Podcast Episode

Resuming our series on Critical Social Justice (CSJ), Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about applying Christian principles to Pincourt and Lindsay’s Counter Wokecraft. No “races” in the Bible; there are nations Distinctions in the Bible have nothing to do with our concept of “race” The color of skin should not be a defining characteristic of people! […]

NOTE: This is a rebroadcast. These talks originally aired as series of YouTube videos in November and December of 2020. Pastor Steve’s 14-video series on critical social justice from 2020, here presented for your backgroundey edification. Introduction Surveying the landscape One fundamental criticism From slavery through Marx to Frankfurt Three more historical stepping stones Cracks

Pastor Steve Jeffery begins our new series on dealing with Critical Social Justice (CSJ) and how we, as Christians, are to respond to “woke” ideas and people. The necessity of understanding Critical Social Justice Outline of Critical Social Justice ideology Counter Wokecraft James Lindsay Book outline: Description of Woke ideology Description of Woke tactics Strategies

Pastor Steve interview pastor Celso Namuko about the work of the Church in the Philippines. Filipino churches looking at joining the CREC How Celso became a Christian How Celso left a career as a lawyer to become a pastor The religious landscape of the Philippines The biggest Catholic church in southeast Asia The issues facing

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Calvin’s Institutes III.9-10, about the Future Life of the Christian. Calvin’s opposition between physical life and “heavenly” life Fixing our eyes on heaven? But Paul finds significance in our interactions with this world The world and the body a prison? The body is not a prison to be released from!

Do it well.This week, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Calvin’s Institutes III.8.7-10, especially what it says about suffering well in persecution. Being conformed to the life of Jesus Suffering is the badge of being a soldier of Jesus Christ Going with the current (which is bad) What attitude should we have toward suffering? No hardship

(Short answer: because God wants to show his glory through you.) This week, pastor Steve Jeffery talks about suffering in the Christian Life in Calvin’s Institutes III.8. The structure of Mark’s gospel Fear of persecution Following Jesus, self-denial, and carrying one’s cross Godliness central to the Christian life Christian life lived in time: perpetual cross

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the end of Chapter III.7 of Calvin’s Institutes, which covers the relation of our self-denial to God. Worldly pragmatism Dealing with hard providences Sinful comforts Do not use evil means to acheive God’s blessing Do not blaspheme when life hurts The twin sins of despair and lack of gratitude opposed

Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the practical issues of self-denial in our relationship with God and with other men. Self-deception about our own self-regard Sin as privation of Good Outward appearances leaking into the life of the church Examining our faults without prejudice Proper helpfulness Our blessings are for the Church We must see the

Pastor Steve reads through and comments on Calvin’s Institutes, Book III, Chapters 6-10, with an eye toward denial of self. Self-denial Will and reason in submission to the will of God Giving of oneself to slavery to God Seeking the Lord’s will How to discern evidence of progress in holiness The benefit of Scripture Primary