It's Christmas time, and that means megachurch Christmas shows with acrobats, professional bands, actors, costumes, and pyrotechnics costing hundreds of thousands of dollars (tax free of course). Is what God intends for the church? Is it just a fun strategy to bring more people in to church? Or is there something wrong with the expensive Christmas services, or the performative services the rest of the year with the purpose to entertain? 

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We learned a lot in recent years about the limits of authority of the civil government. But a lot of people have completely failed to carry that over into other spheres, and instead believe that while governments are very limited, husbands evidently have boundless authority in their homes. The Bible's call to submit to the government does not give the government unlimited authority over anything they want. Similarly, the Bible's call for wives to submit to their husbands doesn't actually give husbands unlimited authority either.

So how do we draw the line? I specifically discuss the claim that authorities should always be obeyed unless they call us to sin, and why it's false. As well as some pastors who seem to be enabling tyranny and creating weak Christians, and more.

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"No More Brother Wars" sounds like a call to unity from the Christian Right, but when we look deeper at the behavior of the people calling for it, we learn a very different story that perfectly reflects events that we've seen in recent history from the Christian Left. Why is this and what exactly is happening here?

My episode with  @methodministries on the Mostly Anonymous "Christian" "Right" spearheaded by Revoice for Nazis Pastors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhhGFmT2WE 

Our Three Forms of Unity @ Hillcrest Christian Reformed Church | Hudsonville, MI | March 15, 2025 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-three-forms-of-unity-tickets-1050672167737 

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The newly released Antioch Declaration is causing waves on the internet.

The Antioch Declaration is a statement made by a group of respected Christian pastors and leaders, urging resistance against contemporary racial ideologies that they view as incompatible with the gospel. It addresses concerns over secular narratives, identity politics, and the rise of new cultural ideologies that they believe threaten biblical teachings. The declaration emphasizes the need to uphold Christian truth in the face of societal and political shifts, calling for unity under the authority of Scripture and opposing antisemitism, scapegoating, and secularism's influence in the Church. 

In this episode we read through the Declaration and discuss each point, and the possible controversies that may arise from it. We also discuss the potential disagreements that will arise and the kinds of people who will likely disagree. 

Spoiler alert - when people get upset at calling actual racism bad, they're probably actually racists.

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Today we revisit Midwestern Seminary and their Missions Program, Fusion, with a debate. A brave student comes on to defend Fusion, and agrees with the massive corruption in Midwestern Seminary and the SBC, while attempting to debunk my previous guest's claims about Fusion.

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We won a big victory. Smile big, laugh loud, and don't be afraid to celebrate amidst the negativity, crying, and meltdowns. But don't get complacent. Use this time to work hard, build, and grow so we can prepare for more bigger victories in the future.

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We continue where we left off discussing masculinity, effeminate men, and some corners of the Reformed Christian Nationalist movement going off the rails (as well as the CNs who are staying solid).  Coach Anthony Diehl has a wealth of knowledge about fitness, strength, and diet. He has built a successful coaching business with multiple employees, and is also training other coaches to create successful businesses. 

Coach Anthony on X: https://x.com/coachanthonyd 
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Coach Anthony Diehl has a wealth of knowledge about fitness, strength, and diet. He has built a successful coaching business with multiple employees, and is also training other coaches to create successful businesses. This advice applies inside and outside the fitness world. And if you're a business owner, or looking to be a better stronger man, this is a great conversation to listen to. We know we need to build Christendom by starting with ourselves. And our bodies and our businesses are good things to look at. Coach Anthony on X: https://x.com/coachanthonyd Coach Anthony on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meatheadprofessor 

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Critical Race Theory and this "new" ideology smearing across social media recently are two sides of the same coin. Those of us who know how to spot unbiblical nonsense like CRT should be well tuned to resist this newest attack on Christianity, disguising itself as patriotism and love for neighbor. Just like the Left called vaccines loving your neighbor, and DEI loving your neighbor, and "reproductive rights" is loving your neighbor, this ideology on the "Right" is gaslighting believers into believing hating your neighbor is loving them. How long until it's on the doorsteps of your churches, and slithering its way into you pulpits just like CRT did? We should crush this nonsense now while we still can. Don't allow more churches to divide and crumble exactly like so many did over the past few years over the exact same stuff.

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 What does it mean to be truly reformed? Or truly anything? Definitions matter. "Reformed" has to mean something deeper than agreeing with certain things the reformers said, or else the reformed label is meaningless. So what is it really? And why is this stupid debate even happening in the reformed community? 

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