Monthly News Roundup (11.30.23)

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This episode is our monthly news roundup for November. In this episode, we’re talking about how valuable your teenager is to Instagram, how often abortion leads to depression, and an infant in the UK who recently died after government officials refused to allow her parents to pursue medical treatments elsewhere.Continue Reading

If the World Is on the Brink of War… (10.12.23)

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This week we’re talking about the recent attacks against Israel by the Iranian-backed terrorist group, Hamas. With this happening in the midst of other major global events, many people are wondering if (or even predicting) we are on the brink of World War III. Is that coming? And if it is, what are we to do as Christians?Continue Reading

Monthly News Roundup (09.28.23)

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This episode is our monthly news roundup for September. In this episode, we’re talking about how moms who use social media are more likely to think they are doing a bad job of parenting, a former Kentucky clerk who has been ordered to pay a huge fine for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and a common misconception about baptism and salvation.Continue Reading

The Return of COVID (08.31.23)

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This week we’re talking about the return of COVID. There has been a lot of talk lately of a new variant, mask mandates, and lockdowns. We went through all of this three years ago and it seemed like we were able to put this behind us, but now it seems like it’s about to be thrust upon us again. So, if all of these things come back, how should we, as Christians, handle it?
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Pre-Registering for State-Approved Religious Services (07.13.23)

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This week we’re talking about the Chinese Communist Party testing a new app that requires citizens to pre-register in order to attend a religious service. This would enable them to limit the number of people who can assemble at a given time. Of course, this also fits in with their current practice of limiting the number of state-approved churches that citizens may legally attend. There are a few points I want us to consider about this today.Continue Reading

Act As Free Men

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The United States was built upon the foundation of freedom. Every fourth of July, the nation celebrates Independence Day. Freedom was the theme of the Declaration of Independence, the founding document that declared that all men are equal and possess the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Those of us who live in the United States have enjoyed the blessing of freedom that many people throughout history could not even imagine.

However, this concept – that freedom is the preferred environment in which mankind should live – was not just the opinion of the nation’s founding fathers. This is rooted in God’s plan for the human race. Notice what Peter wrote:

Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God” (1 Peter 2:16).

Man in his natural state is free – in speech, thought, action, association, and religion. God has given us free will to choose what we will do in life. This is why Joshua challenged the people of Israel: “Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve” (Joshua 24:15). Yet this free will does not mean we are unaccountable. God will judge us for what we have done in this life (cf. Ecclesiastes 11:9; 12:14; 2 Corinthians 5:10). In the passage above, Peter explained that our “freedom” was not to be used to do “evil,” but that we were to act “as bondslaves of God.”

From the beginning, Satan has worked diligently to bring man into bondage by taking away the freedom offered by the Lord. Why would he do this? A lack of freedom (being in a state of bondage or tyranny) hinders one from serving God and fully enjoying a relationship with Him.Continue Reading

Why We Pray for Civil Authorities (06.01.23)

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This week we’re talking about the instruction for Christians to pray for those in positions of civil authority. We often talk about this as one of our responsibilities toward our rulers, but why is this so important? Part of the reason has to do with what is good in the sight of God. Another part of the reason has to do with what governments are good at doing. We’re going to discuss this in our episode today.Continue Reading