This Wonky Wednesday, Bryce walks us through the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate. The doctrine is seen throughout church history but wasn’t formalized until the Magdeburg confession of 1550. Bryce walks us through the doctrine based off a book we recently read by Matt Trewhella called unironically, “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates“. The book is definitely worth reading. Bryce makes a comment in the discussion about a right of other religions to worship. The first commandment of God lays our clearly that humanity is not to have any other gods besides Yahweh, therefore there is no God-given right to freedom of religion in the sense of freedom to make false idols. If we are to legislate according to God’s laws and not man’s laws (secular humanism or any other manmade religion) then the law of God prescribes in his word is that you do not have the right to worship false idols. Every government is a theocracy and derives their laws from metaphysical principles. That may manifest in “reason” and “logic” from the secular atheist that is tolerant of every worldview besides every other worldview or from a holy book in various religions. Regardless, this is the clear teaching of the 1st commandment and when God visits a nation in judgement he holds them accountable to the false idols they made and does NOT recognize their “freedom of religion” in the sense many understand it today. Read Isaiah 10:5-11 for a clear example of this.
God’s grace continues to be marveled at throughout human history! Here is another element of his grace glorifying us in his election before the foundation of the world. He guarantees our inheritance, our glory, not because of anything inherent in us but freely and unconditionally. God’s grace is greater and is secure for us in his electing. Praise God! I hope this encouraged you brothers and sisters!
Glorifying Grace is predicated on the glory Christ has in his resurrection and vindication over sin and death. Christ is now seated at the right hand of the father in glory because he defeated sin and death. He proved himself the son of God because he was sinless and the grave could not hold him. Due to this resurrection of Christ, we find our glory from him by looking to Christ as our savior and the great executioner of death. Thanks for listening, I hope you are encouraged brothers and sisters.
This week my brother in Christ and long close friend, Carter, teaches me and some other men how to conduct abortion apologetics from a biblical worldview. We met and discussed this but I recorded it thinking that it may equip and bless whoever listens. Carter did a wonderful job! There is a PowerPoint presentation that Carter did with this talk. You can find it by clicking here. Thanks for listening, For The King!!!
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Salvation consists of 3 parts. Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification. We have talked about the first two, but now this week we start speaking on God’s grace in justifying us. God’s grace not only justifies and sanctifies but it also brings us to the end and it wills us to seek after glory, that same glory found in the face of Jesus Christ. This is why this is good news, because God’s grace glorifies us! Thanks for listening.
Key Texts: John 17:10,24 Romans 2:7;9:23 2 Corinthians 3:18
This was an amazing read and worth considering. Obviously I agree with all of it.
“This is the battle. The commie revolutionary versus the reformed cowboy.”
The self-ruled man or the cultural Marxist? The worldview that produces Stalin’s Soviet Union and the CCP or the worldview that builds cathedrals and has built up every society it has touched?
A reading of the essay is included immediately below. However, it is encourage you look through the images included in this essay for maximum impact. A picture is worth…
Summary:We have entered a new phase of warfare in the US. It’s an inherently religious warfare of ideology, politics, and legal standards. The Christians are late to the fight, but we can win.
Cowboy Up. If not me, who? If not now, when?
A little background on Lind’s Generations of Warfare theory:
There’s a theory presented by a man named William Lind that there are 4 generations of warfare. It’s important to remember that war itself, even as defined by the dictionary, no longer holds to the first definition of “open, armed conflict between countries or factions within a country.” War now tends to fall under the second definition found in Webster’s New World Dictionary “any active hostility, contention, or…
I do not claim to exhaustively represented all the bible has to say about Satan nor do I claim to have perfectly represented the partial preterist/postmillennial understanding of the role of Satan. However, I tried my best! I hope you enjoy it!
Key Texts: Ezekiel 28:12,15 Gen. 1:28; 3:1,15; 4:7 Luke 4:5-6; 8:12; 11:14-23 1 Peter 5:8 Job 1:6-12 Rev. 2:12-13; 10:12 ; 11:15; 12:9; 20:1-10 2 Cor. 11:14 Isa. 5:20-21; 14:12 Matt. 10:16 Deut. 32:7-8; 15-18 Daniel 10:12-13 Ephesians 6:10-12 Rom. 5:14 1 Cor. 15:45-49 Col. 2:15 John 12:31 ;16:11