Ministrymaker Magazine
Articles by Kevin Probst
Kevin Probst lives in Columbus, Georgia. He is a teacher of history and apologetics at Calvary Christian School, and an associate pastor. Kevin has a BA in Religion and Ministry, BA in History, MA in Secondary Education and an ED.S. in Administration and Supervision. Kevin writes on a variety of subjects, but his primary focus is theology, apologetics and politics.Should the U.S. Department Of Education be Abolished?
Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution lists the Powers of the Congress. There is no mention of education on the list. Because education is not on the list… [read more]
Wake Up, America
There are some people who suffer from a rare sleeping disorder called Kleine-Levin Syndrome. For whatever reason, they need excessive amounts of sleep, maybe up to twenty hours a day…. [read more]
The Reason For America’s Decline
There has been much discussion in recent months regarding the decline of America. Some deny it. Some seem to actually revel in the decline of America. Still others will explain… [read more]
Moral and Logical Deficits in California’s Ninth Circuit
If you have forgotten or are unaware of what all the talk of Proposition 8 is about, be reminded that this California law was passed in 2008 to satisfy the… [read more]
Is God Warning America?
What is the secret of America’s great success? America’s freedom and prosperity didn’t happen by chance. We are a nation blessed by God. We have been blessed beyond any nation… [read more]
Barbarians at the Helm
Our nation experienced a cultural revolution in the 1960’s. It was the decade of the anti-establishment counterculture. It was the decade of deception. The Woodstock crowd believed that by dropping… [read more]
Newt Gingrich’s Appeal to Evangelical Christians
After the candidates circled their wagons in Iowa and the dust had finally settled, it was Santorum by 34 votes. Newt Gingrich came in a distant 4th with only 13… [read more]
U.S. Policy: Would Einstein Think Us Insane?
Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity was “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” We have now completed three years under the Obama administration and no… [read more]
What are Your Children Being Taught in Government Schools?
We often hear talk about the war in Iraq, the war on drugs, the coming war with Iran or the final war of Armageddon. We are quite comfortable with war…. [read more]
Does God Exist? The True Witness
All of mankind must answer the ultimate question, does God exist? This question cannot be ignored. God has “set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). There is an… [read more]
The Meaning of Life: Three Questions for Every Man
The basic philosophical questions of life are three: “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” and “Where am I going?” You can tell one’s worldview by the way they answer… [read more]
Tim Tebow: The Most Interesting Man in the World
Jonathon Goldsmith plays The Most Interesting Man in the World in a very popular television commercial. He possesses fascinating traits that capture the attention of the world. This article is… [read more]
Prayer In Public Schools: Who is Allowed to Pray?
There is a poem history teachers use to help students remember what happened to the wives of Henry VIII: “Divorced, beheaded, died; Divorced, beheaded, survived.” Henry obviously had issues when… [read more]
Memo To All Secularists: Christians Are More Than Two-Dimensional
Why are Christians viewed by the secular world as being only two- dimensional? Why are we perceived as only supporting life and marriage and opposing abortion and homosexuality? We are… [read more]
Jesus Loved Me Still
At the moment in life when a boy feels himself becoming a man I began to ask some earnest questions. Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I… [read more]
Government Schools: Are Christians Treating Symptoms of Finding a Cure?
There are people all over the country who are enraged by the fact that our country has recently been leaning more and more toward socialism, or perhaps more accurately, toward… [read more]
Public Schools: Education or Indoctrination?
Educators have pondered for years the achievement gap between Caucasian, African-American and Asian students. In order to narrow the gap educators have tried segregating schools, they have tried providing comparable… [read more]
Are You Afraid to Die?
One of the more prevalent fears haunting us is the fear of disease, especially a debilitating disease like cancer. My mother suffered from severe dementia before she died and I… [read more]
A Christian’s Response to Banning Prayer in Public Schools
President Ronald Reagan broached the issue of prayer in public schools when he addressed the nation in February of 1984. He reminded American citizens that prayer in public schools was… [read more]
Spiritual Zombies: The Living Dead Among Us
George A. Romero’s film, The Night of the Living Dead, tells the story of a set of siblings, Johnny and Barbra, who drive to rural Pennsylvania to visit the grave… [read more]
Heaven is for Real: Truth or Hoax?
Todd Burpo and his son, Colton, tell an amazing story of a heavenly experience. Heaven is for Real is a short book that can be read in a brief period… [read more]
The Truth They Could Not know
Socialism, Communism, Karl Marx, Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama, truth, lies, Satan, Father of Lies, Communist Manifesto, Oprah Winfrey, I am the way, The Pale Rider, The Player. There is a… [read more]
Jesus Christ: Mystery Man?
‘Mystery man’ is a term in our society that refers to a man who has no identify. There is a recent story in the news coming out of Sydney, Australia,… [read more]
Every Occupant of Hell Remembers Crossing Their Rubicon
Do you remember having a feeling of affection for someone in your youthful years but your feelings were not reciprocated? Maybe you asked her out but she sloughed you off…. [read more]
The Truth About America: Who Is Weeping For America?
One man said the “truth hurts, not the searching after, the running from.” I see so many who are running away from the truth about America. I understand that coming… [read more]
The Truth About America: Our God-Fearing Founders
Balshazzar, the king of ancient Babylon, invited 10,000 guests to a banquet. He hosted a feast in honor of their false gods. While they were drinking and reveling Balshazzer saw… [read more]
The Truth About America: America Has Changed
America has changed. Many are very disturbed about the change. Some fail to realize that all change isn’t good. Ellen Glasgow said, “All change is not growth, as all movement… [read more]
The Truth About America: Three Daggers In The Heart of America
Perhaps the greatest difficulty our founding fathers faced was how to form a republic that would not destroy itself. At the close of the Constitutional Convention is 1787, Ben Franklin… [read more]
The Truth About America: What Can We Do?
I want to share hope with you because Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” The truth about America is that one day it will crumble just as… [read more]
What Went Wrong At Penn State?
The wisest man to have ever lived penned it well in Proverbs 14:12. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to… [read more]
The Voices We Hear and the Voices We Don’t
Have you ever boldly asked someone, “Are you a Christian? What is your faith? What do you believe?” Politicians, especially from New England, like to say, “Well, that’s a private… [read more]
Twelver Shiites: Irrational, Irresponsible, Irreversible
There is an explanation why all diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions have failed. The fact that the Shiite culture has no respect for women and… [read more]
President Obama’s Reaction to Saber Rattling in the Middle East
It has been declared openly and with conviction to the whole world that Iran is a hater of Israel and has intentions to destroy her. In 2005, Ahmadinejad, president of… [read more]
Occupy Wall Street: Connecting the Dots
It’s hard to discover just what the Occupy Wall Street protesters want. Interviews of the tent dwelling squatters seem fruitless. Most cannot articulate why they are there. They seem to… [read more]
God Moves In Mysterious Ways
In 1773, William Cowper experienced a nervous breakdown. His mind was telling him that he was condemned to hell for all of eternity. In his mental sickness he thought God… [read more]
Hurricane Irene: Wrath of God?
The speculation will begin. Was hurricane Irene another judgment of God upon America? Some will claim that the hurricane is an expression of God’s anger and disappointment in a nation… [read more]
“Your Years Will Never Fail” – How to Live A Very Long Life
This morning I calculated the number of days I’ve lived in God’s good earth. It is a number I wish could be applied to monies in a savings account or… [read more]
The Norway Massacre: Who is Anders Behring Breivik?
Is anyone surprised that the media has jumped all over the tragedy in Norway to force feed their own agenda down our throats. Before they could even spell his last… [read more]
Our Shepherds Have Lost Their Senses
We’ve dodged the bullet for the moment. We’ve raised the debt ceiling and there won’t be a run on the dollar yet as that would prove devastating to the world… [read more]
Saving Grace and A Biblical Bully: Acts 22:6-10
When I say the word ‘grace’, what do you think of? There are a multitude of meanings for this lovely word. You may think of movement, ballet, elegance or charm…. [read more]
Once Saved Always Saved: Can We ‘Lose’ Our Salvation?
One of the most difficult questions to answer in apologetics and Christian theology is, “Can a person lose his salvation?” For some it’s an issue of semantics. The word ‘lose’… [read more]
Laura’s Story
They were high school sweethearts. Usually those relationships fade away as we mature and grow older. Laura and Martin fell deeper and deeper in love and finally married. But marital… [read more]
Jesus Wept: When Men Weep
Two words only, a subject and a verb (John 11:35). We like to think of Jesus as our tower of strength. He is our Rock, a strong arm to lift… [read more]
Invest In Something That Cannot Fail
My older brothers and I grew up in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania. The three of us were so different in so many ways. Randy was five years older… [read more]
The Supremacy of Christ: Power, Purity and Promise
He is the greatest man to ever walk the earth. He was perfect in his morality. He was unsurpassed in his purity. He was ultimately compassionate and just. His justice… [read more]
Knowing Christ
My wife and I have been married for many years. We have both recently been made aware that after so many years of living together in the deepest intimacy a… [read more]
Disappointed with Obama? Let Me Introduce You to Another
We spend so much of our lives seeking after things that will satisfy, or at least we think they will satisfy: affection, approval and acceptance. We want validation, we want… [read more]
Jumping Off ‘The Ledge’
Many Christians, especially Presbyterians and Baptists, have embraced and attempted to live by the teachings of the Westminster Confession since it was formulated by the Church of England in 1646…. [read more]
Ten Questions for My Calvinist Friends
John Calvin’s theological system was centered around five points constructed in the acrostic: TULIP. His theology is most often mirrored with James Arminius’ interpretations. Both Calvinists and Armenians often get… [read more]
Confusion, Conceit and Corruption
William E. Henley wrote a very popular piece of poetry entitled Invictus: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever… [read more]
The Danger of Defying God: Is America Being Judged?
‘Woe’ is a little three letter word filled with meaning and emotion. It means to ‘curse’ or to ‘damn.’ It is the assignment of justice. The emotion behind the word… [read more]
What More Could God Have Done?
Isaiah tells the story of a man who planted a vineyard (Chapter 5). He chose some very fertile land in which to plant. Israel and the Jordan River Valley is… [read more]
Martyrdom in the US: Not Enough Evidence to Execute
God revealed his nature in his creation (Romans 1:19-20). A more complete revelation of God was realized in the coming of his Son, Jesus Christ. This revelation was preserved for… [read more]
No Light No Life
I have recently thought much of the influence and importance of light to sustain life. This year I did something I’ve never done before; I planted a garden in my… [read more]
Homosexuality: Editing the APA Manual, the Bible and the Book of Life
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared that homosexuality was not a disease simply by altering its own 81-word definition of sexual deviance. Presto, just like that, a new… [read more]
God Revealed: Seeing Is Believing
I took a shot in the dark this year by doing something I’ve never done before; I planted a garden. I tried to recall all the things I had learned… [read more]
Fathers, Turn Your Hearts Toward Your Children
“He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children…” – Malachi 4:6 Let me share four ways a father’s heart is turned to his children. How does a… [read more]
Children, Turn Your Hearts Toward Your Fathers
“…he will turn the hearts of the children to their fathers.” (Malachi 4:6b) We have all had fathers. We have all had imperfect fathers. The whole gospel in a nutshell… [read more]
Fathers: Relevant or Irrelevant?
Jennifer Anniston, the 42 year old actress from the popular sitcom, Friends, made a controversial statement when she insinuated that fathers are often inconvenient and when it comes to child… [read more]
Pulling The ‘Don’t Judge Me’ Card
A recent poll indicated that 80 percent of Americans claimed to be Christians. Can you possibly imagine the impact on our culture of 80 percent of us were true, genuine… [read more]
The Foolish Man is in a Hurry
There was a man named Ignaz Semmelweis who lived in the mid 1800’s. He was a young doctor who worked the maternity ward at the Vienna General Hospital in Hungary…. [read more]
Satan: Master Deceiver and Father of Lies
Many years ago the Coca-Cola Company devised a marketing scheme that they thought would bring in millions of dollars. They thought their customers wanted something new. So, they marketed New… [read more]
Jesus is Human and Divine
The Gospel of John teaches that Jesus is both human and divine: John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with god, and the Word was… [read more]
A Shallow Gospel: Schuller’s Glass Cathedral Shatters
Men are always drawn to the easy way. We sometimes make the gospel so easy it becomes no gospel at all. Conversion is so easy it is no conversion at… [read more]
His Whispers of Hope
God took Elijah up into the mountains to reveal himself to him. Have you ever experienced a time when God decided to reveal himself to you in a special way?… [read more]
Osama bin Laden: High-Fiving His Death
Some Americans took to the streets to celebrate when Osama bin Laden was killed. When I saw this celebration I was initially troubled. Should we celebrate the death of anyone?… [read more]
Tiger-Mom: Rearing Children the Asian or American Way
Amy Chua wrote a controversial article for the Wall Street Journal regarding the differences in how Asians and Americans rear their children. (1) She has kept a journal of parenting… [read more]
My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected
Robert Redford played a character named Roy Hobbs in The Natural. His promising baseball career tragically ends prematurely when he is shot by a deranged woman. Hobb’s dream of being… [read more]
Lady Gaga’s Jesus Complex
Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born in New York City in 1986. She is much better known by the strange moniker, Lady Gaga. Her father was an Internet entrepreneur and… [read more]
When Your Dream Dies
Don McLean wrote a song called “American Pie” in 1971. The song seems to be a parallel of the loss of innocence in Don’s own life and the changes America… [read more]
A Dream Restored: Phil Vischer’s Veggie Tale
I was at work the other day when a colleague asked me about my five year old son. “How is Kameron doing?” “He’s doing great. Thanks for asking” I replied…. [read more]
Truth Comes This Way
We now live in an age when many of the ideas of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment are quickly being deposited in the dust bin of history. It seems that… [read more]
Did Eve Have Sexual Relations With Satan?
There exists a fascinating theory about Eve and her offspring referred to as the “bloodline” or “serpent seed” theory. The theory, in a nutshell, goes something like this: Eve was… [read more]
Kilroy Was Here: A Silent Response To Osama’s Death
As a young chap growing up in northwestern Pennsylvania, I remember how we often got into scraps with other male rivals. Quarrels were sometimes settled at the school flag pole,… [read more]
Who Is Harold Camping?
Harold Camping was born in Colorado in 1921. His family moved to California when he was very young. He attended the University of Berkeley and earned a B.S. degree in… [read more]
William and Kate: Will Their Marriage Last?
Over a billion people watched the wedding of William and Kate. Long before the wedding took place, British bookies were taking bets on the date they will divorce, a stark… [read more]
God Still Speaks
I read an article from the July 2010 issue of TIME magazine about the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). We have been listening for aliens now for over fifty years…. [read more]
Have You Heard Him Whisper?
I remember my parents listening to Bing Crosby sing “White Christmas” when I was a kid. I thought no one in the world had such a rich, baritone voice. Some… [read more]
A Response To Christopher Hitchens’ Letter to American Atheists
In a recent edition of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Christopher Hitchens published a new Message to American Atheists. Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, is… [read more]
Burning Fire or Cold Ash?
We are not so much called to a particular place or task. We are called upon to commit ourselves to God. He then takes us where he wants us and… [read more]
Ten Questions for the Nazarene Church
Dear Church of the Nazarene, I love the Nazarene Church. My family and I attend a Nazarene Church in Columbus, Georgia. Nazarene churches in this area are very orthodox. But… [read more]
Why Trying To Be A Christian Doesn’t Work
When I was a young buck I loved to play basketball. I breathed basketball. ‘Obsessed’ would not be a word too strong. Unfortunately, I was a short guy playing a… [read more]
Terry Jones’ Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Andy Warhol is responsible for giving us the expression “fifteen minutes of fame.” It means that just about anyone can do something, somewhere, some way to earn the spotlight in… [read more]
When Trust is Betrayed
Ted Haggard recently visited a local church in our community. He confessed his failures and thanked God for second chances. Ted Haggard’s failure caused a great amount of confusion and… [read more]
Reasons People Get Saved
It is disturbing that 70% of Americans believe there are many different ways to heaven. Oprah Winfrey reaches millions of viewers with her New Age message declaring there are many… [read more]
Reasons People Refuse Salvation
There is an urban legend that has been floating about since the 1990’s. A group of scientists were drilling through the earth in Siberia. They drilled nine miles deep and… [read more]
When Going To Church Becomes A Sinful Act: Ten Reasons Not to Go to Church
There are good reasons and bad reasons for following Christ. Jesus indicated a very high price must be paid for those who would choose to be his followers. “Foxes have… [read more]
Almost Saved but Entirely Lost
The story of Paul’s defense before King Agrippa II is found in Acts 26. Paul turned his apology into an opportunity to preach the gospel to a group of elites… [read more]
What Happens to Us When We Die?
It is very sad to witness the loss of innocence. Adam and Eve were perfect beings living perfect lives in a perfect paradise. Then the Liar entered the garden and… [read more]
Rob Bell: No Hell
The evangelical movement in America erupted in controversy recently in reaction to Rob Bell’s new book; “Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who… [read more]
God Loves, God Hates
I know you’ve heard that God is love. You’ve heard it hundreds of times. You’ve seen those three words on billboards, on bumper stickers and probably tattooed on someone’s arm…. [read more]