The Amherst-Pelham Regional District recently ran into its own bullhorn when a trans middle school child was cruelly harassed by fellow students and then approached by staff members with Bible verses. The problem? The harassers and the proselytizers were from another superior group, blacks and Hispanics. What's a good Progressive to do? Can't punish anybody because "restorative justice" and "it's their culture." I'm gonna assume this is somehow my fault. Sorry! 

We also tackle what I think is the responsibility of the Christian in the workplace.

We clarify and exalt the finished work of the Savior. Not only did the Lord die in our place, He went to the grave and did not decay! He then rose gloriously to show us what lies ahead for those resting in that perfect work. But that perfect work is under assault, and most often and most directly, by those claiming to be Christians. Along the way, I discuss briefly why I don't do "church calendars." Where do we find guidelines for the current age? 

In Adam We All Die (Audio) https://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-adam-we-die-in-christ-we-are-made-alive--52452666 

How Are We Deceived? (Audio) https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-begin-again-how-are-we-deceived--52336521

We start our look at the great falling away that permeates Christendom. The vast majority of Christendom condemns the gospel of grace itself while most of the rest dilute it or mix it with manmade standards. Many of those who say Sola Scriptura with their lips, yield to tradition and academia. 

The title "Early Church Fathers" is one of Satan's most clever ruses (not necessarily the men, but the title). Christians will sacrifice studying the word of truth before God alone and defer to some doctrine because it is old or commonly held or is spewed from the mouth of men they revere above the apostle Paul himself.

We jump off from charlatan and Charismania teacher, John Avanzini's torturing of God's promises to Israel. This grave error in interpretation isn't limited to false prophets. Unfortunately the false teaching that every verse in the Bible is to all us is prevalent in many ministries today. And even those who recognize the misuse of the verses often fail themselves to understand the uniqueness of the current age and our focus on unsearchable riches in the far above the heavens (not on the earth; Ephesians 3)

We clarify the concepts of descriptive passages and prescriptive passages as we continue to seek to be consistent in our interpretation of scripture. I recommend a few video channels and a few ministry sites while reminding is us that we are all responsible for our won theology. We summarize our approach to scripture by asking three questions when we find a change in practice or command.

What changed?
Why did it change?
When did it change?

The Messed Up Church
Magical Mystery Church
Brother John Elving
Antichrist 45 - Bible Prophecy with Brother Paul

We continue reading verses in context such as Jeremiah 29:11 ("For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope") as well a few passages in the red letters that get ignored by supposed Red Letter Christians. We see the Lord telling his disciples to not go to Gentiles, to raise the dead, and to sell everything they have (among other things). We briefly look at the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25) in context. And as we have been doing, we call again on all of us to BE CONSISTENT!

We discuss the value of a seminary education (or the lack of value). We look at a couple of the most oft quoted verses in modern American Evangelicalism in their respective contexts (2 Chronicles 7:14 and Ezekiel 36:26). We carefully note how these passages can't possibly be referring to believers of the current age or the current gospel. Then we note that believers still have an old nature and we encourage all of us to "walk according to the calling to which we have been called" (Ephesians 4:1), and not the calling of other companies.

I will clarify in the next podcast, but I quipped "Southern Baptist" after I mentioned Dallas Theological Seminary. DTS was founded by the Chafer brothers (most notable Lewis Sperry Chafer) and is probably the premiere Classic (Acts 2) Dispensationalist Seminary in the USA. The Southern Baptist Convention surely has dispensational pastors, but they take no formal position on the matter.

More on saving ourselves from Charismania and other errors. Whatever theology you claim (hopefully it's yours and you didn't just adopt some system), make sure it remains consistent in your interpretations. It was a desire for a consistent theology that brought me to where I am (and still drives me as I seek more light).

If you think the "red letters" are for you, do you really keep the red letters? I mean ALL the red letters? Are you in an "Acts" church? Do you really practice what's laid out in the Book of Acts? I mean ALL the Book of Acts? If you claim all 21 epistles as the foundation of your faith, do you obey ALL 21 epistles?

Christendom has suffered, from its inception, the curse of religion and superstition. It seems as though so many professed Christians are dissatisfied with blessings in the far above the heavens that they fall for earthly promises and superstition. No matter the theological school one adopts, compromises and contradictions will rule the day if we fail to cut straight lines in scripture. There is a way out of the madness. We must turn to our Apostle, Paul, and seek to understand the message and hope he has revealed to us in the current age.

The Key to the Parables is Israel
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-key-to-the-parables-and-the-bible-is-israel--41046329

Introduction to the Parables of the Kingdom (Matthew 13)
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/introduction-to-the-parables-of-the-kingdom-matthew-13--40514017

Noting the Judgments in the Parables
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/noting-the-judgments-for-believers-in-the-parables-and-elsewhere--40906111

The second and final part of a very short series I recorded in 2007 about the basics of self Bible Study. We turn to the parables and look at what the Lord had to say about them. They're not nice little stories which make an obvious point. Quite the opposite, The Lord said they are meant to be deep and meant to lead the truth seeker to study. Lastly, we look at a "disharmony" of the gospels. That is, we shouldn't try to harmonize the four gospels to make then fit together, we need to take each on its and discover why the Holy Spirit left us four accounts of the Lord's earthly ministry.  

"Study to show yourself approved unto God..."
2 Timothy 2:15