It began in the 1970’s with the seeker-friendly movement. Hard topics like sin, hell, the judgement seat of Christ, spiritual warfare, and sexual issues were a turnoff to the unchurched, so they were removed or blunted. Make the music upbeat, and so loud you can’t Read More
My name is Rebekah Genung. I am 21 and have been working for Blazing Grace since I was 17. I’ve been travelling with my dad for the ministry since I was 14. What I see with youth these days is that most of them are Read More
A pastor recently told this story: “A good-looking young couple recently approached me at an altar asking for a word of blessing regarding their relationship. Expecting me to just quickly bless them, they bowed their heads immediately. Without even seeking the Lord, I said, ‘Are Read More
A commentary by Rebekah, my 21 year old daughter who works for Blazing Grace, follows this one. Imagine you’re a business owner. Your company has 100 employees, 10 of whom are managers that you’ve entrusted the success of the company with. In just several months, Read More
Sex is everywhere except in our churches, and by that I mean being able to talk in a healthy way about sex within Christian marriage, and what authentic, life-giving sexual relationships and marriage look like. – JP DeGance By Mike Genung Churches everywhere are avoiding Read More
We just returned from five weeks in the UK and Europe. It was a blessing to be a part of God’s work to move in the hearts of His people. We now have an office in the United Kingdom. On Friday, June 2, I met Read More
I’ve shared recently how I will be in the UK and Europe in May and June, leading conferences and other events. In order to get word out about the conferences in the UK, we’ve been contacting the media outlets there to inquire about running paid Read More
They tell us that we preachers should never do any negative preaching, that we should preach only on positive topics. I’d have to throw away a good portion of my New Testament if I left out the negatives. The Bible is double-barreled all the way Read More
I met with the senior pastor of a church of 1,000 here in AZ for lunch last week. He told me that at their recent men’s retreat, 80% of the men admitted to struggling with pornography. When he asked how many would take a specific Read More
I’ve been in Southern California this week. This past Monday, I led an all-day conference for pastors in Riverside. Around 70 pastors and teachers showed up. 10-15% were women. I began my sharing my story. I got into the basics of recovery from porn and Read More
After last week’s newsletter on equipping you to be a spiritual warrior, I got hit with one of those late-night battles I described in the article. Our spiritual adversary is quite happy to keep us feeding on milk and cookies Sunday morning at church, but Read More
20 years ago, when my son was 8 years old, I had the sex talk with him. I told him he would be exposed to pornography, and when that happened to make sure he told me. I explained to him how isolation feeds and breeds Read More
The following are headlines from this year. The purpose in providing these are for perspective on what’s happening in the church today. * Former Decatur pastor faces additional sex crime charges in Tennessee CBS 42 – March 22, 2022 * Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston Read More
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine was no more to Mary than the grass under her feet. Any Pharisee Read More
The following video is a message I gave at the morning service of a church in California on how every believer can make an impact in spite of current events. After touching on where we are today, I get into how we can spark a Read More
By now most of you have heard of the investigation into Ravi Zacharias. Ravi was an internationally known apologist; few defended the gospel with as much clarity, force, and wisdom as Ravi did. After he died last year at the age of 74, information trickled, Read More
How are you doing? Here are snapshots of what’s been going on lately and events you can get involved in. The first The Rogue Christian Conference was a blessing Around 50 people showed up in Jamesport, MO last month. We spent time sharing and praying Read More
Last month I read A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous. The book is the journal of a young German woman who lived in Berlin in 1945 when the Russians took the city. During the 10 days between the time the Russians initially poured in and Germany surrendered, Read More
The Next Video Series We’ve been asked if we’re going to do another video series now that 30 Day of Prayer is complete. I’m praying about starting another series that would be 40 Days of Going Rogue. Look for an announcement on this shortly. In Read More
Recently I stumbled onto a 2 minute video of Ravi Zacharias. In it he shares: * His experience sitting at a table of wives whose husbands had been addicted to pornography since childhood, and how it had ruined the men. * Ravi told the story Read More
by Mike Genung In 2006, we ran a six month billboard campaign here in Colorado Springs, as the picture above shows. At the time, the response we received was overwhelmingly positive, with people asking for help and expressing appreciation that we were publicly exposing an Read More
I don’t understand it… maybe some of you can enlighten me. Today, in the U.S., mass shootings are commonplace, the occult has gained wide-spread acceptance and is infiltrating the church (did you know there was a “Christian witch conference” earlier this year?), suicide rates are Read More
Recently, I did a post on our Facebook page asking people to give their opinions as to why our churches don’t talk about porn or sex. While there were a number of responses that came close, 1 Corinthians 5 gives us the answer – “It Read More
by Mike Genung The last week of this month, somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200 pastors and church leaders will receive a free copy of my first book, The Road to Grace; Finding True Freedom from Sexual Addiction. Calvary Chapel is having their annual, four day Read More