Listen to Pastor Wilson talk about Isreal and the Middle East. Then he plugs Russel Kirk’s book, The Conservative Mind, and wraps things up with a talk about the Greek word “Alusiteles”. Happy Plodding! 

 

 Show Notes:

 

Isreal & Middle East Conflict:

• there has been endless Middle East conflict, and it is easy to push it to the side
• however there are things that Christians need to pay attention to 
• I am not an adherent of manifest destiny
• you can’t unscramble the egg
• we ought to recognize that Isreal has the right to occupy the space she currently has

 

The Conservative Mind:

• written by Russel Kirk 
• one of the values of conservative temperament is that it is not idealogical
• the conservative is suspicious of systems
• the conservative prefers the devil he knows to the devil he doesn’t know

 

Alusiteles:

• The NT describes sins of omission in different ways
• Heb. 13:17 - the saints are told to avoid making their rulers assigned task a grief
• they are to be a joy to serve, not a grief 
• when this is not done, the result is unprofitable (alusiteles) 
• when worshipers find that their whole church experience is “unprofitable” for them, this is one of the possible reasons they should check