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Michael Heiser helped many of us notice something we had trained ourselves not to see. The Bible is a supernatural book. That sounds obvious. It is not. For years, I read Scripture as though the visible world were the main stage and the unseen world were a dim backdrop. Angels appeared when they had an…

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In my last post, “The Gospel Is Bigger Than the Plan of Salvation,” I admitted something that has stayed with me: for years, when I thought I was sharing the Gospel, I was usually sharing the Plan of Salvation. I talked about sin, separation from God, the death of Jesus, personal faith, repentance, and the…

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I have been reconsidering the way I should share the Gospel. For years, when I thought I was explaining the Gospel, I was usually explaining the Plan of Salvation. I would talk about sin, separation from God, the death of Jesus, personal faith, repentance, and the decision each person must make. None of those things…

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If you had asked me years ago what happens to Christians after they die, I would have answered without hesitation: "We go to heaven." That's true. But it's not the whole story. In fact, I think many of us have unintentionally shortened the biblical story. We've turned heaven into the destination when the Bible presents…

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For as long as many of us can remember, the mental architecture of eternity has been furnished by a single, resonant line: “In my Father's house are many mansions.” We grow up imagining a celestial suburbia: endless rows of custom-built estates, gleaming marble porches, and sprawling celestial real estate awarded according to our spiritual productivity.…

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Have you ever noticed how casually the New Testament talks about unseen powers, as if everyone in the room already knew the invisible furniture of the universe? For a long time, when I read verses about “principalities and powers,” I knew they weren’t just metaphors for political oppression in the Roman Empire. I knew the…

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One of the most valuable questions I’ve learned to ask isn’t just for technology or current events. It’s equally important when opening my Bible. What’s signal, and what’s noise? In my professional life, signal is the information that actually matters. Everything else is distraction. Noise is everything that distracts from it. The same principle applies…

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If you were to walk into a coffee shop and ask a well-read Christian to summarize the storyline of the Bible, you’d likely hear a familiar cadence. It usually sounds something like this: Creation (Everything is good) The Fall (Everything breaks) The Flood (A cosmic reset) Abraham (The promise begins) Israel (The chosen family) Jesus…

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