Don’t Want Divorce But… What About The Emotional Affair Online?
A reader wrote me with this: I just read your article on whether an emotional affair would be classified as an affair in the bible. I was hoping to get your opinion on my situation. I recently found some very sexual texts to and from my husband and a girl from...
God’s Voice or My Own Mind Speaking?
A reader asked: My question is, how do we discern when God is talking to us? How do we know if it is our own ego and or the devil playing tricks on us? There have been many circumstances which I thought God was telling me what to do, but later find out it obviously...
The Bible: “Just a Book”
Another illustrious example of the imaginary liberal bias in the major media: TIME MAGAZINE EDITOR: KORAN IS "DIRECTLY THE WORD OF GOD, BIBLE JUST A BOOK WRITTEN BY MAN" [Excerpts] In another example of a sort-of cultural suicide where western media types assume...
It’s All About Perspective
I love visuals that really give us a good grasp of things that otherwise we can't wrap our brains around. The photos below are usually put forth to show how insignificant we are: just a speck of dust living on a speck of dust in a speck of dust galaxy in an infinite...
Library Porn
From a Focus on the Family Email Update: Public Library Pornography Do you love the whole idea of the public library? The recent decision in New York to allow unfettered access to pornography throughout the city's library system comes as a shock on many levels,...
Some Lessons on Parenting
Someone sent me one of those emails full of interesting photos. As I viewed these, it dawned on me that I could use them to teach some valuable lessons about parenting. Feel free to comment with your experience and observations too. It's time we got serious about...
Questions & Answers
I'm about to publish a compilation of Serious Questions & Answers that I've written over the past few years... over half million words worth. While getting this formatted for a book, I realized how much I enjoy answering questions, and that I haven't done much of...
Eternal Investment… A Sure Thing
From Brent If you've read our blogs for very long, you know our recommendations to "give" are rare. That is on purpose because we realize there is a never ending stream of blogs every day making appeals. When I do put something out there for you, I want you to know 1)...
Are You Your Kids Drug Dealer? How about Grandma? How About Your Kids Friends Parents?
From Brent When our 3 year old daughter got Leukemia, over the months we had to keep drawers full of powerful drugs in the house for her treatment. Though we’ve never had any kids with a drug problem, we knew this represented a temptation and potential danger for the...
Super Bowl – Declaration of Independence
Many of you probably saw the reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Super Bowl show. Good for them. There are two problems: 1) most Americans, sadly, could care less about the monumental documents that provide the bedrock of our Republic, and 2) most people...
The Sad State of Conservative Christianity
You have to wonder what Bible is being taught (or not taught) if the majority of evangelical Christians think just being a "good" person is enough to save you. My own anecdotel evidence proves this to be true. I cannot COUNT the number of times I've heard professing...
The Basic Christian Life: Today Not Tomorrow – Part 13
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) James 4:14 ...whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. (NKJV) Christianity is about TODAY. That doesn't mean we have no care or plans for the future. It means we know that our future is in God's hands...
I’m A Man and Proud Of It
You know what... I'm getting kind of tired of the American entertainment, marketing and political culture where "men are insensitive idiots who are always out-classed, out-performed and out-thought by women". I'm not saying the opposite is true at all. I'm saying I'm...
Ultimate Faith
When I read stories like the one below, I often wonder if I would have the same faith as this young girl. By accepting Christ, she KNEW she would most likely be beaten, rejected by all including mother and father, ridiculed, maybe tortured and face probable death....
Wow… sad.
Wow... sadly, from the response to my last post, there are many marriages, families, individuals and churches hurting over this issue of internet pornography. If you have experienced or witnessed the harm of pornography, would you take a few minutes and answer the...
A Mind Is A Wearable Thing to Paste
The human brain remains a vast mystery despite the quasi-scientific proclamations and authoritative sounding phrases the so-called "mental health" industry conjures up a afresh every day (right before prescribing a pill). Check this out and see if it doesn't both...
A Judgment About Judging the Judgmental
I recently read a comment on a social site that echos a common thinking in our culture today: Why is it that our government still, after the last 17 years of "don't ask, don't tell", can't make a decision to lift the ban on gays in the military? I am pretty sure, if...
Serious Faith Readers Think Jessica is Beautiful!
We think Jessica is a beautiful, wonderful young lady who will grow up to be an incredible blessing to many!!! Hey, Serious Faith readers... If you have a blog, I invite you to join me in the Jessica is Beautiful Blog Hop. It's a pure "feel good" party that you'll be...
Whew! Someone Else Agrees With Me
A topic I write a lot about and take a LOT of grief for is our "psychobabble saturated culture." Below is an excerpt from an article where someone agrees with me (that's one) and using a different angles makes some very good points. It's funny how the world is waking...
Behavioral Ludicracy Illness & Natural Disposition to Need Excuses for Spiritual Stupidity
I'm amazed the lengths that humans go NOT to call sin:sin, bad:bad or character-flaws:character-flaws. Why is it not more suspicious to more people that we have an industry who gets to 1) define sickness, disorders and syndromes; 2) define very subjective and...
Self-Esteem, French Fries & PimpMobiles
Baseball; for a hundred years it's been a symbol of America. Strong, tough men, competing in an honorable game where the best of the best rose to the top, and no one cried (in public) for being second. Being second meant harder work, more dedication and mental...
The Ability to Think – Answering the Typical Emotional Rhetoric of Liberal American Christians
Note: the young (23) reader I speak about below wrote public comments and several emails to me, daring me to refute them while boldly proclaiming her superior maturity, understanding and intellectual prowess. Once I responded publicly to the public comments (over a...
Random Thoughts – Judgmental Aggie Homophobes
The Inclusive Gospel Very interesting how Ted Haggard has become CNN's go-to boy for commentary on gay Christianity. I was watching him debate another gay "Christian" on CNN this morning. Their debate? The other guy was arguing for a "Gospel that is inclusive", and...
Dragging God Down to Our Level
There is an almost universal trend today to teach God's Word then finish it with "what does this mean for our life? How can we practically apply it?" On the surface that sounds great, and on the surface I suppose there's really nothing wrong with it. But on a deeper...
Finally, People Are Starting to Notice…
I've been rebuking (and getting roundly criticized) the whole INDUSTRY of "ADHD", syndromes for everything, behavioral modification pharmaceuticals and the ridiculous over diagnosing of this junk by schools, doctors and parents for years. There is a huge profit...
The Basic Christian Life: The REAL “Don’t Judge” – Part 12
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) James 4:12 ...Who are you to judge another? (NKJV) Every time I do a lesson that mentions "judging" I have to open with a little lesson first. One of the most overused phrases by both Christians and unbelievers...
Something From Nothing?
My reader friend Tom wrote and told me he's never heard any evolutionist claim that “something spontaneously appeared from nothing, for no reason.” What started out as replies to comments has some good teaching points so I thought would pull them up into a blog...
No Need For This Blog Anymore
Well folks, I guess I'll have to go ahead and shut down SeriousFaith.com. Stephen Hawking has ended all speculation about God with the following declaration backed up by his unimpeachable wisdom, supreme insight and unquestioned opinion: “Because there is a law such...
God’s Cause, Not Mine
I've been rewriting Puritan and other old prayers into modern English, and putting my own feel in them, for several years. One of these days, I'll compile them and print them. - - - - - - - - - - - Sovereign God, May Your causes, not mine, consume my heart and mind....
Answers About False Teachers & Discernment
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine. We disagree on several Christian issues and I felt our conversation would benefit others. I've made it very generic because I'm not trying to dispute my friend publicly. The dialog just gave me the opportunity to...
The Basic Christian Life: How to Cure Your Worldliness – Part 11
(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) James 4:10: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. (NKJV) In this day and age of self-esteem, self-focus, self-improvement, self-love, self-forgiveness and self-worth any talk of...
You’re Wrong, I’m Right, End of Discussion
I received a response to my parenting post the other day that is absolutely typical of the self-righteous and high-minded declarations frequently made by the politically correct today who based their convictions on nothing more than emotion, personal experience and...
I’m In A Funk and Life Seems Like a Burden
I got an email from a long time close friend. We are alot alike in personality, stage of life, work, etc. He told me he's in a real funk and can't seem to figure out why, or how to shake loose. He expected me to give him the "suck it up", "buck up", "quit whining"...
My Kid Punishes Me When They Don’t Get Their Way
I recently had a conversation with my friend Roy about a parenting situation that is pretty common. We both thought this might be something others would appreciate so he graciously agreed to let me put it up here for you to read. The premise is this: our kids often...
Gospel For Profit
When people teach publicly, it is right to call them out publicly and comment publicly, whether in support or rebuke. Recently, I stomached a few minutes of some of the most sickening "Gospel for Money" I've ever heard. I'm not sure who needs rebuked more: the guy...
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence A Modern English Rewrite by Brent Riggs Download a printable PDF here with no Author Preface: 8.5x11 11x17 The Bill of Rights in Modern English Author Preface The Declaration of Independence is an incredible document that communicates...
The Bill of Rights
A Modern English Rewrite by Brent Riggs Download a printable PDF here: 8.5x11 11x17 - The Declaration of Independence in Modern English Introduction to the Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday, March 4th,...
Some Good Stuff
It's nice to see the good side of life in this day and age of cynicism and bad news. If this doesn't make you cry your eyes out, make an appointment with your cardiologist because your heart is missing. I was deployed to Desert Storm for a year and half STATE-SIDE and...
Don’t Worry… We’ll Be Doing This In America Soon Enough
Win a game by more than five points... and you lose. This is the idiotic but predictable result of the "self-esteem" nonsense that has infected our country over the last 30 years. Canada is especially ridiculous in regards to this but in America we aren't far behind...
Well Done Filter
Matthew 25:21 - His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ (NKJV) Our days are numbered, and short. Never let another human turn your eye...
Question: What About People Who Say They’ve Gone To Heaven?
Question: What do you think of these books and accounts of people going to heaven or hell, then God tells them to come back tell everyone about it? Answer: I will tell you from study and research, that ALL the books of this type I’ve looked into end up having one or...
Random Thoughts – May 26, 2010: Man Purses, Parental Excuses, Mamas & Obamas
Can't Teach Your Kids What You Don't Do Yourself Parents are supposed to teach their kids not to make excuse right? Own up to your faults, failures and responsibility. Don't make excuses! Right? That's a tough message to convince kids of when many (most?) PARENTS are...
Random Thoughts (May 21, 2010): Strawberries, Wieners and Dummies
The Statue of Kiderty We are driving down the road on my birthday and Hannah says to the other kids, "let's sing happy birthday to Dad!". Everyone breaks out in song... I keep looking in my mirror and I see Landis staring, frozen, mouth open as wide as he can,...
We’re Asking You
From Brent We've stuck our neck out several times to ask help for others but this time, we are asking for our family. On the counsel and encouragement of those we trust and those who have privately given graciously to our family, we are just flat out asking if you...
We’re Asking You
From Brent We've stuck our neck out several times to ask help for others but this time, we are asking for our family. On the counsel and encouragement of those we trust and those who have privately given graciously to our family, we are just flat out asking if you...
Deserved Embarrassment For Christianity
This video is what masquerades as Bible teaching, pastoring and preaching for many today. We are never to be ashamed of being mocked, laughed at and insulted for preaching the Good News Of Jesus Christ... but Christianity deserves every taunt, joke and embarrassment...
Something Good
From Brent In this day and age of bad news, selfishness, cowardice and whining, this video is a must see. I don't often put stuff up like this but if it warms your heart like it did mine, it will be worth 2-3 minutes of your time.
What Are Your Questions For Me?
I haven't opened it up for questions lately so let's do that today. What are your Bible questions? What are your questions about Christian living? What are your questions about God, faith and spiritual growth? What are your questions about anything related to...
LADIES!!! Very Special Guest on the Radio Show Tonight… Don’t Miss It!
From Brent On my radio show tonight, a very special guest just for you ladies. You don't want to miss him! Paul Coughlin of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" fame, will be our co-host to talk about his newest book "No More Christian Nice Girl". His viewpoints are every bit as...
What Are Your Questions For Me?
I haven't opened it up for questions lately so let's do that today. What are your Bible questions? What are your questions about Christian living? What are your questions about God, faith and spiritual growth? What are your questions about anything related to...