Top 5 Books for 2025 so far

We are halfway through 2025, and it has been another good year for reading God-exalting material so here are my top 5 books of the year so far in no particular order:

Consider the Lilies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God by Jonny Ardavanis

Cultivating Spiritual Growth: Striving for Maturity in Christ by Conrad Mbewe

Fight Like a Man: A Bold, Biblical Battle Plan for Personal Purity by Emeal (“E.Z.”) Zwayne

The History and Theology of Calvinism by Curt Daniel

A Biblical Theology of Climate Change by Darrell Harrison and Virgil Walker

Darrell Harrison: Christ Unites His Church

This message is from the Coram Deo Conference 2025 at Trinity Bible Church in Morgan Hill, CA:

Q&A Session from the 2025 War on Men Conference

Book Review: A Biblical Theology of Climate Change by Virgil Walker and Darrell B Harrison

Climate change is one of the hottest issues in the world today. It is being discussed in the classroom, the office, our homes, and even in our churches. There is no escape from this topic. Seems like everything going on in the world is blamed on climate change as if it was the scapegoat of the 21st century.

How are Christians supposed to engage the culture regarding this issue? What does the church need to know to think biblically on climate change? Virgil Walker and Darrell Harrison have written a book to help Christians grasp a biblical worldview on climate change titled, A Biblical Theology of Climate Change.

This book begins with an understanding of what climate change is all about. Walker and Harrison dive into exposing climate change not just a worldview but as a religion for many. They also teach on being good stewards in caring for creation. Christians are not called to worship creation, which includes the planet Earth, but to care for all of creation.

Walker and Harrison dive into some historical theology and see what men in the history of the church have said regarding creation. They also address how Christians need to reclaim a biblical view regarding science. Many times, Christians look at science as anti-God. Yes, men have used sciences to discredit God, but if we look at science biblically, we can see it as a means of common grace to see it as a way of identifying God's work in creation.

Walker and Harrison look at the pagan influences into climate change and how Christians can respond. What our authors challenge their readers is for Christians to return to a biblical worldview regarding creation and reject all of these pagan influences because they are no benefit including the worship of mother earth.

 

Walker and Harrison explore what is called Net Zero. To be honest, I never heard of term but have heard the concept behind it. Net Zero is "the idea of human activity must balance all carbon emissions, effectively eliminating any carbon footprint, by offsetting emissions through various means, such as carbon capture technologies, renewable energy, and reforestation." As our authors say, this does sound like a noble task, but when you really dig down deep into this discussion. it is another attempt by sinful man to play God and use technology and political power in attempt to control the climate of the world. 

There is so much to unpack in this book that my little review will not do it justice. This book comes with discussion guides for individual and group studies. There is even a guide for family devotions and homeschool studies. This issue is not going away anytime soon, and Christians need to be aware and equipped on how to engage our culture biblically.

I highly recommend every pastor, elder, deacon, Sunday School teacher, student, layman, and yes, parent, to get this book and read it. It is not lengthy, but it does contain a lot of information you need to know.

I received this book from G3 Press in exchange for an honest review.

Two Articles in Regard to the "Evangelicals for Harris" Movement

As this presidential election starts to heat up in the United States, there is a group of Christians who are jumping in the Kamala Harris ship for various reasons. It is sad to see many who consider themselves as followers of Jesus to vote for someone in a political party that is so left wing that one has to wonder how they sleep at night.

One such group of Christians has dubbed themselves as "Evangelicals for Harris." This group is made of Christians who want to persuade other believers to vote for Harris in the 2024 presidential election. There are number of Christians who are calling out this movement as unbiblical. Two of them are Darrell B Harrison and Samuel Sey who have two well-written articles on this matter:

The Hypocritical Duplicity of ‘Evangelicals for Harris’ by Darrell B Harrison

Evangelicals For Harris, Evangelicals For Satan by Samuel Sey

A Conversation Regarding MLK

In this video, Justin Peters speaks with Darrell B Harrison and Virgil Walker on whether or not Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian:

A Q&A session with Owen Strachan, Darrell Harrison, and Jon Benzinger

In this video, Jon Benzinger asks questions to Owen Strachan and Darrell Harrison regarding issues in the culture.

The Interconnectedness of CRT & Marxism with Darrell Harrison

Critcal Race Theory (CRT) and Intersectionality have been a hot topic for some time. There have been many books, articles, and even sermons discussing this very topic. In these two videos, Darrell B Harrison dives into what CRT and Intersectionality are and gives us a Biblical response to these issues.

These two messages took place during the Resolve 2022 Conference at Fellowship Church in Lubbock, TX:

Panel Discussion: God of Justice and Mercy

Virgil Walker and Darrell B Harrison on the False Gospel of Liberation Theology