How To Be Pure in the Midst of a Corrupted Generation (rebroadcast 05/14/11)

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Guest: Dr. Michael Brown, author, A Queer Thing Happened to America

So, What is Your Authority?

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Guest:  Steve Ham, author, In God We Trust

“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

Consider the following two statements of belief:

“Two men or two women who love each other should have the right to marry and anyone who opposes gay marriage is a bigoted hater.”

“God ordained marriage to be between one man and one woman and any other type of ‘marriage’ is perverse and sinful.”

These beliefs are opposite but they share at least one thing in common: each statement is based on an authority that the person holds to be true.  The first statement is based on the authority of human reasoning and the second is based on the authority of the Bible.

So the real question is: what is your authority for your collection of beliefs and ideas (i.e. your worldview) and is that authority always true?

Steve Ham, author of In God We Trust: Why biblical authority matters for every believer, joins us this weekend on The Christian Worldview to discuss how Scripture, God’s inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word, needs to be our unashamed authority for everything we think, say, and do.

What is at the Heart of the Riots in Britain?

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“The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).

The extent of this past week’s riots in England has shocked the world.  But who the looters are has been shocking as well.  The hundreds who have been arrested and brought into court have included “a teaching assistant, a lifeguard, a postman, a chef, a charity worker, a millionaire’s daughter and an 11-year-old boy” (Daily Mail).

So how does one explain this outburst of violence and rage?  Do socio-economic conditions such as poverty, government oppression, and injustice create an environment where people are primed to explode?  Could this happen in the United States, and if so, how can it be avoided?

Greg Gilbert, senior pastor of Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, KY and author of “What Is the Gospel?“, joins us this Saturday morning on The Christian Worldview to discuss the underlying cause of the riots in England and the one solution that can tame the sinful heart of man.

How Should Christians Rise Above the Prevailing Crisis of Confidence?

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“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and his children will have refuge” (Proverbs 14:26).

If you had to pick one thing that is driving the sense of pessimism in America, it is a crisis of confidence.  Whether struggling to find a job, hearing the bad news on TV, or tracking a depressed economy, many people lack confidence that things will get better in the future.

When companies lose confidence in the economy, why would they expand or hire more people?  When citizens lose confidence in politicians who enact sure-to-fail government policies, why would they do anything but “batten down the hatches and hang on”?

The topic we will discuss this weekend on The Christian Worldview is how the crisis of confidence in America is affecting Christians and what should be our basis of confidence going forward.