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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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The Future of Religion in Publically Funded and Private Schools from a Christian Point of View from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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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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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