Your Life And What Comes After

God’s Big Picture In Clear, Everyday Language

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If you’re looking for a straightforward explanation of God’s grand plan and your role in it, my book Your Life and What Comes After might be just right for you.

This book isn’t written for scholars or theologians. It’s written for ordinary people who are curious about life, about God, and about what the Bible actually says about the future.

You don’t need a religious background or special training to follow along. The goal here is simple: to walk through the Bible’s big story in clear, everyday language.

The book is divided into three parts.

Part One explains the big picture of God’s plan and how people throughout the Bible connected their lives to that plan.

Part Two explores what the Bible says about heaven, hell, the end of the world, and what comes after this life.

Part Three focuses on the most practical question of all: how do you and I plug into God’s forever plan right now in everyday life?

Get your copy in paperback or e-book format on Amazon.

Saturday Watchdog Alert: Nihilism, Atheism, Churchianity

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Three recent headlines point to the same uncomfortable truth.

Atheism is quietly growing in America. – Medium

Researchers are tracking a rise in nihilistic, grievance-driven extremism among young people. – American University

And new data shows America’s religious landscape is shifting rapidly in conflicting directions. – WiFiTalents

At first glance, these stories seem unrelated. They’re not.

When people lose confidence that life has a Creator, a purpose, and a moral foundation, they don’t stop searching for meaning. They simply start looking elsewhere. Some chase politics. Some chase pleasure. Some chase outrage. And some eventually conclude that nothing really matters at all.

That’s the dark promise of nihilism: if there is no ultimate truth, there is no ultimate purpose. But the human heart was never built to live on a diet of meaninglessness. It’s like trying to run a pickup truck on maple syrup. Creative? Yes. Effective? Not so much.

Scripture offers a very different vision:

“For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” (Romans 11:36)

The Bible says your life is not an accident. You were created on purpose, for a purpose, by a God who knows your name. The growing confusion around us isn’t ultimately a political crisis or a cultural crisis. It’s a meaning crisis.

Take ten minutes today and write down your answer to this question: What am I living for? Then compare your answer to Romans 11:36 and see where the two differ.

Make sure you’re not putting maple syrup in your tank.

Wednesday Focus: Our Armchair Apocalypse Series

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There are lots of novels and movies about the end of the world, and some of those stories use the images and words from the Bible’s Book of Revelation.

But let’s not get all worked up and frightened by novels, movies, or other forms of apocalypse fiction. Instead, let’s look at what Revelation actually says — and doesn’t say — rather than what others say about it.

That is what this new series, “Armchair Apocalypse,” which will appear every Wednesday on the Bible Rebel blog, is all about.

My goal in this series is not to do a verse-by-verse commentary or a scholarly study of Revelation, but rather to try to answer the common questions that come up when the last book of the Bible is considered. I will try to answer those questions in simple, plain language that makes sense to everyday folks.

I look forward to having you along for the journey.

Saturday Watchdog Alert: The Soul of America Is Still Searching

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America is weird right now.

One headline says more Americans are becoming “spiritual” again. Another says traditional faith keeps declining while younger generations experiment with everything from astrology to paganism to “manifesting the universe.” Translation? People are starving for meaning but trying to fill the God-shaped hole with crystals, TikTok gurus, and “energy cleansing.” That’s like trying to fix a flat tire with whipped cream.

Meanwhile, Pew data shows religious “nones” remain historically high, even while some Gen Z young adults are suddenly curious about faith again after years of nihilism and anxiety. Turns out endless scrolling, hookup culture, and worshiping yourself doesn’t actually heal the human soul. Shocking. – FAITHWIRE

The Bible already explained this thousands of years ago:

“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie…” — Romans 1:25

When a culture removes God, something else always rushes in to take His place. Politics. Pleasure. Identity. Occult spirituality. Rage. Self-worship. But none of them can carry the weight of eternity.

Here’s the good news: people searching for meaning are closer to the truth than people pretending life has no meaning at all. The hunger itself points to God.

Take 20 minutes and read from the Book of Matthew today. Look specifically for what it says about God’s mission statement for His people and His Creation.

I dare you.

Saturday Watchdog Alert: When You Are Your Own God

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The modern world promised freedom without God.
How’s that working out?

A recent report from the University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture says America continues to wrestle with the rise of the “nones” — people with no religious affiliation — even while many are desperately searching for spirituality again. Meanwhile, a Washington Post report on “nihilistic violent extremism” described a growing trend of young people embracing meaninglessness, rage, and destruction as identity itself.

That’s the problem with a culture that worships self.
When “you are your own god” becomes the national religion, eventually people realize their god is anxious, lonely, angry, addicted, and scrolling TikTok at 2:00 a.m.

So people drift into New Age spirituality, aesthetic Satanism, crystals, chaos, online occultism, or just plain numbness — because the human soul was built to worship something.

The Bible already diagnosed this centuries ago:

“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.” — Romans 1:25

Here’s the good news: Jesus didn’t come to make you more religious. He came to rescue you from emptiness.

Turn off the noise for 15 minutes. No phone. No music. No doomscrolling. Think about your purpose in life and ask this:
“Are You really there?”