Equip yourself for theological warfare; the battle of ideas surrounding Christianity and truth rages daily, let's get you set up to defend, define, and understand your faith as well as that of others.
Christian Combatives is a Video and Podcast project from a Lutheran pastor, Army Chaplain, and Marine Corps veteran to encourage competence and confidence in the Christian faith by engaging with Scripture to respond to a ...
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In this Bible study we talked about: Should we have little children be lay readers? Why do we want people other than the pastor to read? The difference between a role and a list of tasks. What is the purpose behind having different people read the readings? God holds the pastor accountable for how the church worships, so the pastor should make the call how worship is done.
In this Bible study we talked about: Different approaches to theology Lutherans and later protestants used. Can a Christian lose their salvation? Can Christians combine other religions with their own? Is it more terrifying to believe it's possible to apostatize, or to never know if your faith is real or false? The terror of doing a Fruit Check to see if you're saved
In this Bible study we talked about: The Greek and Hebrew names for books in the Bible we don't often hear in English. A few interesting facts about a few of the different books in the Bible, like the Gospel accounts. We start to get into the book of James and immediately get off on a tangent about Purgatory, Limbo, and the storehouses of grace that last the entire study.
In this Bible study we talked about: A reminder about what we talked about in the book of James, context to understand James ch 2 Giving special treatment to famous or rich people If you break part of the law, you are guilty of the whole thing. Being saved by faith vs saved by works Having faith and not acting out that faith with your works Does James contradict Ephesians chapter 2?
In this Bible study we talked about: Some of the perspectives on the book of James, and its controversy in Scripture James ch 1 Testing vs Tempting vs Trials Setting up roadblocks and speedbumps to keep temptation from turning into full fledged active sin Is temptation itself a sin? A quick detour to talk about the trials that Job went through, and whether or not it was a true story. Get prepared and hyped up for James 2, which is spicy