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This sermon identifies pride as the root cause of the pervasive contention found in modern society, particularly on social media. Drawing heavily from Proverbs and other biblical texts, it warns that quarrelsome behavior is an abomination to God and leads to spiritual foolishness and misery. The preacher urges believers to withdraw from online arguments and foolish questions, emphasizing that truth should be proclaimed through preaching rather than debate. Ultimately, the message calls for Christians to contend earnestly for the faith while maintaining peace and avoiding the destructive spirit of strife.

Should this topic even need to be confronted? It is unfortunate, but in our day there is much discussion and debate about God. This message is a sort of preview to future messages dealing with the Bible doctrine of God.

A Thought in the Mind of God — Announcing My New Systematic Theology Book After months away from the podcast, I'm back with something I've been working on for 20 years: a brand-new systematic theology book called A Thought in the Mind of God. In this episode, I unveil the book, explain the single sentence that captures its entire argument, introduce the idea of "operational idealism," and share why the whole thing is free to read online. 📖 Read the entire book for free: inthemindofgod.com 🌐 More from me: pristinegrace.org Timestamps: 0:00 – Are you a thought in the mind of God? 1:17 – Welcome to the Pristine Grace podcast 1:45 – Why I've been quiet these last few months 3:47 – Unveiling the book: A Thought in the Mind of God 5:00 – The four print editions (paperback, hardcover, deluxe) 6:50 – Twenty years in the making 7:20 – How it started: bornagain.net and the early days of Pristine Grace 10:41 – Being attacked by Phil Johnson early on 13:04 – Finding the one thought underneath it all 14:11 – The core sentence: what the whole book comes down to 14:36 – What is "operational idealism"? 16:50 – How this differs from classical philosophical idealism 20:10 – The law: the invisible always precedes the visible 22:53 – Practical implications — regeneration, justification, election 24:13 – Why this book is different from other theology books 25:05 – Simulation theory and the gospel 26:32 – Read it free / how to get a printed copy 28:34 – Closing thoughts SystematicTheology #Grace #Gospel #Theology #Christianity #PristineGrace

America is celebrating 250 years of Independence. While there are those within our borders who are trying to change it, we recognize that people all over the world desire to come here. To mark this momentous anniversary, Jim read the preamble of our Declaration of Independence and also the Preamble to our Constitution: Declaration of Independence (1776): We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.–That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Preamble to the Constitution (1787): We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. These two paragraphs, outlining the foundational principles for our nation, also point to the secret of America's greatness. Joining Jim to expound more on this was Randy Melchert. Randy is a college debate national champion who earned a Master's Degree in Church History from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School ...

In John 9, Pastor Paul Chapman's message, Are You Teachable, encounters one of the most striking confrontations in all of Scripture: a man born blind, healed by Jesus, standing before the most educated religious minds of his day. What unfolds is not just a debate about a miracle but a revealing portrait of two radically different postures of the heart. The formerly blind man, armed with nothing but his own experience, offers one of the most powerful testimonies in the Bible, summarizing that he once could not see and now he can. The religious leaders, by contrast, have already made up their minds before the conversation begins. They are not seeking truth; they are guarding their pride. This passage forces us to ask ourselves a deeply personal question: which posture do we carry? Are we like the beggar, open and willing to be taught, or are we like the Pharisees, so committed to what we already believe that we cannot receive anything new? The miracle itself reminds us that God sometimes allows struggle and hardship not as punishment but as a platform for His glory to be displayed in ways we never could have anticipated.