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Embrace The Suck

It takes some chutzpah to preach about Judas on Mother's Day... and then it got worse

Expository preaching means you follow the text wherever it takes you… even when it takes you to uncomfortable places at awkward times.

Uncomfortable places at awkward times like dropping a heavy message about the betrayal of Jesus by Judas on the heads of people showing up for a Mother’s Day service.

But don’t mistake this for one of those overdone woe-is-me doom-and-gloom messages featuring a little-g God and a big, bad Devil. This is exactly the opposite.

But it’s honest about the stakes we’re facing.

In covering the rough stuff about some of the unpleasant realities of following Jesus that no honest preacher should pull his punches about, the follow-through takes us to the other side, on how to ride out those storms to a very real joy on the other side.

If we can face the hard stuff life will invariably chuck our way with the same courage as those who went before us, we can persevere long enough to break on through to the other side… not only in the life to come, but right here in this one, too!

I Talk Back to the Devil is an action manual that sports thirty pure fire proclamations against the powers of darkness in three different categories covering, the wealth, the walk and the warfare of the Christian against Satan and his defeated ilk.

This NEW book will put a serrated edge on the Christian’s prayer life in these troubled times. This slim tome will embolden the believer to stop taking Satan’s crap.

Grab yours here.

Doug Giles

Doug Giles is Pastor of Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley, TX, and is the founder of ClashDaily.com (290M+ page views). Giles is also the author of the NEW book, The Wildman Devotional: A 50 Day Devotional For Men. Follow Doug on Instagram and Truth Social at @thegilesway and on Twitter @TheArtOfDoug.