Where to begin with this awesome series? It is based on Benaiah from the Bible, In 2 Samuel 23:20 where it says this:     " Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab's two mightiest warriors. he also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion."  This and other scenes from second Samuel appear in this book. It also envisions Benaiah's life with his family, his training in warfare by his father, Jehoiada, and his emotions when taking down the lion in the pit.  I don't want to give the plot away, so I'll leave my brief review as is, but I greatly encourage you to read these books. A friend of mine let me borrow it, and I read it on a long drive one day (don't worry- not while driving!), and I couldn't put it down!      The First, "Priest", and the Second, "Warrior", are currently available on Amazon. The third and final installment, "General", is not cur

 I have been taking a short break from posting lately, but I am preparing some great articles, including ones touching on Calvinism, Bible translations, and more. So keep checking in!

We've been talking about John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress", and I wanted to share a great new take on it I discovered recently.  It's by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and it is called "The Celestial Railroad''. It is only about 20 pages long, and it is profound in content. it is basically a survey of Christianity in the 1800's, It is a parody of "The Pilgrim's Progress" except everything is modernized. Pilgrims can now take a railroad and make a carefree journey to the Celestial City. He apparently wrote it to attack the Unitarian and Transcendentalist beliefs of his time. It is a fascinating read, and it almost reminds me of "The Scroll Saga" which I have blogged about earlier ( The Scroll Saga ) It shows the ways the Devil can invade the soul and create a false Christianity that will ultimately send you to hell.  Here is a link to read the whole thing for yourself: The Celestial Railroad by Nathaniel Hawthorne (online-lit

For those poor souls who do not know about this wonderful book, “The Pilgrim's Progress”- an allegory by the widely known English author & preacher, John Bunyan, is the most widely read book besides the Bible for about 200 years. It tells the iconic story of a man named Christian who goes on a quest to reach the Celestial City, an allegorical rendering of heaven in Bunyan’s work. Here is my favorite quote from the book: What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it. This is extremely true and applicable, and there’s lots more where that came from, though I don't have time to go through all of my favorite quotes today.  The characters in this work are iconic figures in historic Christendom. Let’s take a look at some of them. Christian , the main character and a representation of humankind, Faithful, Christian’s companion for half the book, who is murdered by the men of vanity fair, and last but not least, Christiana, Christian’s wife, who ha

 whether or not life begins at conception is one of the hottest issues in our society today. Unsaved, hell-bound sinners would have you believe that life begins when the baby is born, and at any time before that, the baby's life can be aborted. Whereas Christians believe that all human life begins at conception, like the Bible says. Let's take a look at some verses in the Bible to see what God says about the sanctity of Life. "For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s  womb." -Psalm 139:13 "... and even  sacrificed  their sons  whom they bore to Me, passing them through  the fire,  to devour  them." - Ezekiel 23:37  There are many more that I could list here, but this should make the point that God deeply cares for each of His people, and He obviously would not support abortion.  Sometimes, I think of it like this, how many more William Tyndales, John Bunyans, Issac Newtons, or Martin Luthers would we have, if their lives were not cut sho

 I came across this when I was researching for a project the other day. I would encourage you to to look at it and really consider what the message says.                                                Two Ways To Live

 Today (in the United States), we are celebrating our nation's birthday, July 4th, 1776. On this day, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and our nation was born. Many historians are baffled by America's success. They wonder, what made America so great? And I will say this to you: American democracy succeeded because it was built upon the principals of government found in the Bible, God's Holy Word.     Where did we get the idea for 3 branches of government? The Bible. where did we get the drive to protect natural rights, and promote equality for all peoples? The Bible. Where did the idea of government by consent of the governed come from? You guessed it. The Bible. Without God's Word, America never would have existed.  I could talk about this forever, but I can't. There is a book and website I would recommend: "The Institute on the Constitution" website,     Institute on the Constitution  And the book I would recommend is put out by MasterBooks: &