Brett Baranic

You may have heard the claim that the Bible didn’t condemn homosexuality until the word “homosexual” was added in 1946. That claim is repeated often, but it isn’t historically or biblically accurate. In this Naked Truth video, Dr. Christopher Yuan explains why the 1946 argument fails, and why the absence of a modern word does not mean the absence of a biblical concept. Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=hz7TsD… #lgbtqcommunity #holysexuality #biblicaltheology

Coming to believe ~90% of the political differences among Christians boil down to a failure to distinguish between the Biblical roles of the individual, the church, and the State. No, God did not command governments to forcibly redistribute wealth. Yes, God commanded Christians as individuals to practice charity. Individual Christians in Acts “gave willingly and not under compulsion.” Christians in Acts did not vote for the Emperor to increase the marginal tax rate and call that “generosity.”

Yaxel Lendeborg signing off ✍️ #MarchMadness

HAIL TO THE VICTORS!

DUSTY MAY WINS IT ALL IN ONLY HIS SECOND YEAR AS MICHIGAN’S HEAD COACH 😤 He’s just the fifth coach in NCAA history to become a champion in his first two seasons at a school 👏

A few years ago I watched this girl's testimony about her experience during a YWAM DTS. A DTS is the training YWAMers receive before they hit the mission field. What she describes here is basically what Bethel calls Sozo and IHOPKC practiced under a different moniker. It's all the same kind of stuff and it lives under the banner of "Inner Healing" in the Charismatic Church. There are many testimonies like this from YWAM.

The Kings of College Basketball 〽️

The most important video you’ll watch today. He is Risen.

He is Risen.

LOCK IN.... TOGETHER!!!! #GoBlue #MichiganBasketball #FinalFour #MarchMadness

Today we remember that God washes our feet. The fingers that crafted the universe scrub scum from between toes. The hands that painted the cosmos wash feet painted with dirt and sweat. The One before whom all angels bow gets on his knees to labor as a slave. We become clean, he becomes filthy. In doing this, Jesus our God gives us a humble epiphany, a revelation of who he is. He is the God who makes his glory visible in lowliness and servitude. He is the God who gives -his cheek to the betraying lips of Judas -his face to the slapping hand of the high priest -his countenance to the spit of the Sanhedrin. He is the God who gives -his head to the thorns -his feet to the spikes -his side to the spear. He is the God who embraces rejection, shame, torture, and death, to give himself to you. And here is why: because that’s who God is. He is the God who is love. Therefore he loves you by giving to you. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. What he gives you is nothing less than himself. God gives, you receive. This is everything. He not only washes your feet; he washes you clean, body and soul, through the holy bath in his name. He fills the baptismal font with water from his spear-pierced side and kneels there to wash off the dirt and sweat and grime of your evil. He feeds you himself, his body, his blood. Every natural food we take into our bodies is transformed into our bodies. We don't become corn on the cob or hamburgers. But the supper of our Lord is different. This food transforms you into that which it is. You, the church, are the body of Christ. You are what you eat. So, come and eat. Come and drink. Come to the lowly God who has joined you in your lowliness that he might exalt you in himself. On Maundy Thursday, let us recall, with thanksgiving, how fitting it all is: How fitting that humanity, which plunged into death by eating forbidden fruit, should receive life and immortality by a meal provided by our Savior, the Last Adam. How fitting that sinners, their unity rent asunder by hatred and violence, should be gathered into one communion by partaking of the one loaf, baked from many scattered grains. How fitting that we, who are hard pressed and beaten down by evil, should be comforted and uplifted by drinking from the Lord’s cup, filled with the blood of grapes that have been trampled and pressed underfoot. How divinely and beautifully fitting, on this holy Thursday, that we have our feet lovingly washed by the very God from whom we once ran in terror and shame. Here is our God, Jesus Christ, who comes not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

THE DAY 2 STRANGERS TRIED TO HEAL ME IN A STARBUCKS I was sitting in Starbucks when two college-aged girls walked up, noticed my knee brace, and said, “Sir, can we pray for your healing?” I smiled. “Absolutely.” What they didn’t know is I’ve had this bad knee for 35 years—ever since I tore my ACL (yes… attempting to dance like Michael Jackson). The surgery failed, and I’ve been managing it ever since. They also had no idea I was an evangelist. They prayed with bold faith—right there in Starbucks, asking God to heal. When they finished, they asked, “Did you feel anything? Are you healed?” I paused. “Honestly… no.” But before they walked away, I asked them something they didn’t expect: “Aren’t you going to share the Gospel with me?” They looked confused. I said, “You were bold enough to approach me and pray for my knee—but what about my soul?” Then they admitted it: they didn’t really know how to share the Gospel. So right there, in the middle of Starbucks, I gave them a quick crash course—how to move from physical need to spiritual truth, and how to clearly share the good news of Jesus. By the end, their confidence had completely shifted. They weren’t just willing to pray anymore—they were ready to speak. They walked away excited, determined to not only pray for people—but to share the message that actually changes lives. Don’t get me wrong—I believe God can heal. I believe we should pray in faith for healing. I’ve experienced God’s healing personally on other occasions. But if we stop there, we miss the bigger miracle. Because the greatest healing isn’t physical—it’s spiritual. If the body is healed but the soul is lost, what a wasted opportunity. I’d rather have someone limp into heaven than sprint into hell.

Nehemiah didn't let the immature from the cheap seats (Sanballat and Tobiah) shape the mission. Neither should we.

It's 8:00 PM on Saturday March 21st. Tomorrow is Sunday, The Lord's Day. If you haven't decided yet, decide now, be in church tomorrow. A bible-believing, gospel-proclaiming church. If you decide now, set the alarm -- you will do it. If you don't know where to go to church shoot me a DM and tell me where you're located. I would love to recommend a church to you if possible.

Maybe — and hear me out — preaching isn’t primarily about memory retention.

This is just bad theology. It assumes theological development ceased in 381 A.D. What about Chalcedon, Pelagianism, the Reformation, and theological anthropology facing the church today? The church isn’t *adding* to orthodoxy. The church is *applying* orthodoxy to new issues.

This is insufferable. Why did the Nicene creed need to be written if the church already had the Apostles Creed? Which Nicene Creed? 325 or 381? Why? What about the Council of Ephesus? What about the Athanasian Creed? The Chalcedonian Creed? When new heresies are invented, new lines that clarify orthodoxy must be drawn in response.

“When you accept His gift of grace, you are transformed, not only for today, but also for all eternity.” –Joni Eareckson Tada

@DZRishmawy Maybe we should all take a sabbatical from the sabbatical discourse.

I used to think faith was about having all the answers. Now I think it’s about being at peace with not having them. That shift changed everything for me.