Recently, Tucker Carlson interviewed Ambassador Mike Huckabee and asked him questions that he struggled to answer. Questions like: Who are the children of Abraham? Who are the Jews? What is the land that God promised? And what was the nature of that promise? And, in this present time, how do we identify the people God promised that land to? 

Many people say the answer is obvious because there are people that call themselves Jews, but when you consider that many Christians believe America should support Israel militarily as ones who have a God-given right to the land, the answers matter a great deal. This becomes even more important when you consider that Israel does not allow Jews who have converted to Christianity the right to return, so it is not purely genetic in national Israel’s eyes.  So before we talk about the problems with both Huckabee’s and Tucker’s arguments, who was the promise of the land that was given to Abram?

Listen to the audio version here:
Timecodes
00:00:00 Tucker and Huckabee
00:05:35 Promise to Abraham
00:13:33 Israel Divorced
00:14:43 How God Gives Land
00:22:52 Two Promises
00:29:13 Descent by Father or Mother?
00:47:44 What is the Promised Land?
01:00:10 Conclusions

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Permanent Hosts – Dan Horn, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson

There are churches that hold Super Bowl parties or cancel Sunday evening services so people can watch the Super Bowl. If the Sabbath is a day of rest, why shouldn’t we do what we want to relax on that day?

Thumbnail image by Alan Owns under BY-NC-SA 2.0

Timecodes
00:00 Sabbath Made for Man
09:56 Superbowl Idolatry
13:22 Sabbath Sports
28:57 Joy in God
40:05 Childrens’ Sunday Sports
42:54 Fighting for the Sabbath
57:28 Community Testimony
01:01:33 Are Sports Special?

Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Permanent Hosts – Dan Horn, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson

There are many false teachers on social media who are making foolish statements about race, culture, and marriage, saying things like, “interracial marriage isn’t a sin, it’s just not ideal,” or “it’s fine to tell your white daughter she shouldn’t marry a solid Christian black man because you want grandchildren who look like you.” These wolves are not just giving bad advice; they are attacking the heart of the gospel, not because the gospel requires you to marry someone from a different culture or “race”, but because it commands you to prioritize spiritual matters over physical concerns. Most people don’t have the luxury of choosing between two or more identical spiritually-qualified life partners. And the last thing you should do in such a situation is make physical matters primary.
And we should not think this is a new debate. It has been going on for some time in different forms, and though now its proponents are trying to soften it from the open Bob Jones University position, which banned interracial dating until 2008 by claiming it was against God’s design. So here’s the question: Is there any actual Scriptural support for their idea?

Timecodes
00:00:00 Leaders Pushing This
00:08:32 Qualifications for Marriage
00:16:04 Moses’ Marriage
00:22:58 Christ’s Marriage
00:28:52 Ruth’s Marriage
00:33:02 What Is Race?
00:49:28 Is It Unwise?
00:54:00 Biblical Law
00:57:29 Christian Culture
01:08:35 Punishment for Foreign Wives

Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Permanent Hosts – Dan Horn, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director – Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music – Gabriel Hudelson