In this episode Pastor Raef talks about a Biblical vision for parenting. Before you think that this episode is only for parents, it's not. If you are a Christian, it is important for you to know what the parents in your Church are aiming to do, because you are in their Church with them. This episode is for everyone, and provides some basic historic Christian parenting tools that can assist you in raising Godly kids.

In this episode, Pastor Raef Chenery discusses the issue of legalized physician assisted suicide in Canada and how to think about this from a biblical worldview.

Resources
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/canada-legalized-medical-assisted-suicide-euthanasia-death-maid/673790/

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/hungry-poor-and-disabled-canadians-now-seeking-assisted-suicide

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-canada-report-2022-1.7009704

We are in a season of history where war covers our news cycle. But how ought Christians think about war. What is the history of the theology of war. In this episode Pastor Raef looks at Just War Theory and considers how the history of Just War Theory can help us navigate our current times.

Resources
Piers Morgan Interview https://twitter.com/ReichmanShmuel/status/1722754621557350845?s=20

Book, Ethics for a Brave New World, https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Brave-Second-Updated-Expanded/dp/158134712X/

Book, Moral Choices An Introduction to Ethics, https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Choices-Introduction-Scott-Rae/dp/0310536421/

In this episode, Pastor Raef jumps into one of the classic apologetics question, and frankly a question that many Christians often wonder about. After a survey of understanding what Christians believe about the Bible, we then dive into the four major categories of evidence that demonstrate the trustworthiness of Scripture.

Resources
https://biblearchaeology.org/

https://notthebee.com/article/joe-rogan-was-sad-that-theres-no-instruction-manual-for-human-existence-and-boy-do-i-have-good-news-for-him-

In this episode Pastor Raef discusses the tragic war that has begun in Israel, after they were attacked by the terrorist organization Hamas. We discuss how to think about this from a Biblical perspective, a historic perspective, and a prophetic perspective. 

Resources
CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-war-explained-mime-intl/index.html

Michael Rydelnik Book: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Arab-Israeli-Conflict-Headlines-Havent/dp/0802426239/

In this episode, Pastor Raef interviews a member of the Church who shares his experiences with same sex attraction. We discuss how Christians ought to think about this topic, how it is connected to Original Sin, what our new nature in Christ has to say about it. And then, we have a brief discussion on our hyper sexualized culture and how the roots of what we are experiencing in culture today can be traced back to Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud.

A powerful interview with a member from our Church, telling the story of how Christ delivered him from an addiction to Heroin. A story of hope, and a reminder of the power of the Gospel in every Christian's life.

In this episode Pastor Raef shares the audio of a powerful evangelistic encounter that took place outside of an abortion clinic in Chicago. Throughout the episode, we pause to examine the conversation and what we can learn about evangelism from it.

In this episode Pastor Raef considers June in America, what has now been labeled as Pride Month. We'll consider Pride Month in general, what happened to Target, a new law regarding homosexuality in Nigeria, and then we'll take Listener Q&A focused specifically on navigating LGBTQ issues in the workplace.

Articles Discussed
https://wng.org/opinions/welcome-to-pride-month-christian-1654083759
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/business/target-lgbtq-merchandise-pressure-trans/index.html

In this episode Pastor Raef digs into one of the core divisions between Catholics and Protestants, the doctrine of Justification.

This episode correlates to a blog post that Pastor Raef wrote on this topic that can be found here: https://raefchenery.com/2023/05/24/justification-the-great-division-between-protestant-catholics/

RESOURCES
Are We Together?: A Protestant Analyzes Roman Catholicism by RC Sproul https://www.amazon.com/Together-Protestant-Analyzes-Roman-Catholicism/dp/1567692826/