Christian Combatives
Equip yourself for theological warfare; the battle of ideas surrounding Christianity and truth rages daily, let's get you set up to defend, define, and understand your faith as well as that of others. Christian Combatives is a Video and Podcast project from a Lutheran pastor, Army Chaplain, and Marine Corps veteran to encourage competence and confidence in the Christian faith by engaging with Scripture to respond to a variety of questions from the mundane to the critical. So... let's get into it!
Episodes
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Genesis 12:4-15
- Hebrews 6-7
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Genesis 12:4-15
- Hebrews 6-7
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Who the Biblical Israel is in light of things like Romans 11
- God's promise to bless/curse given to Abram
- Genesis 11:10ff - Genesis 12:3
- John 8
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Retaining the traditions in service
- Augsburg Confession Article 24
- Having communion every Sunday
- Loving others as Christians is unique
- The curse of Canaan
- The tower of Babel
- Genesis 9:18-11:9
In this Bible study we talked about:
The Flood
In this Bible study we talked about:
The generations leading up to Noah (Genesis 5)
and
The increasing corruption and evil on the world (Genesis 6)
In this Bible study we talked about:
Cain and Abel - Genesis 4
In this Bible study we talked about:
The rest of Genesis 3
Yep, that's the question that needed a whole debate to settle. I'll let you know how it went in under 26 minutes so you don't have to suffer through the 2.5 hours to see the result you already predicted would happen.
Let's get into it!
In this Bible study we talked about:
- End of life care
- Is it moral to end life on purpose to avoid suffering
- Genesis 3
- A brief discussion about free will
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Creation Genesis 2:15-24
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Creation, Genesis 1-2:17
In this Bible study we talked about:
- David and Goliath
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Daniel and the Lion's Den
- The Fiery Fiery Furnace
In this Bible study we talked about:
- James Chapter 5
- God gives you blessings so you can bless others.
- God tells Christians to be patient with their suffering and with each other.
- Seeing the faith of martyrs as glorious not shameful.
- Abusing oaths.
- The power of prayer.
- Anointing the sick with oil.
- God's healing might not be the way we want, but forgiveness of sins is always given
- Trying to bring others to repentance
In this Bible study we talked about:
- Focusing on the Passions instead of Christ.
- Praying to God the right way for the right things.
- Prosperity Gospel preachers
- When to use the Law vs when to use the Gospel
- Speaking to others with humility about our own sin
In this Bible study we talked about:
Should we have little children be lay readers?
Why do we want people other than the pastor to read?
The difference between a role and a list of tasks.
What is the purpose behind having different people read the readings?
God holds the pastor accountable for how the church worships, so the pastor should make the call how worship is done.
In this Bible study we talked about:
Different approaches to theology Lutherans and later protestants used.
Can a Christian lose their salvation?
Can Christians combine other religions with their own?
Is it more terrifying to believe it's possible to apostatize, or to never know if your faith is real or false?
The terror of doing a Fruit Check to see if you're saved
In this Bible study we talked about:
The Greek and Hebrew names for books in the Bible we don't often hear in English.
A few interesting facts about a few of the different books in the Bible, like the Gospel accounts.
We start to get into the book of James and immediately get off on a tangent about Purgatory, Limbo, and the storehouses of grace that last the entire study.
In this Bible study we talked about: A reminder about what we talked about in the book of James, context to understand James ch 2 Giving special treatment to famous or rich people If you break part of the law, you are guilty of the whole thing. Being saved by faith vs saved by works Having faith and not acting out that faith with your works Does James contradict Ephesians chapter 2?
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