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Faith Under Fire – Paul Kengor – Faith and Freedom Institute – 08/10/23

Faith Under Fire – Paul Kengor – Faith and Freedom Institute – 08/10/23

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When the founding generation of the United States were developing the Bill of Rights, freedoms of religion and speech and press and assembly were written into the Constitution. One guarantee which did was discussed by James Madison — but which did not make it into these amendments — was freedom of conscience. The guest on today’s “Faith Under Fire” feature tells us that the founders presumed that personal beliefs and conscience were covered by the freedom of religion.

Dr. Paul Kengor tells Family Life that — amid a “cancel culture” — there are dangers when certain speech and thoughts are considered off-limits. Kengor is the director of the Institute for Faith and Freedom at Grove City College in Pennsylvania gives us the history of free speech and free thought, then discusses the implications of a society which divides itself into ideological factions.

Kengor says individuals and religious groups must be allowed to stand up for their core values, even to those who oppose those positions. He challenges anyone who promotes “diversity and inclusion” to be inclusive in return to other people who have divergent views from theirs.

Paul Kengor is a professor of Political Science at GCC and is the editor of the American Spectator, a magazine and online journal of political and social thought.  “Faith Under Fire” airs Thursdays on the Family Life Noon Report, exploring where Christ, Christians and Culture intersect, overlap, and hopefully seek truth.

Inside Out – How to Find a Congregation – 08/09/23

Inside Out – How to Find a Congregation – 08/09/23

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Inside Out: The Search for a Church that Feels Like Home

We’re called to be part of a church, but looking for one is difficult. Writer and speaker Michelle Morin talks about why it’s hard, what to keep in mind, and why it matters that we’re part of one. 

Searching for a congregation is difficult for many people. “I think it’s hard because it takes us out of our comfort zone,” says writer and speaker Michele Morin. “Something has happened to jostle us and make us take the risk of moving somewhere else where we don’t know the routine, we don’t know how things are done. We want to get our needs met, we want fulfilling worship, we want all these things, and we need to look to God for those things rather than expecting a quote-unquote perfect church to swoop in and make us happy,” she says. 

She feels she has learned from her own church search decades ago. “One thing that I wished we had done is just dialed back the perfect-ometer a little bit. We were looking for the perfect church,” she says.  

For those on that search, she suggests making a short list of non-negotiables before you start visiting. “And then make peace with the fact that you’re going into an imperfect situation,” she says. “The truth is that all we have available to attend worship and sit in pews is imperfect, sinful people. And we’re part of that problem ourselves.”  But it’s that sandpaper of our imperfection that helps reshape us.  And those already at home in a congregation have the chance to make the experience better for those who visit.     “I don’t think we have to be at our own dining room table to exercise hospitality. There’s a pew hospitality that we need to be aware of as believers and to just be the welcome. “Church is like practice for someday when we’re with the Lord and all of our longings are fulfilled. Well, that’s certainly not going to happen on this planet, and so we experience a tiny little taste of that in our home church, and I want to be that welcoming person,” Morin says.  

No church is perfect. But we’re called to it, and being part of one gives us a chance to love others the way God loves us.  

Learn more about Michele Morin here and here. 

 

The Calling – Episode 10: Dominick Kriegbaum

The Calling – Episode 10: Dominick Kriegbaum

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The Calling is a Family Life original podcast for pastors that focuses on the personal and professional challenges they face in their mission to serve the Lord. In Episode 10, Steve’s guest is pastor Dominick Kriegbaum from A New Way Assembly of God in Watertown, New York. As a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan and he makes sure everyone is home by kickoff on Sundays. He also talks about his involvement in Bible Clubs of America for children in schools.

Hometown Heroes – Glenn Tanner – 08/08/23

Hometown Heroes – Glenn Tanner – 08/08/23

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Many Christians have less of a “handle” on Old Testament scripture as they do from the Gospels and New Testament letters. A church leader in Lancaster, New York, is preparing to address some of that lack of familiarity with the Hebrew portions of the Christian Bible.

Glenn Tanner will lead a four-month series of video-based Bible studies called the Genesis Academy. He tells us about the need to have the Creation story in minds and hearts, as a foundation for deepened understanding of the full message of the Bible. The Genesis Academy series will be offered starting after Labor Day (2023) at Lancaster Presbyterian Church.

If That Makes Sense – Episode 62: The Woman at the Well

If That Makes Sense – Episode 62: The Woman at the Well

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Most of us just know her as “the woman at the well;” what Jesus knew about her changed her life! In this episode of If That Makes Sense, a Family Life original podcast for your adults, Jesse, Merri and Tim talk about Jesus’ love that crosses every boundary. (John 4:1-26)

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