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GUEST: JOEL BEEKE, host, PURITAN documentary
In 2000 years of church history, the two most prominent eras for the propagation of sound doctrine were in the first century when the apostles of Christ took the gospel across the Roman Empire and then in the 1500s and 1600s when the Protestant Reformation took place.
But as always, Satan, along with those who knowingly or unknowingly […]
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There are many pressing issues in the world right now, such as the aftermath of Hurricane Ian which decimated areas and lives along the west coast of Florida or the sabotage of the undersea Nord Stream pipelines which transport natural gas from Russia to Germany.
No matter the current event, the most important issue is always how sinful man can be reconciled to Holy God.
We are living in an era of our nation […]
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GUEST: Dr. Stephen Nichols, Ligonier Ministries
Theology is defined as “the study of the nature of God and religious beliefs.” So “what do Americans believe about God, salvation, ethics, and the Bible?”
That is how Ligonier Ministries frames The State of Theology survey that they and LifeWay Research partner together to produce every two years.
If you’re a Christian and are paying attention to the […]
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GUEST: TRAVIS ALLEN, pastor, Grace Church (Greeley, CO)
“Evangelical” once meant a Christian who believed in the authority of Scripture and the call to evangelize the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ. But the devil, so to speak, is in the details of how that has played out over the decades.
Today many Evangelical churches and Evangelical para-church organizations—colleges, seminaries, publishing and music industries, camps, […]
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GUEST: TRAVIS ALLEN, pastor, Grace Church (Greeley, CO)
As our society rejects God, so it rejects God’s call for what a man is to be. The biblical call for men to be providers for their home, loving leaders of their wives and children, and strong and courageous in word and deed is misrepresented as “toxic masculinity”, “sexist”, and “patriarchal”. Even when a man offers […]
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GUEST: DR. STEVEN LAWSON, author, New Life in Christ
Confusion characterizes our world. Or maybe delusion is the better word, in that people are deluded by others or just self-deluded.
There are no shortage of “experts”—politicians, scientists, teachers, professors, writers, speakers, journalists, analysts, commentators, influencers, and yes, Christian leaders—confidently making assertions about all matters of life and faith.
So if you’re pondering what is going […]
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GUEST: JOSH BUICE, pastor, Pray’s Mill Baptist Church (GA)
Most Americans, and particularly those under the age of 50, have lived their entire lives with elective abortion being legal in every state.
Roe vs. Wade was the case presented to the Supreme Court in 1973 when a majority of justices decided that the U.S. Constitution provided a “right to privacy” should a woman want an abortion. That term “right to privacy” is not […]
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GUEST: TOM BUCK, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church (Lindale, TX)
In late May, pastor Tom Ascol, who was then a candidate for president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), joined us to discuss some of the pivotal issues facing the largest Protestant denomination in America. Their annual convention came and went in mid-June in Anaheim, CA, with Ascol finishing second in the voting for president behind a less biblically-conservative candidate named Bart […]
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GUEST: OWEN STRACHAN, author, Christianity and Wokeness
The Bible says, “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ” (Colossians 2:8).
Notice the words—“philosophy, empty deception, tradition of men, elementary principles of the world”. And notice what these do—“takes you […]
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GUEST: TOM ASCOL, Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church (Cape Coral, FL)
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States with over 47,000 churches and 14 million members. The SBC also operates five seminaries, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), Lifeway Christian Resources, the North American Mission Board (NAMB), and more.
So when a 400-page report released […]
