We all know the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, and how they celebrated their first year, a year of loss and hardship, by pouring out their hearts in thankful worship to God. But do we really understand the nature of thanksgiving itself (the act of worship, not the holiday)? In this episode, we try to talk about the modern disconnect we seem to have with feeling and expressing gratitude. We’ll talk about how central gratefulness is to Christianity, how being involved in the work of God by laboring for his church and for the brethren enables us to be grateful in a deeper way, and how it is the work of the Holy Spirit in God’s people that causes and enables us to offer our lives to God as a thankful sacrifice.
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Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/11/stop-complaining-god-demands-thanksgiving-ep-46-audio/

Timecodes
00:00 Remembering the Pilgrims
03:58 God's Soverignty
08:40 Prevalence of Complaining
15:11 Complaining in the Family
18:45 Thankful Worship
24:30 Intentional Gratefulness
35:27 Joy from Giving Thanks
39:16 Sharing Gratitude
43:46 Appointing Days of Thanksgiving
48:02 Secular Thanksgiving?
49:38 Communion as Thanksgiving
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Since Charlie Kirk's assassination, more people are naming the name of Jesus in public. And many Christians think that if they are willing to mention the name of Jesus Christ in public that they are not ashamed of Him or His gospel. But is that really what scripture teaches?
In Romans 1, Paul says that he is not ashamed of the gospel, and then he says two things
1) For it is the power of God to salvation
2) In it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The Just shall live by faith”
It is easy to miss what this means for us. Paul is saying that words are not enough, that we must confront and deal with the sin in us and around us. It is not enough to say his name, we must walk in righteousness.
In this episode, we look at what is required to confront unrighteousness both when we are in public in private. We also look back at times when John MacArthur and Voddie Baucham were given the opportunity to confront evil and they both set a good example. But because most of us will never be on national television, we also talk about what this looks like in our everyday life.
We also try to look at some situations where Charlie Kirk didn’t stand up for the gospel in the way that he probably should have. The point isn’t to beat him up, it’s to make sure we don’t make him the pinnacle. Christ is the example we are to follow. Paul and the apostles. The words of God and how they challenge and direct us to stand for righteousness. That is what we are to look to.
Timecodes
00:00 Ashamed of the Gospel07:40 John MacArthur15:55 Voddie Baucham20:30 Charlie Kirk24:54 Kirk to a Homosexual28:53 Validating Sin in the Church37:45 What This Says About Kirk49:23 Kirk on Mormons55:40 Proclaiming the Gospel01:07:15 Rejecting the Power of the Gospel
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When we hear the term spiritual gifts, most Christians see it as this mystical, almost magical work of God that comes over you, and all of a sudden, you can speak in tongues or heal people, but is that how the Bible describes spiritual gifts in practice?
The Pentecostal movement has, in many ways, driven the conversation about spiritual gifts and the way that we use language to discuss them. Even many Reformed Christians have been affected by their teaching and often describe the work of the Holy Spirit through gifts as something so miraculous and supernatural that their operation must be opposed to ordinary means. But Paul, who is the apostle that teaches the most about spiritual gifts, doesn't treat them that way. In Romans 1, he plainly talks about imparting spiritual gifts to the church in Rome and in Corinthians and Timothy, he talks about spiritual gifts as if they can be practiced and built up in a way that suggests that they are not as “magical” as the Pentecostals would have us think. So here’s the question: If spiritual gifts are not opposed to ordinary means, how should we think of spiritual gifts and their use in the church?
Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:01 Miracle of God's grace
00:06:21 Healing is a grace of God
00:14:57 Diversity of gifts
00:20:28 Gift of language a grace
00:28:59 Gifts that are hard to see as pure miraculous manifestations
00:42:26 Given at times to unbelievers
00:52:06 Given to all believers
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As Baptists we disagree on scriptural and covenantal grounds with the Presbyterian practice of infant baptism, but even more serious is the growing practice in some circles, such as the CREC and those who follow Doug Wilson, of paedocommunion or infant communion. While we believe infant baptism is incorrect, paedocommunion goes further and seriously undermines gospel theology. It is not only extra-biblical but also teaches against the doctrines of grace.
In this episode, we attempt to walk through some of the issues with paedocommunion and how it goes against God’s word, not only in the explicit commands regarding the practice of the Lord’s Supper, but also the covenantal issues that frame salvation.
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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
05:40 Logic of Paedocommunion
10:21 Consequences for Children
17:24 Control of Grace
24:15 Crucifing the Flesh?
29:10 Splitting the Signs
33:13 Former Baptists?
38:30 Salvation by Faith
57:50 The Fruit of Paedocommunion
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What does Halloween's rise in popularity say about our country?
Episode on why it matters what we celebrate: http://celebratereformationday.com/what-should-christians-celebrate/
The Conquering Truth, Episode 42
Listen to the audio version here: http://theconqueringtruth.com/2021/10/the-truth-about-halloween-americas-scary-obsession-ep-42-audio/
Timecodes
00:00:00 Celebrations Matter
00:04:51 What is Halloween Really About?
00:19:09 Mocking the Spiritual
00:21:04 Walking in Darkness
00:35:28 History of Halloween
00:47:00 Acknowledging Powers
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As 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea, we want to look back at how God has used times of great uncertainty and confusion to strengthen his church and bring order and light to later generations.
It is so easy to think that we live in darker times than those who went before us. Imagine what it was like to exist in a church where there was no established doctrine of the Trinity, and where many taught that Jesus was a man who became God. Looking back, we see only the order that was established, but God was pleased for many of his saints to live their lives fighting against that darkness. The doctrine that came forth by the power of Christ's Spirit strengthened and further established the church, and the difficulty that the church endured caused her to grow in maturity.
It is easy to forget that the church is Christ's bride and that he is maturing her and strengthening her. And this should give us hope. We should not look at the darkness and confusion of the day that we live in with despair, but with great expectation. As James tells us: "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
Timecodes
00:00:00 Overview
00:08:32 Work of the Spirit
00:14:55 Progress in Church History
00:21:54 Timing of Battle
00:27:42 Arriving at Unity
00:42:28 Having the Debate
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Recently, Cliffe Knechtle was interviewed by Tucker Carlson and he was asked if he thought there was more Christian persecution in the world or if there was a revival of Christianity in the US and he answered “Both”. In his explanation, he referenced a statistic that the 20th century had more martyrs than all previous centuries combined, specifically mentioning that since the year 2000, more than 50,000 Nigerian Christians have been slaughtered for their faith. And while this episode is not intended to critique everything that he said, we do want to focus on the statistic that he cited, why it is not correct, and why we shouldn’t use it to imply that the church is about to expand because of all the blood that has been shed. Besides it being a serious confusion of cause and effect, we first need to understand what persecution and martyrdom are and how they differ from God judging his church for its lack of faith and obedience.
In this episode, we spend time discussing how easily persecution is misunderstood. For part of this discussion, we leverage specific information we have from over a decade of ministry in Nigeria, specifically in the Northern areas where Boko Haram and the Fulani herdsman have been most active in their attacks. While many people in Nigeria have been killed, the disagreements and attacks have been much more over politics and resources than over faith. The church in Nigeria is largely corrupt, ironically, with much of it dominated by those who preach the prosperity gospel, many pastors there openly admit to sleeping with congregants, and theft and lying is rampant among church leadership.

The point of all this is not to be discouraging. God is working among his people, but we should recognize that in Nigeria and in the United States, we are not being persecuted for righteousness, but for our sins. It is not that revival is far away from us, but that the path to that revival lies not through enduring God’s judgment but in repentance.
Timecodes
00:00:00 The Clip
00:02:49 What Is Actually Happening in Nigeria
00:14:08 What is a Martyr
00:29:11 Reason for violence in Nigeria
00:37:51 Call to Repentance
00:50:02 True Witnesses
01:03:40 Do Martyrs Have To Die
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While scripture commands those who follow after Christ to marry in the faith, many Christians end up in the situation where they are married to a husband or wife who is not a believer. And while there are times where the unbeliever chooses to leave or divorce, there are many cases where they do not. For a wife, there are explicit instructions in how to live in that marriage. (see 1 Peter 3:1-2), and while there are definitely nuances there that are worth discussing, for this discussion we are going to focus on the situation where a believing husband is married to an unbelieving wife. This is actually a growing problem. For many years, more women attended church than men, but recently that trend has reversed. So here is the question: how should a Christian man live in obedience toward God with his unbelieving wife?
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Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:34 Ephesians 5
00:06:15 Different Situations
00:12:01 Practicing Love from 1 Cor. 13
00:19:32 Leading an unsaved wife is your ministry
00:31:26 Sanctification is the Goal
00:46:18 Wisdom in God's Ways
00:49:43 Don't Lose Hope
00:51:34 How to bear her burdens
00:58:24 Watch out for bad influence
01:02:36 Sex as a weapon
01:11:29 Examine what your wife is bringing to you

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People often talk about the blessings of homeschool without discussing the challenges and problems that parents and children face. And while many parents fear that they will fail their children, often their fears are about the wrong things.
As everyone on the panel is homeschooling or has homeschooled their children and two were homeschooled, we want to talk about the more serious ways homeschooling can fail to prepare a child. And while we do want to talk about all homeschools, we want to start with Christian homeschools. What does scripture say about teaching children? What is the most important thing for them to learn to be successful in the world? Is it education or is it character? Is it knowledge or virtue?
Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:01 Biblical Basis for Homeschooling
00:12:29 Following Public Schools Instead of Focusing on Character
00:31:54 Not Teaching Biblical Virtue Before Knowledge
00:47:50 The Trap of Busyness
00:54:04 Worldly View of Socialization
01:13:43 Failure of Training to be Adults
01:28:07 Not Requiring Puctuality
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Why is the American church so desperate to receive a handout from the government? Why are Christians so willing to approve of men with no testimony of faith and to follow after them, seeking their approval in return? Is it because of a lack of understanding or a lack of faith?
For the purposes of understanding, it is true that God created the church and state to accomplish different roles. The church is the people of God, made to know Him and to understand His Word. The church’s power is in its intimate knowledge of God, both that the church communes with God and that it speaks God’s words to the world. The state was created to serve God in a different way: to punish evil and reward good. The state wields the sword, and in many ways it is dependent on the church to teach it right from wrong and how to properly discern evil.
But in terms of faith, the church is never to look to the state for protection or power. The church knows God and receives its blessings directly from His hand. The church should never look to the government to do its work or to be its provider. In doing so, it ceases to trust in God and becomes dependent on the government, and in that dependence, it finds itself no longer capable of speaking the truth for fear of loss.
Timecodes
00:00:00 Church and State
00:08:19 Government Handouts
00:17:28 God's Provision
00:24:00 Kings Nursing Fathers
00:30:30 Taking the Church's Work
00:34:15 True Influence on the State
00:37:50 Spiritual Harlotry
00:43:05 President Trump a Christian?
00:45:12 Paula White
00:51:21 White House Faith Office
00:58:44 Faith Office Goals
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Whether it is politicians saying that we can deport illegal immigrants because you are separating children from their parents or the bill needs to pass because it is the biggest spending cut ever, politicians lead primarily with stirring up emotions. The church isn't much different as music and stories are used to create an atmosphere so the people first respond emotionally rather than with reason. It is then easy to get them to agree with the reasoning when they are emotionally invested already. So here’s the question: How should emotion be used in leadership?
Timecodes
00:00 Intro
06:05 Emotions can bring blind followers
28:06 Christians should be reasonable people
44:03 Leaders whose first appeal is emotion should not be followed
55:11 Church as an Example
01:12:48 How you use emotion in your home
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In 1977 when James Dobson started Focus on the Family, American families were in a great deal of turmoil. Dobson, a Christian psychologist who grew up in the Holiness movement started Focus on the Family to try to help resolve some of the confusion and to strengthen the home. And while he was successful in many ways, the American church began to look to him as more than just a psychologist with much better advice than the world and looked to him as an Evangelical leader. This shift was in many ways not beneficial for either Dobson or the church.
In this episode, we want to look at Dr. James Dobson’s life and overall influence on the American family and the church. One of the main issues we want to focus on is what happens when the church follows someone whose primary focus is on something other than proclaiming and teaching the Word of God. To do that, it’s crucial to understand that every Christian is not called to lead the church. Every Christian who ministers is not required to focus on teaching the church how to understand the Word of God and equipping the saints for the work of the ministry. But the men who lead the church must have as their primary focus how to cause God’s word to shine forth and to transform the hearts and minds of those they are ministering to. And it is as much the duty of the church to follow the right men as it is the duty of the leaders to have the right focus. This is one of the main reasons that Dr. Dobson’s ministry is a bit of a mixed bag. He fought fiercely against the most visible cultural attacks and pressures that were assaulting American homes such as abortion and the sexual revolution, and he championed a return to Biblically mandated corporal punishment. For all of these positions, he was viciously attacked. But at the same time, he was and continued to be first and foremost a Christian psychologist. His fundamental view of man and sin was shaped by psychological principles and while he looked to align those principles with scripture, that alignment limited the extent to which scripture could be the primary focus.
It’s important for the church to examine how it is being led. It’s important to look back and see how past decisions caused significant impacts, not so we can praise or condemn James Dobson. If his faith was in Christ, then he has and will continue to receive His eternal reward from the hand of the one who is the author and finisher of the faith of all who believe, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Timecodes
00:00:00 James Dobson
00:07:16 Dobson's Haters
00:10:54 Psychologist or Pastor
00:34:06 Entire Sanctification
00:36:13 Self Esteem
00:44:48 Media
00:53:42 Culture War
01:00:03 His Mentor
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Rebaptism has been a discussion since before the Reformation where the Anabaptists openly rejected the Roman Catholic baptism and said that because they worshipped a false god, a Catholic who professed faith had to be baptized “again” - though the Anabaptists would say they were being baptized for the first time. Since then, especially with easy-believism - raise your hand, pray a prayer and you're saved - many people who made such “professions of faith” earlier in their life have realized that they had no idea who God was when they were baptized as they were complete slaves to sin and continued to walk in that path. The Bible is very clear that there is one baptism, so should people in such a situation be baptized?
In this episode, we want to look at what is commonly referred to as “rebaptism.” While the Anabaptists were a heretical group with no real direct connection to modern Reformed Baptists, it doesn’t mean that their position on a particular topic was wrong. One of the things that gets overlooked with baptism is that while Baptism is more than just an outward sign of an individual's inward faith, God still says that faith is required to please Him and that without faith, pleasing Him is impossible. When you consider a Catholic baptism, where is there any faith present? The same can be said for many evangelical services. The other thing that comes up quite frequently is the idea that baptism requires some sort of ability to determine if the person is “really saved”, with many jokes being made about “regeneration goggles”. We agree completely that it is impossible to tell if someone is truly regenerate. But what is so often overlooked is that Scripture does tell us how to identify a lack of faith. Those who walk in the flesh, who are slaves to sin, should not be thought of as brothers. The church should make it a practice to recognize known counterfeits. The church should not tell people that God has entered into a covenant with them when they have every reason to believe that is not true. False conversions and false baptisms are real, and “regeneration goggles” are not required. At the same time, no one should be baptized because of how they feel. A testimony is not a feeling, and God desires to be worshipped in spirit and in truth. Baptism should always be a serious event, and not performed lightly. Please join us as we discuss this important but controversial topic.

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Timecodes
00:00:00 One Baptism
00:09:25 The Meaning of Baptism
00:24:48 Rejecting Other Churches
00:27:44 Calvin on Baptists
00:42:44 Regeneration Goggles
00:56:28 Efficacy of Baptism
01:00:00 Does Baptism Save?
01:02:46 When to Rebaptize
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In Hebrews, Jesus Christ is described as being different than all the sacrifices that preceded Him. All of them failed to take away sin. They could turn aside the wrath of God for a season, but they would never make the person who was offering it righteous. Then Christ came, and He was different. He actually took away sin. He actually took men who were slaves to sin and set them free. He ended sin’s power in their life and brought them to liberty.In this episode, we want to look at what it means to be free in Christ. So many people claim that Christian liberty means that we can do what we want to do, but this is not how God’s Word describes it. Christian liberty is freedom to do what is right. It is the man who goes from being completely unable to choose righteousness to being able to glorify God in everything he does. One of the ideas that we want to discuss throughout the episode is how vast and broad the freedom that God gives to those who are His servants. Slavery to sin all leads to the same, solitary place, eternal death. But righteousness leads ever higher and deeper into the boundless glory of service to God.
Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:54 Definition of Christian Liberty
00:12:07 Saved to walk in faith
00:16:06 Delivery from present evil age
00:18:46 Break bondage to the world
00:22:08 Not in bondage to Satan
00:24:38 Not in bondage to sin
00:31:10 Sin is progressively defeated
00:34:28 Free from the need for vengance
00:38:33 Freedom in trials
00:41:27 Free from fear of death
00:46:45 Death becomes a blessing
00:49:30 Free access to God
01:00:35 New covenant gives more freedom to obey
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While Jimmy Swaggart died in 2025 at the beginning of July, many people only know him because of his public scandals of being caught with prostitutes in 1988 and then again in 1991. But before those revelations that heralded the decline of his influence, he was an internationally known preacher on TV and radio, making around $150 million dollars per year, who had built his ministry over nearly 40 years.
In this episode, we want to look at Jimmy Swaggart’s message and the techniques he used in his ministry and ask some questions about his success. It’s so easy to dismiss false teachers and to think that we cannot be tricked by them. But in doing research for this episode, Charles went back and listened to some of Swaggart’s old sermons and was surprised to realize how much he sounded like an old-fashioned fire-and-brimstone preacher that would have preached in many churches he grew up in. Swaggart consistently refined his preaching techniques to the point that when he began his ministry, he sounded much like Billy Graham, and toward the end, he sounded much like Joel Osteen.

False prophets will always be a threat to the flock, but we can protect ourselves and others by being aware of how they lead men astray and by keeping our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Please join us as we discuss this important topic.
Timecodes
00:00:00 Entertainer
00:17:10 The Trinity
00:20:24 Speaking in Tongues
00:22:32 Red letter Bible
00:25:30 Cross Idolatry
00:26:43 Strange Ideas
00:38:42 Pride
00:42:56 Swaggart's Fall
00:51:43 Why People Followed Him
00:57:48 Changing Appeal
01:03:17 Appeal to Sinners
01:09:34 Graham on Swaggart
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People turn to many different Scripture passages to build their eschatology, but which Old Testament passage did the Holy Spirit inspire the Apostles to use over and over again?
In this episode, we examine Psalm 110, one of, if not the most quoted and referenced scripture passages in the New Testament. It is a remarkable Psalm in that, among its poetic elements, it plainly and straightforwardly describes the order of future events relating to the establishment of Christ’s kingdom and his return. It is a beautiful Psalm in how it glorifies God as God and in the way it shows the plan of God to establish righteousness and to bring peace.
Often, when people attempt to understand eschatology, they look at the various historical views held by leaders in the early church or by prominent Christians at different points in history and then try to compose the correct view. But here is why that is a flawed approach: Scripture should be the primary influence that shapes our thinking. Scripture transforms our minds. It changes the way we think and when our thoughts flow through scripture, we are more likely to think correctly and to come to the correct conclusion. It is very believable that when the early church thought about eschatology through the lens of Psalm 110 (as well as other scripture) that they would come to different conclusions than we would come to today. It was hard for them to imagine 2000 years of history. They may have assumed that Christ would put his enemies under his feet quickly. After all, they may have seen Rome as the primary enemy that needed to be defeated. So this is why a proper view of scripture is important. It does not matter quite so much what conclusions Irenaeus came to regarding future events, what matters far more is that we look at the right scripture and that we give that scripture far more weight than we do to the minds of men. Psalm 110 says some very definite things about specific events. Christ and the apostles quote it in many places so that we know how to think about it correctly. Let us make sure we look to God’s word and not to the teaching of men. Please join us as we discuss this important topic.
Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:27 Christ will be victorious
00:09:50 Believers win
00:12:26 He is victorious while still in Heaven
00:17:28 He will suppress his enemies
00:23:07 Conquering through Holiness
00:24:08 Everlasting Priesthood
00:27:17 Executing Judgments from Heaven
00:34:25 References to Psalm 110
00:36:13 Acts 2
00:50:13 1 Corinthians 15
00:59:03 Conclusion
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In the wake of John MacArthur’s death, how do we avoid falling into the trap of hero worship or idolatry? How can we examine his life so we keep the good things he taught and avoid carrying forward his mistakes?
Few American pastors have had a longer or more impactful ministry than John MacArthur. From his focus on sequential expository preaching to his emphasis of Lordship salvation, to his late-in-life transition from Arminian to Reformed soteriology, John MacArthur helped reform the American church in significant ways. But like any man, Pastor MacArthur was not perfect and made decisions and had practices that we should not emulate.
In this episode, we discuss John MacArthur’s life and attempt to unpack the aspects that should be emulated and those that should be discarded. We believe that this is a God-honoring practice that helps keep us from idolatry and worship of man. Please join us as we discuss this important topic.
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Timecodes
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:14 Expository Preaching
00:10:22 Lordship Salvation
00:26:39 Charismania
00:32:54 Bible Commentaries
00:36:52 Sabbath
00:50:50 Dispensational Eschatology
00:54:48 Cessationalism
01:04:34 COVID
01:07:05 Celebrity Pastor
01:13:25 Money
01:15:05 Conclusion
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What does it mean to edify one another? We know that the word means to “build up”, but how should we think about that task as brothers and sisters in Christ? In this episode, as we continue to look at the duties of Christians, we come to edifying one another and supporting the ministry of the church, both of which are central to being Christians, both of which are often greatly misunderstood. Please join us as we discuss this oft-neglected topic.
Link to first video in series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u5lvDuSDlI
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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
02:20 Paragraph 4
59:00 Paragraph 5
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Often until things become very extreme, people do not recognize the absurdity of things. People who have any credible profession to be Christians are usually quick to say that a man cannot be born in a woman's body or that two men cannot marry, but often they ignore the precursors that brought our culture to the point where that would be considered moral. One of the things that the church does to make those things appear normal is to have women speak in church or be pastors, because once you have eliminated the idea that there is any difference in roles, how can you say two men cannot marry or that there is any real differences between men and women. If God did not make them different and it is just a social construct, then why cant someone change their gender. Another major component to the societal self-deception that men and women are the same is women in combat. For a long time, governments have used the military to transform the culture and that happened in the United States. They said that they are the same, but they had significantly lower fitness standards for women than for men. Pete Hegseth says that he has eliminated that, but are there things other than strength that theologically and practically make it unwise to have women in combat?
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00:00:00 Effectiveness
00:05:08 Role of Women
00:09:16 Women in Non-Combat
00:18:55 Biblical Authority
00:23:05 Military Reality
00:28:11 Who Scripture Says Should Fight
00:36:51 Uncleanness in the Camp
00:43:50 Women and Fear
00:51:56 Purpose of War
00:57:43 Women's Spirit
01:04:28 Physical Differences
01:12:54 Deborah
01:15:18 Jael
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Technical Director - Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music - Gabriel Hudelson

What does it mean to be a Christian? Not what you believe or how you become one. But what happens after that? What does the Christian life look like? What are the duties that we have to one another? How do we live and labor as a part of the body of Christ? In this episode, using our church’s covenant as a framework, we walk through the many different duties that make up the Christian life. Love for God, love for our spiritual brothers and sisters, love for our families, love for our neighbors, love for the world. It’s so easy to overlook many of these and yet we believe that each is a part of the Christian life. Please join us as we discuss this important topic.
Listen to the audio version here: https://theconqueringtruth.com/2025/06/was-the-revolutionary-war-rebellion-or-righteousness-ep-223-audio/
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Production of Reformation Baptist Church of Youngsville, NC
Permanent Hosts - Dan Horn, Charles Churchill and Joshua Horn
Technical Director - Timothy Kaiser
Theme Music - Gabriel Hudelson