Temple Baptist Church

I recently heard RFK Junior telling someone in an interview about his "FAITH" in God. He said two things in particular that stuck out like a sore thumb. First of all, he said that his philosophy in life as pertaining to his belief in God is that a person needs to FAKE IT (act like you believe in God) TILL YOU MAKE IT (until you finally have a belief in God). The second thing he said was that BELIEF IN GOD is in many ways more important than the EXISTENCE OF GOD. He went on to talk about how people have a better chance of recovering from an illness if they believe in God regardless of whether God exists or not! I don't know about you, but I will keep on believing in God, because I actually K-N-O-W that He exists!!! "But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)

Adults who are sexually attracted to people of the same gender, or who identify as being transgender are MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY and SPIRITUALLY unstable and have absolutely NO business hanging around children...let alone TEACHING them in our public schools. Some good friends of mine who live in Vidor, Texas could use your prayers right now as they are dealing with this issue in their city. "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward." (Psalm 127:3)

Many Bible-believers will tell you that Hebrew individuals get saved during the time of great tribulation and then KEEP their salvation by ENDURING UNTO THE END. However, that is NOT what the word of God teaches. The scriptures make it clear that the REMNANT of Israel which is to be saved does not get saved until the physical return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth at the very END of the time of great tribulation (Joel 2:28-32; Acts 3:19-21; Romans 11:25-28; Hebrews 9:27-28)! If they take the mark of the beast, they do not LOSE their salvation. Instead, they will lose the OPPORTUNITY to get saved at the time of Christ's return!!! "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." (Matthew 24:13)

Christians, STOP trying to sugar-coat certain types of homosexual behavior. There are some things in life that will NEVER taste good...regardless of how much sugar you put on top of it. .R.A.G.G.

D.R.A.G.G. is the name of my new nonprofit organization established to encourage fellow believers to BOLDLY stand up and protect our children and grandchildren from those promoting the LGBT lifestyle. D.R.A.G.G. stands for Dads Rising Against Godless Groomers! If you would like to join, simply leave your name in the comment section below. The only thing I ask of you is that you commit to PRAYING every single day for AT LEAST one individual you know who has been deceived into accepting the LGBT way of life. "Pray without ceasing." (I Thessalonians 5:17)

A self-proclaimed LGBT ally, FRIEND of mine recently posted something that I found to be pretty comical. (Now granted, he didn't mean for it to be funny, but that is what makes it so funny.) The meme showed a dad talking to his son about the way certain men are speaking about Kamala Harris. The father said, "Son...real men don't talk that way about women." Immediately I found myself wondering several things. First of all, how can someone who CLAIMS to support the LGBT community as much as this guy does be so stinkin' SEXIST? I mean if men and women are basically the same, why would it make any difference how a man speak about a woman? Secondly, how does this individual know what a WOMAN really is? Thirdly, how does he know what a REAL man is? After asking myself these questions, I sat back and said to the LORD, I'm sure glad you gave me a bible that keeps me from being confused...like my old Facebook friend Tony!!! "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." (I Corinthians 14:34)

You will bow your knee to the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, one DAY or another...one WAY or another!!! "That at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:10-11)

There are two COMINGS being talked about by the apostle Paul in II Thessalonians 2:1-15: (1.) The COMING of the Lord and (2.) The COMING of the Antichrist. The coming of the Lord CANNOT take place until AFTER the coming of the Antichrist. At the coming of the Antichrist (in the middle of Daniel's 70th week) two things will be REVEALED: (1.) The true identity of the man of sin and (2.) The true identity of his followers ("a falling away"). At the coming of the Lord (at the end of Daniel's 70th week) two things will be REVEALED: (1.) The true identity of the Lord Jesus Christ and (2.) The true identity of His followers ("our gathering together unto him"). Once the Antichrist COMES, everyone will immediately start realizing who really IS NOT a Christian. And once the Lord Jesus Christ COMES, everyone will immediately realize who really IS a Christian. If you have not put your faith and trust in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, there is still time, my friend. But do not be deceived into thinking that the disappearance of millions of people in a PRE-TRIB RAPTURE will be some kind of sign that the LORD is going to use to convince you that it is time to get your act together...because that ain't-a-gonna-happen!!! "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." (II Thessalonians 2:3)

A fellow Independent Baptist pastor recently make a not-so-flattering comment on one of my posts. After accusing me of WRESTING the scriptures and taking verses OUT OF CONTEXT in order to fit my teaching on the RAPTURE, he went on to say that he knew I wouldn't receive his rebuke with any HUMILITY. Of course, I did not agree with him on any of those things he said. However, he did say ONE thing as he closed off that I had a hard time finding fault with. "You're far smarter than the rest of us I guess." For the record, I do not believe that I am smarter than EVERYONE out there. And even though it's very true that I probably am a whole lot smarter than him (after all, I was Valedictorian of my high school class of over 500 students) I am HUMBLE enough to understand that being smart does not automatically make me right when it comes to discerning spiritual truths. But I would sure be a fool if I didn't take the mind that that the LORD has blessed me with and use it for His honor and glory in my efforts to study out and teach sound doctrine!!! "For you see your calling, brethern, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called." (I Corinthians 1:26)

To all of you PERVERTED friends of mine out there who do NOT plan on ever surrendering your lives to the LORD, take heed to the following words. "For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know." (Isaiah 47:10-11)

If you ever want to get out of Jury duty, just tell them that you are a Christian. Because everybody knows that Christians are N-E-V-E-R supposed to judge!!! "But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man." (I Corinthians 2:15)

I truly feel for the female fighter who recently got the living daylights beat out of her by the guy who claims to be a woman. As a Christian MAN, this really makes me angry. But for all of you WOKE friends of mine out there who are constantly shoving your pro-LGBT agenda down everyone else's throats, you had better not say one single word against what he did. Because if you are not rooting for this DUDE to keep on beating the SNOT out of women for the rest of the Olympics, then you are a stinkin' hypocrite!!! "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." (Isaiah 5:20)

I was talking to a PROFESSING Christian this week about Jesus' holy HATRED for sin. She then proceeded to quote John 8:7 and said that I was guilty of THROWING STONES at everyone. First of all, I find it interesting how most people reference that scripture without realizing that the very words they are quoting SUPPOSEDLY were not even inspired! (If you pay attention to the footnote next to John 7:53 in any modern translation, you will see that liberal scholars do not believe that the entire story of the woman caught in adultery belongs in the bible!) Secondly, the men Jesus was talking to were not seeking righteous judgment. If they had been, then they would have also brought to Jesus the MAN (or MEN) who had committed adultery with her (Deuteronomy 22:22). That is why Jesus rebuked them about THEIR sin. But whenever people reference John 8:7, they never seem to make it all the way to the end of the story, where the Lord (after having declared a mistrial) turns to the woman and says, GO AND SIN NO MORE (John 8:11)! The Lord Jesus Christ did not come into the world to CONDEMN people of their sin. He came to die (and raise from the dead) for their sin and to warn them of their need to repent and put their faith and trust in Him, in order to avoid the eternal CONDEMNATION that awaits them! "And this is the condemnation. that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." (John 3:19)

To all of my Christian friends out there who think it is wrong that SOME of us continually speak out against the sinfulness of sexually deviant behavior, I would remind you of something I have said before on more than one occasion. John the Baptist was known in his day for PUBLICALLY PREACHING against sin. But do you know what the Lord Jesus Christ NEVER said to this RADICAL public nuisance? "John, you need to be more like Jesus!" "But who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand." (Romans 14:4)

It is interesting to me how many professing Christians have already spoken out against the blasphemous opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics. But sadly, the SHOCK will soon subside, and most of these same people will go back to being totally OBLIVIOUS to the evil that literally surrounds them every day. May the LORD help all of us who truly belong to Christ to not only grow in our LOVE for Him, but to grow in our HATRED of all sin!!! "For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked." (Psalm 97:9-10)

Well, it looks like the DEVIL HIMSELF was in charge of organizing the DISGUSTING 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremonies. Based on 10 seconds of looking at the video my wife just showed me, I have already made a decision to NOT watch anything even remotely connected with the Olympics this year. "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Revelation 22:20)

Most people I know who believe in a "Pre-Trib" Rapture think that a whole bunch of lost church members are going to get saved immediately after when they realize they weren't saved. First of all, the bible does NOT teach a "Pre-Trib" Rapture. And secondly, the RAPTURE is NOT some kind of a special SIGN given to the WORLD by the LORD to help them believe the gospel! The world already received their SIGN when the Lord Jesus Christ gloriously rose from the dead almost 2,000 years ago. Stop offering people false hope in a future event that will do them absolutely no good if they haven't already put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ BEFORE that event occurs!!! "But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." (Matthew 12:39-40)

For any of you out there who think it is a step up for our country to have a female President, you might want to listen to what the LORD said to the nation of Israel once upon a time!!! "As for my people. children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." (Isaiah 3:12)

One of the LONGEST sentences in all of the Bible is also one of the most INTERESTING ones as well! If you will take a quick glance at II Thessalonians 1:3-10 in your King James Bible, you will notice that everything said in that very long sentence has to do with Christians enduring TROUBLE, SUFFERING, PERSECUTION and TRIBULATION. Then in the very next verse, the apostle Paul concludes that his prayer for these particular believers was that God would count them WORTHY of this CALLING! With all of that being said, if you are out there contemplating whether or not you want to SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE as it were to become a Christian, you need to understand that this is the kind of life you are being called to. The Lord Jesus Christ died and rose again from the dead for your sins. But that does not mean that He is saving you IMMEDIATELY from all of this life's trials. There is a REST that awaits you. But that rest will not come until He comes back one day to take us all home to live with Him forever!!! "For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps." (I Peter 2:20-21)

I am done (for a season) writing posts about Donald Trump, and the Republican Party. I believe I have more than made my point. The only reason I have been writing about this is because I sincerely believe that many of you out there are slowly being deceived by people in our country from BOTH SIDES of the political aisle. I honestly mean it when I say that I do not care who you vote for this coming November. I only ask that you seek the LORD'S guidance and pray according to your conscience. It is NOT my job as a Christian to win people to MY candidate. My job is to win as many people as I can before I die, to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!!! "To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (I Corinthians 9:22)

I would STRONGLY encourage you to listen to my radio program from earlier today with an OPEN mind to receive the truth. There are some seriously DEMONIC things going on in the Republican Party that most of you are probably not aware of. The first night of the convention closed off with some woman offering up a prayer to the Sikh god WAHEGURU. The same woman opened up the convention the following morning with another prayer to the same genderless, pagan god. For those of you out there who have truly put your faith and trust in the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, it should SHOCK you to learn that in her prayer she refers to the ANTICHRIST spirit of her god being upon Donald Trump. If you do NOT think this is a BIG deal, then you have been deceived by the god of this world. If you DO, then I would encourage you to PRAY for Donald Trump that the one true GOD would save him and deliver him from the influence of these satanic individuals that are literally surrounding him on every side!!! "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now is already in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." (I John 4:1-6)

Donald Trump changed the RNC's official definition of marriage (which previously stated that a marriage could only take place between one man and one woman) so that he could secure the SUPPORT and VOTES of the HOMOSEXUAL community and all its allies. He actually said that this needed to be done in order for the Republican Party to RETURN TO COMMON SENSE! Let that sink in Christians. Donald Trump (the one-man wrecking crew) needs YOUR vote and support this coming November in order to help him fulfill his pledge to restore COMMON SENSE to this GREAT country of ours...by making it GAY Again!!! "Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good." (Ecclesiastes 9:18)

Seeing that the Republican Party's platform (by direction of Donald Trump) will now officially embrace SAME-SEX MARRIAGES, I understand that MAGA now stands for Make America GAY Again!!! "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame." (I Corinthians 15:33-34)

We have churches today that are literally full of people who are OFFENDED by the clear teaching of scripture in regard to God's hatred of the sin of so**my. This is exactly the OPPOSITE of what David was talking about in Psalm 119:165. "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them."