Chad Smith
May 24, 20232 min read
Prosperity and the Genie
Ever heard of the prosperity gospel? You know the one: God WANTS you to be rich and have every material thing you think you need. I...

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Ever heard of the prosperity gospel? You know the one: God WANTS you to be rich and have every material thing you think you need. I...
Archaeology has been an interesting topic for me, and I hate to admit publicly that it started way back during the first Raiders of the...
I get this question a lot: “How come I never hear God speak to me?” “Why don’t I ever hear that still, small voice people talk about?”...
Let’s just jump right into the meat of the conversation. “Why does God allow suffering?” It’s a good question and one of the most...
Commitment. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines it as “a promise or a firm decision to do something.” We hear the phrase “commitment...
The more I dig into the false teachings making their way through the “modern” Christian church, the more saddened I get. There’s a “new”...
“All religions lead to God.” That’s such a dangerous statement as there are stark differences between them. In fact, Christianity is...
Kindness is a word that gets bandied about a lot these days. The Oxford Dictionary defines this eight-letter word as “the quality of...
Keep it simple. A three-word philosophy of life that might do the world some good. It’s why I named my blog “Simple Man, Simple Life.”...
I drove one of my sons to the Minneapolis Convention Center recently to help him get registered for an event he was taking part in. I’m...
Let’s talk about hope, a short word with a tremendous impact. Are you running low or doing okay? I have an incredible amount of hope that...
I love storms. Their power and majesty give many of us a glimpse of what God’s power and majesty must be like if He can create something...
“I’m a good person!” Has that thought ever crossed your mind? Have you ever looked at someone else and thought he or she was a “good...
One of the most basic tenets of the Christian faith is that the Bible is the unchanging Word of God. While there are different versions...
What are the odds? That’s a common question when we see something that just doesn’t happen a lot, if at all. Life is full of a lot of...
Resurrection Sunday is this weekend, and it’s the most important event in the Christian calendar. Because of that Resurrection, our sins...
What do Mormons believe? They like to call themselves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But the question is do they...
I’ve heard this a lot in over five decades of living: “I’m a good person. I go to church on Sundays.” That’s usually followed by...
I need to find hope again. I know where hope gets found, but it’s easy to get run down, isn’t it? My hope tank can get pretty low when a...
One of the most basic fact of Christianity is that Jesus died on the Cross to pay our penalty for sins. His sacrifice covers the sins...










