Grounded with Steve Hartland

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  • Hold the Line: Erik Reed interview - Grounded Ep. 18

    Pastor and author Erik Reed sits down to discuss his book and some other topics with Pastor Steve. Erik's book, Hold the Line, goes over the importance of standing strong with our Christian convictions in the midst of the cultural confusion around us.

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      • Why’d you write Hold the Line? Address what problem?How’s reception been? (Endorsements - Joe Rigney, Megan Basham).

      General - diagnosis. what’s sick, ill, weak in our day in churches?

      Pg. 4 - onslaught of cultural pressure to conform to beliefs and practices that others deem acceptable. What cultural pressures?How great is the pressure?Where’s the pressure coming from? Outside church, or inside? Inside? How?

      Pg. 10 - The last several decades reveal a decline in christian convictions on what were once broadly-held orthodox beliefs. What? What convictions?

      (Gender roles in home and church. LGBTQ+. Gender. Abortion; Scripture.)

      Pg. 22 - talking about Jesus, John 6 (I’m preaching through). Talk to us about Jesus and the seeker church thing. Was Jesus a church growth guru? Did Jesus develop and work a methodology for attracting & keeping a large crowd?

      Pg. 24 - allegiance to Jesus produces conflict w/i families, marriages, and societies (SH - and churches).” Talk about. What? Why?

      Then you write about the cost of being a disciple. Talk about it. What is the cost of being a disciple?

      Chapter 3 - “Low Bar Christianity”, and the seeker movement. Talk to us about it. What is it? What’s wrong with it?

      (Not interested in biblical preaching. Marriages, finances, parenting. They’re the customer, we tailor it all to them. Do not say or do anything they'll find offensive or confrontational.
      “Moralistic therapeutic deism.” Who said that? How large is this movement?
      Evaluate preaching in USA. I visited your site - love your preaching. And that’s kinda rare.

      Pg. 33 - our culture has shifted rapidly, dramatically. (Slow, then fast. We’ve just witnessed fast - tipping point).

      Pg. 41 - woke. What is? Showing up in churches? How? (CT, Frankfurt, Columbia U in NYC.)

      oppressed/oppressor. How affect churches? (misogynist).
      *One branch is feminism. How is fem showing up in churches?

      Pg. 47 - “progressive lite.” what is?Talk about… Chapter 5 - contend for the faith. Pg. 58 - Churchill’s famous speech - we shall fight on the beaches. (I read “the last lion” all 3 vols, and have a pic of on my wall. Debbie and I visited London, wanted to go down to Chartwell, didn’t get to.

      Why mention? Why’s that get a place in your book? What do you want Christians to learn from this?

      Pg. 65 - Contending for the faith is an “all skate” activity.

      Pg. 77 - many who affirm these truths in word don’t practice them in deed. Many say the Bible is God’s word, but do not live with the Bible as their ultimate authority. Talk about that.

      Chapter 7 - boldness. P91 - “lost people need christian men and women, boys and girls, to speak the truth in a world of lies.”

      Pg. 93 - Live not by lies.

      Bonus Question: Recent tweet - meeting with businessmen/entrepreneurs in your church, who are actively seeking ways to increase their revenues and launch new businesses for the sake of funding ministry and vision in your church.

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      • Dr. Sam Waldron interview: Men and Women in the Church - Grounded Ep. 17

        Pastor Steve and Dr. Sam Waldron sit down to discuss a controversial topic in our age, does the Bible really have some imperatives that are different for men and women in the context of the church setting?

        (Beginning of Show Notes)

        My guest is: Sam Waldron (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the president of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary and a pastor of Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the author of numerous books, including The End Times Made Simple and MacArthur’s Millennial Manifesto: A Friendly Response. (Paper - The role of women in the church - 85 pgs).  (Hurley - man and woman in Biblical perspective; - 1 Tim 2:11 - 15)

        1 Tim 2 - Men and Women in church. 

        Set up: - Saddleback Church, the California-based megachurch founded by Warren (purpose driven life) in 1980, was recently expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention for having a woman fill the office of teaching pastor. The church plans to appeal the decision later this year. Warren’s reasons: 

        Great commission - for men and women. Women are to baptize, women are to teach.

        Acts 2 - women were filled with the Holy Spirit, and women spoke.

        His third verse of evidence was John 20:17 when Jesus told Mary Magdalene to tell the disciples about his resurrection, noting that Jesus "chose her to be the first preacher of the Gospel."

        More: Want to get us to 1 Tim 2.

        Do you believe that women are created in the image of God? Equally? Do you believe that there are women who are intellectually gifted? Are there smart women? Bell curve? Do you believe that men and women are different?

        *Modern Psychology tells us that…

        So women preaching. Women pastors.

        *How do we decide on these things?
        *What’s our doctrine of scripture? 
        Finished: 1 Tim 2V8 - I want the men to do the praying.
        So wrong to have a woman…?  Distinguish. Informal settings.

        V9 - Similarly. Praying understood.  Ellipsis.  2 choices:

        • I want
          • I want to pray, the women..

            • V 11 - what’s mean? Turning from praying to teaching/learning.

            Adam…, the woman.  Why?

            V 12 - How many things? One or two?   Ancillary meetings. Youth group?

            How do some combine into one?

            V 13 - For Adam…  What does this mean? What’s the point?

            V 14 - Not deceived. Deceived. (Aleph and A - super deceived).  Point?

            Q - easier to deceive men about certain things, and in certain circumstances?

            Q - easier to deceive women about certain things, and in certain circumstances?

            Do the gender differentiated commands map to differences in male/female natures? Are men and women equal in value…, but different in nature?

            Workarounds - Seems clear. How do people work around this? Paul wrong…Jesus, not Paul…Radical new interpretations. Esiegesis

            *Circumstances Ex Nihilo.
            *Deus Ex Machina Exegesis

            Examples?

            Was a localized problem - temple women teaching…

            How do we know this was not a local problem?

            “this means a woman can do…?”

            Some - we should be identifying women with gifts, and training, raising them up….

            Some churches create other venues, mixed

            Website - Village. Staff, women, “minister.”

            Some - A woman can do anything that an unordained man can do.Alternate venues for women to preach. 
            1 Cor 11:1-16 - women proph. When? Where? Why?

            ***Judging the prophets - Grudem, Piper, Carson?

            1 Cor 14:33b…  What’s it mean? V 34 - reasons. What does it mean? What are some of the workarounds?Grudem/Piper view of prophecy?

            Gal 3:28 - mean?  Does it somehow trump?

            Helps for a women who’s struggling with this? What to focus on? (Doctrine of scripture).

            Eph 5 (Col 3, Titus 2:4-5 train the younger women to be submissive, 1 Peter 3)In general, for the Christian family, husband/wife - what is the God intended role of the wife and husband respectively? Does that role map to their natures?

            Soft complementarianism.

            Do these passages really mean what they seem to? Or can we find radical, new ways of understanding them? Paul wrongWe wrong - misunderstand PaulGal 3:28 - trumps all

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          • Negative World: Interview with Aaron M. Renn - Grounded Ep. 16

            Pastor Steve sits down with Aaron M. Renn to discuss the shift in the cultural climate and what it might mean for the Church now and some of the patterns from the recent past.

            We hope you enjoyed last week's Bonus Episode, Interpersonal Relationships! (Episode 15)

            It is our goal for this interview about Negative World to come out close enough to our previous release of the interview with James Wood (Episode 14: Second Thoughts About the Winsome Approach to Cultural Engagement) since this interview with Aaron M. Renn is related.

            (We recommend that you first listen to the interview with James if you haven't yet, but it should be able to stand on its own regardless. There are lots of insights to be gleaned from this conversation.)

            Thanks and we hope you listen in again on April 26th (4th Wednesday in April).

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            • Second Thoughts About the Winsome Approach to Cultural Engagement - Grounded Ep. 14

              James Wood and Steve sit down to discuss trend in winsome approaches to engaging with non-Christians. Is there perhaps a better way in the future, since previous models don't appear to be as effective in our cultural moment?

              Begin Show Notes:

              1. What is "Third-Way Winsomeness"?

              2. Why was this method popular? (Timothy Keller)

              3. How should pastors approach this topic?

              4. Should we just (and only) be nice to our opponents in the culture? (David French)

              5. Did this method work in the past? Would it work now?

              6. What could be wrong with winsomeness, that sounds like a good thing!

              7. How winsome do we see Jesus and the apostles being in the Bible?

              8. We observe Jesus (and the apostle Paul) at times using mockery to make points. Why do that, and is it ever right for us to do this as well?

              9. What is "thinking about politics through the lens of evangelism?"

              10. Is political activism rooted from Biblical principles ever justified? If so, how?

              11. What can we do when there are no ideal political candidates?

              12. How does this play into the role of pastors and their need to protect the flock from wolves? (Acts 20, John 10)

              13. Is Christian involvement in politics for power? What about love thy neighbor, how does this weigh in on the matters of politics?

              14. What do we need in pastors? Bonus, no all of these were addressed in this podcast, but we're adding them to the notes (Clear Biblical instructions, don't mute difficult topics, trust in God, preach the truth, build community and come to the aid of other churches, the church should be a place of refuge)

              15. What would you say to someone who just realized that they might be a "Third-Wayer"?

                16. Thank you for listening to Grounded with Steve Hartland, and a special thanks to James Wood for joining us! If this podcast has been formative to your Christian walk, don't keep it to yourself! Share it with a family member or friend, God bless!

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                • The Unpardonable Sin and Suicide - Grounded Ep. 13

                  Steve goes over an answer to a question from someone in our church, what is the unpardonable sin? What happens if someone commits suicide? Lean in and learn the answer to these difficult questions on today's Grounded!

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                  Grounded #13 - The Unpardonable Sin and Suicide

                  • A sin that leads to death? (1 Jn 5:16-17)

                  • Other examples (1 Jn 3:14-15)

                  • How did the Pharasees and scribes fit in? (Mk 3:22)

                  • Is there a point of no return? (Hebrews 10:26)

                  • Why would God cut someone short? (Hebrews 6:1-8)

                  • What does John actually mean by this? (1 Jn 5:16-17)

                  • Suicide, what does this mean for someone? (Deut 5:17 - if suicide is self murder, can it be forgiven?)

                  • Conclusion:

                    • Keep claiming Christ

                    Keep believing in Christ

                    Keep repenting of your sins

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                  • It's a New Day For Women - Grounded Ep. 12

                    Pastor Steve discusses with us the unique challenges that Christian women in the higher wealth distribution of the world face.

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                      1. The state of things in the world - Factfulness (Hanz Rosling / Bill Gates)

                      2. The Curse (Genesis 3:16)

                      3. The dangers of pregnancy and other things concerning health.

                      4. Technology, specific to improving the average woman’s condition.

                      5. How should we process life these changes alongside God’s word? (1 Timothy 5:9-10)

                      6. Birth rate decline (Elon Musk, Peter Zeihan, God's cultural mandate - Gen. 1:26-28; Gen 2:15)

                      7. Model after Proverbs 31, yes work outside and inside the home is good. How best to do life?

                      8. Single is also just as good and perhaps better (1 Corinthians 7)

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                        • Do We Have the Right Books in the Bible? - Grounded Ep. 11

                          Pastor Steve takes us through the important question: Do we have the right Bible? This is the matter of Canonicity of the Bible. Our prayer is that Grounded would bolster your Christian learning and put some concrete in your soul!

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                            • 1) How do we know we’ve got the right books in the Bible?

                            2) The Old Testament Canon.

                            3) No contention until the time of the ref. (Martin Luther)

                            4) The NT Canon. (2 Pet 3:16, 1 Tim 5:18, Luke 10:7, Polycarp, Clement)

                            5) Heretics (Marcian)

                            6) Church conferences (Augustine, Jerome)

                            • Synod of Hippo

                            • Synod of Carthage

                              • 7) Three other books were given serious consideration. (Didache, Shepherd of Hermes, 1st letter of Clement of Rome)

                              8) Several Books in the Bible we have that were up for discussion. (2 Pet, Jude, Epistles of Jn, Rev, and Hebrews)

                              9) Three Tests for each book:

                              • Apostolic? (What about Luke (Paul), Mark (Peter), James and Jude?)

                                • Orthodox? (Does it teach the same things as the books already established as scripture? Same as what we know to be true?)
                                • Was the book in question widely received by the early church?

                                  • 10) Trust in God’s providence. (Trust that He was successful in giving us His word)

                                  11) Conclusion. (Be strong in faith, trust the 66 books = God’s holy word. Inspired, inerrant, auth, sufficient. Frame - page 138)

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                                    • Our prayer is that this episode of Grounded will add to your faith in God's word!

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                                  • God's Providence - Grounded Ep. 10

                                    Pastor Steve shares a much needed message about the providence of God, how He is involved in everything and why we should put our trust in Him.

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                                      • 1) Are God and the devil evenly matched?

                                      2) How is providence helpful, even when we're dying?

                                      3) Why is God's providence important?

                                      4) What God's providence is not. (Fatalism, Stoical fate, Astrological, Opportunism)

                                      5) Definition of God's providence. (Gen 50:20, Eph 1:11, Rom 8:28)

                                      6) What is the extent of God's providence? (Acts 14:17, Mt 10:29, Mt 6:26-28)

                                      7) What about incidental events? (Exodus 21:12-13, Deuteronomy 19:5, 1 Kings 22:34, Proverbs 16:33)

                                      8) What about human decisions, such as government, individual plans or human sin? (Psalm 103:19, Isaiah 14:24, Daniel 2:21, Job 12:23, Isa 10:5-15, Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, Jeremiah 10:23, Acts 2:23)

                                      9) How can God exercise providence over everything?

                                      - Omniscient (Job 37.16, 1 Jn 3:20, Ps 147:5)
                                      - Omnipotent (Daniel 4:35)
                                      - Wise (Psalm 104:24, Romans 11:33)

                                      10) What does this mean for us?

                                      - Trust Him (Job 1:21, Job 2)
                                      - Count it all joy (James 1)
                                      - Know how to be abased, abound (Phil 4:12)
                                      - Take courage (William Pegram example)

                                      11) Do not be afraid (2 Tim 1:7)

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                                      • "Rebranding" - Grounded Ep. 9

                                        In this episode, Pastor Steve talks about the folly of going too far with being concerned about your audience in preaching, he refers to this as "rebranding" the faith. We hope this gives some more foundational concrete for your soul!

                                        • Begin Show Notes -

                                          • 1) Rebranding definition

                                          2) What can we learn from Paul's preaching? (2 Cor 4:2-3, Acts 20:20-31)

                                          3) David Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Knowing the Times - pg. 206-207, 213, 214, 215, 217 and 218)

                                          4) Business illustration

                                          5) How do Pastors rebrand:

                                          • Omit

                                          • Reshape

                                          • Redefine

                                            • 6) Contemporary examples of rebranding

                                            7) Common motivations for rebranding:

                                            • Evangelism

                                            • Desire to be liked

                                              • 8) Review:

                                              • Don't rebrand, present the Biblical truth as the Bible has it written

                                              • Be aware of Pastors that do this

                                              • Do not be anxious about the perception of other people

                                              • Do not be embarrassed about the content of the Bible (Rom 1:16)

                                              • Don't put evangelism at the center of everything (the center of why we do what we do should be the glory of God - 1 Cor 10:31)

                                              • Seek God's favor and approval, seek to be faithful (Gal 1:10)

                                              • Look at how different leaders in the Bible presented the message

                                                • 9) D. M. Lloyd Jones - 2nd Quote (Knowing the Times pg. 296, 297 - How to Safeguard the Future)

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