Right Response Podcast

This episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast begins with Galatians 5:15 and addresses the recurring Protestant tendency toward splintering, both doctrinally and over public cultural issues. The hosts discuss how division plays out between traditions (while noting a small number of major Protestant traditions), how social controversies like COVID, BLM, and social justice intensified infighting, and why online discourse magnifies conflict by centering a small set of disagreements. They compare this to Catholic divisions, arguing Catholics often remain institutionally together despite sharp political differences. The conversation emphasizes theological triage, humility, private reconciliation when conflict becomes sinful, and recognizing other Christians as real people in local church life. They also note that friendships and influences naturally change over time and encourage men not to be discouraged but to build faithful local relationships.*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles. https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comBackwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.Who Is My Neighbor?Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

The episode opens with Hebrews 12:18–24 and explains Sunday worship as covenant renewal: by faith, believers are invited to ascend God’s holy mountain and gather with the heavenly Jerusalem, angels, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. The hosts define biblical covenant as a sovereign, divinely administered bond with blessings and curses, tracing the covenant of life/works with Adam, its failure and deserved death, and God’s protoevangelium promise culminating in the covenant of grace fulfilled in Christ’s obedience and blood. They distinguish earthly covenants from God’s covenants and describe the Lord’s Day rhythm as an ongoing covenantal way of life. The discussion outlines a fivefold covenant renewal liturgy: call to worship, confession of sin with assurance, consecration through Scripture and preaching with confession of faith, communion at the Lord’s Table, and commissioning with benediction, emphasizing communion with the triune God as the end of the gospel.*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comWho Is My Neighbor?Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/Backwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

They debate a partial preterist reading of Matthew 16:24–28 that splits Jesus' comings into a near-term AD 70 fulfillment and a future final return. They critique common evangelical hermeneutics and lay out a historic, linguistic, cultural, literal and typological approach. They link AD 70 to the end of the old covenant and clarify partial versus full preterist positions.

The episode opens with Ephesians 4:31–32 and explores bitterness primarily as it relates to struggling to forgive. Drawing from pastoral counseling, the host argues many Christians mistake ongoing anger or frustration for unforgiveness, when it may instead reflect a separate category: a God-given desire for temporal justice. Using the example of forgiving a repentant murderer while still affirming the death penalty as biblically just, the conversation distinguishes forgiveness (love/gospel) from civil consequences (justice). The hosts discuss how bitterness often grows from perceived injustice, including cases where offenses should be treated as crimes, but modern society no longer punishes them—highlighting sexual immorality (especially adultery) and no-fault divorce as examples of injustices permitted by the state. They also consider situations where state failure creates pastoral dilemmas, such as dealing with severe sex offenders who are released rather than executed. The discussion contrasts sinful bitterness (jealousy, misjudgment, unaddressed grievances) with righteous indignation, notes the ultimate justice of God in heaven and hell, and concludes that Christians should examine their hearts for real unforgiveness while also recognizing that anger may be rooted in legitimate longing to see God’s justice done on earth.*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comBackwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.Every Man, a Businessman:Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

This episode continues a two-part series on defeating pornography, opening with Revelation 3:4–6 and emphasizing Jesus’ promise of victory to those who overcome. The speakers revisit themes from part one, including a Christian theology of sex (within marriage between a man and a woman, oriented primarily toward procreation) and the claim that pornography is a civilizational battle aimed at defiling Western Christian sexual ethics. They describe downstream harms of pornography use beyond lethargy and lack of ambition, including claims about autogynephilia and its relation to transgenderism, the way repeated viewing can warp sexual desire and identity, and practical consequences such as erectile dysfunction, performance anxiety, shame, male loneliness, fear of women, and marital strain. The episode then presents three practical tools to fight pornography: (1) marriage as a godly outlet for sexual desire, while stressing that marriage does not automatically cure pornography addiction and warning against bringing porn-shaped expectations and “unnatural” sex acts into marriage; (2) accountability, especially through monitoring software, an accountability partner who is another man rather than a wife, and drastic technological measures if necessary (including restricted devices, dumb phones, and avoiding unmonitored solitude with internet access); and (3) busyness, arguing that idleness and boredom drive relapse and that men should pursue hard work, projects, entrepreneurship, fitness, hobbies, male friendships, and substantive community to channel energy into building and responsibility. The episode closes by urging viewers to watch part one, reiterating the view that pornography must be treated not only as sin but also criminalized to protect society.*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comEvery Man, a Businessman:Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/Backwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

They discuss why pornography is both a theological and practical problem. Conversation covers Protestant views on sex, biology behind male and female differences, and how contraception and the internet changed sexual practice. Internet porn is described as a supernormal stimulus that forms addictive habits and deadens real intimacy. They debate legal measures to protect youth from porn.

In this episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast, hosts Wesley Todd, Pastor Joel Webbon, and Antonio Griffith delve into the often misunderstood and misapplied concept of church discipline, using Matthew 18:15-20 as a foundational text. They discuss the proper biblical framework for church discipline, emphasizing its goal of repentance and restoration rather than punishment. Highlighting the importance of a graduated process involving private correction and eventual public accountability, the hosts argue that true church discipline protects both the church body and the individual believer. They critique modern evangelical practices that either overuse or misuse discipline and stress the necessity of church membership and congregational involvement. Drawing from historical examples, including John Calvin's Geneva, and personal pastoral experiences, the episode underscores how discipline and loving correction can uphold the purity of the church and facilitate spiritual growth.MINISTRY SPONSORS:Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comBackwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.Every Man, a BusinessmanWestern Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

In this episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast, Wesley Todd is joined by Pastor Joel Webbon and Antonio Griffith to discuss one of the most famous textual variants in the Bible, specifically focusing on the Gospel of John chapter seven, verses 53 through chapter eight, verse 12. They delve into the history and significance of different manuscript families, such as the Alexandrian and Byzantine texts, and how these have influenced modern Bible translations like the King James Version (KJV), the English Standard Version (ESV), and the New International Version (NIV). The episode emphasizes the claim of Christian faith that God preserved the scriptures infallibly, addressing concerns about textual variances that do not affect core doctrines. The podcast also touches on the meticulous work of translation over the centuries, and the evidence that strengthens the reliability of the Bible.MINISTRY SPONSORS:Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comWestern Front BooksEvery Man, a BusinessmanWestern Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/*Backwards Planning Financial*Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

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What Does The Lord’s Supper Do? | 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-32*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comBackwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/