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The Bible and the Death Penalty

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The following is taken from the main body of Episode 3 of my NUCLEAR PASTOR: Critical Mass podcast…

In this podcast we’ll explore the issue of the death penalty, also known as capital punishment, and we’ll begin by taking a look at the Biblical genesis of the death penalty, as well as the reason it’s commanded by God as a requirement for human government.  From there we’ll look at it from the perspective of both the Noble Kosmos and the Evil Kosmos so that we who follow God may know where to stand on the issue today and in the days to come, and why it’s important to the survival of the image of God upon Earth.

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The Bible, Abortion and Life in the Womb

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The following is taken from the main body of Episode 2 of my NUCLEAR PASTOR: Critical Mass podcast…

In this podcast we’ll explore the issues of abortion and of the sanctity of life in the womb, and we’ll begin by taking a look at the issue of human life and its intersection with the image of God, after which we’ll look into some Biblical passages that will really put things into perspective for us.  From there we’ll see how these issues align in the battle between the Evil Kosmos and the Noble Kosmos, and then we’ll finish by looking at how we as Christians and churches can best minister in this arena.

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Faith, COVID-19 Orthodoxy, Snowflakes and the Resident Skeptic

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There’s no question that we’re living in unprecedented times, both for our world and for those of us who follow Jesus Christ.  In fact, nothing in my nearly fifty-eight years of life has come close to matching the effect that COVID-19 (C19) is having on the planet, or of matching Christianity’s response to it, and it is to that response that I would like to address this article. Continue reading →