#jaymccarl

  • Wrestling the Hurricane: A Very Empty Tomb

    Jesus is alive. Too many saw Him, met with and touched Him after His tomb was found vacated to deny something cataclysmic occurred. Too many of them died savagely with that testimony on their lips. Still, for many, the resurrection remains beyond belief—a thought that lurks beyond any ability to cope. Even so, people strive

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  • 2025 Be Like…

    2025 Be Like…

    2024 could be summed up with ‘Oh wow!’ Now here comes 2025. What will happen next? What’s the political outlook? The Prophetic outlook? Will Israel finally collapse Iran? Will Turkey invade Syria? Will Putin use nukes in Ukraine? How will the new America treat its citizens and the rest of the world? And of course

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  • You Should’a Known Ray…

    You Should’a Known Ray…

    I wish you could have known this man. I met him when I was fifteen years old and suicidal, and within minutes everything in my life changed. Five years before I was a ten-year-old avowed atheist living with my parents in Sacramento, California. I had a passion for nature and the outdoors—an aspiring forest ranger

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  • The Subject of the Whole Universe

    “Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The LORD, the LORD [I Am, I Am], the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to [the thousandth generation], and forgiving

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  • ‘Eating With the Enemy’ Trailer

    EWtW is coming—based on my book, “Broken Bread”. Check out the official website here. Can’t wait…!

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  • Why I Like Christmas

    Why I Like Christmas

    “The incarnation of God is an infinitely greater thing than anything I would dare to write…” —J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters, 237 (italics in the original) Imagine eternity. Imagine infinity—imagine absolute life and infinite power, with no beginning and no end. Imagine infinite size and mind, boundless knowledge, unapproachable holiness in both being and motive—perfection beyond anything

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  • “Behold I Am Wise!” (or not…)

    “The proper study of the Christian is God. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy which can engage the attention of a child of God is the Name, the Nature, the Person, the Doings, and the existence of the great God we call “Father”. It is a subject so vast that all our

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  • Because of Bob…

    Because of Bob…

    Bob Ayala was singing the very first time I darkened the tent flaps of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Some friends from Seattle has discovered the Christian tent-venue in Orange County and invited me to tag along. I was stunned. Bob was a Christian balladeer who sounded like a mixture of Jose Feliciano and Neil

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  • Watch, Listen, Grow

    Watch, Listen, Grow

    I have the best job in the world—making the Bible simple, as it was meant to be. CLICK HERE to hear my audio sermons (and a few by some excellent friends). CLICK HERE to watch my video messages at Biblical sites in Israel, Jordan, Greece and Turkey. Here’s a sample…enjoy.

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  • In Excelsis Deo

    Imagine eternity. Imagine infinity—imagine absolute life and infinite power, with no beginning and no end. Imagine infinite size and mind, boundless knowledge, unapproachable holiness in both being and motive—perfection beyond anything anyone ever dreamt—ultimate power to create and destroy with utter absence of malice entwined with supreme, omniscient Justice. Such power—such absolute personhood—holy and just,

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