Ep. 43 - Dirty Omniscience, Approved By God, Hamartano & Hamartia

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Doug address the rise of dirty omniscience. Then he goes on to plug the book, Approved By God, by Wright & Townsend. Finishing things off with a look at the Greek words “hamartano & hamartia”. Happy Plodding!

Show Notes:

Dirty Omniscience:

• Google & Facebook are virtually tracking everything we do
• This is going to go badly wrong
• Our browser history is stored somewhere
• We already know God knows, but now somebody else knows, and they are not loving and caring like the Lord
• People who want to rival God are in big trouble
• Christians should throw shade on this dirty omniscience

Approved By God:

• Written by Wright & Townsend
• Helpful but patchy
• Deals with the subject of churches and incorporation
• We shouldn’t want the church saying one thing while the state is saying something else
• A corporation exists at the pleasure of the state
• Wright & Townsend are so concerned with separation from the state that they overstate their case

Hamartano & Hamartia:

• This word is used a lot in the NT, we will have to break it up
• Starting with Matthew, Hamartano is rendered twice as sin and once as trespass
• (Matthew 18:21/27:4/18:15/1:21/3:6/9:2/9:5-6/12:31/26:28)
• The new covenant is all about dealing with our sin
• Those who reject the idea of sin (as all relativists do) are showing their antipathy for the good news that God has given to us.