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Joe Boot: Think Christianly – Introduction to a Christian Worldview from 2023-08-10T20:49:59
In this video Joe Boot explains the difference between the Christian and the unbelieving mind: To think Christianly is not to think about church-related things, but to think about all things in a w...
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A Biblical Way to View Politics from 2021-10-18T18:34:44
At the 2021 Runner Academy, Joe Boot explains how there is a distinctly Christian way to view political life, and that it is a view that subordinates politics under the rule of Jesus the King.
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A Theology Of Family and Culture from 2021-09-07T16:49:32
ible depicts the family as God’s basic institution for a peaceful and orderly social order. It is no exaggeration to say that if we try to redefine the nature of the family, we redefine society its...
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The Marvel and Mystery of Man, Part 1 from 2021-06-30T09:55
In the first of a new series produced in partnership with Answers in Genesis, Joe Boot discusses how Scripture clearly connects the activities of creation and redemption as a unified totality in Je...
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Gospel Culture: Why Christian Education? from 2021-06-03T16:26
At the 2021 Colombian Association for Christian Schools Conference Joe Boot explains how Christian Education is a vital for Christians, especially in light of the current cultural climate.
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Gospel Culture: Understanding Culture from 2021-06-03T16:22
At the 2021 Colombian Association for Christian Schools Conference Joe Boot introduces what it means to transform the culture through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, especially as it relates to the fie...
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Idolatry and Judgment from 2021-02-12T17:20:41
God’s response to idolatry throughout Scripture is one of judgment. Idolatry always leads to cultural decay and collapse, and we must see the supervening hand of God in our present situation.
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In Creation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How is God revealed in Creation and what do we learn about Him?
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Apologetic Mandate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The centrality of truth is inescapable. Even when we seek to deny it, we are affirming it.
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State of the Nation 2020 from 2020-12-04T18:08:16
Andre Schutten explains the significance of recent court cases and legal developments in Canada as they relate to the freedoms and values of Canadians, and especially to the work of pastoral ministry.
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The Church and Her Mission from 2020-11-26T20:59:51
What do we mean when we talk about "the church"? At the Ezra Institute Church & Culture Pastors' Colloquium, Joe Boot describes the five different senses that the church is spoken of in Script...
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A Christian Philosophy of Work from 2020-09-10T16:13:33
God is continually active in His created world, sustaining it at every moment. Human beings were made to worship and serve, to tend and keep God’s good creation, and our attitude toward work reflec...
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Critical Theory at School from 2020-05-14T17:16:23
Andrew Sandlin speaks to incoming university and college students about the origins and issues of Critical Theory at the 2019 To Give an Answer training program.
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Transforming Culture from 2020-03-26T20:52:09
The early church experienced growth not through politics or church growth models, but by the grace of God, and produced the most free societies the world has ever seen. The gospel – not polit...
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Foundations for Cultural Engagement from 2020-03-25T16:48:30
At ReformCon 2019, Joe Boot explains that without freedom to live as Christians in every area of society, engaging in culture becomes a moot point.
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What is a Christian Theology of Resistance? from 2020-03-24T19:27
The state is a ministry of justice – God’s diaconate. But how should Christians respond when the state commands what God forbids or forbids what God commands?
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Q&A: Confronting Secular Culture from 2020-02-28T00:00
Pastor and apologist Joe Boot answers questions on confronting secular culture.
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Q&A: Witnessing to a Hostile Culture from 2020-02-24T00:00
EICC Founder Joe Boot answers audience questions on the subject of witnessing to Christ in an anti-Christian cultural context.
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Christian Witness in a Hostile Culture from 2020-01-28T00:00
A proper Christology militates against statism or salvation by politics, because God's reign is not mediated by human powers and institutions, but by Christ alone.
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The New Atheism, Science and Human Values from 2020-01-23T00:00
EICC Founder Joe Boot discusses whether morality is possible in an atheistic worldview, and how the 'new atheism' movement has in fact become pantheistic.
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The Heresy of Democracy from 2020-01-14T00:00
In many cases, heretical, anti-God ideas only show themselves outside the sphere of the church. Joe Boot addresses the ARPA Niagara chapter on the heresy of liberal democracy.
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Government According to the Gospel from 2019-12-20T00:00
EICC Fellow Jonathan Burnside explains the blessings of following God's law that accrue to a nation.
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Cultivating Culture by Recovering a Christian Mind from 2019-11-15T00:00
The urgent task before God’s people in our time is the recovery of a Christian mind – most especially for those in ecclesiastical and cultural leadership. What we need is a whol...
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Apologetics Methodology from 2019-10-28T00:00
At the 2019 Worldview Leadership Camp, Cory McKenna of the Cross Current explains why the Word of God must be the foundation for everything we believe, and that we can only recognize the false b...
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Creation and Kingdom from 2019-10-10T00:00
EICC Founder Joe Boot addresses pastors and church leaders at the CMI Canada Pastor's Retreat. What do Jesus and the kingdom of God have to do with the question of creation?
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Apologetics and Scripture from 2019-09-23T00:00
Wesley Huff outlines the nature and history of Bible translation, demonstrating that we have good reason for confidence in the Bible as the inerrant Word of God.
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Cultivating Culture from 2019-08-14T00:00
A consistently Christian worldview has almost vanished from culture and church in our time. Joe Boot demonstrates the importance of recovering a view of all things that centres on recognizing Ch...
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Worldviews of the West: Scholasticism and Romanticism from 2019-08-12T00:00
Andrew Sandlin traces the development of Scholasticism and Romanticism, two worldview movements that have contributed to the dominant contemporary worldviews of Western society.
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Sphere Sovereignty from 2019-08-07T00:00
EICC Fellow and Runner Academy faculty member Willem Ouweneel explains the concept of sphere sovereignty.
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The Two Kingdoms that Weren’t from 2019-06-10T00:00
Rev. Douglas Wilson discusses the doctrine of the Two Kingdoms. This is a controversy that carries enormous practical significance. How should we live in a world that refuses to acknowledge the ...
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Jesus is King of the Nations from 2019-06-10T00:00
Rev. Douglas Wilson discusses our contemporary "empires of dirt" - the self-destructing strategy of secularism - and the way forward as Christian leaders in calling our nation back...
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Marriage Matters from 2019-04-12T00:00
Rev. Michael Thiessen addresses the issue of the family as a foundational institution of society and our Christian responsibility to respond to the identified crisis of our hemorrhaging fai...
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The Apologetic Mandate from 2019-03-15T00:00
We live in a difficult time to live as faithful Christians. The unbelieving world urgently needs the message of the gospel, whatever the cost may be.
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The Mystery of Man from 2018-12-10T00:00
The biblical vision of the human person is based on the all-powerful Word of Jesus Christ, and cannot be synthesized or compromised with evolutionary thought.
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The Religion of Death from 2018-12-07T00:00
Darwinian evolutionary theory has no basis in science - it is an ideologically motivated worldview that leads to a culture of death.
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An Introduction to Worldview from 2018-11-02T00:00
Jeffery Ventrella unpacks the concept of worldview, explaining how a person’s network of beliefs influences the way they understand and approach the world and every area of life.
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Being a Pastor in Public from 2018-08-16T00:00
The church is the body of God's called-out people, to testify to the reign of Christ over all things, and pastors have a special responsibility to disciple the nations and confront systemati...
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Engaging the Cultural Landscape from 2018-08-08T00:00
Founder Joe Boot and EICC Fellow Ted Fenske join a panel discussion at BreakForth Edmonton to talk about racism, Christianity as colonialism, teaching your kids critical thinking, the relationsh...
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Carl Jung, Psychology, and Jordan Peterson from 2018-07-25T00:00
How should the Christian understand the work and teaching of Jordan Peterson? Is he an ally for Christian principles?
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Worldview, Pagan Revival, and Pagan Sexuality from 2018-07-19T00:00
Peter Jones demonstrates the wide gulf between the Christian and non-Christian worldview, and the implications they each have for sexuality.
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Is Social Justice Just? from 2018-06-26T00:00
In order to have true and equal justice in society, we must have a standard outside of and higher than society in which the idea of justice is grounded.
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Viewing the Cultural Landscape from 2018-05-07T04:00
The residual Christian worldview is declining in our culture. Rather than seeking to encounter the world as it is given, the prevailing cultural motive is to impose on the world an artificial an...
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A Christian Theology of Arts and Culture from 2018-04-13T04:00
Many Christians have deliberately avoided the sphere of art as an immoral and ungodly realm. But God has created man to be his representative and image-bearer in every area of life. It is part of t...
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Churchianity or Christianity from 2018-03-18T00:00
Rev. Dr. Joe Boot describes the theological framework from which to understand the missional call of every Christian. He encourages and challenges the church to fully understand and apply what i...
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The Gospel and the Church from 2018-01-29T05:00
What is the role of the church in society, and how does God expect His church to fulfil that role?
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Why do we Celebrate the Reformation? from 2017-10-31T04:00
The Protestant Reformation helped to recover a biblical understanding of personal, church, and political liberty.
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Reformation Heritage: Martin Luther & God’s Justifying and Sanctifying Love from 2017-10-28T04:00
In memory of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Dr. David Robinson speaks on the reformer Martin Luther, the nailing up of the 95 Theses, and his understanding of God's Jus...
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Gospel Culture: Crisis & Hope from 2017-07-19T04:00
How do we understand our present cultural moment? What is our relationship to the culture surrounding us? And what hope does Scripture offer our culture? In the first of a series of Cornerstones...
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The Uniqueness of Christ from 2017-07-13T04:00
When we talk about the uniqueness of Christ, we are actually making a statement about the meaning and purpose of all human history.
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Rediscovering the Scope of the Gospel from 2017-07-07T04:00
The significance of the resurrection is more than a historical fact, though it certainly is that. It means that Christ is now glorified, reigning over all the world as the righteous king. Learn ...
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The Gospel and the Family from 2017-07-07T04:00
The family is a covenant institution and relationship which requires faithfulness. If we are to have any impact on the world around us, the first thing that must be transformed in our hearts and...
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Building Bridges in Evangelism from 2016-06-11T04:00
In a society that is steadily abandoning its Christian heritage, how do we witness to and communicate with our unbelieving neighbours?
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The Death of Man and the Crisis of the Social Order from 2016-05-10T04:00
Without love to God and a recognition of his Word-revelation to us in Christ and in Scripture, we are not only unable to truly love our neighbor, we cannot even identify them truly. We ...
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The Espionage of the Kingdoms from 2016-03-29T16:40
Worship of the true God has always been unintelligible to depraved minds. Natural man's impulse is toward self-worship, most clearly depicted in humanism and paganism. These false doctrines ...
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The Propaganda of the Kingdom from 2016-03-29T16:35
Amidst all the complexity of the world, there are two basic ways to understand it - either in terms of God's Word or man's idea. Learn more about the significance of God's self-revel...
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Kingdoms and Culture from 2016-03-29T16:20
Modern Western culture is increasingly hostile to the Christian worldview. How did we get to this point, and what is the Christian response?
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The Sexuality of the Kingdoms from 2016-03-29T14:35
The biblical story begins and ends with a wedding; sexuality is a major issue in the Kingdom of God, and is an area that the devil has sought to twist and distort. Learn about the robust biblica...
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Reason and Religion from 2016-02-27T05:00
The question as to whether there is a conflict between reason and religion is misleading when we come to understand the biblical concept of 'reasoning' (understanding) and its subjection...
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The Incarnation and its Implications from 2016-02-18T05:00
What does the incarnation of Jesus Christ mean? The historic nature of Christianity makes it a unique, real and living faith, over against materialist or spiritual heresies.
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Why Everything Hinges on the Historical Garden of Eden from 2015-12-02T05:00
MOG2015 01: The fall of Adam and Eve in the garden is the essential foundation for understanding the gospel meta-story. The gospel is cosmic in scope and in the cross all creation is being ...
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The Deception of the Beast of Revelation, Modern Promises of Salvation, and the Eternal Gospel from 2015-12-02T05:00
MOG2015 02: The book of Revelation sets forth two groups of people: those who follow the Beast and bear his mark and those who follow the Lamb and bear his name. The book declares the eternal go...
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Biblical Anthropology Identifies Man’s Basic Need as Moral and Spiritual Rebirth from 2015-12-02T05:00
MOG2015 03: Created in God's image, man and woman are agents capable of changing the world as they undertake the task of fulfilling the cultural mandate.
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How Angry Rebels are Brought into Loving Service to Their Lord from 2015-12-02T05:00
MOG2015 04: Denying his Creator, man is alienated from the very source of his existence and seeks to cope by turning to idolatry in the form of addictions, money and power. But because of God...
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Rediscovering the Glory and Beauty of the Gospel Q&A from 2015-12-02T05:00
MOG2015 05: Joe Boot, David Robinson and Michael Nazir-Ali answer questions regarding: the Mission of God; Christian Education; Radical Islam; Christian Transformation of Society; Male and Femal...
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The Art of What is Possible from 2015-11-13T20:25
Wisdom and Government from 2015-11-13T20:10
What does God's word have to say about our livelihoods, families, neighborhoods and nations? What place does Scripture have in the public sphere, and how does it relate to the government of ...
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Uncovering the Truth about Jihad in Islam from 2015-10-30T15:25
Where do jihadists find the support for their convictions and terrorist actions? How do we understand the popular refrain that Islam is a religion of peace?
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The Gospel, Culture and Public Life from 2015-10-15T16:30
Christ is not one authority among many, but the ruler of the kings of the earth.The Son of God appeared on earth to destroy the works of the devil, and has given us the task of cultural renewal ...
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The Gospel Basis of Liberty from 2015-09-29T04:00
The basic freedom of the Christian is the freedom from bondage to sin and death. The state is God's minister to punish wrongdoing, but when a state oversteps its God-given bounds of authorit...
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Educating in Light of the Gospel from 2015-09-29T04:00
One of the most significant ways that Christians fulfill the Great Commission mandate, making disciples of all nations, is by educating our children in a God-honouring way.
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The Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin from 2015-08-14T14:00
Like a precious coin, the Lord works constantly to rescue and redeem His people, and through us, to redeem our culture and world.
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Sex-Ed Curriculum Forum from 2015-04-24T17:00
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The Truth Decay of Public Sex Education from 2015-04-22T19:10
At the heart of Ontario’s radical new sex-ed curriculum is the false belief in human autonomy and the perverse claim that children raise themselves. We may deny the reality of sin, but wit...
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The Gospel and Education from 2015-04-22T04:00
The foundation of true education is the truth that man, though fallen and sinful, is made in the image of God the creator and king. Education is a core implication of the gospel truth that Jesus...
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Sexuality, Politics and Culture from 2015-04-20T16:20
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The Science of Faith and the Faith of Science from 2015-04-20T16:10
Worship includes the use of our minds. A Christian cosmology maintains that the laws of nature are only laws because they are God's ordinary way of working. There is no conflict inherent bet...
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Can’t We all Just Get Along? from 2015-04-20T04:00
There is a humanistic movement towards a superficial religious unity, which amounts to little more than the abolishment of distinctions as part of a greater effort towards man-centered sociopoli...
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The Uniqueness of Christ and the Christian Worldview from 2015-04-20T04:00
The Context of Education in Ontario and Canada from 2015-02-13T05:00
Joe Boot demonstrates that historically, philosophically, economically and sociologically, the religious commitments of the Judeo-Christian worldview form the only solid foundation for the philosop...
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The Religious Nature of All Education from 2015-01-22T03:00
Education is inescapably a religious exercise, shaping the hearts, minds, and faith of the next generation. The pagan and humanist program of today's state schools cannot be reconciled with ...
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The Cultural Mandate and Social Justice from 2014-11-17T11:00
MOG2014 06: As King of kings, Jesus requires all creation to worship him and to serve his kingdom purposes. Our hope is the gospel of the kingdom. By the power of the resurrection Christ is...
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Biblical Principles of Social Justice Q&A from 2014-11-17T10:00
MOG2014 05: Biblical principles of justice have profound implications for our lives and callings. Conference speakers interact with questions on: sharia law, millennialism, welfare, the tit...
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Why Christian Culture: The Ruin and Restoration from 2014-11-17T09:00
MOG2014 04: Culture is the use and ordering of creation for a purpose. Equipped by the word and Spirit of God, the Christian's glorious calling is to build a godly culture, seeking firs...
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Why Christian Culture: The Roots and Reign from 2014-11-17T08:00
MOG2014 03: A culture following after Christ will pursue justice in a way that understands God as the ultimate judge and lawgiver. Our modern culture has embraced counterfeit concepts of ju...
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Repressive Tolerance and Cultural Marxism from 2014-11-17T07:00
MOG2014 02: Twentieth-century academics have slanderously represented Christian beliefs and lifestyles as evil. Christianity is seen as the root of a fundamental social injustice which the ...
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Recovering the Foundations of Social Justice from 2014-11-17T06:00
MOG2014 01: Justice must be firmly grounded in biblical revelation; building a just society on any other foundation is impossible and yields only arbitrary justice. Biblical social justice ...
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The Cosmology of Compassion from 2014-11-08T05:00
Joe Boot addresses the competing worldviews surrounding the debate surrounding abortion, and the implications for individuals and society at large.
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The Future of Religion in Publically Funded and Private Schools from a Christian Point of View from 2014-10-28T14:28
It is inevitable that religious beliefs will be taught to children in public and private schools, for there is no such thing as a truly neutral education. The question is not whether, but which,...
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Wealth Inequality and a Clash of Theologies from 2014-10-15T04:00
Dr. Brian Mattson critiques the Marxist economic theories of Thomas Piketty, and demonstrates that the human problem is not wealth inequality, but sin.
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Jubilee and Atonement from 2014-10-15T04:00
Joe Boot exposes and critiques Brian Walsh's false view of Jubilee and the doctrine of the Atonement. Rather than radical equality, true liberty is the truth that God in Christ has forgiven ...
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Social Justice from 2014-08-19T23:00
Joe Boot unpacks some contemporary notions of social justice and contrasts them with a Biblical understanding of justice.
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Social Justice: A History from 2014-08-19T23:00
Scott Masson gives a historical overview of how the philosophy behind the social justice movement developed in the west and now manifests itself in our culture.
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Can Science Determine Human Values? from 2014-06-19T04:00
Joe Boot discusses whether the methods of science can provide values for humanity and offers a critique of Sam Harris.
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Sexuality, Politics, & Culture from 2014-05-31T04:00
In this lecture, Dr Boot shows how modern political liberalism no longer seeks justification or legitimisation for its vision of justice and morality in anything other than an evolving soci...
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The Value of Life and the Law of God from 2014-04-16T04:00
With the decline of Christianity in our contemporary culture, the value of life has been lost. For the Christian, the law of God shows us the value and conditions of life.
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Abortion: A Sign of What is Worshipped from 2014-04-16T04:00
When we seek to act as gods, determing life and death for ourselves, we create a culture of death. The God of scripture alone determines life and death and it is in and through Jesus Christ that...
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A Comprehensive Response to a Failing Culture from 2014-04-01T14:45
We need a renewed vision of what it means to be God's people both in our vocations and the life of the church in order to fulfill his calling for us in a failing culture. We need to understa...
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The Priestly Calling of the Medical Profession from 2014-04-01T14:10
Part of the purpose of God's redemptive activity in history is healing and wholeness for the whole person. This lecture explores the priestly calling of those in the medical profession.
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Health and Salvation in a Broken World from 2014-04-01T14:00
If medical practitioners are going to help people to be in good health, they have to walk in the truth. The practice of healing has to be carried out in terms of God's purposes in creation a...
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The Revelation of God in Creation from 2014-02-08T05:00
The creative act of God recorded in Genesis lays out the literal meaning for the rest of the Bible. In the Christian worldview, creation and redemption stand in an absolute historical continuum ...
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The Meaning of Evolution from 2014-02-07T05:00
Evolution is a worldview which affects how we think about every area: pyschology, human morality, history and literature. Joe Boot discusses how the popular form of this idea arose and how it st...
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The Power of Two-ism and the One-ist Lie from 2014-02-05T05:00
An address to Christians who are trying to understand how to share the gospel, and non-Christians who are interested in the Christian answer to the questions of life.
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The Public Alternative to Christian Education: Plastic People from 2013-11-24T00:00
Christian education is meant to restore us to the image of God. State education invents the image of man.
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Christian Education Q & A Session from 2013-11-24T00:00
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The Need for Christian Education from 2013-11-24T00:00
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Biblical Sexuality Q & A Session from 2013-10-19T00:05
Interacting with the audience on questions of marriage and divorce, how to address homosexual friends, and struggles with homosexual feelings.
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The Way Forward – Biblical Law and Sexuality from 2013-10-19T00:04
The modern church has routinely ignored the answers in God's law to such questions, yet His law points to the only route to human flourishing.
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Pagan Sexuality Today and Yesterday from 2013-10-19T00:03
The culture and large segments of the church are being lead inevitably, and ignorantly, to both a monistic worship of nature and a denial of God, the transcendent Creator.
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The Good of Marriage from 2013-10-19T00:02
Augustine provides 21st century Christians with a solid theological foundation for the traditional definition of marriage, a foundation which has informed the Western view of marriage for almost...
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The Five Points of Paganism from 2013-10-19T00:01
The West is increasingly embracing the paganism of the Ancient Greco-Roman empire. Man was made to worship, and he only has two choices: worship the Creator, or the created.
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Sexuality, Culture and the Church from 2013-10-16T00:00
Pornography has pervaded our culture and is re-wiring the brains of its many consumers. The church needs to be on guard and teach repentance to overcome the power of addiction to pornography.
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Pesky Verses or the Power of God: Romans One under Attack from 2013-10-16T00:00
In our contemporary culture, we are faced daily with the radical redefinition of something so intrinsic to us as human beings: our sexuality. This coincides with a rise in paganism, which is not...
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Men for the Hour Q & A Session from 2013-10-06T00:00
Joe Boot answers audience questions such as, What does it mean to love our wives as Christ loved the church? How does a certificate legitimize a marriage? Should there be a Christian government,...
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Men, Christ and the Church from 2013-10-05T00:00
God is Lord over all the earth, and he has given this authority through Christ to the Church. The good news of the gospel is that Christ is seated on the throne now. Our hope is that we have bee...
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Men and Our Idols from 2013-10-05T00:00
Our land comes under judgment and a curse as a result of idolatry. In any age, the effect of idolatry among God’s people is the decay of faith, and the subsequent decay of social order and...
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Men and Our Orders from 2013-10-05T00:00
Jesus is the only man who kept the Law of God perfectly. The laws of our land are founded on the principles of biblical law; the biblical law continues to be a model of justice and righteousness...
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Men and Our Moment from 2013-10-04T00:00
Is Jesus the Only Way to God? from 2013-07-31T00:00
Opponents of Christianity try to deny its veracity and legitimacy by likening it to cults and charlatans.
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Can We Learn Anything from History? from 2013-07-24T00:00
Everything in history is designed to unveil the glory of God.
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Can Religion and State be Separate? from 2013-07-10T00:00
Despite popular misunderstanding, religion and state have been intimately related as far back as recorded history can tell us.
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The Name Above All Names from 2013-07-04T00:00
If our lives, ministries, and work are to have an impact in our day, they must manifest the power of the resurrection, which is only present when faithfulness to his total-word and confidence in...
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Hindrances to Christian Culture from 2013-07-04T00:00
There are several key impediments to the creation of Christian culture in the church and our world.
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Are Christian Sexual Ethics Outdated? from 2013-07-03T00:00
The sexual revolution of the 1960s set out to change culture, and saw traditional, Christian sexual ethics as retrogressive, stifling, and the enemy of the good life.
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Family, Community, and Private Property from 2013-05-11T04:00
God's solution to many of today's social challenges are family, community and private property.
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Biblical Sexuality vs Plastic Sexuality from 2013-05-11T04:00
As beings created by God in His image, man's identity is found in God's will for him and is not something that man himself can invent.
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The Priestly Calling of Every Christian from 2013-05-11T04:00
It is through our role as Christ's ambassadors and as heirs in God's kingdom that we are intended to engage the world around us.
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Contemporary Relevance of Biblical Law from 2013-05-10T04:00
All that is ever needed in history are faithful Christian people. When there are faithful Christian people applying God's word, transformation is the ultimate result.
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What’s in a Word? Language and Law from 2013-05-10T04:00
God's words are actions and always achieve the purpose for which they were made. Our laws need God's words if they are to achieve anything.
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Crime and Punishment from 2013-05-10T04:00
John Calvin said that the protection of the community from unjust men through fear of punishment, without which they have no other reason for lawful behaviour, was the purpose of the law. The hist...
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Charity, Welfare, & Social Justice from 2013-05-09T04:00
Dr. Boot discusses social justice as it relates to the question of living a just, or righteous life, and the bearing which that has on our thinking about the public and political sphere.
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Darwin and the Darwinian Worldview from 2013-05-09T04:00
In order to address the huge shift in our social order we need to examine the evolutionary worldview since most disciplines today, including that of Law, have become permeated with it.
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Biblical Principles on Life from 2013-05-09T04:00
The book of Genesis declares that God is the Creator and Lord of life. As such, his words on how we are to regard and value human life are not just important but authoritative.
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Christ and Culture from 2013-05-08T04:00
Dr. Boot discusses what it means to live in terms of the lordship of Christ, that Jesus is Lord over all, and what the relationship is between Christians and their culture.
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Education and the Battle for the Mind from 2013-05-08T04:00
One of the key issues of our time is the notion that all values, including moral ones, are subjective and merely personal. Our education system now promotes behaviours which, in the past, were ass...
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The Great Commission – The Biblical Mandate to Educate (1/2) from 2013-03-13T00:00
The Great Commission given by our Lord is a mandate to educate: "teach them to obey all things I have commanded you." Jesus also emphasized the awesome responsibility of those who teach,...
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The Great Commission – The Biblical Mandate to Educate (2/2) from 2013-03-13T00:00
Education concerns the future. To whom does the future or history belong? To God for his purposes or to man for the fulfillment of his sinful desires? Nothing then is more important for the chur...
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Truth and Oaths from 2013-02-24T00:00
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Salt and Light from 2013-02-23T00:00
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Law or Legalism from 2013-02-23T00:00
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Murder and the Heart from 2013-02-23T00:00
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The Mountain of Covenant Blessing from 2013-02-22T00:00
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Utopia: Always a Dystopian Nightmare from 2013-02-10T00:00
The utopian philosophies of elitist social planners will end in disaster. Only the advancement of Christ's Kingdom can improve conditions in the world.
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Is Christianity a Charter for Oppression? from 2013-01-25T00:00
Is Christianity a charter for oppression? Christianity has received a negative stereotype for being an oppressive religion that only caters to Westerners and for being the basis of colonialism. ...
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The Church in Our Current Cultural Crisis (1/2) from 2012-11-21T00:00
In times of difficulty, God has again and again throughout the centuries called and raised up faithful leaders in His church to confront the challenges of the time, and to lead His people in wis...
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The Church in Our Current Cultural Crisis (2/2) from 2012-11-21T00:00
In times of difficulty, God has again and again throughout the centuries called and raised up faithful leaders in His church to confront the challenges of the time, and to lead His people in wis...
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Building a Vision for Engagement in the Public Square from 2012-10-11T23:00
Building the theological groundwork for understanding a Christian's relationship to the public sphere.
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The Minor Prophets 8 – Malachi from 2012-08-22T00:00
The last chapter of Malachi summarizes the whole of the prophetic message found in this little book.
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The Minor Prophets 7 – Zechariah from 2012-08-15T00:00
The chief exercise of worship for the Jews was sacrifice, which was only performed in the temple through the priest. The temple was the place where sinful men could approach God. But for us, Chr...
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The Minor Prophets 6 – Amos from 2012-08-08T00:00
Amos' oracles, addressed to the pagan nations and to Israel, conform directly to the Mosaic covenant. God's universal justice is the predominant theme of this minor prophet.
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The Minor Prophets 5 – Micah from 2012-08-01T00:00
As Christians, we are in covenant with God, and He has called us into family court, not to have us imprisoned, but to restore us in fellowship.
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The Minor Prophets 4 – Jonah from 2012-07-25T00:00
Jonah's different responses to his and Nineveh's deliverances clue us in to what the great message of this book is, because he is not just the prophet delivering God's message, he is...
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The Minor Prophets 3 – Habakkuk from 2012-07-18T00:00
Meet with Habakkuk, worship with Habakkuk, and emulate Habakkuk.
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The Minor Prophets 2 -Joel from 2012-07-11T00:00
At Pentecost, the apostle Peter quotes from the prophet Joel, demonstrating the signifcance of this small but profound book.
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The Minor Prophets 1 – Introduction from 2012-07-04T00:00
The book of the minor prophets need to be considered as a unit, instead of twelve individual books.
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Christianity and Ethics from 2012-05-26T00:00
Audio content from Joe Boot's discussion of the Christian view of morality and ethics. Originally delivered at Belleville Worldview Conference, May 26, 2012.
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Christianity and History from 2012-05-26T00:00
Dr. Steve West, lecturer at Toronto Baptist Seminary, discusses the Christian perspective of History, and calls attention to the overarching providence of God. Originally delivered at Belleville Wo...
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Christianity and Science from 2012-05-26T00:00
The third installment of the material originally delivered at Belleville Worldview Conference, May 26, 2012. Joe Boot discusses the foundational beliefs and commitments required for a coherent unde...
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The Meaning of Culture from 2011-11-12T00:00
Culture is an over-used and confusing word today with many Christians talking about it.
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Living in Sin…Well from 2011-11-12T00:00
How to live in Babylon: Look Up, Look Out, and Look Forward.
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Christ and Culture: Change, Challenge, Choice from 2011-11-12T00:00
In the midst of an era of exponential change and unprecedented challenges, Christians have an important choice to make.
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The Greatness of the Great Commission from 2011-11-12T00:00
Jesus is King and He's not running for re-election. Furthermore, as King He has commissioned His subjects to a great work, a work beyond "saving souls."
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Closing Charge from 2011-11-12T00:00
Practical ideas for living biblically within the culture.
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Christ and Culture Q & A Session from 2011-11-12T00:00
HTSWA 2011 conference Q and A session with Joe Boot and Jeffery Ventrella.
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The Fullness of God. Ephesians – Part 5 from 2011-08-03T00:00
We live in a world riven by divisions. Unity is a challenge for the Church.
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The Fullness of God. Ephesians – Part 4 from 2011-07-27T00:00
The theme of Ephesians is the Church. Paul is saying in this book that the Church of Jesus Christ is at the center of the eternal purposes of God.
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The Fullness of God. Ephesians – Part 3 from 2011-07-20T00:00
Sin has ruined us. But God is great, and He has made us alive through Christ.
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The Fullness of God. Ephesians – Part 2 from 2011-07-13T00:00
We lack even a rudimentary understanding of the headship of Christ and the hope of the gospel if we fail to grasp the glorious calling and the position of God's church in Jesus Christ.
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The Fullness of God. Ephesians – Part 1 from 2011-07-06T00:00
Ephesians is the essential summary of Paul's theology, addressing the most sublime doctrines of the Christian faith.
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Christological Love and the Family from 2010-10-30T00:00
The teleological principle of everything we are and do — be it vocation, service, family relations or friendships — is the love of Christ.
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Canada’s Founding Fathers and the Family from 2010-10-30T00:00
Canada's Founding Fathers formed a nation based upon the traditional family as a bastion of privacy, privilege, and moral authority.
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The Family and the Law of God from 2010-10-30T00:00
All law, being an expression of someone's morality, is an inescapable concept. Either God's law will define all morality, or man's law will.
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The Family and Bioethics from 2010-10-30T00:00
Throughout history, attempts have been made to dehumanize others in order to justify killing them.
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The Battle for the Family from 2010-10-29T00:00
The struggle for the family today is a question of lordship, of sovereignty, and therefore concerns the kingdom of God.
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The Family and Classical Education from 2010-10-29T00:00
Knowledge is never neutral. All education is worldview-laden, and therefore Christian parents must be discerning.
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Community and the Church from 2010-07-30T00:00
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Culture and Knowledge from 2010-07-29T00:00
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The Role of Pastors from 2010-07-28T00:00
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The Church from 2010-07-27T00:00
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The Doctrine of the Church from 2010-07-26T00:00
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A Reason for Hope from 2010-07-25T00:00
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The Light of the World from 2009-07-31T00:00
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The Fourth Witness from 2009-07-30T00:00
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The Living Water from 2009-07-30T00:00
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The Four Witnesses from 2009-07-28T00:00
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The Word of Light and Life from 2009-07-27T00:00
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The All Personal God from 2009-07-26T00:00
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Christ-Centered Apologetics from 2009-03-11T04:00
The Apostle Peter tells the church to be defenders of the faith when he says we should all be prepared to give the reason for the hope that we have. All who are called to faith in Christ then, a...
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Responding to the New Atheism from 2009-01-05T00:00
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The Emergent Church or the Resurgent Church from 2008-02-02T00:00
There are many GenXers who are not interested in the hermeneutics of suspicion and deconstruction, as much as they are in a full orbed faith for all of life, lived out in terms of Scripture and ...
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The City of God from 2007-01-01T00:00
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Our Comprehensive Faith from 2007-01-01T00:00
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The Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til from 2006-01-01T05:00
Joe Boot speaks on the apologetic methodology and history of philosopher and scholar Cornelius Van Til
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Reasons for Our Hope from 2005-04-05T04:00
Apologetics is synonymous with evangelism, inseparable from it, and an essential tool for anyone who wants to reach today's generation for Christ.
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Origins and Destiny from 2005-01-02T00:00
If the events of the past are not directed by a personal God, then history is meaningless.
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The Problem of Evil from 2005-01-02T00:00
Can we have a God who is wholly good and all-powerful, and yet allows evil to exist?
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The Uniqueness of God as Trinity Part 1 from 2005-01-01T00:00
The doctrine of the trinity is central to the defense of the faith.
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The Uniqueness of God as Trinity Part 2 from 2005-01-01T00:00
The doctrine of the trinity is central to the defense of the faith.
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The Apologetics of St. Augustine from 2005-01-01T00:00
Resisting the influences of pagan philosophies, Augustine set forth an apologetic based on the supreme authority of God's self-revelation in Scripture
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The Cradle, the Grave and the Glory from 2005-01-01T00:00
People fail to understand Christmas because they fail to connect the cradle of Christ with His death and resurrection.
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A Time to Search from 2005-01-01T00:00
When the God of the Bible is the beginning and end, our time takes on significance, meaning, and purpose.
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Wise as Serpents, Gentle as Doves from 2005-01-01T00:00
A Christian apologist gives a defense, a rational justification of the Christian faith.
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Gospel Net in the Sea of Faith from 2005-01-01T00:00
Holding to the authority of Christ and Scripture, we preserve the integrity of the gospel in evangelism and apologetics
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Eternity in His Presence from 2005-01-01T00:00
Only the humble and contrite enter the eternal presence of God.
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Hold the Line on Biblical Authority from 2005-01-01T00:00
Christians need to maintain a high view of Scripture in order to be able to properly defend and present a consistent Gospel message in our culture.
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The Book of Origins from 2005-01-01T00:00
This lecture explores the importance of Genesis and origins for the Christian worldview.
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Glory, Rubbish and the Human Race from 2004-01-01T00:00
Christians, above all people, are to be pitied if the message of the Bible is not true and relevant to us today.
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Christian Faith and Other Worldviews from 2004-01-01T00:00
By contrast to other worldviews, the Christian faith offers truth, hope and life, squarely addressing the condition of mankind.
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Evolution and Scientism from 2004-01-01T00:00
Evolutionary naturalism or scienticism is a faith based perspective which relies on several unprovable assumptions. Furthermore, this worldview cannot provide satisfactory explanations for human ex...
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