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Lecture by Greg Bahnsen. Bahnsen speaks on helping the poor and homeless without statism.

(July 2020) To Protect and To Serve: How to Fix America's Police. Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper has some thoughts about fixing America's police--from the standpoint of a career cop who started as a beat cop and worked up.

Jim Denison tells the interview between Christian patriotism and a Christian nationalist.

Interview with author Joel McDurmon. The Problem of Slavery in Christian America: An Ethical-Judicial History of American Slavery and Racism.

"Abolishing The Police" by Rose City Copwatch. A workshop given by Rose City Copwatch on 'Abolishing The Police' at the 2012 Law & Disorder Conference in Portland, OR. Watch a wonderful, thought provoking workshop discussion around the reasons why people believe we need the police in our society, and community alternatives to the police and how to put them into practice.

This is a video production by FlexYourRights.org. It is a very good basic primer for how to handle various types of police encounters. As the video will show, there are often time many mistakes people make out of ignorance that contributes to negative encounters with law enforcement. Watch this video, visit the http://FlexYourRights.org website and spread the word.

Lecture by Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen Chalcedon Presbyterian Church 302 Pilgrim Mill Road Cumming, GA 30040 What Is Reconstructionism? What Is Theonomy? R.C. Sproul Jr. May 12, 2010 Like Calvinism and Reformed theology, these two terms are often used as synonyms, but could be understood as genus and species. That is, embracing Calvinism is part of what it means to be Reformed, but not the whole. In like manner some would suggest that theonomy is part of the broader body of convictions described as reconstructionism. Theonomy might be understood as the conviction that the civil law God gave to Israel in the Old Testament ought to be the law of the land in all nations everywhere. Reconstructionism, if not seen as a mere synonym would include theonomic convictions, and add also an optimistic eschatology, that is the conviction that the kingdom of God is growing, and will before the return of Christ cover the world as the waters cover the seas. It would also include, by and large, a commitment to Van Tillian or presuppositional apologetics. This perspective suggests, depending on whom you ask, either that we must presuppose the existence of God in order to prove His existence, or that seeking to prove God’s existence is impossible and impious, and that we ought only instead to presuppose it. Others might add more qualifiers to the definition of reconstructionism, (such as concluding covenant theology) but these four, Calvinist in theology, theonomic in ethics, optimistic in eschatology and presuppositional in apologetics would be the key four. Two other important and related points. Whether one embraces theonomy as defined above or not, all of us ought in some sense to be theonomists. My theonomic friends want to drive us to one of two choices, “Autonomy or theonomy!” And of course they are precisely right. We will either have man’s law, or God’s law and only a fool would choose man over God. The question then rightly understood isn’t whether we ought to have law as God would have us have it. The question instead is what law would God wish us to have. Did God give the civil law (that is, the law as it relates to government) to Israel as an exact paradigm of the ideal law for any state, or not? The Westminster Confession calls us to embrace what the divines called “the general equity” of the law. That is, while there are underlying principles of God’s justice at work in the establishment of Old Testament civil law, there may be fitting and appropriate adjustments to take into account our differing circumstances. A common example of this is here. In Old Testament Israel homeowners were required to have fences on their roofs. Such a law would make little sense in our day since we do not spend much time on our roofs as our fathers did. The “general equity” suggests that the point is safety for families and their guests. Thus one could argue that modern homeowners ought to have fences around their swimming pools. How loosely one applies “general equity” would tend to describe how closely one might identify with theonomy as an ideology. Second, be careful not to heed those critics who have precious little understanding of theonomy or reconstruction. Those on the left, both theologically and politically, delight to present these heirs of the Puritans as evangelical jihadists hell-bent on imposing a Calvinistic fascist regime on the rest of the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. Theonomists, like the rest of us, long to see justice in the political realm. They long to see the nations discipled. They long to see the kingdom made manifest. They long to see every knee bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Who, within His kingdom, could ever argue with that?

Lecture by Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen Chalcedon Presbyterian Church 302 Pilgrim Mill Road Cumming, GA 30040 What Is Reconstructionism? What Is Theonomy? R.C. Sproul Jr. May 12, 2010 Like Calvinism and Reformed theology, these two terms are often used as synonyms, but could be understood as genus and species. That is, embracing Calvinism is part of what it means to be Reformed, but not the whole. In like manner some would suggest that theonomy is part of the broader body of convictions described as reconstructionism. Theonomy might be understood as the conviction that the civil law God gave to Israel in the Old Testament ought to be the law of the land in all nations everywhere. Reconstructionism, if not seen as a mere synonym would include theonomic convictions, and add also an optimistic eschatology, that is the conviction that the kingdom of God is growing, and will before the return of Christ cover the world as the waters cover the seas. It would also include, by and large, a commitment to Van Tillian or presuppositional apologetics. This perspective suggests, depending on whom you ask, either that we must presuppose the existence of God in order to prove His existence, or that seeking to prove God’s existence is impossible and impious, and that we ought only instead to presuppose it. Others might add more qualifiers to the definition of reconstructionism, (such as concluding covenant theology) but these four, Calvinist in theology, theonomic in ethics, optimistic in eschatology and presuppositional in apologetics would be the key four. Two other important and related points. Whether one embraces theonomy as defined above or not, all of us ought in some sense to be theonomists. My theonomic friends want to drive us to one of two choices, “Autonomy or theonomy!” And of course they are precisely right. We will either have man’s law, or God’s law and only a fool would choose man over God. The question then rightly understood isn’t whether we ought to have law as God would have us have it. The question instead is what law would God wish us to have. Did God give the civil law (that is, the law as it relates to government) to Israel as an exact paradigm of the ideal law for any state, or not? The Westminster Confession calls us to embrace what the divines called “the general equity” of the law. That is, while there are underlying principles of God’s justice at work in the establishment of Old Testament civil law, there may be fitting and appropriate adjustments to take into account our differing circumstances. A common example of this is here. In Old Testament Israel homeowners were required to have fences on their roofs. Such a law would make little sense in our day since we do not spend much time on our roofs as our fathers did. The “general equity” suggests that the point is safety for families and their guests. Thus one could argue that modern homeowners ought to have fences around their swimming pools. How loosely one applies “general equity” would tend to describe how closely one might identify with theonomy as an ideology. Second, be careful not to heed those critics who have precious little understanding of theonomy or reconstruction. Those on the left, both theologically and politically, delight to present these heirs of the Puritans as evangelical jihadists hell-bent on imposing a Calvinistic fascist regime on the rest of the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. Theonomists, like the rest of us, long to see justice in the political realm. They long to see the nations discipled. They long to see the kingdom made manifest. They long to see every knee bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Who, within His kingdom, could ever argue with that?

In this third and final installment, Joel McDurmon (a real conservative Evangelical Christian) covers typical blunders on Voddie Baucham's creative worldview arguments and close with some broader "why, tho?" musings of my own. More information: Voddie Baucham's Fault Lines Video Review Series: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-bauchams-fault-lines-video-review-series Bradley Mason's review of Fault Lines: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/04/21/the-faulty-lines-in-voddie-bauchams-thought-line/ Voddie Baucham's Plagiarism: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddies-fault-lines-worse-than-before-fake-quotations-and-plagiarism https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-responds-to-plagiarism-scandal Is Critical Race Theory Marxist?: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/03/23/is-critical-race-theory-marxist/ https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/is-critical-race-theory-marxist

Here Joel McDurmon (a real conservative Evangelical Christian) reviews the misrepresentations by Voddie Baucham in his book Fault Lines on convergence theory, police brutality, shootings, and statistics, and more. More information: Voddie Baucham's Fault Lines Video Review Series: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-bauchams-fault-lines-video-review-series Bradley Mason's review of Fault Lines: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/04/21/the-faulty-lines-in-voddie-bauchams-thought-line/ Voddie Baucham's Plagiarism: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddies-fault-lines-worse-than-before-fake-quotations-and-plagiarism https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-responds-to-plagiarism-scandal Is Critical Race Theory Marxist?: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/03/23/is-critical-race-theory-marxist/ https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/is-critical-race-theory-marxist

Voddie Baucham's book Fault Lines contains its own deep fissures and faults. Here Joel Mcdurmon (a real conservative Evangelical) begins to review the misunderstandings regarding the origins of Critical Race Theory and Critical Theory, as well as the egregious distortions Voddie imposes on the definitional content and sources of CRT. More information: Voddie Baucham's Fault Lines Video Review Series: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-bauchams-fault-lines-video-review-series Bradley Mason's review of Fault Lines: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/04/21/the-faulty-lines-in-voddie-bauchams-thought-line/ Voddie Baucham's Plagiarism: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddies-fault-lines-worse-than-before-fake-quotations-and-plagiarism https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-responds-to-plagiarism-scandal Is Critical Race Theory Marxist?: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/03/23/is-critical-race-theory-marxist/ https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/is-critical-race-theory-marxist

Voddie Baucham's book Fault Lines has swept the minds and hearts of conservative Evangelicals and political conservatives alike, but a careful look at it reveals several deep and troubling problems. In this video, Joel McDurmon (a real Evangelical and real conservative) introduces a review of it and highlight one of its biggest issues. More information: Voddie Baucham's Fault Lines Video Review Series: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-bauchams-fault-lines-video-review-series Bradley Mason's review of Fault Lines: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/04/21/the-faulty-lines-in-voddie-bauchams-thought-line/ Voddie Baucham's Plagiarism: https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddies-fault-lines-worse-than-before-fake-quotations-and-plagiarism https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/voddie-responds-to-plagiarism-scandal Is Critical Race Theory Marxist?: https://alsoacarpenter.com/2021/03/23/is-critical-race-theory-marxist/ https://www.lambsreign.com/blog/is-critical-race-theory-marxist

Copwatch and Copblock speak on knowing your rights when you're confronted by the police.

Part 1. Basic Training Series: Defending the Faith. Watch and learn as the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen teaches you how to think as a Christian. God didn't call us to be secret agents; He demands our minds, as well as our hearts, and expects us to be able to give a reasonable defense for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Dr. Bahnsen reveals that our job as Christian apologists is not to change unbelieving hearts, but to simply close the mouth of the unbeliever. This 5-part video series will show you how. Tags: Greg, Bahnsen, Apologetics, Myth, Neutrality, Presuppositional, Presuppositionalism, Cornelius, Van, Til, Transcendental, Argument, God, Philosophy, Christianity, Atheism, Theism

Part 2. Basic Training Series: Defending the Faith. Watch and learn as the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen teaches you how to think as a Christian. God didn't call us to be secret agents; He demands our minds, as well as our hearts, and expects us to be able to give a reasonable defense for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Dr. Bahnsen reveals that our job as Christian apologists is not to change unbelieving hearts, but to simply close the mouth of the unbeliever. This 5-part video series will show you how. Tags: Greg, Bahnsen, Apologetics, Presuppositional, Presuppositionalism, Cornelius, Van, Til, Transcendental, Argument, God, Philosophy, Christianity, Atheism, Theism, Worldviews

Part 5. Watch and learn as the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen teaches you how to think as a Christian. God didn't call us to be secret agents; He demands our minds, as well as our hearts, and expects us to be able to give a reasonable defense for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Dr. Bahnsen reveals that our job as Christian apologists is not to change unbelieving hearts, but to simply close the mouth of the unbeliever. This 5-part video series will show you how. Tags: Greg, Bahnsen, Apologetics, Presuppositional, Presuppositionalism, Cornelius, Van, Til, Transcendental, Argument, God, Philosophy, Christianity, Atheism, Theism, Unbelieving, Worldviews, Unbelief

Part 4. Basic Training Series: Defending the Faith. Watch and learn as the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen teaches you how to think as a Christian. God didn't call us to be secret agents; He demands our minds, as well as our hearts, and expects us to be able to give a reasonable defense for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Dr. Bahnsen reveals that our job as Christian apologists is not to change unbelieving hearts, but to simply close the mouth of the unbeliever. This 5-part video series will show you how. Tags: Greg, Bahnsen, Apologetics, Presuppositional, Presuppositionalism, Cornelius, Van, Til, Transcendental, Argument, God, Philosophy, Christianity, Atheism, Theism, Defending, Christian, Faith

Part 3. Basic Training Series: Defending the Faith. Watch and learn as the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen teaches you how to think as a Christian. God didn't call us to be secret agents; He demands our minds, as well as our hearts, and expects us to be able to give a reasonable defense for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15). Dr. Bahnsen reveals that our job as Christian apologists is not to change unbelieving hearts, but to simply close the mouth of the unbeliever. This 5-part video series will show you how. Tags: Greg, Bahnsen, Apologetics, Presuppositional, Presuppositionalism, Cornelius, Van, Til, Transcendental, Argument, God, Philosophy, Christianity, Atheism, Theism, Worldviews

A reading from The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health. Tags: Robert Kennedy, Anthony Fauci, Covid-18, Bill Gates, Big Pharma

There are some liberals who see the problem with Anthony Fauci, too. Progressive Radio Hour with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -11/23/21. Gary Null interviews author and activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Progressive Radio Hour. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become one of the more insightful critics into the malpractice and failed policies of our federal health agencies, such as Anthony Fauci's National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease, the FDA and the Trump and Biden administrations. His recent book released last week is "The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health' Robert holds a degree from Harvard, and law degrees from the University of Virginia and Pace University School of Law. Earlier Robert served as the Assistant District Attorney for New York City. His websites are ChildrensHealthDefense.org and RobertFKennedyJr.com Tags: Anthony Fauci, Robert F. Kennedy, Covid-19, Coronavirus, Bill Gates, Vaccines, Big Pharma

(2021) John Lennox speaks on transhumanism. Tags: Apologetics, Transhumanism, Artificial, Intelligence, Philosophy, Christianity

June 2021 - America's Frontline Doctors' founder Dr. Simone Gold speaks at the Buffalo, New York Prophetic Freedom & Health Conference. A board-certified emergency physician who worked on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. She is the author of the provocative, top-selling book 'I Do Not Consent: My Fight Against Medical Cancel Culture.' Gold graduated from Chicago Medical School before attending Stanford University Law School to earn her Juris Doctorate. Her work for AFLDS identifies the legal harms associated with general lockdowns, emergency powers, HIPAA violations, and overzealous state pharmacy boards. A frequent guest on media outlets accross the country, Dr. Gold continues to fight COVID-related civil-rights restrictions, so-called "vaccine passports," medical privacy, school-reopening guidelines, and more. To learn more about America's Frontline Doctors and the organizations comprehensive resources, visit americasfrontlinedoctors.com. Tags: Simone Gold, Covid-19, Coronavirus, Anthony Fauci, Facts, Evidence

(May 18, 2011) - In this message from Craig Parton, we consider the topic of apologetics. We'll explore the history and value of lawyers' defense of Christianity, dealing with objections to the faith, what apologetics is and is not, and why and how all believers are called to defend the faith.

The Heidelberg Catechism: "Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which he upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty--all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but from his fatherly hand." Classical Christian idea here: Regularity, dependability; but also special action. Miracles in scripture: the parting of the Red Sea, Jesus's walking on water and changing water into wine, miraculous healings, rising from the dead. But not just in Bible times: according to classical Christians, also now responds to prayers; healings; works in the hearts and minds of his children (internal testimony of the Holy Spirit; sanctification). God constantly causes events in the world. Tags: Alvin Plantinga, Miracles, Science, David Hume

Guest Lecturer Alvin Plantinga argues (1) that contemporary evolutionary theory is not incompatible with theistic belief, (2) that the main antitheistic arguments involving evolution together with other premises also fail, and (3) that naturalism, the thought that there is no such thing as the God of theistic religion or anything like him, is an essential element in the naturalistic worldview (a sort of quasi-religion in the sense that it plays some of the most important roles of religion) and that the naturalistic worldview is in fact incompatible with evolution. Hence there is a science/religion (or science/quasi-religion) conflict, all right, but it is a conflict between naturalism and science, not theistic religion and science. Tags: Alvin Plantinga, Apologetics, Evolution, Science, Charles Darwin, Intelligent Design