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One Christian Thinks
A podcast that examines current events, politics, worldview, and ideologies, from an explicitly Christian perspective. We assume there is one true God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the Bible is his true and infallible Word. Anything else is up for discussion!
Welcome to the eleventh episode of One Christian Thinks! With this episode, I give some thoughts on the connection between freedom and personal responsibility.
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Just a few of my own reflections on "The Story of Liberty".
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The stalwart people from Scrooby and Austerfield, who fled their homes to maintain their principles, seek freedom and a new life in New England. There they establish a colony, with a new, revolutionary, system of government.
Captain Hudson, sometimes making friends with, and sometimes fighting, the natives, as he pilots his ship further inland.
The story of Captain John Smith, a wild adventurer, who became a leader of the first permanent English settlement in the new home of liberty.
The St. Bartholomew Day massacre of tens of thousands of Huguenots, by the Catholics in France.
How the brave people of Holland used their low-lying land as an asset, to defeat the Spanish army, and maintain their liberty.
Freedom is not complete until all peoples are free. And yet, even though Mary of Scotland was executed for committing no crime, the progress to freedom continued.
After listening to a podcast episode by the Ezra Institute, and hearing something Joe Boot said, I decided to put out an impromptu episode discussing the "technocratic dictatorship" that we are seeing right now, taking over from democracy.
I believe it was this episode that I was listening to:
https://www.ezrainstitute.ca/resource-library/podcast/dominion-and-culture-making/
George Buchanan writes a pamphlet called "De Jure Regni", in which it is proposed that "the will of the people is the only legitimate source of power" - a revolutionary way of thinking in the times of supreme leaders, monarchs, and popes!
The Vaudois, brave mountaineers living in the Alps, defend themselves against the Pope's armies, defend their right to think for themselves.
The march toward freedom is slow, but unrelenting, as men continue to think for themselves.
Charles, Emperor of Germany, King of Spain, Naples, and the Netherlands... ...burned, or hanged, or otherwise put to death, more than one hundred thousand men and women for reading the Bible.
Once again, liberty starts first with brave people being willing to think for themselves, defying the authorities of the day!
Heretics, free-thinkers, are willing to suffer and even be executed, for conscience' sake. And yet, the more they are persecuted, the more their numbers grow!
In which the Pope loses all authority in England: "No cause affecting the interests of the kingdom shall be judged outside the realm."
The heart of a man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. - Proverbs 16:9
So too, with kings, emperors, and popes.
The creation of a council, answerable only to the Pope and no other civil or ecclesiastical authority. They operated under one maxim: "A good motive makes any action right." In our words, we might say, "The ends justify the means."
John de' Medici is pope (the man who can do no wrong), and John Tetzel is promising that people can buy their salvation, but both of them end up becoming laughingstock, as the march toward liberty continues.
Friar Martin visits the Eternal City - Holy Rome; but what he finds there is that it is not holy at all.
God often uses those from seemingly insignificant positions to make great contributions, not only for freedom, but also for His Kingdom.
If even one fallible man is thought to be infallible, it will only lead to corruption and exploitation.
Despite the signing of the Magna Carta, the preaching of John Wycliffe, and all the other things we have read about so far, freedom is still unobtainable in England. In spite of that, the story of freedom continues...
Europeans have landed on the Americas! But the prevailing attitudes of those in Europe do not stay in Europe, but affect the Europeans' interactions with the natives as well.
"Heretics", found, tortured, and punished, for their defiance of the pope. All of Spain must be cleansed of the heretics!
"With the setting up of the printing-press began the diffusion of knowledge. Knowledge leads to liberty. Men begin to comprehend that they have natural rights, which other men ... are bound to respect."
John Wycliffe preached about personal liberty and responsibility, from a gospel perspective. That's a message that does not die!
Listen along, as we learn about one of the most important documents every drafted in Western political history!
Welcome to the tenth episode of One Christian Thinks! With this episode, I carry on in our discussion of freedom, specifically considering the question, "Given that we as Christians have our spiritual freedom in Christ, should we even be concerned about our physical freedom?"
Some sources:
- The Exodus Road: https://theexodusroad.com/
- International Justice Mission: https://www.ijm.ca/
- "Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade", by John Newton: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thoughts_upon_the_African_Slave_Trade
- "The Biblical View of Freedom", by Art Lindsley: https://tifwe.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-Biblical-View-of-Freedom-Lindsley.pdf
I forgot to mention this in the recording, but if you really enjoy listening to me talk, check out the conversation I had with Real Talk, where we talked about all sorts of things related to culture, specifically how it relates to the church. You can find that through the OCT Facebook page, or at the following links:
- Part 1: https://www.realtalkpodcast.ca/e/ep-13-christmas-bonus-pt-1-culture-racism-marxism/
- Part 2: https://www.realtalkpodcast.ca/e/ep-13-christmas-bonus-pt-1-why-do-conservative-liberal-christians-disagree-so-much/
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Welcome to the ninth episode of One Christian Thinks! With this episode, I take a bit of a new direction, focusing on the idea of freedom, which will be the topic of discussion for the next few episodes. In this episode, I discuss freedom and the law of God.
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Welcome to the eight episode of One Christian Thinks! This is likely the last episode in which I focus on COVID-19. I discuss symbolism, which provides a little bit of a different analysis of COVID-19 than we might be used to.
A few sources:
- Jonathan Pageau: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageau/featured
- https://thesymbolicworld.com/
- Masks as Veils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heEMyxyCsX0
- The Great Reset: https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/
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Welcome to the seventh episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I think a little bit about how Christians should be responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few sources:
- Rally "around-the-flag" phenomenon: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200925113625.htm
- Climate change predictions: https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions
- Excess Deaths: https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/excess-deaths-coronavirus-united-states-covid-2020/
- Great Barrington Declaration: https://gbdeclaration.org/#read
- Jonathan Pageau: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonathanPageau/featured
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Welcome to the sixth episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I examine the spiritual aspects of BLM, which are directly opposed to the Bible, as well as the Marxist connection.
A few sources:
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=291479432259187
- https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4099803,00.html
- https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-black-americans-greater-risk-being-poor-361543
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/critical-race-theory
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/thomas-sowell-taking-on-the-invincible-fallacy
- https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/communism
- https://progressivesoutherntheologians.com/news/2019/4/7/mlk-and-marxism
- https://www.npr.org/transcripts/123771194
- https://www.marxist.com/black-struggle-and-socialist-revolution.htm
- https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/
- Discrimination and Disparities, Thomas Sowell, 2018, Basic Books.
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Welcome to the fifth episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I do a little bit of analysis on some of Black Lives Matters claims, checking to see if they stand up to scrutiny.
A few sources:
- https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_6_murder_race_and_sex_of_vicitm_by_race_and_sex_of_offender_2013.xls
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States#Homicide
- https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/htius.pdf
- https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/05/larry-elder/larry-elder-mislabels-statistics-fatal-shootings-p/
- https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290437363_The_Reverse_Racism_Effect_Are_Cops_More_Hesitant_to_Shoot_Black_Than_White_Suspects
- https://mynorthwest.com/2114190/rantz-rioters-burn-seattle-police-alive-sealed-door/
- Breonna Taylor: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/29/breonna-taylor-case-should-louisville-police-charged-her-death/5529469002/
- George Floyd: https://medium.com/@gavrilodavid/why-derek-chauvin-may-get-off-his-murder-charge-2e2ad8d0911
- George Floyd #2: https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/audio/derek-chauvin-the-former-minnesota-police-officer-who-was-charged-with-third-degree-murder-in-the-killing-of-unarmed-black-man-george-floyd-has-now-seen-his-charges-upgraded-to-second-degree-murder-what-s-the-difference-1.12589093
- Rayshard Brooks: https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-it-atlanta-detective-sides-with-officer-in-defense-filing-for-rayshard-brooks-case-says-brooks-wouldve-been-charged-on-10-counts
- Jacob Blake: https://madison365.com/kenohsa-police-opened-fire-less-than-5-minutes-after-being-called-scanner-audio/
- Jacob Blake #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxPWlOKTR3c
- Jacob Blake #3: https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-police-scanner-audio-of-jacob-blake-shooting-released-calls-into-question-media-narrative
- Discrimination and Disparities, Thomas Sowell, 2018, Basic Books.
- Race & Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? Walter E. Williams, 2011, Hoover Press.
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Welcome to the fourth episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I continue on with the analysis of the organization Black Lives Matter, particularly considering the question: "What is racism?"
A few sources:
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/racism-concept-change/594526/
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=939000
- https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-holds-rally-supporting-individuals-arrested-in-chicago-looting-monday/2320365/
- https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-blm-protesters-demand-white-people-give-up-their-homes/
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Join me as I interact with some feedback I received from episodes 1 and 2!
Sources:
https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2020/07/12/romans-13-forbids-revolution-not-disobedience-and-where-calvin-erred/
New Bible Commentary, DA Carson & RT France, 1994, Intervarsity Press.
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Welcome to the third episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I take a look at the organization Black Lives Matter, particularly giving consideration to their foundation of identity politics and intersectionality.
A few sources:
- How Civilizations Die, David P. Goldman, 2011, Regnery Publishing.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics
- https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/zimbabwe-offers-land-to-recompense-dispossessed-white-farmers
- https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/what-it-means-to-be-made-in-the-image-of-god/
- https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
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Welcome to the second episode of One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I take a brief look into Christian civil obedience and disobedience, particularly amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. As Christians, what is our response supposed to be?
A few sources:
- https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/will-god/
- https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2020/03/20/romans-13-person-decretive-office-preceptive-or-both/
- https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2020/03/20/nebuchadnezzar-and-romans-13-person-decretive-or-office-preceptive/
- http://www.thetwocities.com/theology/historical-theology/the-reformation-and-civil-disobedience-guest-post/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre
- https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/samuel-rutherford/
- https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/09/presbyterian-rebellion/
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Welcome to One Christian Thinks! In this episode, I introduce myself and the podcast, describe my motivations, and lay out some guiding ideas.
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