Too Cool for Sunday School

Maybe you weren't really paying attention that Sunday Morning.. Maybe church wasn't a part of your upbringing at all. There are Bible stories that you may have heard referenced, but you don't know the details of. Now you can do a little catching up. Today we will talk about another Bible story so popular that it is often cited outside of a religious context, as an example of ethical behavior: A Good Samaritan!

Bonus: Unboxing

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Your Own Personal Jesus

This week we face the terrors of Covid 19, but together, bravely in an entry of Your Own Personal Jesus

Lemuel: Bishop Gereald Glenn of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Virginia passed away last week at the age of 66. He had tested positive for Covid 19 a month earlier, but insisted on continuing to hold services, and encouraged others to attend. Bishop Glenn, in one a post infection sermon, expressed indifference to dying from the virus. He also encouraged people to continue to congregate in defiance of the illness.

The unfortunate Bishop Glenn’s response is the beginning of our conversation about some church response to the current pandemic.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/us/bishop-gerald-glenn-daughter/index.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/video/fort-worth-televangelist-kenneth-copeland-calls-out-covid-19/vp-BB12pEhZ

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kenneth-copeland-blow-coronavirus-pray-sermon-trump-televangelist-a9448561.html

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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The More You Know

Because of the safety considerations that governments have put into place, Easter services will not be held at many churches around the world. Because of these safety restrictions, especially those about social distancing and gathering in groups, the regular traditional Good Friday and Easter services will be done through the internet and television without public participation. With that in mind, we thought it would be a good idea to explain what to expect if you had attended a Good Friday or Easter Service.

Sources:

https://religionnews.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-restrictions-on-easter-is-a-return-to-vaticans-not-so-ancient-rules/

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-vatican-cancels-public-participation-at-popes-easter-events

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/27/churches-easter-trump-closed-coronavirus-services/

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Canon Fodder

Tonight we will declare a living person in a state of bliss: Jose Andres.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/03/17/jose-andres-says-people-have-to-eat-so-his-shuttered-restaurants-are-now-community-kitchens/

https://wck.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Andr%C3%A9s

https://catholicexchange.com/jose-andres-famous-chef-catholic-humanitarian

Too Cool for Sunday School

Maybe you weren't really paying attention that Sunday Morning. Maybe you had been watching Creature Features on Saturday night, and slept in the next morning. Maybe church wasn't a part of your upbringing at all. There are Bible stories that you may have heard referenced, but you don't know the details of. Now you can do a little catching up.

This week, we learn of Daniel and the Lion's Den.

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The More You Know

When we last approached the topic, we were speaking about a recent development in the news: Paula White, presidential advisor and false prophet, had prayed for spiritual abortions for the satanic conspiracies against president trump. We know there is not a demonic master plan led by the democratic party, but this brings up an interesting topic. Why are fundamentalists so eager to see these evil conspiracies? Well, it goes back a way, and involves old acquaintances like Jack Chick.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartinpreschooltrial

https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaurelRoseWillson

https://cvltnation.com/satanic-panic-brief-introduction-overview/

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We have discussed the National Prayer Breakfast before. It is a yearly, eccumencal event held in Washington D.C. and since 1980, in the Washington Hilton Ballroom. It is hosted by members of congress, and organized by the Fellowship Foundation, though attendance for the event is not restricted to Christians. President Trump followed the keynote speaker for the event, Professor Arthur Brooks, a conservative Catholic who in the past has contributed to dialogs with the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama. Professor Brooks has recently published a book, “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt.” After the Professor finished his address, Trump spoke to the bipartisan gathered clergy and began with by disagreeing with the premise of forgiveness - not only the subject of Professor Brooks’ book but the central tenet of the Christian faith.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/politics/trump-love-enemies-prayer-breakfast/index.html?fbclid=IwAR10VnqLDsByY8vPZx9GIvV0iCGorUAMli5l9lbCc83if18wOiO5uQBe8

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-68th-annual-national-prayer-breakfast/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/02/06/trumpatnationalprayerbreakfastcorruptpeopleputmethroughterrible_ordeal.html

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-calls-schiff-and-pelosi-vicious-and-horrible-people-during-impeachment-victory-lap

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jerry-falwell-jr-trashes-romney-over-vote-to-convict-trump-like-when-scar-betrayed-mufasa/

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Episode 19: Spiritual Warfare Part 1

The More You Know

Today we will begin a discussion on the topic of Spiritual Warfare. It has been brought up in the context of a recent bizarre statement by prosperity minster and not so spiritual advisor, Paula White. Just a few weeks ago she made this strange declaration during a sermon: “We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now!” This bizarre statement drew a lot of attention. Why? Because no one knew what it meant! What is a “Satanic Pregnancy?” After all the questions, memes, and jokes, Ms. White made a clarification. This was not about abortion, in a literal sense, but a reference to a very old idea: Spirtual Warfare.

Sources:

https://www.businessinsider.com/paula-white-calls-for-satanic-pregnancies-to-miscarry-right-now-2020-1

https://time.com/5771920/trump-paula-white-miscarriage-satanic-pregnancies/

www.marchofdimes.org › complications › miscarriage

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Get The Behind Me, Felicia

According to Genesis, after Noah's flood God put the rainbow in the sky as the sign of His promise that He would never again destroy the earth with flood (Genesis 9:13–17): “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” So why, in its wisdom, did Kentucky’s Whitefield Academy, a Christian private school, expel a 15-year-old girl after her mother posted a photo to Facebook of the student eating a rainbow cake in a rainbow sweatshirt at her birthday party?

Sources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/01/15/family-says-15-year-old-girl-was-expelled-over-a-rainbow-themed-birthday-cake/#6913e1734a8e

https://jezebel.com/teen-has-fun-christian-school-responds-predictably-1841022312?utmsource=jezebelfacebook&utmmedium=socialflow&utmcampaign=socialflowjezebelfacebook&fbclid=IwAR244oXgeahm24ghjE7QC0NeJ0b5V8etyp3tBtENqOEJbISHlq-h5IUaURc

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/catholic-school-expels-teen-after-rainbow-sweater-cake-deemed-lifestyle-n1116136

Not Necessarily the Good News

The Methodist Church appears to be separating. The Methodist Church, the third largest Christian denomination, is dividing over the issue of same sex marriage and LGTBQ clergy.

Sources:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/religion/story/2020-01-12/can-this-church-be-saved-united-methodists-roiled-by-lgbtq-issues-consider-divorce

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793614135/united-methodist-church-announces-proposal-to-split-over-gay-marriage

https://www.umnews.org/en/news/methodist-history-mixed-on-abolitionism

https://www.umc.org/en/content/what-is-the-denominations-position-on-homosexuality

https://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/chapter-1-the-changing-religious-composition-of-the-u-s/pr15-05-12rls_chapter1-03/

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Not Necessarily the Good News

On December 18. 2019 the House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. During the hearings, Congressman Barry Loudermilk, representative of Georgia’s 11th district, made the following claim:

“When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers,” said Loudermilk, who represents Georgia’s 11th congressional district. “During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this President in this process.”

On today’s episode, we will discuss why and how this is a false and asinine comparison.

Sources

https://time.com/5752453/trump-jesus-comparison-impeachment-debate/

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/dec/19/barry-loudermilk/false-claim-comparing-jesus-pontius-pilate-and-tru/

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This week, we become war correspondents, creeping around the no man’s land of discarded wrapping paper and ribbons, to address the (fictional) war on Christmas and its heinous roots. Then, we talk about some of our Christmas traditions.

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