Let's bring in Charles G. Finney—the father of means. It's always man's temptation to dispense with God's means for what we consider to be our own more expedient means to usher in His Kingdom.

This episode of WDN begins a new series in which we work through Iain Murray's Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival. While most Christians hope to see revival, particularly Christian nationalists, it's essential to establish a Biblical definition of "revival" before striving in our own strength to achieve it. Many are in danger of putting the cart before the horse. If the Church gets this wrong, it will lead to dire consequences.

In our last episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, we tackle the book of Leviticus. 

In the end, the best way to make sense of the "boring" parts of the Bible is to tie everything to Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

In our third episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew do some work to convince you that Biblical genealogies are important. Along the way, we mention surrogacy, IVF, and the Mormons. 

In our second episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew try to convince you that the Tabernacle instructions and construction in the book of Exodus are not boring.

We're back with a short series on the "boring" parts of the Bible! What portions of Scripture do you find boring? Why are they boring? What can you do about it? In this episode, we give our introductory thoughts. In the upcoming few episodes, we'll look at a few "boring" passages!

A quick drop of a short episode on why we are thankful to live in the United States of America as we celebrate her 249th anniversary.

One last episode on the Crusades. This time we look at Luther's view of the Crusades...which was less than favorable. In fact, he warned Christians that participation in a holy war amounted to blasphemy. 

We read through an excellent article from 1945 by LCMS professor George W. Forell: Luther and the War Against the Turks. Throughout the article, we intersperse our reactions and comments.

This is our final episode on the numbered crusades. The Fifth Crusade was, as is the norm, a debacle. We bring to your attention Innocent III's Quia Maior, a few canons from the Fourth Lateran Council, and St. Francis of Assisi's courageous work during the Fifth Crusade.

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In 1212, about ten years after the inglorious Fourth Crusade, a grass-roots movement led by a couple of young men—Stephen of Cloyes and Nicholas of Cologne—gave crusading a go. Inspired by visions of Jesus, Stephen and Nicholas attempted to convince kingdoms, adults, and children to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The results were, once again, terrible and tragic.

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