What do you think of when you hear “allegiance”? The Pledge of Allegiance (to the flag…)? Pledging your allegiance is dedicating your life to something. It’s not just being willing to suffer and die for a cause; it’s living it out in everything you do. Is that how you view Christianity?

In this episode, https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/keith-simon/ (Keith) and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Patrick) discuss allegiance and the gospel with http://matthewwbates.com/Gospel-Allegiance.php (Dr. Matthew Bates), a professor of Theology at the Quincy University, author of the newly released book http://matthewwbates.com/Gospel-Allegiance.php (Gospel Allegiance), and co-host of the podcast https://onscript.study/ (OnScript). Join the discussion to learn what discipleship looks like, how to be faithful, and where grace fits in.

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Outline:

0:15 – https://cfsknightsorg-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mredelfs_cfsknights_org/Documents/Matthew%20Bates (Matthew Bates)

0:45 – https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/does-genesis-contradict-science-a-guest-interview-with-dr-s-joshua-swamidass/ (Science) and the Bible

1:45 – Matthew’s testimony

3:25 – Matthew’s family

4:00 – http://matthewwbates.com/Gospel-Allegiance.php (Gospel Allegiance)

5:35 – Discipleship

8:05 – Campus Crusades (Cru) and their https://www.cru.org/us/en/how-to-know-god/would-you-like-to-know-god-personally.html (spiritual laws)

9:00 – https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-the-gospel-preached-treason-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-4-43/ (What is the Gospel?)

12:05 – How did we lose https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-the-christian-response-keith-and-patrick/ (Jesus as King)?

13:20 – Christ: Jesus Christ vs. Jesus Messiah

15:00 – https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/what-is-faith/ (What is faith?)

16:40 – What “allegiance” means

18:00 – Citizenship oath

18:50 – How Christianity changes our lives

20:10 – Role of the church

20:30 – Allegiance vs. Works

22:50 – How does grace fit in?

24:40 – Responding to grace

25:15 – How saving relates to Jesus’s kingship

27:40 – Jesus’s kingship in politics

30:15 – Subscribe. Rate. Share.

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Resources

Matthew Bates: http://matthewwbates.com/ (http://matthewwbates.com/)

Gospel Allegiance: http://matthewwbates.com/Gospel-Allegiance.php (http://matthewwbates.com/Gospel-Allegiance.php)

Related

How the Gospel Preached Treason: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-the-gospel-preached-treason-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-4-43/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-the-gospel-preached-treason-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-4-43/)

Kanye West, Jesus is King, & the Christian Response | Keith and Patrick https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-the-christian-response-keith-and-patrick/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-the-christian-response-keith-and-patrick/)

What is Faith?: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/what-is-faith/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/what-is-faith/)

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