Dave Samples
@DaveSamples
Lead Pastor, Tolar Baptist Church / Author, Messed Up Men of the Bible / Teacher / Counselor / Husband / Father
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The Bethlehem manger wasn't random; it was prophetic. A lot of folks don't realize that when the Bible talks about Jesus being laid in a manger, the Greek word for it is "phatne," which just means a feeding trough. In Bethlehem back then, these were often carved from stone.…
Life was without a doubt intelligently designed. One of the most obvious evidences for Life's design is the various "chicken-or-egg" problems all over biology. Within all cells, there are complex molecular machines running countless processes to keep us alive...but those…
Crash Course in Molecular Biology… for my fellow Christians. 🚨Everyone else can keep scrolling…🚨 Before we talk faith, let’s talk science… raw, objective molecular biology. Every living cell depends on nine mandatory stages of DNA replication, each performed by…
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Being “far-right” in 2025 just means having the same views as 99.9% of all humans who ever lived up until the 21st century… You’re not far-right, you’re just normal.
Jehovah’s Witnesses are honestly some of the easiest people to debate on the question, “Is Jesus really God?” Not because they’re foolish, but because their own “very sacred” New World Translation (NWT), a translation deliberately edited to deny Christ’s deity, still can’t hide…
We have become exception hunters. "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands." But what if he's not leading well? "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church." But what if she doesn't respect me first? "Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together." But…
You are cursed to become the exact size of what you hunt. Hunt pennies and your soul shrinks to copper. Hunt kingdoms and your hands grow large enough to hold crowns. This is the law. God carved your capacity from the same stone as your ambition. The man who fights giants…
I used to love my wife because she earned it. When she was kind, I was kind. When she respected me, I respected her. When she didn't—I didn't. Marriage was a transaction. A balance sheet. I gave what I got. Nothing more. Then one Sunday our pastor said something I…
Ouch okay that’s fair rebuke John Piper!
“One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.” – John Piper
“Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.” — G.K. Chesterton
The thief on the cross might be my favorite salvation story in the whole Bible. · Never fasted · Never baptized · Never took communion · Never recognized a Pope · Never prayed the the rosary · Never performed any works That man was saved by faith alone.
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