Christian Combatives

This age old question finds its answer in The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, recorded in Matthew ch 20. If I'm still on Youtube Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristianCombatives Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Wanna know how you find a wolf in sheep's clothing? Look for the zipper. How do you do that with false teachers? Listen to how they mangle God's Word. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

You don't have to believe the Bible (you should), but you should still know what it teaches. Here are 3 good reasons why.

This was my first youth gathering, so I attended it and tried to document my impressions. In this first video I give general impressions of the entire gathering, in the next video I will get into the specific events I attended (including interviews with some presenters). And if I make a 3rd video, it will be a response to all the questions I receive online since releasing the first video. I hope you and the 20 other people who watch 5 minutes of this video enjoy it, I actually had a lot of fun making it. *********************** Marquart quote: “What then shall we make of the idea that "the youth" get bored with sameness and therefore require constant innovations to keep them interested? The sentiment is well-meaning enough but is essentially misguided. It is true that initially some silly youngsters (by no means all) may enjoy having the service turned into a variety show, especially one that is flattering to the inane Youth Cult images promoted by the media for profit. In the long term, however, such an approach is bound to produce conscious or subconscious contempt for the church. Who, after all, could respect an institution, which is after two thousand years' experience, so confused about its functions as to say: "Dear children, help us! We are no longer sure about what we ought to be doing. Perhaps you might have some good ideas?" Who could possibly take seriously the play-worship prefixed with that horrid word, 'experimental'? The fact is that no healthy, viable society lets its children arbitrate its values. It is for the elders of the tribe to guard its cultural heritage and to transmit it solemnly to the younger generation - never vice versa. Also in our society the problem is not with the youth but with their elders. If youth are confused about values, it is mainly because their parents are. If the liturgy is boring to children it is usually because the parents do not find it very interesting either. If children saw adults treating the Sunday Service as the most important activity of their lives, they would respect it too, and would never dream of treating it as a pop-event, to be tinkered with by every Tom, Dick, and Harry. A church which has won the conscientious loyalty of parents - particularly fathers (Eph. 3:15, 6:4) - will have the devotion of their children too. But a church which abjectly capitulates to the whims and tastes of adolescents will have, and deserve, neither.” Excerpt from: Kurt Marquart, "Liturgical Commonplaces," Concordia Theological Quarterly: Volume 42, Number 4 (October 1978): 343. Letter from CFW Walther: https://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.walthermethodist.html NYG commissioning Ceremony: https://lcmsgathering.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/6-Volunteer-and-Participant-Commissioning.pdf ********************** Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Moral Injury is easy to confuse with PTSD, and there is a degree of overlap. But what is it, what does it look like, and how are Christians uniquely qualified to respond to it? Some people got their first look of Moral Injury with the testimony of Kyle Rittenhouse. Right or wrong, the grief that he clearly holds may last a lifetime and even get worse; this is a spiritual injury, and Christ is the cure. If I'm still on Youtube Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristianCombatives Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

This is a review and interviews for Day 1 of the LCMS 2022 Youth Gathering. Unlike the general review, this one focuses on the specifics of the sessions, the mass events, and the divine service. It also includes interviews with some of the speakers of some of the more controversial sessions. In this day I interviewed Rev Ken Chitwood regarding his session "Religion Religions Religious" and talked about ecumenism, religious pluralism, and synchronism. I had my first look at the group Bible study, and commented on the good and the bad of the Mass Event at the end of the day. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

If I'm still on Youtube Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristianCombatives Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Is all Christmas music awful? Maybe not, but it's worth looking at why so much of it is, and why so much of it is great. Thank you so much to my good friend Rev. Jason Kaspar for providing the expertise for this fun video. Learn all the hymns with him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/LearnEveryHymnWithRevKaspar Or check out his other content: https://rumble.com/user/PastorKaspar Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

This is the final part of the video review of the Gathering, and probably the one people will be most interested in watching. The other parts will get into specific details on the sessions and interviews, but this video deals with the two big events: The nightly mass events, and the Divine Service. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

The concept that interracial marriage is sinful is often called "Kinism", but what does Scripture say on the matter? And what other arguments are used for it? Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Unironically the most requested topic this year. I thoroughly look forward to the comments section on this one. :D No Anti-clickbait summary for this video! Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Nun in tells man dying of TB who is terrified of death and hell that all he needs to do is think about the nice things in life There, now you don't have to watch the video, but you still may if you'd like. 🙂 Clip taken from show: "ER", used according to "Fair Use" policies. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

This video is just me putting the unused content from the YEC vs OEC debate to use; it's intended in the scope of the Christian worldview to reconcile 2 positions with Scripture, not to convince atheists that God exists. 0:00 Intro 0:56 Summary of video (3:21) 1. Genesis1-2 is poetry (11:26) 2. The Lightyear argument (17:13) 3. Evolution happened before the fall (22:45) 4. The hourglass argument - Carbon 14, or Uranium Lead, or Helium in Zircon (32:15) 5. Jesus didn’t talk about it (37:27) BONUS: It doesn’t matter, let’s not divide ourselves over unnecessary arguments There, now you don't have to watch the video (but this list probably doesn't make sense if you don't), but you still may if you'd like. 🙂 ***************************************** Wanna hear everything I said, but more, and better? Check out Dr. Joel Heck on IssuesEtc, hours of content on this subject alone: https://issuesetc.org/?s=joel+heck Curious about Hebrew Poetry and Genesis 1 and 2? Here you go: https://creationbc.org/index.php/is-genesis-poetry-response-to-a-high-school-student/ Curious about Carbon 14, Uranium/lead, and countless other detailed papers on the age of the earth, and why the Bible is right about it? Check this project out: https://www.icr.org/rate/ ****************************************** Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

If you have never thought of this question specifically, please take a moment to ask it to yourself. Try asking it out loud and think about what it means if the answer is even possibly "Yes". Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church

For Roman Catholics, the Magisterium has the authority to verify or discredit any traditional truth claim. For Lutherans and Protestants, however, the ability to point to Tradition itself as the source for beliefs, without a Magisterium to verify to doctrines, doesn't exist. Also, I draw a puppy, because I was wearing gym clothes and didn't want to record out-of-uniform. Let me know if you like this format, and/or have topics you'd like me to talk about or subjects to draw. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

This is not to say that abortion is justified or that The Age of Accountability Theory is Biblically coherent, nor that those who believe in the latter necessarily support the former. But if the Age of Accountability theology is true, then this is how its conclusion may lead to abortion being the ideal state for all children. It is my position, and the position of the LCMS that "The Age of Accountability" is false doctrine and that abortion is sin. Though even such a sin finds forgiveness through repentance and faith in the death of Jesus Christ. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

During this day I checked out a session where I was warned I would encounter CRT, I went to another session about LGBT+ and Christian love, got an audio interview with Rev Nick Gonzales, and conducted an email conversation with Rev Pulliam about techniques in presenting Law and Gospel. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

During this day I was able to see if Deaconess Bolling was teaching critical race theory, (including an audio interview with her), enjoy a few great sessions, and laugh at a skit for all the wrong reasons. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Jesus' Command: "Love as I have loved you", is it loving in this way to support euthanasia and suicide? Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Video Summary: Christians struggle with doubt, this is not the same as unbelief. There, now you don't have to watch the video, but you still may if you'd like. 🙂 Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

This video provides the complete list of reasons why you should reject the Bible. If you comment on this video based solely on the title, without watching it, I will be forced to call tech support who will go into your computer and reverse all your USB ports, so that every time you try to plug in a USB cable or device it will be upside down and you'll have to turn it over to connect it. It will happen, and it will be because you commented on a video without actually watching it first. So why would I name the video this, knowing that people-who-just-comment-on-videos-based-on-their-titles-without-watching-them might be confused? Because someone, somewhere who doesn't like the Bible is going to search for this exact video title to fuel their confirmation bias, and hopefully watch far enough in to learn something he or she didn't consider before. Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/churchDiscord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Q # 002 If a pastor answering this question publicly concerns you, please consider with love and patience the people who may be too ashamed to ask privately. Consider that someone who may watch this video may not have a trustworthy friend or family member to teach them on this topic, but a society that is eager to give its input without prompting. While maybe you don't need this question answered in your life, nobody should be ashamed to seek the truth of Scripture, no matter how embarrassing the topic.

Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction, or interest in sexual activity. It is often grouped under the "LGBT+" umbrella. Is it a sin? Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

A Christian prayer is one of humility, knowing that we fall short, and still trust in God to do what needs to be done. This is a short and powerful prayer, suitable for any occasion when we are thankful or in need. It confesses our humble state, while giving glory to God for giving us faith and all that we need. If I'm still on Youtube Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChristianCombatives Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian Are you in Tucson, do you need a faithful Lutheran (LCMS) church? Come by and visit, leave me a comment and I can give directions!

Why the name "Christian Combatives"? Aren't Christians called to love and not fight? Well... the truth is that you are at war. You are already in a spiritual war, whether or not you want to be. Christ, the saints, and angels on your side, the world, the devil, the demons, and your sinful nature on the other. This is a war being fought, even though there is already a victor. Prepare for persecution, prepare for battle. This would be a GREAT topic to talk to your pastor about! Don't have one? Find a church here: https://locator.lcms.org/church Discord Link to multi-denominational Christian Server (if you join up, be sure to say "Hi" when you find me!) : Discord.gg/Christian