Newest Book Now Available

My latest Christian book, "Sailing into the Storm of Christian Controversies: From Bible Codes to Psychedelics to Suicide," is now available at Amazon. It is available in different formats: digital, print, and hardcover.

I am deeply concerned about the number of professing Christians online who endorse the use of the psychedelic drug, DMT. (DMT N,N-dimethyltryptamine.) Some of these professing Christians believe they have actually encountered God and have been guided by Him. This is incredibly dangerous and clearly forbidden in scripture. One of these individuals is a popular YouTuber who reaches at least one million users across all platforms. He is encouraging a lot of people to explore paths that the Bible clearly forbids, and he is promoting the use of DMT for “spiritual enlightenment.” But the Greek word for drugs is “pharmakeia” in the New Testament, and “pharmakeia” is equated with witchcraft in Galatians 5:20, Revelation 9:21, and 18:23.

It is not the only controversy facing the modern church. This book tackles a few of these controversies head on. Subjects range from the Bible Codes to Near Death Experiences; from Suicide to Calvinism vs Molinism, the Grace/Works debate, the Book of Enoch, and more. This book is a compilation of several blog posts here. Recently, due to a health scare, I removed most of the posts on my blog. I might publish them again, but right now the posts these chapters were based on are unavailable. As with the case of some of my earlier books, I compile posts into print form in case there comes a time when Christian blogs are removed from the Internet. I want to preserve my writing in print form -- in the event of censorship or loss of technology. Even though digital is not my primary focus, it is also available.

Here is the link for the digital version at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2RRWZJT

If you prefer a paperback or hardcover edition, they link from the same location. Thank you.

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