Pastor Mike and Ryan conclude the conversation on taxes and Christians in the public square. 

What can we learn from Rand Paul’s Festivous 

 report? How much money is the government wasting?

Does the governments waste and abuse of our tax dollars impact the Gospel? Yes, excessive taxes limits the money we personally have to use for the Gospel. 

Mismanagement and spending money we don’t have to the tune 34 trillion dollars in US debt has created inflation of our dollar. What impact does that have on the spread of the Gospel? 

How does eschatology impact our political engagement? 

Why do some Christian’s have a martyr complex? They believe that persecution helps the spread of the gospel. Is that true? Should we seek to be persecuted?

Bidenomics and the advance of the Gospel!  Two things every Christian should think about. 

The inquisition: Should a pastor step down if his children are disobedient?

What does the Bible say about excessive taxes? Is that a moral issue that Christians should be concerned with? 

What does the Old Testament say about taxes? How much is too much? What does the Bible say about property taxes? 

Are exorbitant taxes theft in the eyes of God? How do we know that?

How much is the average American being taxed today? Federal, state, local, retail, food and the list goes one. What do the numbers look like? 

What can Christians do about this?  

The inquisition: How can parents find the balance between travel sports leagues and church life?

The Hammer Podcast: Ep. 57: Tax Funded Murder!

To pay, or not to pay, that is the question.

Are Christians obligated to pay taxes if the money is being used to fund (murder) abortions, gender (mutilation) surgeries and a host of other evil atrocities?

What does the Bible say about paying taxes? How did the Roman government use tax money?

What are the consequences of not paying taxes?

How do we apply wisdom in this situation?

How do we know our hard earned tax money is going toward evil deeds?

What recourse do we have?

The inquisition: Should a pastor take a sabbatical?

Peter and Paul were not beta males! Our job is to create culture not change it.

Peter and the cudgel of submission and Paul’s use of the rule of law. How should we understand 1 Peter 2 and Paul’s use of the Roman Law in Acts?

Submission is not absolute. As Christians our submission is absolute only to God. In all other areas there are conditions.

The inquisition: What would you say to those who say, “It doesn’t matter which government is in power, the Gospel spreads greatest through oppositon!”?

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In this episode Pastor Mike talks about the Christian and politics. What is cultural engagement and can it really be divorced from political engagement?

If God is sovereign over the ends, he is also sovereign over the means to those ends. How do we think critically about that?

How did the evangelical leaders of the past think about this issue? Jerry Falwell Sr., Adrian Rodgers, Pat Robertson and others…

Adrian Rodgers and the Christian’s engagement? What did he mean when he said, “Use your head!”?

What are some dangers regarding political engagement? What are things we should avoid?

Was Jesus a Republican?

Are all Republican presidential candidates born-again believers?

What should be our main focus when thinking about voting?

The inquisition: What should believers think about IVF and abortion?

Tune in today! We discuss these questions and more.

In this episode Pastor Mike talks about the various eschatological views, and how they apply to the Christian in the public Square.

Why did it take us so long to get here? What was the purpose of going through each of the millennial views?

What are some logical assumptions that actually don’t play out in the public square because of theological disconnects?

How should we think about the theological “coolness” of post millennialism and how that is playing out with the younger culturally discerning believers?

What about the current dust up regarding Ligon Duncan and Doug Wilson? Was Ligon really questioning Doug’s salvation?

Yet Ligon has not dealt with the issues of wokeness, Together for the Gospel, Jonathan Leeman Marching in BLM rallies etc…

What are the unintended consequences of this inaction and then his attack on Wilson?

The inquisition: On Sunday you said something about a certain leader… was that planned? Why did you say something? Have you gotten any feedback from it?

Tune in today! We discuss these questions and more.

This is a special edition of the hammer podcast. 50 on 50! In this episode, Pastor Mike dives into the Reign of Christ in the three primary millennial views.

To begin, we talk about the unnecessary “cheap shots” the different views may make toward each other.

How does the character and nature of God affect our view of his Reign? “Reign” is not an attribute of God. But what are the necessary implications of his sovereignty, providence, omnipotence, omniscience…etc? Is there a time when God is not reigning?

But Satan is the prince of the power of the air, right? However, Proverbs 8:15 says, “by me, kings reign.” What does this tell us about God’s authority?

What about Philippians 2:5-11 and the emptying of Jesus? Does this change how we view God’s reign?

Now as it pertains to Christ’s reign in the millennial views, Mike makes the case for understanding that as a sort of “Sub-Reign.” The various millennial views then differ on the timing of this reign, rather than the permanency of his reign.

How does all of this work into our understanding of the eternal subordination of the Son?

What is the effect of Sin and its presence to the Reign of Christ? What is the importance of the Millennial Reign of Christ?

The inquisition: Al Molher talked about the active totalitarians being seen in Hong Kong today, how does that differ from the alleged totalitarianism of Donald Trump?

Tune in today! We discuss these questions and more.