Category Archives: Church and Culture

My Tribute, Defense and Critique of Charlie Kirk

Posted on September 21, 2025 by StriderMTB

This is thorough and long, so get comfortable: INTRODUCTION Ten days ago I was holding my precious son, Levi, who had been born three hours earlier. I glanced at my phone and saw the headline that Charlie Kirk had been … Continue reading →

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Christian Martyrdom vs Christian Progressivism and Christian Nationalism

Posted on March 1, 2025 by StriderMTB

Recently seventy Christians were beheaded in their house of worship by Islamic militants in the Congo. Imagine if you reversed the order of those words—it would be front page news in every publication. It’s hardly a blip in this week’s … Continue reading →

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Christmas as Rescue

Posted on December 26, 2024 by StriderMTB

I love Christmas as much as the next person. But we must remember that the true meaning of Christmas is found in the word rescue more than holiday. When the angel appeared to Joseph and told him not to be … Continue reading →

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A Liberal Jesus Misses the True Meaning of Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2023 by StriderMTB

In Matthew 1:21 Joseph is told, “Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit…and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from … Continue reading →

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Penal Substitutionary Atonement: An Internal Dialogue

Posted on August 4, 2021 by StriderMTB

Below is an internal dialogue in my own head over the theory of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA). For what its worth I think the view can be partially valid, but only to the degree that God is not the Punisher. … Continue reading →

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What is and what is NOT Christian Nationalism

Posted on January 21, 2021 by StriderMTB

Time to ruffle some feathers 😬. I’ve been working on a comprehensive book that deals with spiritual warfare, and recent events have brought back to mind part of chapter I wrote last year about the “leaven of the Pharisees and … Continue reading →

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The March for Women: When Diversity Demands Conformity

Posted on January 23, 2017 by StriderMTB

I was really impressed by the large turnout of women around the world marching to be heard yesterday. Truly amazing. Yet at the same time I was dismayed at the volume level given to abortion and some of those chosen … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy leads to cataracts in the soul

Posted on October 14, 2016 by StriderMTB

Truth be told Donald Trump is a mentally unstable, morally unprincipled man who can’t be trusted with the highest seat of power. Voting for someone I wouldn’t trust around my own mother seems absurd. The hypocrisy of many in the … Continue reading →

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I’ve got a bad case of the political “shits”

Posted on October 10, 2016 by StriderMTB

Hillary makes me nauseous. Trump makes me constipated or worse. Either way our country is going to take a trip to the toilet. Count me out. We are bottom feeding as a country. But our candidates are only a larger … Continue reading →

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A Dream: A Sniper Rifle vs. Christ’s Binoculars

Posted on September 18, 2016 by StriderMTB

I just woke up from a powerful dream…in a coffee shop… in Cambodia. The dream was not about being in a coffee shop in Cambodia; I am literally in Cambodia in a coffee shop, having just woken up from a … Continue reading →

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