Courage for the Faith: Christianity Vs. Islam
July 26, 2026
How do Christians stand firm in a culture that increasingly challenges biblical truth? In this bold guest message at Champion Centre, Pastor Andrew Sedra encourages believers to courageously defend the Christian faith while remaining committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Drawing from Scripture, his personal testimony of growing up in Egypt, and the biblical call to contend for the faith, Pastor Andrew reminds us that Christians are called to proclaim truth with conviction and boldness. Teaching from Jude, Acts, and the life of the early church, this message challenges believers to reject fear, embrace biblical courage, and faithfully represent Jesus in their homes, workplaces, schools, and communities. Through powerful stories of God's protection and the transforming power of the Gospel, Pastor Andrew points listeners back to the authority of God's Word and the mission of making disciples. No matter where God has placed you, the Holy Spirit empowers every believer to live courageously, speak truth in love, and remain faithful to Christ. The Church doesn't advance by fear—it advances through courageous believers who faithfully proclaim Jesus.
Talk-It-Out
Icebreaker
Who has been a courageous example of faith in your life, and what made their example memorable?
Discussion Questions
- Jude calls believers to “contend for the faith.” What does that look like in everyday life?
- Pastor Andrew emphasized that courage comes from the Holy Spirit rather than personality. How have you experienced God’s help when sharing your faith?
- What fears most often keep Christians from speaking openly about Jesus?
- How can we balance boldness with Christlike love and humility when discussing difficult topics?
- Which biblical example (Esther, Daniel, Paul, Peter, etc.) challenged or encouraged you the most?
- Where is God calling you to represent Christ more faithfully this week—at home, work, school, or in your community?
This Week’s Action Step
This week:
Pray daily for boldness through the Holy Spirit.
Read the Book of Jude and Acts 17.
Share your testimony or invite one person into a spiritual conversation.
Memorize Acts 1:8 and ask God for opportunities to be His witness.
Key Scriptures
Jude 1:3 – “Contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.” (Core Passage)
1 Timothy 6:12 — “Fight the good fight of the faith.”
Acts 1:8 — “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you…”
Acts 17 — Paul proclaims the “unknown God” and boldly preaches Christ in Athens.
View Transcript
Amen, amen, amen. Anybody here still believe that Jesus is king, champion, center? I’m saying anybody here still believe that Jesus is the King of Kings And he’s building his church And the gates of hell shall not prevail Tacoma, Bellevue, all the locations Champion Centre Online If you came to worship Jesus Why don’t you give Jesus a shout of praise? Jesus is king.
And he is building his church here and now, right here in the northwest of America. Because violent Mohammed died and he couldn’t make it back. Big Buddha died and he couldn’t make it back. Amazing Mary died and she couldn’t make it back. Humble Moses died but he couldn’t make it back. But Jesus defeated death.
Jesus conquered the grave. Jesus crushed power. Jesus overcame the most powerful enemy that every single person has yet to face, which is death. If that’s you, why don’t you give Jesus a shout of praise one more time? to give Jesus a shout of praise one more time. Grab a seat, tell your neighbor, I got a feeling that today is going to be a triggering day.
So quick trigger warning, because truth would trigger you in order to transform you. And the gospel might make you offended in order for you to be repented. And I’m in the truth speaking type of judge I was kind of looking at the book this morning Pastor Kevin sent me that the front of it and you guys are in a moment of exposing Lies in a world full of lies Pastor Kevin is choosing to speak the truth. So today I want to dig today.
My name is Andrew I’m here from the socialist liberal state of Australia. Very similar to you guys here. You guys have a lot of, you know, gay stuff, coffee, crazy people everywhere. We have the same thing in Sydney. So me and Nolene would feel at home, which is beautiful. But we came from the socialist liberal. Soon probably by the grace of God.
Not to be Islamic. State of Australia. Where a few years ago we had the COVID pandemic. Scandemic. Scaredemic. However you want to find it. China virus. I don’t know what to call it. Where for two years you couldn’t go to church to worship Jesus. But you could go to the brothel to sleep with a prostitute.
Where you couldn’t go to the house of God to listen to the word of God, but you could go to the liquor store to buy alcohol to get drunk in your misery. Where you couldn’t go to church to be with the people of God, but you could go to the Black Lives Matter protest, even though like in Australia we don’t have like any black people.
See, I’m like a brown person. I don’t fit in those camps. But you still have Christians that will tell you the church shouldn’t speak about politics. And the church shouldn’t speak about the cultural issues of our time. It was only a few months ago in Sydney, Australia where we had the first and the biggest terrorist attack in December with two evil wicked Muslim men opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah festival on 2,000 Jews. It’s going to come on the screen.
We watched the biggest and most deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Australia happen a few months ago Where two evil wicked Muslim men opened fire on 2,000 Jews Where a young girl, 10 years old girl by the name of Matilda She was killed and butchered for the crime of not being a Muslim, we had two Jewish rabbis and one Holocaust survivor who happened to survive Hitler, Nazism, but he couldn’t survive progressive Australia and Islam.
So I’m here from the future to give East Seattle and Washington State a prophetic warning of what can and would and should happen if the church of jesus christ doesn’t fight the good fight paul said it this way at the end of his life he said i have fought the good fight in second in First Timothy had said it this way, fight the good fight for the faith.
In the book of Jude, Jude wanted to write to the people of God. He was very eager and excited and pumped to write about salvation. But the Lord prompted him to write to contend for the faith. So why you should have courage for the faith? Why you should fight fight fight not to just grow your faith but to actually keep the faith why you should have courage for the faith because we live in a moment of time where people are addicted to encouragement you’re beautiful you’re amazing flourish baby flourish this is a problem though some of us here are not very beautiful
look at me but encouragement doesn’t mean you’re beautiful you’re amazing flourish baby flourish but what encouragement means is for the word of the Lord coming to your heart and to give you passion and courage it’s literally in the encouragement, because you’ll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you’ll be able to speak God’s word, because the word of God is like fire burning in my bones.
So today, this morning, I want to give you a bit of a true north on all things on perfect Jesus versus the pedophile prophet Muhammad, who literally slept with a nine-year-old girl by the name of Aisha, and he married her when she was six, when he was like 54 years old. I want to dig today into the violent religion of Islam and the sexually deviant false prophet and this is not a cultural issue, this is a biblical issue because Islam is not just another religion, Islam is actually a Christian heresy.
It’s a little bit of Christianity mixed with a little bit of Judaism, mixed with a little bit of paganism, the sex and the killing people stuff. So Islam is fundamentally a Christian heresy. And this is what Jews meant by contend for the faith, is that we need to have reason for the hope that we have in Christ.
Because America, we are no longer at Jerusalem, the city of peace, but we are in Babylon, the city of war, because we live in a moment of time where people like to go to church to sing songs. We like to go to sing Kumbaya songs on Sunday and practice religious ritualism and practice sacramental spirituality without actually being involved in the public square. So we have replaced courage with empathy.
We have replaced strength with sensitivity training we have replaced truth with trigger warning so people can no longer speak or proclaim the word of the lord and there is a war at place whether you like it or not whether you agree with it or not. It’s a war between right and wrong, good and evil, the devil and the divine, freedom and tyranny.
There is war! And some people had to watch that spiritual war manifest itself in a physical bullet to kill and butcher a young man by the name of Charlie Koch, a Christian young man, a loving father, a sacrificial husband, for you to actually comprehend that America is no longer in Jerusalem, the city of peace, but we are in Babylon, the city of war, where the people of God, where the saints and the prophets might be killed and butchered for the time is coming maybe in fact the time is here and now with those who kill and butcher the people of god will claim to be nice liberal and doing a service for the Lord. So it’s time for the church to fight, fight, fight. Because America
is worth fighting for. Your church is worth fighting for. Your freedom is worth fighting for. Your nation, your family, your grandchildren, it’s worth fighting for. And this is coming from a person who escaped the Islamic world of Egypt to our lives. Our family came to Australia as religious refugees in 2007 from the Islamic world of Egypt for my dad being a pastor and for simply preaching the word of the Lord.
We grew up in a world where it was illegal to plant and build a church. It was illegal and punishable by jail where you get tortured or die or you get killed randomly on the streets of the Muslim world of Egypt for you simply choosing to preach Jesus in the public square.
We literally lived under Sharia law every single moment of my life. We had what you call blasphemy laws. Blasphemy laws were designed to make sure if any Christian or pastor shared their faith in the public square or criticized the evil and wicked religion of Islam, they will either get killed on the street by a radical Muslim group, or they will go to jail for five to eight years, whether they would get tortured and die.
We also had what you call apostasy laws and apostasy laws were designed to make sure if any Muslim becomes a Christian they would get killed and butchered on any street in the Islamic world or they would go to jail where they get tortured and die. And this is by the way in every single Islamic state in the whole entire world no matter how moderate it is there is no difference between moderate Islam and radical Islam it’s the exact same thing in the 54 Islamic Muslim states in the whole entire world any Muslims who become a Christian who who converse to Christianity, who acknowledges Jesus as Lord,
who gets baptized, they will get killed on the street or go to jail. Right now in Egypt, there is literally a young man by the name of Rami Ayag who is in jail right now in Egypt, getting tortured for accepting Jesus. And I come to the other side of the world and I watch people not speak and proclaim the word of the Lord because they don’t want to offend people so today I want to give you an idea of Islam because in order for you to understand comprehend and fathom Islam you need to understand three
things number one you got to get the word of Islam number two you got to get the world of Islam and number three you want to understand three things number one you gotta get the word of islam number two you gotta get the world of islam and number three you wanna understand the world view of islam what is the word of islam it’s the quran and the hadith we always have all this conspiracy theory very nice and pathetic but a little bit stupid christians they’ll come and tell you but islam is peace islam is peace islam is the religion of faith i’m not do you have any facts or evidence for that
Islam is peace, Islam is a religion of peace. I’m like do you have any facts or evidence for that? Like people like to make a lot of claims, it’s like I’m Andy but I feel like Amy. People, we live in a moment of time where people make big radical claims without any moral, historical, theological or philosophical facts or evidence.
So in order for you to understand Islam, you have to understand the word of Islam which is the Quran and the Hadith. In order for you to understand Islam, you have to understand the word of Islam, which is the Quran and the Hadith. In order for you to understand it, you actually need to be able to read Arabic. As I grew up in the Islamic world of Egypt, I was literally forced as a young kid in a Christian school to learn, study, memorize the Quran.
So I didn’t know why God put me in a nation where I had to literally memorize the Quran. But for you to understand Islam, you have to understand the Quran and the Hadith. Number two, you have to understand the world of Islam. We live in a moment of time, you have this crazy Christian, free Palestine. I’m like, have you ever heard about any Islamic nation that’s free? Like, what planet are you from? Why don’t you book a plane to Gaza? Omar Kwis for Palestine, Gates for Gaza, Chickens for KFC, Chaos for Meca’s why don’t you book a flight and go to Gaza and get together oh wait you know what happened
to you if you’re LGBTQ ABC in Gaza you will get shocked from a high tall building and get killed so we have a problem where people fundamentally don’t understand comprehend and fathom of the Islamic world if you want why don’t understand comprehend and fathom of the Islamic world if you want why don’t you book a ticket there don’t book a ticket back because you’re not gonna make it the first thing about Islam you have to understand the worldview of Islam how does Islam and Muslims receive perceive
and Dalai the world because we live in a moment of time where American exceptionalism, because America is a very exceptional nation. You got to have Liberty, sweet land of Liberty. Trust me I am from Australia and Egypt and it is not normal to have freedom in your Constitution. It is a big blessing from God and I grew up in a socialist country and in a Muslim country. I’m here to tell you, you are very blessed.
But what’s happening at the moment is that American exceptionalism is becoming American narcissism. Where you’re not seeing the Islamic, the Middle Eastern world through the lens of Islam, but you’re choosing to view the Islamic world and Muslim Islam through the lens of Christianity. What is worldview? The fish doesn’t know its sweat.
The fish doesn’t know its sweat until you get the fish out of the fish tank. And the fish starts to shake, manifest and dive. And quickly the fish gets to understand it wasn’t the fish. But it was the water that is making it alive. So in order for you to understand Islam, you actually have to understand and comprehend the world view of islam because look what the quran said it’s very very important it’s going to photo come on the screen we was a few months ago with the first ever muslim marxist socialist islamic jihadist communist the first ever
muslim marxist mayor in the history of america zahram and donnie who happened to swear on the quran a lot of you what that’s political i’m like dude this is not political anymore he’s swearing in the quran you have been playing are the separation of church and state we’re in islam there is no separation of mosque and state so if you believe in the separation of church and state as a christian you are about to be butchered by Islam.
And I came from the Islamic world of Egypt, I did a DNA test a few months ago, and I’m 99% Coptic. The photo’s going to come up on the screen. We were the initial pagans when Mark came in 50 AD and he preached the gospel. There was a big massive revival and before you know it, in the context of 300 years, Egypt became a Christian nation this is very important because Egypt used to be Christian now it’s Muslim Libya used to be Christian now it’s Muslim Turkey used to be Christian now it’s Muslim Jordan
used to be Christian now it’s Muslim Syria used to be Christian now it’s Muslim Iraq used to be Christian now it’s Muslim all the ancient Christian world that was galvanized and changed by the gospel is now Muslim if that happened to the whole entire ancient church world what makes you think that wouldn’t happen in America you have to be crazy to not think that so in the last 1400 years Islam took over by Egypt by force and they declared holy unholy war the same way they attacked America on 9 11 when 3,000 Americans would die exact same way on October 7th
when you watch 1,200 Jews killed and butchered in the year 600 Islam took over Egypt the Christian men were killed the Christian women were raped the young men were enslaved and the last 1,400 years there was literally a Christian genocide in the Islam in the Christian world of Egypt.
Egypt went from 90% Christian, now it’s less than 10% Christian. Egypt went from 0% Muslim to 90% Muslim. You have this crazy Christian the moment. Genocide, genocide. Israel committed genocide. I’m like yeah there is a genocide in the Middle East. It’s not the genocide of Muslims, it is actually the genocide of Christians And that is just a historical fact, but let’s go back to the Ram and Danny all the people by religious liberty religious freedom I’m like can we look at the Quran for a moment? Because it’s mind-blowing you literally have a jihadist Muslim swearing on the Quran of America
I’m not is anybody noticing can we read that book for a moment look what the Quran said fight those who do not believe in Allah people also you Islam is peace Islam is the religion of peace but Islam is a very tricky word because it comes from the Arabic word Salam which means peace which comes from the Hebrew word Shalom which means peace so Islam means peace that was Salam but when you put the I next to Salam in the beginning it becomes Islam so Islam means peace through subjugation peace through humiliation and peace through surrender so when Muslims say peace they
actually mean war just like the average LGBTQ ABC trans woman a woman which means the man present be a woman a woman which means the man presently one they don’t use language to communicate they use language to manipulate Muslims use language to fundamentally manipulate so when they say peace they actually mean war fight those who don’t believe in Allah and look at the text it said particularly those of the book that is the Jews and the Christians that’s the people of the book that is the jews and the christians that’s the
people of the book first they’re going to go for the zionists then they’re going to go for the jews then they’re going to go for the christian zionists whatever that means then they’re going to go to the christians then they’re going to go to the communists then they’re going to go to the gays then they’re coming for you you’re next you’re next and that is exactly what happened in the whole entire world that the the Islamic people, the Muslim people, declared war on the enemies of Allah.
Look at that, fight those who do not believe in Allah and in the last days. This is very important, because this war in Israel and Palestine, it’s not Israel versus Palestine, it’s Israel versus Islam. This war in the Islamic Muslim worldview, it’s fundamentally theological, it’s fundamentally spiritual, it’s fundamentally spiritual, it’s fundamentally eschatological, because the end in the Islamic world will not come until Jesus is coming back with the evil, wicked, one world totalitarian leader by the name of Mahdi, and that will
not happen until every single Jew is killed in Israel. end according to Islam would not come because you’re playing church but you don’t understand this is very theological eschatological and moral for Muslims that the end will not come according to Islam until that Islamic army will be led by Jesus again when Muslims say Jesus they don’t mean Jesus they mean the end to Jesus another is like work Jesus liberal Jesus progressive Jesus but now we have Muslim Jesus see the muslims say jesus they don’t mean jesus they mean the anti-jesus another is like woke jesus liberal jesus progressive jesus
but now we have muslim jesus see the christian jesus is a jew the muslim jesus hates the jews the christian jesus is god the muslim jesus is just a prophet so So that Muslim Jesus is coming back to lead the armies of Allah to kill and butcher every single Jew in the land of Israel. That’s why October 7th happened, it’s an eschatological thing.
Where the trees and the rocks will cry out, hey Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill them. After the Muslims will kill and butcher every single Jew in the land of Israel, Jesus is going to become Muslim. And Jesus is going to break the cross.
And he is going to become Muslim and Jesus is going to break the cross and he’s going to become a Muslim and say there is no God but Allah and he’s one true prophet Muhammad that he’s going to force every single Christian in the whole entire world to become a Muslim and any Christian who doesn’t put I’m a Muslim will get killed so this war is not really geopolitical it’s actually prophetic it’s not really cultural philosophical it’s actually biblical and theological and this is also in the Bible because Muslims believe that it wasn’t Isaac
that was the son of the promise but with Ishmael this is very important because again we tend to project our Christianity into another religion so have you ever had a newborn baby and you think they’re very beautiful? But everybody thinks they’re alien. We tend to project our own Christian virtues and value, love, freedom, liberty, into other people without seeing what’s happening.
So this war, it’s not Israel versus Palestine, it’s Israel versus Islam. It’s not Israel versus Palestine, it’s Israel versus Islam. It’s not Israel versus Palestine, it’s Yahweh, the one true God of the Old Testament, versus violent Allah, the evil bloodthirsty God of the Quran.
It’s Jesus versus Muhammad, it’s grace versus law, it’s does salvation come from Jesus, does salvation come through Isaac, the son of the promise? Or does salvation come through Ishmael? Because Muhammad was the great, great, great, great grandson of Ishmael. And according to Islam, that holy son, that promised son, it’s not Isaac, it’s Ishmael. And the holy land is not Israel, it’s actually Mecca so this war is fundamentally spiritual theological prophetic more than it will ever be geopolitical that is the reason it’s very very very divisive so according to
the Quran and Abraham didn’t sacrifice Isaac he sacrificed Ishmael Abraham sacrificed Isaac on the Mount of Moriah, where Jesus was literally crucified. And that is the reason you are watching this war affect every single thing in the whole entire world. It’s spiritual, it’s prophetic. So when Muslims say Jesus, they mean the anti-Jesus.
So when Muslims say Jesus, they mean the anti-Jesus. When Muslims say Jesus Christ, they actually mean the anti-Christ. And Islam is prophesied in the Bible, it will be a religion of war. Look what the angel said to Hagar about Ishmael and the Ishmaelites. The angel came to Hagar and told her, this son of yours, Ishmael, he will be like a wild donkey.
It said that he will raise his fists against his whole entire world. That’s why Muslims are fighting a war in UK, in Australia, in Nigeria, in Sudan, in India, in Pakistan. There is a Muslim war in every single nation. And now soon to be an america through new york new york is becoming new york’s son and he will be in open hostility with all his relatives so fight those who don’t believe in allah but and those who don’t believe in the in the last day so muslims receive and perceive every single
nation every single people in every single civilization through that particular lens Muslims see the world it’s either that place nation people and civilization is dar al-harb which means a house of peace or it’s either that place space people and civilization is dar as-alaam which means a house of war.
So Muslims receive, perceive and see every single people, nation and civilization through that two particle lenses. And the way you transfer a house of war Dar al-Harb to a house of peace Dar es Salaam is that number one you need to make this country a majority Muslim. And it’s already happening in New York. Just go to New York, every second mile, every second kilometer, there’s a Muslim praying on the street.
How do you transfer this nation from a house of war to a house of peace? Number two, you need to conquer and infiltrate every single political and cultural institution. Number three, you need to implement some form of sharia law i grew up under sharia law where having revival was illegal and fulfilling the great commission was a criminal offense under sharia law you have blasphemy laws and apostasy laws and the They’re both designed to make sure there is no revival and practicing the Great Commission is illegal.
So coming to America and watching people build a church, inviting your friend to church, me being able to preach and just offend people, I’m like, dude, this is crazy. Okay. So when Muslims say Jesus Christ, they actually mean the Antichrist. When Muslims say peace, Islam is a religion of peace, they actually mean war.
When Muslims say freedom, they actually mean tyranny. Because Islam is a one world order, tyrannical and violent political system that pretends to be a religion. to be a religion. Islam is a violent authoritarian and tyrannical legal and political system that pretends to be spiritual alignment. So Islam is not here to immigrate.
Islam is here to invade. Islam is not here to live and let live. Islam is here to conquer and take over. Islam is not here to play religious coexistence karaoke. Islam is here to conquer and dominate. And this has been the story of all the ancient world. Most, if not all, the churches of the book of Revelation are now Muslim.
So that is not a conspiracy. Luka Muhammad said, kill the polytheists wherever you find them. Kill. Like full on kill. And we Christians happen to fall in that polytheist category. But particularly because number one, we worship Jesus who Muslims say that he’s a man who pretends to be a god. So we are in that polytheist category because we are idolatrous.
That is why we need to be suppressed killed and annihilated from all the entire world muhammad literally said i will kill and exile all the christians and jews from the land and that is literally what happened in the world in the islamic world that’s why i’m here sister we’re not just we’re not just uh idolatrous we’re also polytheists because we worship three gods the father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
You always come, say Muslim, tell you, we love Jesus. We love Jesus. All my college students, you’re going to go and you’re going to be this big massive tent. Jesus was a Muslim. Jesus was a Muslim. We love Jesus. We respect Jesus. Jesus is awesome. Jesus is not God. Jesus is just a prophet. The Bible never said Jesus was God.
the bible never said jesus was god the bible never said you should worship jesus i’m like what the bible said before abraham was i am john 1 1 said in the beginning was the word and the word was god and the word was with god and the word became flesh and dwelt among us Jesus is not just a prophet Jesus is God Jesus is the God man Jesus is the man God and this is the message of the gospel that God became man that divinity embraced humanity that creator stepped into creation that perfection became sin so that we might know him Jesus is not just a prophet Jesus is God and as Christians we don’t just like
Jesus we don’t just respect Jesus we don’t just have a sweet baby crush on Jesus no no no no no. We worship Jesus. So the time is coming and the time is here and now where those who kill, butcher the people of God will claim and proclaim to be a service of Allah. Right now across the Islamic world, hundreds and hundreds of Christians are getting killed every single day.
Every single day. Nigeria is facing intense persecution. Just last year, at least 5,000 Christians were killed in Nigeria. In the last 1,500 years, 50,000 to 100,000 Christians were killed and butchered in Nigeria. In Iran, the church is underground. Across the Islamic world, Christianity is being oppressed and suppressed.
And now this evil, wicked ideology is coming to America. This is a sad reality. God gave New York a prophetic warning in 1993 when there was literally a terrorist attack under the World Trade Center. And New Yorkers still didn’t follow God, New Yorkers still didn’t get Jesus in the public square, New Yorkers still didn’t listen to the prophetic word of the Lord and then 2001 they literally had a terrorist attack with 3 000 christian 3 000 Americans were killed and butchered and as that plane was about to crash in the world’s worst center the evil terrorist man it wasn’t the jews
that he wasn’t screaming yahweh akbar and it wasn’t the christian donald trump supporters he wasn’t screaming jesus akbar the evil wicked muslim men they were screaming screaming allahu akbar allahu akbar allahu akbar which means my God is greater than the God of the Bible allahu akbar is a violent demonic cry from the pit of hell so New Yorkers didn’t listen to the prophetic word of the Lord they ended up voting for what fundamentally hates America how mind-boggling and blowing we live in this moment of time
when nothing makes sense anymore that the city of Liberty the Statue of Liberty has a movement mayor make this make sense how mind-blowing is that the city of capitalism, profit, free trade, now have a socialist mayor. It’s because the church of Jesus Christ must speak and proclaim the word of the Lord.
And this is the beauty of Christianity. It’s that we don’t need to raise the armies. We don’t need to kill the people. We don’t need to butcher the infidel of the enemies of Allah. Because our weapon is the word. Their weapon is the sword. Islam spread by the power of the sword. Christianity spread by the power of the word.
That is why Jesus healed the sick. Muhammad killed the living this is why Christianity is spread by the preaching of the gospel Islam spread by conquering and butchering the enemies of Allah this is why Paul said we wage war but not like the world we wage war by taking every single thought captive and make it submissive to Christ.
We take captive of every single thought and every single knowledge that sets itself against the knowledge of God. That is why our symbol is the word. Their symbol is the sword. We don’t need to raise armies. We don’t need to kill and butcher the enemies of Allah.
We don’t need to raise armies we don’t need to kill and butcher the enemies of allah we don’t need to strap bombs around us and scream allahu akbar we don’t need to go and rape the woman of a nation to conquer a nation all we need to do is to preach and proclaim the word of the lord because the bible is the only offensive weapon that we have in Christianity I was reading Revelation the other day and he said Jesus came back on the cloud and out of his mouth came the sword and the reason the Bible is offensive is because the Bible is the only offensive weapon that we have so you need to speak the truth and shame the devil you need to go and
fight for the faith contend for this place speak the faith in order to keep the faith because we’re living in a moment of time where as we speak and proclaim the word of the Lord we’re going to see people set free people always tell me you’re too much I’m like I think you’re too little people tell me you’re too hot I’m like of course I’m hot I think you’re lukewarm people will say you’re fundamentalist I’m like I’m fun you’re the mentalist we must choose courage and not cowardice we must choose
conviction and not compromise we must choose passion and not apathy because it went from like i’m just not courageous to cowardice and now we celebrate apathy we no longer care christian nations are becoming woke and pagan and we no longer care christian nations like uk france and germany are becoming muslim and we no longer care.
Christian nations like UK, France and Germany are becoming Muslim and we no longer care. We see people killed, our brothers and sisters on the other side of the world, we no longer care. We went from lack of courage to cowardice, to full on apathy. We no longer care. It was a few years before 2007, my dad converted a particular woman, a Muslim woman to Christianity.
We didn’t intend on really converting her to Christianity. We showed her the love of God. She was a Muslim woman, her husband was a very violent extremist man. So because she was getting abused, she ended up escaping to our home. We gave her food, shelter, and we showed her the love of God. As a direct consequence of showing her the love of God and really giving her shelter and preaching the gospel she ended up repenting of his sin accepting Jesus and becoming a Christian. What we didn’t know at the time was that her husband was part of Muslim Brotherhood.
Muslim Brotherhood is like the Egyptian version of Hamas, the evil, wicked terrorist organization that they literally kill and butcher Christians across the globe. What we didn’t know at the time, her husband was part of Muslim Brotherhood. brotherhood he was very angry and furious at my dad for taking what is most precious to him which is his beloved wife so he decided as a direct consequence and revenge he was going to take away what is very precious to my dad which was me and my younger brother john that muslim terrorist
brotherhood man decided he was going to kidnap me and my younger brother john he was going to kidnap us behead both of us, put our bodies and heads in a bag, and send it back as a consequence and revenge to my dad for taking away what is most precious to him.
He orchestrated the plan, he made the plan, he came 7am in the morning, as me and my younger brother were about to go to school, we didn’t know anything was happening as we were about to go to school, that Muslim Brotherhood man had two other Muslim Brotherhood men, there were three evil wicked Muslim terrorists men that came to our house to our apartment to kidnap us and behead us as they were about to come and kidnap us the three Muslim terrorists Brotherhood men all of them felt a force and a power and they froze and they could not move at all the three Muslim Brotherhood men froze in time and space and they could not move at all until me and my younger brother John went to the yellow school bus.
The bus drove to the end of the street and the moment the bus disappeared they started to move again. They were very confused. The guy was very, very angry. He got two other Muslim Brotherhood men and came the week after to execute the exact same plan as me and my younger brother John were about to go to school on the yellow school bus of three Muslim terrorist brotherhood men.
They felt a power and a force take their hand and put it behind their head and they could not move at all. The three Muslim brotherhood men, they froze in time and space until me and my younger brother went to the yellow school bus. The yellow school bus drove to the end of the street, and the moment the bus disappeared, they started to move again.
The three Muslim brother were terrorist men. They didn’t know what was happening. They were very confused. See, we didn’t know this was happening. If I knew this was happening, I wouldn’t be going to school that day. I would have said, Mom, can I please skip school today? I think she would have said yes.
No, the reason we know this was happening is because this evil and wicked Muslim brotherhood man came to my dad a few weeks later. And he told my dad, your God saved you, your children, your family from my evil and wicked hand. He became a Christian. He repented of his sin. He got baptized. He became a Christian. He repented of his sin. He got baptized and now him and his whole entire family are Christians and champion center. I came to tell you from the other side of the world that I shouldn’t be here.
I couldn’t be here if it wasn’t for God. God saved me so I can speak to you. God protected me so I can preach to you. God saved me so I can preach to you. God saved me so I can proclaim it to you. Your job is to preach. God’s job is to protect. Your job Is to proclaim God’s job Is to deliver Because you will receive Power When the Holy Spirit comes upon you And you’ll be able to speak God’s Word.
This is the same power that came on a young girl by the name of Esther. And she went and spoke, and she said, I’m going to go and speak. I’m not going to be silent, and if I die, I die. This is the same power that came on an old man by the name of Daniel when they told him it’s illegal to pray. He went and he looked towards Jerusalem, and he opened the window.
They told him it’s illegal to pray. He went and he looked towards Jerusalem. And he opened the window. This is the same power that came on Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. And they went through the fire. Not because the fire came. But because they chose to worship the one true God. This is the same power that came on Peter, Paul, Silas.
And they said we will worship God. And we will obey God more than any other human being and before I go I want to pray for you today for this courage power for the faith to preach and proclaim the word of the Lord. Because this is what the Holy Spirit does. It’s going to give you courage, passion, boldness, and authority for the faith.
If that’s you, I want to pray for you. Would you lift your hands up to heaven from the front to the back? I’m speaking for a lot of people. Every person, there is somewhere that you need to preach. You person you’re going to need to represent jesus on that college campus man there is a theological war coming it’s a war of apologetics it’s a war of orthodoxy it’s the war of knowing the word of god You’re going to need to go back to your school, go back to your college.
Or my corporate people, I know you have a lot of Microsoft here and all that liberal organization. You’re going to have to go back and represent the Lord. You’re going to have to not put that they-them stuff. You’re going to have to be like, hey dude, you can do your thing, but dude, I’m a Christian.
Some business people here, you’re going to build your business right. You will not compromise to get a contract. Some people here, you’re going to have to go to your family table, to your dinner table and defend the faith. Because this is how Christianity will spread.
The people of God were not ashamed of the gospel. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you will be able to speak. God what you see, courage doesn’t cost you anything. You don’t even need to be smart. It’s a virtue that you just have to say like Esther, I’m going to go, Lord, and I’ll speak. And if I die, I die. Paul was beheaded. Peter was crucified upside down. Jeremiah was stoned.
Paul was beheaded. Peter was crucified upside down. Jeremiah was stoned. Stephen was stoned. John the Baptist was beheaded. Charlie Koch was killed on the streets. What about you? You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you and you’ll be able to speak my word. Whatever it is, lift your hands up, Lord.
I pray, God, right now for your spirit, God, to bring boldness, courage, and authority. We are ready, God, to make Washington, Seattle, Tacoma. We are ready to make, God, the Pacific Northwest Christian, godly, and God-fearing again. Christian, godly, and God-fearing again. We are ready, God, to take ground, to take territory, to occupy, possess, and conquer.
We are ready, God, to spread the gospel to the end of the earth. We are ready, God, to go to every city, every nation, every people, every school, every business, every corporation, every college, every civilization. We are ready to go and proclaim the word of the Lord. We’re ready, God, to go into all the world and make disciples of the nations.
That includes America, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle. America, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle. We are ready, God, to speak and proclaim the Word of God because I would rather die for something rather than live for nothing. And the people of God said, let’s lift up the name of Jesus, Champion Center. Let’s lift up.
said let’s lift up the name of Jesus Champion Center Wow come on let’s thank pastor Andrew for great talk proof talk you know I just want to tell you church that an uncomfortable truth is better than a comfortable lie. And my goal for us as a church is to be willing to be made uncomfortable when truth is involved and we need to hear it and we’ve heard truth today.
We’ve heard truth about a faith that is foreign to many of us and a faith that is foreign to many of us and a religion that is foreign to many of us. And I mentioned Acts chapter 17. I mentioned the apostle Paul. When I read that a few months ago, I read it from a different perspective. I read it from, you know, he said to them, he said, you serve an unknown God you ignorantly serve you thought you ignorantly serve and I came to proclaim to you the real God I came to proclaim to you Jesus today you know I thought in my heart and I remember thinking like
this is God we need this in America we need bold courageous straight-talking preachers, church members, leaders. Amen? If you’re here today and you are not right with God, let me just invite you. If you’re not right with God, you could have maybe come into church, maybe you have been in the past walking with Christ, but today you’re not in a right place and you know what I’m gonna invite you to pray this simple prayer with me because I want to help you before you leave here today have the experience the
righteousness of God righteousness is a gift it comes from God it comes when we confess our sins and respond to him in acknowledging his lordship. And I want to do that with you right now. And I know you’re there in Yakima, in DuPont, Bellevue, every location online right here in Tacoma.
There are people today, this is your moment, this is your time, this is your day, of full surrender to Jesus. And I want to invite everyone. We’re going to all pray with you. But if that’s, I’ll tell you what let’s do if that’s you how about you raise your hand first wherever you are raise your hand in that room where you are and say today i receive god’s grace god’s love and a new beginning in my life just boldly raise your hand raising the hands good here in this room other rooms good yakima Bellevue this is a great moment this is a great moment and now let’s all say this together say Lord Jesus welcome to my
world I invite you today come into my heart forgive me of all my sin and make me a new person I boldly declare that you are the leader and the Lord of my life. And I’ll never be the same again. Come on, I’m a child of God. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Amen. Come on, let’s celebrate today. God bless you.
August 9, 2026
Save Me
All around us, people are silently sinking—drifting from faith, overwhelmed by fear, and struggling beneath the weight of life. In this message, “Save Me,” Pastor Micah Pelkey encourages us that God may be calling us to be the “lifeguards” who notice, reach out, and help bring those around us to safety through the hope of Jesus.
August 2, 2026
The Church is Plan A
To kick off Pre-Conference Weekend, Pastor Julian Lowe reveals how the language of Scripture points to Jesus as the Bridegroom who paid the price, prepared a place, and will return for His Church in this message, "The Church is Plan A." Discover what it means to live ready—clothed in righteousness, grounded in truth, and prepared for the return of our King.
June 28, 2026
Why We Honor America
In a time filled with negativity and discouragement, we choose to honor America, not because she is perfect, but because she is precious. 🇺🇸 We’re grateful to live in a nation of freedom, opportunity, and faith, and we honor those who have sacrificed so much to protect it. Everything is better with honor—our homes, our communities, and our churches—and when we honor what we have, God can entrust us with more. We don’t worship America—we worship God—but because of that, we choose gratitude, pray for our nation, and bring hope to our generation.
June 21, 2026
The Difference A Man Can Make
A man doesn’t have to be perfect to make a difference—he just has to be pointed toward God. In this Father’s Day message, Pastor Kevin Gerald shares how men can lead with faith, stay steady through disappointment, stand strong in the battle, and build a legacy that impacts generations.
June 14, 2026
Feeding Your Faith
Faith doesn’t grow accidentally—it grows intentionally. In this message, Pastor Kevin Gerald shares the Faith Acronym: Focus on the positive, Affirm yourself, Imagine God doing something good, Trust God in everything, and Hope for the best. Learn how to feed your faith, strengthen your thoughts, and move forward with confidence in God.
June 7, 2026
Your Living Room As An Upper Room
This message challenges us to look at the atmosphere we are building at home. Through the contrast of Nazareth and the Upper Room, we’re reminded that honor, unity, repentance, and expectation can turn our homes into places where the Holy Spirit is welcomed and mighty works can happen.
May 31, 2026
The Best Things Happen Little by Little
God often does His best work little by little. In this message, Pastor Kevin Gerald reminds us that real growth, lasting progress, and God’s best blessings are built one step, one prayer, and one act of obedience at a time.
May 24, 2026
Making Room for the Holy Spirit
Make room for the Holy Spirit in your life, your worship, your decisions, and your daily routine. In this message, we’re reminded that the Holy Spirit is God’s invisible presence—our Helper, Teacher, and Guide—who gives us strength, peace, and direction beyond what we can do on our own.
May 17, 2026
Go Get It Back
God can restore what’s been lost, stolen, or broken. In this message, Pastor Kevin Gerald looks at David’s story in 1 Samuel 30 and reminds us that while we can’t change what happened, we can choose how we respond, strengthen ourselves in the Lord, and go get back what the enemy tried to take.
May 10, 2026
God's Plan: Your Assignment
Motherhood comes without a manual—but God never asks us to walk through the assignment alone. In this heartfelt Mother’s Day conversation, our pastors share Biblical wisdom and practical encouragement on how women can grow relationally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually while trusting God’s plan for every season of life.
April 19, 2026
Kounterfeit Kingdom
This message, Kounterfeit Kingdom, unpacks the three ways the enemy tries to pull us away from God’s best—more, see me, and I got this—and how to overcome each one with truth. Through Matthew 4, we’re reminded that what looks real can still be a counterfeit, and that true fulfillment is found in contentment, identity, and trust in God.
April 12, 2026
Faith & Football: Pivotal Moments with Brady Russell
We sat down with Brady Russell to hear the real story behind the Super Bowl, his football journey, and the faith that carried him through setbacks, injuries, and pivotal life moments. From a “12 as 1” team mentality to discovering what it truly means to trust God, Brady shares how humility, unity, and surrender shaped both his career and his calling.
