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A podcast to examine Jesus and Christianity for ourselves. Together, we might discover many things we learned or think are simply not true. <a href="https://falsejesus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">falsejesus.substack.com</a>

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March 7, 2023

Pushing Pause

It has been one year since I started writing and recording this ‘False Jesus’ project. I have loved exploring cultural misconceptions of Jesus and Christianity with you this past year while digging into what Jesus had to say about Himself and these issues. However, I’ve decided to push pause on this little passion project.To be honest, I just need a break from writing and teaching. At 45, I’m recognizing that I cannot keep the pace I did when I was 35 and even 40. Especially after the pandemic and living the rhythm of my new role in ministry, I’m learning that I have to pace myself for maximum impact. Erica and I are celebrating 25 years in full-time ministry this year! During that time, we have never taken an extended break away from ministry. Some call this a sabbatical. While we can’t afford to go away for a couple of months like some do (for multiple reasons and especially our phase of life), we are going to take an extended break from all the “extra” in our lives to slow down the pace for this month before our next big push of ministry. ‘False Jesus’ is one of those extra things I really enjoy doing, and sometimes even the good things need to be laid down on the altar to find an even better rhythm of a Jesus-centered lifestyle. I don’t know how long this pause will be, but I do know that the Holy Spirit will whisper to me if or when I’m to pick ‘False Jesus’ back up from the altar.Until then, please continue to test anything you see and hear about God, Jesus, and Christianity against the Scriptures. Don’t take anyone’s word for it until you run it through the holy grid of what God has already revealed in the Bible. Keep searching after the true Jesus of the Bible and don’t settle for a cultural False Jesus.Thank you for being on this journey with me. God bless you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://falsejesus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">falsejesus.substack.com</a>

February 7, 2023

Encouraging Deconstruction

Taken at face value, the word “deconstruction” is a literary analysis of a text and its meaning. A breaking down to get to the significance of something written or spoken.However, deconstruction has become a loaded term today. Deconstruction is now the popular spiritual buzzword within today’s mainstream Christian culture. This word might be newer to some with the rise of social media as we’re hearing more often about Christian celebrities deconstructing and leaving their faith or the forecasting of an entire generation deconstructing their faith and leaving the Church. However, it has been around for a while in America, and its sentiment has been around for thousands of years reaching across the globe. While the word “deconstruction” is newer in the 2000s, the process of questioning faith in Jesus and the beliefs of Christianity is as old as the movement itself. In fact, a “doubter” named Thomas was a part of Jesus’ original ministry team, and he demanded solid physical evidence before he would believe in Jesus’ resurrection (see John 20:24-31). You can read about people who were following Jesus, but then after hearing Him preach a hard sermon they didn’t agree with, they left Him. They stopped following Jesus (see John 6:25-66). Even Jesus’ own family struggled to believe in the validity of Jesus’ claims having grown up with him (see John 7:1-5). The practice of questioning Christianity and disagreeing with Jesus and His teachings is all over the pages of the New Testament of the Bible. Deconstruction might be today’s buzzword, but it’s simply history repeating itself. People have been deconstructing Christianity and their belief in Jesus for thousands of years. This is just the new remake of an old movie. So, it’s with fear and trembling before God that I want to put a new spin on both the old movie and the new buzzword.Deconstructing the False JesusHave you ever considered that Jesus would welcome the deconstruction of today’s mainstream version of himself and cultural Christianity? Re-read that question slowly.I think Jesus would encourage deconstruction. To be frank, that’s what I’ve been doing over this last year as we’ve journeyed together. This little passion project called ‘False Jesus’ exists to examine the cultural misconceptions about Jesus and Christianity. Both inside the Church and for those who don’t follow Jesus. My hope with this podcast is to re-present the Jesus of the Bible to those who are willing to listen. On this journey, we’ve discovered together that some of the things we learned about Jesus as kids were simply not true. We’ve also learned some things that maybe we were never taught growing up, and we wouldn’t have known these truths unless we did a deep dive into what Jesus said about himself. As a result of examining the Scriptures for ourselves (and not just taking someone else’s word for it), we have been surprised (in some instances) that our childhood or college version of Jesus and Christianity does not equal the real Jesus and His original teachings. The Jesus we see in the mainstream media and political rallies is a False Jesus.Welcome to my ongoing process of deconstruction. If that’s what you want to call it.We have been asking hard questions and wrestling with culture’s misrepresentation of Jesus. We’ve been examining Jesus’ claims about Himself. We’ve been looking at the difference between the movement of Christianity when compared to world religions. We’ve asked age-old questions including Jesus’ legitimacy. But now let me take it one step further…I think an argument could be made that Jesus led the first deconstruction movement. With his very life and groundbreaking teaching in the “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew 5-7), Jesus broke down thousands of years of Jewish and religious tradition and preached a new Way. As Jesus dismantled certain man-made religious laws, rabbinical teachings, and wayward motives, He also claimed to fulfill God’s initiated law and long-standing prophecies. Jesus’ life, teachings, and ministry turned an entire religious system on its head in just a few short years. How’s that for deconstruction?God-Initiated vs Man-MadeNow, this is where I have to be very careful to be absolutely clear, lest you think I’m a heretic. We have to focus on those two terms in deconstruction. God-initiated versus man-made. Huge distinction. Massive implications.In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus draws a clear difference between what is God-initiated and Man-made. In essence, Jesus keeps what God initiated with his people in the first place and throws out the extra rules and behaviors that were made and modeled by man. He highlights a God-law and explains the heart behind it but throws out the Man-law and exposes the motive behind it. Mattew 5 records Jesus saying several times, “You have heard that it was said…but I say…” You’ve heard it taught…and then He goes on to quote the Law that God downloaded to Moses. He doesn’t disagree with it, but He then expounds on it with meaning. Jesus “ups the ante” on the heart behind the law. For example, the heart behind “You must not murder.” is that you and I should not kill people, yes. But Jesus went deeper and said we shouldn’t even have hate in our hearts for anyone. We should have God’s desire for reconciliation of relationships (Matthew 5:21-24). That’s at the heart of God’s Law.Another example is the heart behind “You must not commit adultery.” as the healthy pursuit of purity and love, not the corroding cycle of lust and its consequences (Matthew 5:27-30). Jesus reveals God’s care for us when He expounds on that law.Jesus not only dissects the Law with the heart behind it, but He then goes on to call out the behavior of the religious individuals who are completely missing the point and the heart of God by heaping all of these extra and unnecessary expectations on people.Does this not sound familiar? Is this not what most people are deconstructing Christianity for today and centuries past? In my conversations with people who are deconstructing their Christian faith, most of them are not leaving because of Jesus. They’re leaving because His followers are missing the point. They’re leaving because of bad church experiences. They’re leaving because churches teach more about political positions than passages of Scripture. They’re leaving because of pastoral abuses. They’re sick and tired of the traditions and church in-fighting that is more prevalent than the heart of God. Jesus was the master deconstructor of religious and institutional hypocrisy and man-made preferences and traditions. Jesus tore down that type of behavior of man-made religious systems and showed people the Way of God. The Way of Love.I believe that Jesus deconstructed what was man-made and fulfilled what was God-initiated. Jesus tore down the cultural and acceptable religious interpretations of those laws and built back the original meaning of God’s Law through His teachings and His life. He dismantled the years of religious baggage and presented God’s covenantal desire for a relationship with Him and with each other.Did Jesus Encourage Deconstruction?What I love about Jesus’ model of relational discipleship is that He welcomed good questions and tough conversations from His students. He asked hard and thought-provoking questions in His teachings, and He encouraged people to wrestle with their doubts. A good exercise might be to read the Gospels and highlight every time a person asked Jesus a tough question and when Jesus asked a difficult question in return. The point is this…Jesus is not afraid of our hard questions. Jesus is not anxious over our doubts. Jesus is not nervous about people deconstructing or even leaving the Christian faith. Before you think I’m crazy, let me show you…John 6:21-59 records a fascinating and hard-to-understand sermon from Jesus. In it, He calls out people for simply following Him for the “show.” Signs and wonders…and more food. Jesus had just miraculously fed the 5,000 the day before and now the people wanted more. Well, Jesus gave them a lot more than they came for. Jesus taught them a hard-to-swallow sermon about Him being the Messiah and the Bread of Life. He taught that people would have to eat His body and drink His blood, which was a foreshadowing metaphor that many of them apparently took literally. They came to the conclusion that Jesus was some sort of cannibal cult leader. This put them over the edge. Take a look at verses 60-67 and focus on the questions between Jesus and his disciples. Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?” Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.” At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”I want to stop there so we can see that many of Jesus’ disciples chose to leave Him. After hearing that sermon, they questioned Jesus. They doubted His claims. They could not accept that Jesus was the Messiah, and they would no longer follow His teachings. They deconstructed their faith and trust in Him, and they chose to leave the movement. That is heartbreaking. It’s tough to read this let alone experience it firsthand. It’s devastating to see people who’ve grown up in the church deconstruct their faith experience and then leave. It’s rough to watch people go through this process of dismantling the hard teachings of Jesus and choose to leave the church. But I really want us to notice something here.Did you see how Jesus responded? It’s even more fascinating than the sermon itself. Jesus turned to the twelve apostles whom He had chosen and asked them a question. A massive question. A shocking question. A deconstructing question.“Are you also going to leave?”Hold up. That’s crazy! Did Jesus really give his closest followers permission to leave? Did He give them an out? After following Him and seeing the miracles and hearing Him teach, did Jesus really just ask that question? “Are you also going to leave?”Yes! Yes, He did. This was a massive watershed moment where Jesus encouraged them to take all that they’ve seen and heard from Him and to weigh it very carefully. He gave them a choice. Stay or go. This is where the rubber meets the road, fellas. It’s put up or shut up time. Are you in or out? Think hard before you make the leap!Jesus encouraged even his closest followers to critically think about Who they were following, what they believed, and what they were getting themselves into. I believe that Jesus, at that moment, instigated his own student’s consideration with this incredibly hard question of what we now call deconstruction. Two Responses to DeconstructionI don’t know if Peter’s answer was instantaneous or if he took some time to consider it before speaking. Was it a gut reaction, or was it carefully weighed? In response to Jesus’ question, Peter asked a question and immediately answered it. He replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68-69)This is a very different response than the first group who decided to walk away from Jesus. Peter, on behalf of the twelve, said we believe. We’re in. We’re going to continue following you, Jesus.Here we have two radically different deconstruction responses to Jesus’ teaching and questions. We see both groups are given the same opportunity to carefully consider following Jesus. Both groups were encouraged to really think before they made their decision. Both groups had the choice to walk away from Jesus. One group does. The other does not.All I simply want us to see is that Jesus made room for what we now call deconstruction. He wants people to examine His life and His teachings carefully. His model of discipleship and sermons were full of great questions. Jesus encouraged people to bring their questions to Him, and He addressed their doubts. This is what I love about Jesus!But it makes me wonder if our model of discipleship in our churches today allows for the same kind of questioning and wrestling. Do we give people a forum to ask hard questions about Jesus and Christianity? Do we allow people to bring their doubts out into the open for a good conversation? When people do feel comfortable enough to ask and doubt, are they met with love and grace or ridicule and disdain? If Jesus gave his disciples the opportunity for deconstruction, our churches should make it safe for people to do so with us. The Apostle Paul encouraged the Church in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 to “test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good.” I wonder what would happen in our churches if Christians created a safe space for this kind of testing. I wonder what would take place if we gave people an opportunity to ask the really hard questions about Jesus and Christianity within a civil dialogue. I’m curious about a model where skeptics would be encouraged to deconstruct openly while being challenged to study the real Jesus in the pages of the Bible and not just take someone else’s word for it. The reality is they still might walk away from Jesus and His teachings, but at least it wouldn’t be because of the harmful behavior of the people in His Church.Before You GoThis ‘False Jesus’ podcast is all about fixing our eyes on the real Jesus of the Bible. Terms like “deconstruction” can be so divisive in our culture when not explained or fully understood. My simple desire is to unify us on Jesus and what He taught. My hope by bringing this perspective is to encourage you to keep asking questions about God, Christianity, Jesus, and the Bible. If after hearing this you don’t agree with me, that’s okay. My stake in the ground has been and will continue to be…Don’t take my word for it. Take God’s Word for it. Follow Jesus, not me. Consider Jesus’ teachings, not mine. Test everything I say according to the Bible and follow the lead of Jesus. If genuinely testing and asking good questions means we’re deconstructing, then I think Jesus would encourage it. Bring your concerns to Jesus. Ask Him to show you the answers. Read what He has already revealed in the Bible and ask the tough questions. Don’t ever stop bringing your doubts. The real Jesus is not afraid of your deconstruction.With every False Jesus podcast, I like to include a creative piece. This one is an excerpt of a song written by Grammy-winning rapper, Lecrea, on his “Church Clothes 4” album.Deconstruction by <a target="_blank" href="https://lecrae.com">Lecrae</a>Tears streaming as I weep, felt I heard the Lord speak I've been running from you but you never ran away from me It was people that hurt me, it wasn't God, though I let the church trauma turn into a God wound I learned the western world has twisted up the scriptures So when I re-enlisted, I learned the eastern context The way that Jesus meant it My peace has been cemented, my soul has been re-lifted My deconstruction ended, reconstruction is beginning My peace has been cemented, my soul has been re-lifted My deconstruction ended, reconstruction is beginning Find your way back home<a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhgcvsneb90">Click here to listen to the full song with lyrics.</a>With every False Jesus podcast, I like to suggest an organization or ministry you may want to consider. If you are a person of faith and a sports fan or know someone who is, then you have to check out <a target="_blank" href="https://sportsspectrum.com">Sports Spectrum</a>, where sports and faith connect. Led by my friend, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jasonromano.com">Jason Romano</a>, who was an Emmy-Award-winning Producer and Senior Manager at ESPN, Sports Spectrum is an incredible ministry full of podcasts, magazines, devotionals, and videos for athletes and fans of all ages.When you visit <a target="_blank" href="http://sportsspectrum.com">sportsspectrum.com</a>, you’ll hear podcasts of player and coach testimonies, you’ll read thousands of God-first articles from professional athletes, and you’ll see amazing videos about the intersection of sports and faith that you can share with your friends.I highly encourage you to check out Sports Spectrum and all of its content today! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://falsejesus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">falsejesus.substack.com</a>

January 3, 2023

Spiritual Buffet

I love a good buffet! I get to choose what I want from all sorts of food. Whatever I desire, I dine on. Whatever I fancy, I feast on. If I know it pleases my palate, I put it on my plate. If I know it won’t, I keep walking. Another great thing about a buffet line is that I can try all kinds of food! I am paying for an all-you-can-eat experience, so it doesn’t hurt to put something I might not like on my plate to try it. If I don’t like it, I can just push it to the side. If I do like it, then I can go back for more.From what I see in our culture today, many people approach spirituality like a buffet. A little Jesus. A bit of Buddha. A taste of Luther. One scoop of their favorite Instagram preacher. Throw on a zodiac sign, one horoscope with a side of crystals. Then season it all with a little donkey or elephant. As we walk through the spiritual buffet line, many of us fill our plates with what we prefer and leave off what we don’t like. But there’s a big problem with this when it comes to Jesus and Christianity.Jesus doesn’t serve buffets. He’s not in the buffet business. The Jesus of the Bible is more of a “this is what we’re having for dinner” kind of chef than he is a made-to-order cook. When you read the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), time and time again you’ll see Jesus serving up some proteins and vegetable-like teaching, and people are left with a choice of whether they’re going to eat what he presented or walk down their own buffet line.Three of the four Gospels record a fascinating conversation that Jesus had with a Rich Young Man. We don’t know his name, but we know that he was very spiritual and even religious. Mark 10 records…The Rich Young Man 17 As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good. 19 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.’” 20 “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” 21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22 At this the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. - Mark 10:17-22 NLT This young guy walked away from the dinner table sad. Apparently, he wanted dessert, but he got vegetables instead. What Jesus served to this rich young man was not palatable for his lifestyle. Even though he’d been eating much of what Jesus was teaching his whole life, he didn’t want to eat this last bite because it didn’t fit with what he wanted in his spiritual lifestyle.Jesus knew that this guy’s wealth and stuff had become an idol in his life. His possessions were the barrier to having a relationship with the One who could give him eternal life. Jesus served up the meal of a lifetime to this guy to follow Him, but this young man wanted it his way. The plate was served to have an eternal relationship with Jesus, but the young man didn’t want to give up what he preferred on his plate to follow Him.The rich young man walked away sad, and Jesus didn’t chase after him.I really want us to see something here. Jesus set the standard with his invitation to follow Him. When the young man walked away, Jesus didn’t lower the bar on his teaching about how to receive eternal life. Jesus set the table, and he genuinely wanted this young man to eat with Him by following Him, but He wasn’t about to let His truth be watered down by less commitment than the sacrificial standard. Following Jesus is the standard. This assumes that you and I are not the ones leading. We are not the ones choosing what we put on our plates. Jesus is Head Chef. He’s the leader. Not you. Not me.Pastor Andy Stanley said, “We get to choose whether or not we follow Jesus. We do not get to choose what following Jesus looks like, acts like, and reacts like.” What Jesus is teaching this young man (and us) is that our religious preferences and lifestyle choices must be sacrificed in order to follow Him alone into eternal life here and beyond the grave. Nothing more can be added. It’s only His way. Period. Remember, Jesus doesn’t serve buffets. Jesus’ Lordship LensesOver the last few years of working with young adults, I’ve seen a rise in Christians who don’t put on Jesus’ Lordship Lenses when encountering cultural realities and spiritual curiosity. Many are seeing their Christian commitment through the lenses of culture and spiritual popularity rather than looking at the culture through Jesus’ teachings and biblical doctrine.While I am encouraged by spiritual curiosity, I am disturbed by the lack of Jesus’ Lordship. We have men and women who are following Jesus but are praying with crystals. I’m watching as young men and women, who I’ve baptized, look to horoscopes as their daily guide. And they’re thinking nothing of it. It’s no big deal.Sound the alarm! We have to see that this is a strategy of Satan. The enemy of our souls wants nothing more than to convince us that we don’t need Jesus alone to guide us. He deceives us into thinking we can do this life on our own. He wants us to think it’s no big deal to pile all kinds of spirituality on our plates, knowing full well the dangers of opening ourselves up to unknown spiritual influences. This is nothing new from Satan. This was his scheme with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3). This was his strategy with the people of Israel and the infamous golden calf at Mount Sinai (Exodus 32). This was his tactic with King Saul when he went to visit a medium (1 Samuel 28). This strategy is a twisted spirituality that is rooted in deceit that eventually wreaks havoc on life itself.Here’s my point: Jesus is either Lord of all, or He’s not Lord at all. Either the Bible and Jesus’ teachings are your source of Truth, or it’s not. If you follow Jesus, you cannot have it both his way and your way. This is why it’s so important to research and know what Jesus said and not just take other people’s word for it.Regarding cultural spirituality, the Bible strongly warns against engaging in anything related to superstition and the occult. God declares the practice of the occult detestable (Deuteronomy 18:10–12), and witchcraft is named along with idolatry as ungodly behavior (Galatians 5:19–21). The use of crystals as charms, amulets, or healing stones is a type of occult practice, however benign it seems. Anything that seeks to manipulate the spirit world can be categorized as witchcraft.The cultural and superstitious use of crystals and stars is yet another example of fallen mankind taking what God has created and twisting it for an ungodly purpose. Crystals and stars are striking examples of God’s handiwork. There is nothing wrong with using crystals for home décor or wearing them as jewelry, but there is nothing magical about them. Using crystals for protection or healing is, at its root, an idolatrous practice. It is idolatry because it depends on spiritual forces other than God for healing and protection; in other words, it is the worship of something other than God. Idolatry is repeatedly and strongly forbidden in the Bible (Deuteronomy 4:15–20; Jeremiah 44:1–4; 2 Corinthians 6:16–17; 1 Corinthians 10:14–20).If you have chosen to follow Jesus, then please understand that Jesus doesn’t serve up spiritual buffets. He’s the Head Chef, and you have to eat what He serves. And it’s not because He’s a cosmic killjoy. It’s because He wants to lead you to eternal life both here and now and also protect you from the rotten death that is within that shiny cultural so-called fruit.Vegetable Christianity What I love about Jesus is that He loves us and wants the best for us. He wants to see us grow up strong and healthy into the eternal life that He alone can give. To do this, Jesus knows that we must put into practice what He preaches, but He will never force us to do so. He leaves that choice to us, but He knows the outcome. We see this after His most famous Sermon on the Mount, recorded in Matthew 5-7. 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” ~ Matthew 7:24-27 ESVIn the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus served up vegetable teaching. He knew what He was teaching was hard to swallow, but He served it up anyway because He knew how good it is for us to live by. He never forces anyone to eat their vegetables, but He knows it’s the wise person who does what He says.Jesus doesn’t want your house to come crashing down when the storms of life come. Jesus doesn’t want you to add to His truth because He knows that you’ll sink into the shifting and dangerous sand of cultural spirituality that will not hold up under the storm. False Cultural Spirituality wants to convince you that dabbling in shifting spiritual buffet lines is more convenient and attractive, when in fact it will eventually cause you to go under. The real Jesus of the Bible loves you and is good enough to tell you what is best for you and stick to it because He knows what will actually save your life. And if I were you, I’d listen to the One who has the authority and power to give eternal life.Before you go…To be honest with you, I have to force myself to eat vegetables. There are only a few vegetables I like (carrots, green beans and broccoli), but there are plenty of vegetables I do not like and have to discipline myself to eat (especially asparagus).The same is true spiritually. There are a lot of Jesus’ teachings that are hard to swallow and live by. It’s a chore for me to practice them. There are some teachings that I wish didn’t exist, but because I know Jesus loves me and wants the best for me, I eat them anyway because I trust Him, and I’ve declared that He’s the Head Chef of my life, not me. This is why I need other people in my life to guide me and remind me that Jesus’ teachings and ways are for my good. I’m grateful for the brotherhood that studies God’s word with me and holds me accountable to obeying it. And that’s when I see my life transformed. If you don’t have this kind of community in your life, I encourage you to get connected to a local Bible-teaching church. If I can help you find one through networking, please don’t hesitate to reach out as we start this new year.New Year Same Meby Kent ChevalierNew Year. Same Me. Different date. Same mistakes. Enemy laying siege to my mind. Coming after me and mine. Same strategies. Same punches I’ve been seeing. Over and over the temptations come like a thief Wanting to fight and take me out, I better watch out. I’m never outta God’s sight, but sometimes I’m outta my mind So I better rewind and remind myself of the collateral damage I better armor up to protect my kids and my wonderful marriage Putting on that Truth suit that sticks to me like crazy glue Renewing my mind with each new day Hearing myself say out loud that God still wins the Day Allowing Him to fight for me and beside me Even though I might feel alone, I remember isolation is just a scheme of the enemy I don’t wanna pretend to be stronger than I am That’s why I need the brotherhood around me so that I can firmly stand Against these fiery arrows from the devil’s hand His weapon might be formed, but I know it cannot beat me because I’m a blood-bought, forgiven, and protected son of the Almighty So you can go ahead and be the same you, doing what you always do I’ll be the same me, throwing counterpunches with the strength Christ has given me Bring on the fight in this New Year’s first few minutes and hours And I’ll be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.The New Year seems to bring new year’s resolutions. The whole point of False Jesus is to get us into the Bible, the Word of God, for ourselves. Therefore, as we start 2023, I want to introduce you to the best Bible Reading Plan I have found.<a target="_blank" href="http://mission119.org">Mission:119</a> is a 91-week journey through the Bible with Pastor John Soper as our guide with a mission to help us hide God’s Word in our hearts. Here’s how it works: You read the Scriptures for 10 minutes a day and then listen to a 10-minute teaching from Pastor Soper on what you just read. What I love about this Bible reading plan is that it serves up small enough bites that I can attain and chew on throughout the rest of the day. And if you do this for five days a week over 91 weeks (almost 2 years), you’ll read through the entire Bible.If you want to make a New Year’s Resolution to read the Bible, I highly encourage you to visit <a target="_blank" href="http://mission119.org">mission119.org</a> or download the <a target="_blank" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mission-119/id620358385">Mission:119 app</a> to learn more. I also encourage you to grab a couple friends to join with you on the journey for accountability and discussion. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://falsejesus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">falsejesus.substack.com</a>

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