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“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” Psalm 127:3-5 ESV “We all love the fact that children are a blast, and nobody should mind the fact that we love it. But this psalm is not about the patter of little feet around the house. This is not about your Christmas photo album. The ancient world, when they went to war, had a clearer view of what was at stake than do we. A kindergarten class is a packet of warrior seeds. A quiver holds arrows... The blessed man who has children in his youth is a man who has grown children when he is still active and in the fray. But here is the difference between faith and presumption. Children are not an 'automatic' blessing. Samuel would not have been more greatly blessed if he had five sons who took bribes instead of two sons who did (1 Samuel 8:3)... The city council of an ancient city was found in their gates. It is where their elders sat. It is where decisions were made, and where transactions were conducted. If a showdown occurred, that is where it would occur. So there are two things to note about this. The first is that a man is contending with his enemies in the gate, and his sons are there with him. His sons are present in the gates when this happens, and (this is important), they are on their father’s side. He has not brought up soldiers for the enemy. The second thing is that these are not foreign enemies, besieging the city from outside, but rather domestic adversaries, belonging to the opposition. A righteous man, together with his arrows, stands against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The issue is righteousness, not party, or tribe, or nation. And a blessed father brings his children along with him in their shared loyalty to truth and righteousness. The glue that holds such families together is [a shared allegiance to Christ]. This is fundamental. Every attempt to get families, or nations, or churches to hold together apart from Christ (Colossians 1:18) is idolatry. And according to our psalm, it is also vain.” -Doug Wilson God is the Father, and we have no other choice but to live in the Father's world. Therefore, we are all subject to the Father's rules, whether we agree with these rules or not. And one of these rules is that God the Father has determined to work through human fathers in his world. He has appointed fathers in the home (husbands/fathers), fathers in the church (elders/pastors), and fathers in the state (civil magistrates). A godly woman is called to joyfully serve as a “helpmate.” The great lie of feminism is that it promised women that they no longer would be relegated to the role of helping to build the house of a man. But in a tragic sense of irony, women “liberated” by feminism stopped helping to build the house of one man (their husband) and became enslaved to building the house of another “The Man” (their corporate employer). “It is not good that man be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” Genesis 2:18 ESV “The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.” Proverbs 14:1 ESV “Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, ‘We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel... and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.’” Ruth 4:11-12 ESV

In this episode of Theology Applied, Gary DeMar, Founder of American Vision, makes a biblical case for Postmillennialism and explains why Christians should reject Dispensationalism as unbiblical.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain...” Psalm 127:1 ESV Just as God works through covenants, so must we. Before beginning a work, we must count the cost and resolve to finish it. The work of sanctifying the self begins with conversion and a covenant to Christ in baptism. The work of building a home begins with marriage and a covenant to our spouse in a wedding ceremony. The work of building the church begins with church membership and a covenant to the other members of the church. And even the work of building society often begins with a trade and some form of legal contract. All lasting covenants have Christ as their foundation. However, a man cannot select his own preferred “Christ,” a “pseudo-Christ.” Rather, he must have the Christ of the Bible. In addition to having the “right” Christ, a man must have the “whole” Christ. You cannot choose for yourself certain “portions” of Christ, while discarding others that offend your sensibilities. To avoid building in vain, we must have the right Christ and the whole Christ as our one and only foundation. And if our building is to endure, we must have Christ above and Christ below. We must build “upon” Christ, with faith in his Gospel and obedience to his Law. And we must build “to” Christ, with the earnest desire for his glory and fame. In other words, to have Christ as the foundation of our building is to build in faith. And to build in faith is to build with a reliance upon Christ's grace and a desire for Christ's glory. *We are officially consolidating our Questions & Theology Applied podcast under one feed. In addition to the typical Theology Applied episode you've come to expect on Tuesdays, you will now receive an episode of our show called Questions on this platform every Friday.

In this episode of Theology Applied, Luke Macias joins Pastor Joel Webbon to discuss the spiritual battle for the soul of Texas. As faithful Christians continue to flee from failed Democrat run states, such as California, Luke and Joel urge them to prayerfully consider Texas as their new home. Texas is at a tipping point. There is an urgent need for reinforcements to come and hold the line!  "I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Theistic-Evolution” fall under the banner of Christian Orthodoxy? Can a person believe in evolution and still be a Christian? Or put another way, is believing in a literal 6-day creation and relatively young earth a “Gospel-issue.” *We are officially consolidating our Questions & Theology Applied podcast under one feed. In addition to the typical Theology Applied episode you've come to expect on Tuesdays, you will now receive an episode of our show called Questions on this platform every Friday.

In this episode of Theology Applied, Jared Longshore and Pastor Joel Webbon discuss how “Wokeness” is about to be a thing of the past. However, there may actually be a bigger problem for the Church on the horizon. So how should Christians live in a “Post-Woke” world, and how can we prepare for what’s coming next?

In this packed episode of Theology Applied, Pastor Doug Wilson and Pastor Joel Webbon demonstrate how to systematically dismantle the false labeling of conservative Christians as “Christian Nationalists.” Wilson and Webbon then turn their attention to pointing out the striking similarities between Dr. Jordan Peterson and Nicodemus (John 3). Lastly, Doug and Joel address Christians in “blue states” (California/New York), and provide a litmus test for determining when it’s time to leave.

In this episode of Theology Applied, Dr. Josh Buice, President of @G3 Ministries, reveals his reasons for leaving the Southern Baptist Convention and provides counsel for other SBC pastors who are considering making the same decision. Dr. Buice also describes his plans for the new G3 Network of local churches and the theological distinctions that this network desires to be known for.

In this episode of Theology Applied, Dr. Joe Boot (President of the Ezra Institute) reveals the false doctrines that have caused Christians to forfeit so much ground in culture/politics. Pastor Joel Webbon and Dr. Joe Boot thoroughly explain the pitfalls of Michael Horton’s Two-Kingdom Theology and Timothy Keller’s Social Justice. Neither of these approaches to culture/politics are actually biblical. Dr. Boot further makes his case for proper Christian involvement in culture/politics by distinguishing the Mission of the Church from the Mission of individual Christians. Lastly, Dr. Boot answers an incredibly relevant question: Is Homosexuality/Transgenderism a “Gospel Issue”?

In this episode of Theology Applied, Jeremy Stalnecker, CEO of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, reveals the trauma regularly experienced by the members of our military. He also shares the ways this trauma is exasperated by “empathy” and “wokeness.” Lastly, Jeremy offers counsel to equip Christians to effectively serve the men who serve us.