Stop Complaining. God Demands Thanksgiving (Ep. 46 Audio)

We all know the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, and how they celebrated their first year, a year of loss and hardship, by pouring out their hearts in thankful worship to God. But do we really understand the nature of thanksgiving itself (the act of worship, not the holiday)? In this episode, we try to talk about the modern disconnect we seem to have with feeling and expressing gratitude. We’ll talk about how central gratefulness is to Christianity, how being involved in the work of God by laboring for his church and for the brethren enables us to be grateful in a deeper way, and how it is the work of the Holy Spirit in God’s people that causes and enables us to offer our lives to God as a thankful sacrifice.

#BuckleUpForPilgrims
#ReformedThanksgiving
#SufficiencyOfScripture
#SolaScriptura

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

Putting Experts in Their Proper Place (Ep. 45)

For the past two years we’ve all heard the mantra, “Listen to the Experts!” It’s well past the time to ask if this is appropriate, and to discuss the right and wrong ways for Christians to follow and think about experts. Should expertise be used as a baseball bat to keep people in line? Are experts lofty beings who cannot be questioned and whose word is law? Is expertise even real? In this episode we discuss the nature of expertise itself, and how God created it for a purpose. We talk about how we should think about experts, how we can use them without giving them more authority than they should have, and how we can answer those who try to use experts to control us. Perhaps most importantly, we talk about how expertise works and exists within the church and what it looks like when things get out of balance.

Afghanistan Episode – http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/08/why-we-failed-in-afghanistan-ep-35/

#ListenToTheExperts
#Authority
#SolaScriptura
#ChurchLife
#SufficiencyOfScripture

The Conquering Truth, Episode 43
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/11/putting-experts-in-their-proper-place-ep-45-audio/

Timecodes
00:00:00 Requirement to Think
00:06:38 Wisdom of the World?
00:11:34 When to Follow Experts
00:20:40 Are Experts Biblical?
00:36:58 Questioning Experts
00:58:56 Government Experts

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

Putting Experts in Their Proper Place (Ep. 45 Audio)

For the past two years we’ve all heard the mantra, “Listen to the Experts!” It’s well past the time to ask if this is appropriate, and to discuss the right and wrong ways for Christians to follow and think about experts. Should expertise be used as a baseball bat to keep people in line? Are experts lofty beings who cannot be questioned and whose word is law? Is expertise even real? In this episode we discuss the nature of expertise itself, and how God created it for a purpose. We talk about how we should think about experts, how we can use them without giving them more authority than they should have, and how we can answer those who try to use experts to control us. Perhaps most importantly, we talk about how expertise works and exists within the church and what it looks like when things get out of balance.

Afghanistan Episode http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/08/why-we-failed-in-afghanistan-ep-35/

#ListenToTheExperts
#Authority
#SolaScriptura
#ChurchLife
#SufficiencyOfScripture

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

Americans Want to be Controlled and Our Tyrants Know It (Ep. 44)

Whether it’s President Biden’s forthcoming vaccine mandate or Governor Ron DeSantis’ signed law that Florida’s government and private institutions cannot require proof of vaccination, it seems clear that both sides of American politics have embraced greater government involvement in its citizen’s lives. Do Americans just want to be controlled? Do we want a tyrant to rule over us to enforce our views on everyone else? In this episode we discuss these issues and how Christians should think about these things.

The Conquering Truth, Episode 44
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/11/americans-want-to-be-controlled-and-our-tyrants-know-it-ep-44-audio/

Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:20 What is Tyranny?
00:07:21 The Injustice of Tyranny
00:18:59 Is DeSantis a Tyrant?
00:31:10 Delegation or Centralization
00:33:15 Rejecting the Law
00:38:40 Abdication of Responsibility
00:50:04 Pastors as Tyrants

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

Americans Want to be Controlled and Our Tyrants Know It (Ep. 44 Audio)

Whether it’s President Biden’s forthcoming vaccine mandate or Governor Ron DeSantis’ signed law that Florida’s government and private institutions cannot require proof of vaccination, it seems clear that both sides of American politics have embraced greater government involvement in its citizen’s lives. Do Americans just want to be controlled? Do we want a tyrant to rule over us to enforce our views on everyone else? In this episode we discuss these issues and how Christians should think about these things.

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

Diet of Worms 500th Anniversary – Celebrating the Reformation (Ep. 43)

This year is the 500th anniversary of the Diet of Worms – where Luther stood on God’s word against Emperor Charles V. This week, we bring you the messages from our annual Reformation Day celebration. For more information on Reformation Day, visit www.celebratereformationday.com/

The Conquering Truth, Episode 43
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/11/diet-of-worms-400th-anniversary-celebrating-the-reformation-ep-43-audio/

Timecodes
00:00:00 Here I Stand, I Can Do No Other by Dan Horn
00:30:24 What Happened at the Diet of Worms by Joshua Horn
00:54:30 Why Worms Didn’t Kill Luther by Jonathan Sides

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

Diet of Worms 500th Anniversary – Celebrating the Reformation (Ep. 43 Audio)

This year is the 500th anniversary of the Diet of Worms – where Luther stood on God’s word against Emperor Charles V. This week, we bring you the messages from our annual Reformation Day celebration. For more information on Reformation Day, visit www.celebratereformationday.com/

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

The Truth about Halloween: America’s Scary Obsession (Ep. 42)

What does Halloween’s rise in popularity say about our country?

Episode on why it matters what we celebrate: http://celebratereformationday.com/what-should-christians-celebrate/

The Conquering Truth, Episode 42
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/10/the-truth-about-halloween-americas-scary-obsession-ep-42-audio/

Timecodes
00:00:00 Celebrations Matter
00:04:51 What is Halloween Really About?
00:19:09 Mocking the Spiritual
00:21:04 Walking in Darkness
00:35:28 History of Halloween
00:47:00 Acknowledging Powers

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

The Truth about Halloween: America’s Scary Obsession (Ep. 42 Audio)

What does Halloween’s rise in popularity say about our country?

Episode on why it matters what we celebrate: http://celebratereformationday.com/what-should-christians-celebrate/

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

Big Tech or Big God? – A Christian Response to Social Media Censorship (Ep. 41)

We tackle the Big Tech debate – free speech, Section 230, the Facebook whistleblower, and how the church should respond.

The Conquering Truth, Episode 41
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/10/big-tech-or-big-god-a-christian-response-to-social-media-censorship-ep-41-audio/

Timecodes
00:00:00 Is it Government’s Role?
00:07:23 Free Speech Violation?
00:10:57 Social Media a Public Utility?
00:17:10 Reformation Day Promo
00:18:21 Section 230
00:29:42 Facebook Whistleblower
00:32:46 Monopolies
00:34:28 The church’s response
00:43:46 Should speech be free?
00:46:57 Blasphemy Laws
00:50:07 How the church can regain influence

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