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Ever wondered what a 5-point Calvin believes? How about an Arminian? Well, in this episode, Matthew Maher and Ethan Hoover break the two down side-by-side and answer the main question: What does Scripture say?

Show Notes:

• Happy New Year!
• Intro
• Brief recap
• John Calvin & Jakobus Ariminius
• “Reason can be great for theology but terrible for the Church sometimes.”
• Calvinism & Arminianism = systems of theology
  • Meaning they attempt to explain the unexplainable
  • They shouldn’t define our Christianity, but they can help give us a framework to think about big theological points
• Calvinisim: TULIP
• Arminianism: PCURC (not a real acronym lol)
• Total Depravity vs Partial Depravity
• Unconditional Election vs Conditional Election
  • Ethan’s unique analogies:
    • Snow globe
    • Driving a car 
  • God’s sovereignty
    • Preferred will
    • Permissive will
    • Providential will
• Limited Atonement vs Unlimited Atonement (the most controversial point)
  • Bonus: Rabbit trail into Hinduism “holy cow”
• Irresistible Grace vs Resistible Grace
• Perseverance of the Saints vs Conditional Salvation
• Outro

Resources:

• Calvinism Vs. Amrinianism- Which View?  https://www.gotquestions.org/Calvinism-vs-Arminianism.html
• What Is Calvinism And Is It Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/calvinism.html
• What Is Arminianism And Is It Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/arminianism.html

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From time to time Ethan & Matthew address a relevant or recent event that they believe is important to approach from a Biblical worldview and discuss. In this episode they talk about the Respect for Marriage Act that was recently signed into law by President Joe Biden and why it matters to the Church.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Preface
• Weaponizing language
• The trojan horse tactic
• Where do we begin?
  • God’s definition of marriage
    • Between 1 man and 1 woman
    • Covenantal
• Key dates & laws
  • 1996
  • 2015
  • 2022
• What Joe Biden said back in 1996 vs what he said now
• “Love is not love if truth is truth.”
• “Where the marriage goes, the family goes, and where the family goes, society goes.”
• Parallel to Season 2
  • The schemes of the enemy
  • Slippery slopes and slow-moving steps 
• Society thrives under God’s design
• What are religious organizations saying about this act?
  • The Church of Latter-day Saints
  • Catholic Church
  • When prosecution and persecution come, these churches will remain silent.
• Outro

Resources:

• What Does "The Act" Actually Say: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404
• The Possible Silver Lining Of A Dark Cloud: https://www.christianpost.com/politics/respect-for-marriage-act-may-backfire-on-lgbt-activists.html
• Tony Perkins Statement: https://www.frc.org/newsroom/family-research-councils-tony-perkins-statement-on-pres-biden-signing-respect-for-marriage-act-into-law
• Does It Protect Religious Freedom? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edz3TyyaNN4

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Ethan & Matthew finally make their way to the Protestant Reformation. As they explore this monumental moment in Christian & Church history, they discuss denominations, the 95 Theses, and several of the key people that arose during this time.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Recap on the last episode about reformation during the Dark Ages
• Why was it called the “Protestant” Reformation?
  • They were protesting unbiblical teachings from the Catholic Church
• Who was this guy Martin Luther?
• What are the 95 Theses that Martin Luther nailed to the door of the church?
• Why were the 95 Theses the trigger for the reformation as we know it?
  • The combination of it being translated into the common language & the invention of the printing press
• While Martin Luther was in Germany doing his thing, William Tyndale is shaking things up in England
• Mindblowing connection of how the Protestant Reformation influenced the future of our country and expansion of Christianity
• Original Protestant denominations
  • Lutheran Church (Martin Luther)
  • Reformed Church (John Calvin)
  • Presbyterian Church (John Knox)
  • Anglican Church (English reformers)
• The 5 Solas (Alone, “this alone”)
  • Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone
  • Sola Gratia: Grace Alone
  • Sola Fide: Faith Alone
  • Sola Christus: Christ Alone
  • Soli Deo Gloria: To God’s Glory Alone
• The danger of putting too much stock in a denominations beliefs rather than just plain Bible.
• “We don’t get to heaven by following Calvin, but only by following Jesus.”

Resources: 

• What Was The Protestant Reformation? https://www.gotquestions.org/Protestant-Reformation.html
• What Are The 95 Theses Of Martin Luther? https://www.gotquestions.org/95-theses.html
• Who Was William Tyndale? https://www.gotquestions.org/William-Tyndale.html
• What Are The Five Solas? https://www.gotquestions.org/five-solas.html

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As Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher slowly make their way to the Protestant Reformation, they discuss what the true Church was doing during the Dark Ages and times where Christians were isolated.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Brief recap on past episodes
• What was the true Church doing during the Middle Ages/Dark Ages?
  • Feudalism
  • Isolation
  • Monasticism & Monks
  • “The light of God was seemingly dim.”
• Pros & Cons of Monasticism
  • Pro:
    • Preservation of Scripture & Truth
  • Con:
    • The Church & Christians were isolated
• The reformation before the “reformation”
  • Groups of Christians that stood up against the Catholic Church
• Before the names you know, there were names that the reformation was built on.
• What does it mean to be “Biblically literate”?
• John Knox and the influence on America’s foundation
• The consequences of those who stood up during the Dark Ages
  • The consequences of standing for truth
  • Persecution: Burned, hung, both
  • The Christians in the Dark Ages were faithful with what was in front of them even though they never saw the fruit of their work

Resources: 

• What Were The Dark Ages? https://www.gotquestions.org/dark-ages.html
• How Was The Gospel Preserved During The Middle Ages? https://www.gotquestions.org/middle-ages.html
• What Are The 95 Theses Of Martin Luther? https://www.gotquestions.org/95-theses.html

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As Ethan Hoover and Matthew Maher continue their thread on the "Church Then & Now", this episode looks at the start and rise of Islam and the Great Schism, which is known as the first big church split.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• What is this new religion? (Islam)
• Who is Muhammad?
• What does Revelation & Galatians say about adding or subtracting from the Scripture?
• Islam
  • Muhammad hears a revelation from the angel Gabrielle
  • Monotheistic (similar to Christianity and the Jewish beliefs)
  • Base their beliefs on their Arab lineage that goes back to Abraham
    • But not Isaac (the blessed lineage), they are from Ishmael
  • Islam means “submission”
  • Muslim means “one who submits”
• There are extremists in every religion
• Isaac Vs. Ishmael
• Starts with Abraham, ends with Islam not accepting Jesus: that’s the problem with it
  • Bottom line: It’s a false religion
• The 5 pillars of Islam
  • Copy paste from every man-made religion: works based
• The caliphates (Muslim rulers)
  • How they expanded Islam through conquest 
• The Great Schism
  • What was it and why did it happen?
  • Excommunication between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • They are different, yet similar
  • Perpetual virginity & other beliefs
  • The Nation of Islam vs the religion of Islam

Resources:

• Who Was Muhammad? https://www.gotquestions.org/who-was-Muhammad.html
• What Is Islam, And What Do Muslims Believe? https://www.gotquestions.org/Islam.html
• What Is the Qur'an?  https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-the-Quran.html
• Why Do Jews And Arabs / Muslims Hate Each Other? https://www.gotquestions.org/Jews-Arabs.html
• What Is The Difference Between Christianity And Islam? https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Christianity-Islam.html
• East & West Schism: https://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054 
• The Growth & Spread of Islam: https://www.studentsofhistory.com/the-growth-pread-of-islam 
• The Rise of Islmanic Empires & States: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/medieval-times/spread-of-islam/a/the-rise-of-islamic-empires-and-states 
• Great Schism: https://study.com/learn/lesson/great-schism-1054.html 
• Great Schism Educational: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/great-schism 

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In this special episode, Matthew Maher & Ethan Hoover discuss and address several submitted questions from our church's "Hot Mic" gathering regarding the topic: "The Pulpit & Politics." The questions they discuss are the questions they didn't get to during the gathering. This episode is also a call for you to go out and vote!

Show Notes: 

• Intro
• Why is it called “Hot Mic?”
• Watch the Hot Mic Q&A gathering from our church: https://youtu.be/QszCmPkjolw 
• Setting a baseline for the topic & episode
  • Kubernesis & God creating the institution of government (uphold good, punish evil)
  • Why do politics & government matter?
  • Why should the pulpit talk about and discuss political/controversial issues of our day?
• Questions addressed (in order):
  • How Much in terms of balance should be preached politically in the pulpit vs messages from the gospel?
  • As a minority, I have heard a lot of preaching against the “left” but not much accountability for the “right.” Are you concerned about losing status as a tax exempt organization through picking a political side? 
  • Are we to try to change a system politically when Jesus clearly states multiple times that WE WILL SUFFER for his name sake?
  • Can you address the “ obey the authorities appointed over you?”
  • Question: How can people be misled by Romans 13?
  • Is it ever profitable to be openly political around non-believing family members and friends, whether in person or on social media?
• Sermonette by Maher
• Outro

Information about Shawn Hyland:

Bio: Shawn Hyland serves as the Director of Advocacy for the New Jersey Family Policy Center - their vision is to see New Jersey be a state where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive, and life is cherished. 
 
Shawn is a former congressional candidate in NJ congressional district 3. He was the founder of Move the Earth – a ministry under his leadership that was dedicated to reversing the trend of biblical unbelief, and he has served as the New Jersey State Coordinator for Christians United for Israel.  
 
Shawn now travels the state of New Jersey teaching on the importance of Christians having a Biblical Worldview, influencing public policy, defending the Biblical family, and faithfully representing Christ in the governmental sphere. 
 
He has been married to his wife Glennys Hyland for over twenty-two years. They have four children and live on the Jersey Shore. Their family has been faithful members of New Beginnings Church in Brick, NJ since 2010 

More about Shawn: https://familypolicyalliance.com/issues/tag/new-jersey/

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In this episode, Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher discuss what councils & creeds are and how they affected the church of old and how they still make waves in the church of today.

Show Notes: 

• Intro
• Recap: Where have we been?
  • Early Church through State Church
  • Invisible vs. Visible church
  • The enemy couldn’t affect the Church outside-in, only inside-out
• What is a council?
• What is a creed?
• “Ecumenical” defined and it’s danger
• Let’s talk about the councils...
  • Who gathered in them and what they did
• Rabbit trail: Apple & Apollo
• The Apostles Creed
• “That was written a long time ago”
• The OG Protestants (before the reformation)
• Where was the true church during this time?
  • The true “social services” of their day
• Councils are still gathering today
• “Chrislam” & the Pope’s actions

Resources:

• What Were The Ecumenical Councils? https://www.gotquestions.org/ecumenical-councils.html
• What Is The Apostles Creed? https://www.gotquestions.org/apostles-creed.html
• Is Ecumenism Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/ecumenism-ecumenical.html

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As Ethan & Matthew conclude their conversation about the Roman Catholic Church, they discuss two major aspects of the Catholic faith that are believed to be no longer practiced. However, Ethan & Matthew argue that the spirit of belief in purgatory & indulgences is still alive and well today and what the Bible says about them.

Show Notes:

• Intro
• Why are we spending so much time on Roman Catholicism?
  • The birth of the “State Church”
    • Blurring of lines of culture, paganism, & religion
• Recap
• Purgatory
  • What is purgatory?
  • Partial judgment vs general judgment
  • “Put it into the fire”
• Indulgences
  • A deed being done
  • A mass in the name of someone
  • Prayer
  • Abstinence 
  • Giving to the poor (or another “gracious” act)
• The main question: Is purgatory & indulgences Biblical?
  • Short answer: No

Resources: 

•  What does the Bible say about purgatory? https://www.gotquestions.org/purgatory.html
• What are indulgences and plenary indulgences, and are the concepts biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/plenary-indulgences.html

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Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher continue their conversation about the Roman Catholic Church by discussing the last 3 sacraments and their Biblical basis.

Show Notes: 

• Intro (Recap of Episode 8)
• The people not knowing the Word
  • Latin (dead language)
  • Led to the man-made additions that people didn’t know were wrong because they didn’t know the Word
• Continuing the sacraments conversation from Episode 8
  • Reconciliation (Penance)
    • Confession to a priest: Nowhere taught in Scripture
    • Why go to a priest to confess?
    • Looking at James 5:16
    • Christian sanctification (accountability to the Lord and one another)
  • Anointing of the Sick
    • “Anointing” is from the Old Testament and comes from the Jews
    • The difference between Christians and Catholics practice of “anointing
    • Saving faith leads to obedient faith
  • Matrimony 
    • Catholics (generally) believe what the Bible says about marriage: One man & one woman
    • The Pope’s recent contrary statements in support of LGBTQIA+
    • The purpose of marriage?
    • The imagery of marriage for Jesus & His Church
• The “State Church” founded by Constantine is playing itself out today
• Additional thoughts on sacraments & matrimony 

Resources: 

• Are The Seven Catholic Sacraments Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/seven-Catholic-sacraments.html
• What Does The Bible Say About Confession Of Sin To A Priest? https://www.gotquestions.org/confession-sin-priest.html
• What Does The Bible Say About Anointing Oil? https://www.gotquestions.org/anointing-oil.html
• What Is The Catholic Catechism? https://www.gotquestions.org/Catholic-catechism.html

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Join Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher as they explore the inner workings and beliefs of Roman Catholicism. Are sacraments Biblical? What is a eucharist? And, what was the true church doing?


Show Notes:

• Intro
• Roman Catholic (Universal) Church History
  • The State Church
• The early church was built on: Teach the found. Reach the lost. Period.
  • Anything more is a man-made addition
• Main question: What is the true church doing?
• Exploring the Catholic Church
  • What do they believe?
  • Leadership structure
  • Sacraments
• Catholic Hierarchy: Pope, Bishops & Cardinals, Priests then People
  • Not Biblical
• Christian Hierarchy: Jesus Christ, then the People
  • Elders are shepherds and leaders and accountable to the people but not greater than the people
  • Plurality
• What is a sacrament?
  • Outward expression of an inward belief: a demonstration
• The seven sacraments
• Holy Orders
  • The difference between the different roles and their abilities
  • What is transubstantiation?
  • Us, the royal priesthood
  • The actual offices of the New Testament Church
•  Good Shepherd sermons
• Baptism
  • The catholic’s initial form of salvation
•  Confirmation
  • Additional form of salvation
  • A symbol of “membership” to a parish
• Eucharist (Communion)
  • The Last Supper
  • The true purpose of communion
  • It’s not about just doing it, it’s about the meaning behind it (remembrance of Christ)
• Outro

Resources:

• What is Roman Catholicism? https://www.gotquestions.org/Roman-Catholicism.html
• Was Saint Peter The First Pope? https://www.gotquestions.org/Peter-first-pope.html
• What Does The Bible Say About Hierarchy? https://www.gotquestions.org/church-hierarchy.html
• What Does It Mean To Be Above Reproach / Blameless? https://www.gotquestions.org/above-reproach.html
• Are The Seven Catholic Sacraments Biblical? https://www.gotquestions.org/seven-Catholic-sacraments.html
• A Good Shepherd: https://youtu.be/nsyyEjClJtM
• A Good Shepherd (Part 2): https://youtu.be/EsjNNboL26A
• What Does The Bible Say About Infant Baptism? https://www.gotquestions.org/infant-baptism.html
• What Does The Bible Say About Ordination? https://www.gotquestions.org/ordination.html
• What Is Transubstantiation? https://www.gotquestions.org/transubstantiation.html

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