Thoroughly Equipped

On this episode, I present to you my discussion with Jon Harris from The Conversations That Matter YT Channel, where we discuss the Social Gospel and the  infiltration of Social Justice ideology in the church today.

Jon Harris is the author of Christianity and Social Justice and Social Justice Goes to Church, both which were incredibly informative on the Social Gospel and Social Justice. I’ve been a subscriber to his channel for awhile and it’s been a great resource in helping me identify how both are entering the evangelical church today. So I wanted to bring him into TE to look more at what the Social Gospel is, where it stems from, and how it connects Social Justice. If you want to dive into this issue as well, I suggest you pick up his book and check out his channel.  It was such an honor to meet Jon Harris and discuss this topic.

May it bless you and glorify God!

Conversations That Matter YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatMatterpodcast

Social Justice Goes to Church:

https://www.amazon.com/Social-Justice-Goes-Church-Evangelicalism-ebook/dp/B08J7NFRBF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EFMF9HMMK1RW&keywords=social+justice+goes+to+church&qid=1687037380&sprefix=social+justice+goes+to+church%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1

Christianity and Social Justice

Christianity and Social Justice: Religions in Conflict - Kindle edition by Harris, Jon. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

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What does IF:Equip's Arise teach about Jesus and Social Justice?

IF:Equip's Arise, claims that Jesus’ ministry was mostly focused on the marginalized, oppressed, and poor in society. His purpose was to always set free, and heal and that these acts of mercy and compassion were Jesus fighting for justice.

In this episode we will look at how IF:Equip's Arise presents Jesus. We will look at what they claim His mission and ministry was. Both Social Gospel and IF:Equip's Arise teach that Jesus set about to uproot social norms, and to bring temporal comforts to social groups. They claim that Jesus was stating that His this was His mission by quoting Isaiah 61:1-2 to make this claim in Luke 4:16-18. But is this true? What did Jesus mean by quoting Isaiah 61:1-2? 

IF:Equip's Arise also makes the claim that Jesus was always quick to heal, feed, and rescue the oppressed;  that Jesus always did these things when presenting the Gospel and was even willing to "break a rule" to love His neighbor through social acts of restoration. I wanted to look at Scripture and see if that was true.

Bottom line: what is the problem with presenting Jesus as a Social Justice warrior? Where might this lead an unbeliever or a new convert? What might this do to the faith, assurance, and sanctification of a wife and a mother?

Resources used for this episode:

Stand to Reason YT Channel- Jesus Did Not Come to Preach Social Justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyv95J9glBc 

Professor H's Land of Wisdom YT Channel on The Social Gospel Movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuG6sPJtV8

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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 30

IF:Equip's Arise, claims that the church is the light of the world whose mission is to bring restoration to it by "fighting against the darkness".

Today we will look at the other 2 foundations IF:Equip's Arise presents for why Christian (specifically Christian women) are to fight for justice…that, as followers of Christ, we are the light of the world and must “push back the darkness of injustice” and that we were restored to restore the world through reconciliation. In essence the mission of the church is to bring justice to this world.

All of this at first glance sounds biblical, sounds true. The statement that Christ followers are the light of the world and are to push back against the darkness is a true statement. Where we start to see problems is when we begin to understand what Arise means by being lights, and what Arise teaches about how we are to push back against the darkness. Arise has a specific teaching in this study about what it means to be a light. What does IF:Equip's Arise teach the darkness is? What does IF:Equip's Arise teach about what it means to be the light and walk in the light? How is a Christian to bring restoration? What does the church need to do to bring reconciliation?

Does IF: Equip's Arise teach what Scripture teaches about what it means to be a light in the world, what it means to fight the darkness, and how a Christian woman is to bring reconciliation and restoration? Let's compare it to Scripture.

Resources used for this podcast:

IF:Equip's Arise: A Study on God's Heart for Justice-

Week 1, Day 3- https://www.ifgathering.com/ifequip/studies/arise/the-hope-of-light-overcoming-the-darkness/

Week 1, Day 4- https://www.ifgathering.com/ifequip/studies/arise/restored-to-restore/

Theocast Podcast Smuggling Works into Faith (with Mike Abendroth)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZkqxmpa8s

 

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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 29

Is justice a Gospel issue?

Justice is an important issue that is at the foundation of the Gospel. It has been a highly charged topic in our society today. God is just therefore justice should be important to the Christian. But to exercise justice it must be rightly defined, depend on who God is, and should be guided by God's word. We can claim God is just but we must first ask what does it mean to be "just". Does IF:Equip's women's discipleship study Arise: A Study on God's Heart for Justice lay a solid foundation that will produce true justice?

Let's dive in and look at what IF:Equip's Arise teaches about justice.

Topics include:

Why is justice important according to IF:Arise?

What is justice and what does it have to do with righteousness?

The image of God a good place to start with when we want to study justice?

Is justice a Gospel work?

Does IF:Arise sow Social Gospel seeds?

Justice and God's Law

Resources:

IF: Arise Trailer:

⁠https://www.ifgathering.com/ifequip/studies/arise/⁠

Virgil Walker: Biblical Reconciliation-

⁠https://kootenaichurch.org/special-sermons/biblical-reconciliation/⁠

Truth Be Known Podcast: God’s Justice & Righteousness-

⁠https://podcasts.strivingforeternity.org/programs/truth-be-known/ep-40-gods-justice-righteousness/⁠

GraceLife Church of Edmonton-

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvJvMCDM_GA&list=PLX-DaW9ACiPN0oyn-OuPAfIvoBqNjZgg2&index=8⁠

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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 28

Continuing our look at Dr. Curt Thompson's teachings. 

Dr. Curt Thompson, Visionary Leader of the Center for Being Known, is a psychiatrist who speaks at Jennie Allen's IF:Gathering and IF:Lead Conferences. He has spoken at many conferences including the Torrey 2016 Conference and the Jubilee 2022 Online Conference; has been on the Red Ink Revival Podcast, the Trinity Forum Podcast,  among many others, and is co-host of the Being Known podcast.

Topics in this episode:

What is the doctrine of regeneration

What is the doctrine of redemption

Is regeneration and redemption our work?

What does Thompson teach about regeneration?

How does Thompson connect brain regeneration to redemption?

Thompson on Spiritual Disciplines, specifically centering prayer

My purpose for looking at Dr. Curt Thompson's teachings in depth is to show how incorporating psychoanalytical tools with Christianity will produce different doctrines resulting in a different transformation.

May this episode bless you and bring glory to God!

Resources used in this episode:

Rebecca Lyons podcast interview :https://curtthompsonmd.com/when-you-feel-overwhelmed/

Marcia Montenegro Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXX-dc9TFmo

Theocast: Are Spiritual Disciplines Biblical? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9np3mUJOxQ&t=737s

John MacArthur: The Wonder of Redemption in Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-uPTS71PM&t=1194s

Dr. Curt Thompson “Reflections" Luke 3:22: https://curtthompsonmd.com/reflections/luke-322/

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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 27

Continuing our look at Dr. Curt Thompson's teachings.

Dr. Curt Thompson, Visionary Leader of the Center for Being Known, is a pshyciatrist who speaks at Jennie Allen's IF:Gathering and IF:Lead Conferences. He has spoken at many conferences including the Torrey 2016 Conference and the Jubilee 2022 Online Conference; has been on the Red Ink Revival Podcast, the Trinity Forum Podcast, among many others, and is co-host of the Being Known podcast.

Topics presented:

Review of what Thompson believes about the Fall & sin.

How Jesus did what He did

What Jesus won for us at the cross

What it means that Jesus bore our shame on the cross

What is the Gospel according to Thompson

My purpose for looking at Dr. Curt Thompson's teachings in depth is to show how incorporating psychoanalytical tools with Christianity will produce different doctrines resulting in a different Gospel.

May this episode bless you and bring glory to God!

Resources used in this episode:

Redeeming Shame: Believing a Truer Story

Chris Kirk: Despising the Shame

Curt Thompson: Vulnerability Reframed: Healing Shame & Promoting Human Flourishing

Anatomy of the Soul by Dr. Curt Thompson

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Thoroughly Equipped Season 2 Episode 26

Continuing our look at IF:'s incorporation of the analytical tool of Psychology as Dr. Curt Thompson (a regular speaker at the IF:Gathering and IF:Lead conferences) integrates Interpersonal Neurobiology with Scripture. I hope to show you how he psychoanalyzes the Fall in Genesis 3 and psychologizes sin to make our problem more about shame instead of transgressing God's law.

Topics in this episode:

How Dr. Thompson believes Neuroscience is a language God uses to reveal himself and how we can incorporate it to share the Gospel

What Dr. Thompson believes about the temptation of the Serpent

Was Eve's sin a result of shame over her inadequacy in her relationship with God?

Sin, shame, and nakedness

Is Shame the antecedent of sin?

Where these teachings from Dr. Thompson may lead women

May this episode bless you and glorify God!

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Videos used:

Curt Thompson: Preaching the Gospel in the Language of Neuroscience

FALL | Curt Thompson | Jubilee 2022

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Thoroughly Equipped S. 2 Ep 25

Starting the final portion of our critique of the IF: Ministry; I present a message given by Dr. Curt Thompson who has been a reoccurring speaker at the IF: Conferences for the past couple of years. Dr. Curt Thompson is a Psychotherapist who has spoken on podcasts, at colleges, conferences, and YouTube channels where he teaches on the soul, shame, desire and being known in community.

In this episode we review his message, Dwell, from the 2019 IF: Lead Women's Conference.

Discussion topics:

What are Analytical Tools?

Integrating Psychological tools such as Behavior Neuroscience with Scripture to equip women to disciple other women

Psalm 27:4

What Dr. Thompson teaches about "dwelling"

A glimpse of what Dr. Thompson believes the Good News is

Is our problem shame or sin?

Vulnerability and the cross?

IF:Lead 2019- Dwell

https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/player/video/366138?session=366154

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Thoroughly Equipped S.2 Ep.23

In this episode we I take some time to present to you who is touted as the Spiritual Masters in the IF:Equip Enjoying Jesus study.

It's a long episode. But it's worth educating yourself in what these Christian Mystics teach and why it contradicts the Gospel so we can see the spiritual DANGER they pose. It should make us ask why does Jennie Allen include them in this study? 

The Spiritual Masters we will look at:

Brother Lawrence

Dallas Willard

Richard Foster

Julian of Norwich

Ruth Haley Barton

Extra Study:

Fighting for the Faith episode on Dallas Willard (critique starts at 1:08:00) -http://podcast.fightingforthefaith.com/fftf/F4F020410.mp3

For the transcript go to ttew.org. Links to original articles can be found in the transcript.

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Thoroughly Equipped S.2 Ep. 22

In this episode we look at Mysticism and more specifically Christian Mysticism. The purpose of this episode is to lay the foundation for the next episode where we will look at those IF:Equip quoted in the Enjoying Jesus study as some of the Spiritual Masters who teach on the Spiritual Disciplines.

Topics include:

What is Mysticism?

What is Christian Mysticism?

What does Christian Mysticism teach about God's nature, Man's nature, the nature of Sin, and the nature of Salvation?

How Christian Mysticism effects the faith and sanctification of a woman.

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