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Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about personality tests, claiming that it is our faith in numbers that is driving our faith in personality tests. After that he plods on to review Thomas Sowell's book, “Discrimination and Disparities”. Finally Wilson takes a look at Hamartia and Hamartano  in 1 & 2 Timothy. Happy Plodding! Personality Testing: Anyone who has eyes knows that there are different personalities You are dealing with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore We live in a technocratic age. We think we can reduce things to numbers Faith in numbers, transfers to the corporate world We think that we can actually put a number on people down to the exact degree Our faith in numbers is driving our faith in personality tests   Discrimination & Disparities Written by Thomas Sowell Sowell is an economist and a black man, and he is fearless when it comes to analyzing economic proposals The whole book is on how it is possible for you to have wildly variant outcomes with different groups and not have it be the result of discrimination   Hamartano & Hamartia: Looking at Hamartano in 1 Timothy It is used just once: (1 Tim. 5:20) Looking at Hamartia in 1 & 2 Timothy It is used in: (1 Tim. 5:22/5:24, 2 Tim. 3:6)

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about the essential oil craze, claiming that it is creating a dangerous plausibility structure. After that he plods on to review Jennifer Ackerman's book, “Genius of Birds”. Finally Wilson takes a look at Hamartia in Thessalonians. Happy Plodding! Show Notes:   Essential Oils: The real issue is that it appears to have gone beyond a product being marketed to do what various products do They now have an oil that helps you make good financial decisions The essential oil market is starting to create a plausibility structure All you have to do is keep amping the claims for essential oils up and the people inside the plausibility structure will follow along unless someone calls them out   Genius of Birds: Written by Jennifer Ackerman You begin by learning that the insult “bird brain” is an inept insult If you want amazing levels of details on what birds can do, this is your book   Hamartia: Looking at the word in Thessalonians It is only used twice: 1 Thess. 2:14-16, 2 Thess. 2:3-4

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about the higher education crisis, emphasizing that an educational reformation in America is not going to happen until Christian parents stop feeding the beast. After that he plods on to review Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary”. Finally Wilson takes a look at Hamartia in Colossians. Happy Plods! Show Notes:   Higher Ed. Crisis: We are in the middle of a higher education bubble that is soon going to be followed by a crash Conservative Christian parents have thought much more about their children’s college than their grade-school College is seen as too much of a savior is not worth all the money that many colleges are offering Education is not our savior An educational reformation in America is not going to happen until Christian parents stop feeding the beast   The Devil’s Dictionary: Written by Ambrose Bierce Although he is not a Christian, he knows how to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee This is a satiric dictionary that will greatly help your writing You should read dictionaries   Hamartia Looking at the word in Colossians Hamartia is found in Colossians 1:14, 2:11, 2:12 Spiritual baptism and physical baptism are related Spiritual circumcision and physical baptism are related What then holds us back from saying that there is a connection with physical circumcision and physical baptism

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about the writing life, walking you through the three steps to take if you want to become a writer. After that he plods on to review Wesley Hill’s “Spiritual Friendship”. Finally Wilson takes a look at Hamartia and Hamartano in Galatians and Ephesians. Happy Plodding!Show Notes: Writing Life; Many people want to be writers but they don’t want to actually write You have to pay your dues 1. Pay attention to your schooling. Do your work! 2. Don’t be writer who has written more books than you’ve read. Read! 3. Write! Don’t write after you have gotten the contract. Commit yourself to writing a certain amount each day Spiritual Friendship: Written by Wesley Hill Hill proposes that friendship is a solution to the gay challenges of being celibate Erotic love is face to face, friendship love is shoulder to shoulder Wesley tries to meld the face to face demeanor together with the shoulder to shoulder This is not wise Hamartia and Hamartano Looking at the words hamartia and hamartano in Galatians Mentioned in Galatians 1:4, 2:17, 3:22 Mentioned in Ephesians 2:1, 4:26

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about human sexuality and how our era’s sexuality is reaching that of biker gangs and vikings. After that he plods on to review Robert D. Lupton’s “Toxic Charity”. Finally Wilson takes a look at Hamartia in 2 Corinthians. Happy Plodding! Show Notes:   Human Sexuality: Laying out two approaches to human sexuality 1. Men are dominant and you can’t make it go away 2. Both men and women have two very different approaches to sex Men have a more lackadaisical hit and run approach to sexuality while women have a nesting approach to sexuality When men submit their sexuality to their women (their wives), civilizations begin to form Our era is taking away men’s leadership so now men are leaning towards the viking style of sexuality   Toxic Charity: Written by Robert D. Lupton Many people help others because they feel guilty He shows that many of our charities are bad for the people we are giving to A Lot of Deacon boards need to read this book   Hamartia: Looking at Hamartia in 2 Corinthians The word only appears twice (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson re-address the revoice conference, arguing that the whole thing is completely backwards. After that he plods on to review Tom Bethel’s “Darwin’s House of Cards”. Finally, Wilson takes a look at Hamartano & Hamartia in 1 Corinthians. Happy Plodding! Show Notes:   The Revoice Conference: They want it to be possible for someone to be a gay celibate The main thing that is wrong with this is that it is privileging gender confusion sexuality issues in a way that we never would privilege any other sin This is like having your identity be in gambling but you never actually bet anything This whole thing is not a sustainable project What are the transgenders committing to not do? Darwin’s House of Cards: Written by Tom Bethel He is bringing us up to speed on the debate of darwinism He gives great insight to the problems created by convergent evolution The conclusion of the book was great, he points out that the plausibility structure supporting darwinism is not there anymore   Hamartano & Hamartia: Looking at these sins in 1 Cor. Hamartano is used a number of times but Hamartia is not mentioned until chapter 15 1 Cor. 6:18,28, / 7:36 / 8:12 / 15:3, 17, 34, 56

Howdy! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about the American and French Revolutions, and the history behind them. He plods on to review Nassim Taleb’s book, “Skin in the Game” and finishes things off with a look at Hamartia in Romans. Happy Plods! Show Notes:   American & French Revolutions: We can’t have a biblical explanation of the War for Independence without properly seeing the context The revolutionary era of the 18th century was kicked off by the French Rev. not the American War for Independence Americans had every constitutional right to revolt   Skin in the Game: Written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb He argues that information doesn’t make you wise, having skin in the game makes you wise A lot of the problems in the world are caused by people who do not have to face any consequences for being wrong Taleb argues that risk is a really good thing You want to live in such a way that when you make a wise choice you reap the benefit and vice versa   Hamaria: Hamartia occurs 48 times in Romans Found in Romans 3:9, 3:20, 4:7. 4:8, 5:12, 5:13, 5:20, 5:21, 6:1, 6:2, 6:6, 6:7, 6:10. 6:11, 6:12, 6:13, 6:14, 6;16, 6:17; 6:18, 6:20. 6:22, 6:23, 7:5, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:11, 7:13, 7:14, 7:17, 7:20, 7:23, 7;25, 8:2, 8:3, 8;10, 11;27, 14:23

Howdy! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about how identity politics has crept its way into the church. He plods on to review Jonah Goldberg’s book, “Suicide of the West” and finishes things off with another look at Hamartano and Hamartia in Romans. Show Notes:   Identity politics & the church Identity politics would not be making such in-roads into the church unless we were having an identity crisis Our identities have to be in Christ As identity politics come into the church, race & gender relations get worse If we try to have any kind of harmony that doesn’t confront the fact of our sinful natures it is a grave mistake   Suicide of the West Even though I’m going to be critical, the book is amazing... buy three copies Written by Jonah Goldberg Goldberg’s book “Liberal Fascism” is one of the best books I’ve ever read The critique is that the first line of the book says that there is no God in this book   Hamartano & Hamartia: These words show up so much in Romans that we need to split it up into two episodes Hamartano is mentioned in Romans 2:12, 3:23, 5:12, 5;14, 5:16, 6:15 Understanding these things, shall we sin because we are under grace and not under the law God forbid it, Paul says.

Howdy! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about the upcoming Revoice Conference, claiming the whole thing to be “counter productive in the extreme”. He plods on to review Joseph Sobran’s book, “Subtracting Christianity” and finishes things off with another look at Hamartano and Hamartia in Acts. Show Notes:   Revoice Conference: A doctrine has developed in the Evangelical & Reformed wing of the Church saying that someone can have a gay identity and be a Christian provided that they live a celibate lifestyle Their identity can be gay but their behavior in the bedroom cannot be gay The problem is that people don’t see the connection between effeminacy in manner and what winds up happening sexually, don’t start something you cannot finish This revoice conference saying that they want to minister to homosexuals by letting them keep everything they can possibly keep is extremely counter productive   Subtracting Christianity: Written by Joseph Sobran This book is a collection of Sobran’s columns He is a very engaging writer, making you think deep Some of his criticisms of Israel are silly He does have a cockeyed view from what is going on in the east However, he has a sane, healthy, and happy voice for traditional Christian values   Hamartano & Hamartia Consider the book of Acts Hamartano is used once in Acts, where it is rendered as offend (Acts 25:8) Hamartia is used eight times in Acts, (Acts 2:38, 3:19, 5:31, 7:6, 10:43, 13:38, 22:16, 26:18 Apostolic preaching frequently included the topic of sin. The relative absence of sin in much of modern preaching is therefore a great mystery. Our theologians are still working on it

Howdy! Listen in to hear Pastor Wilson talk about Trump as the notorious negotiator man. He then plods on to talk about Kevin Vanhoozer's book "Biblical Authority After Babel". Finishing things off with another look at hamartano and hamartia. Happy Plods! Show Notes:   Trump: Negotiator Man Trump knows how to negotiate Trump is not on a debate team trying to be consistent He is being inconsistent for the sake of being a better negotiator We’ve had ugly flights and smooth landings with Trump   Biblical Authority After Babel Written by Kevin Vanhoozer Cool kids these days are saying the Reformation was a bad idea Vanhoozer does a great job of showing the five solas that describe the Reformation Very packed book, read in short bits   Hamartano & Hamartia Hamartano: John 5:14, 8:11,9:2,3 Hamartia: John 1:29, 8:21,24.34,46, 9:34,41, 15:22,24, 16:8-9, 19:11, 20:23