Cancel Culture and the Gospel of Matthew

This podcast is about the vast differences between the 21st century church and the 1st century church.

I made a video about the origin of the doctrine of the trinity on youtube. This video is guaranteed to shock people who think they know the Bible:

https://youtu.be/WIL2-LcT0Ow

This episode is about the signs described in Matthew 24 of the end of the age.  Most of this audio was originally recorded in Feb 2022, with a few sections added later, so the dates mentioned in the recording are of events at the time of the middle of Feb 2022.  I was planning to upload this sooner but I've been busy making youtube videos about some of the content on these podcasts.

This is part 2 of the last episode on human government, both subjects wouldn't fit into a 30 min maximum.  In this episode I compare what the NT describes about both the authority structure and leadership styles of the NT/ 1st century church with modern christianity today.  Some of the issues with organized religion I mention in this episode are also talked about in more specific detail in this two videos:

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            https://youtu.be/nyfeY8IlYUw           from about 2 minutes to about 6 minutes into the video

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            https://youtu.be/qfcSTwBt5uE           in the last two minutes of the video

Both these videos make mention of the problem of elites in positions of power in the church and the worship of man instead of God.  A real church should have all decisions  made by the Holy Spirit, not a human dictator. 

This episode is based on the verses of the Old Testament that refer to the very first human government and similar characteristics of all the other ones that followed.  The point of this episode is that all human leaders all follow a repetitive pattern throughout history which God predicted beforehand.  I refer mainly to verses from Genesis and also the book of Jasher referred to in the books of the Old Testament.  This is the last episode of season 2 and the continuation of this episode will be at the start of season 3.  Happy new year!

This episode has an unusual origin, I didn't plan this episode, an elderly man I know handed me a note as I was on the way to church, and as I read it this episode was born.  The sum of this message is that we have lost our reverence for Jesus and definitely don't have time to listen to His spirit in our services.  Those of you who hate this message will want to avoid the first episode of season 3, where I will be talking about what I think the cause of this is in much greater detail and what needs to be changed in the modern corporation style church. 

In this episode I do a brief comparison of the New Testament's verses on grace and modern church doctrine.  The NT tells us whether anything  besides faith is required for salvation, specifically the books of Romans and Hebrews go into the smallest detail about the working of grace in the believer's life.  This may seem boring but is an essential topic for anyone who believes the bible, it is extremely important to know if we are actually  saved or not.

This episode is dedicated to George Muller, a true spiritual giant.  There are several books available about his life from georgemuller.org.  He truly dedicated his life to seeking God and showing God's love for the brokenhearted.  His life showed the way to be in close fellowship with God, I can't say enough about the incredible spiritual life of this 19th century saint.  He learned how faith must be exercised to grow, and used prayer and simple faith to achieve miracles.  Everyone who believes the bible should study Muller's example.

I made a video tribute to Muller on youtube:  

            https://youtu.be/pGac_AWRkZs           

This is the story of the Friendly Chapel in north Little Rock and how God moved in a big way through its founder Paul Holderfield Sr.  Photos, contact info, and the history of the Friendly Chapel can be seen at its website - friendlychapel.org.   Photos of brother Paul are on the site plus info on an upcoming film based on Paul Sr's life.  Brother Paul understood what a real church is and is supposed to be, I highly recommend reading about Brother Paul and imitating his example, no matter how small the ability we have to do so.  God only only holds us responsible for being faithful with what we have.  Enjoy.  

This is the second half of last week's episode, it will be worth the wait.  All details leftover from the first half (last week's episode) are completely explained here in a very tidy conclusion.  Fran has his own podcast and webpage here: https://www.fifo4real.ca/

This is part 1 of the life story of my friend from college, and how he came to depend on God.  It has a lot of twists and turns in the journey to his faith.  Because the entire interview went way over the time limits allowed here, the conclusion - part 2 will be posted next week.  The is the first episode of season 2 of this podcast.  Here is his webpage and links to his podcast:  https://www.fifo4real.ca/