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Doug Giles is the host of The Doug Giles Podcast, the co-founder and co-host of the Warriors & Wildmen Podcast (1M+ downloads) and the man behind ClashDaily. com. In addition to driving ClashDaily.com (300M+ page views), Giles is the author of several #1 Amazon best- sellers. His book Psalms of War: Prayers That Literally Kick Ass (2021) spent 26 weeks at #1 on Amazon. In 2018, Giles was permanently banned from his two-mil- lion followers on Facebook.Doug is also an artist and a filmmaker, and his online gallery can be seen at DougGiles.Art. His first film, Biblical Badasses: A Raw Look at Christianity and Art, is available via DougGiles.Art.Doug’s writings have appeared in several other print and online news sources, including Townhall.com,The Washington Times,The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, Human Events, USA Today,The Wall Street Journal,The Washington Examiner, American Hunter Magazine, and ABC News.
Do You Boast In God or Government? 8 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God (Ps. 20:7). In David’s day, chariots and horses represented military might, national security, wealth, and worldly power. Nations trusted in their armies, weapons, and superior resources to guarantee victory. David declared that his ultimate confidence was not in the strength of Israel's military but in the sovereign power of Almighty God. In...
When Prophets Confront Kings 8 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES There's a peculiar disease infecting modern Christianity. It's the belief that being godly means being agreeable, non-confrontational, politically neutered, and perpetually pleasant, especially when dealing with powerful people. Apparently, according to the gospel of evangelical niceness, the highest calling of a Christian is to avoid offending anybody who might make his life uncomfortable. Somebody forgot to tell that to the prophets. The...
God Always Gets The Last Laugh: When God Destroys an Evil Politician 8 MIN READ ◦ DOUG GILES And immediately an angel of the Lord struck (Herod) because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died. (Acts 12:23) There’s a fascinating, encouraging, and downright hilarious biblical pattern that every Christian needs to get tattooed on his brain: God always gets the last laugh. It doesn't matter how powerful the politician, how vicious the tyrant, how corrupt the government,...