Post 17: My Current Christian YouTube

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Written By Brandon Benson

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Post Summary: In this post, I discuss some of the gospel-centered folks I listen to currently on YouTube that have really helped me understand the simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

One of the first things I felt God was leading me to do as a new believer was to rethink the majority of the entertainment I regularly consumed. This felt particularly relevant for my YouTube content since I spent so much time consuming YouTube content on a daily basis.

In Post 12 – Shifting Entertainment and Friendships, I discussed broad level changes in several areas of entertainment that I began to see as a result of God's salvation of my life and my proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, only briefly touching on YouTube.

Here, I briefly discuss several of the Christian YouTube content creators and biblical teachers who now occupy my YouTube algorithm that clearly teach the right gospel and articulate biblical truth. Note that this is not the complete exhaustive list of all the Christian YouTube creators to which I currently subscribe nor is this list in any particular order of importance or ranking.

Jesse Martinez (BibleLine)

Pastor Jesse Martinez of BibleLine keeps the Gospel clear, simple, and easy enough for a child to understand. In every teaching and video that I've seen from this channel, he emphasizes the amazing free gift of salvation through faith alone in Jesus Christ's death on the cross and resurrection for forgiveness of sins and the full, forever payment of our sin debt to God. His ministry focuses on helping people understand the nature of true faith, turning from unbelief to believe in Jesus Christ, which brings about justification from God and eternal life.

He also teaches of God's desire for intimate relationship with us through clear Bible study, and helping people come to the knowledge of their salvation through the Word of God. He rightly preaches against following any version or measure of human works to earn salvation. He also teaches on many other topics such as Mormonism, Calvinism and Christianity in the culture today.

I also love how he takes peoples calls live and answers their questions in a very humble, biblically focused manner. I also like that he does his pastor reacts series of videos that reacts to many other content creators on YouTube that seem to promote a false gospel of Christ's salvation.

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Faith on Fire

Faith On Fire Ministries preaches the good news of Jesus Christ and encouraging bold faith among believers, and has clear teaching on salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. He also teaches about spotting false doctrines that infiltrate the Christian church, mainly Calvinism, but also teaches about other deceptive scandals, beliefs, practices and present day issues in the church.

I love his content because he shared a lot of informative and insightful discussions about different religious cults and false versions of Christianity. I've learned a great deal about how slick and deceptive the language of religious cults like Calvinism can be, often using scripture out of context to justify their view points. He also is not afraid to call out specific people in the Christian community whose teachings seem to contradict with the bible and gives clear biblical proof why their teachings are inaccurate.

Example Videos:

Nate Salah of Wise Disciple (& EveryWord)

Nate's main focus seems to be equipping Christians to live like Christ, have confidence in their faith, and to communicate and defend why Christianity is true through Apologetics. He also teaches a lot on, how we as Christians ought to live and behave biblically, and how we can learn to be effective disciples for the gospel, while addressing various cultural issues from a Christian perspective.

I also love how he breaks down the scripture passages in the bible, unpacking deeper meaning within context and practical application of scripture to life today. I also love how he teaches people to think and answer questions about the bible. He also addresses Christianity within the culture and teaches biblically about how to engage the culture with a biblical worldview.

I like his Debate teacher reacts videos where he reacts to those who engaged in a religious debate and processes what we are seeing within the debate from a biblical perspective. While I'm not a huge fan of the debate format, I have learned a lot about how to better explain and defend my faith in Christ to an unbeliever in listening to how others engage with biblical concerns and debate biblical questions.

Example Videos:

Glass House TV

Glass House TV focuses on sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ and operating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. From all of his videos have seen thus far, I can tell that he believes that the Bible is God's word and the final authority on all matters.

Adam brings a unique perspective in his content and I love his passion and love for God that comes out in his teachings. I like how he breaks down the scriptures and speaks against sin in the culture as well. He also discusses various biblical topics, including how to be more Christ-like in our lives, biblical salvation, having victory in Christ, and many other important concepts for Christian living.

I enjoy that he has a focus on teaching using apologetics to defend his biblical viewpoint and teach biblical truth. He also speaks about various end-times biblical concepts. He also makes content addressing Biblical Christianity verse Cultural Christianity. He is not afraid to call out false teaching and false doctrine that has crept its way into Christ's church.

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Above Reproach Ministries

I love Above Reproach Ministry because Jason Camacho is a very humble young man who teaches biblically and has been very helpful in my learning how to study the bible and understanding the gospel of Jesus Christ. His teachings have provided great insights into helping me move closer towards Jesus through Gods Word and gain better understanding of biblical discipleship.

I love how Jason does in-depth verse by verse bible studies, thoroughly breakings down scripture passages and humbly offers biblical insights, reflections, and applications into the passages that he is teaching. He also uses apologetics very effectively to defend the faith.

This channel presents and teach the word of God more biblically and contextually than alot of other Christian YouTubers that I've come across. Following along with teaching from this channel, I learned a lot about Gods character, holiness, power, authority, love, and many other attributes of God.

Example videos:

Joe Kirby (Off the Kirb Ministries)

I love Off The Kirb Ministries for a few reasons. I like that Joe's focus for the videos on this channel is combining evangelism and street preaching to share the gospel in an informative, effectual, and engaging way. I love the production of his videos and have learned so much historically, and biblically. He also produces Christian Motivation videos that help to encourage us is many ways and keep our hearts set on Jesus. I also enjoy his videos about cultural and societal events where he shares his thoughts from a biblical perspective.

Joe also has the Cup of Joe Podcast YouTube channel that is great because these videos are more personal time with him as he studies the bible or shares Christian testimony over a cup of coffee. It is very encouraging to me to hear Christian testimony and I love the concept of hanging out with Joe over a "cup of joe". I enjoy and learn a lot from his perspective and insight that he shares from his years of street preaching and pastoring.

Example Videos:

Voddie Baucham

Voddie Baucham has this gravitas and commanding presence about him that makes you want to hear what he is saying. I have learned a lot from Voddie Baucham and his biblical teachings regarding engaging the culture who is anti-God, and his biblical defense of the Christian faith. I appreciated his stances on Biblical patriarchy, family, and church.

I learned so much from his sermons regarding critical race theory, social justice, and other social and cultural ideologies that are anti-biblical. I also enjoy how he breaks down the passages he teaches and I enjoy his perspective on biblical truth he teaches and the style in which he preaches.

Example Videos:

Answers in Genesis

Answers in Genesis has been very helpful in helping me to think critically about and answer various questions about the Christian faith, using science and historical evidences and insights to better defend the faith and proclaim the truth of the Bible.

I love this channel because they go in depth answering questions about various biblical topics questions about hot button issues like creation, evolution, science, the age of the earth, and other cultural and social issues from a biblical perspective. Their videos and presentations are extremely informative and really help me to see God in places and concepts I may not have thought to look for Him.

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Conclusion:

It is important to note that we as Christians should prioritize learning Gods word for ourselves through regular bible study to gain biblical knowledge, wisdom, and understanding of who God is (Hosea 4:6, Psalm 119:125, Proverbs 1:7, Romans 12:2, James 1:5). Any digital Christian content we decide to consume (e.g websites, blogs, social media, etc.) should line up with the word of God and not replace regular, independent bible study. When we know God's word, we cannot be lead astray with false teaching (2 Peter 2:1,1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 4:3).

Stay tuned for the next post when I discuss the first time in my walk with Christ that I experienced what I can only describe as a demonic attack and the victory clinging to Christ gave me.

Brandon Benson
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