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Showing posts with label Human Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human Nature. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #35 Romans 8:20-23

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  Romans 8:20-23  New International Version 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #37: More Gnostic Dualism, pre-existence of the soul, and extra-biblical reliance

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  “The sages said that the Messianic Era might have commenced at that point, but the children of Israel lost the opportunity.  Likewise, in ...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The (Spiritually) Living Dead - Ephesians 2:1-3, sermon video

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The diagnosis is terminal.  The patient will not survive.  That's what the Apostle Paul wants us to understand in the verses prior to hi...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Why I wrote the Pastoral Letter to the Cornerstone Board of Trustees

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This video delves into the passion and concern that inspired and shaped the letter, as well as that of my collaborators in the project, Past...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #16: Explaining salvation through the lens of Hasidic Judaism

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There is much that we, as disciples of Jesus gathered together in the Church can learn from both ancient and modern Judaism.  The scriptures...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Sermon Video: We are made in God's image - Genesis 1:26-31

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At the culmination of Genesis' Creation account, God pauses to explain that his creation of humanity will differ from all the other livi...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #7: A House of Card: Going full-on mysticism Daniel Lancaster imagines the conversations your preexistent soul had with God

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  If you had any doubt that the Torah Clubs (FFOZ) following Daniel Lancaster's teachings are purposefully subverting, more than that, o...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Beginning of Wisdom (Torah Club) lesson #6: takes a bizarre turn toward Gnostic Dualism in support of an anti-Trinitarian view of Jesus

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  I'll admit, I didn't see this one coming.  It would never have occurred to me to use the story of Jacob and Esau to redefine the A...
Friday, October 20, 2023

An observation about social media comment sections in light of the Witch Walk furor

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Let's be honest, the uproar that ensued after this week's post on the St. Patrick Parish FB page about the Witch Walk brought out th...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Sermon Video: Seeing isn't Believing - Romans 10:16-21

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The Gospel message of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus is an easy one to share and comprehend, children are more than capable of fu...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Sermon Video: Live According to the Spirit - Romans 8:5-13

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What is the difference between living according to the flesh (the fallen human nature we were born with) and according to the Spirit?  Death...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Sermon Video: The Law reveals the depth of humanity's sin - Romans 7:7-13

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Having established that we have "died to the law", the Apostle Paul next tackles the question: What then is the relationship betwe...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Sermon Video: Slaves to God? Romans 6:15-22

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Contrary to post-modernism, American culture, and the tendency of Baptist theology, we are NOT autonomous individuals.  Here's the thing...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

I'm not afraid, should I be?

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  Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength,     an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way   ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder - A scathing and accurate dismissal of Paganism's anthropomorphic gods

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  * This is a spoiler free commentary * The villain of the newest Marvel movie, Thor: Love and Thunder is Gorr the God Butcher, a mortal pla...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Sermon Video: The Crucifixion of Jesus - Mark 15:16-26

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With so many gruesome details involved in a Roman crucifixion, we can become numb to the physical and emotional suffering that Jesus endured...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Sermon Video: "Yet not what I will, but what you will." - Mark 14:32-42

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Jesus submitted to the will of the Father. In the Garden, though it cost him anguish that few people will know, he submitted. There was no...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Sermon Video: Where defilement comes from - Mark 7:14-23

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  Where does evil come from? The answer from Jesus is simple: the human heart. Surface level things do matter, but they need to be kept in...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

Sermon Video: His own did not receive him - John 1:6-11

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  Following his soaring introductory paragraph, John speaks of the precursor of the Light of Mankind, John the Baptist, and his work to prep...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

An unhealthy overemphasis on politics

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  I'll admit, I've been sucked toward the rabbit hole of politics more in 2020 than any year since my youthful fascination decades a...