All Saints Podcast: Recent Episodes
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A brief homily from Pastor Jeffery at the Service of Lessons and Carols at All Saints, December 2024.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Joost Nixon of Training Leaders International about the challenges of training Pastors and church leaders in the developing world. This episode includes some truly remarkable accounts of Christian faithfulness among our brothers and sisters in Christ.
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Pastor Jeffery talks about some difficult questions that sometimes arise in connection with the subject of forgiveness.
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Pastor Jeffery continues his previous conversation with Pastor Prorok about J.B. Jordan’s magisterial work Through New Eyes. They discuss the typological structure of history; overlapping structures in the Biblical narrative; death and resurrection; the fractal structure of history; the history of the Great Schism and the Reformation; Biblical eschatology and personal history; meditation and reframing; the fate of nations and place of the church; worship and political change; pastoral struggles with understanding cultural change; our personal (in)significance; the shape of Romans; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Erik Lutz of www.accountable2you.com about the battle against lust, and particularly the ever-increasing problem of online porn. They discuss a range of pastoral aspects of this issue, as well as the way in which technology can help in the fight.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Uri Brito, the CREC’s Presiding Minister of Council, about the intersection between our Lord’s Day worship and our lives of faithfulness.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with CREC Pastor and translator Jan Prorok about his most recent project, J.B. Jordan’s Through New Eyes. They begin with some foundational theological and pastoral aspects of the doctrines of creation and revelation; sacramental ontology; and (mis)understandings of the doctrine of accommodation. They then pick up the thread of just one of many aspects of the symbolic worldview expounded in Jordan’s work, the Biblical theme of stars, and in the process take up the creation narrative; the promises to Abraham; Joseph’s dreams; the (im)morality and (im)maturity of the patriarchs; eschatology; the prophecies of Isaiah; the journey of the Magi; the book of Revelation; the fall of the Temple; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with our very own Deacon Nate Douglas about how to approach the polling day for the coming presidential election. They discuss why politics matters; how (and how much) it matters; the moral imperatives that arise from the dangers of economic and political dysfunction; voting options; write-in candidates; reasons for our voting choices; the voting choices of husbands and wives; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Deacon Kruz Herrera about some of the important questions that should be considered by young people looking ahead to a future career, and anyone taking a second look at their current vocation. They discuss Kruz’s own personal background and the lessons (positive and negative) that could be learned from it; the importance of learning self-discipline at a young age; what you wear and other aspects of personal presentation; dealing with awkward people; learning to overcome introversion; encouraging young people to engage with adults; the pros and cons of a large corporate context; the danger of taking advice from people with misaligned incentives and no skin in the game; cultural factors and prejudices that have generated some bad advice in conservative Christian circles; the costs of higher education; the financial realities and risks of entrepreneurship and start-ups; start-ups contrasted with hobbies and side-hustles; whether parents should charge their kids rent; tithing; and other topics.
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This week’s podcast is the second in a three-part series on the duties of Parents. The title echoes the title of an essay by the 19th century Bishop J. C. Ryle, justly famous for a lifetime of faithful ministry, his clear and incisive preaching, and his writings (particularly Expository Thoughts on the Gospels and Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century). In this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeffery reads the first part of this essay. The series will conclude next week with a conversation on the subject with Pastor Shaw.
The text of Bishop Ryle’s essay can be found at https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/dutiesofparents.html, among other places.
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This week’s podcast is the first in a three-part series on the duties of Parents. The title echoes the title of an essay by the 19th century Bishop J. C. Ryle, justly famous for a lifetime of faithful ministry, his clear and incisive preaching, and his writings (particularly Expository Thoughts on the Gospels and Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century). In this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeffery reads the first part of this essay. The series will continue with the second half of the essay (next week), and then a conversation on the subject with Pastor Shaw.
The text of Bishop Ryle’s essay can be found at https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/dutiesofparents.html, among other places.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Revd Dr Steffen Jenkins, Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Greek at Union Seminary, Wales, about the Imprecatory Psalms. They discuss the interpretation of these Psalms, their implications for our personal prayer and pursuit of godliness, their place in the life of the church, and many other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery completes his four-part series on Biblical Masculinity for the All Saints Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Geoff Shaw about a range of parenting-related questions asked by members of the congregation at All Saints. They discuss children’s feelings; the importance of profession of faith and Christian discipleship; juggling parenting and other aspects of family life; relating with non-Christian friends and family; emotional self-control; practical advice for young children in worship; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Mark Winter about his experiences as a Methodist Minister visiting All Saints in recent months. They discuss worship, liturgy, hospitality, community life, relationships, children, doctrine, deep conversations, and other topics. This podcast was sparked by Pastor Winter’s article, “Did You Hear the One About the Methodist Who Walks Into a Reformed Church?” available at https://medium.com/what-if-god-a-community-journal/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-methodist-who-walks-into-a-reformed-church-6a7cbbe422e1
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Kruz Herrera, a Deacon at All Saints, about a range of issues connected with discipleship and growth for young Christians. They discuss Kruz’s own background and journey to faith in Christ; the ephemeral “joy” of sin; getting involved in a new church; the difference between friends and acquaintances; becoming Reformed; the Sproul-MacArthur baptism debate; joining the CREC; what we wear at church; man-to-man discipleship; tattoos; social media; tithing; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Justin Durst, a deacon at All Saints. They discuss the distinctive challenges of growing up in the modern world, the culture of the modern workplace, the importance of a work ethic, creating a Christian culture in the workplace, God’s grace for every new day, and many other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Nik Wight of Calvary Community Church, Gillette, Wyoming, about his family’s experience of adopting two daughters from Ukraine. A remarkable account of God’s grace and Christian faithfulness through extremely turbulent circumstances.
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Pastor Jeffery sets out a theological framework for understanding God’s promises to his people’s children, and the significance of parenting in God’s purposes.
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Pastor Jeffery explores the connection between singing and Christian leadership, drawing on some surprising lessons from the book of Judges.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Randy Booth of Grace Covenant Church in Nacogdoches about raising faithful children. They discuss the ever-changing cultural background of family life; the fundamentals of honor and obedience; respect; teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness; parenting backwards; raising adults; knowledge, understanding, and wisdom; holy insistence; the dangers of indulgence and harshness; joy in the household; the time demands of faithful parenting; differences between boys and girls; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery develops some comments about discernment he made in last week’s podcast, before responding to some questions about a recent sermon, “A New (Old) Perspective on Baptism.”
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Pastor Jeffery responds to some questions from members at All Saints about some contemporary misunderstandings of the relationships between men and women.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks with Dr. Charles Wolford, CEO of the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County, a Christian ministry in Fort Worth that “offers programs for homeless people to maximize their potential by developing the skills needed to become independent, productive community members” (www.ugm-tc.org). They discuss the history and current work of UGM; the problem with the term “homeless”; the housing crisis; the complexity of the situations faced by those without stable housing; transformational ministry, not transactional ministry; the best way the respond to panhandlers; program aversion; parallels between the the work of UGM and other aspects of pastoral ministry; opportunities for volunteering; and other topics. During the conversation, Dr. Wolford recommended the book Same Kind Of Different As Me, by Ron Hall, Denver Moore, and Lynn Vincent.
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The last of four talks on Deconstruction given by Pastor Jeffery at Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City, OR, in June of 2024.
Title: Reconstructing Race: Unmasking the Evils of Kinism
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The third of four talks on Deconstruction given by Pastor Jeffery at Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City, OR, in June of 2024.
Title: Reconstructing the Family: Rescuing our Kids from Social Media
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The second of four talks on Deconstruction given by Pastor Jeffery at Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City, OR, in June of 2024.
Title: Reconstructing the Soul: Recovering from our Epidemic of Anxiety
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The first of four talks on Deconstruction given by Pastor Jeffery at Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City, OR, in June of 2024.
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The fourth of four talks on the subject of death given by Pastor Steve Jeffery at Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, in 2014.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Shaw about recent discussions within the CREC on the subject of sacramental cooperation. They discuss the historical background of the CREC; the decisions made at the recent CREC Council meeting; the important theological issues at stake; the implications for baptist and non-paedocommunion churches inside (and outside) the CREC; the impact on All Saints; lessons to bear in mind in relationships with other churches; and other topics.
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The third of four talks on the subject of death given by Pastor Steve Jeffery at Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, in 2014.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with his wife Nicole about emotional resilience, with a particular focus on what this means for ladies. They discuss antifragility; education and homeschooling; practicalities steps towards increased resilience; impromptu hospitality; the impact of contemporary culture; the ever-expanding idea of “trauma”; Biblical role models; the wife as her husband’s helper; the importance of an understanding husband; the impact of female hormones; the sovereignty of God; and other topics.
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The second of four talks on the subject of death given by Pastor Steve Jeffery at Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, in 2014.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Jonatas Cunha, a Minister in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. They discuss Brazil’s religious history; the Protestant landscape in Brazil; the problem of weak theological resources; the universality of distinctive vocational challenges; the dangers of pastoral introspection; Jonatas’s upbringing and ministry; church planting; theological visions for church ministry; the CREC landscape; Jonatas’s own theological development; and other topics.
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The first of four talks on the subject of death given by Pastor Steve Jeffery at Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, in 2014.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Nate Douglas, a long-time member of All Saints and a Deacon for over five years, about the life and culture of the community at All Saints, especially at its intersection with family life. They discuss the early days of All Saints; the influence of upbringing and parents; navigating various options in Christian education; children growing up in a Christian community; the relationship between church and family cultures; life and liturgy; liturgy and freedom; eschatology; impatient postmillennialism; evangelism and cultural change; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Drew Maney about the nature of our Lord’s Day worship and its intersection with the rest of our lives. They discuss the Levitical background to Christian worship; worship and the gospel; Alexander Schmemann; the pastoral implications of God’s call; music and singing; dialog in worship; liturgical robes; confession and its pastoral implications; the nature of consecration; fulfilling the law by the Spirit, and other topics.
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Family Life in the Real World (5) Postmillenial Spirituality
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Drew Maney about some important elements of cultural reformation in the church, home, and world. Sparked by their shared appreciation of Ken Myers, they discuss long, short, and medium-term trends; All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes; role models; work; “the medium is the message”; form, content, and Leithartian exegesis; meals, different conceptions of freedom; DC Schindler; political theology; James B. Jordan; Gregory Dix; the “use” of God’s creation; Jesus as the true man; gratitude and freedom; the place of meditation; music; cultivating aesthetic appreciation; choosing church music; family singing; chanting the Psalms; singing and masculine leadership; and other topics.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Tyler Bauer about the history and philosophy of Christian education, and its intersection with important practical matters of parental discipline. Along the way, they touch on different paradigms for Christian education, the place of natural law and presuppositionalism, the Biblical background to “Classical” education, the conservation of our Christian heritage, different contexts for Christian education (homeschooling, co-ops, schools, and more), educational standards and aspirations, the importance of discipline as a backdrop to fruitful education, and many other topics.
Mr. Bauer is a professor at Texas Baptist College, teaches online at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and is completing a doctorate in philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has taught at the Oaks Tutorials for several years, and will soon be moving to his home state of Florida to take a position as Headmaster at Pietas Classical Christian School and Professor of Humanities (and probably also Chaplain) at Christ’s College, a new Classical Liberal Arts College.
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Family Life in the Real World (3) Strong Men, Strong Women
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Family Life in the Real World (2) Redeeming Marriage
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks with Garrett Treece about dependence, independence, and interdependence. They discuss the realities of our needs for others within the church; the perils of victimhood; the dangers of misplaced responses to victimhood; the mutual responsibilities of members of the body of Christ; and other topics.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks with Pastor Stuart Amidon of Christ Church Opelousas, LA, on the subject of the Old Testament Law in the Christian Life. They discuss Christ Church Opelousas’s journey towards a recovery of the Old Testament; overcoming Old Testament-related anxieties; slavery; the pastoral challenges of theological growth; varieties of legalism; covenant theology; law and grace; Protestantism in rural Louisiana; adding to the law; the Sabbath; Torah as narrative; polygamy; and Biblical law in the civil realm.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Kyle Hessler about the value and dignity of work, in the light of the forthcoming Works/Based conference in Fort Worth. For more information visit https://www.worksbased.com/
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Steve Jeffery speaks with Peter Leithart about Christian Nationalism; a critique of some recent works defending this notion; the problem of a spiritual vs. worldly distinction; the methodological problems of natural law as a basis for political theology; the problems of theological analysis constrained by misconstrued pre-existing categories; the church as the people of Abraham; the inescapably political […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks with personal wealth advisor Drew Dill CRPS. Drew works for the Bahnsen Group, which has over $4.5 billion in assets under management. They discuss the Biblical restrictions on lending and interest; the unavoidable nature of borrowing; interest and the cost of capital; good debt and bad debt;greed and the problem of get-rich-quick […]
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Pastor Jeffery speaks with Pastor Uri Brito, Pastor of Providence Church in Pensacola, Florida (CREC), and Presiding Ministro of the CREC Council, about the present and future of the CREC. They discuss the contemporary CREC landscape; Worship, culture, and the Christian life; posture, singing, and the body in liturgy and life; denominational maturation; “orthodox adaptability”; […]
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The Imprecatory Psalms (1) Praying for God’s Judgment (Psalm 5)
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astor Jeffery talks with Pastor Mark Balthrop of Redeemer Reformed Church in Oklahoma City (CREC), in a followup to the conference talks given by Pastor Jefery on the subject of Family Life in the Real World. They discuss the problems of quick fixes; Postmillennial spirituality; parenting fads (including “Gentle Parenting” and “Free Range Parenting”); the integration of […]
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The second of two talks by Pastor Jeffery, given at the Gloria Sancta young adults retreat in January 2024.
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The first of two talks by Pastor Jeffery, given at the Gloria Sancta young adults retreat in January 2024.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Stuart Amidon about moving to the CREC from the Southern Baptist Convention; paedobaptism and paedocommunion; dealing with significant theological changes; the meaning of “dual practical” baptismal ecclesiology; cultural issues in the modern church; seeker-sensitivity and consumerism; church-hopping; red-pill masculinity; Biblical masculinity; the strengths of rural Louisiana culture; work ethic; modelling […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Randy Booth of Grace Covenant Church, Nacogdoches, about the vital importance of hospitality. They discuss the theological background of hospitality (the image of God, the atonement, the church, communion, and more); hospitality and worship; the Biblical command to show hospitality; the evangelistic impact of hospitality; “scruffy hospitality”; hospitality and single […]
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In this recording of the recent Men’s Discipleship Breakfast, Pastor Jeffery presents a path towards developing a Biblical vision for dealing with the alarming growth in diagnoses of mental health problems.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with economist, portfolio manager, and theologian Jerry Bowyer about a huge range of topics touching on various aspects of his work, including his recent book, “The Maker and the Takers”. After an initial conversation about CrossPolitic and the Christian Social Media world, they discuss asset management; modern portfolio theory; risk, volatility, and the realities […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Joe Boot, Founder and Director of the Ezra Institute, a Christian think tank devoted to cultural apologetics, worldview training, and articulating the implications of the gospel for public life. They discuss the relationship between church and state; the historical development of Christian political theology; the legacy of Abraham Kuyper; the […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Kip’ Chelashaw from Nairobi, Kenya, about some lessons about discipleship for young people, adults, husbands and wives, and more, all of which are startlingly relevant to the church in the modern West.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Jan Prorok, a CREC Pastor from the Czech Republic. They discuss tattoos, the relationships between godly affections and godly actions, and the so-called “Benedict Option” (a reference to a book by Rod Dreher with that title).
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Lord, How Many are My Foes, Ps 3, 4 Oct 2023
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Jan Prorok, a CREC Pastor from the Czech Republic, about some questions that arose from his outstanding recent sermon, “Greater Confidence than David’s” (https://allsaintskirk.com/sermons/greater-confidence-than-davids/). They discuss the salvation of unbelievers’ children who tragically die in infancy, the apostle Paul’s enigmatic teaching about the sanctification of the unbelieving spouse in 1 Corinthians […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Larson Hicks, one of the Elders at Trinity Reformed Church in Huntsville, AL, about (among other things) the blessings and curses of rapid church growth in the post-covid era; the intellectual immune system; ideological catholicity; moving fast theologically; the problem of ideologico-social interconnectedness; following the money; fearmongering, clickbait, and loss aversion; […]
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Pastor Jeffery talks about our new plans for Wednesday evenings, along with some further thoughts about self-consciously enjoying the blessings our Lord has showered upon…
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Pastor Jeffery gives the inaugural address to the students at the start of the academic year of the Reformed Evangelical Seminary, speaking about the calling of The Faithful Minister.
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King of All Nations
August 13, 2023
Preacher : Pastor Steve Jeffery Passage: Acts 1:6-11 Service Type: Sunday worship
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Shaw about his new sermon series, “The Gospel according to Genesis,” along with a pile of related issues connected with seeing Christ…
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Pastor Jeffery discusses some question surrounding baptism and the sacraments.
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Pastor Jeffery talks about helping dispensationalists to think through the disturbed times we’re living through.
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Pastor Jeffery presents a recording of our recent Men’s Discipleship Breakfast, exploring the dangers of idleness and sexual temptation.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with our very own Pastor Geoff Shaw about questions related to family planning, family size, contraception, and more besides.
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(1) Communication problems, 19th July 2023 This series explores a range of topics connected with relationships between men and women, including some where a degree…
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In recent years, an increasing number of Christians have been advocating for a parallel Christian economy – an economical landscape within which Christians can do…
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Eschatology (13) Predicting America’s Future(s), July 13th 2023
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Pastor Jeffery introduces a new seminary designed to train the next generation of Pastors for the CREC.
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Eschatology (12) Two objections to Postmillennialism, Jul 6th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the Christian principles underpinning work with David Bahnsen.
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A Vision for Deacons (3) The Deacon’s wife, household, and children
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Pastor Geoff Shaw joins Pastor Steve Jeffery to talk about a couple of significant perspectives on Christian masculinity.
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A Vision for Deacons (2) Character and Qualifications, June 14th 2023
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Pastor Jeffery responds to some questions from members of the congregation on spiritual warfare and the binding of Satan.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery and Pastor Shaw talk about Jonah and abandoning pagans to their own devices.
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Wed Night Bible Study, Eschatology (9), David, May 24 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery offers some meditations on pride month, boycotting businesses, and being mindful of your consumption choices.
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Eschatology (8) Moses (part 2), May 10th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks with the men of All Saints about focus and sticking with productivity, and about making the best of the time available…
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Eschatology (7) Moses (part 1), May 3rd 2023
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Eschatology (6) The covenant with Abraham (part 2), 26 Apr 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery discusses some issues related to circumcision and ritual purification after childbirth.
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Eschatology (5) The Covenant with Abraham (part 1), Apr 19th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about constructing a picture of biblical femininity, and explains the doctrine of divine impassability.
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Eschatology (4) The Covenant with Noah, Apr 12th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about a recent meeting of Wycliffe Presbytery in Monroe, LA and shares some questions and answers on the Lord’s Supper.
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Eschatology (3) The Covenant of Creation, Mar 29th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery interviews Mouner Alajji, one of the missionaries All Saints supports, about his work in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant.
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Genesis 1 and the shape of history, Mar 22nd 2023
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Meet Pastor Jasson Latta of Connell Baptist church, our neighbors just across the street. Pastor Latta talks with Pastor Jeffery about revitalizing churches, personal revitalization, serving others, preaching and pastoral work, the greatest commandment, and much more.
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History as the Revelation of God, Mar 8th 2023
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Pastor Steve Jeffery gives an artillery sermonette about the 247-year-old of question of voting in local elections.
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Growing Old Grace-Fully
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Pastor Steve Jeffery addresses two questions from the congregation about acacia wood and the sacraments.
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Trust God and do something
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks with the men of All Saints about the principles around loving your work.
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[Editor’s note: There is a Q&A session at the end of this talk. Some of the audio from that Q&A is somewhat muffled.]
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The Price of Folly
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Pastor Steve Jeffery discusses some of the issues surrounding over-realized preterist eschatology.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the principles around paying a Christian Contractor.
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Life seems random
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Pastor Steve Jeffery shares some thoughts on fasting as it relates to health and spiritual practice.
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The Serious Business of Joy
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Pastor Jeffery considers how we might best approach the (often all-too-familiar) experience of feeling overwhelmed by life’s pressures and stresses.
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Pastor Jeffery’s fourth talk from Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, about the Critical Social Justice Movement.
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Pastor Jeffery’s third talk from Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID, about the Critical Social Justice Movement.
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Pastor Jeffery’s second talk from Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID about the Critical Social Justice Movement.
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Pastor Jeffery’s talk from Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, ID about the Critical Social Justice Movement.
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Pastor Jeffery addresses a puzzling question from a listener, arising from a rather well-known section of our liturgy at All Saints.
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Pastor Jeffery takes a fresh look at how to approach our daily disciplines of prayer and Scripture reading.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Tyler Turner about his journey from being a credo- to being a paedo-baptist.
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Jan Prorok, who serves as Pastor of the Reformed Congregation of the Most Holy Trinity (CREC) in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (reformovani-kv.cz).…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Bo Cogbill of Reformation Covenant Church in Oregon City (CREC) about how to approach the complex issues surrounding mental health…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Biblical scholar James Bejon about the richness and detail of the Scriptures, Biblical numerology and imagery, and the portrayal of the…
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Pastor Jeffery takes some time to wish you a Merry Christmas, and to share a small confirmation of the truth of the Bible.
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Pastor Jeffery interviews Pastor Virgil Hurt, Pastor of Providence Church in Lynchburg, VA, and the CREC’s Presiding Minister of Council. Keith Green is mentioned in…
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Pastor Jeffery responds to a question from a member at All Saints about an element of our liturgy.
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Pastor Jeffery share some thoughts about how to help our youngest members learn to participate in worship.
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Pastor Jeffery addresses a common question about the teaching of the apostle Paul in 1 Cor 7, which seems at first glance to discourage marriage,…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery discusses our criteria and process for selecting new members of the pastoral staff at All Saints.
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- More bitter than death, Ecc 7:19-8:17, Nov 9th 2022
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Pastor Jeffery talks to the Aletheia Speech and Debate Group about four questions about the Christian faith that are often asked by unbelievers and confused believers alike.
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- That’s not fair! Ecc 7:14-29, Nov 2nd 2022
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Pastor Kip’ Chelashaw, one of the missionaries we support as a church at All Saints, about his work as a church planter…
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- Making difficult decisions, Ecc 7:1-13, Oct 26th 2022
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Pastor Jeffery discusses the relationship between education, vocation, and character with Nate Douglas, Deacon at All Saints, father of four, and one of the founders…
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- Thinking again about wealth, Ecc 5:8 – 6:12, Oct 19th 2022
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Pastor Jeffery sits down to talk with Delana Brooks about the work of the Pregnancy Help Center of Fort Worth and the work of winning…
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- Draw near to God, Ecc 5:1-7, Oct 12th 2022
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Tyler Turner about some of the hidden dangers in the technologies that surround us, and some ways we might attempt to…
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- Evil in the mist, Ecc 3:16 – 4:16, Oct 5th 2022
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Pastor Jeffery discusses the dangers of pornography, and outlines some practical steps you can take to fight this temptation. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship…
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A Time for Everything, Ecc 3:1-15, Sep 28th 2022.mp3
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Pastor Jeffery sits down with Mr. Joshua Taylor, Headmaster of Grace Classical Christian Academy, to talk about an important Scriptural depiction of the path to…
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- Wisdom, Pleasure, and Work, Ecc 1:12 – 2:26, Sep 21st 2022
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Pastor Steve Jeffery engages in another conversation with Tyler Bauer about infant baptism, specifically focusing on the ability of the believer in question to intellectually…
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September 14, 2022
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Pastor Stephen Jeffery talks about a potential problem in emphasis for classical Christian educators. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00…
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September 7, 2022
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In this week’s podcast, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about leveraging relationships to accelerate and maintain maturity. This talk was given at a men’s discipleship breakfast…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery sits down with Tyler Bauer to set forth the difference between pædobaptism and credobaptism. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about dealing with relationship complications between parents and their children after those children have become autonomous. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about the practice of tithing in the church, its biblical background, and why it’s important. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship…
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Pastor Steve talks about welcoming children to the Lord’s table and why we do it at All Saints. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with…
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Note: This episode is a repost from Trinity Covenant Church (Wichita, KS)’s YouTube page. Our thanks are due to TCC for hosting Pastor Steve and…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about receiving our daily needs from the hand of God. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about presumption and the difficulty of raising godly offspring. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship with us — Sundays 11:00 AM
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Pastor Stephen Jeffery interviews Elder Tony Douglas and Mr. Justin Durst about being a Christian at work.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery makes an argument that biblical prophecies about Jesus’ teachings on the end of the age and the establishment of his kingdom are about a…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Josh Taylor, Headmaster of Grace Classical Christian School in Granbury, Texas, about a range of topics including vocational training, work experience, liberal arts…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Joshua Taylor, Headmaster at Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury, TX, about a range of topics connected with Christian education, including…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Joshua Taylor, Headmaster at Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury, TX, about a range of topics connected with Christian education, including…
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Pastor Jeffery talks with Joshua Taylor, Headmaster at Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury, TX, about time and range of related practical and theological topics,…
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In this week’s episode, Pastor Jeffery considers whether it’s possible to learn practical wisdom for the Christian life from resources produced by unbelievers. Visit our…
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In this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeffery talked about why it can be so difficult to design for ourselves helpful structures to inculcate godly habits and…
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In this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeffery talks about the concrete practical steps that we can take as we seek to grow in maturity in Christ,…
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In this Bible study, Pastor Jeffery talks about the problems that people encounter in their walk with Christ, with special attention to times of stasis,…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery shares some reflections and wisdom on the limits of knowledge and knowing with the students of Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury.…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery explores how our pursuit of maturity in Christ is grounded on the maturity that Christ himself has, and which he has bestowed…
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In another Wednesday night Bible study, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about growing in wisdom, and seeks a definition of Christlike maturity through the example of…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about making much of Christ and growing more and more in maturity as a Christian. Visit our website — allsaintskirk.com Worship…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery, in a session with the men of All Saints Church, talks about pursuing maturity in Christ. Maturity is here defined as continuously…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its relation to just war theory. Such things are complex We don’t want to be…
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[Editor’s note: This is a rebroadcast of a series of videos that appeared on the All Saints YouTube channel in August 2020.] Pastor Steve Jeffery…
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Pastor Steve Jeffery walks us through some final principles on making, investing, and planning in money matters.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
- Three things about money
- Dishonest gain will be cursed by the Lord
- This counts for not giving to whom it is due, but also not paying your taxes
- The IRS are also unkind
- Tithe and give to the poor
- God really cares about the poor
- Our greatest financial asset is ourselves
- Best investment is working hard
- Should women go to college?
- It depends. You have the responsibility to determine the ROI
- Speculative investments?
- Commodity/currency speculation doesn’t work in the same category Biblically as investing in companies
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Editor’s note: This is a rebroadcast of a series of videos that went up on All Saints’s YouTube feed during the Summer of 2020.
Pastor Steve Jeffery walks us through about Mark Horne’s book, Solomon Says.
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Pastor Steve Jeffery takes a look at Godly responses to being gossiped about, and walks us through a Biblical approach to the basic concept of wealth.
- More on money
- Devotion: what to do when you discover you’re being gossiped about
- There might be something to the gossip: we’re never utterly innocent
- Trusting the Lord when we get into the territory of being lied about
- Asking God for riches and honor
- We are to assume that riches are good
- Wealth is a blessing in the Bible
- Planning for your financial future, humbly, in submission to God
- It is a good idea to pray over our money
- We spend a third of every day getting money
- We should probably ask for God to bless all that time, especially since we hope for it
- Our world overflows with abundance
- Economic activity is a reflection of the Triune God
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New series: Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about using your money to worship God and to bless your family. We begin with talking about a biblical approach to wealth and investment.
- New format: short exegesis at beginning of each podcast
- Ezekiel on the sword sharpened to slaughter
- Children: pay attention to your parents
- Be wise with money: know thy interest rates
- Savings and making things easier for yourself
- What should our biblical philosophy of money and investing be?
- Love of money: bad! Money itself not necessarily the problem
- The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
- Don’t have the kind of family that has wonderful things and who hate each other
- …But do provide for yourself and your family
- Good reputation is better than much money
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In this episode, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about prayer and its relation to our theology.
- Calvin’s remarks on prayer
- Ask of God what you’ve learned to be in him
- Prayer is the means by which we get the benefit of our faith
- God loves to give us things we ask of him
- Imagine a world in which God granted every single prayer (it would be absurd)
- Jesus says “good things,” not “frivolous, unbeneficial, idiotic things”
- God works all things for good, our wills are imperfect and tend toward disaster
- Prayer is the goal of the Christian life
- The point of prayer is communion with God
- Daily Bible reading and prayer
- Praying the Bible
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Note: this is a rebroadcast.
In this supercut of his devotional series on depression and emotional distress, Pastor Steve Jeffery talks about dealing with anxiety from the Psalms.
⁃ Anxiety and depression: common disabilities!
⁃ Specific cries to God in Psalms
⁃ Translating modern ideas for Biblical categories
⁃ Jesus Christ and human psychology: Jesus wants people to ask him before he does things for them
⁃ Identity and disability
⁃ Do we want to change?
⁃ Is anxiety a sin?
⁃ Human beings are made in the image of God
⁃ Drugs and metal disorders?
⁃ Psalm 3 and sleep
⁃ Mental health and counselling
⁃ Growth as a human being
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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 doubt
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: http://fwmlc.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=2352899
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Movement-Evangelicalisms-Catastrophe/dp/B08T6G7FCQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fault+Lines&qid=1638766459&s=audible&sr=1-1
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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: http://fwmlc.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=2352899
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Movement-Evangelicalisms-Catastrophe/dp/B08T6G7FCQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fault+Lines&qid=1638766459&s=audible&sr=1-1
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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!
- The doctrine of colorblindness (Martin Luther King)
- Discrimination on the basis of skin tone in Exodus: (a bad thing)
- Differences between people that do matter, like sex
- The Woke and the Woke-Proximate
- Don’t treat people who talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion as if they were fully woke!
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: http://fwmlc.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=2352899
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Movement-Evangelicalisms-Catastrophe/dp/B08T6G7FCQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fault+Lines&qid=1638766459&s=audible&sr=1-1
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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 in the foundation
- Ceaseless activism
- Twisting words
- An army of bureaucrats
- No-platforming
- Violence
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Equity
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: http://fwmlc.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=2352899
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Movement-Evangelicalisms-Catastrophe/dp/B08T6G7FCQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fault+Lines&qid=1638766459&s=audible&sr=1-1
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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 for fighting back
- The necessity of winning against wokeism
- Kimberle Crenshaw
- Marcuse and worldview theory
- Three basic principles of CSJ
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: http://fwmlc.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=1&cn=2352899
Voddie T. Baucham, Jr., Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Lines-Movement-Evangelicalisms-Catastrophe/dp/B08T6G7FCQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fault+Lines&qid=1638766459&s=audible&sr=1-1
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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 Protestant churches in the Philippines
- The challenges of churches in the Philippines
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