We are surrounded by false and confusing messages trying to manipulate us to a worldly perspective. We must use God’s Spirit to exercise “critical thinking” and not simply believe everything we hear or read… particularly in the news… and social media. Today, we live in a world in which major “influencers” all have an agenda. Their agenda is to get you to support their “truth.” There are different agendas that have contradictory truths… but they want you as a follower. The first and most powerful influencer is Satan the Devil. There is good reason Paul refers to him as the “prince of the power of the air.” (Ephesians 2:2) One major media-driven agenda today is to denounce our Western heritage, founders, the traditional family, and Christianity. The goal is to mock and remove every trace of it in our culture.

Greg Thomas

United Church of God Pastor

Greg Thomas is the part-time Pastor of the Cleveland, Ohio congregation. Ordained in 1981, he has served in the ministry for 43-years and assumed the role of Pastor in January 2011. As a certified leadership consultant, Greg is the founder and president of weLEAD, Inc. Chartered in 2001, weLEAD is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and a major respected resource for free leadership development information reaching a worldwide audience. Greg also founded Leadership Excellence, Ltd in 2009 offering leadership training and coaching.