1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,720 S1: Hi friend, thank you so much for downloading this podcast 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,920 S1: and I hope what you hear today will encourage and 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:06,760 S1: edify you so that you'll get out there in the 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,400 S1: marketplace of ideas and live for him by being an 5 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,040 S1: ambassador for Christ. But before you listen and before you 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,239 S1: go to that marketplace of ideas, I'd love to tell 7 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,520 S1: you about this month's Truth Tool. It's written by Anne 8 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,200 S1: Graham Lotz, and it's called The Vision of His Glory. 9 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,080 S1: It's an study of the Book of Revelation, and it's 10 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,840 S1: one of the best I've ever read. Instead of being 11 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,520 S1: overwhelmed by the Book of Revelation thinking it's all about 12 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,440 S1: judgment and tribulation, you will discover that the Book of 13 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,240 S1: Revelation is all about Jesus. Learn why Jesus is unequaled 14 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,960 S1: in his position, undisputed in his power, and unsurpassed in praise. 15 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,880 S1: So if you're blessed by in the market and you'd 16 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,360 S1: like to keep it on the air, plus you'd love 17 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,280 S1: a copy of Anne's book, just call eight 7758 and 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,440 S1: ask for a copy of The Vision of His Glory. 19 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,400 S1: That's eight 7758 and the book is again called The 20 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,400 S1: Vision of His Glory. You can do all of this online, 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,520 S1: if you like, by simply going to in the market 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,850 S1: with Janet. Scroll to the bottom of the page. There's 23 00:01:00,850 --> 00:01:03,290 S1: the beautiful cover of Anne's book. Click on through. Make 24 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:05,890 S1: your donation and we'll send it off to you again. 25 00:01:05,930 --> 00:01:09,050 S1: My way of saying thank you for financially supporting the program. 26 00:01:09,209 --> 00:01:11,530 S1: You also might want to consider becoming a partial partner. 27 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:14,010 S1: That's the ever growing circle of friends that support the 28 00:01:14,010 --> 00:01:16,890 S1: program on a monthly basis. You decide how much you 29 00:01:16,890 --> 00:01:19,170 S1: want to give, but you give every month. And my 30 00:01:19,170 --> 00:01:21,370 S1: way of saying thank you is you'll always get whatever 31 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:23,850 S1: the truth tool is for that month. Plus, you will 32 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:26,890 S1: be getting a weekly newsletter that includes my writing and 33 00:01:26,890 --> 00:01:29,289 S1: an audio piece from me as well. So either way, 34 00:01:29,290 --> 00:01:32,210 S1: thank you in advance for financially supporting this program and 35 00:01:32,209 --> 00:01:34,130 S1: for helping to keep it on the air. Now please 36 00:01:34,130 --> 00:01:37,290 S1: enjoy the broadcast and may you be blessed and encouraged. 37 00:01:44,010 --> 00:01:46,890 S2: Welcome to In the Market with Janet. Today's program is 38 00:01:46,890 --> 00:01:49,250 S2: where Janet and her husband, Craig, take some of the 39 00:01:49,250 --> 00:01:53,250 S2: stories making headlines this week and offer their insight and analysis. 40 00:01:53,450 --> 00:01:55,650 S2: Before they get started, let's take a quick look back 41 00:01:55,650 --> 00:01:57,370 S2: at some of the highlights from the week. 42 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:06,580 S3: Be more intentional with your discipleship. Making Christ, making His 43 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:12,180 S3: Word are our ultimate authority and then doing things with 44 00:02:12,660 --> 00:02:15,580 S3: in pursuit of that authority. Which means we do different things, 45 00:02:15,580 --> 00:02:19,100 S3: which means we we ask Jesus if he is Lord 46 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:20,620 S3: and we're surrendered to him, then we have to be 47 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:24,420 S3: able to ask him, Lord, should I have this screen everywhere? Lord, 48 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:28,060 S3: should I use this chat bot? Um, what? You know. 49 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,500 S3: And we seek him and we obey him, even if 50 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,980 S3: it's countercultural and different. And that's so that's that's how 51 00:02:33,980 --> 00:02:36,900 S3: I believe discipleship really plays into this conversation. 52 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:41,580 S4: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Protection 53 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:47,580 S4: of Pupil Privacy Amendment. Both of those laws guarantee parents 54 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:52,500 S4: the right to be informed of, to access, to examine, 55 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:56,500 S4: to be a part of their child's education. All the records, 56 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:59,470 S4: all the curriculum, all the class time. And yet a 57 00:02:59,510 --> 00:03:04,950 S4: lot of parents don't recognize how critically those actual safeties, 58 00:03:04,950 --> 00:03:08,550 S4: those rights need to be investigated and enforced. 59 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:13,070 S5: If I can outargue you, if I can drill you 60 00:03:13,070 --> 00:03:16,389 S5: to a point where you're a you are a puddle 61 00:03:16,669 --> 00:03:19,869 S5: of mess, you know you can't think for yourself. If 62 00:03:19,870 --> 00:03:22,269 S5: I can get you to that state, I have won 63 00:03:22,270 --> 00:03:26,670 S5: the argument. I have won the debate. You're no longer 64 00:03:26,669 --> 00:03:30,389 S5: a threat to me. And so as a student realizes 65 00:03:30,389 --> 00:03:33,350 S5: that the Christian student realizes that they really have all 66 00:03:33,350 --> 00:03:36,390 S5: the leverage. They don't. It may look like they don't, 67 00:03:36,390 --> 00:03:39,030 S5: but they really have all the leverage because what they 68 00:03:39,030 --> 00:03:42,070 S5: believe is so threatening to them that they are, that 69 00:03:42,070 --> 00:03:45,110 S5: they are, that it's controlling their behavior, not yours. 70 00:03:45,870 --> 00:03:49,990 S6: Night storms are survivable if we view them as relational. 71 00:03:50,710 --> 00:03:53,750 S6: Whoever's listening, even right now, you are not all alone 72 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:57,200 S6: in the middle of your night. Your father's there in 73 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,360 S6: the darkness, and he has his arm around you, his 74 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,960 S6: safe arm around you. And there is something of the 75 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,400 S6: night that grows, that dependence that grows that trust, that 76 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,880 S6: grows that relationship. But it begins by realizing that the 77 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,600 S6: nights are relational. 78 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,760 S2: To hear the full interviews from any of those guests 79 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,000 S2: go to In the market with Janet Parshall and click 80 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,560 S2: on past programs. Here's some other stories making headlines this week. 81 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,680 S7: Big tech earnings so far this week have sent a 82 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,800 S7: clear warning investors are willing to overlook soaring spending on 83 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,320 S7: artificial intelligence if it fuels strong growth. 84 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,240 S8: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to China is the 85 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,599 S8: latest win Beijing can tout in his rivalry with Washington. 86 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,240 S9: Gold extended its record breaking rally on Thursday, blasting past 87 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,760 S9: $5,500 per ounce. 88 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,920 S2: Janet and Craig have lots to share, and they'll put 89 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,490 S2: the first story on the table when we return. To 90 00:04:54,490 --> 00:04:57,130 S2: get more information or to download the podcast of any 91 00:04:57,130 --> 00:05:00,050 S2: of the interviews, go to In the Market with Janet Parshall. 92 00:05:22,010 --> 00:05:23,850 S1: When you read the book of revelation, do you feel 93 00:05:23,850 --> 00:05:26,490 S1: confused or afraid? That's why I've chosen The Vision of 94 00:05:26,490 --> 00:05:29,289 S1: His Glory by Anne Graham Lotz as this month's truth tool. 95 00:05:29,290 --> 00:05:32,010 S1: Learn how to read John's eyewitness account by focusing on 96 00:05:32,010 --> 00:05:35,529 S1: Jesus rather than on fear. Experience revelation with hope, clarity 97 00:05:35,529 --> 00:05:37,650 S1: and wonder. Ask for your copy of the Vision of 98 00:05:37,650 --> 00:05:39,410 S1: His glory. When you give a gift of any amount 99 00:05:39,410 --> 00:05:43,290 S1: in the market, call 877 Janet 58. That's 877 Janet 100 00:05:43,290 --> 00:05:46,010 S1: 58 or go online to in the market with Janet Parshall. 101 00:05:48,770 --> 00:05:50,810 S1: Happy Friday friends. So glad you're going to join us 102 00:05:50,810 --> 00:05:53,150 S1: for Friday's edition of In the Market with Janet partial. 103 00:05:53,190 --> 00:05:56,549 S1: Just a quick note. I blinked, as did you, and 104 00:05:56,550 --> 00:06:00,429 S1: January 2026 is about a little more than 24 hours 105 00:06:00,430 --> 00:06:03,830 S1: away from being history. And so that means that at 106 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:06,830 S1: midnight tomorrow, we put away the Vision of His Glory 107 00:06:06,830 --> 00:06:09,430 S1: by Anne Graham Lotz as this month's truth Tool, and 108 00:06:09,430 --> 00:06:11,510 S1: it is replaced by a new truth tool. Now, I 109 00:06:11,510 --> 00:06:13,110 S1: just want to give you one more chance to get 110 00:06:13,110 --> 00:06:16,830 S1: this book, because it is a superb study of the 111 00:06:16,830 --> 00:06:18,950 S1: Book of Revelation. You don't have to be a graduate 112 00:06:18,990 --> 00:06:22,349 S1: of Moody Bible Institute or Dallas Theological Seminary to get it, 113 00:06:22,630 --> 00:06:25,230 S1: and beautifully lays out, chapter by chapter, what the Book 114 00:06:25,230 --> 00:06:28,390 S1: of Revelation teaches you. And rather than being afraid, you're 115 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,670 S1: actually going to get butterflies in your stomach because it's 116 00:06:30,670 --> 00:06:34,950 S1: with joyous anticipation that we look forward to his glorious 117 00:06:34,950 --> 00:06:38,310 S1: return and she breaks it down, chapter by chapter. In 118 00:06:38,310 --> 00:06:40,270 S1: one of the best Bible studies on the book of 119 00:06:40,270 --> 00:06:42,430 S1: revelation I have read, so I'd love for you to 120 00:06:42,430 --> 00:06:45,510 S1: have a copy. We're listener supported radio, so my truth 121 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:47,230 S1: tools are merely a way of saying thank you in 122 00:06:47,230 --> 00:06:49,350 S1: a very tangible way. I can't squeeze my way through 123 00:06:49,350 --> 00:06:51,839 S1: the microphone and give you a hug and a handshake 124 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,039 S1: and say thank you, but I can send you a book. 125 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,200 S1: A book that I've read that has impacted me and 126 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,200 S1: I hope will do the same for you. So if 127 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,159 S1: you'd like a copy of The Vision of His glory, 128 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:05,719 S1: just call 87758877 Janet 58. Give a gift of any amount, 129 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,520 S1: and I'll send a copy of the vision of his 130 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,760 S1: glory to you as my way of saying thank you. 131 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,880 S1: You can also do this online and just simply go 132 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,119 S1: to in the market with Janet. Scroll to the bottom 133 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,200 S1: of the page. There's the beautiful cover of the book. 134 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,600 S1: Click on through. Make your gift and we'll send you 135 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,960 S1: a copy as well. So again midnight tomorrow. And then 136 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,200 S1: it goes back on the shelf and it's no longer 137 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,480 S1: available as the truth Tool. The Vision of His Glory 138 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,960 S1: by Anne Graham Lotz. Yours for a gift of any amount. 139 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,440 S1: 877 Janet, 58 or online at in the market with 140 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,360 S1: Janet Parshall. Quick point of reference here. We do this 141 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,400 S1: for two hours every day, and I often hear from people, well, 142 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,840 S1: if I can't listen to both hours, how do I 143 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,040 S1: know what you talked about? Well, that's the joy of 144 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,000 S1: a podcast. So just put in today's date and if 145 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,290 S1: you were not able to hear our conversation and I'll 146 00:07:50,290 --> 00:07:52,010 S1: tell you what we discussed in a moment. Just go 147 00:07:52,010 --> 00:07:54,050 S1: to In the Market with Janet Parshall where your favorite 148 00:07:54,050 --> 00:07:58,650 S1: podcast is. Download the program hour one of today's date, 149 00:07:58,650 --> 00:08:00,410 S1: and you'll be able to hear everything that Craig and 150 00:08:00,410 --> 00:08:03,170 S1: I had to say about the news that broke this 151 00:08:03,170 --> 00:08:07,050 S1: morning that Don lemon, former host of CNN, fired in 2023, 152 00:08:07,090 --> 00:08:10,130 S1: now has a podcast showed up at Cities Church in 153 00:08:10,130 --> 00:08:12,730 S1: Saint Paul, Minnesota. And he was charged by the Department 154 00:08:12,730 --> 00:08:17,250 S1: of Justice for really interfering with people's First Amendment rights 155 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:21,170 S1: to be able to worship. Face act is being applied 156 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:23,410 S1: in the charges put out by DOJ. And so a 157 00:08:23,410 --> 00:08:26,010 S1: charge of conspiracy, which means two or more people that 158 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:28,450 S1: come and disrupt their ability to worship. So we're going 159 00:08:28,490 --> 00:08:30,530 S1: to watch this one very carefully raises a lot of 160 00:08:30,530 --> 00:08:33,970 S1: transcendent questions about what is and is not journalism, and 161 00:08:33,970 --> 00:08:36,810 S1: how are we really protected to freely gather, to not 162 00:08:36,809 --> 00:08:40,170 S1: forsake the assembling of ourselves? And if it's a fragile 163 00:08:40,170 --> 00:08:43,010 S1: right as indicative of what happened on January 18th at 164 00:08:43,010 --> 00:08:45,530 S1: Cities Church in Saint Paul, then how do we, as 165 00:08:45,530 --> 00:08:47,610 S1: churches across the country who want to lift up the 166 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:49,620 S1: name of Jesus and hold out the word of life. 167 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:52,500 S1: Protect ourselves. So that's a topic that interests you in 168 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:54,500 S1: the market with Janet partial. Wherever you can find your 169 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,900 S1: favorite podcast, download it and you'll be able to listen 170 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,860 S1: to it. I'm going to start out with another topic, 171 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:01,940 S1: another very interesting topic. I've watched this one with great interest. 172 00:09:01,940 --> 00:09:04,780 S1: I'm an Anglophile, which means I love English. History doesn't 173 00:09:04,780 --> 00:09:06,740 S1: mean I love what happened, I simply love studying it. 174 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:08,500 S1: In fact, one of the reasons I love it is 175 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:11,620 S1: because it is such a study in the sin nature 176 00:09:11,620 --> 00:09:15,660 S1: of man. I give you the Church of England. Quite 177 00:09:15,660 --> 00:09:18,260 S1: the segue, but let me tell you the history of this. 178 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:20,980 S1: This all started out of lust. Okay? Henry the eighth 179 00:09:20,980 --> 00:09:24,100 S1: was married to his brother's wife. His brother dies young. 180 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:26,900 S1: He marries his wife, Catherine of Aragon. They married 20 181 00:09:26,980 --> 00:09:30,140 S1: some years. Try though she might, she cannot produce a 182 00:09:30,140 --> 00:09:33,100 S1: male heir. Henry doesn't realize that the gender is determined 183 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,900 S1: by the dad, not by the mom. She has a 184 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:38,420 S1: series of stillbirths. She has a series of miscarriages, but 185 00:09:38,420 --> 00:09:40,780 S1: does produce one baby girl by the name of Mary, 186 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,580 S1: who would go on to have the onerous title of 187 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:45,980 S1: Bloody Mary because she would burn so many Protestants at 188 00:09:45,980 --> 00:09:49,390 S1: the stake. Religious war. Big deal during his time. So 189 00:09:49,390 --> 00:09:52,550 S1: what happens is that Henry decides that he wants to 190 00:09:52,590 --> 00:09:55,070 S1: create something new. He's not. He tries to get it 191 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:57,910 S1: a divorce. The church in Rome says, no, you can't 192 00:09:57,910 --> 00:10:00,350 S1: have a divorce. So he goes, I know I'll do 193 00:10:00,390 --> 00:10:02,709 S1: my own thing. So he goes to Thomas More and 194 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:05,390 S1: he says, get me the annulment. Thomas More says, can't 195 00:10:05,390 --> 00:10:09,470 S1: do it. Thomas More ends up being decapitated. Famous last 196 00:10:09,470 --> 00:10:11,870 S1: words when he's up at the block, he says, I 197 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:14,390 S1: am the king's servant, but I am God's first. Puts 198 00:10:14,390 --> 00:10:16,550 S1: his head on the block, head goes off his shoulders. 199 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:19,030 S1: By the way, he's deemed to be the patron saint 200 00:10:19,070 --> 00:10:22,230 S1: of lawyers because he was a lawyer who said, I 201 00:10:22,270 --> 00:10:25,830 S1: cannot twist the law to fit your circumstances. So what 202 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:30,950 S1: happens is that in 1531, the English clergy recognize Henry 203 00:10:30,950 --> 00:10:33,709 S1: as the supreme head of the church in England and 204 00:10:33,710 --> 00:10:36,429 S1: give up their power to formulate church laws without the 205 00:10:36,429 --> 00:10:41,190 S1: king's assent. One year later, in 1533, two years later, 206 00:10:42,030 --> 00:10:45,230 S1: excuse me, he secretly marries Anne Boleyn, his second wife, 207 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,760 S1: with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, granting the annulment. 208 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:54,280 S1: 1534 Henry was officially declared the Supreme Head of the 209 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,839 S1: Church of England by Parliament in the First Act of Supremacy. 210 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,160 S1: Henry then seize monastic lands and wealth, weakening Catholic influence 211 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:06,880 S1: in England. So there's the crash course. Excuse me. In 212 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,760 S1: other words, Henry. Comes up with this Church of England 213 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,600 S1: as an excuse for him to be able to divorce 214 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,640 S1: Catherine of Aragon and to marry Anne Boleyn instead. Now, 215 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,120 S1: if you look at the way the system works, the 216 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,720 S1: titular head of the Church of England is the monarch. 217 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,880 S1: So that means that King Charles is technically the head 218 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,920 S1: of the Church of England. But the second in command 219 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,120 S1: is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Why did I give you 220 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,160 S1: that crash course? Because history was made again for the 221 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:39,120 S1: first time in 500 years. A woman and a lesbian 222 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,760 S1: has now become a head of the Church of England. 223 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:45,569 S1: And so there was a lot of brouhaha around the globe. 224 00:11:45,570 --> 00:11:49,730 S1: So the church in England, by the way, uh, Anglicans 225 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:52,809 S1: have responded, particularly in Africa. God bless the Anglicans in 226 00:11:52,809 --> 00:11:55,890 S1: Africa who said, absolutely not. There's now been a splintering away, 227 00:11:56,130 --> 00:11:59,170 S1: a lot of conversation. You remember when Justin Welby had 228 00:11:59,170 --> 00:12:03,610 S1: that Archbishop of Canterbury with the high pointed hat, the miter, uh, 229 00:12:03,610 --> 00:12:05,650 S1: he talked about, we're going to look at the language 230 00:12:05,650 --> 00:12:08,449 S1: of God, and we're not going to allow gay marriages, 231 00:12:08,450 --> 00:12:10,730 S1: but we're going to bless gay marriages, which is equivalent 232 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:13,370 S1: to how many angels dance on the head of a pin. 233 00:12:13,370 --> 00:12:15,290 S1: Then they started playing around with the language of God 234 00:12:15,290 --> 00:12:18,530 S1: because they wanted to be inclusive, as though John 316 235 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:22,490 S1: wasn't the most inclusive verse in Scripture. So the drift began, 236 00:12:22,490 --> 00:12:24,890 S1: and it began before Justin Welby in truth. But now 237 00:12:24,890 --> 00:12:27,489 S1: it's gone even worse. And now they have a female 238 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:32,689 S1: first time in some almost 1500 years and a lesbian. 239 00:12:32,690 --> 00:12:36,970 S1: And during her ceremony of investiture this week, one lone 240 00:12:36,970 --> 00:12:40,730 S1: protester stood up and shouted, but at that point, procedurally, 241 00:12:41,130 --> 00:12:43,580 S1: cat's out of the bag. Too late. Can't do anything 242 00:12:43,580 --> 00:12:46,820 S1: about it. So she is now going to speak against misogyny. 243 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:50,260 S1: She is a dame, by the way. Uh, and she 244 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:54,020 S1: is now going to consider her very important position in 245 00:12:54,020 --> 00:12:57,939 S1: the church. And she has an agenda. Is it biblical? Mhm. 246 00:12:57,980 --> 00:13:01,220 S1: Time will tell. Early guesses, I think not. Craig. Your thoughts? 247 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,820 S10: I'm glad you gave the history. I'm glad you gave 248 00:13:03,820 --> 00:13:09,059 S10: the chronology because chronology really does reveal a lot. Um, 249 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:14,380 S10: how circumstances change attitudes about what the Word of God 250 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:17,500 S10: should or should not say and how you should interpret it. 251 00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:21,580 S10: So look at the chronology that led up to this decision, 252 00:13:21,580 --> 00:13:23,260 S10: which both of us and I think a lot of 253 00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:27,900 S10: your listeners who know Scripture will realize is contrary, absolutely 254 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:32,420 S10: contrary to so much Scripture. There's a chronology that's important 255 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:38,100 S10: here in 1994. Excuse me. Um, the Church of England decided. Well, 256 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:44,270 S10: I think, you know, we think that it's okay for female, uh, priests. 257 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:46,470 S10: That's what they call them. They don't call them pastors. 258 00:13:46,470 --> 00:13:49,550 S10: They call them priests in the Church of England. And, uh, 259 00:13:49,550 --> 00:13:52,390 S10: so we're we're going to we're going to say, that's 260 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:56,589 S10: all right. That was 1994, then 2015. They go one 261 00:13:56,590 --> 00:14:02,030 S10: step further and they say, well, not just priests, but also, yeah, okay. 262 00:14:02,070 --> 00:14:05,309 S10: You know, we can have women bishops as well. And 263 00:14:05,309 --> 00:14:08,310 S10: there's scripture that says, well, that may be a problem 264 00:14:08,309 --> 00:14:10,110 S10: because you have to be a husband of one wife, 265 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:15,830 S10: but I digress. And then we have today, 2026, not 266 00:14:15,830 --> 00:14:20,230 S10: just a bishop, not just a woman, but also a 267 00:14:20,230 --> 00:14:24,550 S10: woman who identifies herself as a lesbian, who is the 268 00:14:24,550 --> 00:14:29,310 S10: head of the Church of England, just under the King. Now, 269 00:14:29,790 --> 00:14:34,310 S10: has there been a series of new revelations of new 270 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:39,630 S10: Scripture discoveries where we've unearthed, uh, ancient texts that are, 271 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,240 S10: you know, obviously authentic and say, oh, all of our 272 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,600 S10: teachings in Scripture, in the New Testament and Old Testament 273 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,280 S10: up to now. Oh, no, they were inaccurate. We have 274 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,320 S10: a more accurate version. No, there have not been. This 275 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:58,000 S10: has not been a matter of discovery or revelation that 276 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,600 S10: we've been relying on inauthentic or unreliable text. As a 277 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,280 S10: matter of fact, the Old Testament, uh, just taking the 278 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,000 S10: Old Testament as an example of what it has to 279 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:12,080 S10: say about sexuality and homosexuality. At just one issue, uh, 280 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,520 S10: the Dead Sea Scrolls have been proven over and over again, 281 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,360 S10: not just to be accurate, so accurate that they reflect 282 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,760 S10: what our current day Bibles that you can buy at 283 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:25,960 S10: a Bible bookstore right now say word for word. But 284 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,520 S10: also the dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls are getting 285 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,480 S10: older and older and older as more discoveries are taking 286 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,360 S10: place about what their actual aging is. So the Bible 287 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:40,970 S10: we have is extremely reliable from a textual standpoint. So 288 00:15:40,970 --> 00:15:44,370 S10: it isn't that they're discovering some new revelation about how 289 00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:47,610 S10: what the text should say. The text has said it 290 00:15:47,610 --> 00:15:50,890 S10: over and over again. What they are doing is having 291 00:15:50,890 --> 00:15:55,810 S10: an evolution of conformity to culture rather than to Scripture. 292 00:15:55,810 --> 00:15:58,610 S10: And that's very troubling and ought to be to Christians 293 00:15:58,610 --> 00:15:59,450 S10: over in England. 294 00:15:59,810 --> 00:16:02,010 S1: I want to retract something because I want to be 295 00:16:02,010 --> 00:16:06,130 S1: always above reproach and only report what is absolutely true. 296 00:16:06,130 --> 00:16:09,130 S1: So I'm going to pull back the declaration that she 297 00:16:09,130 --> 00:16:15,810 S1: is openly lesbian. She is definitely strongly supporting LGBTQ plus inclusion. 298 00:16:15,810 --> 00:16:18,290 S1: She is married, she has a couple of kids, and 299 00:16:18,290 --> 00:16:23,609 S1: she's been actively involved in discussions on sexuality, including, quote, 300 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:28,930 S1: inclusive love and the reflection on Scripture regarding same sex relationships. So, um, 301 00:16:29,450 --> 00:16:31,730 S1: let me pull that back. So I'm not going to 302 00:16:31,730 --> 00:16:34,050 S1: say that she's a lesbian, but she is married and 303 00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:36,970 S1: has kids but supports the ideology. But then again, she's 304 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,940 S1: reflective of the drift in the Church of England right now, because, again, 305 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:42,900 S1: this idea of we're going to bless those relationships, but 306 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,180 S1: we won't perform them. That there's this a distinction without 307 00:16:46,180 --> 00:16:46,980 S1: a difference there. 308 00:16:47,460 --> 00:16:52,380 S10: Yeah. And I'm glad you made that, that editorial revision. 309 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:56,100 S10: But the point is, uh, what is the the Church 310 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:59,660 S10: of England teaching? What do they believe? And then what 311 00:16:59,660 --> 00:17:03,900 S10: are they teaching their congregants? And what they're teaching is unscriptural. 312 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:08,020 S10: And for the Archbishop to be fully supportive of what 313 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:12,940 S10: Scripture has condemned and said is sin outside of God's 314 00:17:12,980 --> 00:17:18,020 S10: definition of how marriage and sexuality should work, says that 315 00:17:18,020 --> 00:17:22,699 S10: they are bankrupt in terms of their theological understanding of 316 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:25,100 S10: the Word of God, how they're how you treat the 317 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:27,660 S10: Word of God. Janet is a is a Christian leader 318 00:17:27,740 --> 00:17:31,020 S10: ought to reflect accuracy and not heresy. 319 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:33,700 S1: So it'll be interesting. History has been made. Now we'll 320 00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:35,899 S1: see what kind of history she does make as the 321 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:50,919 S1: new Archbishop of Canterbury Beck after this. So we were 322 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,840 S1: talking about the Church of England. Let me linger just 323 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:58,439 S1: a little bit longer on this sceptred isle. This other Eden, 324 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,720 S1: this demi Paradise, this fortress built by nature for herself. 325 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,280 S1: This precious stone in the silver sea, this blessed plot, 326 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,560 S1: this earth, this realm, this England. So said the great bard, 327 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:16,879 S1: William Shakespeare himself, although maybe not, because there's a brand 328 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:22,040 S1: new book out. It's called The Real Shakespeare Amelia Bassano Willoughby, 329 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,200 S1: written by Irene Cosslett, and it argues that William Shakespeare 330 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,719 S1: was none other than Emilia Bassano, a dark skinned Jewish 331 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,010 S1: woman who was an English poet during the Elizabethan period. 332 00:18:35,570 --> 00:18:38,850 S1: According to the description of the book, it's supposed to 333 00:18:38,850 --> 00:18:42,290 S1: be released within the next few weeks. It questions whether 334 00:18:42,290 --> 00:18:45,770 S1: or not Shakespeare was indeed, quote, a white man from Stratford. 335 00:18:46,130 --> 00:18:48,850 S1: Debate still rages over the identity of the most beloved 336 00:18:48,850 --> 00:18:51,129 S1: poet of all time and father of the English speaking world, 337 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:55,129 S1: the description reads. Generations of researchers have tried to dismantle 338 00:18:55,130 --> 00:18:58,010 S1: the myth of the Stratford man. Now, in this intriguing 339 00:18:58,010 --> 00:19:03,770 S1: and well documented book, Irene Coslett conclusively, conclusively demonstrates that 340 00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:07,050 S1: Shakespeare was not a man but a woman, a dark 341 00:19:07,090 --> 00:19:09,890 S1: skinned lady of Jewish origin, born into the family of 342 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:12,689 S1: court musicians from Venice and the mother of the English 343 00:19:12,730 --> 00:19:17,250 S1: speaking world. Her name was Emilia Bassano. You know, we 344 00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:19,609 S1: can't even define what a woman is here on Capitol Hill. 345 00:19:19,609 --> 00:19:21,570 S1: If you're vying for a slot at the Supreme Court 346 00:19:21,609 --> 00:19:23,690 S1: or you're testifying in front of Congress. But boy, we 347 00:19:23,690 --> 00:19:27,650 S1: know absolutely, positively that Shakespeare was not a man. Talk 348 00:19:27,650 --> 00:19:28,490 S1: to me about that. 349 00:19:28,690 --> 00:19:34,820 S10: Yeah, well, just one more. Um, as one reviewer described it, uh, 350 00:19:34,859 --> 00:19:39,939 S10: welcome to the newest feminist icon. So yeah, even the 351 00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:43,260 S10: reviewers who really want to tout this as something that 352 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:46,260 S10: is exciting to think about. By the way, what why 353 00:19:46,260 --> 00:19:50,740 S10: is it that, um, the news business, the book business 354 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:56,100 S10: Authorships think that revisionist history is always a better idea 355 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,500 S10: than actual history? I'm still trying to figure that out. Uh, 356 00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:03,980 S10: there's apparently some feeling that revisionist history is more exciting 357 00:20:03,980 --> 00:20:08,700 S10: because you'll never guess who the real Shakespeare was. We'll 358 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:11,260 S10: start with the headline like that. Then you think, well, 359 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:13,940 S10: everybody's going to be curious and buy the book, and 360 00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:18,020 S10: that's what it's all about. Uh, no. No, I don't 361 00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:24,020 S10: think so. Interestingly, this particular woman, uh, has roots in Venice, and, uh, 362 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:29,220 S10: William Shakespeare did write some plays that intersected at various places, 363 00:20:29,220 --> 00:20:33,669 S10: and some of them, uh, in Venice. But then, uh, 364 00:20:33,670 --> 00:20:36,550 S10: that was Europe of the day. And by the way, 365 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:41,469 S10: at the time, um, the British. The British Empire under, uh, 366 00:20:41,470 --> 00:20:45,470 S10: Elizabeth the first certainly, uh, was extensive. I mean, they had. 367 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:49,790 S10: Touch points all over Europe with all of those countries. So, uh, 368 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:53,950 S10: it's not unusual that, uh, Shakespeare would. Have picked places 369 00:20:53,950 --> 00:20:59,709 S10: that happened to coincide with this particular woman's, uh, place 370 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:07,830 S10: of origin, but, um. Uh, look, William, Shakespeare's a big 371 00:21:07,830 --> 00:21:10,830 S10: target because he was a big author. Let me just 372 00:21:10,830 --> 00:21:14,830 S10: leave it at that. His work, his works are recited. 373 00:21:14,869 --> 00:21:19,350 S10: They're still, uh, memes written about him and pictures and quotes. 374 00:21:19,390 --> 00:21:20,310 S10: All over the internet. 375 00:21:20,350 --> 00:21:22,750 S1: And how many movies made that? It wasn't really William 376 00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:24,190 S1: Shakespeare who wrote it? I mean. 377 00:21:24,190 --> 00:21:25,630 S10: That's the stuff of TV series. 378 00:21:25,670 --> 00:21:25,870 S1: Right? 379 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:31,080 S10: Exactly. But again, revisionist revisionist history apparently tickles a lot 380 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:37,639 S10: of ears and raises curiosity. And so therefore curiosity sells, apparently. 381 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,800 S10: And people will pick this up because wow, that's a 382 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,280 S10: crazy idea. I think I'll read it and maybe believe it. 383 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,000 S1: I think you were wise to pick up on the 384 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,360 S1: feminist aspect of this, because the book says the description 385 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,600 S1: of the book says it's not just about the debate 386 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,520 S1: over to whom the writings of Shakespeare should be attributed, quote, 387 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,600 S1: but also about the condition of women at the time 388 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:03,080 S1: Shakespeare was writing. It explains that feminism already existed in 389 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,640 S1: Elizabethan and Jacobean England. It reveals not only that Shakespeare 390 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,720 S1: was a woman, but also that she defended women. It 391 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,240 S1: reiterates Amelia into the context of the time, for example 392 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,159 S1: by exploring the relationship between Amelia and Queen Elizabeth the First. 393 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,160 S1: Oh no, we're not going to go there, are we? 394 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,280 S10: Yeah, yeah, you can just see what's coming. 395 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:23,760 S1: I'm not even going to say it exactly. 396 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,320 S10: Yeah, but but although interesting and by the way, there's 397 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:32,250 S10: no question, um, that women did not possess the legal 398 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:36,770 S10: rights that were their due at the time of Shakespeare's writings. 399 00:22:36,810 --> 00:22:38,890 S1: Really? Because we just got the vote like over 100 400 00:22:38,930 --> 00:22:39,889 S1: years ago in America. 401 00:22:39,970 --> 00:22:46,850 S10: So my point exactly. However, interestingly, uh, Shakespeare did elevate 402 00:22:47,090 --> 00:22:50,970 S10: womanhood in a number of his heroines, in his plays. 403 00:22:51,090 --> 00:22:53,090 S1: How many? In fact, let me pause you, if I can, 404 00:22:53,090 --> 00:22:56,850 S1: for a minute. This is a crash course in English Lit. Um. 405 00:22:56,890 --> 00:23:00,450 S1: How many times in the play is the female for Shakespeare? 406 00:23:00,490 --> 00:23:01,210 S1: The hero? 407 00:23:01,250 --> 00:23:05,170 S10: Yeah. Yeah. And that that was a typical, uh, obviously, 408 00:23:05,170 --> 00:23:10,330 S10: if we're talking about, uh, misogynistic society at the time. 409 00:23:10,330 --> 00:23:12,570 S10: And by the way, they were being ruled over, at 410 00:23:12,609 --> 00:23:17,690 S10: least during the later part of Shakespeare's writings by a 411 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:24,210 S10: female monarch. So feminism had its limits, or I should say, misogyny. 412 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:28,860 S10: Misogynistic attitudes of society had its limits because they had 413 00:23:28,859 --> 00:23:32,740 S10: a female monarch ruling England, and by the. A great one, 414 00:23:32,740 --> 00:23:35,859 S10: by the way, in terms of her power, prestige and 415 00:23:35,859 --> 00:23:41,060 S10: what she had accomplished. Um, morals aside, uh, in terms 416 00:23:41,060 --> 00:23:43,979 S10: of her command of leadership, there was no question that 417 00:23:43,980 --> 00:23:48,300 S10: she was stellar. So, uh, to to try to own 418 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:51,660 S10: up to, so to speak, uh, an idea that, uh, 419 00:23:51,660 --> 00:23:55,420 S10: we need to find a new feminist icon who really 420 00:23:55,420 --> 00:23:57,740 S10: is the real Shakespeare. And by the way, there have 421 00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:01,260 S10: been several theories about several people in court at the 422 00:24:01,260 --> 00:24:07,500 S10: time in the courtly provinces of, uh, royalty that they say, 423 00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:11,220 S10: you know, might have been, could have been. But in fact, 424 00:24:11,420 --> 00:24:15,540 S10: why was it that for so long no one decided 425 00:24:15,540 --> 00:24:21,180 S10: to unearth these amazing revelations until recently? Yeah, I raised 426 00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:22,740 S10: that question. I have yet to see an answer. 427 00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:24,580 S1: That's because you can't call a dead man or woman 428 00:24:24,580 --> 00:24:26,429 S1: in as a witness. There you go. By the way, 429 00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:29,189 S1: Queen Elizabeth rules for the first. By the way, rules 430 00:24:29,190 --> 00:24:33,070 S1: for 44 years. Unprecedented. I don't know where I'm sitting from. 431 00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:59,950 S1: That looks pretty liberated to me back after this. If 432 00:24:59,990 --> 00:25:01,990 S1: what you hear on in the market with Janet partial 433 00:25:01,990 --> 00:25:05,189 S1: encourages you, enlightens you, engages you, and equips you, I 434 00:25:05,190 --> 00:25:07,550 S1: want to ask you to become a partial partner today. 435 00:25:07,550 --> 00:25:10,030 S1: This program depends on the faithful and ongoing support of 436 00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:13,350 S1: listeners just like you. By supporting this program on a regular, 437 00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:17,070 S1: ongoing monthly basis, you'll receive several benefits that only my 438 00:25:17,070 --> 00:25:22,030 S1: partners receive. So please call today 877 Janet 58 or 439 00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:28,720 S1: go online to in the market with Janet Parshall. This 440 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,760 S1: is in the market with Janet partial. On Fridays, Craig 441 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:32,560 S1: and I take a look at the news of the 442 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,399 S1: day through the lens of Scripture. And one of the 443 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,680 S1: things we always do is we try to share with 444 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,320 S1: you what we call wolf audio. And we use that 445 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,760 S1: phrase because Jesus warns us over and over again that 446 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,919 S1: among the sheep there are in fact wolves. And it 447 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,160 S1: is paramount that we recognize the howl of the wolf 448 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,200 S1: so that we can learn to discern and we can 449 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,199 S1: remember exactly the straight stick of truth. Apply it to 450 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,880 S1: that which emanates from any pulpit, in any church, at 451 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,080 S1: any time, and find out whether or not it comes 452 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:02,959 S1: into alignment with the Word of God. So that's what 453 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,560 S1: we call it. Wolf audio, because the Bible tells us 454 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,800 S1: in Matthew that Jesus says beware because they're acting like 455 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,959 S1: they're shepherds, but they're really ravenous wolves. And I, I 456 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,920 S1: find the use of that word to be very compelling, 457 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,240 S1: that he calls them ravenous wolves. In other words, they 458 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,000 S1: take their job of deceiving you very, very seriously. So 459 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,690 S1: on X today I discovered this in an account I 460 00:26:23,730 --> 00:26:27,490 S1: won't name, but it says this in the LDS church, 461 00:26:27,490 --> 00:26:30,370 S1: we do not see Eve eating the forbidden fruit as 462 00:26:30,369 --> 00:26:32,970 S1: a mistake or even a sin. To the contrary, we 463 00:26:33,010 --> 00:26:36,010 S1: celebrate her courage and wisdom to partake of the fruit, 464 00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:39,730 S1: transgress the bounds of Eden, and become all that her 465 00:26:39,730 --> 00:26:43,970 S1: heavenly father wanted her to be. Whoa! To which I responded, 466 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:48,250 S1: this is abject ignorance on the origination and nature of sin. 467 00:26:48,250 --> 00:26:52,090 S1: First Corinthians reminds us that all have sinned, or that 468 00:26:52,090 --> 00:26:54,850 S1: by man came sin. And again we're reminded that all 469 00:26:54,850 --> 00:26:56,410 S1: of us have sinned and come short of the glory 470 00:26:56,410 --> 00:26:59,490 S1: of God. We need to be taking sin very seriously 471 00:26:59,490 --> 00:27:03,010 S1: because let's be honest, we have a sin problem. Always have, 472 00:27:03,010 --> 00:27:06,290 S1: always will began when we walked out of the Garden 473 00:27:06,330 --> 00:27:09,850 S1: of Eden. Well, I'm going to play some wolf audio 474 00:27:09,850 --> 00:27:12,090 S1: for you. I'm not going to name the denomination you'll 475 00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:14,250 S1: recognize immediately it happens to be a female. I'm not 476 00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:16,930 S1: going to say her name, but I think what emanates 477 00:27:16,930 --> 00:27:19,130 S1: out of her mouth, which is reflective of what's in 478 00:27:19,130 --> 00:27:21,250 S1: her heart, which tells me what she believes as a 479 00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:24,420 S1: man thinketh, So he is. And as a woman thinketh, 480 00:27:24,420 --> 00:27:27,740 S1: so she is. This is her take on the topic 481 00:27:27,740 --> 00:27:28,900 S1: of sin. Have a listen. 482 00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:33,179 S11: I think, um, sinner is a word I don't use 483 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:36,260 S11: very much, because I think it alienates more people from 484 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:42,219 S11: God than it helps. And I think we distrust the word. 485 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:45,859 S11: I distrust the word because I think it can be manipulated. 486 00:27:45,859 --> 00:27:50,940 S11: It can be manipulated on both sides of the ideological spectrum. 487 00:27:52,340 --> 00:27:56,420 S11: We can be told over and over and over that 488 00:27:56,420 --> 00:28:01,620 S11: sinners are people who support reproductive rights or marriage equality. Uh, 489 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:06,700 S11: but in that purview, you can be killing our planet. 490 00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:11,540 S11: You can be bigoted and hateful. You can, uh, be self-righteous, 491 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:18,020 S11: but that's okay, right? The sins of licentiousness, uh, that 492 00:28:18,020 --> 00:28:21,400 S11: Paul talks about, uh, and a lot of churches get 493 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,160 S11: focused on. Those are, in fact, not the sins that 494 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:30,840 S11: God is so concerned about, other than how they intersect 495 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:37,360 S11: with hurting one another. Um, extramarital sex, quite frankly, was 496 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,760 S11: not something that Jesus would have been talking about. The 497 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,360 S11: prophets wouldn't have been talking about it. The way we 498 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,520 S11: understand marriage and relationships is so far gone from anything 499 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,760 S11: in the Bible. To say that someone is going to 500 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:53,240 S11: burn in the everlasting fires of hell because they knew, 501 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:58,440 S11: as the Bible says, their partner before marriage is just 502 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,680 S11: not true. It's one of those things we get focused on, 503 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,240 S11: and we take our eye off the bigger things. 504 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,280 S1: That, ladies and gentlemen, is a word salad. Where do 505 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,120 S1: you begin? All right, so let me give you a 506 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,840 S1: couple of things, Greg. You can jump in when I'm 507 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,000 S1: through here. So Jesus wasn't concerned about extramarital affairs, I 508 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,610 S1: don't know. John four meets a woman at the. well. 509 00:29:19,610 --> 00:29:22,370 S1: Where's your husband? Oh, and those aren't even your husbands. 510 00:29:22,410 --> 00:29:24,250 S1: Talked a lot about that woman gets caught in the 511 00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:28,650 S1: act of adultery. Scripture tells us that would be extramarital sex. So, yeah, 512 00:29:28,650 --> 00:29:31,730 S1: but then she does this trapeze act where she jumps 513 00:29:31,730 --> 00:29:35,210 S1: in this cryptic segue into sin, and then immediately jumps 514 00:29:35,210 --> 00:29:39,170 S1: to political conversations because sin, quote can be manipulated against 515 00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:43,850 S1: climate change, reproductive rights, etc. again, not unlike that tweet 516 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:45,690 S1: that I read earlier. This is a woman who has 517 00:29:45,690 --> 00:29:49,970 S1: a profound misunderstanding of the nature of sin because she's 518 00:29:49,970 --> 00:29:53,050 S1: got one thing right, and that was that sin. This 519 00:29:53,050 --> 00:29:56,970 S1: conversation about sin alienates us from God. No, madam, sin 520 00:29:57,130 --> 00:30:00,650 S1: in and of itself alienates us from God. We have 521 00:30:00,650 --> 00:30:05,330 S1: been separated from God, a holy God, because every one 522 00:30:05,330 --> 00:30:09,570 S1: of us have sinned. All have sinned and come short 523 00:30:09,610 --> 00:30:12,570 S1: of the glory of God. There is not one righteous, 524 00:30:12,570 --> 00:30:17,290 S1: no not one. So she's absolutely right. Sin alienates and 525 00:30:17,290 --> 00:30:20,580 S1: God knew that, and he wanted to create a remedy 526 00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:24,620 S1: for that. So he creates this mediator, this connection between 527 00:30:24,620 --> 00:30:28,860 S1: God and man. And his name is Jesus. The bridge 528 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:31,940 S1: of sin has been paid for by what Christ did 529 00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:35,020 S1: for us on the cross. And what's problematic about a 530 00:30:35,020 --> 00:30:38,940 S1: woman like that is she's politician before she's pastor. And boy, 531 00:30:38,980 --> 00:30:41,780 S1: that just irritates me. Yes, the Bible speaks to everything 532 00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:45,580 S1: out there. The Bible is the illuminating map for our lives. 533 00:30:45,580 --> 00:30:47,300 S1: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a 534 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:49,860 S1: light unto my path. And yes, the Bible does address 535 00:30:49,860 --> 00:30:52,220 S1: a lot of issues that masquerade as political issues, when 536 00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:56,180 S1: at its core, they're much more issues about righteousness and morality. 537 00:30:56,180 --> 00:30:59,300 S1: And she gave a couple example them creation care, killing 538 00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:01,900 S1: the preborn, etc. she has a different vantage point than 539 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:04,340 S1: I do. I have a different vantage point, mine being 540 00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:06,700 S1: based on biblical truth. You can see that she has 541 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:08,580 S1: a problem with. She doesn't even want to use the 542 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:11,140 S1: word sin. If you don't want to use the word sin, 543 00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:13,860 S1: then why did Christ have to suffer and pay the 544 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:18,110 S1: penalty for my sins? I think an inappropriate position on 545 00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:21,310 S1: the subject of sin makes a sham of Calvary. Your thoughts? 546 00:31:21,670 --> 00:31:24,310 S10: You know, as a lawyer, when I go into court, uh, 547 00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:27,190 S10: I'd better know the text of what the law is. 548 00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:30,750 S10: If I'm going to argue to the judge persuasively about 549 00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:34,270 S10: what the law is and how it applies or doesn't 550 00:31:34,270 --> 00:31:39,670 S10: apply to my client. Now Scripture has a text from 551 00:31:39,670 --> 00:31:44,190 S10: Genesis to Revelation. It's either a book of a bunch 552 00:31:44,190 --> 00:31:46,950 S10: of interesting ideas and some poetry, and maybe a little 553 00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:51,830 S10: wisdom over the ages by human beings who were trying 554 00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:56,670 S10: to think up who God was. That's one idea. It's 555 00:31:56,670 --> 00:32:00,190 S10: a wrong idea. Or you can accept it as a 556 00:32:00,190 --> 00:32:04,950 S10: believer in Christ, that it was inspired from Genesis through 557 00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:10,750 S10: Revelation by God, through human authors. That is to say, 558 00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:13,270 S10: he inspired them, which is what Peter tells us in 559 00:32:13,270 --> 00:32:18,040 S10: his epistle. Exactly what happened. And as a matter of fact, 560 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:22,400 S10: Peter talks about Paul as someone who has his epistles 561 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,800 S10: are part of, quote, scripture. So I don't think we 562 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:31,640 S10: have the liberty, as this person did, to discount what 563 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,000 S10: Paul had to say about licentiousness. And by the way, 564 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,520 S10: it wasn't just Paul. Uh, Jude chapter one Jude one 565 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,760 S10: five through seven specifically says Sodom and Gomorrah, the sin. 566 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,960 S10: There was sexual immorality. Peter says the same thing in 567 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:52,800 S10: his second epistle. Jesus brings up Sodom and Gomorrah and 568 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,160 S10: the sexual immorality that led to its destruction in Matthew 569 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,320 S10: ten and 11. So it's right there in the text. 570 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:06,840 S10: Why are these religious leaders dressed in religious garb, avoiding 571 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,600 S10: the text of Scripture when they try to preach about 572 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,010 S10: what God is on God's mind or isn't? She said 573 00:33:14,010 --> 00:33:18,290 S10: right there. This isn't what God is concerned about. It's 574 00:33:18,290 --> 00:33:23,530 S10: absurd because, as you pointed out, the whole idea of sin, 575 00:33:23,530 --> 00:33:28,890 S10: which began in Genesis, was remedied through the provision of 576 00:33:28,890 --> 00:33:34,770 S10: a Savior, God's Son, because only God's son's blood was 577 00:33:34,770 --> 00:33:39,170 S10: sufficient to forgive us. Human blood was not enough. All 578 00:33:39,170 --> 00:33:42,850 S10: of the Old Testament sacrifices were looking forward to the 579 00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:47,410 S10: idea that that was temporary, covering a cover for sin 580 00:33:47,450 --> 00:33:51,850 S10: until the Messiah came and the Savior, Messiah, King of 581 00:33:51,850 --> 00:33:55,770 S10: Kings and Lord of Lords did come, did die, was 582 00:33:55,770 --> 00:33:59,170 S10: resurrected as he had promised to show he was who 583 00:33:59,170 --> 00:34:03,170 S10: he said he was and accomplished who he said was 584 00:34:03,450 --> 00:34:06,850 S10: his mission to accomplish. So why are they avoiding the 585 00:34:06,850 --> 00:34:11,450 S10: text of Scripture? Because Scripture is indicting for the heresy 586 00:34:11,450 --> 00:34:14,860 S10: that they're preaching. It's either true or it's not true. 587 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:18,940 S10: And Janet, it is so replete with references to God's 588 00:34:18,940 --> 00:34:22,860 S10: saving grace for our sin in the picture of Jesus 589 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:26,939 S10: on the cross as the redemption for our sin, that 590 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:30,900 S10: it's absurd to think that you can avoid that unless 591 00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:36,060 S10: you avoid Scripture, which is what interestingly, these wolf preachers 592 00:34:36,180 --> 00:34:40,740 S10: are obviously doing, because you don't hear them pulling apart 593 00:34:40,739 --> 00:34:44,820 S10: and explicating Scripture. And I'm glad you bring them up 594 00:34:44,820 --> 00:34:48,660 S10: for people to hear, because they do not go into 595 00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:52,660 S10: text of Scripture. They run away from it, and they 596 00:34:52,660 --> 00:34:55,779 S10: give you their mindset about what they think is on 597 00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:56,540 S10: God's mind. 598 00:34:56,580 --> 00:34:59,940 S1: Well. And you. She's trying to work herself out of 599 00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:02,620 S1: a job, I guess, because if you don't think that 600 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:05,100 S1: any of us are comfortable anymore with the language of, quote, 601 00:35:05,140 --> 00:35:07,779 S1: being a sinner, her words, not mine, then why is 602 00:35:07,780 --> 00:35:09,779 S1: she in the business of being a pastor? What does 603 00:35:09,780 --> 00:35:12,390 S1: she think her job is? She could have a she 604 00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:15,630 S1: could be a life coach. She could be, um, I 605 00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:18,149 S1: don't know, fill in the blanks. Um, touchy feely, kind 606 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,550 S1: of warm, fuzzy person, but. 607 00:35:19,590 --> 00:35:20,790 S10: Or invent a new religion. 608 00:35:20,830 --> 00:35:22,589 S1: Or invent a new religion. But if you are not 609 00:35:22,590 --> 00:35:24,710 S1: comfortable with the word sin. And by the way, she 610 00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:27,430 S1: stands up there, she's got all the accoutrements on. She's 611 00:35:27,430 --> 00:35:29,589 S1: got a stole around her neck, she's got the robes on, 612 00:35:29,590 --> 00:35:32,029 S1: she's standing in front of an altar. So you would 613 00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:35,110 S1: think that all of the accoutrements of religiosity are surrounding 614 00:35:35,110 --> 00:35:37,989 S1: the set on which she stands. But she's uncomfortable with 615 00:35:37,989 --> 00:35:41,870 S1: the word sin because I think it alienates more people 616 00:35:41,870 --> 00:35:44,950 S1: from God than it helps. Listen, our sin has already 617 00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:47,310 S1: alienated us from alienated. 618 00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:50,270 S10: That's the problem. And it started quite a long time ago. 619 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:53,310 S1: Yeah, exactly right. But again, what she does, and this 620 00:35:53,310 --> 00:35:55,750 S1: is what happens when we're not thinking critically. This is 621 00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:58,230 S1: why we have these conversations all the time about saying, 622 00:35:58,230 --> 00:36:00,790 S1: you think biblically, but you think critically. And again, the 623 00:36:00,790 --> 00:36:02,750 S1: reason why I can say boldly, that's not a multiple 624 00:36:02,750 --> 00:36:04,670 S1: choice test is look what the Scripture says. When you 625 00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:07,950 S1: come to faith in Christ, your heart is transformed, but 626 00:36:07,950 --> 00:36:10,560 S1: your mind is renewed. You you know what that means? 627 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,959 S1: You think differently about the world around you because you're 628 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,000 S1: rooted in biblical truth. It then becomes the grid through 629 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,959 S1: which you see the world. And when this wolf gets 630 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,400 S1: up and she says that she's not comfortable with sin 631 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,000 S1: right out of the gate, I can tell you she's 632 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,600 S1: not into the Word of God, because the entire Bible 633 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,520 S1: speaks to the human condition, which is fallen and in 634 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,040 S1: a mess and desperately in need of a Savior. It 635 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,719 S1: is why all of creation groans and God doesn't leave 636 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,080 S1: us in that spot. He creates that one mediator between 637 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,680 S1: God and man and that Christ Jesus, bridging the gap 638 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,520 S1: of our alienation because of the sacrificial work done on 639 00:36:46,520 --> 00:37:05,920 S1: the cross. I've got more after this. Matthew 715 beware 640 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,650 S1: of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, 641 00:37:08,650 --> 00:37:12,490 S1: but inwardly are ravenous wolves. So you just heard this 642 00:37:12,489 --> 00:37:15,330 S1: female pastor tell you that she's not comfortable with the 643 00:37:15,330 --> 00:37:18,290 S1: word sin because she thinks that word alienates us from God. 644 00:37:18,330 --> 00:37:20,690 S1: That's a paradox within a paradox, within a paradox like 645 00:37:20,690 --> 00:37:25,250 S1: Russian nesting dolls. We are alienated from God by our sin. 646 00:37:25,290 --> 00:37:29,290 S1: That is, that's our condition. That is the human condition. Okay, well, 647 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:32,169 S1: she goes on. And why this conversation is important, first 648 00:37:32,170 --> 00:37:33,850 S1: of all, indicative of the fact that she's not reading 649 00:37:33,850 --> 00:37:35,730 S1: the Word of God because she could never read it 650 00:37:35,730 --> 00:37:38,090 S1: and walk away with the conclusion that sin is a 651 00:37:38,090 --> 00:37:41,010 S1: word that should make us uncomfortable. Sin should make us comfortable, 652 00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:43,930 S1: not the word sin should make us uncomfortable because we 653 00:37:43,930 --> 00:37:46,370 S1: should desire to be conformed and transformed to the image 654 00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:49,330 S1: of Christ. We should confess our sins because why? He'll 655 00:37:49,370 --> 00:37:51,930 S1: be faithful and just to cleanse us from our sins 656 00:37:51,930 --> 00:37:54,969 S1: and from all unrighteousness. So this woman doesn't stop there. 657 00:37:54,969 --> 00:37:56,810 S1: And when you have the wrong view of sin, you 658 00:37:56,810 --> 00:37:59,209 S1: end up having the wrong view of eternity and heaven 659 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:02,969 S1: and hell. So the same wolf says this. 660 00:38:03,290 --> 00:38:07,060 S11: You're all going to hell. Aren't you glad we don't 661 00:38:07,060 --> 00:38:14,700 S11: go to that church? You're not. We're not. I don't 662 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:19,540 S11: think anybody, uh, no matter what tradition you come from 663 00:38:19,580 --> 00:38:24,060 S11: or if you started in one tradition that was somewhat, uh, 664 00:38:24,060 --> 00:38:28,020 S11: more focused on human sin, or if you are in 665 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:35,259 S11: a tradition that focuses more on, uh, God's act of redemption. 666 00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:39,739 S11: I think that wherever you are on this spectrum, I 667 00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:42,940 S11: don't think any of us are comfortable anymore with the 668 00:38:42,940 --> 00:38:47,180 S11: language of being a sinner. So whether we associate sin 669 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:53,900 S11: with shame and self-punishment or with those creepy sermons about hellfire, uh, 670 00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:58,779 S11: that I reminded us of, I think, um, sinner is 671 00:38:58,780 --> 00:39:01,580 S11: a word I don't use very much, because I think 672 00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:05,750 S11: it alienates more people from God than it helps. 673 00:39:07,830 --> 00:39:11,189 S1: Well, there you go. So she said, aren't you glad 674 00:39:11,190 --> 00:39:15,950 S1: you don't go to that church? Well, again. Giving profound 675 00:39:15,950 --> 00:39:19,390 S1: evidence that this woman is not in the word of God. 676 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:22,109 S1: All right. Because it makes it painfully clear that in 677 00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:24,029 S1: the end, the world will be divided into two camps, 678 00:39:24,030 --> 00:39:28,510 S1: regardless of what your quote, tradition, whatever that means, teaches you. 679 00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:31,430 S1: In the end, the world gets divided into two camps. 680 00:39:31,430 --> 00:39:34,510 S1: Those who said yes, Lord, and those who said no, period. 681 00:39:34,510 --> 00:39:37,350 S1: The saved and the unsaved, those who got into the 682 00:39:37,350 --> 00:39:40,390 S1: lifeboat and those who choose not to get into the lifeboat. Period. 683 00:39:40,390 --> 00:39:43,230 S1: End of statement. So it's uncomfortable, I'm sure in a 684 00:39:43,230 --> 00:39:45,750 S1: post-modern world, when you don't even like the language of 685 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:48,629 S1: the word sin. Naturally you don't think there's a place 686 00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:53,670 S1: where sinners, unconfessed, unrepentant sinners will end up. And that's hell. 687 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:56,630 S1: So that's why ideas have consequences. And like those Russian 688 00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:59,430 S1: nesting dolls I referred to a moment ago, when you 689 00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:01,989 S1: get your position on sin wrong, biblically, you get your 690 00:40:01,989 --> 00:40:05,129 S1: position on hell and heaven wrong as well. So this 691 00:40:05,130 --> 00:40:06,890 S1: is when I say to this woman, teach a yoga 692 00:40:06,890 --> 00:40:08,930 S1: class because I don't know what you're doing, but it 693 00:40:08,930 --> 00:40:11,649 S1: is absolutely nothing that has any forbearance on teaching with 694 00:40:11,650 --> 00:40:13,770 S1: the Word of God has to say. You don't like 695 00:40:13,770 --> 00:40:15,450 S1: the word hell. You don't like the word sin. You 696 00:40:15,450 --> 00:40:17,489 S1: don't like to alienate people. You don't think that we 697 00:40:17,489 --> 00:40:21,130 S1: should have shame? You don't think we should do self-punishment? Okay, great. 698 00:40:21,130 --> 00:40:23,770 S1: I'm into that. I'm convicted by my sins because of 699 00:40:23,770 --> 00:40:26,049 S1: the indwelling power of the person of the Holy Spirit. 700 00:40:26,210 --> 00:40:28,169 S1: I'd love to have that conversation with her. Does she 701 00:40:28,170 --> 00:40:30,610 S1: believe in the Trinity? Does she believe in the indwelling 702 00:40:30,610 --> 00:40:34,770 S1: power of the Holy Spirit who convicts, comforts, Cajoles, guides, directs? Well, 703 00:40:34,810 --> 00:40:38,370 S1: apparently it's all about me. And that's the problem in 704 00:40:38,370 --> 00:40:40,489 S1: a nutshell. It's all about me. Oh, you go from 705 00:40:40,489 --> 00:40:44,170 S1: the 21st century. Go back to Eden, go back to Eden, 706 00:40:44,730 --> 00:40:47,250 S1: up to your ankles in Scripture. And there he is, 707 00:40:47,250 --> 00:40:50,050 S1: the father of all lies, who is still strutting, prowling, 708 00:40:50,050 --> 00:40:52,969 S1: seeking whom he may devour. And he's still saying through 709 00:40:53,010 --> 00:40:57,930 S1: his hissing tones, Did God really say, I don't like 710 00:40:57,930 --> 00:41:01,090 S1: the conversation about sin? I don't like the conversation about hell. 711 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:04,060 S1: Who among us does? I mean, I don't know about you, 712 00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:06,219 S1: but when I get those sermons and I am reminded 713 00:41:06,219 --> 00:41:08,380 S1: that God is on the throne and he is a 714 00:41:08,380 --> 00:41:10,980 S1: promise keeping God. And he said that if we confess 715 00:41:10,980 --> 00:41:12,660 S1: with our mouth and believe in our heart that God 716 00:41:12,660 --> 00:41:14,580 S1: has been raised from, that Jesus has been raised from 717 00:41:14,580 --> 00:41:17,780 S1: the dead, we will be saved. I take it at 718 00:41:17,780 --> 00:41:20,259 S1: face value because he's a God who can be trusted. 719 00:41:20,420 --> 00:41:23,420 S1: If we do not confess and we do not believe, 720 00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:25,460 S1: the Bible has told us that the outcome of that 721 00:41:25,460 --> 00:41:28,339 S1: is eternal separation from God. I don't know what it's 722 00:41:28,340 --> 00:41:29,580 S1: going to look like. I don't know what it's going 723 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:32,100 S1: to smell like. But I'll tell you what being eternally 724 00:41:32,140 --> 00:41:35,219 S1: separated from the unconditional lover of my soul is the 725 00:41:35,219 --> 00:41:37,780 S1: very working definition of hell. Your thoughts? 726 00:41:37,980 --> 00:41:41,180 S10: We have a choice. In fact, all your listeners have 727 00:41:41,180 --> 00:41:44,339 S10: a choice. In fact, everyone in the world, including the 728 00:41:44,340 --> 00:41:48,299 S10: people who, unfortunately, were sitting in that sanctuary listening to 729 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:52,460 S10: this particular woman dressed in religious garb. I have the 730 00:41:52,460 --> 00:41:56,020 S10: same choice. Here's what the choice is. Uh, on the 731 00:41:56,020 --> 00:42:02,190 S10: issue of sinners using the language, alienating people, That's her opinion. 732 00:42:02,790 --> 00:42:06,310 S10: You can take her opinion or you can take the 733 00:42:06,310 --> 00:42:12,350 S10: Holy Spirit's inspired scripture in Romans chapter five, where the 734 00:42:12,350 --> 00:42:18,230 S10: apostle Paul, who was personally commissioned to share the gospel 735 00:42:18,230 --> 00:42:22,910 S10: of Jesus Christ by the resurrected Jesus Christ, says, while 736 00:42:22,910 --> 00:42:27,790 S10: we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Now that's 737 00:42:27,790 --> 00:42:31,270 S10: the core of the gospel message. You can believe this 738 00:42:31,270 --> 00:42:35,710 S10: person who you heard in the wolf audio, or you 739 00:42:35,710 --> 00:42:40,870 S10: can believe the inspired Word of God through his apostle Paul, 740 00:42:41,550 --> 00:42:45,390 S10: who was granted that mission by the resurrected Christ to 741 00:42:45,430 --> 00:42:51,070 S10: spread that word who wrote. Yet while we were all sinners, 742 00:42:51,989 --> 00:42:53,750 S10: Christ died for us. And then he goes on in 743 00:42:53,790 --> 00:42:58,590 S10: that chapter five of Romans to explain that we were alienated, 744 00:42:58,590 --> 00:43:04,240 S10: but we can be reconciled to God through Christ. So 745 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:10,360 S10: I would suggest that this particular religious person whose audio 746 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:15,480 S10: we heard goes back to Scripture and decides who is 747 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:20,560 S10: alienated and who is reconciled because we're all alienated until 748 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:25,880 S10: we are reconciled through Christ to God. That's the plain truth. 749 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,920 S10: That's the clear truth. And God made it so clear 750 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,359 S10: that he spelled it out in his word for all 751 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,120 S10: of us to read, all of us to understand. Now 752 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,160 S10: the question is, will you trust Christ to do what 753 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,440 S10: he said he would do, which is to reconcile you 754 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,160 S10: with your heavenly father. If you confess that you are 755 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,480 S10: a sinner, but you are accepting and believing that he 756 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:52,080 S10: is Savior and Lord, and his blood was the sacrifice 757 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,279 S10: needed to save you and reconcile you, no more alienation. 758 00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:00,170 S10: Now you are part of God's heavenly family. That's the choice. 759 00:44:00,410 --> 00:44:02,450 S1: You know, I bet some people are wondering. Listen, I 760 00:44:02,489 --> 00:44:04,930 S1: don't want to be taken captive by. I'm going to 761 00:44:04,930 --> 00:44:07,529 S1: use scripture. Vain and hollow philosophy is predicated on this 762 00:44:07,530 --> 00:44:09,930 S1: world rather than on the Word of God. So how 763 00:44:09,930 --> 00:44:12,730 S1: do you know when you're sitting under a ravenous wolf? 764 00:44:12,770 --> 00:44:15,130 S1: You do not want to be gobbled up and lost 765 00:44:15,130 --> 00:44:19,130 S1: in their heretical teachings. The the answer is simple, and 766 00:44:19,130 --> 00:44:21,410 S1: yet it's going to require some sweat equity, which is 767 00:44:21,410 --> 00:44:24,930 S1: stay in the Word of God. It is why I 768 00:44:24,969 --> 00:44:28,969 S1: constantly say, let's you and I become people of noble character, 769 00:44:28,969 --> 00:44:33,650 S1: the Bereans. We can test everything when we've allowed his 770 00:44:33,650 --> 00:44:36,850 S1: word to be written on the tablets of our heart. 771 00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:38,850 S1: So I'll tell you what. The best way to enter 772 00:44:38,850 --> 00:44:41,330 S1: the marketplace, the best way to step into any church. 773 00:44:41,370 --> 00:44:45,130 S1: Make sure you are deeply into the Word of God, 774 00:44:45,130 --> 00:44:48,650 S1: because that will help us to go from darkness to light, 775 00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:51,049 S1: and will help us to be set free. That's what 776 00:44:51,050 --> 00:44:53,610 S1: his truth always does. Have a great weekend. We'll see 777 00:44:53,610 --> 00:44:56,170 S1: you next time on In the Market with Janet Parshall.