**Article updated to correct my error: I thought Dr Axe’s mother was Carol Axe, who passed away in 2015. Mrs Axe, Josh’s Mom, is still alive and not named Carol. My apologies
This is a long article. I’ll cut to the chase: I review Josh Axe very negatively. Before Christian sisters decide to bail and quit reading, I’ll ask you this: do you want to honor Jesus with all your mind, strength, body, and soul? Or do you love Josh Axe so much you will not even entertain anything negative said about him? If the latter, you have an idol in your heart. If you are not a Christian there are still pertinent facts and information for you to consider. And I do hope, whomever you are, to consider them. Helpful links at the end.
Why Josh Axe is not recommended:
1. Syncretism, (Hebrews 13:9) 2. Unsubstantiated or only partially true claims, (Proverbs 11:1). 3. Using the Bible to make money, (1 Timothy 6:9-10) 4. Avoidance of pointing to sin as a general consequence of our health a fallen world (Romans 6:23); or, that taking the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner can cause sickness (1 Corinthians 11:30), that sin may have caused the illness (Psalm 6:2, 6-7) or realizing that some sickness could be a disciplinary act from Jesus- (Exodus 9:9).
Last August 2025, about 6 months ago as of this writing, Ben Kayser started a website and Youtube channel called “Reformed and Dangerous.” From his ‘About’ he stated, “AI-powered songs and rap battles where Scripture meets swagger. Watch pastors, theologians, and historical figures face off in lyrical showdowns on Calvinism, theonomy, church history, and the gospel.”
Recently Kayser put up a ‘rap battle’ between John MacArthur and RC Sproul. He creates AI (artificial intelligence) videos of the theologians saying the lines. These ‘rap battles’ never happened in real life. They are all virtual, thanks to AI.
John MacArthur was a well known and widely loved pastor of Grace Community Church for 56 years. He passed into glory 7 months ago. RC Sproul was pastor of St. Andrews Chapel and founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He passed into glory 9 years ago. The two men were good friends, despite their different theological interpretations of eschatology and baptism.
After MacArthur’s passing a few months ago, almost immediately there was an influx of AI generated videos of a virtually created MacArthur preaching. Some of the videos stuck close to his years-long stated doctrinal interpretations. Others took liberties and put words in the artificial MacArthur’s mouth he never said or believed.
This was a problem. MacArthur’s close friend and manager of MacArthur’s digital recordings at GTY.org, Phil Johnson, put out a warning to the public regarding these AI videos, writing at ,
“YouTube is overrun with videos purporting to be John MacArthur—but produced by AI. These do not reliably represent John MacArthur’s opinion. The only way to be certain any recording is legitimately John MacArthur’s is to get it from http://gty.org. “
So enter in ‘Reformed and Dangerous’ rap battle AI generated video. In the Youtuber’s mind, I’m sure there was no malicious intent. It was just another of his hugely popular videos, and instead of creating videos of long passed theologians John Calvin or Charles Spurgeon, this time Sproul and the newly passed MacArthur were featured.
His video caught the attention of GTY Director Phil Johnson. Apparently in the background, Phil had asked the Reformed and Dangerous publisher to remove the video. R&D did so. Kayser put out an explanation for the public as to why he took it down, right-click on the link in the embed to go to Twitter/X. You can also read the read his explanation on Facebook here.
Why I Took the MacArthur Video Down
Hey everyone, I’ve decided to take down the MacArthur vs. Sproul rap battle after @Phil_Johnson_'s request.
It would’ve been prudent of me to add an AI disclaimer as well as a disclaimer that my video attempts to represent both sides… pic.twitter.com/JTUtsNhDT9
Phil wrote an essay about the issue. He said that prior to MacArthur’s death, the elders and he had a discussion about AI. Johnson said,
“John was never a fan of Siri or Alexa, and he certainly did not want to lend his face, voice, or personality to an AI-generated cyber-pastor or digital rabbi.” … Johnson is not in favor of AI generated rap battles “because doing something in John MacArthur’s name that we know with absolute certainty he would disapprove is no way to honor him.“
VIrtual reality is interesting to me. First, as Christians we need to be as Matthew 10:16 says, “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves.” We cannot be gullible. We must determine what is real and what is virtual. Scam phone calls, fake videos (and Youtube is overrun with them), fake news, and more plague our lives these days. This is one of the downsides of technology, which otherwise has many great advantages.
Second, virtual reality on earth is like earth’s life being virtual as heaven’s life is real. We Christians are sort of living in a virtual reality while the actual reality is heaven. Earthly life is not meaningless, to be sure. It is preparation for heaven. But earth’s life is as virtual as AI compared to heaven. A pale copy! Dear reader, always remember our citizenship is in heaven. Our real life begins the moment we are translated to heaven and we see Jesus face to face.
Meanwhile on earth, as sin grows, fakery grows. Liars, cheaters, deceivers abound. Watch where you step.
Reflecting on travel documentaries like Pole to Pole, I admire exploration yet feel sadness when the explorer expresses awe of nature but fails to glorify God for it. In many of these docs, I watch seekers yearn for meaning but misattribute the meaning of life to creation.
I witnessed a Facebook controversy where a local restaurateur’s accusations went viral worldwide, then collapsed under video evidence. The episode illustrates social media’s power to spread gossip, destroy reputations, and implicate hearers, urging Christians to remember God’s omnipresent witness and use words only to edify others.
We tend to think of Revelation being the “hard” chapter. But Paul’s little missive to the Galatians has some tough language in it, and stern words for the Christians of his day and for Christians of all time. Paul sends curses out twice in this short passage. False doctrine is extremely important to tend to. A little leaven spoils the whole lump.
Paul wrote:
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:6-9).
Paul mentions here that:
–Christians desert solid doctrine –Christians accept a different gospel –Christians be warned that some come in who trouble us –Christians be warned that some who come in purposely distort the Gospel –Do not ‘dialog’ with the Gospel-perverters. Instead, let them be accursed!
“Have you ever noticed how difficult sometimes it is to reject a false system because the people in it are so nice? Paul says, “I don’t care if it’s me or if it’s a beautiful angel from heaven, let him be accursed.” So many buy false doctrine because the package is so nice. Don’t you know Satan knows that?” (source)
Far from being tolerant, having a ‘let them be mentality, or promoting inclusiveness; Christians should be exclusive to the Gospel only, intolerant of false doctrine, and vigorous in defending Christ.
I was in a secular setting with some 7-year-olds. They were drawing a picture to go along with the story about pizza they had just read. When one boy finished his drawing he still had room on the page. He asked if he could draw a cross. I said sure.
Of course then the others wanted to draw a cross too. Most or all of them have been exposed to Jesus. As they drew their crosses they began to talk about Jesus. The original boy said, ‘Jesus died on the cross’. Another said, ‘Isn’t He living now’? I chimed in and said His is living now, that He walked around on earth for 40 days after His death and resurrection and talked with His friends.
The Bible uses three main words to refer to a miracle: sign, wonder, and power. From a human perspective, a miracle of God is an extraordinary or unnatural event (a wonder) that reveals or confirms a specific message (a sign) through a mighty work (power). From the God of miracle’s vantage point, a miracle is nothing extraordinary or unnatural. It is simply a divine display of His might (power) that attracts the attention of humans (a wonder) to His Word or His purposes (a sign).
Miracle-mongers are the people who clamor to see or experience a miracle but do not know the first thing about the other attributes of God. Like the ‘crowds’ in the Bible. These are the people who come to church only in hopes to see a sign. The pray for glory dust to fall down so they can say Jesus showed up. They pray for healed legs so they can run toward sin. People like that existed in Jesus’ day and in our day too. (John 6:2, John 12:18).
Be warned, miracle-mongers, “most of the miraculous events in the Old Testament killed people,” explained John MacArthur. They simply, flatly, killed people, as a demonstration of God’s justice and holiness.
His justice is demonstrated at the cross. It is God who said the soul that sends it must die. It is God who says the wages of sin is death, and death there will be. Death there must be. And justice prevails at the cross. God is so just, so just, that He will even take the life of His own beloved Son. If the sins of the world are to be laid on His Son, then His Son must take the death that they deserve. You will never see a greater illustration of the justice of God. You can look in the past. You can look in the Old Testament. You can see most of the miracles in the Old Testament killed people. If you’re looking for miracles in the Old Testament, most of the miraculous events in the Old Testament killed people, drowned entire armies, drowned the entire world, burned up people, holes opened in the ground and swallowed them up. People were literally killed by angelic beings. Most of the Old Testament miracles were miracles of divine judgment.
“So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” (John 4:48).
You know, we have a tendency to read the Bible as if miracles were occurring behind every bush and every other day by everybody in history. But actually, if you look at the appearance of miracles in the Bible, they’re clustered. There’s all these miracles that attend Moses in his mediatorial office, and then very little miraculous activity takes place for centuries until when? Elijah. That’s the next redemptive historical period that has a cluster of miracles. Isn’t that interesting? That God verifies the law, and then the prophets, through the giving of miraculous powers. And then you don’t hear about miracles from Jonah or Habakkuk that they performed, or Ezekiel, or the other prophets of the Old Testament until again, the world becomes a blaze of miracles with the appearance of Jesus. Notice that there is a special focal point for the clustering of miracles in biblical history—all surrounding the issue of the word of God.
Do you love Jesus for who He is? Or for what He can do for you? A warning to those who seek and cling to and desire miracle after miracle, be careful what you wish for–
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. (Matthew 24:24).
I show that Proverbs 31 does not endorse feminist careerism. While acknowledging limited work outside the home, I look at the Proverb closely to show that God ordains that most wives’/mothers’ primary vocation is household management and sacrifice. The woman’s worth lies not in productivity, but fearing the Lord and serving family within God-ordained roles.
Christianity teaches Jesus Christ as the sole way to heaven: exclusive in rejecting unrepentant sin and alternative paths, yet inclusive by offering salvation to all people who repent, believe in the Son, and obey Him, restoring humanity to fellowship with God through Christ alone eternally.
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