Date: February 28, 2024
Host: Jim Schneider
Guest: Pastor Jack Hibbs
MP3 | Order
Pastor Jack Hibbs is senior and founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, California. He’s the author of the newly released book, Living in the Daze of Deception.
Pastor Hibbs began by pointing out that the word, “daze” in the title isn’t a typo, it’s deliberate as it came out of a sermon series that he did. As Jim noted, the first part of the book goes to great length to awaken the reader to the many kinds of deception that have many in such a daze in our time.
So who is he trying to target with his warning? Pastor Hibbs responded by noting that initially the warning was meant for the church, but then the publisher noted that people were buying multiple copies. When he looked into it more he discovered that people have been buying these extra copies for non-believers. As he explained, you don’t have to be a Christian to figure out that what’s in this book is happening in your living rooms, neighborhoods, state and world.
He believes the elements of deception are everywhere. In other words, evil knows no limits. So if it’s in church, politics or business, evil needs to be exposed and deception is the key tactic within evil.
One point this broadcast discusses is global deception (often taking the form of agendas) because of modern communication methods. This can be seen by how easy it is for people to be gripped by fear because they read a headline. This situation was certainly leveraged as the world was basically shut down due to COVID-19. We saw “experts” on both sides in total contradiction and Pastor Hibbs concluded that when you have experts in disagreement on a topic, then there are no experts; the jury is still out on that issue.
Pastor Hibbs brought hope when he said that when people are scared, they need clarity. This is because without Christ and his word anchoring your soul and mind, you’re going to feel dazed as you may not recognize your nation, the family, gender and other things. This is why it’s important to remember that biblically speaking, Jesus and the apostles made it clear that God’s perfect love at work in us casts out all fear.
Learn more about this book, and the other types of deception that you need to be aware of, when you review this edition of Crosstalk.
More Information
Special Offer: Living in the Daze of Deception is a newly released book. The VCY Bookstore is featuring it as one of their books of the month. This book retails for $17.99, however during this month of February, 2024, the VCY Bookstore is offering this book at 50% off for just $8.99 plus any applicable tax and/or shipping. Due to this being a short month, the VCY Bookstore is extending the special offer through this Saturday, March 2nd. It’s available online at vcy.com or call 1-888-722-4829.
