History is loaded with questions about which people once debated, sometimes fought to the death, or split churches, questions we now consider silly, laughable, or looney. But before we throw a rock, it does not take much to find questions being debated or argued today that are also irrational - Can a man become pregnant? Can a woman become a man or vice versa? Need I go on? At any rate, the arcane and inane questions once debated are amusing now and perhaps also thought-provoking, worth our review. Even the Church or Christians in general have been caught up in these questions, e.g., If you are cremated, can you be resurrected? If a believer commits suicide is this a mortal sin unworthy of heaven? Was Mary conceived without original sin? For more Christian commentary check my website at www.rexmrogers.com or my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers for more podcasts and video. #DebatableQuestions #ArcaneIdeas 

Profanity is as old as humanity. We know this from reading ancient inscriptions chiseled in stone. But we also know that use of profanity is increasing in American culture, among children and youth, politicians, just about everyone. Swearing, cussing, vulgarity, obscenity have gone mainstream in both amount and intensity. In terms of civilization, this is not a good trend. In terms of e pluribus unum, this is not a good trend. In terms of education, law and order, religion, and public moral consensus, this is not a good trend. One would think Christians need not be reminded, but this is not the case. Christian believers are yielding to new "acceptable sins" too. Perhaps most troubling of all, "Oh my God" has become an all-purpose phrase for surprise, anger, startle reflex, happiness, grief, even online as OMG. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com or my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers. #language #profanity #vulgarity #rude&crude #cursing 

Human slavery, and the trafficking that makes it possible across international borders, is not an ancient problem but now greater than ever. Traffickers trick young women, children, sometimes men too, into traveling internationally to get a job, only to discover when they arrive that they are enslaved, coerced into prostitution, forced labor, and held sometimes for years against their will. Virtually any real moral code recognizes the evil in this, yet it continues because there is money to be had and power to be gained. Recently, human trafficking has gone hand in hand with mass immigration, because the shear numbers involved makes it easier to smuggle children. Most countries, certainly the U.S., have sufficient laws on the books. The problem is not laws but enforcement. Catching the bad guys is difficult and dangerous. Needless to say, this is another human rights challenge of our era and it's getting worse. For more Christian commentary, see my website at www.rexmrogers.com, or check my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers for more podcasts and video. #slavery #trafficking #humanrights #prostitution

Music is part of life and for some two thousand years of the history of the Christian Church, music has been both blessed and controversial, the latter because churchgoers and leaders debated and struggled to identify "The one and only holy" music or instrumentation. Interestingly, all the while, in his Word the Bible, God never said any given type of music is "The" Christian or church music. He created us in his image with reason and imagination, then commanded us to build culture, to vest ourselves in all we do as unto the Lord, including through music. So church music may be of many and varied types and in fact honors God when it is, as long as it is done to glorify him and not the presenter. Debate about music is good in the church, part of the Cultural Mandate. Division about music is of the Devil the father of lies and deception who wants to destroy the testimony and effectiveness of the church. That all said, God clearly indicated in Scripture that we are to praise him with music. This is a milestone - my number 200 podcast. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com or my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers. #music, #ChurchMusic #ChristianMusic #ChristianLiberty #Freedom

Debates over music in the church did not begin in the late 20th Century. In fact, music has been a part of church or Christian history, but the styles, modes, instrumentation, and presentation have varied considerably and often controversially throughout the history of the church. Churchgoers have always struggled with what kind of music should be incorporated in church worship, what honors God, and what does not, how music can be "presented" and not "performed," how it can be ecclesiastical and not theatrical. But God never commanded one style of music and never said no instruments. Actually, music and instruments are found throughout the the Bible. The key is for us today to consider this a wonderful blessing and Christian liberty issue, one where we can have preferences but not elevate our choices to the level of the holy. For more Christian commentary check my website www.rexmrogers.com or YouTube channel @DrRexRogers. #music, #Churchmusic #instrumentsinchurch 

Anyone who has attended church for a few years will recognize this scenario: You're part of a small group and the leader says, "How about two or three of you pray as you feel led, then I'll close." Then no one prays, and still no one prays, and the longer this goes on, the more the tension grows and the more awkward the experience. It happens regularly. Something like 77% of Americans say they are afraid to speak in public, and public prayer is one example of this. But why should we pray in public? What value is there in doing so? How can this fear or reluctance be overcome? Not praying in public is not a mortal sin but learning to pray when you have the opportunity is one blessing of the Christian faith. Ask God to help you learn to pray privately, then publicly. For more Christian commentary, see my website at www.rexmrogers.com, or check my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers for more podcasts and video. #prayer #publicprayer #prayerinScripture

What are we to think of AI and its many uses in this brave new world? Well, one thing is sure, AI is incredibly complex, changing by the minute, meaning increasing the number of options, and we need to consider the applications on a case-by-case basis. Well, that's not one thing; it's three things, which points to the mixed bag of prizes and tricks that an AI world is presenting us. Bottom line, some AI is productive and will bless the rat race, and some AI is not productive, not helpful, ultimately dangerous in terms of threats to freedom and individual choice. No, AI will never give us a super human race, never overwhelm its creators, never become sentient. But we still should exercise discernment. It always comes back to this: God gave us a brain and he expects us to use it based upon his moral will. Same with AI. Help others identify AI potholes and pitfalls and how to avoid them. Harness the blessing of this new technology for the proclamation of the Lordship of Christ throughout the earth. For more Christian commentary, check my website at www.rexmrogers.com or look into my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers for more podcasts and video. #AI #technology #progress #postmodern #Christ&Culture 

The U.S. National Debt is at this writing, over $36.6 Trillion, and climbing so fast you cannot keep up with the digital read-out at usdebtclock.org. That's over $107K per citizen. Yet most in the national leadership, Congress and the President, have for decades blithely continued to add to this debt with oft-times outrageous spending bills - witness what occurred during the. Biden Administration - for which there is no identified funding. The U.S. debt is ignored and new programs are "funded" by borrowing against the future in a classic kick-the-can-down-the-road fashion, one that dumps the problem of responsibility, potential bankruptcy and collapse, and pain onto our progeny. DOGE, the Trump-appointed Department of Government Efficiency, is now working full speed ahead on reducing this national debt by identifying "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the federal bureaucracy. Needless to say, this has created a whole new cottage industry of Chicken Littles running around claiming the sky is falling and the end of the world. But is this happening, or is the U.S. experiencing a dose of common sense rationality that, if allowed to play out, might just keep the country around for our grandchildren? For more Christian commentary, see my website at www.rexmrogers.com, or check my YouTube channel @DrRexRogers for more podcasts and video. #DOGE #Debt #Deficit #USNationalDebt #Profligacy

Joe Dallas is a counselor, an expert on human sexuality from a Christian perspective. He's written several books on this topic, but I consider the book reviewed here to be one of the most practical and helpful books I've read in the last few years. It covers topics like cancel culture, homosexuality, racism, gender identity, abortion, so you might think this is a book about politics. But it is not. This is a book about how to live in a cancel culture and interact with people whose values might be fundamentally different from ours, assuming you are a Christian believer. So this book is really about relationships, how to speak the truth in love, how to demonstrate compassion while maintaining your biblical theology. I highly recommend this book. For more Christian commentary, check my website www.rexmrogers.com, or look into my YouTube channel @DrRex Rogers for more podcasts and videos. #truth #cancelculture #truthinlove #transgenderism

The parable of the prodigal son is found in the New Testament book of Luke, chapter 15. It is "glorious" because it clearly conveys a Christian message of redemption, second chances, and hope. God is there, always, waiting and wanting us to return to him for restoration, blessedness in this life, and eternal life with him. If he or she is still living, no one, no matter their descent into debauchery, is beyond hope.

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#Prodigal #Redemption #Hope