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We have gone over using our tongues for wicked purposes such as slander and gossip, but what about self defense? Do the scriptures give us an outline of how to use our tongues to defend ourselves when we are being attacked or lied about? Jesus was the ultimate example of someone being wrongfully accused, and His example is one that we should follow. Listen in as Pastor Steve unpacks how we are to conduct ourselves in this scenario- it may surprise you.  --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

Accusation is the cheapest fake righteousness available on earth. It delivers the experience of holiness at no cost to the accuser… no repentance, no self-examination, no sacrifice, no dying to self, no forgiving anybody. The church in this age is a field with wheat and weeds growing together. If we act as judge, jury and executioner toward the weeds- we will also kill the wheat, including ourselves. Gal 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! For the study guide to this episode, email [email protected] --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him. Proverbs 18:17 In this episode, we’re going to look at the Accusation Ambush… how it works, who it hunts, and the defense against it.  If you would like the study guide for this episode, email [email protected]  --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

"Life and death are in the power of the tongue" Proverbs 18:21 Satan's specialty are words that attack, slander, and accuse. Our Savior's solution are words that bless, restore, and defend. In this series, Pastor Steve will explore the power of the tongue, so we can ask ourselves if ours are aligned with satanic  purposes or aligned with Jesus for redemptive purposes.  For the notes to accompany this teaching, email [email protected]. --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

ANGELS, ALIENS, AND THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE Congressional Testimony and the Last Days Deception Key Texts: Matthew 24:24–25; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 John 4:1–3; Genesis 1:1; Genesis 6:1–4; Exodus 7:11–12 The final part of the Spiritual Realm series. While many things have been brought to light through this series- deception is a recurring theme behind this phenomenon. While their goal to distract, bring fear, confuse, and deceive- do not forget that the throne of God still stands. The Creator was not displaced by His creation. The Creator was crucified by His creation, and rose on the third day. That is the truth no disclosure can overturn. --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

THE DOOR THAT WAS OPENED: Ritual, Roswell, and the Modern Watchers Key Texts: Matthew 24:4–5, 11, 23–25; Genesis 6:1–4; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Corinthians 11:14–15; 1 John 4:1–3; Ephesians 6:12 A door was opened in the Mojave Desert in 1946. The man who opened it knew what he was doing. Something flew in, and the modern UFO era began within fifteen months of the ritual. What we are seeing in our generation is not new. It is the Genesis 6 pattern in technological costume. The Watchers of old came down by oath. Parsons and his teachers reached up by ritual.  Test the spirits. The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ. Whatever does not, no matter how impressive its signs, no matter how compelling its credentials, no matter how official the cover story — is not from God. **Part 7 is broken into two teachings. This is the second half.** For the complete series Study Guide, email [email protected] --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT REGARDING SATANIC RITUAL THE DOOR THAT WAS OPENED: Ritual, Roswell, and the Modern Watchers Key Texts: Matthew 24:4–5, 11, 23–25; Genesis 6:1–4; Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Corinthians 11:14–15; 1 John 4:1–3; Ephesians 6:12 A door was opened in the Mojave Desert in 1946. The man who opened it knew what he was doing. Something flew in, and the modern UFO era began within fifteen months of the ritual. What we are seeing in our generation is not new. It is the Genesis 6 pattern in technological costume. The Watchers of old came down by oath. Parsons and his teachers reached up by ritual.  Test the spirits. The Holy Spirit glorifies Christ. Whatever does not, no matter how impressive its signs, no matter how compelling its credentials, no matter how official the cover story — is not from God. **Part 7 is broken into two teachings. This is the first half.** For the complete series Study Guide, email [email protected] --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

Getting freedom in Christ is just the beginning of a journey to maintain freedom. Things like a works mentality, guilt, self help, and the performance trap can take you right back to bondage instead of living in the freedom that Christ alone can offer. --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

Prescriptures  : Praying God’s Prescribed Word for the Conditions of Life The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. With every situation life can throw at us, there are scriptures to apply. When we pray the Word with confidence, our prayers avail much - this applies to prayers of deliverance and authority over the enemy. Suit up with the scriptures - Pray them aloud. Pray them in faith. Pray them with authority until something breaks.  *Email [email protected] to receive the list of prescriptures, as they exceed the character limit* --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

Principalities and Powers: Spiritual Warfare in the Present Age Ephesians 6:10-18 | Colossians 2:13-15 | Galatians 1:4 | Hebrews 6:4-5 | Ephesians 3:10 The cross was D-Day. The return of Christ will be V-Day. We live in the gap. At the cross, Christ did not strip the enemy of his weapons, but He did minimize their power. The principalities and powers still wield temptation, deception, accusation, and affliction, but they have been publicly humiliated and their authority over those in Christ has been broken. They have not yet been utterly destroyed. They remain active, defeated but still fighting, until the King returns. Kingdom victory in this present age comes from the combination of three texts. Galatians 1:4 tells us where we stand: delivered from this present evil age. Hebrews 6:5 tells us what we taste: the powers of the age to come. Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us how we fight: clothed in the whole armor of God. Positionally we are seated above the powers in Christ; practically we must enforce that position through warfare. Refuse the unspoken truce. Put on the whole armor of God. Stand firm in the strength of Christ until the King returns to finish what the cross began. --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

The Nations and Their Gods: Babel, Deuteronomy 32, and Psalm 82 Genesis 11:1-9  |  Deuteronomy 32:8-9  |  Psalm 82  |  Daniel 10:10-21 At Babel, God scattered the nations and assigned them to divine beings who remain active as the principalities and powers behind the world’s systems. The church is God’s instrument to reclaim the nations from these corrupt beings. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood- greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world! --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

The Transgression of the Watchers: Genesis 6 and the Corruption of Humanity Genesis 6:1-8  |  Jude 6-7  |  2 Peter 2:4-5  |  1 Peter 3:18-20  |  Numbers 13:32-33 Nephilim (human/demon hybrids) have been here before, as we see in the scriptures more than once. God wiped them out once in the flood, then had His people do it the next time, but what would prevent nephilim from inhabiting the earth today, and where did their souls go when they were wiped off the earth? Listen in as we discuss nephilim in part 3. --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

When Angels Fell: Satan's Rebellion and the Origin of Demons Satan and his demons are real, active, and hostile — but they are defeated enemies. Christ triumphed over every principality and power at the cross. They know their time is limited and their judgment is certain. We need not fear them, but we must not be naive. Greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world. Key Texts: Isaiah 14:12-15  |  Ezekiel 28:12-17  |  Revelation 12:3-9  |  Luke 10:18 *We apologize for the sound, we had mic issues this evening* --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

The Divine Coucil Angels, Fallen Angels, Nephilim, Demons, Aliens, Hybrids, UFOs, and UAPs- these subjects are all shrouded in mystery. In part one of the series, Pastor Steve looks into the Word of God for answers to unveiling the history and mystery on these topics. The Spiritual realm is very real, and as Believers we need to understand it.   Key Scriptures : Job 38:4-7   1 Kings 22:19-23    Psalm 89:5-7    Isaiah 6:1-8 --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...

This episode concludes The Seven Nations series. The Jebusite spirit tramples Christ's sacrifice through pride (I don't need Him), shame (I'm too far gone for him to save me), doubt, or disdain. But nothing can wash away my sin — NOTHING but the blood of Jesus! Now that we have a clear vision of the spirits we must conquer to reach the Promised Land, we can move forward equipped to reach our God ordained destination.  --------- SUBSCRIBE ▶️   Receive our latest videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PastorSteve... ABOUT Pastor, author and speaker Steve Berger is known for his straight talk in dealing with various hot-topic cultural issues that many pastors avoid. In 2021, he founded Ambassador Services International with his wife, Sarah. He serves on the Executive and Pastoral Advisory Boards for Promise Keepers International, and the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Board, and is Pastor Emeritus of One Church Home in Fairview TN. Whether preaching or writing, in great joy or pain, Steve longs to be a proclaimer of the grace and hope that Jesus came to offer. Since June of 1987, he has been married to Sarah, the love of his life, and together, they have four beautiful children and five grandchildren. LEARN MORE 💻  Website: https://steveberger.org/ 🇺🇸  About ASI: ...