Only Two Other Options For Thinking

If we don’t follow Christ and listen to His voice, we have only two other options.

In the occult world, witches, warlocks, fortune tellers, and others receive revelations from demons. Some people believe in some other god, maybe Muslim, Hindu, Satanist, or New Age, and many of those are involved with the occult. These are working with demonic power. However, not listening to Christ is an open invitation for even Christians to be influenced by deceptive spirits.

Then we have the other option of leaning on human understanding. That includes the secular world and the cessationist world. The formal philosophy of Rationalism came out of what is ironically called The Enlightenment. Although, the roots of rationalism go back to the Garden of Eden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil—the forbidden fruit, and the fall into sin. Rationalism is the irrational philosophy that says the human mind can manufacture knowledge of the truth without the benefit of observation, experience, or divine revelation.

FREE Books:
“The Nuts and Bolts of Being Rational”
“How God Will Transform You”
“Encyclopedia of Logical Fallacies”
“Real Faith & Reason”
“How to Walk in God’s Glory”
“Your Metamorphosis”
“Exposing the Real Creation-Evolution Debate”
https://realreality.org/downloads/

FREE: One semester spiritual transformation for children, young people, & adults
https://freegospelmusic.org/by-grace-through-faith-homeschool-course/

FREE: THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A Whiteboard Animation Exploring the Intersection of Reason, Revelation, & Transformation
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind cannot reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.
Join the quest and explore the intersection of reason, revelation, & transformation.
Now streaming on YouTube.
Watch the complete journey through the link in my bio. bit.ly/QuestForTruthJourney
#QuestForTruth #ChristianApologetics #BibleStudy #ChristianContent #ReasonAndFaith #ChristianYouTube #Truth #ChristianTeaching #WhiteboardAnimation

CARNAL THINKING

Satan wants you to depend on your own mind. The carnal mind has been in slavery to Satan since Adam and Eve obeyed Satan and ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The mind you were naturally born with has knowledge, but that knowledge is tainted and corrupted.

Christ IS the Truth, and ALL knowledge and wisdom are hidden in Him. ALL who sincerely and persistently seek Him find Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him.

COMING TOMORROW, FRIDAY, 10/23 THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A WHITEBOARD ANIMATION EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF REASON, REVELATION, & TRANSFORMATION
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.

Alternatives to Divine Revelation

When we’re looking at divine revelation versus something else, most people don’t think about what the other options are. In the final analysis, there are only two other options. Those other options to divine revelation are either demonic power or else the fallen, deceitful, and desperately wicked human mind that is a slave to Satan.

COMING 10/23 THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A WHITEBOARD ANIMATION EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF REASON, REVELATION, & TRANSFORMATION
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.

Revelation or Rationalism?

Will you follow Christ or rationalism?

Many evil systems are trying to control your mind every day.

Proverbs 3:6 says “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”

COMING 10/23 THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A WHITEBOARD ANIMATION EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF REASON, REVELATION, & TRANSFORMATION
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.

RATIONALISM IS IRRATIONAL

Rationalizing is irrational, but it has the word rational in it, so some people get confused. To rationalize is to think irrationally but to convince yourself or others that you are thinking rationally. The thing that makes rationalizing irrational is that it’s always based on at least one assumption. A chain of thought is only as strong as its weakest link. Rationalism assumes that the human mind can reason to truth, but the human mind can’t reason to truth. Sometimes, rationalizing is given nice names like common sense or reason.

Let’s quickly go through some of the other nice names given to irrational rationalizing. It’s a long list: Critical thinking, Independent thinking, Free thinking, Open-mindedness , Follow the evidence, Trust the science, Data-driven thinking, Evidence-based conclusions, Human reason, Using your brain, Logical thinking, Analytical thinking, Think for yourself, Personal truth, My understanding, Self-guided belief, Intellectual honesty, Intellectual integrity, Being realistic, Being reasonable, Being sensible , Enlightened thinking, Modern thinking, Scholarly consensus, Academic rigor, Discernment, Wisdom, Inner guidance, and Following your heart. It’s all irrational rationalizing.

To know the truth, you would need to know a Person Who knows ALL things and Who can’t lie.

COMING 10/23 THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A WHITEBOARD ANIMATION EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF REASON, REVELATION, & TRANSFORMATION
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.

RATIONALIZATION ALTERNATIVE

It’s the War for control of your Mind. There is a war for your mind. All worldly systems follow some form of reasoning other than divine revelation from Jesus Christ. They follow rationalism. Rationalism always has assumptions at the root. If you change the assumptions, you change the conclusions. That’s a form of insanity. Even most reasoning in most churches follows one worldly system or another. They even use worldly systems to interpret Scripture. It’s very difficult to break free from rationalization.

FREE Books:
“The Nuts and Bolts of Being Rational”
“How God Will Transform You”
“Encyclopedia of Logical Fallacies”
“Real Faith & Reason”
“How to Walk in God’s Glory”
“Your Metamorphosis”
“Exposing the Real Creation-Evolution Debate”
https://realreality.org/downloads/

FREE: One semester spiritual transformation for children, young people, & adults
https://freegospelmusic.org/by-grace-through-faith-homeschool-course/

COMING 10/23 THE QUEST FOR TRUTH JOURNEY
A WHITEBOARD ANIMATION EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF REASON, REVELATION, & TRANSFORMATION
We trust our minds to reason, but the mind can’t reach truth on its own, and reason collapses without truth.

Just Keep Walking

Just keep walking. You may not see the results, but we walk by faith and not by sight. Faith comes by hearing the rhema (leading) of God exclusively–without help from the fallen, deceitful and desperately wicked human intellect. Looking only to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. And faith gives us access to God’s grace, which includes the power for righteousness. Grace says God’s words and does God’s acts through us. That’s walking in the Spirit.

FREE Books:
“The Nuts and Bolts of Being Rational”
“How God Will Transform You”
“Encyclopedia of Logical Fallacies”
“Real Faith & Reason”
“How to Walk in God’s Glory”
“Your Metamorphosis”
“Exposing the Real Creation-Evolution Debate”
https://realreality.org/downloads/

FREE: One semester spiritual transformation for children, young people, & adults
https://freegospelmusic.org/by-grace-through-faith-homeschool-course/

Coming 10/23/2026: The Quest for Truth Journey, a whiteboard animation exploring the intersection of reason, revelation, & transformation. We trust our minds to reason. But the mind can’t reach truth on its own. Reason collapses without truth.

God’s design does something incredible

God’s design does something incredible: It allows freedom while maintaining safety and sanity.

The church was never meant to be a stage and an audience. It was meant to be all of these: A body, Living, Connected, Led by the Spirit, and Empowered by the Spirit. It was meant to have all of these: Every member has a part. Leadership serves and protects without trying to control the Holy Spirit. Truth is tested and affirmed.

The church will return to God’s order. That’s plain from Scripture. How? Only God knows. When the church returns to God’s order, freedom will no longer drift into division, confusion, and chaos, and leadership will no longer rely on human rationalized thinking and systems of control as a response to fear of chaos. The church will be able to grow spiritually as God intended.

FREE Books:
“The Nuts and Bolts of Being Rational”
“How God Will Transform You”
“Encyclopedia of Logical Fallacies”
“Real Faith & Reason”
“How to Walk in God’s Glory”
“Your Metamorphosis”
“Exposing the Real Creation-Evolution Debate”
https://realreality.org/downloads/

FREE: One semester spiritual transformation for children, young people, & adults
https://freegospelmusic.org/by-grace-through-faith-homeschool-course/

Coming Soon: The Quest for Truth Journey, a whiteboard animation exploring the intersection of reason, revelation, & transformation.

God’s Design

When we move away from God’s design for the church, we drift into control as a response to fear of chaos on the one hand or, on the other hand, the chaos we don’t want.

Chaos produces: confusion, division, and unstable teaching. The problem is not freedom. The problem is not leadership. The problem is not divine revelation.

The problem is removing leadership and revelation from God’s order. The problem is freedom without the Holy Spirit in control. The problem is leadership without the Holy Spirit in control. The problem is divine revelation without spending time in God’s presence seeking His correction. The problem is fleshly leadership, fleshly freedom, and fleshly false revelation.

FREE Books:
“The Nuts and Bolts of Being Rational”
“How God Will Transform You”
“Encyclopedia of Logical Fallacies”
“Real Faith & Reason”
“How to Walk in God’s Glory”
“Your Metamorphosis”
“Exposing the Real Creation-Evolution Debate”
https://realreality.org/downloads/

FREE: One semester spiritual transformation for children, young people, & adults
https://freegospelmusic.org/by-grace-through-faith-homeschool-course/

Coming Soon: The Quest for Truth Journey, a whiteboard animation exploring the intersection of reason, revelation, & transformation.