I’ve completed my new novel — Paradise Unfallen! It’s scheduled for release on April 8, 2026, and I’d love your help sharing it with the world. The inspiration behind Paradise Unfallen Back in 2004, a friend gave me a book of essays by nineteenth century Swiss theologian Frédéric L. Godet, “Studies in the New Testament”. One passage took root in my mind and heart. Godet wrote: “Man, as created by God, was good, not in…
We live in an age where division and violence seem to touch every corner of the world. Some individuals have taken it upon themselves to act as judge and executioner, killing those whose ideas or behavior they deem evil—and disturbingly, others justify these actions. But this is not righteousness; it is the work of the demonic. The ongoing cycles of death and retribution we witness are not in humanity’s best interest—they are strategies of forces…
My March email mentioned I started teaching a class on the book of Ephesians. We completed Ephesians, and the book’s last chapter focused on the warning that we’re in a war against an array of wicked spiritual beings led by the devil. Our enemy’s objective is to steal, kill, and destroy. What tactics does the devil use to achieve these objectives? Matthew 4 describes the devil’s temptation of Jesus, and the passage provides insight into…
This fictional narrative provides the backstory of Benotenn, a secondary character in my novel, True Status. There was a day when the angels presented themselves before God, but two human souls, Benotenn and Dahlia, also attempted entry into the heavenly temple. Fearsome gatekeepers in gleaming white garments blocked the doorway of the temple’s crystalline outer walls. The guards said, “The human dead must wait until the procession of ministering spirits is complete.” Dahlia and Benotenn…