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Apr 3, 2018 • 1h 2min

Black churches in America with Dawain Atkinson | Rapp Report Weekly 004 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

Andrew talks with Dawain Atkinson from The B.A.R. Podcast about black churches in a America. B.A.R. stands for Biblical and reformed. Dawain discusses his upbringing and how he came to Christ. He was in the Word of Faith movement and at one point even called an “apostle”.  He went from being a player to an “apostle” to being reformed. Dawain shares how men like Justin Peters, John MacArthur and others helped him come to biblical faith. Then the discussion came to how did he lead his wife out of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). Dawain gives good advice for leading a wife to a Biblical position. Andrew and Dawain discuss the black churches and reformed theology. They discuss the emotional style of worship from the music to the preaching. Dawain points out that thinking is not encouraged in the Word of Faith movement. the behavior is a learned response. Andre refers to a video of a girl “preaching” with this trained style (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtS_tVCyHIs). They also discuss the music in the black community with the rap or hip hop. The B.A.R. Podcast can be found at http://www.thebarpodcast.com Contact Dawain at mailto:thepodcast21@gmail.com On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thebarpodcast Other references mentioned: Wrath and Grace Curse Reversed video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY6UhnVcOQk) We will be giving away a new Preacher’s Bible designed by John MacArthur on April 15th. To enter follow @AndrewRappaport on Twitter or like the Striving for Eternity Ministry page and share any episode of The Rapp Report podcast with the hashtag #RappReport. You can enter daily per episode so you can share many of the daily 2 min podcasts a day. This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources http://strivingforeternity.org/ Get the full interviews with your support at http://www.patreon.com/StrivingForEternity Please review us on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rapp-report/id1353293537 Give us your feedback, email us mailto: info@StrivingForEternity.org Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/StrivingForEternity Join the conversation in our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/326999827369497 Watch subscribe to us on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/StrivingForEternity Support us financially at http://StrivingForEternity.org/donate Get the book What Do They Believe at http://WhatDoTheyBelieve.com Get the book What Do We Beleive at http://WhatDoWeBelieveBook.com
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Mar 30, 2018 • 1h 5min

Do not listen b/c Transgenderism defeats Atheism | Rapp Report Weekly 003 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

This week's Rapp Report is one you should not listen to. In this episode, we prove that transgender is an makes the arguments for atheism self-refuting. Chaz Bono says, “There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99% of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, their mismatch. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate." This quote is an attempt to normalize the definition by providing new terms. When we deal with transgender is and we're dealing with a new definition of terminology in an attempt to normalize something that was previously identified as a mental illness. One transgender remembrance Day poster stated, "34% of trans people attempt suicide.  64% are bullied.  73% of trans people are harassed in public.  21% of trans people avoid going out in public due to fear."  Now even if the statistics are accurate, there is no comparison to the statistics and other groups. Many teenagers attempt suicide, and are believed, and are harassed in public, and avoid going public due to fear.  But should that mean that we should change society to accept those who feel fearful, or should we encourage those who are doing the bullying to refrain?  In fact, what we see in our culture today is that the LGTB community are the ones that bully any who do not celebrate their perversion. We see this argument for celebration in a quote from Andreja Pejic, “We’re human beings, and this is a human life. This is reality for us, and all we ask for is acceptance and validation for what we say that we are.  It is a basic human right."  This statement is a logical fallacy known as begging the question.  It assumes a fundamental human right to prove that it is a basic human right.  Throughout this argument I would challenge someone to ask the question does this apply to the serial rapist or serial murderer?  The serial rapist wants to be left alone and feels that they are born this way.  Should they be celebrated?  Should they be accepted?  Should they be validated?  There is a difference between the way we are born and the responsibility we have to behave in society. As we embark on this discussion, we must remember that we are talking about people and not issues.  These are individuals who are struggling both to fit in with society and themselves.  Most of them are not trying to make some political statement.  However, they do want acceptance from the culture.  Many of them are being caught in the crossfire between those who want to argue for political issues.  As Christians, we need to be more focused on the people who will face a living God as the judge than the issues of the country. Let us begin, with the question of what is transgenderism? Up until recent years, one's gender had been determined by biology, whether they had the chromosomes for male or female. Gender had always been a scientific issue based on anatomy and the chemistry of the chromosomes.  Transgenderism has to do with the way people think or feel their gender is, rather than what their chromosomes or anatomy prove.  Therefore, transgenderism has more to do with the way people feel or identified themselves than the chemical makeup of the body.  Thus this is not about biology but the soul.  This is not about science.  It is about psychology.  If transgenderism is true then we are more than just chemical reactions as atheism argues. We must recognize, that a majority of children who experienced strong feelings that they were born in the wrong gender to have those feelings disappear entirely by adolescents.  Therefore, we should not encourage this sort of thinking and assume that the majority of children will grow out of it. There are many theories about why people have gender dysphoria, whether it be the thought that people have a male brain in a female body where female brains in a male body or the thought that one&...
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Mar 20, 2018 • 1h 16min

Are Christians falling into the media’s trap with gun control | Rapp Report Weekly 002 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

After the school shooting in Florida, many in the media started laying a trap for Christians associating guns with Christianity rather than the U.S. Constitution. Are Christians falling into the media’s trap with gun control? This episode will address a concern with churches that are using church services that should be for the worship of God for the celebration of guns. Should Christians support this? Here is the video played on the podcast of a church celebrating their guns in church and the reaction to it from CBS news: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/witnesses-describe-harrowing-florida-bridge-collapse-its-totally-smashed-to-the-ground/ Other resources mentioned: Let’s Repeal Second Amendment Christianity What The Bible Says About Gun Rights Should Christians Support Gun Control? ———————————————————————— Striving for Eternity is having a Preacher’s Bible giveaway. We are giving away a Preachers Bible designed by John MacArthur to one person on April 15th. To enter the contest you must share the Rapp Report podcasts on Twitter or Facebook. On Twitter, you must follow @AndrewRappaport and share the episodes with the hashtag #RappReport. On Facebook, you must like the Striving for Eternity Ministries page and share the episodes with the hashtag #RappReport. ———————————————————————— We read and respond to an email from Doug P. about some criticism about the ministry and podcast.  If you want to email us mailto: info@StrivingForEternity.org If you would like to purchase the process of reconciliation charts for yourself they are available at the Striving for Eternity store: http://strivingforeternity.org/product/flow-chart-side-1-process-reconciliation-card  ================================================================ This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources http://strivingforeternity.org/ Get the full interviews with your support: http://www.patreon.com/StrivingForEternity Please review us on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rapp-report/id1353293537 Give us your feedback, email us mailto: info@StrivingForEternity.org Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StrivingForEternity Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/326999827369497 Watch subscribe to us on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/StrivingForEternity Support us financially: http://strivingforeternity.org/donate
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Feb 27, 2018 • 1h 9min

Should Christians Support Immigration for Muslim Refugees | Rapp Report 001 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

With America allowing Mulsim immigrants into the country, many people believe that we should not allow them in because they will take over the country. However, as Christians should we be more concerned with sharing the gospel with them than the effects on our country? Many Muslims have no opportunity to hear the gospel in their Muslim countries. Should we as Christians support legal Muslim immigration so that we can share the gospel with them? ================================================================ This podcast is a ministry of Striving for Eternity and all our resources http://strivingforeternity.org/ Get the full interviews with your support: http://www.patreon.com/StrivingForEternity Give us your feedback, email us mailto: info@StrivingForEternity.org Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StrivingForEternity Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/326999827369497 Watch subscribe to us on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/StrivingForEternity Support us financially: http://strivingforeternity.org/donate

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