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Church and State Updates in Alberta w/ Mike Thiessen

by Michael Thiessen and Ryan Eras

September 13, 2023

Michael Thiessen discusses the recent Crown decision to withdraw charges against Alberta pastors James Coates and Tim Stephens, as well as some other pending legal cases on the question of the relation of church and state. The cases represent victories, but Mike explains why much more advocacy needs to be done at the constitutional level to bring a truly meaningful level of legal protection for religious freedom in Canada.

 

Resisting Tyranny w/ Tobias Riemenschneider

by Ryan Eras and Tobias Riemenschneider

May 24, 2023

Pastor Tobias Riemenschneider discusses the church’s responsibility to its people and to the state, explains why he was prompted to draft the Frankfurt Declaration of Church and Civil Liberties, and how our response to Covid-related restrictions is training us for the next cultural and worldview crisis related to trans gender identity.

 

Following Christ as the Church Militant

by Joe Boot

February 10, 2023

An urgent warning to the clerics and parishioners Christian thinking must be concerned with actually following the Christ of Scripture and having His Word dwell and abide in us by His Spirit. Submitting oneself to being a humble follower doesn’t come easily to anyone – especially cultural leaders, thinkers and apparently bishops. This was evident…

 

The Second Commandment: Idolatry Kills

by Joe Boot and Ryan Eras

February 8, 2023

Idolatry takes any number of forms at the individual, church, and national levels, but its temptation is always the same: you shall be as God. And the results always lead to death. As churches capitulate to antichristian cultural pressures, they often keep their outward form, but lose the power and vitality that ought to sustain and animate them. The Lord reserved some of His hardest words for those who led their people in this apostate way.

 

The Essential Church of Christ

by Ted Fenske

February 2, 2023

Since the pandemonium part of the pandemic has passed, a debrief seems timely. There’s opportunity for some introspection, and a dire need to learn from the mistakes made and to bolster ourselves for a better response next time.

 

Antichrist and His Ruin w/ Jacob Reaume

by Jacob Reaume and Ryan Eras

August 10, 2022 | 1 John 1 John 2:18-19

Jacob Reaume, pastor of Trinity Bible Chapel, joins us to talk about an upcoming documentary he is producing, Antichrist and His Ruin, dealing with the life and witness of John Bunyan, the biblical teaching on the doctrine of antichrist, and the call to the church for courage and faithfulness.

 

Run the Enemies of God to the River

by Joe Boot and John Cooper

August 3, 2022 | Revelation Revelation 1:4-7

This episode started out with John Cooper asking Joe Boot about pacifism, and became a wide-ranging dialogue on what it means to be an image-bearer of God, and the implications that reality has for war, self-defense, and living in a state that is hostile to God. We also discuss the descriptions of God in Scripture as a warrior and the fact that the obligation to give honour and obedience is always qualified except when it is due to God.

 

The Gospel Coalition Article that Never Was – Rebooted

by Joe Boot

February 8, 2022

The following article was written in December 2020 and initially published at Rebel Alliance Media in January 2021. Over a year later, unlawful freedom-denying mandates continue to be enforced in Ontario and Canada, and the population is receiving daily developments on the Canadian truckers’ Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. Numerous Christians in Canada have begun examining and rehearsing many of these same issues – scores for the first time.

 

Syncretism and Listening to What They do not Say

by Joe Boot

January 28, 2022

In our contemporary cultural moment, righteousness is modified to mean an egalitarian order of social justice where the new great sins are homophobia, whiteness, possessing hard-earned wealth, emitting carbon, and any form of judgment rooted in the law of God.

 

The Church, the Magistrate, and the Law

by Andre Schutten and Joe Boot and Nathan Oblak and Ryan Eras and Tim Stephens

November 17, 2021

Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church, Calgary, joins us to talk about his experience with Alberta Health Services and the reason he persisted in gathering his church together. Andre Schutten considers some of the legal implications and precedents surrounding Tim’s case, and the nature of the relationship between the church and the civil magistrate.

 

The Most High Himself Will Establish Her

by David Robinson

May 9, 2021 | Psalms 87

On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God.

 

The Most High Himself Will Establish Her

by David Robinson

May 2, 2021 | Psalms 87

On the holy mount stands the city he founded; the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God.