Month: December 2022

Rich and Chris spend New Year’s Eve discussing various issues in the last year to include Christian Nationalism, pragmatism, LGBTQ+ compromise in the church, Amy Grant, Rick Warren, and more. They also discuss what they hope to see and do in the year to come.

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Ligonier State of Theology

VOR on YouTube

Ideological Subversion Video

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This week, Chris and Rich continue their discussion of the roles of men and women in the church, the qualifications of a pastor, and the history of Ephesus where Timothy was preaching when Paul wrote his epistle. 

Show Links:

Pliny H. N. v. 29, as quoted in “Ephesus,” The Latin Library

John W. Cowart. “Ephesus: A Wonder of the World.”

http://legalhistorysources.com/ChurchHistory220/LectureOne/MagnaMater.htm

https://www.gotquestions.org/braided-hair.html

https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/08/17/three-things-in-ephesus-timothy-likely-saw/

https://www.worldhistory.org/ephesos/

https://www.monergism.com/topics/gender-issues/women-office-bearers

https://www.gotquestions.org/mystery-religions.html

This week, in response to a post by Dr. Beth Allison Barr on Twitter, Chris and Rich discuss what the Bible instructs concerning the roles of women and men in the church. Does Scripture speak specifically to these roles and what about examples of godly women in history as shown in Scripture? 

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Michelle Lesley article – Rock Your Role

Professing Christians who support homosexual agendas often claim Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of inhospitality or rape. This week, Chris and Rich discuss this claim and what the Bible declares on the subject.

Show Links:

MLJ Sermon – Moral Perversion

AiG – Sodom and Gomorrah: What Was the Primary Sin?

Got Questions – What Does the Bible Say About Gay Marriage?

Got Question – What is Sexual Immorality?

Lyndon Unger – Sodomy and Understanding Genesis 19

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