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We tackle a hot topic from the past few years – cancel culture. What does the Bible say about it, and how should Christians respond?
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
Is it fine for Christians to use recreational drugs? How does the Bible’s teaching on alcohol apply?
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Listen to the audio version here: https://theconqueringtruth.com/2022/11/drugs-and-alcohol-how-does-the-bible-regulate-their-use-ep-95-audio/
Timecodes
00:00:00 Alcohol vs Drugs
00:07:34 Recreational Use?
00:36:33 Sorcery
00:47:30 Warnings about Alcohol
00:56:31 Root of the Problem
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
Is it fine for Christians to use recreational drugs? How does the Bible’s teaching on alcohol apply?
Thumbnail uses an image from “Free Images” on Flickr
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
People leave their churches for all sorts of reasons. It’s partly because it’s easier to travel today. Depending on where you live in the world, there might be hundreds of churches within a one-hour drive from your home, and this has not been the case for much of history. But it’s clearly more than just ease of travel that has caused people to leave their churches so casually as it wouldn’t matter how many churches were nearby if members felt that they had a strong commitment to one another. So when should you leave a church, and is there a right and wrong way to do it? (We think the answer is “Yes!”)
In this episode, we walk through the issues and responsibilities associated with leaving your church. We start off by talking about the purpose of the local church, and the responsibility that we have to one another, and to the body as a whole. We discuss what it means to love one another and to bear one another’s sins and burdens and we look at specific scriptures that help us to put our church’s spiritual state into proper focus. We also talk about normal and exceptional reasons that cause people to leave a church and how easy it is to fabricate a “justifiable” reason to leave. The Christian life is not meant to be without difficulty and God has designed the church to be a place of growth, comfort, and primarily service to Him. When we think of the church incorrectly, it affects our ability to love one another and to serve God. Please join us as we discuss this very important topic.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
Listen to the audio version here: https://theconqueringtruth.com/2022/11/when-and-why-to-leave-your-church-ep-96-audio/
Timecodes
00:00:00 View of the Church
00:19:08 Raising Concerns
00:27:07 Avoiding Discipline
00:29:24 Easy Reasons to Leave
00:34:43 Honesty About Reasons
00:38:31 Love the Church
00:50:21 Doctrinal Differences
01:01:06 Sin in the Church
01:10:29 Upholding Your Responsibilities
01:15:00 Guidance by the Spirit
01:22:32 Leaving to Find a Spouse
01:29:35 Final Thoughts
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
People leave their churches for all sorts of reasons. It’s partly because it’s easier to travel today. Depending on where you live in the world, there might be hundreds of churches within a one-hour drive from your home, and this has not been the case for much of history. But it’s clearly more than just ease of travel that has caused people to leave their churches so casually as it wouldn’t matter how many churches were nearby if members felt that they had a strong commitment to one another. So when should you leave a church, and is there a right and wrong way to do it? (We think the answer is “Yes!”)
In this episode, we walk through the issues and responsibilities associated with leaving your church. We start off by talking about the purpose of the local church, and the responsibility that we have to one another, and to the body as a whole. We discuss what it means to love one another and to bear one another’s sins and burdens and we look at specific scriptures that help us to put our church’s spiritual state into proper focus. We also talk about normal and exceptional reasons that cause people to leave a church and how easy it is to fabricate a “justifiable” reason to leave. The Christian life is not meant to be without difficulty and God has designed the church to be a place of growth, comfort, and primarily service to Him. When we think of the church incorrectly, it affects our ability to love one another and to serve God. Please join us as we discuss this very important topic.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
What does it mean to love ignorance? We live in an age of unparalleled knowledge and communication, yet ignorance abounds. We have more books and schools than at any other point in human existence, but it seems that even in Christian circles we know far less than those who went before us. We grow up hearing phrases like “ignorance is bliss”, but is that true? As children, we wanted to know things that we were too young for, and then as adults, we wish that we could turn back time and become children again, forgetting some of the necessary things that we have learned. Can you abound in knowledge and still love ignorance? And if so, what role does correction and rebuke play in solving the problem of ignorance?
In this episode we talk about what shapes our view of knowledge and ignorance. We discuss the nature of knowledge and how God designed knowledge so that it is tied to responsibility. We talk about correction and rebuke as well and how difficult it can be to actually hear when we are wrong. While this episode is another entry in our “Christians Must Think” series, it is a topic that is important in its own right. Ignorance is not caused solely by a lack of data. It can be caused by our attitude toward duty. God has framed the world so that there is work for his people to do, and to do that work we must know things. When we stand before him, saying that we did not know will not excuse us.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
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Timecodes
00:00:00 The Problem
00:12:06 Ignorance of Sin
00:18:17 All Brings Glory to God
00:26:18 What Does it Mean to Love Ignorance?
00:36:43 Love of Rebuke
00:55:53 Confirmation Bias
01:03:33 Fixing the Church
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
What does it mean to love ignorance? We live in an age of unparalleled knowledge and communication, yet ignorance abounds. We have more books and schools than at any other point in human existence, but it seems that even in Christian circles we know far less than those who went before us. We grow up hearing phrases like “ignorance is bliss”, but is that true? As children, we wanted to know things that we were too young for, and then as adults, we wish that we could turn back time and become children again, forgetting some of the necessary things that we have learned. Can you abound in knowledge and still love ignorance? And if so, what role does correction and rebuke play in solving the problem of ignorance?
In this episode we talk about what shapes our view of knowledge and ignorance. We discuss the nature of knowledge and how God designed knowledge so that it is tied to responsibility. We talk about correction and rebuke as well and how difficult it can be to actually hear when we are wrong. While this episode is another entry in our “Christians Must Think” series, it is a topic that is important in its own right. Ignorance is not caused solely by a lack of data. It can be caused by our attitude toward duty. God has framed the world so that there is work for his people to do, and to do that work we must know things. When we stand before him, saying that we did not know will not excuse us.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
In this episode, we discuss some of the most common logical fallacies that are used in debates and discussions. The Strawman, the Ad Hominem, the Red Herring. Those are the only ones with cool names, but we go through seven in total. With each of them, we give actual examples and walk through how they work. We also talk about how to avoid falling into these patterns and why people who actually engage with other’s arguments like Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson have stood out for being willing to do so and have had some measure of success in changing people’s minds about fairly controversial issues.
Engaging with actual arguments and understanding and avoiding logical fallacies is worth the effort. It is in some ways the duty we have toward one another and is a way of demonstrating our love for others. Please join us as we discuss this important issue.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
Listen to the audio version here: https://theconqueringtruth.com/2022/11/7-ways-to-deceive-others-ep-94-audio/
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
01:10 Ad Hominem
17:43 Straw Man
27:46 False Dilemma
33:12 Circular Argument
36:49 Red Herring
45:00 Causual Fallacy
54:16 Bandwagon
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
In this episode, we discuss some of the most common logical fallacies that are used in debates and discussions. The Strawman, the Ad Hominem, the Red Herring. Those are the only ones with cool names, but we go through seven in total. With each of them, we give actual examples and walk through how they work. We also talk about how to avoid falling into these patterns and why people who actually engage with other’s arguments like Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson have stood out for being willing to do so and have had some measure of success in changing people’s minds about fairly controversial issues.
Engaging with actual arguments and understanding and avoiding logical fallacies is worth the effort. It is in some ways the duty we have toward one another and is a way of demonstrating our love for others. Please join us as we discuss this important issue.
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#TCT2022
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
On October 6, 2022, President Biden issued a proclamation pardoning all current United States citizens and lawful permanent residents who had either committed the offense or had been convicted of simple possession of marijuana in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. He then encouraged state governors to follow suit saying, “Just as no one should be in a federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.”
While the president presented this as a very straightforward and simple approach to changing the nation’s drug policy, the reality is much more complex
Link to the proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/10/06/granting-pardon-for-the-offense-of-simple-possession-of-marijuana/
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Listen to the audio version here: https://theconqueringtruth.com/2022/10/should-marijuana-be-illegal-americas-drug-policy-and-the-bible-ep-93-audio/
Timecodes
00:00:00 Was the Pardon a Good Idea?
00:07:50 The Constitution and Nullification
00:18:56 Who is getting pardoned?
00:31:16 Are Drug Laws Racist?
00:38:46 Should Drugs Be Illegal?
00:58:10 Hopelessness
Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Hosts – Dan Horn, Jonathan Sides, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson
