Pastor Steve talks with Pastor Kip’ Chelashaw, who ministers to a church on the outskirts of Nairobi. Kip’s call to ministry and education Deep worship and being sent Kinds of churches in Nairobi: the church “scene” Theology of churches in East Africa Word of Faith movement in Africa All of Christ, for all of life, […]

Pastor Steve Jeffery concludes our series on Critical Social Justice with a talk about addressing woke tactics. Wokeness: activist movement! Corrections to be made to James Lindsay: “If you see something, say something” not always necessary Effective apologetic tactic: don’t speak up “Trojan horse” words The Woke lexicon How to respond to CSJ arguments Sowing

Pastor Jeffery continues our Critical Social Justice series talking about how “wokeness” is more a set of strategies than a worldview. Further reading for this series: Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: how activist scholarship made everything about race, gender, and identity – and why this harms everybody Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Everybody/dp/B08LDSWJ9V/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Cynical+Theories&qid=1638766402&sr=8-1 Fort Worth Public Library:

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!