📜✨ NEW SONG: “The Islamic Dilemma” — When the Qur’an Points to a Book That Doesn’t Exist Anymore… Or Does It?

One of the strangest features of Islam is something most Muslims never pause to examine:

The Qur’an commands Christians to follow the Gospel —

not a lost gospel,

not a corrupted gospel,

not a hypothetical heavenly tablet…

but the Gospel that actually existed in the 7th century.

A real text.

A real community.

A real Scripture already circulating across the Roman world.

And here’s the dilemma:

If that Gospel was genuine,

then Islam contradicts it.

If that Gospel was corrupted,

then the Qur’an is wrong for telling Christians to obey it.

And if that Gospel never existed,

then Muhammad was referring to a book that wasn’t real —

which collapses the entire claim of divine revelation.

But that’s not the only tension.

The Qur’an affirms the Torah…

affirms the Prophets…

affirms the Gospel…

yet disagrees with all three on the most central truths of the faith:

The Trinity.

The Cross.

The Incarnation.

Worse — it misidentifies the Trinity entirely,

treating it as Father, Son, and Mary.

Something no Christian group ever believed.

Not orthodox Christians.

Not heretics.

Not fringe sects.

Not anyone.

Which means the Qur’an isn’t correcting Christianity —

it’s correcting a caricature.

This song explores the intellectual knot that forms when a book

claims to affirm Scripture,

while simultaneously contradicting the very Scripture it affirms,

while insisting Christians obey a Gospel

that cannot be corrupted

yet somehow also disagrees with Islam.

That is the Islamic Dilemma.

And once you see it,

you can’t unsee it.

🎶 “The Islamic Dilemma”

— a track for truth seekers, catechists, apologists, former Muslims, curious Christians, and anyone who wants to examine the claims honestly and follow the evidence where it leads.

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We laugh at strip-mall churches and roadside prophets who claim “the real Church vanished for 1,000 years and we’re the ones who brought it back.”

But here’s Rod Bennett’s twist:

A lot of Protestants say the same thing…

just with the date moved to 1517.

If the Church disappeared, everyone’s a restorationist.

Some start in Illinois.

Some start in Wittenberg.

Same reboot — just slightly earlier.

I turned this insight into a dry, sarcastic, Cake-style track with a lazy funk groove.

If you’re into #ChurchHistory, #CatholicTwitter, or a little #Apologetics with your bass line… this one’s for you.

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📜✨ NEW SONG: “Hasn’t Changed a Thing” — A 2,000-Year Victory Lap for the Church That Doesn’t Budge

Every century brings a new trend, a new moral “upgrade,” a new cultural pressure campaign — and every century the Church calmly replies:

“Yeah… no. Christ already settled that.”

From contraception to divorce…

from abortion to redefining marriage…

from theological fads to denominational wobbles…

the world keeps reinventing the wheel,

and the Church keeps preaching the Gospel she received once for all.

It’s honestly wild:

Every Protestant community on earth has reversed at least one moral doctrine their own founders held. Some have reversed all of them.

But the Catholic Church?

Still teaching what She taught from the beginning.

Still standing.

Still singing.

Still annoyingly consistent.

Even Belloc got it right:

“The Church is an institution I’m bound to hold divine…

no merely human institution run with such knavish imbecility

would have lasted a fortnight.”

😂 The man understood ecclesiology AND human nature.

And yet — despite bad popes, dumb bishops, scandals, sinners, persecutions, emperors, dictators, revolutions, and the entire weight of modernity —

the gates of hell still haven’t prevailed.

Not once.

Not even a little.

That’s the celebration in this new track:

The Church hasn’t changed a thing in 2,000 years… because the One who founded her doesn’t change.

If you’re Catholic, you already know what that feels like:

The relief.

The rootedness.

The sanity.

The stability.

The joy of belonging to the same Church the Apostles built — not an institution that updates itself like a phone app.

So here’s a song for the gates-not-prevailing crowd.

For the converts, the reverts, the cradle Catholics, the confused wanderers, the ecclesiology nerds, and the people who need to hear that Christianity didn’t start in 1517…

and it definitely didn’t reinvent itself in 2024.

🎶 “Hasn’t Changed a Thing”

— a victory lap for the Bride who doesn’t bow to the culture.

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This video tackles one of the most uncomfortable questions in Christian theology: if you believe the church went off the rails and needed to be "restored" or "reformed," how are you fundamentally different from the groups you mock?

We all laugh at the strip mall prophet who claims the true church vanished for 1,900 years. But then Protestants and Catholics give each other that awkward look, because one believes it disappeared for 1,500 years, and the other thinks that's ridiculous.

The uncomfortable truth? If you accept that the church Jesus promised to build—the one He said the gates of hell would not prevail against—somehow vanished, corrupted, or went completely off track for centuries, then you're playing the same game as every restorationist movement in history. You've just moved the date back a bit.

The Mormons say 1820. The Adventists say the 1840s. The Pentecostals point to Azusa Street. The Reformers say the 1500s. The only variable is timing.

This video isn't about dunking on any particular tradition. It's about asking the hard question: If Christ promised an indefectible church, can it really have disappeared? And if it did disappear, what makes your version of "rediscovering" it more legitimate than anyone else's?

As Rod Bennett put it: "If the church vanished, then everybody's a restorationist."

Some just prefer a different century. Or hairstyle.

If the church needs rediscovering, we're all Joseph Smith. We just argue about the calendar.

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Two thousand years. One message. Unchanged.

While empires crumble and philosophies fade into footnotes, the Catholic Church stands as history's most stubborn institution—still preaching the same truths the Carpenter King declared two millennia ago.

This isn't a song about nostalgia. It's about something far more radical: an institution that refuses to bend when the world demands it bow. From contraception to abortion, from marriage to morality, every generation arrives with its "new" ideas, convinced this time will be different. This time the Church will finally modernize.

But she never does.

Watch as Protestant denominations that once stood firm on these same teachings gradually shift with cultural winds—contraception becomes acceptable, divorce becomes pastoral, abortion becomes nuanced, and marriage gets redefined. Meanwhile, Rome keeps teaching what Rome has always taught.

As Hilaire Belloc famously quipped: any merely human organization run with such apparent imbecility would collapse within weeks, let alone survive two thousand years. The only explanation? She's not merely human.

This is the story of the Rock that won't move. The Bride that won't compromise. The Church that looks at every new moral revolution and says with a knowing smile: "We've heard this before."

Because she has.

And when the last storm rises and the saints and angels sing, we'll shout forever: Holy Church, you haven't changed a thing.

Built on Peter's bones. Sustained by martyrs' blood. Guided by the Holy Spirit. Standing until the end of time.

The gates of hell keep hammering. But they never break the ring.

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In this powerful spoken-word piece, we explore one of Christianity's most debated practices: praying with and through the saints.

Drawing from Scripture across Ephesians, Hebrews, James, and Revelation, this video makes a case that the communion of saints isn't just a creed we recite—it's the living architecture of heaven itself.

We examine how death doesn't sever the Body of Christ, but completes it. How Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus on the mountain, alive and speaking. How Hebrews describes a "cloud of witnesses" surrounding us. How the early Church Fathers—Polycarp, Cyprian, Chrysostom, Augustine, Jerome—all practiced intercessory prayer with the martyrs and saints who had gone before them.

This isn't about worship. It's about honor. It's about recognizing that if we ask fellow believers on Earth to pray for us (as Paul constantly did), then asking believers in heaven—who are more alive than we are—is simply extending that same biblical practice across the veil.

The video tackles common objections head-on: Is this idolatry? Does it diminish Christ's role as mediator? What about contacting the dead? Each concern is addressed with Scripture, history, and theological clarity.

Whether you agree or disagree, this is a perspective rooted in ancient Christian practice, early Church testimony, and a high view of Christ's unifying work in His Body—a Body that spans both Earth and Heaven.

One family. One communion. One unbroken chain of prayer.

If this video challenges you, encourages you, or makes you think differently about the communion of saints, leave a comment below. Let's have a respectful conversation about what Scripture actually teaches and what the early Church actually practiced.

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This video breaks down the three biblical tenses of salvation that most Protestant altar calls completely ignore.

We've all heard the question: "Are you saved?" But Scripture actually gives three different answers, not just one emotional moment at the end of a worship service.

PAST TENSE: I have been saved (Romans 8:24, Ephesians 2:5-8). God pulled you out, set you on the starting line. That's real. That happened. But it's just the beginning.

PRESENT TENSE: I am being saved (1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Corinthians 2:15). Salvation is ongoing, active, continuous. It doesn't end when the synth pad fades and the lights come back up.

FUTURE TENSE: I will be saved (Romans 5:9-10, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15). There's a finish line we haven't crossed yet. Even Paul said he was working out his salvation with fear and trembling.

The problem with modern altar call theology is that it treats salvation like a one-time transaction. Say the prayer, get the stamp, you're eternally locked in. Done. Finished. Nothing left to do.

But that's not what the Bible teaches.

Salvation isn't a moment. It's a marathon. The altar call wasn't your graduation ceremony. It was mile zero. You don't quit the race just because you heard the starter pistol.

If the Apostle Paul wasn't ready to call the race early, maybe we shouldn't be throwing our hands up at mile one demanding the trophy.

Let's talk about what salvation actually looks like according to Scripture, not according to the emotional engineering of a Sunday service.

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This video tackles one of the biggest contradictions in Protestant theology: claiming "Bible alone" while relying entirely on tradition to know which books belong in the Bible.

We're diving deep into the irony of sola scriptura—the doctrine that says Scripture is the only authority, yet can't be found in Scripture itself. If you've ever wondered who decided there are exactly 27 books in the New Testament, or where the Bible says the apostolic office ended, or why Jesus never once taught "Bible alone"—this is for you.

The uncomfortable truth? Every Protestant inherited the canon of Scripture from 1,500 years of Catholic tradition, then turned around and rejected tradition entirely. You can't have it both ways.

We'll explore:

- How the New Testament canon was formed (spoiler: not by Scripture)

- Why "Bible alone" contradicts 2 Thessalonians 2:15

- The historical reality of how Christianity actually functioned for 1,500 years

- Why thousands of contradictory denominations exist today

- What Jesus actually said about His Church in Matthew 16:18

This isn't about attacking Protestants—it's about honest conversation. If you claim to follow only the Bible, you need to reckon with the fact that the Bible never makes that claim about itself. Meanwhile, it explicitly commands holding fast to oral and written tradition.

You don't reject tradition. You just reject admitting you follow tradition.

Let's talk about it.

Drop your thoughts in the comments. Can sola scriptura defend itself using sola scriptura? Let's find out.

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This video challenges the popular "Once Saved, Always Saved" doctrine that has become a cornerstone of modern evangelical teaching.

We dive deep into what Scripture actually says about salvation, perseverance, and the real possibility of falling away from faith. This isn't about earning salvation through works—it's about understanding that genuine salvation transforms us, and that transformation requires our ongoing cooperation with God's grace.

Key points covered:

- Why "Once Saved, Always Saved" resembles Gnosticism more than biblical Christianity

- Jesus's call to "take up your cross daily" and what that means for salvation

- Paul's warnings about being "disqualified" despite his apostolic authority

- The serious warnings in Hebrews about believers who fall away after tasting the heavenly gift

- Why the New Testament is filled with warnings to the church, not just to unbelievers

- The difference between grace that transforms and grace treated as a "get out of jail free" card

- What it means to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling"

- Why love and relationship cannot be reduced to an irrevocable contract

This isn't about living in fear or uncertainty. It's about taking Scripture seriously when it calls us to endure, to remain, to abide, and to finish the race. Real grace changes people. Real faith works through love. Real salvation has a path, and we're called to walk it faithfully.

If you've ever wondered why the Bible contains so many warnings to believers, or why Paul himself feared being disqualified, this video will challenge you to reconsider what salvation really means according to Scripture, not according to modern slogans.

Remain. Abide. Finish the race.

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This video dismantles one of Christianity's most popular slogans: "faith alone."

We trace the phrase through Scripture and find it appears exactly once—in James 2:24, where it explicitly says we are NOT justified by faith alone. Yet this two-word slogan has been printed on countless coffee mugs, bumper stickers, and conference banners across the modern church.

The irony? The only time the Bible uses this phrase is to contradict it.

We examine what Jesus actually taught: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, visiting prisoners. These aren't suggestions—they're the criteria He uses to separate the sheep from the goats in Matthew 25. Try telling them that works don't matter.

Paul tells us to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." James declares that "faith without works is dead" and notes that even demons believe. Jesus called His followers to take up their cross—not exactly effortless.

This video explores how "faith alone" requires an ever-growing list of qualifications: repentance, obedience, holiness, perseverance, transformation, and maybe baptism (depending on who you ask). That's not faith alone—that's faith with a whole entourage of theological backup dancers.

We also look at the early Church Fathers—Ignatius, Irenaeus, Clement, Polycarp—who learned directly from the apostles or their immediate disciples. Not one of them taught "faith alone." It took 1,500 years and one Augustinian monk to popularize the phrase.

If you're planting your flag on "faith alone" as THE gospel, you're standing against James, Jesus, Paul, the early Church Fathers, the Councils, and every Christian tradition before the Reformation—all for a slogan the Bible explicitly rejects.

Real faith moves. Real faith acts. Real faith costs something.

Faith alone never stood alone.

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