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January 17, 2024 EP381: What Iowa Means | Pulpit Politics | Bad Election Analogy
On This Episode:
ANALYZING IOWA
Here are my takeaways.
1. The Primary is over. Trump is the nominee for his party.
2. The race for 2nd place between Desantis and Haley is still important. Circumstances could keep Trump out of the race.
3. This also likely locks in Biden as the nominee for his party.
4. A Supermajority of Americans don't want these choices, so there's never been a better time for a third party candidacy. I expect a MAJOR third party bid.
5. Everything is going to be okay. Anyone who says, "if _________ wins this election, the country is over," is hysterical, childish, and you shouldn't listen to them.
TERRIBLE TWEET
An ostensibly "Christian" leader tweeted this very bad analogy about Trump. I'll respond to it.
POLITICAL BUT NOT PARTISAN IN A SERMON
Pastor Matt Chandler recently preached a sermon where he critiqued critical race theory, leftist economics, and national idolatry. He did it all without sounding like a political pundit. That's a good model for us to follow.
A LOT MORE
40 min
January 08, 2024 EP380: Let me Equip You for a Peaceful 2024 | Two Maddening Pieces of Audio
On This Episode:
LET HISTORY INFORM YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT TODAY
I know life is unstable right now: inflation, mortgage rates, protests/riots, two wars, shifting morals, incompetent governance, and a contentious election in front of us.

One reason we stress about these things so much is that we think we're unique in human history. Give me 15 minutes to walk you through the US in 1968, and learn that we're not the first people to tread these grounds, and we'll make it through just like they did.

TWO MADDENING PIECES OF AUDIO
One is from an apostate "church" in Canada. The other is an AI-generated worship of a politician. I have points on both.
34 min
January 03, 2024 EP378: Lonely People 7x MORE Likely To Be Involved in Politics | Commentators to Avoid | Much More
On This Episode:
LONELINESS AND POLITICS
New York Times Editorialist and author (one of my favorites) David Brooks has a new book out. One revelation is how people are using politics (instead of church) for morality, community, and feelings of making an impact. That's a substitution that will ruin us.

CAREFUL WHO GETS YOUR EARS
Some commentators tell you you're living under a tyrannical, treasonous regime. I tend to think we're living under godless, very mediocre people with bad ideas. The first option brings panic and fear. I think you should avoid those people.

MATH LEADS TO GOD
I want to play a clip from an atheist mathematician whose work is making him conclude there is more than the material universe.
37 min
January 01, 2024 A Short New Years Reflection on Abundance (Luke 11)
Get Perspective | Get Comparisons | Get an Agenda
6 min
December 29, 2023 EP377: Be The People of Peace in 2024 | Haley and the Civil War Answer | Much More
On This Episode:
NPR, CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, AND THE FUTURE
This story from NPR elicited a few responses from me. As we argue for Christian values in sectors of culture, we should recognize the fear that elicits in secularists. Let me equip you for those objections. Additionally, for those Christians pursuing Christianity in all of society, we should recognize some of our compatriots are coming at it from theologically weak places.

PEOPLE OF PEACE IN 2024
It could get ugly. Election years make people crazy. Let's settle that we'll be the people of both truth and peace in 2024.

NIKKI HALEY'S CIVIL WAR ANSWER
This controversy just allows me to give my standard, nuanced answer on the complicated origins of the American Civil War.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
As the impeachment inquiry into this president gets started, I want to provide a 2019 prediction I made about this and ask everyone for healthy doses of BOTH curiosity and skepticism of what you hear.
38 min
December 24, 2023 Sermon: Perfected Yet Being Sanctified (Hebrews 10:1-18)
The 10th sermon in my Epistle to the Hebrews series.
42 min
December 17, 2023 Hebrews 9: Repairing Our Consciences
The 9th installment in the Epistle to the Hebrews Series
44 min
December 13, 2023 EP377: TikTok Woman Rejected by Matchmaker | Complicated Texas Abortion Case
On This Episode:
A woman on TikTok recently complained about being rejected by a matchmaker (the woman wants to find a husband). She was appalled that the matchmaker thought the woman needed to make some changes to be appealing to the men she wanted.

Change, compromise, and improvement have been shunned by our self-love culture. I have some thoughts to share.

TEXAS ABORTION CASE
There was a complicated abortion case out of Texas this week. I want to offer clarity on the ethics of it -- but with, hopefully, a lot more compassion in my tone than I'm otherwise hearing.
34 min
December 10, 2023 Sermon: The Better Priest, Place, and Promises
My latest in The Epistle to the Hebrews series
42 min
December 04, 2023 EP376: Christians & Surrogacy | Arguing about Arguing | 5 Lies of this Anti-Christian Age
On This Episode:
SURROGACY AND THE CHRISTIAN RESPONSE
Two prominent men in the conservative movement recently
celebrated babies they’re now going to
raise with their partners. Both men hired women to carry the child and paid other women for genetic material to have the child. Some conservatives welcomed this, and then other conservatives chided them. I’ll provide some clarity on how a Christian might think about this and why we should not celebrate it.

CHRISTIANS ARGUING ABOUT ARGUING
Two prominent Presbyterians are sparring online about the use of caustic tones, lewd words, and cursing in our discourse. I fall firmly on one side, and I'll make my case.

ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD'S NEW BOOK
Rosaria Butterfield's personal story has always been compelling. She has a new book out, battling what she calls the "5 Lies of our Anti Christian Age." Here are those lies:
1. Homosexuality is normal.
2. Being spiritual is kinder than being a Biblical Christian.
3. Feminism is good for the world and for the church.
4. Transgenderism is normal.
5. Modesty is outdated and serves male dominance.
41 min