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With the TULIP series now wrapped up, how does our orthodoxy lead to orthopraxy? How does doctrine (biblical truths expressions in succinct ways) influence our lives as follower of Christ?

My guest joining me this week on the Sunday series is my brother Bryce. Bryce is getting his undergraduate degree in philosophy and hopes to get his MDiv. from a seminary after he completes his undergrad. He hopes to be a pastor shepherding Gods people one day.

Enjoy some of our thoughts on how TULIP soteriology or more broadly, Calvinistic soteriology impacts our thoughts of God, our evangelism, our prayer life and more! Enjoy :D

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Will the saints finally persevere? Can you fall away from your faith? Are you your own keeper? Listen to the biblical answer to such questions this week on the For The King podcast! Thanks for listening!

"The drawing is not like that of the executioner, who draws the thief up the ladder to the gallows; but is a gracious allurement, such as that of the man whom everybody loves, and to whom everybody willing goes." - Martin Luther

“Arminians pretend, very speciously, that Christ died for all men, yet, in effect, they make him die for no one man at all.”

― John Owen, The Death of Christ

My guest joining me this week on the Sunday series is my brother Bryce. Bryce is getting his undergraduate degree in philosophy and hopes to get his MDiv. from a seminary after he completes his undergrad. He hopes to be a pastor shepherding Gods people one day.

Scripture: 1 John 2:2, 4:7-12, John 17, John 10:11

Further Reading:

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-we-believe-about-the-five-points-of-calvinism#Atonement

https://faculty.wts.edu/posts/limited-atonement/

https://www.ligonier.org/blog/tulip-and-reformed-theology-limited-atonement/

https://www.gotquestions.org/limited-atonement.html

https://www.openbible.info/topics/limited_atonement

Brother Zach's Blog: https://speakingbasictruth.wordpress.com/

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Website... hopefully in this life

What is Zionism? What is Christian Zionism? Is it biblical? Join Noah and I as we dive into the word of God and the contemporary Zionist agenda to expose the evils in this theology/political ideology!

Joining me this week is Noah, a close friend of mine. He has appeared on the aliens podcast and the uniqueness of America. He just finished his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and he is a follower of Christ.

Sources: Genesis 12:3, Joshua 21 : 43-45, Galatians 3 &4, Revelation 21, Romans 2,3,4,9,11, 1 Cor. 1 :10-13, Ephesians 2:13

Evidences of Babylonian mysticism and evil teachings in the Talmud:

Further Education:

All in all, this is about 30 minutes of YouTube video to watch. That would REALLY get you up to speed on some of the argumentation and downfalls of Zionism. The reading would obviously take longer but I highly recommend browsing through them! Some of them are much shorter than others. We hope to continue to do follow up episodes so stay tuned!

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"At the very announcement of the text some will be ready to say, 'Why preach upon so profound a doctrine as election?' I answer, because it is in God’s word, and whatever is in the Word of God is to be preached."

"I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen Him; and I am sure He chose me before I was born, or else He never would have chosen me afterwards; and He must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find in myself why He should have looked upon me with special love. So I am forced to accept that great Biblical doctrine."

"Whatever may be said about the doctrine of election, it is written in the Word of God as with an iron pen, and there is no getting rid of it. To me, it is one of the sweetest and most blessed truths in the whole of revelation, and those who are afraid of it are so because they do not understand it. If they could but know that the Lord had chosen them, it would make their hearts dance for joy."

- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

My guest joining me this week on the Sunday series is my brother Bryce. Bryce is getting his undergraduate degree in philosophy and hopes to get his MDiv. from a seminary after he completes his undergrad. He hopes to be a pastor shepherding Gods people one day.

Sources: Matthew Henry's Commentary, Westminster Confession of Faith 9 & 10

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-we-believe-about-the-five-points-of-calvinism#Depravity

Further Reading: Chosen by God by R.C Sproul

https://faculty.wts.edu/posts/limited-atonement/ -> really great article please read

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/what_is_reformed_theology/unconditional-election/

https://www.ligonier.org/blog/tulip-and-reformed-theology-unconditional-election/

https://www.ligonier.org/blog/charles-spurgeon-calvinism-unconditional-election/

https://www.biblesprout.com/articles/church/weaknesses-calvinism/ -> Argument against limited atonement

https://www.gotquestions.org/arguments-against-limited-atonement.html

https://mountcarmelapologetics.com/2020/12/14/against-limited-atonement/

https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/8409/what-is-the-biblical-argument-against-limited-atonement -> this thread is good

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Sunday Series Episode #6

Website still coming soon. Sorry I have a lot of school right now :/

Today on For The King, I am joined by Zach. Zach and I met in our undergrad (he was a senior and I was a freshman he was discipling) and we quickly became friends. He graduated with a degree in speech pathology and works in the same field. We are also novice powerlifters together.

Key texts: Matthew 2 (specifically verses 2 and 9-10), Zechariah 3 (Joshua the High Priest), Ezekiel 1 (odd wheels), 2 king 6 : 8-18 (chariots of fire), 1 Chronicles 21 : 15-16 (a massive angel with a massive sword stretched over the entire city)

More about chariots of fire : https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Heavenly-Chariots

Contemporary views on the Magi Star...

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/star-of-the-magi/

https://www.christianity.com/jesus/birth-of-jesus/star-and-magi/what-star-did-the-magi-see.html

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Wonky Wednesday Episode #3

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“The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.” - Malcolm Muggeridge

“When you refuse to teach on the radical depravity of men, it is an impossibility that you bring glory to God, His Christ, and His cross, because the cross of Jesus Christ and the glory thereof is most magnified when it's placed in front of the backdrop of our depravity!” - Paul Washer

My guest joining me this week on the Sunday series is my brother Bryce. Bryce is getting his undergraduate degree in philosophy and hopes to get his MDiv. from a seminary after he completes his undergrad. He hopes to be a pastor shepherding Gods people one day.

Key Texts: Romans 1-3, Ephesians 2, Isaiah 64:6, Genesis 6:5, Romans 8:6-8

Sources: Calvin's Institutes, Matthew Henry's Commentary, Westminster Confession of Faith (Chapter 6,9,10)

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-we-believe-about-the-five-points-of-calvinism -> This document will be a source in every show note of this series. It contains an easily accessible 25 page paper about the 5 points of Calvinism. It is a very gracious and pastoral treatment of the subject and is a great starting point for the conversation. Each point of Calvinism has about 5 pages on the topic so its a real quick 15 minute read for each episode in this series. 

Further Reading: Calvin's Institutes, The Grace of Godliness: An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort by Matthew Barrett, Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul...THE BIBLE!!!!

https://www.gotquestions.org/total-depravity.html

https://www.monergism.com/doctrine-total-depravity

https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/piper/depravity.html

https://www.ligonier.org/blog/tulip-and-reformed-theology-total-depravity/

http://lhim.org/blog/2014/02/06/three-arguments-against-total-depravity/ -> argument against total depravity

http://people.cs.ksu.edu/~bbp9857/calvinism.html -> article against total depravity. The telling statement in this article is, "Unfortunately, if we grant the first point, then the other four points can easily be proven as true, thus acknowledging that Calvinism is in fact true"

This whole episode that we did concerns the first point so if you accept the logic of this episode and the hermeneutic of the texts involved then we are in for a wild ride :D

Sunday Series Episode #5

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Website still coming...eventually :)

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” - Charles Spurgeon

My guest joining me this week on the Sunday series is my brother Bryce. Bryce is getting his undergraduate degree in philosophy and hopes to get his MDiv. from a seminary after he completes his undergrad. He hopes to be a pastor shepherding Gods people one day.

Key Texts: James 1:5, Proverbs 2:6, All of 1 Corinthians 1, and 2, Romans 1-3, 2 Tim. 3:14-17, Micah 6:8

Sources: Matthew Henry’s commentary on Romans 1-3, Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae Q1. Article 6

Books to read: The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges

Sunday Series Episode # 4 

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"The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide; we need it because we are imperfect. And our government needs the church because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive." - Ronald Reagan 

Joining me this week is Noah, a close friend of mine. He just finished his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and he is a follower of Christ.

https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1674&context=ndjlepp -> a link to his full article on politics and morality in the Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-slavery-idUSL1561464920070322 -> Chronology of slave abolishment

https://wallbuilders.com/americas-exceptional-history-of-anti-slavery/ -> PLEASE READ THIS

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/321762/anti-slavery-was-built-into-the-american-founding/ -> PLEASE READ THIS

Exodus 21 is a chapter about slaves rights

Leviticus 25:39-42 I “If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave. Instead, he is to serve with you like a hired servant

1 Timothy 1:9-10 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers–and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine.

The bible is clear slavery is evil and wrong. 

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

If you haven't read the declaration of independence or the constitution, I encourage you to read it and consider how its finds its basic ethic and political philosophy in the Christian faith and God's word

Wonky Wednesday Episode #2

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