by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 1, 2023 | Christian Living, Engaging the culture
The WSJ-NORC Poll March 2023 (link: Microsoft Word – WSJ_NORC Topline March2023.docx) reveals that the vast majority of American society is godless, self-consumed, pleasure-seeking, and money-hungry. People have previously anchored themselves in God...
by Stephen Belsheim | Jan 11, 2023 | Engaging the culture, Pastors
The other day my wife and I listened to a sermon in which the preacher cited Ezekiel 9 as the Scriptural basis for a believer to cry out over the abominations in America. The relevant text is Ezekiel 9:3–8 (NASB95), which reads: 3 Then the glory of the God of...
by Stephen Belsheim | Dec 9, 2022 | Engaging the culture
A recent (December 6, 2022) article entitled “Why I Stay: LGBTQ people of faith find ways to belong where doctrine rejects them” [link is in the Appendix] reflects extreme deception manifested by people making Jesus in their own image. The words from the article...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 13, 2022 | Engaging the culture, Pastors
This is the first article of a series that explores whether the American evangelical church displays the courage to live not by lies. To live not by lies entails individual churches speaking out in the public forum in favor of biblical truth and against...
by Stephen Belsheim | Apr 1, 2022 | Engaging the culture
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF OPINION In my February 10, 2022, article entitled “The NRSVue Bible Translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10: Keeping Practicing Homosexuals on the Road to Hell,” I characterized those who fall within the scope of the offenders list as “serial...
by Stephen Belsheim | Mar 30, 2022 | Engaging the culture, Salvation
Over the last 30 days, about 43% of the hits on my blog (stevebelsheim.com) were on my February 10, 2022, article entitled “The NRSVue Bible Translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10: Keeping Practicing Homosexuals on the Road to Hell.” Most likely, the vast majority...
