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Skip Heitzig is the senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque. He reaches out to thousands across the nation and throughout the world through his multimedia ministry including a nationwide half-hour radio program, Connect with Skip Heitzig.

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Breanna Claussen Founded Harbingers Daily as a Social Media Based Ministry in 2014 and managed the expansion of the newsroom into what we know today as HarbingersDaily.com

She is also an author, Head of Ministry Development, Manager of the Graphic Design Team, and Lead Editor for Harbingers Daily News Media.

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: The Shepherds’ Fields — Luke 2:8-20

We’ve heard this story so many times that it doesn’t surprise us like it ought to. And what boy hasn’t dressed like a shepherd...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: A City of Judah – Luke 1:39-56

In this second message of our Holy Ground series, we come to an unnamed city in the hill country of Judah, where Mary’s cousin...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: Nazareth – Luke 1:26-38

During this Advent season, we want to look at the familiar Christmas story through a different lens: the actual places these events happened. They...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Nehemiah 1-2

Episode 1 from the series (Nehemiah - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Dagon and the Palestinian Issue – Judges 16:23-24

The last two years have seen a massive chasm in every country of the world over the Israel/Palestine issue. Since October 7, 2023 and...

In a ‘Post Truth’ World, What Do Pastors Appeal To As Their Final Authority?

Post-truth. It’s a term some have heard. Essentially, it means objectivity has lost its footing to subjectivity; feelings and opinion are preferred over facts. What do churches (and especially pastors) appeal to as their final authority? Do they regard the Bible as God’s unchanging Word? His timeless, transcendent truth? Or is the Bible weighed along with societal norms and public sentiment?

Skip Heitzig: The Transgender Lie – Jeremiah 7; Romans 1

Some people insist that in our post-modern (or even meta-modern) age, we only believe in science, not metaphysics. That’s not quite true. At the...

Skip Heitzig: Asherah and Her Sexual Revolution — Part 1

If you think the Sexual Revolution began in 1960s America, think again. It’s been going on since ancient times. Today we look at three...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:18-4:18

Episode 5 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Atheism Has Slain Its Thousands, But Procrastination, Its Tens Of Thousands

In Acts 16, the Philippian jailer asked Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" (v. 30). And he said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (v. 31). But there's another question. "What must I do to be lost?" Answer: absolutely nothing. Don't turn to Christ. Don't make a choice. Put it off. That's why I say atheism has slain its thousands, but procrastination, its tens of thousands.

Skip Heitzig: Have You Left Your First Love?

Leaving your first love is seldom a blowout. It's usually a slow leak, like a car tire. You air it up, and a couple weeks later you've got to air it up again. So it is in our priorities with the Lord. We can get distracted gradually and leave slowly. We leave that first love.

Skip Heitzig: Baal and the Love of Money, Power & Prosperity – 1 Kings 18

Without a doubt, the biggest threat to ancient Israel’s worship of Yahweh was the rival demon-god Baal, regarded as the chief of all Canaanite...

Skip Heitzig: The Hope Of Christ’s Return Dominates The Bible

The second coming of Christ dominates the Bible; it's referenced 1,845 times. Next to faith, no subject is more discussed in Scripture. For every mention of the first coming, the second coming is mentioned eight times. For every time the atonement is mentioned, the second coming is mentioned twice. Jesus personally referred to His second coming twenty-one times, and we're urged to be ready for His coming no less than fifty times in Scripture.

Skip Heitzig: Celebrating the Ground We’ve Taken – Joshua 4:1-8

Today we celebrate how God has used our generosity to take back what the Enemy has stolen. Broken lives that were once shattered have...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:1-19

Episode 4 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: God’s Judgment And The Handwriting On The Wall

Your life is being weighed in God's balances. What does He find there? Because one day you will stand, not in a royal hall with handwriting on a wall, but in a judgment hall with handwriting in books (see Revelation 20:12, 15). The good news is in Jesus Christ. "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14). Each breath we take, every heartbeat, is one of God’s gifts. Daniel 5 was Belshazzar's time. Ours is coming.

Skip Heitzig: Abortion & the Altars of Molech – Leviticus 20:1-5

One of the most emotional debates raging in our day centers on the subject of abortion. Some see it as simply the choice of...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:28-2:23

Jesus canceled our debt at the cross and freed us from rule-keeping and spiritual add-ons. We've been handed a bill stamped "Paid in Full"—we...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:15-29

Episode 2 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Monsters Among Us – Judges 17:1-6

John Calvin noted, “The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.” Idolatry was a constant issue in the Old Testament, and Paul saw that...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:1-15

Episode 1 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

God Looks At The Heart Of Worship, Not The Appearance Of It

Cain was showing his heart there. He was a false worshiper because of his own pride and anger. He had the wrong attitude. God never separates the worship from the worshiper. He always looks at the heart. He sees the outward form of worship, whatever it may be—the raising of hands, the singing of songs, the giving of time or treasure—but He focuses on the person's heart.

Skip Heitzig: Lessons From A City In Shambles — Nehemiah 1-13

We have spent seventeen weeks covering the book of Nehemiah and have considered the many life-application lessons that these chapters provide. But today, for...

The Gospel Is The ‘Power Of God To Salvation’

The Gospel was powerful enough to change Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle. It was powerful enough to save 3,000 in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. It was powerful enough to convert thousands in the First and Second Great Awakenings, and it was powerful enough to move 2.2 million people to say yes to Jesus Christ under the ministry of Dr. Billy Graham, of which I’m one. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 9-10

Episode 5 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Backslide — Nehemiah 13

No Christian ever plans on backsliding, that is, moving away from Christ. Yet it happens. The prophet Jeremiah even admitted, “Our backslidings are many”...

Skip Heitzig: Some Of Us Need To Toughen Up

Job didn't curse God, and he didn't give up on God. He withstood Satan's attacks: the loss of his children, his wealth, his health, and the sense of God's presence. Even his wife told him to give up. His friends gave him warped advice. And though Job was very vocal about his pain, he endured it—he never gave up. Satan predicted that Job would abandon God. He didn't. In fact, I think the pinnacle of the book is in chapter 13, when Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (v. 15). Now that's endurance.

Skip Heitzig: Be Strong — Establish Your Heart In These Last Days

Whatever struggles you are going through, they are only temporary. They're going to end when Jesus returns. Even though we don't know exactly when, we know He will come back. And as the world becomes more palpably evil, as the election cycles make us more divided than ever, as the gap between the promise to return and the actual return grows in length, we need to be more ready, more patient, and stronger.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 7-8 

Episode 4 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: We have the living Word of God

There are some people who see the Bible as this outdated, antiquated book that's not relevant anymore. That's not how King David saw it. David loved it because God spoke to him in it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 5-6

Episode 3 from the (15 Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Worship When You Come to Church – Nehemiah 12

“The whole you needs worship—and the part of you that will live forever needs it most,” wrote Robert McIntyre. Nehemiah chapter 12 describes the...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 3-4

Episode 2 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig

Skip Heitzig: That’s Life in the Big City! – Nehemiah 11

Jerusalem was not the most popular place to live. Most people preferred to live elsewhere—in outlying towns and villages. It was more expensive to...

Skip Heitzig: First Things First – Nehemiah 10

When your values are clear, making decisions becomes easy. After generations of failure, God’s people finally realized what was most important in life, so...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 4

Episode 6 from the series Philippians - 2025 with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: A Nation That Prays Together Stays Together – Nehemiah 9

The purpose of prayer is not to inform God of our needs but to invite Him to rule our lives. After a national revival...

Skip Heitzig: Temptation — God Gives Us An Escape Route

Peter wrote, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Everyone—believer and nonbeliever—faces temptation, but not everyone handles it very well. Most people just cave to it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 3

In Philippians 3, Paul reminded believers that real joy isn't found in religious performance, but in knowing Jesus personally. He warned against those who...

Skip Heitzig: The Transformation of a Nation – Nehemiah 8

The nation of Israel was back in its homeland once again after the Babylonian captivity. The walls of the city of Jerusalem had been...

Skip Heitzig: The Precision Of God’s Promises

Josephus recorded this lament: "The scepter has departed from Judah, but Shiloh has not come." They were mourning because they thought God had broken His promise. What they didn't know was their Messiah was about to go to the Jordan River, where John the Baptist would say, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).

Skip Heitzig: Having A Vertical Perspective — Recognizing God Behind The Scenes

Murphy's Law is for the pessimist—"Joseph's Law" is for the believer. The first views life only on the horizontal plane. The second takes the vertical into perspective: "But what about God? What could God's plan be in the midst of this?" That was always Joseph's perspective, and the more I study this young man's life, the more amazed I am at his faith that the Lord would take care of it all.

Skip Heitzig: Sold Into Slavery, Falsely Accused, And Forgotten In Prison—Yet, God Worked All Things Together For Good

Joseph never gave up, even after he was sold into slavery, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison. I think he's probably the greatest biblical example of Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

Why the Protestant Reformation Should Still Matter to the Church Today, with Skip Heitzig

During my recent trip to Germany in conjunction with the BGEA European Congress on Evangelism, I had the immense privilege of traveling to Wittenberg,...

Skip Heitzig: Not Ashamed of the Gospel – Romans 1:16-17

During the last two days, we have practiced and proclaimed the gospel to our community. Both Love Day and Freedom Celebration were outward expressions...

Skip Heitzig: The Perfect Father – Matthew 6:9

Today, we celebrate our fathers. We honor them for their sacrifice, valor, and commitment. But I’d like to explore the Fatherhood of God today...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 2:19-30

Episode 4 from the series (Philippians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: The Fear Of The Lord Frees You From The Fear Of Man

If you want to please God—if you worry about what God thinks of you—you don't have to worry about what anybody else thinks of you. The fear of the Lord frees you from the snare of the fear of man. If you get on your knees before God, you can get on your feet before any man.

Skip Heitzig: Wrestling with God

In Genesis 32, we read about Jacob's struggle with God. "Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day" (v. 24). God wrestled with Jacob to bring him to the end of himself—to surrender.

Skip Heitzig: Why Serving God Is So Hard – Nehemiah 4:1-9

Being a Christian can be hard in the current climate of hostility—where believers worldwide face physical oppression and persecution. In our own culture, the...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: The Shepherds’ Fields — Luke 2:8-20

We’ve heard this story so many times that it doesn’t surprise us like it ought to. And what boy...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: A City of Judah – Luke 1:39-56

In this second message of our Holy Ground series, we come to an unnamed city in the hill country...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: Nazareth – Luke 1:26-38

During this Advent season, we want to look at the familiar Christmas story through a different lens: the actual...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Nehemiah 1-2

Episode 1 from the series (Nehemiah - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Dagon and the Palestinian Issue – Judges 16:23-24

The last two years have seen a massive chasm in every country of the world over the Israel/Palestine issue....

In a ‘Post Truth’ World, What Do Pastors Appeal To As Their Final Authority?

Post-truth. It’s a term some have heard. Essentially, it means objectivity has lost its footing to subjectivity; feelings and opinion are preferred over facts. What do churches (and especially pastors) appeal to as their final authority? Do they regard the Bible as God’s unchanging Word? His timeless, transcendent truth? Or is the Bible weighed along with societal norms and public sentiment?

Skip Heitzig: The Transgender Lie – Jeremiah 7; Romans 1

Some people insist that in our post-modern (or even meta-modern) age, we only believe in science, not metaphysics. That’s...

Skip Heitzig: Asherah and Her Sexual Revolution — Part 1

If you think the Sexual Revolution began in 1960s America, think again. It’s been going on since ancient times....

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:18-4:18

Episode 5 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Atheism Has Slain Its Thousands, But Procrastination, Its Tens Of Thousands

In Acts 16, the Philippian jailer asked Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" (v. 30). And he said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (v. 31). But there's another question. "What must I do to be lost?" Answer: absolutely nothing. Don't turn to Christ. Don't make a choice. Put it off. That's why I say atheism has slain its thousands, but procrastination, its tens of thousands.

Skip Heitzig: Have You Left Your First Love?

Leaving your first love is seldom a blowout. It's usually a slow leak, like a car tire. You air it up, and a couple weeks later you've got to air it up again. So it is in our priorities with the Lord. We can get distracted gradually and leave slowly. We leave that first love.

Skip Heitzig: Baal and the Love of Money, Power & Prosperity – 1 Kings 18

Without a doubt, the biggest threat to ancient Israel’s worship of Yahweh was the rival demon-god Baal, regarded as...

Skip Heitzig: The Hope Of Christ’s Return Dominates The Bible

The second coming of Christ dominates the Bible; it's referenced 1,845 times. Next to faith, no subject is more discussed in Scripture. For every mention of the first coming, the second coming is mentioned eight times. For every time the atonement is mentioned, the second coming is mentioned twice. Jesus personally referred to His second coming twenty-one times, and we're urged to be ready for His coming no less than fifty times in Scripture.

Skip Heitzig: Celebrating the Ground We’ve Taken – Joshua 4:1-8

Today we celebrate how God has used our generosity to take back what the Enemy has stolen. Broken lives...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:1-19

Episode 4 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: God’s Judgment And The Handwriting On The Wall

Your life is being weighed in God's balances. What does He find there? Because one day you will stand, not in a royal hall with handwriting on a wall, but in a judgment hall with handwriting in books (see Revelation 20:12, 15). The good news is in Jesus Christ. "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14). Each breath we take, every heartbeat, is one of God’s gifts. Daniel 5 was Belshazzar's time. Ours is coming.

Skip Heitzig: Abortion & the Altars of Molech – Leviticus 20:1-5

One of the most emotional debates raging in our day centers on the subject of abortion. Some see it...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:28-2:23

Jesus canceled our debt at the cross and freed us from rule-keeping and spiritual add-ons. We've been handed a...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:15-29

Episode 2 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Monsters Among Us – Judges 17:1-6

John Calvin noted, “The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.” Idolatry was a constant issue in the Old...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:1-15

Episode 1 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

God Looks At The Heart Of Worship, Not The Appearance Of It

Cain was showing his heart there. He was a false worshiper because of his own pride and anger. He had the wrong attitude. God never separates the worship from the worshiper. He always looks at the heart. He sees the outward form of worship, whatever it may be—the raising of hands, the singing of songs, the giving of time or treasure—but He focuses on the person's heart.

Skip Heitzig: Lessons From A City In Shambles — Nehemiah 1-13

We have spent seventeen weeks covering the book of Nehemiah and have considered the many life-application lessons that these...

The Gospel Is The ‘Power Of God To Salvation’

The Gospel was powerful enough to change Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle. It was powerful enough to save 3,000 in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. It was powerful enough to convert thousands in the First and Second Great Awakenings, and it was powerful enough to move 2.2 million people to say yes to Jesus Christ under the ministry of Dr. Billy Graham, of which I’m one. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 9-10

Episode 5 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Backslide — Nehemiah 13

No Christian ever plans on backsliding, that is, moving away from Christ. Yet it happens. The prophet Jeremiah even...

Skip Heitzig: Some Of Us Need To Toughen Up

Job didn't curse God, and he didn't give up on God. He withstood Satan's attacks: the loss of his children, his wealth, his health, and the sense of God's presence. Even his wife told him to give up. His friends gave him warped advice. And though Job was very vocal about his pain, he endured it—he never gave up. Satan predicted that Job would abandon God. He didn't. In fact, I think the pinnacle of the book is in chapter 13, when Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (v. 15). Now that's endurance.

Skip Heitzig: Be Strong — Establish Your Heart In These Last Days

Whatever struggles you are going through, they are only temporary. They're going to end when Jesus returns. Even though we don't know exactly when, we know He will come back. And as the world becomes more palpably evil, as the election cycles make us more divided than ever, as the gap between the promise to return and the actual return grows in length, we need to be more ready, more patient, and stronger.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 7-8 

Episode 4 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: We have the living Word of God

There are some people who see the Bible as this outdated, antiquated book that's not relevant anymore. That's not how King David saw it. David loved it because God spoke to him in it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 5-6

Episode 3 from the (15 Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Worship When You Come to Church – Nehemiah 12

“The whole you needs worship—and the part of you that will live forever needs it most,” wrote Robert McIntyre....

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 3-4

Episode 2 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig

Skip Heitzig: That’s Life in the Big City! – Nehemiah 11

Jerusalem was not the most popular place to live. Most people preferred to live elsewhere—in outlying towns and villages....

Skip Heitzig: First Things First – Nehemiah 10

When your values are clear, making decisions becomes easy. After generations of failure, God’s people finally realized what was...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 4

Episode 6 from the series Philippians - 2025 with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: A Nation That Prays Together Stays Together – Nehemiah 9

The purpose of prayer is not to inform God of our needs but to invite Him to rule our...

Skip Heitzig: Temptation — God Gives Us An Escape Route

Peter wrote, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Everyone—believer and nonbeliever—faces temptation, but not everyone handles it very well. Most people just cave to it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 3

In Philippians 3, Paul reminded believers that real joy isn't found in religious performance, but in knowing Jesus personally....

Skip Heitzig: The Transformation of a Nation – Nehemiah 8

The nation of Israel was back in its homeland once again after the Babylonian captivity. The walls of the...

Skip Heitzig: The Precision Of God’s Promises

Josephus recorded this lament: "The scepter has departed from Judah, but Shiloh has not come." They were mourning because they thought God had broken His promise. What they didn't know was their Messiah was about to go to the Jordan River, where John the Baptist would say, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).

Skip Heitzig: Having A Vertical Perspective — Recognizing God Behind The Scenes

Murphy's Law is for the pessimist—"Joseph's Law" is for the believer. The first views life only on the horizontal plane. The second takes the vertical into perspective: "But what about God? What could God's plan be in the midst of this?" That was always Joseph's perspective, and the more I study this young man's life, the more amazed I am at his faith that the Lord would take care of it all.

Skip Heitzig: Sold Into Slavery, Falsely Accused, And Forgotten In Prison—Yet, God Worked All Things Together For Good

Joseph never gave up, even after he was sold into slavery, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison. I think he's probably the greatest biblical example of Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

Why the Protestant Reformation Should Still Matter to the Church Today, with Skip Heitzig

During my recent trip to Germany in conjunction with the BGEA European Congress on Evangelism, I had the immense...

Skip Heitzig: Not Ashamed of the Gospel – Romans 1:16-17

During the last two days, we have practiced and proclaimed the gospel to our community. Both Love Day and...

Skip Heitzig: The Perfect Father – Matthew 6:9

Today, we celebrate our fathers. We honor them for their sacrifice, valor, and commitment. But I’d like to explore...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 2:19-30

Episode 4 from the series (Philippians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: The Fear Of The Lord Frees You From The Fear Of Man

If you want to please God—if you worry about what God thinks of you—you don't have to worry about what anybody else thinks of you. The fear of the Lord frees you from the snare of the fear of man. If you get on your knees before God, you can get on your feet before any man.

Skip Heitzig: Wrestling with God

In Genesis 32, we read about Jacob's struggle with God. "Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day" (v. 24). God wrestled with Jacob to bring him to the end of himself—to surrender.

Skip Heitzig: Why Serving God Is So Hard – Nehemiah 4:1-9

Being a Christian can be hard in the current climate of hostility—where believers worldwide face physical oppression and persecution....

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: The Shepherds’ Fields — Luke 2:8-20

We’ve heard this story so many times that it doesn’t surprise us like it ought to. And what boy hasn’t dressed like a shepherd...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: A City of Judah – Luke 1:39-56

In this second message of our Holy Ground series, we come to an unnamed city in the hill country of Judah, where Mary’s cousin...

Skip Heitzig: Holy Ground: Nazareth – Luke 1:26-38

During this Advent season, we want to look at the familiar Christmas story through a different lens: the actual places these events happened. They...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Nehemiah 1-2

Episode 1 from the series (Nehemiah - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Dagon and the Palestinian Issue – Judges 16:23-24

The last two years have seen a massive chasm in every country of the world over the Israel/Palestine issue. Since October 7, 2023 and...

In a ‘Post Truth’ World, What Do Pastors Appeal To As Their Final Authority?

Post-truth. It’s a term some have heard. Essentially, it means objectivity has lost its footing to subjectivity; feelings and opinion are preferred over facts. What do churches (and especially pastors) appeal to as their final authority? Do they regard the Bible as God’s unchanging Word? His timeless, transcendent truth? Or is the Bible weighed along with societal norms and public sentiment?

Skip Heitzig: The Transgender Lie – Jeremiah 7; Romans 1

Some people insist that in our post-modern (or even meta-modern) age, we only believe in science, not metaphysics. That’s not quite true. At the...

Skip Heitzig: Asherah and Her Sexual Revolution — Part 1

If you think the Sexual Revolution began in 1960s America, think again. It’s been going on since ancient times. Today we look at three...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:18-4:18

Episode 5 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Atheism Has Slain Its Thousands, But Procrastination, Its Tens Of Thousands

In Acts 16, the Philippian jailer asked Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" (v. 30). And he said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (v. 31). But there's another question. "What must I do to be lost?" Answer: absolutely nothing. Don't turn to Christ. Don't make a choice. Put it off. That's why I say atheism has slain its thousands, but procrastination, its tens of thousands.

Skip Heitzig: Have You Left Your First Love?

Leaving your first love is seldom a blowout. It's usually a slow leak, like a car tire. You air it up, and a couple weeks later you've got to air it up again. So it is in our priorities with the Lord. We can get distracted gradually and leave slowly. We leave that first love.

Skip Heitzig: Baal and the Love of Money, Power & Prosperity – 1 Kings 18

Without a doubt, the biggest threat to ancient Israel’s worship of Yahweh was the rival demon-god Baal, regarded as the chief of all Canaanite...

Skip Heitzig: The Hope Of Christ’s Return Dominates The Bible

The second coming of Christ dominates the Bible; it's referenced 1,845 times. Next to faith, no subject is more discussed in Scripture. For every mention of the first coming, the second coming is mentioned eight times. For every time the atonement is mentioned, the second coming is mentioned twice. Jesus personally referred to His second coming twenty-one times, and we're urged to be ready for His coming no less than fifty times in Scripture.

Skip Heitzig: Celebrating the Ground We’ve Taken – Joshua 4:1-8

Today we celebrate how God has used our generosity to take back what the Enemy has stolen. Broken lives that were once shattered have...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 3:1-19

Episode 4 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: God’s Judgment And The Handwriting On The Wall

Your life is being weighed in God's balances. What does He find there? Because one day you will stand, not in a royal hall with handwriting on a wall, but in a judgment hall with handwriting in books (see Revelation 20:12, 15). The good news is in Jesus Christ. "Having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross" (Colossians 2:14). Each breath we take, every heartbeat, is one of God’s gifts. Daniel 5 was Belshazzar's time. Ours is coming.

Skip Heitzig: Abortion & the Altars of Molech – Leviticus 20:1-5

One of the most emotional debates raging in our day centers on the subject of abortion. Some see it as simply the choice of...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:28-2:23

Jesus canceled our debt at the cross and freed us from rule-keeping and spiritual add-ons. We've been handed a bill stamped "Paid in Full"—we...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:15-29

Episode 2 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: Monsters Among Us – Judges 17:1-6

John Calvin noted, “The human heart is a perpetual idol factory.” Idolatry was a constant issue in the Old Testament, and Paul saw that...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Colossians 1:1-15

Episode 1 from the series (Colossians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

God Looks At The Heart Of Worship, Not The Appearance Of It

Cain was showing his heart there. He was a false worshiper because of his own pride and anger. He had the wrong attitude. God never separates the worship from the worshiper. He always looks at the heart. He sees the outward form of worship, whatever it may be—the raising of hands, the singing of songs, the giving of time or treasure—but He focuses on the person's heart.

Skip Heitzig: Lessons From A City In Shambles — Nehemiah 1-13

We have spent seventeen weeks covering the book of Nehemiah and have considered the many life-application lessons that these chapters provide. But today, for...

The Gospel Is The ‘Power Of God To Salvation’

The Gospel was powerful enough to change Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle. It was powerful enough to save 3,000 in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. It was powerful enough to convert thousands in the First and Second Great Awakenings, and it was powerful enough to move 2.2 million people to say yes to Jesus Christ under the ministry of Dr. Billy Graham, of which I’m one. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 9-10

Episode 5 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Backslide — Nehemiah 13

No Christian ever plans on backsliding, that is, moving away from Christ. Yet it happens. The prophet Jeremiah even admitted, “Our backslidings are many”...

Skip Heitzig: Some Of Us Need To Toughen Up

Job didn't curse God, and he didn't give up on God. He withstood Satan's attacks: the loss of his children, his wealth, his health, and the sense of God's presence. Even his wife told him to give up. His friends gave him warped advice. And though Job was very vocal about his pain, he endured it—he never gave up. Satan predicted that Job would abandon God. He didn't. In fact, I think the pinnacle of the book is in chapter 13, when Job said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (v. 15). Now that's endurance.

Skip Heitzig: Be Strong — Establish Your Heart In These Last Days

Whatever struggles you are going through, they are only temporary. They're going to end when Jesus returns. Even though we don't know exactly when, we know He will come back. And as the world becomes more palpably evil, as the election cycles make us more divided than ever, as the gap between the promise to return and the actual return grows in length, we need to be more ready, more patient, and stronger.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 7-8 

Episode 4 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: We have the living Word of God

There are some people who see the Bible as this outdated, antiquated book that's not relevant anymore. That's not how King David saw it. David loved it because God spoke to him in it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 5-6

Episode 3 from the (15 Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: How to Worship When You Come to Church – Nehemiah 12

“The whole you needs worship—and the part of you that will live forever needs it most,” wrote Robert McIntyre. Nehemiah chapter 12 describes the...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Ezra 3-4

Episode 2 from the series (Ezra - 2025) with Skip Heitzig

Skip Heitzig: That’s Life in the Big City! – Nehemiah 11

Jerusalem was not the most popular place to live. Most people preferred to live elsewhere—in outlying towns and villages. It was more expensive to...

Skip Heitzig: First Things First – Nehemiah 10

When your values are clear, making decisions becomes easy. After generations of failure, God’s people finally realized what was most important in life, so...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 4

Episode 6 from the series Philippians - 2025 with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: A Nation That Prays Together Stays Together – Nehemiah 9

The purpose of prayer is not to inform God of our needs but to invite Him to rule our lives. After a national revival...

Skip Heitzig: Temptation — God Gives Us An Escape Route

Peter wrote, "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Everyone—believer and nonbeliever—faces temptation, but not everyone handles it very well. Most people just cave to it.

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 3

In Philippians 3, Paul reminded believers that real joy isn't found in religious performance, but in knowing Jesus personally. He warned against those who...

Skip Heitzig: The Transformation of a Nation – Nehemiah 8

The nation of Israel was back in its homeland once again after the Babylonian captivity. The walls of the city of Jerusalem had been...

Skip Heitzig: The Precision Of God’s Promises

Josephus recorded this lament: "The scepter has departed from Judah, but Shiloh has not come." They were mourning because they thought God had broken His promise. What they didn't know was their Messiah was about to go to the Jordan River, where John the Baptist would say, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).

Skip Heitzig: Having A Vertical Perspective — Recognizing God Behind The Scenes

Murphy's Law is for the pessimist—"Joseph's Law" is for the believer. The first views life only on the horizontal plane. The second takes the vertical into perspective: "But what about God? What could God's plan be in the midst of this?" That was always Joseph's perspective, and the more I study this young man's life, the more amazed I am at his faith that the Lord would take care of it all.

Skip Heitzig: Sold Into Slavery, Falsely Accused, And Forgotten In Prison—Yet, God Worked All Things Together For Good

Joseph never gave up, even after he was sold into slavery, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison. I think he's probably the greatest biblical example of Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

Why the Protestant Reformation Should Still Matter to the Church Today, with Skip Heitzig

During my recent trip to Germany in conjunction with the BGEA European Congress on Evangelism, I had the immense privilege of traveling to Wittenberg,...

Skip Heitzig: Not Ashamed of the Gospel – Romans 1:16-17

During the last two days, we have practiced and proclaimed the gospel to our community. Both Love Day and Freedom Celebration were outward expressions...

Skip Heitzig: The Perfect Father – Matthew 6:9

Today, we celebrate our fathers. We honor them for their sacrifice, valor, and commitment. But I’d like to explore the Fatherhood of God today...

Skip Heitzig: Expound — Philippians 2:19-30

Episode 4 from the series (Philippians - 2025) with Skip Heitzig.

Skip Heitzig: The Fear Of The Lord Frees You From The Fear Of Man

If you want to please God—if you worry about what God thinks of you—you don't have to worry about what anybody else thinks of you. The fear of the Lord frees you from the snare of the fear of man. If you get on your knees before God, you can get on your feet before any man.

Skip Heitzig: Wrestling with God

In Genesis 32, we read about Jacob's struggle with God. "Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day" (v. 24). God wrestled with Jacob to bring him to the end of himself—to surrender.

Skip Heitzig: Why Serving God Is So Hard – Nehemiah 4:1-9

Being a Christian can be hard in the current climate of hostility—where believers worldwide face physical oppression and persecution. In our own culture, the...