Chaille Brindley loves Jesus Christ and has experienced the struggle of working out his faith with fear and trembling. Raised in the Church, Chaille has traveled a journey of doubt and confusion familiar to many young believers. Today, Chaille works as a journalist in Richmond, Virginia. He spends most of his free time seeking God's face, mentoring others, writing, and interceding for whatever God lays on his heart.

Chaille Believes:

• The Trinity - There is one true God. He is three persons - the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit.
• Biblical Authority - The Bible is the 100% perfect Word of God.
• Sin - All men and women have sinned. Sin ultimately leads to eternal death and separation from God.
• Salvation - The only one way to be saved from the wages of sin is to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is by grace through faith in Jesus that people are saved not by works. For a complete description of what a person must do to be saved from eternal judgment, click here. Why Should I Care About Jesus?
• Virgin Birth - According to the Bible, Mary, a virgin, conceived a baby boy called Jesus. The Holy Spirit impregnated Mary with godly seed. Jesus became the Messiah promised in the Old Testament.
• Kingdom of God - Many people including Christians are trying to learn how to be a good earth dweller instead of focus on the next world. We are just visiting here on earth. One day the entire earth will be destroyed, and the only thing that we will have is our heavenly/spiritual inheritance. Jesus spent a considerable amount of time preaching on inheriting the kingdom of God. Unfortunately, many people stop after receiving salvation and forgiveness of their sin. Their faith becomes stagnate and progresses no further into the new reality of knowing Jesus. But the Lord wants us to press on for more of Him. He desires for us to receive a full inheritance, which includes honor, riches and the fullness of knowing and being made like Jesus. The Lord made it clear that there will be various levels of inheritance based on our relationship with God and the righteous deeds that flow out of that relationship.
• The Body - Many people mistake the Church for a building or particular fellowship of believers. In truth, it is the body of Christ consisting of all true believers everywhere from the resurrection of Christ to the rapture. Universally connected with each other through Christ's blood, the body is singular with each different part having a role to play. It has nothing to do with a building, denomination or particular religious practices. Instead, it has everything to do with a person - Jesus. Thus, the Church exists with no division. All true Christians are one in spirit.
• Rapture - All true believers will be taken up in the clouds to be with Jesus.
• Work of the Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit resides in the hearts of individual believers. His primary role is to reveal the hidden mysteries of God to man and to convict men of sin. The Holy Spirit empowers Christians to serve the Body by imparting spiritual gifts. These gifts are described in detail in I Corinthians 12. The Spirit hands out gifts as He sees fit. Some in the Church, out of ignorance or fear, have chosen to reject some gifts due to their supernatural nature. But the Bible clearly shows these gifts are needed today as much as ever. Receiving supernatural gifts is not a prerequisite for salvation or necessarily an indicator of the spiritual maturity of a Christian.
• Prophecy - The apostle Paul encourages the early Church to prophesy. He gives procedures and instructions on prophecy. God still calls some to be prophets although serving in the office of prophet is not necessary to prophesy. Modern prophecy lacks the same level of authority as Old Testament prophecy. Elijah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and others spoke the very words of God, which eventually became part of the Bible. There were no errors in Old Testament prophecy by God's prophets. Prophecy today cannot be considered as authoritative as the Bible because we are instructed to judge all prophecies by the Scriptures. Christians are instructed to judge modern prophecy to distinguish between what comes from the flesh and what comes from the Holy Spirit.
• Sovereignty of God - God is God. He can stop the sun in its tracks. He can create something from nothing. He can flood the earth. God is omni-present, all knowing, and all-powerful. He works behind the scenes to accomplish His perfect purpose - the reconciliation of man to Himself.
• The Devil - Originally, Satan (Lucifer) served as one of the highest ranked angels in heaven. Pride caused him to leave the best gig in the world to temporarily rule earth. His native tongue is lying. Ultimately, he will be thrown in the lake of fire for eternal torment.