Who Made Your Glasses? The Necessity of Spiritual Eyesight

Posted on January 22, 2026 by ccpastormike

Buy truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Proverbs 23:23

My wife Kathy and I recently met a woman and her fifteen year-old son at a conference we attended. We had the privilege of praying with and for them both. One of the things this woman shared with us was the deteriorating vision of her son who was wearing glasses. She stated that until recently her son had 20/20 vision.

I recall that meeting now within the context of the ability to see clearly as it relates to spiritual things. The Bible has much to say about seeing things accurately, as well as having spiritual insight and vision. Continue reading →

The Berean Call Answers Questions About Anti-Semitic “Theories” – Lighthouse Trails Research Project

Posted on January 17, 2026 by ccpastormike

A Jewish family being taken by Nazis during the Holocaust.
(photo credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

LTRP Note: As our editors and authors have expressed clearly for 18 years, Lighthouse Trails loves the Jewish people and believes that the nation of Israel has significance in Bible prophecy. We are grateful for The Berean Call’s answer below. Over the last six years, four different sets of people (Lighthouse Trails Readers) have shown up at the Lighthouse Trails facility (from various regions of North America) who shared with us a disturbing “theory” (which is discussed below). We knew from the things they were saying it was an anti-Semitic view. One of the parties expressed outright hate for the Jews. It is hard to fathom how professing Christians would believe something that is so contrary to Scripture. We are thankful that most of the readers who contact Lighthouse Trails love the Jews and believe what the Bible says about the nation of Israel and her significance in Bible prophecy. For those who would like to know more about what Lighthouse Trails believes on this matter, read our article, “What Lighthouse Trails Believes About Israel and the Jews.”

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Leadership Lessons from the Life of King Saul – Michael K. Lake, Th.D., D.R.E.

Posted on January 3, 2026 by ccpastormike

We presently find ourselves in a unique place in prophetic history. Ministries are tearing apart other ministries daily on social media. Our news channels are filled with moral failings of those in leadership, from the political arena to that of the Church. Historical bedrock doctrines are being replaced with the shallow hyperbole (man-made doctrines) of the man-pleasing carnal mind. While these new doctrines placate the flesh, they are nothing more than cisterns that cannot hold the water of the Kingdom! Even to the casual observer, we are standing on the precipice of what the writer of the book of Hebrews wrote about in Chapter Twelve, Verse Twenty-Six through Twenty-Nine.

Hebrews 12:26–29 (ESV)

26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

How long this shaking will continue or even where we are in the process of God’s planned revealing would be speculation on my part. However, the command of Almighty God requires the Remnant warrior to ensure that he is not divided in his allegiances. The days of riding the fence and casual Christianity are over. When the dust settles in this divine intervention in the lives of men, you will either be entirely in the Kingdom or on the outside, staring in.

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Pagan Determinism and Christianity Part 2 – Augustine’s Gnostic Influence – Pastor Mike Spaulding

Posted on December 29, 2025 by ccpastormike

This is Part 2 of the series.

To summarize what the early church fathers and even Augustine himself taught until 412 A.D., Dr. Ken Wilson states:

The early Augustine’s traditional theology (My note – what orthodox Christianity taught at the time) pervasively asserts that humans can respond to God without divine assistance. “But miserable friends could be masters of this world if they were willing to be sons of God, for God has given them the power to become His sons” (On True Religion, 65). Contrary to the Manichaean misinterpretation of Ephesians 2:3 (“were by nature children of wrath” meaning at birth), Augustine denounced alienation from God by nature, “Remember what the apostle said, ‘In our lifestyle (behavior) we are alienated from God,’” and, “Augustine said: ‘I say it is not sin, if it be not sinned by one’s own will; hence also there is [a] reward, because of our own will we do right’” (Against Fortunatus the Manichaean, 21). Augustine clarifies that his free will statements concern current persons, not merely Adam’s original nature.[1]

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Replacement Theology: Its Root, Fruit, and Consequences for Jewish People and the Nation of Israel – NOW AVAILABLE

Posted on November 28, 2025 by ccpastormike

Excerpt:

What Replacement Theology as a system embraces is metaphysical personalism – a belief that Old Testament realities/promises are transformed/absorbed/dissolved in Christ. By doing this, Replacement Theology believes it is justified in discarding/eliminating God’s covenant promises to Israel and co-opting them to the church. This is a serious error. There is a direct cause-and-effect relationship between Replacement Theology/Supersessionism and antisemitism. Replacement Theology adherents can no longer hide from this conclusion. Nor should we allow them to do so. Any theology that leads to hating people, be they Jewish or otherwise, is a theology not worthy of our consideration and must be opposed.

We are at a pivotal point in history. How the church approaches Israel today will determine the impact it has on the earth in our day and until the return of Jesus. Israel remains an inescapable stumbling block for many Christians. This should not be the case. The church should be Israel’s biggest advocate. That it is not is a sad commentary. God’s eternal plan for Israel is intertwined with His plan for all the nations. Christians, above all people, should make it a pursuit to understand the biblical story of Israel and God’s plan for them in the future. Buckle up, friends, the ride is going to be bumpy for some.

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