Every few years there’s a fight in Congress over the debt ceiling. Of course, Democrats and the liberal-leaning media outlets mock the process, calling it nothing more than political theater or “holding the nation hostage”, but to be fair, there are a decent number of leading Republicans who view the process as nothing more than that, just an opportunity to get concessions or make a cheap political point. And there are a lot of bad arguments for raising the debt ceiling. We want to try to cut through that and focus on two main things:

First, debt is slavery and Scripture has a lot to say about it. As Americans, we have accepted the lie that we can be massively in debt and still be rich and enslaved to nothing. Those who truly believe this have chosen to follow a course that openly mocks the words of God and God will not be mocked.

And second, fights like the debt-ceiling fight are worth having. We aren’t arguing that the Republicans are shining beacons of righteousness (because they are not), but they are demonstrating something that the people of God seem to have forgotten. The nature of sin is to frame our wrong actions so they are seen as acceptable or even better, righteous. “We must raise the debt ceiling because we have committed to spending this money and we must be people of our word”. (Or President Biden’s tweet from last November, “ Love is love and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love.”) One of the best ways to fight back against accepted sin is to force people to confront the truth that they have been suppressing. And we should do it in the places that God has put us. At our work, at church, at school board meetings, and anywhere we are being asked to be part of a process that is proclaiming a lie as the truth. That fight, which can be a very civil discussion, is always worth having.

Please join us as we discuss this important topic.

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

Holy Communion or the Lord’s Supper is considered a sacrament or ordinance in almost all churches that call themselves Christian. It is one of two sacred rites, the other being baptism, that is universally practiced across Christendom and can be considered a defining practice related to being a Christian. But within the American Protestant church, communion has lost much of its significance within the life and worship of the church. According to a study from 2012, only 1% of Southern Baptist churches practice weekly communion.

In this episode, we want to focus on why communion is important. We discuss how it unifies the church, how it proclaims the holiness of God, and how it proclaims the gospel through the separation between believers and unbelievers. We also discuss how communion is related to church discipline and how the church’s failure to observe and show honor to the reality of our communion with Christ and with one another makes being cut off from the table seem insignificant. Please join us as we discuss this incredibly important topic.

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

Labor Unions have been a major part of the American political landscape for many years, but what does the Bible have to say about them?

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

At the beginning of last year we made some predictions – let’s see how we did, and make some new ones for 2023.

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

Most people might be shocked that we would even think to ask the question, but then again most people don’t actually know that much about him. In this episode, we take a look at the life of Martin Luther King Jr as a professing Christian. We look at his writings and teachings, and we compare them with the teachings of scripture and we look at his life as an expression of those beliefs. We also talk about how you deal with someone who said some good things, but who also is not who they present themselves to the world. We talk about how our idealization of men and women is dangerous and how easy it is to create idols that we have real trouble walking away from.

Episode on whether the Holy Spirit allows a Christian to remain in sin https://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/02/the-holy-spirit-and-the-better-covenant-ep-9/
Episode on Ravi Zacharias
https://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/02/is-ravi-zacharias-in-hell-ep-5/

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

Today’s episode is all about names – how they effect you, the importance God gives them in scripture, what our society gets wrong, and how we as Christians should name our children.

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

Christ is the Word of God, but what about images? We talk about the advantages and dangers of using images to communicate, and what the 2nd Commandment has to say about all this.

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

Americans celebrate many different milestones in our lives from birthdays and anniversaries to graduations, career milestones, and other significant accomplishments. And while God commands his people to feast and celebrate his goodness, it is easy for these events to become nothing more than excuses to have a good time and gather with friends.

In this episode, we discuss the nature of our commemorations and celebrations. We look at how God desires his children to be thoughtful people who acknowledge his great kindness and providence towards them and who within the framework of his sovereignty, make plans and consider their lives and their service to him. It’s so easy to live busy lives without thought, and God has given us means and events to encourage us to set our minds upon him. This is not something that comes naturally to anyone but is achieved through obedience and effort. Please join us as we discuss this important topic.

Rituals and Habits Episode https://theconqueringtruth.com/2022/05/rituals-and-habits-the-ways-we-worship-god-through-small-things-ep-70/

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

We tackle a hot topic from the past few years – cancel culture. What does the Bible say about it, and how should Christians respond?

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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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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