In response to a recent video where Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church affirms gay Christians in the church, Chris and Rich discuss the video and the biblical understanding of what makes someone a Christian.
Show Links:
Rich's Interview on A Word Fitly Spoken
Article - Such Were Some of You
Andy Stanley Video
Ryan Visconti Twitter Thread
Matter of Theology - Affirmation or Repentance
Dividing Line Episode Regarding Andy Stanley
VOR Episode - Has "Page CXVI" Abandoned the Faith?
 

Andy Stanley and Gay Christianity

This week, Chris and Rich discuss how the manipulation of language in culture today is being used to trap Christians into an approved narrative. Christians must be consumed with the desire to know how God defines terms, concepts, and ideas. We must never give way to culture and adulterate the truth.
Show Links:
Matter of Theology Episode - The Bible Says...
Dividing Line Episode - The Insufficiency of Scripture by Andy Stanley
 

”The Destruction of Words is a Beautiful Thing”

This week, Chris goes solo and discusses the growing use of the term "fake Christian" by those who oppose biblical truth. Born out of a combination of worldly desires and pragmatism in the professing church, many today feel emboldened to claim they are the standard of true religious expression while simultaneously declaring biblical Christianity to be hate-filled. How should Christians respond to this new assault?

”You’re Just a Fake Christian!”

As Rich fights the creeping crud this week, we invite you to listen to our discussion from 2018 when we talked about a golden calf of the Christian church in our age, inviting people to church to hear the gospel. We discuss this methodology and whether it should be a practice in the church.

VOR Rewind - Should We Invite People to Church?

Rich and Chris spend New Year's Eve discussing various issues in the last year to include Christian Nationalism, pragmatism, LGBTQ+ compromise in the church, Amy Grant, Rick Warren, and more. They also discuss what they hope to see and do in the year to come.
Show Links:
Ligonier State of Theology
VOR on YouTube
Ideological Subversion Video
Find Forgiveness in Christ
 

Looking Back at 2022 and Thoughts About the Year to Come

This week, Chris and Rich continue their discussion of the roles of men and women in the church, the qualifications of a pastor, and the history of Ephesus where Timothy was preaching when Paul wrote his epistle. 
Show Links:
Pliny H. N. v. 29, as quoted in “Ephesus,” The Latin Library
John W. Cowart. “Ephesus: A Wonder of the World.”
http://legalhistorysources.com/ChurchHistory220/LectureOne/MagnaMater.htm
https://www.gotquestions.org/braided-hair.html
https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/08/17/three-things-in-ephesus-timothy-likely-saw/
https://www.worldhistory.org/ephesos/
https://www.monergism.com/topics/gender-issues/women-office-bearers
https://www.gotquestions.org/mystery-religions.html
 
 
 

”I Can’t Support A Theology That...” - Pt. 2

This week, in response to a post by Dr. Beth Allison Barr on Twitter, Chris and Rich discuss what the Bible instructs concerning the roles of women and men in the church. Does Scripture speak specifically to these roles and what about examples of godly women in history as shown in Scripture? 
Show Link:
Michelle Lesley article - Rock Your Role

”I Don’t Support a Theology That...”

Professing Christians who support homosexual agendas often claim Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of inhospitality or rape. This week, Chris and Rich discuss this claim and what the Bible declares on the subject.
Show Links:
MLJ Sermon - Moral Perversion
AiG - Sodom and Gomorrah: What Was the Primary Sin?
Got Questions - What Does the Bible Say About Gay Marriage?
Got Question - What is Sexual Immorality?
Lyndon Unger - Sodomy and Understanding Genesis 19
Find Forgiveness in Christ

The Sin of Sodom

With the backdrop of the US Senate's vote on the "Respect for Marriage" act, Chris and Rich discuss that marriage is God's institution, not the world's. Only He can determine what is a marriage and Christians ought not to be trapped into accepting a worldly definition.
Show Links:
STTK Article - It's Not About Pluralism, It's About Worldviews
Axios.com Article on Colorado Shooting

God Defines Marriage, Not the World

It's Rewind Time. Join Andrew Rappaport of Striving for Eternity and Chris when they discussed how Christians need to consider what is the source of their authority when they engage in conservative politics. Are the end goals of political activism more important than God's Word and what compromises do we make when we ally ourselves with secular conservatives?
Show Notes:
Dave Rubin Twitter Post
Glenn Beck/Dave Rubin Video Clip
Andrew Rappaport - Political Activism: A Christian's Role

VOR Rewind - Christianity vs. Conservatism

What was the primary false gospel which Paul fought against and so many sought his death over? Rich and Chris discuss one verse from the Word of God which declares a truth contrary to what the world loves and embraces.
Show Links:
Got Questions: Why is salvation by works the predominantly held viewpoint?
Got Questions: How can salvation be not of works when faith is required?
MLJ Sermon: By Grace Through Faith
GTY Blog: Faith is a Gift
J.C. Ryle: Only One Way of Salvation
 

Work’s Salvation According to Scripture

This week, Chris and Rich discuss the question, "If God is real then why do bad things happen?" Many people ask this question loaded with presuppositions, chief among them the idea that we deserve something good from God. Christians should be prepared to respond to those presuppositions biblically.
Show Links:
STTK Article: If God is Real, Why is Your Life So Hard?
Voddie Baucham Video: If God is So Powerful and So Good, Why Do Bad Things Happen?
John MacArthur: Why Does God Allow So Much Suffering?
Find Forgiveness in Christ
 

If God Exists Then Why is My Life Terrible?

As Reformation Day nears, take time to listen to this episode from earlier this year when Chris and Rich discussed how professing evangelicals who engage in deconstructionism see themselves as practicing the principles of The Reformation. Is this comparison warranted or should Christians be on guard against destructive false teachings?
Show Links:
STTK Article - Deconstruction is Not Reformation
Just Thinking Episode #117 - Evangelical Deconstructionism
Got Questions - What is Deconstruction?
Desiring God - What Does "Deconstruction" Even Mean?
Find Forgiveness in Christ
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VOR Rewind - Deconstructionism vs. The Reformation

This week, Chris and Rich discuss that when Christ came into the world, He came among the lowest of society. There is no barrier to any rank or social status to have access to God if they come in the manner He has prescribed. 
Show Links:
A.W. Pink - Access to God
Cessationist Conference
 

He Came to the Lowest

This week, Chris and Rich discuss why and how Christians can engage in the current culture wars. All our efforts should be for the glorification of God and the proclamation of the gospel. 
Show Links:
Chris' Twitter Post
MacArthur - The Christian's Response in a Pagan Society, Pt. 1
MacArthur - The Christian's Response in a Pagan Society, Pt. 2
MacArthur - The Christian and Government
MacArthur - The Christian's Responsibility to Government, Pt. 1
MacArthur Letter to Gavin Newsom
MLJ Sermon on Romans 13: 1-7
John Calvin Commentary on Romans 13: 5-7
Got Questions? - Why Did Jesus Warn Against Saying the Word Raca?

How and Why Are You Engaging the Culture War?

We often hear people use this phrase but what does it really mean? Why do some professing Christians accuse others of limiting God? How is God put in a box? We look into the biblical implications of this statement. 
Show Links:
NoCo Radio - Don't Put God in a Box!
Tim Challies - Putting God in a Box - Doctrine
CrossExamined.org - Yes, We Do Need to Put God in a Box
The Domain for Truth - You're Putting God in a Box
Find Forgiveness in Christ!

Stop Putting God in a Box!

This week, Chris and Rich dive into the book of Jude and urge Christians to earnestly contend for the faith within the church.
Show Links:
Got Questions - What does it mean to contend for the faith?
GTY - How to Contend for the Faith?
Desiring God - Contend for the Faith
MLJ - The Unchangeable Message
Bible Hub - Jude 1:3 Commentaries

Contending for the Faith - An Examination of Jude

After an extended break, Rich and Chris are back behind the mics! And this week, they discuss how the Hyper-Dispensationalist view of Scripture inserts a false and harmful view of the gospel and the church into the book of Acts. 
Show Links:
Covenant Theology vs. Dispensationalism
Hyperdispensationalism and the Authority of Christ (Bob Dewaay)
Theopedia: Hyper-dispensationalism
Theopedia: E. W. Bullinger
Ultradispensationalism
Got Questions: What is mid-Acts dispensationalism?
 
 

Covenantalism, Dispensationalism, and Hyper-Dispensationalism

Looking back to last year when Chris and Rich discussed how the Christian can and will face suffering in this life. God calls us to submissive obedience through which He makes us more like Christ and glorifies His name.

VOR Rewind - Honoring God Through the Fiery Trial

Let's look at a year ago when Chris tackled a potpourri of mini topics, speaking on issues of wicked leaders in our nation, evangelical elites who have suddenly gone silent, and finding joy in our trials.
Show Link:
VOR Episode: The Big Eva Compromise of the 2020 Election

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