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2023-04-25T08:20:14-04:00

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What is the Seven Mountain Mandate?

Last updated on: April 25, 2023 at 8:20 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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I am not the first person to write on the Seven Mountain Mandate. In fact, I didn’t know a lot about it until recently. This idea has seen an uptick in popularity with the Trump presidency. Trump’s spiritual advisor Paula White holds to this movement as well as other prominent government and Christian figures. If you’re new to the name “Seven Mountain Mandate” – you have probably felt it’s reach. It has been in the Far Right Christian circles as... Read more

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2023-04-19T11:44:00-04:00

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The Fall of the Social Gospel in America

Last updated on: April 19, 2023 at 11:44 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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The Social Gospel movement emerged in the late 19th century in America as a response to the social problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. Christian principles – helping the poor, tackling inequality and injustice – was the driving force of the Social Gospel. Unfortunately, the changes the Social Gospel helped bring were short lived. (read about it here) The rise of Fundamentalism in America was the first blow to the Social Gospel. While on its last legs, the two World... Read more

2023-04-18T09:19:21-04:00

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Walter Rauschenbusch: On Earth as it is in Heaven

Last updated on: April 18, 2023 at 9:19 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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The Lord’s Prayer serves as a model for Christian prayer. While some denominations recite it verbatim, others use it as an example. Either way, the prayer instructs us to pray for things to be on earth as they are in heaven. We want earth to be a mirror of what heaven is and a place where there is no pain or suffering. Heaven on earth is a concept that isn’t as widely agreed upon as you might expect. The eschatology... Read more

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2023-04-11T09:28:38-04:00

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Where Did the Social Gospel Come From?

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 9:28 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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If you were to ask an Evangelical about the Social Gospel, you may get a few different responses. Funny enough, I had a weekend full of Evangelicals. With the celebration of Easter came explanations of why we celebrate the holiday anyways. Conservative Evangelical Christians tend to look at the Gospel and Theology as right or wrong. Let me put it another way – their interpretation of the Bible and the good news of God is the right way. You shouldn’t look for anything... Read more

2023-04-04T09:41:39-04:00

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Why This Protestant Has A Crucifix

Last updated on: April 4, 2023 at 9:41 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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What’s The Difference? My parents are both ex-Roman Catholic and now Born Again Christians. Mom and Dad went to a Conservative Evangelical church when they first converted. Well – it might not have identified itself that way, but that was the theology. I grew up in that church as it moved further Fundamentalist. It was a church that took pride in the fact that the walls were white and the glass not stained. This church rebelled against the ornate frills... Read more

2023-03-30T16:07:03-04:00

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The Paradox of Loving Your Enemy

Last updated on: March 30, 2023 at 4:07 pm By Brad Thibodeaux

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“You have heard that is has been said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and shall hate your enemy’ – Whereas I telly ou, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; In this way you become sons of your Father in the heavens, for he makes his sun rise on the wicked and the good, and sends rain upon the just and the unjust.” -Matt. 5:43-45 (The New Testament: A Translation, Hart) A Love For Enemies Christianity... Read more

2023-03-28T14:30:40-04:00

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Does Eschatology Change Politics?

Last updated on: March 28, 2023 at 2:30 pm By Brad Thibodeaux

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American Christianity has been working since the beginning of the country to bring about a Christian nation. However, the definition of what a Christian nation actually is has changed throughout the centuries. I have touched on the history of the Church and my opinion on what Christianity has to say about the Constitution here. The idea of a Christian nation has been in flux since 1620, when Plymouth Colony’s ‘Bible Commonwealth’ was formed to be a ‘city upon a hill’.... Read more

2023-03-21T09:50:23-04:00

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The Christian Bill of Rights

Last updated on: March 21, 2023 at 9:50 am By Brad Thibodeaux

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Nation Creation The American Revolution was the growing pains of the colonies looking for freedom from England. We all know the story, but what comes up the most is the seemingly Christian language in the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”. It sounds Christian on its face, given... Read more

2023-03-14T12:51:43-04:00

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Fundamental Arianism

Last updated on: March 14, 2023 at 12:51 pm By Brad Thibodeaux

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One of the most important things to the Fundamentalist church is dogma. It’s kind of where the name comes from. Since R.A. Torrey’s The Fundamentals published throughout the early 1900’s, the focus has been on theology. I am often surprised by the origin and context of the different theological positions that White Conservative Evangelical and Fundamentalist Church has adopted, but digging into the Council of Nicea definitely posed a couple questions. Just Another Church Sermon I was visiting a church... Read more

2023-03-08T14:11:48-05:00

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A Christian or a Microscope

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 2:11 pm By Brad Thibodeaux

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A Science Lesson? On March 9, 1931, German physicist Ernest Ruska is credited with building the first electron microscope. This came after almost a decade of scientists working around the electromagnetic spectrum. Ruska received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in the space of electron magnification and the development of the electron microscope. Fortunately enough for me (and you), I’m not writing about physics or science. Instead, I’m writing how we as the Church in America... Read more

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