Apologetics from the Attic

I Don't know if you saw it yet, but Gabe Rench from Crosspolitic was arrested yesterday! And if the fellows at Cross Politic are to be believed, it was because they were being persecuted for singing Amazing Grace! (See Toby Sumpter's remark at 8:15 mark of this facebook video)

https://www.facebook.com/CrossPolitic/videos/330275824727776

Is this really the case? Were the police just waiting to pounce and execute their tyrannical reign upon the poor, humble Christians of Christ Church? Are we to celebrate and cheer this unconscionable violation of their civil rights? Or was this an obvious, preplanned publicity stunt that actually worked? As of the time of me writing this post, they have 103,000 views on Facebook in less than 24 hours! They even made CBN News and the Washington Times !

In this episode of Apologetics from the Attic, I read the article from the local newspaper, then review the video linked above where the guys from Cross Politic have an "emergency" broadcast to announce the arrest, and then I read a blog post from R. Scott Clark, which I think summarizes the whole situation. Bottom line, this episode illustrates the danger (which I am not immune to) of doing things to get clicks and views on social media, and getting the adrenaline of middle aged men pumping for something that is clearly NOT religious persecution, but civil disobedience.

https://dnews.com/coronavirus/candidate-arrested-at-downtown-event/article_904c69bb-1ef9-5cd5-8eab-93f739108d08.html

https://heidelblog.net/2020/09/kirk-pulls-publicity-stunt-social-media-falls-for-it-no-religious-liberties-were-harmed-during-the-filming-of-this-commercial/

In this new episode we cover the news that Mark Galli, the former editor of Christianity Today converted to Roman Catholicism. We look at an interview he did recently on why he converted. Then we look at the Catechism of the Catholic Church and its teaching on the doctrine of Justification.

Link to interview: https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/why-mark-galli-former-editor-in-chief-of-christianity-today-decided-to-become-catholic/28491/

What’s the latest on COVID-19, the response of the Church and God's hand in it? Remembering the September 11th attacks and how they were God's warning to our nation. What is Critical Race Theory, why is it dangerous, and where is God's hand in the riots?

Tim Pool Explanation of CRT:
https://youtu.be/jZJLdKbB-Rc

Albert Mohler Interview on CRT:
https://albertmohler.com/2020/09/02/critical-theory-and-the-cynical-transformation-of-society-a-conversation-with-james-lindsay

Full Brietbart Video: (viewer discretion advised)
https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/videos/2694530907461238

In this episode, we begin a review of a video released by Hank Hanegraaff discussing the history of the Eucharist and church history and related topics. We look at how we must be careful because these claims can serve to undercut sola scriptura and sola fide.

In this episode we continue our study of the doctrine of the Trinity, by beginning a discussion of the Communication of Attributes, or how the attributes of the Divine and Human natures in the one person of Christ relate to and impact one another.

In this sermon, Pastor Dave preaches on the topic of repentance. He starts with Romans 7 and describes what repentance is. Then he turns to the Old Testament books of 1st and 2nd Samuel to examine the repentance of King Saul and King David.

In this episode, I talk about an idea I have for a new weekly review of current news and events from a Biblical perspective called "The Prophetic View". We read a passage from John Calvin and a passage from N.T. Wright. We talk about how we gather and consume news today and how our implicit worldview is behind the scenes influencing how we interpret the news.

Here we review a discussion between Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity and Tyler McNabb on the topic of Roman Catholicism. Tyler gives four reasons why Cameron should covert to Roman Catholicism...we look at three of the four reasons in this video, and respond to them.

Here is the link for the original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyatS8GAuVM

In this episode we continue our study of the doctrine of the trinity, reading from "Studies in Dogmatics: The person of Christ" by GC Berkouwer. We cover Arianism again, sabellianism, apollinarianism, nestorianism and eutychianism. We also use some cool props to show the difference between the views relating to the 2 natures of Christ. Enjoy.

In this episode, we continue to discuss the doctrine of the Trinity. We begin by briefly talking about the personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, then we learn from Dr. Lane Tipton about the one being shared by three persons. Then we start to cover the Nicene Creed and the use of the word "homousious" to describe Jesus.

Link to Dr. Tipon's full class on Van Til
https://reformedforum.org/courses/introduction-to-van-til/