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Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein are joined by Seth Dillon of the @TheBabylonBee to discuss the necessity of satire as Christian Conservatives, the rise of the woke right and Candace Owens foray into conspiracy and Seth's thoughts on Calvinism. Will Tim convince him to be a Molinist?

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➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Seth Dillon Opens Up About Elon and Twitter

07:20 How Theology Informs Cultural Courage

11:24 Why Free Will and Free Speech go Hand in Hand

12:20 Why Christians SHOULD Use Satire

22:06 The Rise of the Woke Right's Effect on Comedy

27:24 Concerning Candace Owens

30:20 The Hesitancy of Accountability

38:28 Real Friends Don't Require Silence

40:24 The Real Issue With Candace Owens

47:14 Christ is King and Black Lives Matter... Similar?

50:20 Holding Your Own "Side" Accountable is Imperative

55:41 Tim's Sister Changed Her Mind On Candace?!?

59:41 What About Matt Walsh and Megyn Kelly?

1:09:10 Seth's Thoughts on Calvinism

1:18:31 Can Tim Convince Seth to Be a Molinist?

1:25:40 Concluding Remarks

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The channel @BeliefItOrNot recently released this video featuring yours truly (Dr. Tim Stratton) of FreeThinking Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IseLvNK-fB4 Today, Tim and Josh respond to the video and in a bit of good natured ribbing champion the annual fundraiser for FTM - Give Where You Live!

Give now, to our grift, that focuses only on ignorant students rather than dealing honestly with the intellectual and philosophical arguments against the existence of God!

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Are we only in it for the money? Is Dr. WLC intellectually dishonest? Is the mind the same thing as the brain? Come join us as we respond!

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➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️

00:00 Introduction

01:25 Aaron's Question: Is Free Will Still a Thing In Heaven?

07:14 Emmaus Highway Questions: 1 Cor. 10:13?

11:20 Does God Know In Advance If You Will Sin?

18:12 What About Prophecy?

21:55 It's All About Context

23:25 The One About Hezekiah

27:00 Aryana's Question: Aren't I Still the Source Even If I'm Determined?

32:42 Until Next Time!

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Dr. Tim Stratton and Phil Kallberg present their paper at the Evangelical Philosophy Society on whether or not Divine Determinism (or EDD) is a different gospel, and if so, is it a heresy?

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Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein react to a string of new videos that seem to indicate a softer side of @CosmicSkeptic 's disposition to Christianity... Is there movement here to watch? Stratton and Klein analyze clips and give their opinions. Alex, if you watch this we would LOVE to have a conversation with you!

Past Clips of Reacting to Alex O'Connor:

Debate with Ben Shapiro: https://youtube.com/live/96AfLHG-4ec

Debate with Dinesh D'Souza: https://youtu.be/EYelDR9kFFc

Alex O'Connor Leaving New Atheism: https://youtube.com/live/krC3r_g4RhI

Articles: https://freethinkingministries.com/responding-to-ben-shapiro-and-alex-oconnor/

➡️ CHAPTERS ⬅️

00:00 What did Alex Just Say?

01:01 What makes Alex's disposition different now?

06:45 Building a Case, starting with ChatGPT

11:30 The Kastrup Interview Shows Movement

21:05 Alex Admits Christian Plausibility to Bear Grylls?

29:27 Alex would ask THIS of Jesus if had 5 minutes

34:11 Where do we go from here?

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Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Corey Miller of Ratio Christi concerning his new book The Progressive Miseducation of America. In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination Corey Miller takes on the university system that led to the ideology that took his life. This is an important work and one that will be important to refer to in years to come.

Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/nHw8ltGbUSA

Purchase book here: https://a.co/d/j6GAdDu

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00:00 Introduction

01:50 Dr. Corey Miller and TPUSA

04:06 More to the Book than the Title

05:51 Explaining the Cultural Revolution

08:37 The Overlap of Faith, Politics, and Violence

11:55 The Woke Right and The Problem of Universities

21:50 How Do We Get Out Of This Mess?

31:35 How Do We Convince Christians that Politics is Theological?

39:38 Every Law Is Either Compatible or Incompatible with the Law of Christ

46:00 Why Are Pastors Seemingly Less Aware Of These Issues?

48:06 Highlights from Dr. Miller's Recent Travels

1:00:50 Concluding Thoughts

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Josh Klein of FreeThinking Ministries reacts to biblical arguments made against @AllieBethStuckey during a recent @jubilee surrounded episode. Every clip used from the Jubilee video is in direct compliance with "fair use" law and is intended to add commentary as well as serve for "educative" purposes and thus is lawful to distribute and does not violate copyright law.

editors note: In Josh's conversation around the Sibyllene Oracles he failed to mention that Sibyllene Oracle 2:73 is widely considered to be a later Christian interpolation which is why it is considered as written later than 1 Cor. 6.

Full Jubilee Surrounded video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUjeVodnbzA

Josh's review of Brandan Robertson's book: https://freethinkingministries.com/queer-and-christian-book-review/

Other Articles on Robertson's Progressive Interpretation of Scripture: https://freethinkingministries.com/adam-eve-and-robertsons-view-rebutted/ https://freethinkingministries.com/decoding-sodom-truth-behind-the-flames/

Josh's Reaction to Charlie Kirk on Surrounded: First video: https://youtu.be/gHn1v5m-nSA Second video: https://youtu.be/h2vRjDXJ-Bc

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00:00 Why Cover This On An Apologetics Channel?

04:20 Biblical Marriage Includes Polygamy?

07:12 Was Romans 1 Just a Rhetorical Trap?

08:54 No Lesbianism in Romans 1?

11:43 The Hebrew Word for Homosexuality?

13:23 Arsenakoitai - An Economic Word?

16:55 The Apostle Paul's Use of Greek

20:16 Abortion and Numbers 5?

23:36 Abortion and Exodus 21?

27:09 Jews Believed in "Life at First Breath?"

28:57 Concluding Thoughts

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Is the tension between Free Will and God's sovereignty REALLY a mystery? Matthew McConaughey joined @TheDiaryOfACEO and shared some things about faith. @RuslanKD reacted. Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein respond to both in this week's episode. Sure, there might be tension but it's not a mystery.

Ruslan clip: https://youtu.be/2UiJ16_JAlo?si=kIbPueR1p-UUXQTe

Diary of a CEO Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMzxNfX-uAg

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00:00 Introducing Ruslan

02:30 Are Young Men Returning to Christ?

05:24 Would A Pastor Dare To Preach THIS Message?

11:10 Fighting the Spiritual Battle on Two Fronts

13:42 Free Will and Providence is NOT a Mystery

22:53 The Definition of "Sovereign" and the DoD

29:50 The Difference Between Mystery and Contradiction

35:13 McConaughey on Sin and why He's right

40:00 Don't Take Advantage of Grace

53:15 Concluding Thoughts

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Dr. Jason Thacker of Boyce College stops by to discuss the future of AI and how we should think of it as Christians. Could people REALLY live forever? Is a superintelligence possible? What does this mean for Christians? We seek to answer these questions and more in this week's episode.

Find more on Dr. Thacker here: https://jasonthacker.com/

The Age of AI Book: https://a.co/d/3JbOGW3

Changing ChatGPT's "mind" on Gender: https://freethinkingministries.com/i-changed-chatgpts-mind-on-gender/

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00:00 Introduction

02:10 Introducing Dr. Thacker

04:45 The Ultimate Question

06:10 Can Something Artificial REALLY be Intelligent?

11:00 The Improbability of General/Super Artificial Intelligence

22:00 Could AI Help Humans Live Forever?

32:00 WE Are the Product in an AI World

37:00 Nothing is Neutral

43:00 Responsibility in Use of AI

52:00 The Conclusion Is...

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Dr. Nick Bank of ⁨@stepuptolifeministries⁩ joins Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein to discuss his new book "Down Like Jesus". Ministry can be painful (as both Tim and Josh have found!) could this be a resource that helps people to process and use that pain for their own sanctification?

Check out Nick's Book "Down Like Jesus": https://a.co/d/hV6BmrR

Check out Nick's work at Step up to Life: https://www.stepuptolife.com/

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00:00 Introduction

02:25 Who is Nick Bank?

06:00 What is "Down Like Jesus?"

07:25 The Challenges Of Pastoral Mental/Spiritual Health

12:00 How Do You Walk With a Pastor Through Church Hurt?

16:50 Is This Project for Pastors or for Congregants?

21:00 The 8 Ministry Difficulties That Pastors Face

32:30 How Does This Help Pastors Going Through Difficulty?

37:30 How Do Pastor's Families Play Into This?

39:45 Which Difficulties Resonate Most with Tim and Josh

47:40 Step Up to Life and Molinism

1:06:45 Concluding Remarks

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