Doug’s Columns
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Rip, Dutton Ranch, Goes To Church
Can you imagine Rip Wheeler (Dutton Ranch) attending one of our highly effeminized evangelical churches? Yep, Rip himself pulling up…
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How God Deals With Bullies
It's when you get squeezed that you find out what's REALLY inside you. Just a few weeks after scattering to…
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And You Thought They Were Stupid
There is no reason two ragtag fishermen standing up to the guys standing at the crossroads of political, financial, religious…
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The Rejected Cornerstone
The gospel confronts the status quo - even when that status quo is being carefully enforced by powerful people intent…
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Six Audiobooks That Kick Maximum Ass
If you’re road trippin’ this summer and you need some audio fodder to listen to … you’ve gotta check out…
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How To Preach So That No One Gets Saved (Part 3)
Charles Finney may have lived and preached 200 years ago, but what he has to say sounds like he's talking…
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If You Blow Off Jesus, You’re Cursed
Does Peter's first sermon leave room for the modern à la carte approach to what we believe about the Living…
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How to Get Rid of Demons (Part One)
If we're to take God's Word seriously, we're in a real battle between the forces of good and evil... whether…
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Who Killed Jesus? (Acts 3:11-22)
Today's church has polite rules. Committees. Consulting Groups. And a detailed blueprint of reasonable steps you take place to build…
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Fit Bodies & Fat Souls
What's the point of bench-pressing a Buick if you can't even shake a simple temptation?
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4 Reasons The Resurrection Is Everything
In case you missed the memo, the Lord of Life goes out of his way to deliberately EXCLUDE that 'safe'…
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How to Preach so That No One Gets Saved! Pt 2
Charles Finney epitomized 'take-no-prisoners' preaching.
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Financially Broke & Spiritually Rich (Acts 3:1-10)
A funny thing happened on the way to the prayer meeting...
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SONG: I Want Justice
If you're looking for a self-help Ted Talk, you've come to the wrong place.
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Dear New Christian: Welcome to the War
There's good news and bad news. You're in a fight, whether you asked for it or not. But if we…
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True Godly Growth Entails Four Things (Acts 2:41-47)
If you're looking for a biblical benchmark that separates the contenders from the pretenders in the spiritual war we've all…
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How to Preach so That No One Gets Saved! – Pt 1
Long before us was Charles Finney, who put his own generation of nicer-than-Christ preachers on blast.
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Trump Thinks He’s Jesus? – I Think Not.
I’ve painted and sold over fifty original oil paintings of Trump ...
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Cut To The Heart (Acts 2:34-41)
Ever notice how God's plan for radical church growth looks VERY different from the 'seeker sensitive church growth' gurus with…
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Good Fathers Don’t Raise Weak Sons – Pt 8
Good luck finding pulpits in fat-and-happy post-WWII America even UNDERSTANDING this last principle, let alone TEACHING it
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Peter’s Preaching was Pointed – Ouch! (Acts 2:22-33)
The Apostle Peter prioritized THIS from Day One... does your church?
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Good Fathers Don’t Raise Weak Sons – Pt 6
As we continue down the list of must-haves critical to success, this week's section of the list is like hot…
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Peter’s First Sermon is Wild! (Acts 2:14-21)
According to Church planting 'experts' today -- God did EVERTHING wrong when he kick-started His Church.
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The High Cost Of Being Faithful To Christ
Maybe you're one of the folks who has told himself the pretty little lie that only the big names in…
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Good Fathers Don’t Raise Weak Sons – Pt 6
You know where to find the highest concentration of 'potential' on the planet? Any typical graveyard. This list is for…
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Violent Winds, Fire & Tongues (Acts 2:1-13)
We call it the Acts of the Apostles, but if we're really being honest, it's really the story of Acts…
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Good Fathers Don’t Raise Weak Sons – Pt 5
Doug and Rich have been going through a list of characteristics prerequisite to success in life. If anyone should be…
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SONG: God Detests Deceivers
Our goal is to make the Psalms punch hard, as they should, and avoid the tone of defeat found in…
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One Mind — Devoted To Prayer (Acts 1:12-22)
None of what you'll see in modern seminars and courses about how to launch a missions project or plant a…
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Ken Chinn And Guest Doug Giles: ‘Breaking Retirement Myths’ (Encounters With God)
It's time for the church to stop daydreaming about 'Freedom 55' and START dreaming about how they can still go…
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Impacting Culture Through Excellence
Have you met that kind of Christian that talks big smack about how his generation's faith is gonna change the…
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War Psalms From The Prince Of Peace
Proverbs warns against being the kind of person who gets paralyzed at the imagined outcomes of danger you might face…
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What Does REAL Repentance Look Like?
If there's such a thing as 'real' repentance is there a fake kind where someone thinks they've punched their ticket…
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Keeping Safe From Yourself & The Devil
How often do you pray that God keeps you safe from your own self? If not? Why not?
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SONG: Purge Me O God!
Tired of having psalms that are dripping with blood and grit reduced to some bubble-gum happy-clappy inanity that makes your…
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Good Fathers Don’t Raise Weak Sons
Go back and catch the earlier ones if you've missed them. Or you can dive in right here and decide…
