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In this episode, Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim, and Average Joe head into the public square to meet people and share Jesus. This time we went to the Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Princeton University. The area is called Cannon Green and it is behind the famous Nassau Hall. As an aside, this Nassau Hall was built in 1756. George Whitefield preached there, and George Washington fought there and at one point the United States Congress held session there. And we got there just before they sent the Palestinians home. Some of the interviews were audio only at the request of the respondent. We hope this episode blesses you and if you’d like to see more videos like this let us know. Send questions to Podcast@CornerstoneSJ.org. Watch or Listen every week on the following channels https://tinyurl.com/TDHPonYOUTUBE https://tinyurl.com/TDHPonSPOTIFY

We started out this episode wondering if the American War for Independence, also known as the American Revolution could be called a Just War. On our way to that discussion we considered the concept of "Extreme Pacifism". This idea that Christians should never go to war seems hard to justify in the Bible, and we don't really try. What we do however is identify what God has said about our obligations when it comes to defending our homes and our property. We discuss when God demands that we act and how. Of course as Christians we serve the Prince of Peace and our desire is for peace so that also is discussed. In this episode, the 2024 "Be Not Conformed Conference" where Pastor Jeff spoke is mentioned. You can listen to Pastor Jeff, Russell Fuller, Jon Harris and more from that conference here - https://eurekabapchurch.com/2024-sermons?mc_cid=a11ea1973a&mc_eid=3ea7652d0a Please send questions and nominations for your Red Church Pastors to PODCAST@CORNERSTONESJ.ORG Watch or Listen every week on the following channels https://tinyurl.com/TDHPonYOUTUBE https://tinyurl.com/TDHPonSPOTIFY

We have our first interview and first Red Church Pastor nominee for the 2024 Red Church of the year award. We're very grateful for Pastor Anthony Parise for many reasons. On this episode we highlight some of accomplishments which include leading a group of about 30 pastors in a monthly meeting that has been impacting south Jersey churches since Covid. His willingness to be led by Christ has shown up in his leadership and we're grateful to dig into what other churches can learn from Pastor Anthony. You will enjoy this interview. Please nominate your pastor for the 2024 Blood Red Church award. We hope to nominate new pastor's weekly for doing red church stuff, staying faithful to scripture and pointing the culture back toward Christ. Email - podcast@cornerstonesj.org with your video link. Make sure to include the start and stop time and make it under 2 minutes. Or if your pastor wants to come on the show and talk, let's do it!!

We know there are Christians on both side of this issue, but who is right? Can Christians vote for Biden? Can they vote for Trump? What about RFK? Is this a tough decision or does the Bible spell this out clearly for all believers? Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim and Average Joe get into the details. Please send us questions and don't forget to nominate your favorite RED CHURCH PASTOR. Send us a clip of your pastor being Nathan to David. We suggest 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Send us the link, the beginning and end time and write a short paragraph of why you think we should nominate this pastor. Send your entry to podcast@cornerstonesj.org Book Recommended by Pastor Jeff Today: Heed the Pilgrims on Socialism and Critical Race Theory: Events of 400 Years Ago That Provide Needed Insights for Americans Today https://www.amazon.com/Heed-Pilgrims-Socialism-Critical-Theory/dp/B0CN581XDC Other mentions on today's podcast: Dispensationalism Optimism Partial Preterism Doug Wilson Republicans Democrats

Victory in Christ was declared in New Jersey by pastors who lead their congregations in an effort to stop the “Freedom to Read” act from being passed. These bills have both been pulled from the NJ Senate and Assembly floors. We’ll talk about how this happened and why NJ may be our next Red State. Pending a revival of course! But alas, the grey church is still pushing strong. Radically Grey pastor David Platt doubles down on his love for the Hegelian dialectic. We’ll discuss his recent comments on “Freedom from the American Gospel”. Link of his full video below. https://youtu.be/VxWtwONS3Y4 Definitions – of terms discussed on podcast. Theonomy - The position which has come to be labeled "theonomy" today thus holds that the word of the Lord is the sole, supreme, and unchallengeable standard for the actions and attitudes of all men in all areas of life. Our obligation to keep God's commands cannot be judged by any extrascriptural standard, such as whether its specific requirements (when properly interpreted) are congenial to past traditions or modern feelings and practices. - Greg Bahnsen from What Is "Theonomy"? General Equity - General Equity means that the judicial laws that applied under Old Testament Israel do not apply in the exact same way to states today, but that their moral equivalent applies for today. Westminster Confession of Faith - https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/westminster-confession-faith Second London Baptist Confession http://baptiststudiesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-second-london-confession.pdf Moloch – Canaanite God known for child sacrifice. Big Red statue in the outro video. Evangelisfish – A squishy Christian supporting no moral standards or fewer moral standards than God requires. See video link to David Platt. CRT – Critical Race Theory – A modern racist version of Critical Theory which was Marxist-inspired movement in social and political philosophy originally associated with the work of the Frankfurt School. DEI – Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Diversity, equity, and inclusion are organizational frameworks which seek seeks to support groups "who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination" on the basis of identity or disability. Christians need to recognize this is a system of repentance with no forgiveness. Intersectionality - Intersectionality is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. It promotes the idea of discriminating against people who have been perceived to have privilege.

This is the conflict that we can't stop fighting. It seems like it never ends. Praise God for the victory in the Supreme Court a couple of years ago but the battle rages on. It turns out that that Supreme Court victory inspired France to legalize an already legal position on baby murder. Alabama is rightly recognizing Human embryos as being alive. South Carolina is fighting too. The fight to save babies from abortionists rages on. Join Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim and Average Joe as we discuss the latest battles and why they still rage on. Please nominate your pastor or a friend's pastor for our "Blood Red Church of the Week". We're going to have a different pastor win each week leading up to our Red Church Summit, Q1, 2025. At that event we'll announce the Blood Red Church of the Year for 2024. Definitions Red Church - “When I say, “red church,” I mean that we, the Church in the United States of America, were “bought with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:19), so the blood of Christ needs to color our view of everything, including politics. Grey Church - “The Grey Church refers to those who have compromised between red and blue ethics in the culture war…who say that the church must not speak too dogmatically about politics, at least not over there to the right of them.” Blue Church - The “blue church” refers to synagogues of Satan that espouse pagan ethics, yet still claim to be Christian…The religion of the blue church is social justice. By loving the oppressed the blue church feels noble but they don’t consult the biblical worldview to find out what constitutes oppression let alone love. Order your copy of "Blood Red Church" here - https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Red-Church-Redemption-Colors-Politics/dp/B0BHT5J226/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1224856306890512&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.F9lBRyDUotJ4qL9KYC6gwQPATbSTbT38ghtFjH4-2dSU7EJuPBC6z6KAhKqHQXqUon9FOPw5Pd_8oqT05sBmefOWSAkz9aO671E3PjPPTdjLt9LRidB3vHQh1fiJZiDThaHtFvY0ap6w8lG0UohkIfeZQVsHvdioJXdBCnpYn7lEjfss9iHFo1IXjpGMQOgQUZkjORa0CEBpDv1PUbvhYcicNjJMbrH25rXLCotdedk.Z4RZRilSFkMjOAQgjEk4uTQl80P3WLjZS_5ShTxe3Hc&dib_tag=se&hvadid=76553688209312&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=94058&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-76553792722406%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=20634_13426566&keywords=blood+red+church&qid=1710025391&sr=8-1

On this week's episode, Pastor Tim and Average Joe head off to Rowan College to share the Gospel with some students between classes. We met some great young people really interested in hearing about Jesus. Most of the conversations started out just asking what they believed about the afterlife.

Recently Alistair Begg, a well known conservative pastor and radio personality made controversial statements about whether or not a grandmother should attend her LGBTQ+ grandchild's wedding. Faithful believers can be confused by this issue for several reasons. You can listen to it here as Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim and Average Joe exegete the culture. Did he compromise? Did he sin? How should we handle these situations?

After a significant amount of public counseling to the contrary, historically faithful evangelical Pastor Alistair Begg calls his critics pharisees. This is a harsh rebuke and deserves exegeting. Some of his critics called him to repent and others just to recant. Some are saying its not sin but its just capitulation. Pastor Jeff and Pastor Tim help us average Joes understand how important it was when Alistair Begg cited John Stott as an influence in his theology. This episode will exegete the comments Pastor Begg going beyond just giving bad advice to a grandmother trying to love an unbelieving grandchild. We discuss Pastor Begg's comments about categories of sin, fundamentalism, and his understanding of covenant. Were these errors influenced by following a man like John Stott who was an ecumenicalist (promoting unity among worldwide religions) and an annihilationist (rejects the doctrine of Hell)? Pastor Jeff will explain why he found the revelation of John Stott so revealing from a man like Pastor Begg who he has and continues to have great respect for. We hope our criticisms are received with the love intended. Remember this podcast was recently renamed, "Tearing Down High Places, Rebuking Christian Compromise with Love". We are and will continue to pray for Pastor Begg to recant, repent, and grow in his understanding as appropriate so he can continue to serve the universal Church.

What is a high place and why would you call your Podcast that? Well, we renamed our podcast recently. We want to tell you why and that's exactly what you'll get in this episode. We're going to explain the significance of tearing down high places in the old testament and in the new. We're going to explain why this theme should be the focus of all missionary minded Christians. Pastor Jeff, Pastor Tim and Average Joe will all discuss the high places their looking forward to tearing down first. You'll hear us discuss relativism, secularism, covenant, marriage, abortion, socialism, communism, and a some other isms as we point to how we believe this podcast can serve the Christ and His church.