Why Music Divides the Church - Confessions of a Former Worship Leader
June 24, 2020
How did music turn into something divisive, pivotal, and central in the worship of the modern church? Dan Lucarini is a former CCM Worship Leader, and he wrote a book called "Why I left the Modern Contemporary Christian Music Movement." Does Rock belong in the worship service? Does this form best convey reverence and fear of God in His worship? Or does this form focus on feelings, self, and personal experience? This comes from best-of-collection for the Generations broadcast.
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The nation is in upheaval. The partisanship is widening. The Supreme Court is doing the wrong thing, over and over again even with Republican appointments. If there was ever a time to find peace with Christ, and to nurture the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (in the Church), now is that time. Psalm 133 is happening in the local churches here, while the nations rage out there.
June 23, 2020
Over and over again, exemptions have been offered by legislative bodies in the US for homeschoolers and Christians who choose to avail the islands of freedom. We don’t have to teach our children homosexuality and humanist ethics in public schools. Now homeschoolers can opt out of immunizations using aborted fetal tissue lies, and avoid the more draconian rules. Christians can opt out of mandatory abortion and abortifacient funding included in the Obamacare provisions. Why not take advantage of these islands of freedom, which God has provided for those who would embrace liberty and His laws relating to killing babies. Praise God for His goodness, as the island of freedom grows year by year.
June 22, 2020
Could this be the worse US Supreme Court in all of history? It is blatant persecution of Christians. This ranks up there with Roe v. Wade and Lawrence v. Texas. These decisions legitimized people’s choices to perverted sexuality and murdering their own children. But now, the US Supreme Court has taken an additional step — officially approving the persecution of Christ’s followers. The Harris case has made history — and leading the pack is Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts.
June 19, 2020
Christians are marching for social justice in the streets. Phil Vischer, creator of VeggieTales explains via YouTube why economic disparity exists in America. But, are we supposed to join the marches? Has the time come to call out for redistribution of the wealth, hiring quotas, the banning of hate by the civil magistrate (whatever that is)? The muddle-ment and irrationality in the churches is stifling. The root — an antinomian gospel.
June 18, 2020
So much of the Christian church got stuck in cliches, minimalism in thinking, and third-tier denominational distinctives (misinterpreted as the essence of the faith). Is there a miscalculation as to what makes for the foundational and fundamental issues in orthodoxy? Here Dr. Jeff Myers from Summit Ministries, addresses his new book “Unquestioned Answers. . . . Rethinking 10 Christian Cliches to rediscover Biblical Truth.” Did cliches and minimalistic thinking displace Christian maturity and a substantive faith?
June 17, 2020
If the Christian faith will change the world, if we are to be salt and light, then how does this work? Most of Christianity in the West has given up on changing anything, or they have given up on God’s law as the standard. But then, how does our eschatological perspective play into all of this? Are we supposed to set out to change the world. . .or not? These are discouraging times for lots of Christians, but does that mean we must throw in the towel on the salt and light business?
June 16, 2020
The World Bank calls it the worst worldwide decline in national per capita output since 1870. But the 1929 depression was the best of times, and these are the best of times. How do the great depressions constitute the mercy of God upon this nation? You need to hear this.
June 15, 2020
Despite all the riots, the “police violence,” actually violent crime has dropped substantially since 1990. That may be because police and prison funding is triple what it was back then, numbers adjusted for inflation. Does this mean we should “defund the police?” We recommended defunding the universities and the mob instead.
June 12, 2020
While millions of Americans are rioting in the streets, the churches are still afraid to meet. 80% of churches are still closed, and Christians are huddled in their houses, as the police ignore hundreds of thousands of protesters. What does civil disobedience look like for Christians when governments forbid the assembling of themselves together? Will the church assembly be seen as a value to Christians, even if the governor of California refuses to praise them for doing that which is good?
June 11, 2020
On the 400th anniversary of this nation’s founding, we go over the heritage of those who laid the foundations in New England. Could this heritage be of value to our families and communities today? Was the vision of John Winthrop over-stated? Was the City on the Hill a flop? What were the achilles heals of the first movement of Christians into America? Kevin Swanson interviews Nate Picowitz, the author of an excellent new book, “The American Puritans.”
June 10, 2020
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Taking the World for Jesus
This is the retelling of the most exciting story in all of human history. Something truly remarkable occurred when Jesus Christ rose from the dead and gave His disciples a great commission. The world would never be the same again. Kevin Swanson takes the reader through the 2,000 year worldwide saga of this epochal mission to the world. From Judea to Rome, Ireland, Denmark, China, Japan, Uganda, New Zealand, and to the uttermost parts of the earth, the light of Christ shines into the darkness, transforming every nation throughout the centuries.