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We will discuss a myriad of topics from baseball to the Bible, Pop Culture to politics, movies to music, history to histrionics and just about everything in between from a conservative, yet somewhat unorthodox and dispensational Christian point of view. Your humble host is a former Religious Education teacher who chucked it all to become a lonely workman trying to rightly divide, compare things that differ, so as not to be ashamed. There is only one theology that matters in the end, YOUR OWN.
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Now it's time to say goodbye, goodnight, sleep tight. Due to the vagaries of the production parameters, the fragmenting of the audience to cable television, carnivals, water parks, etc. we are ceasing paid podcast production on these services. They will continue on other formats as I move to video enabling things like PowerPoint. What is left on this channel will be limited. See you around the web!
We pause to catch up on the events in the life of my family. Two tragic deaths, but two wonderful reminders of the hope of resurrection. Then we spend a few minutes noting that politicians swear allegiance to party over country. I'm against A if my party is not in power, I support A if my party is in power. We see it all the time and it's sickening. Well, Washington (George, not DC) warned us.
A quick look at the massive inflation in the cost of a college education going back to the 1970s. We comment briefly on the current virus remedy. Some people (BLM) have some good reasons for being hesitant (search Tuskegee Experiment). Finally, we emphasize the need to hold the Bible as the Word of God to be studied and followed, not just as a "sacred" book.
Brief ramblings today about the frustrations of watching people following "experts" (in religion, politics, etc.) instead of taking the hard road of study and self-discovery. Too often we sacrifice liberty for safety because it's just easier. It's easier to just do and believe what a church or politician tells me (or promises me) than to take personal responsibility.
We go back in the past to talk a little about life, love, and the Lord. I open up a little and recount a broken heart which led to a life I could never have imagined. Perhaps my story may bring encouragement to lonely believers. The longer version of this story is contained in a book called "ON THE WINGS OF GRACE ALONE," the testimonies of former lay Catholics (available at Amazon).
1Short commentary about experiments, respect, rights, and the future.
Sabbath-Keeping is growing as dispensationalism is being attacked from all sides. Sounds like the end times to me! Today I drone on about dispensationalism being attacked online and then move on to wonderful truths found in an overview of Colossians Chapter 1.
Today, as promised, I post something I recorded this past winter concerning Contemporary Christian Music (the good, the great, and the bad). We also wander along America's road and look around at her decay. In all this, we praise the Lord and we thank the Lord he has left us his Prophetic Word to guide us in this hour.
Over the recent past, I've been trying to be open with my emotions, especially the emotion of love. We've talked about how destructive anger can be, so today we talk about the necessity of loving those around us. During the celebration of life of someone I've known my whole life, it again struck me how important our personal relationships are. Love should hold a prominent place in the life of all believers.
A short message from the holiday weekend using alternate equipment! We briefly step back and remind ourselves that God speaks to us in scripture in terms of time. That is, we cannot comprehend concepts outside of time so we shouldn't try. We need to confine ourselves to the hopes of the believer as revealed in scripture, in time. We are also reminded that there is a physical world and spiritual world, and we must be careful to understand our limits in both.
The "church calendar" likes to usurp the Bible. We've looked recently at what Christians do when they melt their teology down to "heaven/hell" and "saved/lost" or when they become enamored of such creatures as the "early church fathers." All of these things lead to a hunger for the temporal and carnal at the expense of the eternal and the spiritual... especially during holiday seasons. Advent and Lent are more dangerous than Santa Claus and that Bunny.
Not a major issue, but for the holiday weekend, we take a closer look at those crucified with the Lord. There were two malefactors and two thieves. For this podcast we look at the different accounts in Matthew, Luke, and John.
In our ever-present goal of rightly dividing the word of truth and comparing things that differ in scripture, we look at a brief overview of the differences between the gospel of the King and Kingdom on earth and the gospel of Life sent out to the world. We also briefly look at the importance of understanding resurrection (His and ours) in bringing full glory to God.
Nobody really cares about the issues about which they tell us they care passionately. They really don't care about the things on the sign in their yards; they're just BETTER THAN YOU. "Kids in cages," etc. no longer matter. We've never been at war wuth Eastasia, We've always been at war with Eastasia. Just tell them the "correct" opinion and sign on to the delusion. Time to wake up to the real enemies of the believer: the WORLD, the FLESH, and the DEVIL.
We go long today! Hold on to your hats. I went in to hyperdrive today on the topic of Israel, Israel's calling and hope, and how Israel is not the Church. The grafting in of Gentiles in Romans was temporary. You cannot say, "Israel is now the Church" or "the Church is now Israel" and also believe that someday in the future "all Israel shall be saved." Israel is Israel, the Earth is the Earth, The Heavenly Places are the Heavenly Places. This is a continuation of our look at the callings and hopes in the Bible.
We delve into blessings and the plan of God from BEFORE the foundations of the world. This phrase is found three times in what we call the New Testament and it reveals an absolutely glorious truth about the wonders of God's grace and love and his plan for the current age. But so much of Christendom prefers to wallow in the shadows, puffed up as they ignore unsearchable blessings before them if they would only enter in.
We look a little more closely about walking in the spirit and walking according to the calling to which we've been called in this age. To do this properly, we must rightly divide the word of truth, compare thing that differ, an act on the truths we find. What's the deal with angels in this age? Earthly ordinances like baptism and the Lord's Supper? When you have the unsearchable riches of Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. Finally, you don't need a building for any of this.
Today, we examine the words translated "hell" in your KJV and who exactly will be weeping and gnashing their teeth. No, God does not run a torture chamber of unspeakable horror for the mass of his creation. To appreciate the resurrection, we must understand the enemy. Our enemy is death and decay. We shall surely die and we shall return to dust. That is what awaits humanity.
We continue our distinction between political ideals and the reality of policy for the Christian. But more importantly, we continue to find our place in scripture. We examine exactly when the current age started and discover the Acts Age was the end of something, not the beginning. We have a much higher calling today.
A brief commentary on the Don Quixote complex sweeping through the culture, then we move in to finding our place in scripture. This will be part one of a study on the present age and how it differs in many ways from all other callings in scripture. Part of our judgment as servants will be obedience to walk in the calling to which we have been called.
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