The Bible and Our Culture

Secular Pharisees have the same heart issues as religious Pharisees.

What Jesus might say to today's hypocritical, external, people pleasing, self-deceived oppressors.  

There is a little bit of Pharisaicalism in all of us. 

Leftists are Pharisees too!

What a current day Pharisee is not, and how that impacts us today?

Pharisees today might not be what you think they are.

What are the common denominators of Pharisaicalism in the Bible?

Everybody wants to insist they are not a Pharisee and their opponents are. 

Interview with Chris Knowlton about foster care in our culture.

What is happening with foster kids in America?

Gender dysphoria and the state of Washington's woke agenda against at-risk kids.

Interview with Chris Knowlton who is the founder and director of The Source Washington, The Source Idaho, The Source Montana, and The Source Malawi.  

Different personality types might engage the culture war differently.

Joshua and Caleb were God's remnant in this situation.

Fighting the Culture War as a "Joshua" or "Caleb".

The American Church no longer needs to scout out the land.  We already know their is wickedness and corruption everywhere.  

America cannot afford to miss this window of opportunity.

We ask for mercy: "God please allow the people we love to repent."

Praying for God's enemies to repent.

Moses changed God's mind, by the will of God?

How to pray for our enemies?  First and foremost, that they repent.

 

God's wrath and God's mercy come together at the cross!

Diminishing God's judgment, diminishes His grace also.  Minimizing God's wrath, minimizes what Jesus did in His great mercy and love for us.  

Christ's sacrifice on the cross didn't change the Father's view of sin; it changed His view of sinners.  

God values our faith and trust on a personal level; in other words, God doesn't see a lack of faith as merely a short-coming to try to work on, but a personal account of how we see Him and His goodness towards us. 

Intercession in the face of God's judgment, the Church's sacred role.  God wants us to play the role of "good cop" as we stand in the gap for others.  

We are God's hose to get the Living Water to our dry and dying culture.  

Does Moses dare try to advise God?

"Give us this day our daily giants."

We all have giants especially if you are taking ground for the purposes of God. 

When they threaten you, realize, like Caleb, they are your bread! 

Defeating giants are our Daily Bread!

Should the Lord's Supper be spooky?

Factions in the church versus the Lord's Supper.

The Lord's Supper gives us an opportunity to "proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" to the lost, to each other, to demonic forces, and to our own souls.

What does it mean to partake of the Lord's Supper "in an unworthy manner"?

5 pitfalls if you partake of Communion "in an unworthy manner".

Take the Lord's Supper seriously, but be thankful as you do it.

How often do you take Communion and who is allowed to take it? 

Forgiving others is a key part of the Lord's Supper and a key part of your mental health.