Tony and Patrick had the distinct pleasure of interviewing their pastor at Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, MI; Pastor Bret Laird. Pastor Bret discusses why he decided to be a pastor as well as his time serving in Ukraine as a missionary pastor. Finally, we also talk about the state of the American church and the role of apologetics. Plus, a few book recommendations!
We finish our look at how non-Christian worldviews reduce humanity by looking at four different worldviews. Looking at pantheism, Islam, Nazism, and communism shows that other worldviews need to cut off areas of humanity that they can’t explain or that they must explain away.
Who knew that a concept that doesn’t believe in absolute truth would generate so much discussion? Last week we introduced postmodernism and this week we look at how it reduces human value. We also look at post-postmodernism and how Critical Race Theory, Social Justice, and Identity Politics is the new avenue of postmodern thought and how it still devalues humanity.
Patrick had the pleasure of being a guest on the Tulips And Honey Podcast with Lauren and Becca. The trio discuss the appropriate way and place to respond to false teachers and heresies. They present the biblical definition of these theological words as well as the Scriptural basis where we see the writers of the New Testament encourage confronting false teachers and encouraging those newer to the faith to turn away from bad doctrine like the Word of Faith movement.
We continue the chapter discussing how materialism and post-modernism sets up a reductionist view of humanity. Materialism attempts to explain away consciousness and post-modernism attempts to spiritualize matter.
