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SHOULD WE REFER TO GOD AS “MOTHER” INSTEAD OF “FATHER”?

SHOULD WE REFER TO GOD AS “THE GREAT QUEER ONE”?

IS GOD: THE “O STRANGE ONE, O FLUID ONE, OR EVER-BECOMING ONE?”

THE MAJORITY OF CHRISTIAN PASTORS DO NOT HOLD A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.

Discussed by Terry Lowry
with Host of the What's UP Radio Program

Host Terry Lowry interviews influential and knowledgeable guests on relevant topics for today.

WHERE IS THE CHURCH HEADED IN AMERICA?

Discussed by Pastor Ed Ethridge – Retired
with Truth for You Ministries (www.truthforyou.net/)

Part 1 of 4

Pastor Ed Ethridge passionately discusses the need for revival in the Church – both in the pews and the pulpit.

Click here for more about Truth for You Ministries.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Do we refer to God as “mother”? Pastor Ed explains that referring to “God as Mother” is absolutely unbiblical.

Should translations/paraphrases of the Bible which include “he/she” mentions of God be shunned? Pastor Ed believes we should not even look at those paraphrases. He says: “We can try to make Him anything we want to. But God is God!”

Scripture Reference: Psalm 91:4

PART 2 OF 4 - WHERE IS THE CHURCH HEADED IN AMERICA?

Discussed by Pastor Ed Ethridge – Retired
with Truth for You Ministries (www.truthforyou.net/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Do we address God as: “The Great Queer One, O Strange One, O Fluid One, or Ever-Becoming One?” This question refers to a recent “pride worship service” where students from a United Methodist-affiliated Duke Divinity School proclaimed God’s acceptance and support for LGBTQ relationships. Click here for many results from DuckDuckGo on the issue.

Pastor Ed says: “We live in a culture that is making light of God and the Scripture. They are trying to change God to fit their format… We can’t do that! The Word of God is the Word of God!”

PART 3 OF 4 -WHERE IS THE CHURCH HEADED IN AMERICA?

Discussed by Pastor Ed Ethridge – Retired
with Truth for You Ministries (www.truthforyou.net/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

BREAKING NEWS: A recent study released by Dr. George Barna with the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University reveals that a majority of Christian pastors in the United States do not hold a biblical worldview. How is this possible? Pastor Ed says that he is not shocked by these numbers, but it still breaks his heart…

How should we trust and treat false teachers? Pastor Ed says that we should be more concerned with offending God than false teachers.

Scripture Reference: The Book of Jude

PART 4 OF 4 - WHERE IS THE CHURCH HEADED IN AMERICA?

Discussed by Pastor Ed Ethridge – Retired
with Truth for You Ministries (www.truthforyou.net/)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Is a spiritual awakening needed just as desperately in our pulpits as it is in our pews? Pastor Ed says: “We’re asleep in the pew because we’re asleep in the pulpit… Get back to truth. Get back to reaching people for Christ and discipling them.” He also shares that he is absolutely saddened and disheartened by the state of the Church today.

U.S. TURNING TO COMMUNISM: CUBAN DEFECTOR WARNS PRESIDENT TRUMP OF DEMOCRAT’S EFFORTS

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GIVE, PRAY, AND FAST IN SECRET

Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)

Day 3

Mark Lanier continues the Snapshots of Jesus series with a look at how Jesus instructed us to give, pray, and fast. Mark sums it up this way: “This is manners. This is how we should behave.”

Scripture Passage: Matthew 6:1-18

To view Mark Lanier’s video for this lesson, click here.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Yesterday, Mark taught about Jesus’ command on giving. Today, he discusses the “how” and “why” about giving and then moves on to the manner in which we should pray.

APPLICATION FOR GIVING: Matthew 6:2-4
Why did Jesus command Christians to give to the needy?
More importantly, why did Jesus command Christians to give in secret?
How are we to do this?

APPLICATION FOR PRAYING: Matthew 6:5-15
Why did Jesus warn the people to not be like the “hypocrites”?
How often did Jews pray every day? What did they pray? Why did they usually pray standing up?
What is the significance of Jesus saying: “the Father who sees in secret will reward you”? Mark references Romans 2:28-29.

For more information about Mark Lanier’s Biblical Literacy class, click here

THE MODEL MOM

Discussed by Pastor Jarrett Stephens
with Champion Forest Baptist Church (www.ChampionForest.org)

Day 3

Pastor Jarrett Stephens begins a new 8-week sermon series entitled “FaceTime: Cultivating Genuine Connection.” The focus this week is all about mothers (the sermon is from Mother’s Day).

Find Pastor Jarrett Stephens’ sermon here.

Check out his sermon notes here.

Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 1-2

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What was happening in the Church during this time? Were the leaders (men) behaving in a godly manner?

Why did Hannah continue to stick by her husband year after year? Why did she continue to pray and worship God through her sadness and pain?

MOMS: How is your desire to know God? What would your children say is your motivation in life?

Why did Hannah pray to God, committing her son to the Lord when she wasn’t pregnant?

Why does Pastor Jarrett love the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”? He reads the words from this hymn…

Scripture References: Philippians 4:6-7

For more details about Champion Forest Baptist Church, click here