“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” – Ephesians 1:3 (NASB) I’ll never forget talking to this dude in Florida who was one of the most lost and arrogant people I’ve ever met in my 59 trips around the sun. It was truly stupefying. He was homeless, jobless, and toothless. He had bounced in and out of jail and yet, he said Christianity is for...

I know what you’re thinking! Your mind is going to that epic Gerard Butler movie from 2006, where three hundred buff Spartan dudes held off the entire Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae and saved the country. While that was an actual historical battle, they took theatrical liberties in the film. What I’m talking about is the story of three hundred regular guys, which probably won’t make it to the big screen. This battle happened about...