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The Ezra Institute is an evangelical Christian organization committed to reaching skeptics and inquirers and to the recovery of a distinctly Christian system of thought and action for God's covenant people.
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The Ezra Institute is an evangelical Christian organization committed to reaching skeptics and inquirers and to the recovery of a distinctly Christian system of thought and action for God's covenant people.
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Rightly Raising REFORMED Rebels: NSA Controversy & Cultivating Culture
On this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Ezra fellow Dr. Michael Thiessen and Canadian Director Pastor Nate Wright wade into the latest controversy concerning the latest New St. Andrews College AD and Johnny Cash's famous (infamous?) hand gesture. This leads them to discuss the importance of setting a culture in churches and other institutions. They explore the role of pastors as cultural architects and the impact of culture on various aspects of church life. In an age of radical unbelief, how do we raise reformed rebels? Tune in to find out.
Episode Resources: New Saint Andrews College: nsa.edu/; New Saint Andrews AD [WARNING! VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED!]: nsa.edu/blog/the-men-we-want-and-need;
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Welcome
2:06 Setting Church Culture
06:43 NSA AD Controversy
10:30 Thoughts?: Mike's Concerns
15:32 Thoughts?: Nate's Rebuttal
21:09 Mike: Need for a Culture of Dialogue, Repentance in a Vulgar Age
25:25 Nate: The Serrated Edge & Colourful Biblical Language & the Need to Fight Effeminacy
30:20 The Presence of Christ Conference (Oct.31-Nov.2) AD
31:18 Navigating Controversy & Disagreement Through Dialogue
39:59 Navigating Our Cultural Moment with Biblical Wisdom & Discernment
52:32 Ezra's Culture & Programming
01:08:50 Wrap-up
01:08:59 Outro
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Episode Resources: New Saint Andrews College: nsa.edu/; New Saint Andrews AD [WARNING! VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED!]: nsa.edu/blog/the-men-we-want-and-need;
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Welcome
2:06 Setting Church Culture
06:43 NSA AD Controversy
10:30 Thoughts?: Mike's Concerns
15:32 Thoughts?: Nate's Rebuttal
21:09 Mike: Need for a Culture of Dialogue, Repentance in a Vulgar Age
25:25 Nate: The Serrated Edge & Colourful Biblical Language & the Need to Fight Effeminacy
30:20 The Presence of Christ Conference (Oct.31-Nov.2) AD
31:18 Navigating Controversy & Disagreement Through Dialogue
39:59 Navigating Our Cultural Moment with Biblical Wisdom & Discernment
52:32 Ezra's Culture & Programming
01:08:50 Wrap-up
01:08:59 Outro
The WAIT is OVER!!! Pre-order your copy of the NEW updated and expanded version of Dr. Boot's Mission of God with a brand-new study guide! Get it here: ezrapress.ca/products/mission-of-god-10th-anniversary-edition;
Got Questions? Would you like to hear Dr. Boot answer your questions? Let us know in the comments or reach out to us at www.ezrainstitute.com/connect/contact/;
Think biblically about politics with the help of Dr. Boot's latest book "Ruler of Kings": ezrapress.ca/products/ruler-of-kings-toward-a-christian-vision-of-government;
For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: ezrapress.com.
Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute: www.ezrainstitute.com;
Subscribe to Ezra's UA-cam Channel: ua-cam.com/channels/PVvQDHHrOOjziyqUaN9VoA.html;
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Regarding the NSA ad and the question of when is it okay to cuss: "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." Eph. 4:29 Gesturing unwholesome words is the same thing as saying them, and God's Word is clear on this matter. As another commenter here expressed, if they want to attract young men with the fire of God's calling to NSA, a humble heart and display of repentance instead of doubling down on their sin would go a long way. Do you really want your future leaders to get it wrong on something so obvious? Do you want to be the ones responsible for leading them into sin?
Let me tag onto my comment, I am wary of anyone who gets swept up in agreeing with the Moscow men's defense, because it is obviously fallacious, contra-biblical, and points to a tendency to fanaticism for a person. Don't get me wrong, I love what Pastor Doug and the Moscow men are doing. It needs to be copied everywhere in America, and I am actively working to do the same in my town, but I look to The Logos as my guide, not man and his faulty reasoning. (The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jer. 17:9) I think a lot of people are blinded by their fanaticism for them.
Sorry I am mega-commenting, but you mentioned hermeneutics, and I have been trained in hermeneutics, and the unclear verses should be interpreted by the clear, thus all these arguments about "well, Paul was edgy this time or that" should be interpreted by Eph. 4. It is clear.
Men who have to curse and use vulgar profanity to get a point across are effeminate so in my mind the ad had the opposite effect
I am 100% with Michael on this one. I think they crossed the line and I think it’s more manly for them to be humble and repent than it is for them to continue trying to defend it and if what they want is true men then they should be exemplifying men who know when it’s time to be humble and repent
Culture is so hard because unity and maturity are impossible to attain without the Spirit's help. Thanks for the clarity of thought-God bless you guys!
One reason I find that symbol inappropriate for a Christian is because it is a symbol of rebellion. That means you are rebelling against an assumed authority. But as a Christian, the world and its idols hold no authority because Christ is King! We are the ambassadors and soldiers of the Highest Authority in Heaven and Earth. Christ's Church will storm the gates of Hell. We are more than conquerers through Christ. So, why would the victors be flipping off the losers? They hold no authority for us to rebel against. Therefore, for a Christian to use that gesture would simply degrade it to its most vulgar, sexually violent meaning. There is no place for rude gestures from joint heirs of the King of Kings.
NSA explained they will mature the young rebels in the Lord!
Goodbye Christianity. You will not be missed.
Bollocks. Wilson and his Fan Club are the first to cry, “troll !” , when answered in kind- don’t like the taste of their own medicine. In fact, I’ve seen their sect censor and whine about those who stoop to their level and reciprocate their playground hyperbole and jesting… What ever happened to be all things to all people, little christian rebel- do we need to ratchet up the rhetoric and call you a ret@rd to make you understand your sinfully poor form? Dusting off your feet and moving on doesn’t include blustering off in a profane huff, like a James Dean wannabe…how can you show you face tomorrow, in good faith, after such a childish tantrum? I’ve yet to see this crude methodology work to any good effect by this sect (a chuckle here and there doesn’t justify its use, imo). Especially when these “Rebel” boys initiate and perpetuate so many divisions amongst Christians, both locally and on the strange domain of the internet. I can appreciate cutting rhetoric as much as the next guy…but you guys are fumbling around with crumpled paper lightsabers lol…
Reminds me of the alcohol debate. Baptists in America became soo concerned with not getting drunk that all alcohol became sin. Then I saw my father not wanting to go to brothers wedding because wine would be served. I began to think, wait a minute... Didn't Jesus turn water into wine at a wedding? Pretty soon our piety becomes too pure for the Bible's own language and themes.
Clean heart; happy marriages.
What did you think of the NSA AD? Way too far? The proper use of the serrated edge? Please feel free to leave your comment.
I was of the same view like brother Michael. I loved the NSA ad up until the Johnny Cash part which made me cringe a little bit. I think it was a chess blunder on their part. But I would still send my sons to NSA right away.
Dr. Thiessen, I can tell you're in the south by that lush foliage in the background ha! Hello from east Tennessee. Curious to hear yalls thoughts on the NSA ad. I found myself misunderstood by nearly everyone I engaged with on the topic. As soon as I said I think it's defensible, I'm anathema. I'm fine with my brothers that disagree, but they aren't fine with me 🤔 I believe that's indicative of a greater underlying issue..
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I notice several comments here by R2K proponents, claiming he misrepresented their position but NONE of them bothered trying to answer the challenging questions he proposes to the R2K camp in this talk.
We need an Andrew Isker episode on trash world!
Not to the right or left; keep your eyes directly in front of you…amen
Amazing indeed!
Well said!
"I'm a wanna be kingdom ruler." We know. This is all about control for you folks. It isn't about His Kingdom. It's about your Kingdom. He will not be mocked. You need to repent.
Great!
Can we ask questions too? 🤔
This is a pre-recorded session from the Academy that took place last week.
@@ceshmeel10 oh, all right, thanks
@@johnbreyssem4856 Sorry, John, if the title confused you. Please feel free to send your questions to www.ezrainstitute.com/connect/contact/. Also, Lord Willing, we will soon have live interactive sessions with Dr. Boot. Please stay tuned @ www.ezrainstitute.com.
@@ezrainstitutecc That's awesome news, I didn't read the description and was indeed confused by the title. Thanks for your reply!
Jahwe says clearly in the old testament that the man who marries another man should be punished by death, our father up there tells us to exterminate homosexuals, why do are you omitting such a crucial cruelty of god?
Christ dying on the cross, bleeding from his forehead his both hands and both of his feet and from his side is in HELL and Christianity calls it gods mercy for his firstborn beloved son! Are you totally blind or are you totally brainwashed?
All the religions think that all the religions are Satan except the own religion, a coherent lack of logics 😅
God in the old testament gives exact instructions how to kill your male slave and how to kill your female slave that happens to be pregnant, he advises you to beat her up so to provoke a miscarriage of which she is going to die so that you, the owner, escape legal punishment, but didn't he say he created all people equal? He should have told people, either the jews or the christians or the muslins to abolish slavery, right? But nil, he doesn't
Is God Satan or is God Satan, what do you think?
Whole nations have been exterminated in the name of Jesus Christ our lord!
Why have a certain people burnt down 52 churches during the last six years in Canada?
God contradicts himself time after time in the bible, in the talmud and in the koran, geligions are satan's inventions. Crux infernum est!
The reason for decline? Residential schools? Does the bell ring?
Totally agree Bro’s that this series has been multidimensionally great and edifying in so many ways! For me Toby’s teaching was surprisingly transformational to my thinking…and the profound part is that it is simply reiterating the simple yet foundational principals of confession and forgiveness as a people. Thank you Brothers! Love y’all deeply!
My answer to the question about religious pluralism is that Freemasonry in particular cannot licitly be tolerated, because it usurps the prerogative of public authority in the administration of promissory oaths and is on this account seditious. Sharia councils are innocuous only to the extent that they function as arbitral bodies in matters lawfully settled out of court. But in so far as they claim the public power of ruling proper to ministers of God, with the consequent obligation of obedience, they are at least seditious. As soon as the Muslim community claims the use of force as it's own resource for the enforcement of Islamic law, it ceases to be a religious community and becomes instead a political and belligerent community engaging the law of treason. In what concerns the suppression of homosexuality, it may be more important to supress the heresy of homosexualism and to impose the severest penalties on those who persist in maintaining it.
What the bloody hell are you on about
Some years ago it was pointed out to me that the posture of a tongue sticking out historically indicates demonic possession. Once you see something, it cannot be unseen. Once you know something, it may be forgotten, but it is never again unknown. It is only the transforming grace of God that can deliver from this kind of demonic cult. Our focus needs to be on inoculating the little children by introducing them to Jesus. Children’s Ministry and Discipleship needs to be our priority in the Body of Christ. The communists know it. The Queer Cultists know it. The enemy of our souls knows it. Protect the little children so that they may know Jesus and the power of His resurrection. They will lead their parents to Him.
Thank you Brothers!
How do we interpret "Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth." what is you take on Eternal perspective ministries?
Excellent work guys blessings
Totally correct
Thank you for this info. In order for the PEERS links to work, the semi-colons need to be removed from the end of the link.
Amen brothers
Well-said!😮
Thank you. I enjoyed this discussion so much!❤🙏
Are they no longer showing likes on UA-cam?
You quote Spurgeon a preacher who never failed to preach the gospel of salvation to the unconverted gathered with the saints. Those saints were not short changed by Mr Spurgeon spending time addressing the lost during the Sunday worship services. On the contrary they were blessed. Saints need to hear the gospel of salvation as well. Yes all christians must witness but preaching by a man called to preach is the primary means God chooses to use for salvation. (Romans 10 v 14+15
Oh man. This is so good. Thankyou both
Amen🎉
I love Ezra Institute and all the brothers representing it. However, I really think Dr. Thiessen needs a "wall of books" background! The nice kitchen is great, but...everyone knows that all great theologians and teachers just HAVE to have a library in the background! 😄
Word of God, Word of life, Law-Word indeed!