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"Sacred Roots: Neo-gnosticism: Today’s Most Serious Threat to the Church" by Stephen Russell
January 25, 2025
Strength to Strength welcomed Stephen Russell to discuss Gnosticism and its effects.
Today’s Gnostics are the secular materialists. At first it may seem strange to name them Gnostics since they do not reject the physical, indeed they only believe in the physical. However, like the early Gnostics they reject part of God’s good creation and try to squeeze all of reality into their narrow conception that only the physical is real.
An interactive question-and-answer period follows.
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"Sacred Roots: Gnosticism: The First Serious Threat to the Church" by Stephen Russell
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January 25, 2025 Strength to Strength welcomed Stephen Russell to discuss Gnosticism and its effects. God has told us in the first two chapters of Genesis about the world he has made. It has a spiritual and a physical aspect. And, it is all good. But in the early days of the church there were those who rejected the truth, only saw the spiritual as good, and yet considered themselves Christians....
S2S Author Interview: "If Anyone Would Follow Me" by John Coblentz
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John Coblentz. Five hundred years ago, a group of seekers determined to follow the call of Christ in the Scriptures without regard to the cost. As they followed the New Testament pattern of repentance, baptism, and surrender to the Spirit, a believers’ church was born. In the years that followed, the commitment to follow Christ supremely was tested by pressures both within the church and from w...
"Counting the Cost: The True Call to Follow Jesus" by Sam Baer
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January 11, 2025 Strength to Strength welcomed Sam Baer to discuss crossbearing. What has it cost you to be a disciple of Jesus? Are you willing to make the sacrifice? What did Jesus mean when he asked us to bear our cross? We readily agree that Jesus has asked us to bear our cross but are we willing to clarify what that means? Jesus not only calls us to bear our cross; He offers the resources ...
S2S Books: "The Victor's Crown of Glory" by Dorcas Hoover and John Samara
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Dorcas Hoover. The Victor’s Crown of Glory takes the reader to the frontlines of the battle in the Middle East where God’s miraculous power is displayed in the midst of evil. Stories of God at work in the 21st Century feel as if they come straight from the book of Acts. Gripping accounts showcase daring, modern day heroes of the faith risking all to follow Jesus in the face of radical ISIS terr...
S2S Sisters: "Living Well in an Urban Setting" by Marlene Nisly
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January 4, 2025 Strength to Strength welcomed Marlene Nisly to share about the blessings and challenges of living in a population center like New York City. Having grown up in rural Pennsylvania and now living in Brooklyn, NY, for nearly twenty-five years, Marlene will talk about the call and the challenge to live well as followers of Jesus, with specific focus on an urban setting. An interacti...
“Sacred Roots: Why Study Church History” by David Anderson
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December 28, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomed David Anderson to discuss the value church history is to our lives today. We are the product of, not only our reading of scripture, but two millenia of church history that has shaped our culture and experience. Only by knowing the past can we be informed to chart a way forward. Skeptics of the value of church history are encouraged to bring their ...
Salt & Light: Biblical Stewardship Course
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Salt & Light is a Bible-based financial teaching course to help you demonstrate God’s kingdom locally. It helps you discover how to become better stewards of God’s resources and actively engage with your local community, church, and youth. SALT reaches out globally to people in material poverty in dozens of countries through savings groups, agricultural development, microloans, and vocational t...
"Sacred Roots: The Book of Acts: Descriptive or Prescriptive?" by Finny Kuruvilla
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December 14, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomed Finny Kuruvilla to reexamine the record of the church as recorded in Acts. Is the book of Acts an historical account which is not intended to be repeated? Or is it supposed to be the template for the Christian life? This talk will explore this age-old question and make a biblically grounded proposal. An interactive question-and-answer period follo...
"Sacred Roots: The Book of Acts: The Kingdom of God Fills the Earth" by Finny Kuruvilla
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December 14, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomed Finny Kuruvilla to explore how, and more importantly, why the earliest church flourished. One of the themes of the Jesus’ preaching was the kingdom of God. In the book of Acts, we watch as the kingdom of God expands throughout the Roman empire. This talk will explore the biblical theology of the book of Acts and practical principles of the kingdom...
S2S Sisters: "Navigating the Journey of Grief" by three sisters
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December 7, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomed Gina Martin, Laura Smucker, and Delphine Martin for a panel discussion to share about lessons that walking through grief can teach us. Can life ever be good again after devastating loss? What questions should I be asking God about the valley I have experienced? How can I look outward in my muddled state? Join us for this panel discussion on Navigat...
S2S Roundtable: "S2S Books Anniversary, Europe Conference '25, Salt & Light, and Creel Cafe"
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December 4, 2024 On the one-year anniversary of S2S Books (strengthtostrength.org/s2s-books/), the Strength to Strength team met to discuss the latest news and updates. Sam is headed to Europe in 2025, leading a new initiate called "Kingdom Connect," which is an effort to bring together European kingdom Christians. S2S Books is collaborating with the Salt team from Christian Aid Ministries to b...
"Sacred Roots: Why 'Above All' Matters: Moses, Jesus, James, Paul, Maximilian, and You" by Zack J.
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November 23, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomes Zack Johnson to discuss truth-telling and swearing of oaths. Can the imitation of Christ truly involve oath-taking? This talk traces the evolution of oath-taking from the Old Covenant through the teachings of Jesus and James, the nuances in Paul’s writings, and the convictions of early Christians like Maximilian. It explores why James highlighted ...
S2S Books: "A Great Nation: Rescuing Abraham from Dispensationalism" by Gregory Weaver
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Gregory Weaver. Jesus told his Jewish audience, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” What did Jesus imply with this statement? In this book, Gregory Weaver examines how Jesus and his apostles understood the promises made to Abraham. Rediscover the historic view of the promises to Abraham, and see how dispensationalism is exposed as a modern, errant innovatio...
"Sacred Roots: Why Study the Early Christians" by David Bercot
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November 9, 2024 Strength to Strength welcomed David Bercot to discuss the purpose of studying the doctrine and practice of the earliest disciples of the faith. Jude, the brother of Jesus, tells us: "I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints." -Jude 3b NKJV Why can we not just read our Bible and be confid...
S2S Sisters: "God’s Design for Beauty: Our Creator’s Standard" by Melody Schrock
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S2S Sisters: "God’s Design for Beauty: Our Creator’s Standard" by Melody Schrock
S2S Sisters: “My Journey to Living as a Faithful Emissary” by Mary Z.
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S2S Sisters: “My Journey to Living as a Faithful Emissary” by Mary Z.
S2S Books: "The Patient Ferment of the Early Church" by Alan Kreider
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S2S Books: "The Patient Ferment of the Early Church" by Alan Kreider
"Walk the Talk: Spotlight on Kingdom Work - part 4" by four brothers
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"Walk the Talk: Spotlight on Kingdom Work - part 4" by four brothers
S2S Sisters: “Little Embassies of Heaven” by Tania Taylor
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S2S Sisters: “Little Embassies of Heaven” by Tania Taylor
“Kingdom Pilgrims and American Politics” by Brandon Byler
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“Kingdom Pilgrims and American Politics” by Brandon Byler
“When Bad Things Happen” by Wendell Martin
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“When Bad Things Happen” by Wendell Martin
"My Journey from a 'None' to a Kingdom Christian" by Dylan Heidrich
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"My Journey from a 'None' to a Kingdom Christian" by Dylan Heidrich
S2S Sisters: “Battleground of the Mind” by Linda Amendt
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S2S Sisters: “Battleground of the Mind” by Linda Amendt
S2S Roundtable: "Updates, Reflections, and Stories"
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S2S Roundtable: "Updates, Reflections, and Stories"
S2S Sisters: “God’s Design for Healthy Marriage: A Wise Woman Builds Her House” by Marji Wagler
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S2S Sisters: “God’s Design for Healthy Marriage: A Wise Woman Builds Her House” by Marji Wagler
"Metamorphosis: A Look at the New Birth" by Justin Zehr
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"Metamorphosis: A Look at the New Birth" by Justin Zehr
S2S Books: "Romans Commentary" by David Bercot
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S2S Books: "Romans Commentary" by David Bercot
S2S Books: "You Are Precious In His Sight" by Sherilyn Shirk
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S2S Books: "You Are Precious In His Sight" by Sherilyn Shirk
S2S Sisters: "God’s Design for Headcovering: My Search for Answers" by Renee Miles
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S2S Sisters: "God’s Design for Headcovering: My Search for Answers" by Renee Miles

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  • @ezrajeremiah8631
    @ezrajeremiah8631 3 години тому

    Trying to be reserved in what I say.. I would just like to warn that what is mentioned is only one side of gnosticism.. blending of Paganism with Christianity. There were Ante Nicean Church leaders, such as Clement of Alexandria in Stromata, who formed their own "conservative" form of Gnosticism that was much more covert. Rather than the overt "liberal" version that Iraneous warned about. Rightfully so.. but it wasnt the whole picture. We have seen the overt, but we are about to see the covert. Cycles repeat, and this is sort of the game.

  • @ric_gatewood
    @ric_gatewood 6 годин тому

    Paul Kingsnorth Against Christian Civilization. ua-cam.com/users/liveY3hMSZqatHI?si=idPf777SshAIU5RV

  • @billyd8084
    @billyd8084 8 годин тому

    44:00 I am under the “Authority” of my Higher Authority which IS Yahuah , through His Son Yahusa Messiah and am committed to listening to and obeying His Spirit living and working in me, therefore I am responsible to care for my Temple in which His Spirit dwells and if any man, entity or other says I must wear a mask that forces me to inhale my own waste which ALL Physicians say is hazardous to my health and when it is PROVEN that transmission of a virus is not in airborne molecules, THEN I am free to obey the “ONE IN WHOM I HAVE TO DO”. I am NOT in rebellion to Yahs law by resisting and yielding my members to unwise, dangerous, or evil pressures and persuasions of satanic tyrannical man who wishes to enslave me. In other words I WILL NOT “KISS THE RING”. Be blessed my brothers.

  • @russellrosener7189
    @russellrosener7189 13 годин тому

    Dawg Early Christians invented heterodoxy and orthrodoxy and then killed everyone or forced thwm to join their new form of christianity that aligned with the ideals of Rome.

  • @danageibel
    @danageibel 18 годин тому

    I'm really interested in some of the books you mentioned. I also want to crack open Pascal's Pensees again, which I probably haven't read in over 15 years. Thank you for sharing!!

  • @Elementointerativo
    @Elementointerativo 2 дні тому

    The church to defend itself from Gnosticism? The Catholic church hunted and murdered the Cathars with the Albigensian Crusade. They committed torturing, hanging and burned alive many people of this Gnostic sect. What " Threat " you, 2 demented shadows of a men are talking about?

  • @beestoe993
    @beestoe993 3 дні тому

    This is a fascinating subject to me. I got to here after learning that my beloved KJV is not what I thought. I am convinced that the Masoretic text has corrupted the Chronology of the Bible in a way that dramatically effects the Biblical timeline, specifically just after the flood and as such gives an incorrect age of the Creation itself. I learned on a Catholic website that the New Testament Cites the Septuagint 340 times but only cites the MT as opposed to the Septuagint 34 times. Sorting out the inconsistencies seems like a good job for AI.

  • @litteralfitness6113
    @litteralfitness6113 6 днів тому

    Fantastic job by Adam! In my opinion, when it comes to making an English translation of the Old Testament, i would favor the Dead Sea Scrolls as far as they could take me, and then the best manuscripts of the Septuagint, use the Masoretic Text as simply a witness. I would not use the Masoretic Text as the basis as most translators tend to do. I would also consult the Vulgate, Aramaic Peshitta, and some other ancient witnesses only in rare occasions.

  • @azel_chazak
    @azel_chazak 8 днів тому

    @21:35 Maybe Peter SImon is wrong in 2 Peter 2:5

  • @pamelastetor8803
    @pamelastetor8803 8 днів тому

    Masoretic ---Psalm:6 takes away( providith a body for me) But the New Testament preserved this.

  • @soundjudgement3586
    @soundjudgement3586 10 днів тому

    I was caught by the video title, albeit chose not to watch given the timeline in excess of one hour. Had it been much shorter it would have been best.

  • @timandcathyhohulin2237
    @timandcathyhohulin2237 10 днів тому

    I’m enjoying this study very much. My ancestors emigrated from Alsace Lorraine to the US for freedom to practice their Anabaptist faith. I, too, am a member of an Anabaptist church. I recently recommended a friend attend a Mennonite church in her neighborhood. I later looked at the church’s website and was surprised to see that some of their beliefs and practices don’t line up with Anabaptist beliefs even though they claim to be Anabaptist. That sent me on a quest to find out what exactly does it mean to be Anabaptist. I haven’t yet finished the book, but it has given me good insight into the birth and progression of the Anabaptist movement.

  • @RippDrive
    @RippDrive 11 днів тому

    Are we sure the LXX was translated from a hebrew text? Wouldn't the translators have been native hebrew speakers

  • @GuideThroughTheBible
    @GuideThroughTheBible 11 днів тому

    This will be such a great resource for our churches! Thanks for the interview.

  • @purgreendfw6750
    @purgreendfw6750 11 днів тому

    Masoretic is corrupted, it was changed to hide the messiah by tenth century Jews tgst don’t believe in Christ

  • @coeja73
    @coeja73 13 днів тому

    Are you still making these videos?

  • @newbirth7616
    @newbirth7616 14 днів тому

    Stranger crafted theology. This is not of the Kingdom of God

  • @EKelly-nu7op
    @EKelly-nu7op 16 днів тому

    I believe the Lord would rather receive spontaneous praise or a prayer from us when we are in the shower than having us not do it and wait until we got out of the shower to put our covering on.

  • @gabrieleweber4665
    @gabrieleweber4665 16 днів тому

    Thanks a lot for this so necessary message 🙏🙏🙏

  • @patriciaheinrich6857
    @patriciaheinrich6857 16 днів тому

    The Kirkland family is one of my favorite families in the world

  • @richiejourney1840
    @richiejourney1840 19 днів тому

    Prove the entire OT was actually originally written in Hebrew.

  • @Mick116
    @Mick116 19 днів тому

    I'm a new student of the Anabaptist tradition, but I'm liking this acceptance of the Septuagint and so-called "Deuterocanon" in Anabaptist circles. I was also pleased about the recommendation in this video of the Orthodox Study Bible, which has long been my go-to scripture.

  • @Спокан
    @Спокан 20 днів тому

    My wife and I recently met with a couple who moved from the comforts of this area to a country in the Middle East, for the purpose of spreading God’s kingdom. It was an eye opener for us to just sit down and talk to them about this to hear how the Lord lead them to this decision. Just last week our church had a week of prayer and fasting about various topics one of which was the persecuted Christians all over the world, including Syria. With this being fresh on our hearts, this book talk has been yet another blessing regarding this and a yet another reminder of God’s active work today in areas we don’t even know of. I feel like the very least (the very most actually) we can do is to support our dear brothers and sisters in these hostile areas with regular prayer. Thank you for this brother Bryant and your guests. Lord bless you all. Looking forward to reading the book!

  • @monicaheard7138
    @monicaheard7138 21 день тому

    Thank you for sharing your family's experience. Very much appreciated your candor and experiences.

  • @Carolina_Cheesehead
    @Carolina_Cheesehead 21 день тому

    I just read “Awaiting the Dawn”, and that was a suspenseful page-turner! I go to church with one of the twins from the book, she let me borrow a copy. They said that Dorcas has a new book out and they’re excited to read it.

  • @StrengthtoStrength
    @StrengthtoStrength 21 день тому

    You can BUY this book here: strengthtostrength.org/product/the-victors-crown-of-glory-dorcas-hoover/

  • @gabrieleweber4665
    @gabrieleweber4665 22 дні тому

    Thanks a lot for this inspiring talk! "Gelassenheit" is a helpful word, although it is so difficult in practice ... Gottes Segen from Germany 🙏

  • @jay77777-i
    @jay77777-i 23 дні тому

    Just beautiful, ALL glory to God.. I’m only half way in, what a blessing… thankyou!!! ❤️🙏

  • @brothernick7221
    @brothernick7221 24 дні тому

    Anyone who proclaims the KJV inspired complete discredits themselves in matter of objective primary source documented evidence. The Septuigent wasn't translated from the masoretic text family but a much older 3rd century Hebrew text family. This brother is highly biased to the masoretic text and the KJV. We cannot trust such a teaching.

  • @brothernick7221
    @brothernick7221 24 дні тому

    This isn't accurate.

  • @brothernick7221
    @brothernick7221 24 дні тому

    This guy is missing the fact that the septuagint is not a translation of the masoretic Hebrew text family. It's a translation from the 900 year older 3rd century BC Hebrew text family. The 3rd century BC Hebrew text family was different.

  • @corby1228
    @corby1228 24 дні тому

    It never made sense

  • @RobWerner
    @RobWerner 26 днів тому

    Have you not watched Nathan Hoffman's very informative teaching video on UA-cam done 7 years ago titled "Were the Pyramids Built Before the Flood? (Masoretic Text vs. Original Hebrew)? Clearly shows how the OT Masoretic Text was deliberately corrupted by the Scribes and Pharisees after Jesus was resurrected in order to delegitimize Jesus as the Eternal High Priest. They subtracted 650 years out of Abraham's ancestors in order to say that Seth, Noah's eldest son, was in fact Melchesidek. Thus they could say that Jesus did not supersede the Aaronic priesthood. Satan was pretty slick on this one, but the numbers just don't make any sense. By his (Satan's) calculations, Seth would have outlived 6 generations of his and would have been alive to bless Abraham! Also, Methuselah would have died two years after the Flood! Obviously, none of this is possible, but that's what the Masoretic text indicates when you work out the math. The NT has the correct numbers however. Satan messed up big time on this one.

  • @MD-ef9fl
    @MD-ef9fl 29 днів тому

    At around 1:07:00 David Bercot's thesis of blaming the "theologians" (from his book titled Will the Theologians Please Sit Down) is repeated uncritically. The first glaring problem with Bercot's thesis is that Bercot himself is a theologian by any reasonable definition of the endeavor, such as Andersons accurate definition of theology as speech about God (theo-logos). Then there's the fact that Bercot is cherry picking theologians to build a case against "them," a "group" of people that are not organically connected but that David strings together to create a predetermined narrative, contrasting them with "simple people." Anderson's (and Sam Baer's) honesty about Augustine after reading his Confessions should be a hint that Bercot's thesis is not feasible. There is no time in history when "theologians" were mostly bad and "simple Christians" were mostly good, or at least (theoretically) would have been mostly good if it weren't for the misleading teachings of the "theologians." Conservative Anabaptists who have consumed a lot of Bercot's writings should be thinking deep and hard of how to structure church history post-Bercot, how to undo some of the false narratives that Bercot weaves into his polemical writings.

    • @veritas399
      @veritas399 24 дні тому

      @@MD-ef9fl The main danger of influential teachers (theologians) like Augustine is when they introduce new doctrine in direct conflict with earlier Universal teaching and practice. Augustine and Ambrose introduced the just war theory, Augustine approved the persecution and death penalty for "heretics", and introduced the doctrine that infant baptism healed the guilt of original sin. This event of an influential theologian adding doctrine and practice in direct opposition to earlier apostolic doctrine and practice is what I think Bercot is warning about.

    • @MD-ef9fl
      @MD-ef9fl 24 дні тому

      @veritas399 Those are certainly valid objections. If he would have done that, I wouldn't object. The problem is that neither the title of the book nor the content achieve that goal with integrity. Instead he goes way beyond what should have been the main thesis and smears every theologian while conveniently ignoring the fact that he's trying to be accepted as a theologian of conservative Anabaptists in North America, nor following basic rules of scholarship. I agree with Bercot about a lot of things. But if I would be forced to tolerate his antics (slander, overgeneralizations, etc.) on a regular basis, I'd find a different church home.

  • @ezrajeremiah8631
    @ezrajeremiah8631 29 днів тому

    I just came out of a group trying to keep the "Traditions" of the Early Church. A friend recently helped me see my own error in thinking by providing a.. Well, a great story of the Early Church leading up to Nicea, and where leaven crept in. Am example beinf Ignatius who established unilateral authority for Bishops after Polycarp and the Apostles had died- and how this grew into true error and at times heresy even early on. I refer to Underground Publishing. The story he tells adds context to the history of Mennonites, and united general born again believers in a historical line. Him and Lynn Martin just got connected. I think you all may appreciate the ideas though too.

    • @corby1228
      @corby1228 24 дні тому

      My weaver family came over from Switzerland then wales to get away from forced Catholicism

  • @HB_IE52829
    @HB_IE52829 29 днів тому

    Every false teaching starts with one man bringing the false teaching into this world. It continues with many copying him. And all of the sudden the first one is a renowned expert, cited by many. And centuries later people say: "But the early church fathers wrote..." and "The early believers did..." it is interesting indeed to read what Christians had to say and thought. However, only the Bible is Gods word and a veto to any interpretation that cant not at all or only under twisting of the Holy word be found in scripture. We see false teaching in the very first century. In Romans we read about those, who honestly believed that they should continue and willingly sin, because staying saved by the grace of God would increase not only His grace but also His glory. We read about the immorality in the 1st epistle to the Corinthians. About those who try to bring Jewish law and tradition back into the teachings of Christianity in the second epistle to the Corinthians. Peter had to be corrected by Paul on the teaching of Jewish diet laws. Jesus disciples moments before His arrest show that they did not not fully understand what was going on and their thinking rejected as from Satan. Early believers are not those who got it all figured out. I doubt that we got it all figured out, but we at least have 2000 years of teaching and also reformation back to the core of Gods word. At a minimum, we do not have more pagan influence that in the early churches. We see a false interpretation and application of many things these days. But I believe the solution is in Gods word, not the writings of the early church. We do not read about a church as an institution or a building. That is a anachronism. We do not even see todays liturgy, robes, dresses, incents, tithing habits and "worships" in the bible. None of it. Especially not the "vertical" worship towards God as we see it in Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches. When consulting the book of acts, but especially 1Cor14, we are taught by the apostle Paul what the purpose and intention of the assembly should be: edification. To grow together and by each other. That is a horizontal meaning. It is between the believers. Of course, the coming together in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ as well as prayers and thanks giving is a vertical approaching towards God. But with every believer citing or reading a psalm, singing a song, praying a prayer, reading scripture as a teaching or giving thanks to the Lord the intention is to grow with each other, to build up each other in faith and hope and love. There was no "front stage performance" by a single man in a special dress doing 1000 times rehearsed things. All that just came by the 5th century. And that shows that "early christians" and "early church fathers", the "early" is a wide spectrum of potentially wrong doing and it shows that we can indeed get our information out of the Bible. Best case (and the early lists by Irenaeus e.a. show that) those early Christians just received their teaching from the Bible and thats a book we have, too. Its interesting to read other peoples commentaries and thoughts. But we better do it as instructed and cross check against Gods word ourselves (Acts 17:11). Thats the reason why we believe in oral teachings (tradition) only for that time in history where scripture was not fully available, but consider now only the written books in the Bible as authoritative and not the word of men.

  • @GloriaRubio-ji7ji
    @GloriaRubio-ji7ji 29 днів тому

    Hebrew Authentic VERSION...

  • @GloriaRubio-ji7ji
    @GloriaRubio-ji7ji 29 днів тому

    Fluidity... IS CHANGE...

  • @GloriaRubio-ji7ji
    @GloriaRubio-ji7ji 29 днів тому

    GOD WILL GET HIS MESSAGE ACROSS, IN SPITE OF HUMAN ERROR... ❤

  • @StrengthtoStrength
    @StrengthtoStrength 29 днів тому

    David mentions a number of books through out his talk. We have a number of them on our books store. Order them today! --> strengthtostrength.org/s2s-books/ We sell books that will strengthen your obedient love-faith relationship with King Jesus and give you solid footing in a shaky world!

  • @StrengthtoStrength
    @StrengthtoStrength 29 днів тому

    Check out our Book Store! We sell books that will strengthen your obedient love-faith relationship with King Jesus and give you solid footing in a shaky world! --> strengthtostrength.org/s2s-books/

  • @MD-ef9fl
    @MD-ef9fl 29 днів тому

    Bercot's independent church is one of the 40,000 congregations that don't agree, and that's still the case even though Bercot's church has the Bible plus the early church fathers. I agree with Bercot's premise that we should read the early church fathers. But that wasn't a very good argument in it's favor given his home congregation's strong independent streak.

  • @MD-ef9fl
    @MD-ef9fl 29 днів тому

    The blessing of Bercot is that he invested years studying church history and gifted us his Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs; the weakness of Bercot is that he often talks like he quit studying after he published the Dictionary and instead invests himself in Anabaptist apologetics and rabid polemics against John Calvin...in order to prove his Anabaptist orthodoxy to Amish and Mennonite readers/listeners who are skeptical of his doctrines of baptism and the Lords Supper? This talk wasn't too bad as it drew on areas where Bercot has researched. But again, he could have done better regarding the topic of predestination and the question how to recognize hyperbole and other literary devices.

  • @veritas399
    @veritas399 29 днів тому

    38:46 The book "Bonhoeffer" by Eric Metaxas is a distorted retelling of Bonhoeffer. Even worse is the recent Angel Studios film "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin". I did not see it, but just the title, and the main poster gives a very distorted view of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The poster shows Bonhoeffer holding a handgun. The reviews confirm that Angel Studios portray Bonhoeffer as if he were in on the plot to assassinate Hitler. If that were historically true, that would be accurate, but it is not true.

    • @naomigrace5631
      @naomigrace5631 29 днів тому

      I would recommend watching it if you get the chance just to see how Bonhoeffer’s wrestlings were portrayed

    • @veritas399
      @veritas399 29 днів тому

      @naomigrace5631 Many Bonhoeffer historians have rated the Angel Studios film very low on historical accuracy. Why watch a false portrayal when the real Bonhoffer is in several books? The cost of discipleship is an especially good book.

  • @veritas399
    @veritas399 29 днів тому

    17:58 "Many of us read our Bibles more in line with 19th century liberal Christians and atheist scholars than the majority of the church throughout history." This is a troubling possibility, and sounds like a constant threat to a thriving church.

    • @MD-ef9fl
      @MD-ef9fl 25 днів тому

      Anderson didn't spell this out for listeners. Is he referring to grammatical-historical or historical-critical hermeneutics rather than premodern or theological interpretation of scripture? Or are conservative Anabaptists bringing different anthropological assumptions to their reading of scripture? It would be interesting to hear more from him on this subject.

  • @calebpearce9334
    @calebpearce9334 Місяць тому

    When he talks about History as a story and the danger of a false story being the foundation of an identity, he put to words something I’ve been thinking about for a while now. Thanks!

  • @JODTAC
    @JODTAC Місяць тому

    So the main argument is from the early Church. If that is the case they why not infant baptism?

  • @sarahswitzer4084
    @sarahswitzer4084 Місяць тому

    What a blessing to hear this! May God continue to be glorified! 💖

  • @dr.sherryleonard-foots4200
    @dr.sherryleonard-foots4200 Місяць тому

    I love the kind, living and protective information shared in this video! Thank you all so much! I want to spread this message at my church!! God Bless you all! May your message reach a multitude of women and may they be receptive to hear and act on it!!❤🙏🏽✝️🙏🏽

  • @danielcarranza1957
    @danielcarranza1957 Місяць тому

    Wow so the quotes from the new testamen state they are from the lxx? That's new for me I thought they are just general quotes I guess you learn some new stuff every day😂