Theology Applied

According to Scripture, one man’s disobedience caused the whole human race to be plunged into sin and death. But doesn’t this seem a bit unfair? Why does God choose to penalize everyone for Adam’s sin?

Christians must remember that Public Schools are State Schools. Therefore, “Caesar” is the head of all Public Schools. Christians have been commanded by Christ to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. So the question is this: Whose image do we see in our children? In other words, are children made in the image of Caesar, or the image of God? As Voddie Baucham famously said, “If we send our children to Caesar, we should not be surprised when they come back as Romans.” “‘Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?’ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, ‘Whose likeness and inscription is this?’ They said, ‘Caesar's.’ Then he said to them, ‘Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.’” Matthew‬ ‭22:17-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

If you do not have Christ as your Savior, you do not have God as your Father.

19. What is the sphere and assignment given by God to church government? God has given church government the Great Commission and authority over Christian worship. 20. What is the means God has given to the church to carry out the Great Commission and Christian worship? God has given the church the Word and the Sacraments to carry out the Great Commission and Christian worship. 21. What is the Great Commission? The Great Commission is given in Matthew 28:18-20 where Jesus says, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me, therefore go, disciple the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.” 22. What is Christian worship? Christian worship is the called-together gathering of the church in person, principally on the Lord’s Day, to renew covenant with Christ, through the Word read, preached, and sung, as well as through prayers, and the celebration of the sacraments, all according to Scripture. 23. What is the Word? The Word is the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation, the perfectly preserved testimony of the patriarchs, apostles, and prophets, proclaimed by evangelists, missionaries, and pastors, and thoroughly taught to all who believe in Christ for obedience in every human endeavor. The Bible is the authoritative Word to every human government, but it is the peculiar charter and constitution of the Christian church. 24. What are the Sacraments? The sacraments are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, the signs and seals of membership in the church, means of grace for all of God’s people, instituted directly by Christ. 25. Who are the officers of the church? The officers of the church are qualified men called elders (or bishops) and deacons. 26. What are the offices within the eldership? There are three offices of elders: ministers (or pastors) are elders tasked with regular ministry of Word and Sacrament; teaching elders (or doctors) are tasked with teaching the Word, often in academic or missionary contexts, and ruling elders (or lay/parish elders) are elders whose primary job is to rule the church. All three offices of elders share the government of the church equally together. 27. What is the office of deacon? Deacons are qualified men who assist the elders in carrying out the ministry of the church and in caring for the physical needs of the saints. 28. What are the sanctions of the Church? Christ has given to the church the sword of Scripture with which it is authorized to preach, encourage, teach, rebuke, as well as private and public censure. This authority is also called the keys of the kingdom, and it includes welcoming new Christian disciples through baptism, correcting for sin, and in cases when an individual persists in high handed, unrepentant sin, excommunication, barring them from the Lord’s Table, and reckoning an individual an unbeliever and outside the fellowship and inheritance of Christ. 29. What is the duty God requires of all people with regard to the Church? God commands everyone everywhere to repent and believe in Jesus Christ, and so be baptized and received into membership in a local church, to be in submission to local elders, and to participate in the worship and life of the body through freely giving of their gifts.

In this episode of Theology Applied, Phil Johnson and Joel Webbon discuss the important differences between “the spirit of this age” and the Spirit of God. Christians desperately need the discernment to distinguish between the two.

Jesus, our high priest, is presently praying for for all his people. And there is not a single prayer from Jesus that will ever go unanswered.

Nations that adhere to Christian principles are always blessed. Is it permissible for Christians to point out this evidence to unbelievers as an incentive for them to come to Christ? Or is this tactic just another form of “Seeker-Sensitive” evangelicalism?

How are sinners reconciled to the Holy God? Pastor Joel explains this supernatural phenomenon in this episode of Daily Truth.

13. What is the sphere and assignment given by God to family government? God has assigned the dominion mandate to families as well, with the particular tasks of providing for the basic nurture, health, welfare, and education of individuals in the household. 14. Who are the magistrates of the family? Ordinarily, God gives husbands and fathers primary authority and responsibility for the provision and protection of their household. Every wife and mother is the vice-magistrate of the home, assisting her husband, bearing and training up their children, and ruling her home in wisdom and beauty. 15. What does the provision of health and welfare entail? The health and welfare of a household entail the basic ongoing material and spiritual provisions of love, care, friendship, intimacy, food, clothing, and shelter, as well as the responsibility to provide for medical expenses, disabilities, retirement, and inheritance. 16. What does Christian education entail? Parents are required by God to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of Lord Jesus. This is the task of teaching children to love God with all that they are in every area of life all day long, but it is also the broader task of handing down the skills, loyalties, and spiritual and material inheritance necessary for the household to successfully replicate itself over generations under the blessing of God. 17. What sanctions has God given to the government of the family? God has given parents the authority to discipline children in the love of Christ, both in positive encouragement and with the use of the rod of correction. Ultimately, if a child persists in rebellion and unbelief, Christian parents have the responsibility to disinherit him. 18. What is the duty of all people with regard to the government of the family? It is the duty of all people to honor their father and mother, that their lives may be long in the land. All people are also required to honor the marriage bed and consider it and the blessing of children among the highest gifts given by God to men, and the basic building block of human society.

Praise God! Roe vs Wade is crumbling! But the fight is not over. It is now simply state to state with legislation, and heart to heart with Gospel preaching. The way it always has been! The veil has finally been lifted. Thankfully, enough Christians chose to ignore Evangellyfish like Timothy Keller, devoted Marxist and registered Democrat, who continually assuaged people’s consciences to vote for Democrats. And we’ll now finally see which individuals in the “Pro-Life Industry” actually wanted to abolish abortion and who was just pretending.