"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:" 1 Peter 3:15 (KJV)
This journey of finding a local church has been very difficult. Churches are consumed with Elevation, Hill Song and Bethel Church music. I can’t worship God with the sound of music that comes out of churches with outrageous doctrines. How can anybody be delivered of anything when the Devil is entertaining us? How can we rebuke the devil on our front door, but let him come in through the back door as an angel of light?
To add to the lie, worship teams playing with track music on the background. Everything so perfect, so timely, so precise! The Holy Spirit is only mentioned in name, but definitely nowhere to be found. A form of Godliness, while denying the power of God.
Preachers preaching out of books and commentaries while quoting Scripture as a side note. They sound like motivational speakers more than ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Preachers talking about trusting God while everybody is wearing a mask and half of the congregation is staying at home terrified of COVID-19.
This is a show, some good shows and some horrible ones. Nevertheless, a show that repeats itself over and over. From the skinny jean pastors, concert type worship leaders, women with seductive clothing and… the coffee shop. You can’t say you have arrived without the coffee shop.
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director.
While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog.
In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot. In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona.
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