presents 
I just recently found this YouTube channel, featuring Catholic priest Mike Schmitz and I was very pleased with his down to earth approach to questions and answers of the Christian life. 




5. Living Waters
Living Waters is the ministry of Ray Comfort, he does a lot of evangelism which I love. Plenty of good documentaries, and lots of street evangelism videos, which is really cool! Fun channel to check out.


6. Answers in Genesis
AIG is a great science and apologetics ministry, definitely check out their videos, great content for kids as well!


7. Divine Revelations 
This channel is a very charismatic/Pentecostal channel, but I do enjoy learning from other Christian faith traditions.  This channel contains many testimonies of spiritual experiences, but please do use discretion, and be sure to test every spirit against the word of God and in prayer. But I do share this because I think we who are more orthodox/theologically minded, can learn from those who desire deeper experience with God.



Additional Channels to Check Out:

1. Ask Dr. Brown
2. Frank Turek
3. Dr. Craig Videos
4. Liberty University
5. Sermon Index
6. I am Second
7. Biola University
8. Shekinah Worship
9. Prophecy Watchers

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The Greatest Historical Event in History

Video Message:


What is the greatest single event of history? What moment in the history of the world signifies the most to humanity? Could it perhaps be the renaissance, when so many beautiful inventions and works of art were created? Was it the inventions of the 20th century that made life so much easier? Or perhaps medical advances, or scientific discoveries?

To me, all these events pale in comparison to one event that happened, two thousand years ago on a hill called Calvary, where a man named Jesus was nailed to a cross, who hung and slowly died, was buried, and left in a tomb for three days. And then on the 3rd day the impossible happened. And far from being an isolated miraculous event, it’s implications would be the seeds that would take root and transform the entire world.

We’re considering the scriptures today, 1st Corinthians 15, if you want to open in your Bibles there. It says in 1st Corinthians 15:3-4 that Christ had to die, be buried for 3 days, and that Jesus had to rise from the dead. This brings several questions to mind.

1. Why did Jesus have to die? 2. Why did Jesus have to rise from the dead? 3. If Jesus really rose from the dead, how should we live? Three questions, and we’ll consider the answers to each of them. The entire Christian worldview, as an expression of ultimate reality, rests on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The entire Christian faith worldwide is based around faith in Jesus as God come to Earth to save us, and Easter is about his resurrection.

First question: Why did Jesus have to die? Jesus was born into the world, but Jesus existed from the very first few verses of the Bible, where God said to himself, “Let us make humanity in our own image” (Genesis 1:26). Jesus was part of that creative process, in what we call the “God-head” or the trinity, which is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. But the Son being the very image of God, was born, of the virgin Mary, into the world in a human body. He lived a life in which he became a representative for humanity, under the laws of God, living them perfectly, completely free from sin.

And who can live free from sin in our world today? Raise your hand if you’ve never sinned. If Jesus was in the room, though He is in the room, but if we could see him physically, he could raise his hand. Imagine that.

Every decision we make in life can either lead to sin or to goodness. And God has a vested interest in the decisions we make. Which implies that our God is a moral God, a just God, who deals with evil in the world.

I think 2nd Corinthians 5:21 sums up very well what Christ did for us, it says: “For our sake he(God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” So not only did Jesus live a perfect life, no easy task, but He also went to the cross for each of us, becoming our sin. Why? Because Jesus decided he would step in personally, to delete our sins. Jesus died on the cross in our place, taking the punishment we justly deserved, and took it upon himself.

It’s as if we stood in a court room, and the judge was reading off a list of the crimes: all my sins, the drugs I’d taken, the pains I’d cause my parents, things I’d done to friends, people I had the chance to help and didn’t help, and I know as the judge reads the charges, that I’m guilty, and I deserve to be punished. And as the gavel is pounded, and the guards come to take me away, all hope is lost. Then Jesus walks into the court room, and up to the judge and says, “This man, Justin, is mine, and because I love him so much, the crimes you’ve just read off, instead of Justin being punished, punish me instead and set him free.” And the judge agrees, and I’m set free. And the guards take Jesus instead. That is the answer to the first question, why Jesus had to die. Because I owed a debt I couldn’t pay.

Secondly, why did Jesus have to rise from the dead? If Jesus had stayed dead, we could all write him off. Well, he was just a good moral teacher, and the world did what the world does to good people. He was a good guy, but he wasn’t really God. And we can all go on with our lives and forget about Christ. But here’s the thing: Jesus did the impossible. Jesus resurrected from the dead.

Now, it’s natural to doubt something like the resurrection. Maybe we think it sounds more like science fiction than fact? Perhaps it sounds too good to be true? Maybe it is too good to be true. Maybe it is just a pipe dream. But if it is just a dream, we must all be in the same dream together. Right now. Because the greatest miracle God ever performed was not the resurrection of Jesus. The greatest miracle God ever performed was creating the universe, the galaxies, and this Earth. God’s greatest miracle was creating plants, animals, and humans. If you struggle to believe in miracles, let me remind you: You’re in one right now. There are birds flying through the sky. There are four legged animals walking around. There are plants and trees that produce food just right for you to eat. We live on a sphere, a ball flying through space, revolving around a giant ball of burning plasma we call the sun, with another smaller sphere rotating around our Earth called the moon, and yet we struggle to believe in miracles? We live in a miracle. Each of us are miracles. A single cell in your body is more complex than New York city, according to biologists.

Jesus is alive in heaven right now. If he were physically standing here, you would see the holes in his hands and feet where the nails pierced him. Jesus is alive. That’s why we celebrate Easter, resurrection Sunday. Because He’s saved us from judgment, condemnation, and from outer darkness, from hell.

Jesus resurrected to show his disciples and the world that He was and is truly God. Yet Jesus also resurrected to communicate something to each of us: Since God raised Jesus from the dead, He can and will raise us from the dead after we die.

Last year my family lost my grandma Monica and my grandpa Bernie within a month. It was about one year ago actually. What happened to them? They died. But they died believing in Jesus Christ. And trusting that Jesus was and is risen. So we can know for a fact, that Christ raised them from the dead, just as Christ himself was raised from the dead, and they will both live eternally. It’s a fact, plain and simple.

The greatest problem of humanity is death itself. Everyone dies. And from the earliest times of humanity, we’ve wondered, can man live forever? Where is the fountain of youth? Jesus is the fountain of youth. Jesus has authority over death. And if we’ll believe in Him, and turn from sin and follow Him with our whole heart and life, we will live forever.

1st Corinthians 15:2 says “By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.”

I find it very interesting that Paul specifically encourages us to continue in the faith. It’s not enough to believe once and then drift away. We must continuously hold to the word of life, week by week, and year by year. That’s why we attend church weekly, and Bible study, and pray and read the scriptures daily. We must cling to the word of life and persevere in it. It’s not one and done.

Now I think it’s important to mention that there is a lot of skepticism and doubt thrown at the Bible today. People say it’s just a book of myths, it’s not real, it didn’t really happen. That’s also what I used to think, until I really researched the Bible and its historical and archaeological verifications. And I realized the Bible is the most amazing, and well accredited book in human history. I think Charles Colson summed it up well when he said: “The Bible- banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit it; dictators of every age have outlawed it and executed those who read it. Yet soldiers carry it into battle believing it is more powerful than their weapons. Fragments of it smuggled into solitary prison cells have transformed ruthless killers into gentle saints.” The Bible has been attacked by every generation, I think for this reason: It calls us out about who we really are. And that makes a lot of people angry. But let me assure you: You can trust every word in the Bible is the accurate word of God.

Verses 3 through 7 of 1st Corinthians 15 outline the truth of the gospel, that Jesus lived, died, was buried, and resurrected from the dead. This first letter to the Corinthians was written around AD 55, by the apostle Paul to a church in ancient Rome, in the city of Corinth. And Paul specifically tells them that Jesus appeared after his death to over five hundred people, most of whom were still alive when he wrote this letter. So Paul is telling the people in Corinth: Listen, I’m telling you the truth, Jesus rose from the dead. And if you don’t believe me, ask any of these five hundred people who saw him after his death. That’s powerful evidence.

After appearing to his closest disciples, and then to 500 witnesses, Jesus appeared to Thomas. Thomas didn’t believe that Jesus was alive. He said, “I will not believe unless I put my fingers in his wounds. So Jesus one day walked in the door, and walked right up to Thomas and said, “Put your fingers in my hands and in my side. Stop doubting and believe” (John 20:24-29). And some of us here may still be doubting, and Jesus says to us today: Here I am. Stop doubting and believe.” Because it’s true.

There are angels here with us today, angels assigned to protect and shepherd the churches of God (Revelation 1-3, 2:1) and they stand ready to record your names in the book of life, if you are ready now to receive Christ. The altars are open right now, throughout the service, for you to come forward and declare Christ as savior. Ultimately it comes down to a decision we make, to change our mind and turn to Christ, and He will heal us.

So not only did Jesus appear to Thomas, but then in verse 7 Paul says Jesus also appeared to him. And that’s where it became personal for Paul. See Paul, the one writing this letter was a persecutor of the church. He hated Jesus, and thought of Jesus as a false teacher, and he hunted down and persecuted the church. But then Paul personally encountered Jesus, and his life was transformed.

The same moment came for me. I didn’t believe in Jesus for most of my life. I thought religion was for ignorant people. I thought it was for the older generation who didn’t understand science and progress. I thought Christ was just an old myth, a lie, and that society had moved past the need for such superstitions.

I was wrong. I was so wrong. I had believed a well packaged string of lies, about history, about society, about science, and about life. And I’m so thankful that Jesus reached through all of that, and changed my life. Because the truth is I had become a drug addict, for 10 years I struggled in addiction. I had ruined my body, and mind, and yet through all of that I still had this arrogance about self-sufficiency, about my own intellect, that somehow I didn’t need God. But when things happen in life that bring us to a point of crisis, sometimes that’s exactly what we need for Jesus to break through the clouds and false beliefs in our minds and truly reveal himself to us.

Through the beautiful moments of our lives, the laughter of childhood, the sweet memoirs of times spent with family, in the moments of romance, and in the broken times, in the tears, in the sorrows of death and shadows of broken relationships, and the times when we’re homesick for a place we’ve never been, and desperately empty within but we don’t know why, when we’re sick, exhausted, and at our wit’s end, that’s when Christ breaks through all the lies we’ve believed, all the clouds of skepticism and doubt, and He sweeps in and transforms our world.

Christ goes from a historical person, from words on a page, to a real, in your face, living savior, and that relationship goes from formal, or distant, to personal, deep, and intimately close.

Jesus is risen from the dead. Because he’s here right now. He’s present with us. The evidence is all around us. He’s changed billions of lives. But he’s also changed my life, personally. I was near death, in the emergency room, now I’m healthy, full of life, because Jesus lives. I said yes. Will you say yes? We celebrate his resurrection every Easter. He lives today.

Last question: How should we then live? This is a big question. If Jesus is really alive and God, what does that mean? What I’ve been describing to you today is not simply a religious tradition, or a doctrinal truth, it’s much deeper than that, what I’m describing to you is ultimate reality. This is the ultimate truth of our world, our universe, and humanity, today, in America. It’s not just spiritually true, but literally actually true. So how should we live?

I think we can break it down into four areas. Jesus calls us to a radical new lifestyle. And Jesus expects a lot from us.

Firstly, Jesus expects us to turn in repentance from all the past sins we’ve struggled with. We must repent, and believe in Christ (Mark 1:13) To repent means to turn away from evil, and to do good.

For me, when I first got saved, I knew Jesus was calling me to quit using drugs and alcohol, obviously. So through help, in twelve step groups, I was able to be free from those things. Then I quit smoking cigarettes. I also tried to eat healthier. Jesus calls us to live sexually moral lives.

Secondly, He calls us to truly love others. Not just say we love them, or feel love toward them, but to love in action, through service. When we each die, we’ll go before Christ and he’ll want to know if we loved people. If we didn’t love, but were cold and sterile, we will have no place in his kingdom. Love, it’s so simple, yet so profound. He calls us to actions done in love.

Thirdly, Jesus tells us we must forgive all those who have harmed us. 

I recall a story of a man in the Caribbean and he was diving with friends in the ocean observing marine life. And he reached out his hand and was suddenly stung by a deadly box jellyfish. He was found by a young fishermen boy who took him to shore, and then left him there. And he lay there, his body becoming numb, and he was becoming deathly sick. He wandered into town, and found some people smoking outside a bar. And he called for help. And they laughed at him, and ignored him. Then he flagged down a taxi, and asked to be taken to a hospital. But he didn’t have any money. To the taxi driver took him a few blocks and shoved him out the door and drove off. Then he wandered to a hotel still sick, dying really, and asked for help from some men playing cards. And the hotel manager got up and looked at his arm where he’d been stung and he said, “Why do you inject drugs young man? Shame on you.” And he walked away. He begged them for help, but they just ignored him. But someone called an ambulance. Finally, an ambulance arrived, and He was taken to the hospital. He was an atheist. But on the way there he knew he was near death. And he had this internal dialogue going on with God. And he asked God who he was. And God told him. And God instructed him to ask forgiveness for his sins. He did. But God also asked him if he would forgive those who had harmed him in his life. He said yes. Then God brought to mind the taxi driver, and the hotel manager. And he said, no I can’t forgive them, they wouldn’t lift a finger to help me. And then he realized, God had forgiven all of his sins. And now was he going to continue to hold the sins of others against them? He couldn’t. So he forgave both of them as well.

Now, It’s easy to say “I forgive everybody.” But what about the people who have recently hurt us? Yes, God calls you to forgive them too. Even the people who have hurt you very, very deeply. Even people who have done unspeakable evil to us. If you have unforgiveness in your heart, anger, resentment toward others, please leave it behind today. Forgive them, because Christ has forgiven you. We’ll have no inheritance with Christ, if we hang on to unforgiveness.

To sum up, to live as Christ tells us to live, we must: 1. Turn away from all sin, and fight off all active sin in our lives.

2. Love those around us with true love in action

3. Forgive completely those who have done terrible wrongs to us.

Fourthly and finally, we must truly devote our lives to God.

I imagine that in outer darkness, in hell in the next life, there will be a lot of people who tried to walk the middle road of attending church, of being nominally Christian, but didn’t really devote their lives to Jesus. To be lukewarm, to be half in, to have one foot in and one foot out, is the same as being out. Christ calls us to a radically different life. And he knows our every thought and deed. He knows what we do in secret. Christ calls us to really devote our lives to him. And we can do that. We really, really can. We’ll have to make some changes to our weekly routines, but we can be totally sold out followers of Jesus. We must shift our road from what we desire, to what His plan is for us. It’s a radically different path from our own. And truly, that is the best life.

Heaven is real, and hell is real. Our God is a God of love, but also a God of justice. So believe in the risen Jesus, and live a radically different life in response to that. Trust in Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and live out the true Christian life through turning from sin, loving people, forgiving people, and being devoted to Christ. 

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Remembering Nabeel Qureshi: Five Presentations by the Former Muslim turned Christian

Nabeel Qureshi giving his last message and prayer request on his deathbed.

Nabeel Qureshi the famed Christian apologist who converted from Islam to Christianity died recently of cancer at the age of 34. Two years older than me. Wow. He was an amazing evangelist, someone I looked up to and deeply respected.  It's sad given the need in the Muslim world for Jesus. 

But I'm certain those impacted by his ministry will continue the efforts to evangelize the Muslim world. Here are five powerful presentations by Dr. Qureshi that I think will touch you deeply.

Additionally the final two videos are of his final message and the funeral service after his death.  The Lord can take us at any moment, always be ready. 

1. Jesus and the Christian Response to Islam

2. Fulfill Your Ministry


3. Georgia Tech Message



4. Jesus in Islam vs. Jesus in Christianity


5. Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward


The Final Message & Prayer Request from Nabeel Qureshi


The Funeral Service for Nabeel Qureshi


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My Top Ten Favorite Christian Speakers to Listen to on YouTube

1. Joe Sweet - truly a teacher of holiness and the sanctified life, on fire for the Lord, thoroughly biblical theology. 

2. Derek Prince - One of the greatest preachers I've ever listened to, absolutely powerful and excellent theology. He passed away in 2003.

3. Frank Turek - straight forward jersey talk on Christian apologetics and cultural/political issues. Leans Calvinist in theology sadly. 

4. Timothy Keller - His apologetics were excellent, but Tim Keller's description of complex overarching themes of scripture was really quite exceptional. He passed away in 2023.

5. William Lane Craig - Intellectual, deep apologetics based on a solid framework of logic laced with cosmology, history, and scriptural references.

6. Ray Comfort - this prominent evangelist never fails to urge us to reach people with the living gospel, true deliverance from sin.

7. Joshua Giles - Joshua is a powerful prophetic voice in our world today. A truly humble and faithful modern day prophetic voice to the body of Christ. Must listen, for sure. 

8. Kevin Zadai - Pentecostal, revelatory, deep, powerful speaker. Has written numerous excellent books, and his organization Warrior Notes has a major impact in modern America. 

9. Michael Ramsden - famous Christian apologist, international speaker, and co-founder of The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics

10. Eric Metaxas - engaging, entertaining, thoughtful, and passionate speaker for Jesus. His work on Socrates in the City and the Eric Metaxas show are excellent. He's written numerous excellent books as well. 


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Five Awesome Videos from The Bible Project

I wanted to get a good plug in for the Bible Project and the videos they make on You Tube.  These videos have been instructive to me and my family, so I thought I'd share them with you.  If your able, please support the Bible Project over at their website: TheBibleProject.com.


The Gospel of the Kingdom



The Book of Job


The Book of Proverbs


Heaven and Earth


The Revelation of Jesus Ch. 12-22


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Five Provocative Sermon Messages

1. Ravi Zacharias: Don't Let Fears and Regrets Hold Up Your Life

2. Steven Lawson: Beginning with Moses: Christ in All the Scriptures

3. Subtle Ways to Abandon the Authority of Scripture: D. A. Carson

4. The Dangers of Progressivism: Dinesh D'Souza

5. The Parable of the Older Son: Voddie Baucham

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Five Intriguing Presentations by Christian Apologists

1. The Challenge against Christianity - Dr. Ravi Zacharias (speaker begins at 15:37)


2. The Resurrection Argument that changed a Generation of Scholars


3. The Columbo Tactic - Prof. Greg Koukl



4. Wisdom in the book of Proverbs - Dr. Frank Turek


5. Hidden Treasures in the book of Job - Dr. Hugh Ross

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Five Presentations on Atheism, Chinese Persecution, Evidence for God and Abortion Arguments

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" -Hosea 4:6.  

To be robust Christian activists, warriors for Christ in the culture we must constantly be fighting for the truth on the very pioneers of truth and knowledge.  We must meet people where they are with the timeless truths of scripture and the life of Jesus Christ.  We can do this by constantly expanding our knowledge.  

What is happening in the world?  What are the latest events?  What do young people, millennials believe today?  What are the best arguments for atheism?  What are the best arguments for theism?  What about abortion?  And what of the persecuted church?  How can we reach the young with the gospel?

It is our responsibility to stay at the forefront of world events and at the forefront of knowledge.  Only then can we counter every argument that sets itself up against the knowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:5).  Stay blessed friends, keep fighting, though it looks bad now, our hard work day and night in our culture and society will plant that seeds that fuel the future transformation of our society in the hope and power of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

Enjoy, and share!

1. The Atheist Delusion Movie
Featuring: Ray Comfort
Producer: Living Waters 
Description: This whole post is largely to showcase this new documentary by Ray Comfort's ministry.  The Atheist Delusion is a must see movie.  Definitely watch it and share it with everyone you know.



2. Christian Persecution in China Documentary
Featuring: Persecuted Christians in China
Producer: Unknown
Description: This is a very eye opening documentary.  We live in such a cloistered world in the United States.  But not too far from us, Christians are being persecuted and murdered for their faith in Christ.  Bridge your awareness, learn about and support the persecuted ones.
 

3. Is there Evidence for God? 
Featuring: William Lane Craig & Kevin Sharp
Producer: The Veritas Forum 
Description: The Veritas forum facilitates discussions between Christians and atheists, as well as naturalists and agnostics to discuss the reason for God.  William Lane Craig is an excellent apologist, definitely follow his work.


4.  Is Jesus God? Excerpt from documentary "Mining for God"
Featuring: Lee Strobel, W.L. Craig, Gary Habermas, et al.
Producer: Mining for God 
Description: Mining for God is a documentary I really believe in.  It's a great presentation of the robust evidence for the Christian worldview.  Unfortunately it hasn't reached as many as I've hoped, so please share clips from the documentary on social media.  It's a must see for non-believers.


5. "180" Movie
Featuring: Ray Comfort
Producer: Living Waters
Description: This is a great documentary of interviews and discussions with young people mainly, attempting to help millennials understand the sanctity and value of human life.  Specifically the topic of abortion is addressed. Check it out and share it with others!


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10 Fascinating Prager U Animated Video Shorts

Source: PragerU

Have you ever heard of Prager University?  They make animated video shorts and post them on Youtube. View their channel here.  They are also available on the PragerU website.  I've learned a lot watching these videos.  They are fun, entertaining and informative.  These are ten of my favorites.  Enjoy!

1. What is Crony Capitalism?
 

2. Does Science Argue for or against God?


3. The Most Important Question about Abortion


4. Climate Change: What Do Scientists Say?


5. The Least Free Place in America


6. Game of Loans


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9. The War on Boys


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