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*Getting Real: With Fred Williams on assignment, RSR co-host Doug McBurney welcomes Tony Robinson, a former federal law enforcement agent, a believer, a husband, a father, and the author of “An Introduction to Biblical Jurisprudence” available on Amazon to discuss the reality of the current practice of human in-vitro-fertilization. *Step by Step: We wrap up the step by step description of IVF from beginning to end so you can understand what's involved physically, spiritually, and legally, and make a godly decision about it. *Turning Good Evil: Would Satan hijack God's command "be fruitful and multiply" in order to deceive you into sin? Listen in to get some biblical, scientific and legal insight! *Sign Up: to Keep RSR on the Air! If you support us, thank you! We couldn't do it without you. It's telethon month at Real Science Radio, and we need 50 new supporters to sign up, (or existing supporters to double their support) so we can stay on the air on KLTT in Denver.We've got an exciting new announcement! With October being our telethon month, we're looking for 50 new sign-ups for Bob Enyart Subscriptions. These are the best of the best available only at ENYART.SHOP! Please do whatever you can to help us reach our telethon goal of 50 new sign-ups to keep the ministry alive and well!
*Getting Real: With Fred Williams on assignment, RSR co-host Doug McBurney welcomes Tony Robinson, a former federal law enforcement agent, a believer, a husband, a father, and the author of “An Introduction to Biblical Jurisprudence” available on Amazon to discuss the reality of the current practice of human in-vitro-fertilization. *Step by Step: Learn a step by step description of IVF from beginning to end so you can understand what's involved physically, spiritually, and legally, and make a godly decision about it. *Turning Good Evil: Would Satan hijack God's command "be fruitful and multiply" in order to deceive you into sin? Listen in to get some biblical, scientific and legal insight! *Sign Up: to Keep RSR on the Air! If you support us, thank you! We couldn't do it without you. It's telethon month at Real Science Radio, and we need 50 new supporters to sign up, (or existing supporters to double their support) so we can stay on the air on KLTT in Denver.We've got an exciting new announcement! With October being our telethon month, we're looking for 50 new sign-ups for Bob Enyart Subscriptions. These are the best of the best available only at ENYART.SHOP! Please do whatever you can to help us reach our telethon goal of 50 new sign-ups to keep the ministry alive and well!
*Getting Real: With Fred Williams on assignment, RSR co-host Doug McBurney welcomes Tony Robinson, a former federal law enforcement agent, a believer, a husband, a father, and the author of “An Introduction to Biblical Jurisprudence” available on Amazon to discuss the reality of the current practice of human in-vitro-fertilization. *Step by Step: Learn a step by step description of IVF from beginning to end so you can understand what's involved physically, spiritually, and legally, and make a godly decision about it. *Turning Good Evil: Would Satan hijack God's command "be fruitful and multiply" in order to deceive you into sin? Listen in to get some biblical, scientific and legal insight! *Sign Up: to Keep RSR on the Air! If you support us, thank you! We couldn't do it without you. It's telethon month at Real Science Radio, and we need 50 new supporters to sign up, (or existing supporters to double their support) so we can stay on the air on KLTT in Denver.We've got an exciting new announcement! With October being our telethon month, we're looking for 50 new sign-ups for Bob Enyart Subscriptions. These are the best of the best available only at ENYART.SHOP! Please do whatever you can to help us reach our telethon goal of 50 new sign-ups to keep the ministry alive and well!
Updated April 15, 2021: This topic of the "firmament" is also of great interest to atheists. A popular anti-creationist made a 40-minute YouTube video critical of this article. We may have hit a nerve. A favorite claim of many atheists is that the Bible teaches that the earth is surrounded by a solid domed sky. Instead, the Bible actually teaches that the firmament of Day Two is the crust of the earth, which divided water below the crust from the waters on the surface. Documenting this thereby rebuts that widespread false allegation. When we first published this article, that extra bonus was unexpected. So we've embedded and responded to Brett Palmer's video including by pointing out that the Babylonian creation epic, Enuma Elish, below, corroborates this understanding of the "firmament" as first referring to the earth's crust (i.e., biblically, to paradise, to heaven on earth). And we show that the Bible's Hebrew word for firmament, raqia, from the verb raqa, refers not only to the heavens above, but explicitly, to the crust of the earth. And we present the meaning of the Syrian geographical place name, Raqqa, and extend to antiquity the etymology of the English word, rock. At Real Science Radio (which airs on America's most-powerful radio station), we teach Dr. Walt Brown's Hydroplate Theory as the best understanding of the global flood, geology and the relevant scriptures. If the following is correct, all flood models based on the "canopy theory" and "plate tectonics" are false.On Day Two God Made the Crust of the Earth: Dr. Walt Brown's Hydroplate Theory helps to understand the global flood, geology and the relevant scriptures. On Day Two of creation, God formed the crust of the earth, called the firmament (Hebrew: raqia), which extended for miles above a worldwide subterranean ocean, and the crust of course also held waters upon its surface. If this is true, we would expect to read in the Bible that initially, the surface of the earth was covered only with water, and that then God made the earth's crust above the water. And consistent with the Hydroplate Theory (which describes a layer of water at least one-mile thick that was perhaps dozens of miles below the earth's surface), in fact the Bible teaches that God: - "In the beginning God created... the earth. ...and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters" (Genesis 1:1-2). Then God, - "laid out (raqa) the earth above the waters" (Psalm 136:6). And, - "by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth [was] standing out of water and in the water" (2 Peter 3:5). - "Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament" (Gen. 1:7). So, "The earth is the Lord's... For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters" (Ps.24:1-2). Where the Water Came From: The global flood then began when those "fountains of the great deep were broken up" (Gen. 7:11) for the pre-flood earth had been "standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water" (2 Peter 3:5-6). Those waters had been stored up for global judgment if needed. For when "the heavens were made," the Bible says of much of the Earth's water back then that God "lays up the deep in storehouses" (Ps. 33:6-7; see also Prov. 8:27-28). For God created not only the surface waters, for He "made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters" (Rev. 14:7 KJV [as with many versions; some like the NKJV say "springs of water"). Dr. Brown's book, In the Beginning, demonstrates powerfully that the world's major geologic features flow logically from these initial conditions. But some creationists who disagree point out that, "God called the firmament Heaven" (Gen. 1:8), claiming that this firmament must be either the atmosphere (e.g., Henry Morris) or outer space (e.g., Russell Humphreys). Heaven on Earth, Hell Beneath: However at RSR we show that, whether figurative or literal, the crust of the earth is the boundary between heaven and hell. It is consistent with Biblical history that God would originally call the crust of the earth "heaven." For at creation, "He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble (Job 26:10-11). And then, "He divideth (not raqa but raga) the sea with his power" (Job 26:12 KJV, Jubilee, Websters, etc.). God designated the region below the crust as the initial abode of those who may pass away. Hell is the holding prison for the unrepentant dead. "Hell from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming" (Isa. 14:9; etc.). For the newly-made earth, the Lord logically referred to everything from the crust and above as heaven. Hence dozens of verses indicate that heaven also refers to the earth's atmosphere as in "rain from heaven," the "dew of heaven," "birds of heaven," "dust from the heaven," city walls "fortified up to heaven," smoke rises "to the midst of heaven," "the heavens are shut" in drought, "frost of heaven," "clouds of heaven," "snow from heaven," "hail from heaven," and the east winds "blow in the heavens." Thus even after the Fall, from Genesis and Job, through the Gospels, Acts and Revelation, the Bible continued to refer to the atmosphere, one molecule above the ground, as heaven. Apart from this understanding, a Bible student might think that while the surface of the Moon is in "heaven", that the paradise God made on the surface of the Earth is not. Also, the Bible's thirty-two occurrences of the phrase "kingdom of heaven" appear only in the royal Gospel of Matthew, and some of these (Mat. 11:12; 13:24 with Mat. 13:38; 16:19; Mat. 18:1 with Luke 9:46; etc.) locate this kingdom of "heaven" at least partially on earth. Lucifer Fell from Heaven on Earth: "God called the firmament Heaven," because the earth's crust formed the boundary between heaven and the future hell. The firmament also divided the waters of the earth (Gen. 1:2, 6) which even reserved the floodwaters of judgment below ground. For God "lays up the deep in storehouses" so "let all the earth fear the Lord," (Ps. 33:7-8), because He "shut in the sea with doors" until in the flood "it burst forth and issued from the womb," (Job. 38:8). But after the Fall, which likely occurred within a week of Creation, earth lost its heavenly designation, for apparently God will never fully replicate the first earth. Only two detailed Bible stories involve happenings that occured prior to the Fall, the creation account and the record of Lucifer's fall. And both of these events refer to earth as heaven. Isaiah 14:12 describes "Lucifer" as "fallen from heaven," yet Scripture places him on earth at the moment of his fall. "You were in Eden, the garden of God," (Ezek. 28:13). And "you have said in your heart: "I will ascend into heaven... I will ascend above the heights of the clouds," (Isa. 14:13-14). "Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit," (Isa. 14:15). Even though he was on earth, Lucifer fell "from heaven," because prior to the Fall, the surface of the earth was part of heaven's realm. * Bible Students Understand the Firmament, But Get Confused at 1:8: See this explained in this five-minute segment, in our 2-hour flood video, that begins at 48:30. Just click and the video will start at the correct point... Consider the flesh. Notice that just as gravity pulls our physical flesh down toward the center of the earth, the Fall created the world system which relentlessly pulls our spiritual flesh, drawing us down toward the lowest depths until death, and then the believer's released spirit soars upward to heaven, whereas the unbeliever's unfettered spirit falls downward, the firmament no longer keeping him out of Hades, thus his soul plummets into hell. C.S. Lewis wrote the preface to D.E. Harding's esoteric The Hierarchy of Heaven & Earth in which Harding wrote that "Hierarchy is... something like the ancient circles of heaven and earth and hell" (1952, p. 27), and that the "narrowest Hell would be widest Heaven if the Devil could only bring himself to turn round and look out from the Centre instead of in at himself" (p. 187). In the modern classic, Soul of Science, (1994, p. 38), Pearcey and Thaxton describe the view of Christian "medieval cosmology" that "at the very center of the universe was Hell, then the earth, then (moving outward from the center) the progressively nobler spheres of the heavens." Christians continue to affirm this hierarchy quoting Paul who was "caught up to the third heaven" (2 Cor 12:2), the first being the sky, the second is space, and the third God's habitation. King David even refers to the deep, as the "channels of the sea", where in the flood "the foundations of the world were uncovered", which were "the foundations of heaven" (2 Sam. 22:8, 16). Incidentally, the never-before-seen consequences of the flood caused the troubles David lists here. The lightnings, thunder, dark waters, thick clouds, darkness, volcanic eruptions, smoke, coal and fire, the earth shaking, and when the "channels of the sea appeared" only then the "foundations of the world were uncovered..." Moses Qualified His Last Four Uses of Firmament: Moses used the word firmament nine times in the creation account. He intentionally distinguished the last four occurrences from the first four, which all pivot around the central instance where God called the earth's firmament Heaven. Each of the four in the second grouping (Genesis 1:14, 15, 17, 20) is qualified separately by an exceptional repetition. The prepositional phrase "of the heavens" makes a distinction between the first firmament of the earth, and the second "firmament of the heavens." And if firmament means the "heavens," the very term "firmament of the heavens" would seem unnecessarily redundant, especially when repeated four times. However, the qualifier "of the heavens" is added so that the reader will not confuse this firmament of sky and space with the previous firmament of earth. Thus, readers alien to the notion of "heaven" on earth should nonetheless be able to separate the two firmaments, and understand God's meaning. Now, millennia after the Fall, God's own record of creation notwithstanding, sin has almost completely obscured the original perspective of the earth's surface as "heaven." The Things God Called Day and Earth: "God called the light Day." Yet like with the word firmament, Genesis has two very different meanings for light. Day 4 would be unintelligible without recognizing its initial meaning. "Then God made two great Days to rule the heavens"? No. The same is true for the dry land that "God called... Earth". If it had only one meaning, then the Earth would have been created on Day Two when the "Earth" appeared. Our Full Firmament Video: Above we pointed to a five-minute excerpt. Here's the full 30-minute segment out of our Global Flood video on raqia titled, Is the Day 2 firmament of Genesis the Earth's crust?: Kingdom of Heaven Lost on Earth: When man rebelled, earth became more like hell than heaven. Thus man's habitation on the surface of the earth lost its heavenly designation. The Bible describes Hell as below, bounded by the firmament. However in the beginning "God called the firmament Heaven" because that's where He placed Adam and Eve, above ground on the surface, in the heavens, in fellowship with Him, not in any other realm but in His kingdom, in heaven on earth. 2011 UPDATE - Atheists and the Solid Dome: YouTube anti-creationist Brett Palmer created a 40-minute rebuttal video (embedded here) of this little article on the firmament. Seems like we hit a nerve. Aside from Brett casting aspersions from the recently invented flat-earth myth, consider that as with many other atheists, he claims that the word firmament (Hebrew raqia) discredits the creation account by showing that Genesis cannot be God's Word because it merely echoes the ancient world's false belief in a solid domed sky above the earth. So, if raqia (firmament) refers not only to the heavens, but also to the crust of the earth, standing above a subterranean chamber of water, then atheists would lose a favorite argument. Raqia is the noun from the verb raqa meaning being hammered or spread out, as in working metal into a thin sheet or plate. "They beat (raqa) the gold into thin sheets" (Exodus 39:3). "The goldsmith overspreads (raqa) it with gold" (Isaiah 40:19; i.e., gold-plated). Similarly, God overspread the waters of the earth with the plates of the earth's crust, i.e., the firmament, what Walt Brown calls hydroplates. For "God made the firmament (raqia), and divided the waters which were under the firmament (raqia, the crustal plates) from the waters which were above the firmament" (Genesis 1:7). Please review again the verses listed below. For not only did God create "the sea and the fountains" (Rev. 14:7), if this understanding of raqia is is the Bible's actual meaning, then we would expect also to read that initially the surface of the earth was covered only with water, and that then God made the earth's crust above the water: - "In the beginning God created... the earth. ...darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." Gen. 1:1-2 - God "laid out the earth above the waters" Ps. 136:6- "by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water" 2 Pet. 3:5 - "Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament." Gen. 1:7 "The earth is the Lord's... For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters." Ps. 24:1-2 When the Bible specifically links raqa to the earth (as in the passages below), and because words typically have multiple meanings, it is extreme to insist that raqia cannot refer to anything but the heavens. Genesis was written back when pagans wondered what held up the earth. Perhaps it rested on the back of a tortoise, or on a pillar, or was held up by Atlas. Yet the most ancient Scripture teaches that God, "hangs the earth on nothing" (Job 26:7), which is visually consistent with modern astronomical observation. For just as the firmament of the earth holds up the mountains, so too, the firmament "of the heavens" is strong enough to hold the earth.God Raqa the EARTH! Firmament (raqia) is used "of the heavens" commonly and eleven times the Bible speaks of God stretching out the heavens. Then there is something not included in the above video. Another three times the Bible says that God raqa the earth itself. This shows, unlike as stressed on YouTube, that raqia very naturally also refers to the earth. Dr. Walt Brown's book lists these verses but I'll repeat them here for Mr. Palmer's consideration: To Him who laid out (raqa) the earth above the waters… Ps. 136:6 Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth (raqa) the earth and that which comes from it… Isa. 42:5 “I am the Lord, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad (raqa) the earth by Myself;" Isa. 44:24 The firmament (raqia) of the creation account was iconic in ancient Israel, as the Tyndale Bible Dictionary says, "the firmament is always related to Creation." So the repetition and by two authors shows that the wording is deliberate. Thus these verses show an ancient awareness in Scripture that God raqa the Earth, that is, that His stretching out of the raqia of Genesis 1:8 readily refers to terra firma, or as the King James translators coined the word from the Latin, the firmament. Raqia and Heaven Both Refer Also to the Earth Raqa the Earth Heaven on Earth To Him who laid out (raqa) the earth above the waters... Ps. 136:6 "He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble... He stirs up the sea with His power..." Job 26:10-12 Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth (raqa) the earth... Isa. 42:5 "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." Mat. 11:12; "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;" and "the field is the world..." Mat. 13:24, 38 I am the Lord... who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad (raqa) the earth by Myself Isa. 44:24 "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven" Mat. 16:19 [and 18:18] Etymology of Raqia: The word raqia relates to raqa as sharia (law) relates to shara'a (to ordain or decree). Further, the ancient Middle East commonly ended names in "ia," and in this particular example of early Hebrew usage, raqia, though not a proper name, is the name for something created by raqa. (Atheist Brett Palmer, though not especially reliable, does specifically agree with this explanation in his follow-up video.) Pillars of Heaven: Regarding the crust of the Earth being referred to as heaven, consider the "pillars" which formed beneath the crust, as Dr. Brown describes it, at many "locations, the [subterranean] chamber's sagging ceiling pressed against the chamber's floor. These solid contacts will be called pillars." Thus since they supported the Earth's surface, they could be referred to as "pillars of heaven", just beneath the surface, which would "tremble" when they were crushed in God's judgment of the great flood of Noah's day, When God, "stirs up the sea with His power", as Job put it. "He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble... He stirs up the sea with His power..." (Job 26:10-12). Earth's Foundation with Pillars Sunk into their Bases: This doesn't have to confuse Bible students. This five-minute segment at 1:04:22 depicts the pillars. Just click and the video will start at the correct point... * No One Before Or Since? Palmer says, virtually alleging omniscience for himself, that "no one before or since Enyart has ever asserted that two firmaments were created in the creation story." However, the nearly contemporaneous Babylonian creation epic states directly that heaven above and the "firm ground below" were called by the same name, that is, "heaven." First though consider Google. The claim then is that the term firmament refers to sky and space, and also to the sphere of the world. So, as the originator of this concept :) that firmament has two meanings, I am gratified that it's catching on. The Google results for "define:firmament" gives two meanings: The heavens or the sky, esp. when regarded as a tangible thing A sphere or world viewed as a collection of people * Not Half Bad and Not Half Right: Hey, for Google, that's not half bad, for the firmament (the Earth's surface) was called heaven so that Adam and Eve could be fruitful and multiply and fill the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Then regarding Palmer's claim that, "no one before or since Enyart has ever asserted that two firmaments were created," Dr. Brown's book credits "two pastors" with showing him this simple heaven-on-earth understanding of Genesis 1:8. The pastor before me later publishing a book on the topic: Paradise: Past, Present, and Future, and of course since then, Walt Brown too has adopted this understanding. >* Babylonian Creation Epic: The ancient pagan world had a corrupted memory of biblical accounts. Compare for example Egypt's sun god arising out of the waters of creation with, "God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light.'" Likewise the flood of Noah's day is remembered in Babylon's Epic of Gilgamesh. Also, the seven tablets of Enuma Elish similarities to the seven days of the creation week include man's creation on the sixth day which is presented on the sixth tablet. The first creation tablet describes the "waters commingling as a single body" when "no marsh land had [yet] appeared", reminiscent of the firmament dividing the waters (Gen. 1:6-7) and the dry land appearing (Gen. 1:9). The truth reported by Moses in Genesis 1:8a, that God called the firmament heaven (referring to the crust of the Earth, i.e., God's kingdom of heaven, on Earth) is emphasized in the first lines of the first Babylonian creation tablet which state, "When on high the heaven had not been named, Firm ground below had not been called by that name." That is, before the term "heaven" even applied to sky and space, before that not even the firmament below had yet been called that same name, i.e., heaven. (This translation, "firm ground below had not [yet] been called by that name", appears in old-earth Oxford Prof. John Lennox' book Seven Days that Divide the World. Importantly, after discussing this matter personally with Dr. Lennox, RSR can report that he does not agree with our Genesis 1:8 interpretation, so in no way would he publish a biased translation to make our point.) For as Moses wrote, "God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament... And God called the firmament Heaven... Then God said, '...let the dry land appear.'" So whereas atheist video maker Palmer (see above) says that "no one before or since Enyart has ever asserted that two firmaments were created in the creation story", Brett can now consider that this Babylonian Enuma Elish creation epic parallels the Hydroplate Theory's understanding of the firmament as referring also, and originally, to the "firm ground below" the heavens. And thus, because God raqa the Earth, by creating the raqia, that is, the solid rock crust of the Earth, therefore, the etymology of the English word rock can now be traced back much further than the medieval Latin rocca. Not surprisingly then, studying geography we find that root word in the names of various ancient places in the region. For example, in 2015 Raqqa hit the headlines as the capital city of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS. An accurate understanding of Genesis is essential for understanding early history. Thus we can now trace the etymology of our English word rock to that very Epic of Gilgamesh flood account, with Gilgamesh being the king of Uruk, located in the south of the modern nation with a name that means "deeply rooted, well-watered", for God placed the water deep under the raqia which explains the name of the ancient place, Iraq. (See also Bob's draft comments on the Enuma text.) * Countries, Regions, and Peoples Ending in A and IA: Why do so many place names end in ia? God raqa the raqia to give mankind a place to live on the face of the Earth. In the web's most complete list of place names that end in ia, see about 120 significant geographical regions that end with -a or -ia, and others that sound like they end in ia, like Kenya and Libya. (RSR maintains this list.) Consider also, not unlike the city of Raqqa and the country of Iraq, the continent of Africa may have a related etymology, and consider also that in Arabic afar means dust, earth. And the names of many lands that do not end in -ia, as Egypt, still give a nod to the suffix when referencing their people, as with Egyptian, Akkadian, Persian, and the more modern Caucasian, with -ian equating also to the -yan as discussed at rsr.org/yan such as Aryan (meaning from the Sun land).* Seven-Day Week: The worldwide use of a seven-day week results from the creation account. And those seven days are named for the heavenly bodies (Saturn, Sun, Moon, etc.) as God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years." (On a related topic we interviewed Scientific American editor and atheist Michael Shermer for Real Science Radio. That full show is so much fun to listen to.) "Dr. Shermer, while much of the ancient world was worshiping heavenly bodies, could you at least agree that the Bible is correct on page one, where it states that the Sun is a light?" [Moses was correct also when he taught in Deuteronomy that the planets and stars are not gods and should not be worshiped.] "So can you agree that the Bible is correct in Genesis chapter one, that the Sun is not a god, but a light?" To which Shermer infamously replied, which you can hear in this 73-second excerpt (and transcript) that the sun is not a light. Wow. It's often difficult to have a reasonable discussion with atheists. Also, the worldwide use of blood sacrifices resulted from God commanding Adam and Noah to sacrifice animals prefiguring the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. * A Solid Dome Sky Belief Widespread Yet Not Intuitive: As Wikipedia reports, "The notion of the sky as a solid object (rather than just an atmospheric expanse) was widespread among both ancient civilizations and primitive cultures, including ancient Greece, Egypt, China, India, native Americans, Australian Aborigines, and also early Christians. It is probably a universal human trait to perceive the sky as a solid dome." Retrieved 8-27-11. However, with the many varied movements in the heavens of the Sun, Moon, planets, stars, comets, and meteorites, it's not intuitive that so much of the whole world would end up believing that the Earth had a solid-domed sky. Except, of course, if the ancients who populated the world after the global flood were misunderstanding the raqia of Day Two as referring to the heavens instead of to the crust of the earth. Conclusion: So, the Bible speaks of Earth using the same term, raqia, as for the firmament "of the heavens" (clarified that way in Genesis 1). Yet when the paradise of Eden and God's Kingdom of Heaven on Earth became "filled with violence," mankind began to forget that God made earth as part of His Kingdom of heaven. Thus, what changed was the common use of the term heaven for the Earth. © 2007 - 2017 Bob Enyart, RSR.org.com * RSR's Global Flood and Hydroplate Theory: Here's our best-selling flood video which is available also on DVD, Blu-ray, and download. We hope you enjoy this: Email: From Walt Brown to Bob Enyart on March 22, 2005: "Dear Bob, I like your proposal concerning Genesis 1:8a, and after much thought, have decided to include it [in the 8th edition of In the Beginning]. I have credited Pastor Diego Rodriguez and you as the originators of this very attractive explanation. ... Thank you for sending me your explanation. -Walt" Biologos: Note that Francis Collins' theistic-evolution group BioLogos uses their misunderstanding of the firmament in their effort to diminish the authority of Genesis. For example, "Genesis... says things that are at odds with what modern people know to be true of the world... The other cosmologies from the ancient world depict some solid structure in the sky. The most natural explanation of the raqia is that it also reflects this understanding. There is no indication that Genesis is a novel description of the sky." In other words, Collins claims that Genesis' presentation of the firmament [in contrast to the biblical and historical insights above] equates to that of pagan myths. As old-earth Christians, they therefore reject the global flood and many other biblical teachings. See this explained in our Trading Genesis video: Bio: Bob Enyart co-hosts Real Science Radio and pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob first had a technical career working: - at McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company on the Army's Apache helicopter - as a systems analyst for "Baby Bell" U S West - as a program manager for Microsoft, and - as a senior analyst for PC Week Bob became a believer in 1973, entered full-time Christian work in 1989, and in 1991 began hosting a daily show on America's most powerful Christian radio station, the 50,000-watt AM 670 KLTT. In 1999, the elders and pastor of Denver's Derby Bible Church ordained Bob into the ministry. In 2000, Derby planted Denver Bible Church with Bob as pastor and in 2015 as a host of Real Science Radio Bob was inducted into the Creation Science Hall of Fame. You can see Bob Enyart's materials online or call 1-800-8Enyart. If you enjoyed this article, you may also want to read Why Canaan was Cursed?, Polygamy in the Bible, and Slavery in the Bible. And you can hear Bob at RealScienceRadio.com!
Bob Enyart urges prayer for the public schools to not reopen on time for the next school year (or ever for that matter). And as programming notes, Bob mentions that producer Tim Mahoney may be on the show this week heading toward Friday's online premier, Patterns: Red Sea Miracle II and also that last week's guest, Bevelyn Beatty was arrested along with her partner in crime Edmee Chavannes and our longtime BEL friend Ken Scott, for not wearing masks to a Cape Coral city council meeting where it was decided, thankfully but ironically, to not order mask wearing! Then Bob concludes his "train-up your mind" clear thinking segments using the atheist "Euthyphro's Dilemma" argument. Google ranks Bob's Christian reply #1 at kgov.com/euthyphro. Euthyphro Part 1 introduced Socrates' argument. Part 2 evaluated the Divine Command View. Part 3 introduced the Recognition View. In Part 4 the Recognition View Met the Trinity. Part 5 turned Euthyphro's Dilemma against Bertrand Russell and the atheists. And Part 6 concludes the matter answering succinctly, Is something good because God commands it to be good? No. Is something good because God recognizes it as good? Yes. And is that standard external to Himself? No. But then, how could that work, and not be logically inconsistent? Tune in, especially to Parts 3 and 4, and today's conclusion, as we demonstrate how the Triune God fully answers what turns out to be not ours, but the atheist's dilemma! To hear the full series, start at kgov.com/euthyphro-1. Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
* The Conclusion of the Matter: Now that this series is complete, the question is: will the Preterists at TheologyOnline.com and TheologyWeb.com link to these discussions between Bob Enyart and Gary DeMar? (To make it easy: Gary DeMar & Bob Enyart Pt 1, Gary Demar & Bob Enyart Pt 2, Gary DeMar & Bob Enyart Pt 3.) That will at least provide a hint as to whether they think the Preterist or the Dispensational position was best defended. * The One Verse: Gary DeMar argues that dispensationalists cannot give one verse that shows that the rapture precedes the great tribulation. Of course, a one-verse test is not a valid test, and many vital doctrines including that of the triune God require more than one verse to demonstrate. However, Bob happily quoted Paul's statement, "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come [The Departure] first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition" (2 Thes. 2:3). The Greek word for "falling away" is apostasia, which today means departure from the faith, but is a cognate noun (related by derivation) of the verb aphistemi which means to depart as when "the angel departed" (Acts 12:10). Also, while some translators overlook this, Paul here uses the definite article "the," that is "the departure," making this a reference that expects an antecedent. That is, Paul is not referring to any apostasia, but to a particular one, "The Apostasia." So, which Departure is Paul referring to? An antecedent does not necessarily need to appear in the immediate context, but it is common that it would. And there is no "falling away" in Paul's Epistle up to this point that his definite article could refer to. However, this very paragraph begins (two verses earlier) with the direct statement of "our being gathered together to Him" which explicitly identifies the Departure that is being referred to, that is: "concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him..." * Thanks to You!: Our annual BEL February telethon is going great thanks to our listeners! Already they have given 55% ($13,825) of the vital telethon goal of $25,000! Today's Resource: If you would like to help keep Bob Enyart Live airing for another year on the most powerful Christian radio station in America, the 50,000-watt AM 670 KLTT, please consider giving to the BEL Telethon either online, or by calling the BEL Cabin at 800-8Enyart (836-9278), or you can subscribe to the BEL Bible Study Albums, Bob's monthly Sermons, or our brand new service, the BEL Televised Classics! The mailman will deliver DVDs to your door of 4, 8, or 16 classic BEL TV shows a month for $24.99, $34.99 or $49.99 (only $3.13 per show)! Just call us or click BEL Televised Classics!
* Does the Fig Tree Represent Israel? Jesus warned by parable that after His three years of earthly ministry to Israel, that nation would have one more year of mercy to accept their resurrected Messiah, otherwise He would cut off their national covenant. Luke 13:6-9 "He also spoke this parable: 'A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?' But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.'" Jesus came for the three years of His earthly ministry to Israel! As He said in Mat. 15:24, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (That is, Jesus died for the sin of the world, but He was sent by His Father specifically to "the house of Israel!") Thus it was from Israel that Christ sought for the fruit of faith, and found none. And it was Israel He threatened to cut off. So, a year after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, national Israel had utterly rejected its Savior. Thus as a nation, Israel lost its status with God under the Covenant of Circumcision. * Who was Cut Off in Romans 11? The Apostle Paul explains in Romans 11 (vv. 15, 21-25, 30) that Israel was cut off for unbelief, and yet, that God is able to graft them back in again, and He will, when the fullness of the Gentiles (the Body of Christ) comes in! DeMar says that Romans 11 teaches the fulfillment of the Abrahamic promise that salvation would come to the Gentiles, however what he misses is that God's hope was to bring salvation to the Gentiles through national Israel! However, since they rejected their Messiah, God brought salvation to the Gentiles in spite of Israel, for the Gentiles "have now obtained mercy through their [Israel's] disobedience," and "their [Israel's] being cast away is the reconciling of the world!" Gary DeMar agreed that national Israel was cut off from their covenant relationship with God, but then He added that they would never be grafted back in again. However, Paul wrote that we "should not be ignorant," and should realize that though they were cut off, "God is able to graft them in again," for what "has happened to Israel [has happened only] until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in!" * Does the Bible Represent Israel with a Fig Tree? As heard in Part I, Gary DeMar disagrees with Bob and others who say that the Bible frequently uses a "fig tree" as a symbol of national Israel. But consider this excerpt from Bob Enyart's best-selling manuscript, The Plot: - "I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstfruits on the fig tree..." Hosea 9:10 - "Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so... are [those] carried away captive from Judah... I will bring them back to this land... And as the bad figs... are... Jerusalem...'" Jer. 24:5-8 - [The Lord will make Israel] like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. Jer. 29:17 - [A nation] has laid waste My vine, And ruined My fig tree [describing Israel's destruction]. Joel 1:7 Both the vine and the fig tree sprout from the earth, from the soil beneath the land of Israel. God expected Israel, the people of the promised land, to bear fruit to Him just as both the vine and the fig tree (Song 2:13) bear fruit. Working with these symbols, God would sometimes bless or curse the fruit of the vine and the fig tree as a sign of His regard for Israel. God used good fruit or bad fruit in prophecy to represent His intentions toward the Jews. (Scripture commonly includes figs representing the blessing or cursing, etc., of the land of Israel as in Joel 1:12; 2:18 with 22-23; Num. 13:23; 20:5; Deut. 8:8; 1 Kings 4:25; Jer. 5:17; 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:19; Micah 4:4-5 and Zech. 3:10.) [End of Excerpt] (This is part two of our three part discussion! So you'll want to listen also to Gary DeMar & Bob Enyart Pt 1 and Gary DeMar & Bob Enyart Pt 3.) * Thanks to You!: Our annual BEL February telethon is going great thanks to our listeners! Already they have given 53% ($13,325) of the vital telethon goal of $25,000! Today's Resource: If you would like to help keep Bob Enyart Live airing for another year on the most powerful Christian radio station in America, the 50,000-watt AM 670 KLTT, please consider giving to the BEL Telethon either online, or by calling the BEL Cabin at 800-8Enyart (836-9278), or you can subscribe to the BEL Bible Study Albums, Bob's monthly Sermons, or our brand new service, the BEL Televised Classics! The mailman will deliver DVDs to your door of 4, 8, or 16 classic BEL TV shows a month for $24.99, $34.99 or $49.99 (only $3.13 per show)! Just call us or click BEL Televised Classics!
* Popular Author and Calvinist: Gary DeMar of American Vision and Bob Enyart discuss the disagreement between covenant theologians (like Gary) and dispensationalists (like Bob). The conversation is good, at the start, but it get's even better! So you may want to check out Gary DeMar & Bob Enyart Part 2, and Part 3! * Related: - Bob's friend Michael Brown has debated Gary DeMar on anti-Semitism - Bob interviews Dr. Michael Brown on anti-Semitism Which of these things is not like the others? Theonomy, preterism, reconstruction, and covenant theology. Here at BEL we are theonomists, teaching that man's law should overtly reflect God's law. However, we reject preterism, reconstructionism, and covenant theology. For decades, we have asked adherents of those systems to produce a criminal code that they believe would be just. So far, other than offering generic lengthy and even 1,000-page books on related subjects, they have yet to do so. We presume that they may never do so. By not dispensationally rightly dividing the Word, Covenant theologians are unable to discern between laws that God gave exclusively given to Israel and the laws that the Lord desires to be applied to the whole world. For more, see kgov.com/criminal-code, kgov.com/constitution, and kgov.com/the-plot. Today's Resource: Thanks to You! Our Broadcast Telethon is going better than any BEL telethon ever has! We're only seven days into the month, and you all already have given 49% of the telethon goal! If you would like to help keep Bob Enyart Live airing for another year on the most powerful Christian radio station in America, the 50,000-watt AM 670 KLTT, please consider giving to the BEL Telethon either online, or by calling the BEL studio at 800-8Enyart (836-9278)! Thank you!
Today on The Dominic Enyart Show we're talking about patriotism. Should we be patriotic? Should we be loyal to our country? Should we be loyal to our leaders? We're focusing on the left who want to take any given sin of America and use that to push self-hatred onto the people. On one hand, you have that, and on the other hand, patriots who believe “America can do no wrong.” We must walk the line between both of those positions and recognize sin for what it is. We'll conclude this topic tomorrow, so make sure to tune back in! Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
Broadcasting note: If you're coming over from KLTT, join the show 27 minutes in. :) Today on the Dominic Enyart Show, we're staying away from the news and continuing our conversation on the canon of the Bible. We're finally getting down to the nitty-gritty details of how the early church formed the canon of the New Testament. We'll also be debunking the claim that “it wasn't until centuries after Christ that the church developed the canon! Should be a lot of fun, and today we should actually finish up the topic. Broadcast series: Old Testament- To hear part one - click here. To hear part two - click here. New Testament- To hear part three - click here. To hear part four - click here. (This show) To check out the book Dominic mentioned, click here. Mike Winger on the New Testament And for his video on the Old Testament canon, click here. Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: Bob Enyart's Life's Work - The PlotGrasping the overview of the Bible is the key to its details! You can read Bob's best-selling book, The Plot in paperback or as a downloadable PDF or in Spanish as La Trama. Or you can listen to Bob's Plot Seminar or get the entire set of all five of Bob's Plot Bible Study Albums on MP3 CD or even check out The Plot Boys for kids and Bible students of all ages! You'll love this powerful teaching through Scripture or take advantage of our 30-day money-back guarantee!
Today on The Dominic Enyart Show we're looking at the canon of the old testament again. We'll be clarifying some things about counting old testament books. Are there 22 or are there 39? Also, we trust the old testament canon. Was that compiled by various counsels? No- in reality, it sprang up much more organically. All of that and more, right here on The Dominic Enyart Show. See how Josephus and the Jews counted their old testament books compared to how we today count the same books: Broadcast series: Old Testament- To hear part one - click here. To hear part two - click here. (This show) New Testament- More to come... Broadcasting note: If you're coming over from KLTT, join the show 27 minutes in. :) Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: Monthly Bible Studies Monthly Bible Study MP3-CD - $34.99 Get a new verse by verse Bible study each month on MP3-CD. Monthly Bible Study DVD - $44.99 Get four verse by verse Bible study sessions on DVD each month. Monthly Bible Study Blu-ray Disc - $44.99 Get four verse by verse Bible study sessions in high definition video on Blu-ray disc each month.
Today on the Dominic Enyart Show, we're taking a step away from the (stale) news and looking at the Bible. Jesus said that “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” That's a powerful statement, but how do we know it's true? How do we know that the Word of God has not been replaced or diluted by the word of man? We begin to answer all those questions and more, today. Broadcasting note: If you're coming over from KLTT, join the show 27 minutes in. :) Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: What We Believe & Why We Believe It (Blu-ray, DVD, or Video Download) This is an update of our "Christianity 101" series in eight parts! 1. The Bible Itself (revelation, inspiration, illumination, canon) 2. God (attributes, trinity) 3. The Created Beings (angels and man; then the animals) 4. The Old Testament (overview) 5. The New Testament (overview) 6. The Overall Plot of the Bible (dispensations; law and grace; Israel and the Body) 7. The End Times and Hell 8. Eternal Life and Heaven
Today on Bob Enyart Live, we've got part three of the debate between Bob Enyart and a rather worldly secular pastor. Hear this pastor try to justify homosexuality and fornication by twisting Bible stories only to be immediately shut down by Pastor Bob. In this contentious debate, we'll find out why God doesn't bless the wicked, nor curse the righteous. Rather He blesses the righteous and curses the wicked. We know here at Bob Enyart Live... that's pretty obvious. However, every now and then you have to remind even pastors of such basic truths... Broadcast series: Part one - click here. Part two - click here. Part three - click here. (This show) Note: If you haven't heard the other parts in this series, don't worry, you won't need full context to understand the individual shows. :) It's Monday! That means we're going back to our Broadcast Archives to hear from the late, great Bob Enyart! We air on KLTT radio out of Denver Colorado five days a week, and you can hear those shows (plus additional) content right here on kgov.com. Always remember to join us on weekdays at 3 pm (mountain time). Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: Morality: Why God Forbids Sexual Immorality A Testimony with Bob Enyart: Why does God forbid sexual immorality? This is Bob's most heart-rending video. He tells the sad part of the story of his own life. Learn about the effects of pornography on men and on children and how porn can pervade a young life, in school, at camp, and sometimes even in little league.
Today on Bob Enyart Live, we've got part two of the debate between Bob Enyart and a rather worldly secular pastor. Hear this pastor try to justify homosexuality and fornication by twisting Bible stories only to be immediately shut down by Pastor Bob. In this contentious debate, we'll find out why God doesn't bless the wicked, nor curse the righteous. Rather He blesses the righteous and curses the wicked. We know here at Bob Enyart Live... that's pretty obvious. However, every now and then you have to remind even pastors of such basic truths... Broadcast series: Part one - click here. Part two - click here. (This show) Part three coming next week! Part four coming on May 30th! Note: If you haven't heard the other parts in this sereis, don't worry, you won't need full context to understand the individual shows. :) It's Monday! That means we're going back to our Broadcast Archives to hear from the late, great Bob Enyart! We air on KLTT radio out of Denver Colorado five days a week, and you can hear those shows (plus additional) content right here on kgov.com. Always remember to join us on weekdays at 3 pm (mountain time). Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: Morality: Why God Forbids Sexual Immorality A Testimony with Bob Enyart: Why does God forbid sexual immorality? This is Bob's most heart-rending video. He tells the sad part of the story of his own life. Learn about the effects of pornography on men and on children and how porn can pervade a young life, in school, at camp, and sometimes even in little league.
Today on Bob Enyart Live, we've got a debate between Bob Enyart and a rather worldly secular pastor. Hear this pastor try to justice homosexuality and fornication by twisting Bible stories only to be immediately shut down by Pastor Bob. In this contentious debate, we'll find out why God doesn't bless the wicked, nor curse the righteous. Rather He blesses the righteous and curses the wicked. We know here at Bob Enyart Live... that's pretty obvious. However, every now and then you have to remind even pastors of such basic truths... It's Monday! That means we're going back to our Broadcast Archives to hear from the late, great Bob Enyart! We air on KLTT radio out of Denver Colorado five days a week, and you can hear those shows (plus additional) content right here on kgov.com. Always remember to join us on weekdays at 3 pm (mountain time). Mondays Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics) Tuesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays Theology Thursday (with Bob Enyart) Fridays Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Today's Resource: Morality: Why God Forbids Sexual Immorality A Testimony with Bob Enyart: Why does God forbid sexual immorality? This is Bob's most heart-rending video. He tells the sad part of the story of his own life. Learn about the effects of pornography on men and on children and how porn can pervade a young life, in school, at camp, and sometimes even in little league.
What does the Bible say about the casting of lots? What was the purpose and is there a scriptural reason today to cast lots? The casting of lots in the Bible is similar to throwing dice or drawing straws. It served two godly purposes: - Revealing God's Will to Prophet or Priest: but this ended along with the Levitical priesthood. Heb. 7:12 - Encouraging Humility: as it causes contentions to cease and keeps the mighty apart. Prov. 18:18 If you would like to read Bob Enyart's article on casting lots, click here! Today's Resources: The Acts of the Apostles Click on this image!Get Bob Enyart's exhaustive study of the book of Acts! Join Bob as he explores to beginning of the Christian church from a rightly-divided, open perspective. This study comes in four parts: Volume one- Acts: St. Peter's Church (Pt. 1, Chapters 1-4) Volume two- Acts: St. Peter's Church (Pt. 2, Chapters 5-8) Volume three- Acts: St. Paul's Church (Pt. 1, Chapters 9-17) Volume four- Acts: St. Paul's Church (Pt. 2, Chapters 18-28) ... First Samuel Volume Two 1st Samuel: King David, the audiotape album, introduces you to the leader whom God described as "a man after my own heart." What would it take for God to describe you in a similar manner? Find out the answer to that fascinating question. Understanding this complex man, David, helps each man to better understand himself and his own potential. For over 25 years Bob Enyart has studied God's Word praying for the wisdom to share the truth of Scripture with believers in a lost world. Now you can benefit from this very exciting Bible study. ... It's Monday! That means we're going back to our Broadcast Archives to hear from the late, great Bob Enyart! We air on KLTT radio out of Denver Colorado five days a week, and you can hear those shows (plus additional) content right here on kgov.com. Always remember to join us on weekdays at 3 pm (mountain time). Mondays- Bob Enyart Live (Broadcast Classics!) Tuesdays- The Dominic Enyart Show Wednesdays- The Dominic Enyart Show Thursdays- Theology Thursday Friday- Real Science Radio (with Fred Williams!) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram!
* Graphene Fred and co-host Doug McBurney cover more about the history and promise of God's six sided little building block - graphene, and they ask the big question: Is it in the COVID shots? If you read the official ingredients lists on those shots; here's what you get: Pfizer Biontec - COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) and the authorized formulations of the vaccine include the following ingredients: mRNA and lipids ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2- hexyldecanoate), 2 [(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide, 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and cholesterol). Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and SPIKEVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) contain the following ingredients: messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), lipids (SM-102, polyethylene glycol [PEG] 2000 dimyristoyl glycerol [DMG], cholesterol, and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine [DSPC]), tromethamine, tromethamine hydrochloride, acetic acid, sodium acetate trihydrate, and sucrose. J&J: recombinant, replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, citric acid 2 monohydrate, trisodium citrate dihydrate, ethanol, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HBCD), polysorbate-80, sodium chloride. And regardless of what the ingredients are, or are not in any given shot, RSR does not shy away from observing that the FDA's VAERS data alone should have been enough to stop what Dr. Robert Malone (one of the foundational researchers in the field of mRNA technology) has deemed a counterproductive inoculation campaign. We don't think it's good for anyone to spread rumors. But it's worse to lie about the injuries and deaths of millions of people, and lead even more people toward unnecessary injury and death. God knows who has the greater sin there. Hear about how graphene oxide is indeed being examined for medical utility, (you can invest today, right now!) and that graphene or some derivative thereof could end up in shots in some form, someday. (Just like nano-technology that might be 5G compatible). But it's not new technology, and the evil men might do with them that we should fear. Don't fear him who can merely kill the body. Fear Him who can kill the body and throw your eternal soul into Hell. Fear God! And if you fear God, you'll find that your fear of man, and even your fear of death wanes. Get into His word. Talk to Him all the time. Who knows. Maybe you'll be the one to figure out what to do with God's simple little brick. For now we at RSR confidently assert that graphene's place of most importance is in the realm of that which brings glory to the Creator. And one of the interesting aspects of creation that can teach us about God, and about ourselves. God created man on the 6th day. He gave us six days in which to work. And the material He gave us to work with, both materials out in the world, and our own bodies He based primarily on carbon, who's atom's form the structure of God's most basic, smallest little brick. Brought together at six points, suspended on nothing more than a thought in the mind of God. And do consider the six sided little brick along with these six aspects to how Jesus taught us to pray: From Matthew Chapter 6: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 1. Acknowledge God's Existence & Holiness Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 2. Acknowledge God's Lordship & Creation Give us this day our daily bread. 3. Acknowledge Your Physical Dependence Upon Him. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 4. Acknowledge Your Need for Forgiveness, (and to Forgive). And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: 5. Acknowledge Your Spiritual Dependence Upon Him. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 6. Acknowledge His Eternal Supremacy Over All. Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
* Graphene Fred and co-host Doug McBurney cover more about the history and promise of God's six sided little building block - graphene, and they ask the big question: Is it in the COVID shots? If you read the official ingredients lists on those shots; here's what you get: Pfizer Biontec - COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) and the authorized formulations of the vaccine include the following ingredients: mRNA and lipids ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2- hexyldecanoate), 2 [(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide, 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and cholesterol). Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and SPIKEVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) contain the following ingredients: messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), lipids (SM-102, polyethylene glycol [PEG] 2000 dimyristoyl glycerol [DMG], cholesterol, and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine [DSPC]), tromethamine, tromethamine hydrochloride, acetic acid, sodium acetate trihydrate, and sucrose. J&J: recombinant, replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, citric acid 2 monohydrate, trisodium citrate dihydrate, ethanol, 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HBCD), polysorbate-80, sodium chloride. And regardless of what the ingredients are, or are not in any given shot, RSR does not shy away from observing that the FDA's VAERS data alone should have been enough to stop what Dr. Robert Malone (one of the foundational researchers in the field of mRNA technology) has deemed a counterproductive inoculation campaign. We don't think it's good for anyone to spread rumors. But it's worse to lie about the injuries and deaths of millions of people, and lead even more people toward unnecessary injury and death. God knows who has the greater sin there. Hear about how graphene oxide is indeed being examined for medical utility, (you can invest today, right now!) and that graphene or some derivative thereof could end up in shots in some form, someday. (Just like nano-technology that might be 5G compatible). But it's not new technology, and the evil men might do with them that we should fear. Don't fear him who can merely kill the body. Fear Him who can kill the body and throw your eternal soul into Hell. Fear God! And if you fear God, you'll find that your fear of man, and even your fear of death wanes. Get into His word. Talk to Him all the time. Who knows. Maybe you'll be the one to figure out what to do with God's simple little brick. For now we at RSR confidently assert that graphene's place of most importance is in the realm of that which brings glory to the Creator. And one of the interesting aspects of creation that can teach us about God, and about ourselves. God created man on the 6th day. He gave us six days in which to work. And the material He gave us to work with, both materials out in the world, and our own bodies He based primarily on carbon, who's atom's form the structure of God's most basic, smallest little brick. Brought together at six points, suspended on nothing more than a thought in the mind of God. And do consider the six sided little brick along with these six aspects to how Jesus taught us to pray: From Matthew Chapter 6: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 1. Acknowledge God's Existence & Holiness Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 2. Acknowledge God's Lordship & Creation Give us this day our daily bread. 3. Acknowledge Your Physical Dependence Upon Him. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 4. Acknowledge Your Need for Forgiveness, (and to Forgive). And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: 5. Acknowledge Your Spiritual Dependence Upon Him. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 6. Acknowledge His Eternal Supremacy Over All. Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
Air Date: 12 06 21 The believer's life is characterized by faith in what they cannot see. Regardless of circumstances, the believer should seek to please the Lord. The believer will receive reward or censure for their actions in this life. 2 Corinthians 4:15–18 | 15 For all these things are taking place for your sake, so that the more grace, divine favor and spiritual blessing extends to more and more people and multiplies through the many, the more thanksgiving may increase and rebound to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is progressively decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being progressively renewed day after day. 17 For our light, momentary affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for us an everlasting weight of glory beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!, 18 Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting. Second Corinthians 5:6-7 6So then, we are always full of good and hopeful and confident courage; we know that while we are at home in the body, we are abroad from the home with the Lord that is promised us. 7For we walk by faith, that is, we pregulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk not by sight or appearance. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
January 6th was five days ago. We'll be condemning violent insurrectionists. Based on that- what Dominic has to say might surprise you (but probably not). We're talking about vaccine hesitancy and dangerous misinformation. Also, the Christian conservative/republican circles have missed with COVID by thinking it's the most important issue. We'll talk about what is. All of that and more right here on Bob Enyart Live. Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
January 1, 2022 The Lord is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? | Psalm 27: 1 How vast, how numerous, how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend our lives, and how fearful our hearts may seem! But if all things as well as all persons are put under Jesus' feet, there cannot be a single circumstance over which He has not supreme control. Everything in providence and everything in grace are alike subject to His disposal. There is not a trial or temptation, an affliction of body or soul, a loss, a cross, a painful bereavement, a vexation, grief or disappointment, a case, state or condition, which is not put under Jesus' feet. He has sovereign, supreme disposal over all events and circumstances. As possessed of infinite knowledge He sees them, as possessed of infinite wisdom He can manage them, and as possessed of infinite power He can dispose and direct them for our good and His own glory. How much trouble and anxiety should we save ourselves, could we firmly believe, realize, and act on this! If we could see by the eye of faith that every foe and every fear, every difficulty and perplexity, every trying or painful circumstance, every looked-for or unlooked-for event, every source of care, whether at present or in prospect, are all, as put under His feet, at His sovereign disposal, what a load of anxiety and care would be often taken off our shoulders! Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 12 16 21 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.—2 Corinthians 5:17 God regenerates our spirit but our minds are renewed by the Word of God. He has also put healing ministries in the church to aid your body and mind and opened the way to the throne of grace where we can enter in prayer according to scripture. Sacred Scripture tells us what God's will is and healing scriptures guide us. God requires faith and scripture will build our faith. It is especially important to go scripture daily to triumph over pain and fear. Christianity is often called “The Great Confession.” All things in Christ—salvation, healing, deliverance—are dependent upon the confession with our lips of Jesus' lordship. Paul said to Timothy, “You…have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses” (1 Timothy 6:12). Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Mark 11: 22, 23 | 22 And Jesus answering said unto them, Have faith in God constantly 23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. .The first of these was a lesson about faith: (literally) “Be having faith in God.” The drying up of the fig tree had amazed the disciples; Jesus wanted them to understand that the truly amazing works are those done as a result of exercising faith in God. There are no limits on what can be accomplished as a result of one's faith in God, simply because there are no limits on what God can do and human faith provokes God to act. Mark 10:27 has already insisted that “with God all things are possible.” Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 12 02 21 Passionate, Specific Prayer 12/2/2021 Thursday My feeble hand lies in His. His omnipotent hand is clasped around mine. I am helpless and He is all powerful and knowing. Sensitivity requires listening to the Lord as a vital part of enjoying intimate fellowship with Him. (John 8:28-29). The ability to hear His voice is an absolute essential for the Christian life. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life . No matter what the ups and downs of life are, fellowship with Him transcends them all. We have to listen to God in our spirit. God speaks to us in spiritual influences and we listen or focus on this spiritual communication Asking, Seeking and Knocking Matthew 7:7-8 A person who hears the voice of the Lord will be equipped to make wise decisions (Eph. 5:15, 17). But learning to listen to God rarely happens without an individual deliberately seeking Him through prayer and solitude. If you want this quality, you must make spending time with the Father a priority. Scripture: Through studying the Bible, we can learn how to please the Lord and what attitudes and actions to avoid (Ephesians 4:17-18). Supplication: Passionate, specific prayer is essential in walking with God. A person who is building an intimate relationship with the Father must talk to Him and listen to His voice. Jesus often withdrew by Himself to pray in the early morning hours (Mark 1:35). If it was important for the Son of God to connect with the Lord, how much more important is it for us to start the day with prayer? When you wake up, thank God He has a plan for your life. Each morning He is present to take you through everything—this gives us joy, peace and purpose—as we are walking in unity with Jesus. Life will not always be easy nor will it always go according to your expectations, but God will bring spiritual benefits out of any negative circumstances you face (Rom. 8:28). For instance, the apostle Paul might have never written the letters that became part of our Bible if he had not been imprisoned for his faith. He is omniscient and knows all things in the past, present, and future. The Lord sees every aspect of our lives, including our needs and desires. In His great wisdom, He understands what's best for us. His divine schedule for our lives is always perfect and achieves His good purposes. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 12 01 21 God Gives all Things Through Jesus Wednesday Dec. 1, 2021 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? | ROMANS 8:32 You can depend on God. You can count on His loving provision as a fact because you know how much He gave to solve the greatest problem you have—the sin that separated you from His presence | ISAIAH 59:2 The Father understood your deep need to have a relationship with Him, so He gave no less than the One “far above . . . every name that is named” (Ephesians 1:21), His only Son, Jesus. If He would give His own precious Son so you could know Him, why is it you doubt He would want to help you with what you face? Of course your problem matters to Him—because it means so much to you. The truth of the matter is, the God of all creation, the Great I AM, the King of kings and Lord of lords loves you. And He is wholeheartedly committed to you. So listen to Him and trust Him to help you with whatever you need today. God says that the knowledge of God is in the heart: “I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord” Jeremiah 24: 7 Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 30 21 The Exchange at the Cross Tuesday 11/30/2021 Once we have been translated out of the Kingdom of Darkness and into the Kingdom of God's Dear Son, we begin to prosper due to Jesus taking the curse for us that came about due to our alienation from God—the Way, the Truth and the Life. On the Cross the Son of God enters into the greatest union with man—He enters into the experience of what it means to be a human person, who is a member of a race under the curse. It is in death that the Prince of life conquers the power of death; it is in death alone that He can enable us to partake of that victory. The life He imparts is a life from the dead; each new experience of the power of that life depends upon the fellowship of the death where the sinful nature is crucified with Christ. The death and the life are inseparable. All of the grace that Jesus the Saving One gives is given only in the path of fellowship with Jesus the Crucified One. Galatians 2:20-21 | “My old identity has been co-crucified with Messiah and no longer lives; for the nails of His cross crucified me with Him. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives His life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, and dispenses His life into mine! “So that is why I don't view God's grace as something minor or peripheral. For if keeping the law could release God's righteousness to us, the Anointed One would have died for nothing.” Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 29 21 The Blessing of Abraham is the gracious heavenly gift that Abraham received as part of God's plan to create a new nation on earth. God's blessing to Abraham is recorded in Genesis 12:1–3: “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. “‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.'” Here, Abraham is blessed, and that blessing includes the promise that he will have a great name (reputation) and that he would become a great nation (have many descendants). God will bless those who bless him; furthermore, Abraham will be a blessing. Through Abraham all nations on earth will be blessed. The blessing of Abraham finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the “Seed” of Abraham (Galatians 3:16) and the Redeemer of the world. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 26 21 Commit Your Way to the LORD - Friday Psalm 37 | 3 Trust, lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass. 6 And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday. 7 Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 25 21 The Law of the Spirit of Life - Thursday Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus the law of our new being has freed me from the law of sin and of death. The Means for No Condemnation (Romans 8:2–4) The way to being free from condemnation is stated here. It involves both the Spirit of God and the Son of God. The Work of the Spirit of God. “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). The Holy Spirit is much involved in our salvation. However, the Spirit's involvement is not apart from Christ Jesus. It is the law of the Spirit of life “in Christ Jesus.” The Work of the Son of God. “God sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us” (Romans 8:3,4). Jesus Christ is the Savior. First, the sending. “God sending his own son.” God sent Christ to the earth to die for sinners. Second, the seeing. “In the likeness of sinful flesh.” This is the Incarnation. Man could see the Savior incarnated in the likeness of sinful flesh—not in sinful flesh but in the likeness of sinful flesh. Third, the sacrificing. “For sin” involves the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary. Christ did not die a martyr but died for our sins. Fourth, the sanctifying. “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us.” The death of Christ made it possible for sinful man to have the righteousness of Christ imputed to him. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 24 21 George Müller's autobiography is a fitting textbook on answers to prayer as much of his time was spent in prayer. God was his friend to have conversations with and it was God who answered his prayers in a million ways. Every gift received was carefully recorded. None of these gifts had been asked for directly. Money went to missionary operations, children's work, or the distribution of Scriptures and tracts. When the Müllers began to ‘live by faith', Mary and George often started the day without the financial means to meet the requirements of the day. They were living completely ‘hand to mouth'. But God met each of their needs as it arose and George's diaries are full of stories. On one day there was no money to buy food. A certain sister had sold some trinkets meaning to give the money for the orphans. On this particular day, during her prayer time, it was impressed upon her not to delay, but to hand over the £5 immediately. The lady was not to know that at this time there was no money to buy food for the children. Her gift provided the next meal. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 22 21 Persevering In Prayer — Monday The Bible says, “Fret not.” That is an assertion of the correlative that God can be trusted—the one that tells us not to fret; the one that tells us not to worry, is the one Who loves us and is all knowing and all powerful. Psalm 37:33 | Hints that God's promise of deliverance from the wicked may be delayed mean that the righteous will need patience in various circumstances, not all of which may be deliverance from people hindering us but also of circumstances that we face. But remember that the One for whom you are waiting is the Lord, the all-powerful One, who is faithful to his promise, but is not subject to time and in no hurry. But he knows the right time to act and will do so then: you will see it (Psalm 37: 34). James 4:2 | You do not have because you do not ask. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 23 21 Finding the LORD When you need Him — Tuesday Psalm 34 1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who revere and worship Him with awe Him and each of them He delivers. 8 O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. 9 O revere the Lord, you His saints and worship Him! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear. 10 The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek the Lord by right of their need and on the authority of His Word, none of them shall lack any beneficial thing. I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 12 21 In Hebrews 11, we learn about faith from the Bible's Old Testament heroes. One crucial detail stands out in their lives: they placed their whole confidence in God, entrusting themselves into His hands. The actions and accomplishments of these men and women proved that faith pleases God, and He rewards those who seek Him: “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). The author of the book of Hebrews points out two critical convictions of believers. First, “anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists.” Those who desire to draw near to God must have a deep-rooted belief that He is real. Such belief is not mere intellectual knowledge but a wholehearted devotion to His presence and participation in every part of one's life. Without a genuine conviction that God exists, it is impossible to have an intimate relationship with Him. Second, the Lord's followers must believe “that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” This aspect of faith trusts in the character of God as a good, loving, generous, gracious, and merciful Father (James 1:17; Psalm 84:11; Lamentations 3:22–23). These two certainties are the groundwork of saving faith—a faith that pleases God. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 10 21 Faith in God's Trustworthy, Unfailing Nature Wed Nov 17. 2021 The writer of Hebrews opens chapter 11 with a brief description of faith: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1, NKJV). This statement should not be regarded as a complete definition of faith. Instead, the author focuses on two critical aspects of a much broader theological concept to introduce a famous gallery of Old Testament heroes of faith. The first vital facet of faith is that it is “the substance of things hoped for.” The word for “substance” (KJV, NKJV) in the clause faith is the substance of things hoped for, is alternatively translated as “assurance” (ESV), “confidence” (NIV), and “the reality” (NLT). In the original Greek, the term conveys the idea of “a firm foundation,” “the real being,” “the actual existence,” “the substantial nature,” and “a resolute trust.” One sense of the word refers to a title deed or a legal document guaranteeing the right to possess a property. Faith as the substance of things hoped for” could be translated “faith is the title-deed of things hoped for” Faith, as described in Hebrews 11:1, “apprehends reality: it is that to which the unseen objects of hope become real and substantial. Assurance gives the true idea. It is the firm grasp of faith on unseen fact.” In order for us to take hold by faith, we have to know God's will. We have to know His principles and precepts from Scripture as the foundation for our faith. God's will holds the supremacy in all the factors concerned so God works in us to know His will by the Word and Spirit. As we ask, seek and knock, we discover God's will in our own personal circumstances. He works in the conditions and environment to set things up for us and within us to direct us to take hold of that which is His will. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 11 21 Steadfast Hope an Anchor to the Soul Thurs Nov 18 In Hebrews 6:16–20, the biblical writer intends to instill steadfast hope in his readers to keep them from drifting about aimlessly through the Christian life. He does so by identifying three wholly reliable sources of hope as an anchor for the soul: God's Word, God's character, and God's Son. The Lord not only gives us the promise of salvation and eternal life (John 3:16), but He reinforces it by binding Himself with an oath “so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind” (Hebrews 6:17, NLT). God's Word and nature are rock solid. He is trustworthy, and “it is impossible for God to lie” (Hebrews 6:18). The dependability of God's promise and His character bolster our faith so that we can “take hold of the hope set before us” and “be greatly encouraged” (verse 18). “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 6:19–20). God's Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, is a powerful and dependable anchor for our souls. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 16 21 Shalom is one of the most beautiful words in existence. It literally means “nothing missing, nothing broken.” It also means to be completely whole in every way. Shalom is perfect peace. Our Lord Jesus is the Prince of Shalom. (Isa. 9:6.) His greatest desire for you is that you live in health, prosperity, joy, and absolute fulfillment in every area of your life. If even a small part of your life is lacking any part of these, He feels it. You must realize that your Lord loves you with a perfect love. He cherishes every breath you take. He counts the very hairs on your head and holds as precious every one. Examine this thought for a moment. The Word says that our “hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us” (Romans 5:5). Now add to your meditation of this thought that faith is the substance of things hoped for and that faith must work by love. (Heb. 11:1; Gal. 5:6.) How does faith come? By hearing the Word continually until we realize that the promise is for us. (Rom. 10:17.) How can we be disappointed? When we don't know the love that God has for us and how willing He is to fulfill His Word in our lives. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 15 21 2 Corinthians 5:18-20… All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.… The Gospels of Mark and Luke both relay an incident involving a widow's gift to God. She didn't give much—just two mites—or did she? The story is often called the story of the widow's mite or the story of the widow's offering. One day, Jesus was sitting with His disciples near the temple treasury watching people depositing money into the offering receptacles. The court of women held thirteen such receptacles, and people could cast their money in as they walked by. Jesus watched as the rich were contributing large sums of money, but then along came a widow with two small coins in her hand. The ESV calls them “two small copper coins, which make a penny” (Mark 12:41). The KJV calls the coins “mites.” These were the smallest denomination of coins. The widow put her coins into the box, and Jesus called His disciples to Him and pointed out her action: “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on” (Mark 12:43–44; cf. Luke 21:1–4). Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 10 21 The Prayer of Agreement Wednesday November 10, 2021 “Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.” —Matthew 18:19 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. (Romans 8:26–27) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. —Romans 10:17 We stand on God's Word and instead of looking at the storm, in the face of it, we say as Paul did: “I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me” (Acts 27:25). The opposition will relent and the answer will come. We stand our ground. God's Word works! Our trust is not in our ability to manipulate and access God's power to apply to our situation, but in God and His Word. We seek God's will above what we want at any certain time. This is the attitude of our hearts upon which we can proceed to faith for what we pray for. Everything is in the context of the knowledge that God has a plan. Our prayers are important as Holy Spirit works in us with hidden influences to get us in agreement with God's will. That is the solid rock of our salvation. This rock is Jesus. He is always present to rest in our hearts, our souls and exchange so that He protects us from false notions and brings us into agreement in accordance with His will. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 12 21 May you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. .—Ephesians 3:18, 19. 17 May Christ through your faith actually dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, 18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints God's devoted people, the experience of that love what is the breadth and length and height and depth of it; 19 That you may really come to know practically, through experience for yourselves the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience; that you may be filled through all your being unto all the fullness of God may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself! 20 Now to Him Who, by the consequence of the action of His power that is at work within us, is able to carry out His purpose and do superabundantly, far over and above all that we dare ask or think infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams— 21 To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it). Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 08 21 Partakers of the Divine Nature 2 Peter:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.… Hebrews 4:12 — God's Word is Living and Active 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.… Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 11 09 21 There is a new power of prayer in faith without doubting given in these verses. Prayer has authority to change things. We are told that We must be willing to forgive if we are to experience God's power. Beginning here with the scriptural account of Jesus teaching on faith , we will also be looking at the hindrances to faith and how to overcome them. The clearing of the temple and the cursing of the fig tree (11:12–18) portray the messianic authority of Jesus to act for God, and here this authority is passed on to Jesus's followers through the power of prayers made in faith. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date 10/27/2021 Wednesday The Christian who compartmentalizes his or her life into two sections of the religious and the nonreligious has failed to grasp the big idea. The big idea is that all of life is religious or none of life is religious. To divide life between the religious and the nonreligious is itself a sacrilege. This means that if a person fulfills his or her vocation as a steelmaker, attorney, or homemaker coram Deo, then that person is acting every bit as religiously as a soul-winning evangelist who fulfills his vocation. It means that David was as religious when he obeyed God's call to be a shepherd as he was when he was anointed with the special grace of kingship. It means that Jesus was every bit as religious when He worked in His father's carpenter shop as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane. Integrity is found where men and women live their lives in a pattern of consistency. It is a pattern that functions the same basic way in church and out of church. It is a life that is open before God. It is a life in which all that is done is done as to the Lord. It is a life lived by principle, not expediency; by humility before God, not defiance. It is a life lived under the tutelage of conscience that is held captive by the Word of God. Coram Deo ... before the face of God. That's the big idea. Next to this idea our other goals and ambitions become mere trifles. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 10 26 21 Observe also that one basic principle of prayer is set forth by this example of delayed response. It is the principle of undiscourageable persistence. Jesus taught his disciples that “they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1). There may be hindering factors of which a praying Christian knows nothing as he wonders why the answers to his requests are delayed. Nevertheless, he is to keep on praying. It may be that he will not receive an answer because he has given up on the twentieth day when he should have persisted to the twenty-first day. If Daniel had become discouraged, as many Christians do, then he might not have received the words of ch 11. Daniel 10:12-13…“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. 13However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
*Body Count: KGOV guest host Doug McBurney noticed that Alec Baldwin has finally killed someone while the authorities searching for the body of Gabby Petito and her killer stumbled across nine other bodies unrelated to Petito's murder, but related to the epidemic of murder and suicide in America today. *Vlad the more male-er: Vladimir Putin thinks the western world is “completely insane” for “subverting human nature” by teaching our children there is no biological sex. *Trans-Humiliation: Richard Levine is a man who dresses like a girl, who the Marxist sex perverts who've seized the government now insist we call “Mr. Admiral.” *Quitter Wins: A colorist at DC comics has quit his job over the queering of Superman. *In-n-Out of Tyranny: In-n-Out Burger in California has drawn the line at checking their customers' papers, (but had they already given the tyrants too much). Today's Resource: Does God Exist? (Debate)Bob Enyart Bob Enyart pastors Denver Bible Church. Bob began his professional life working for McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company designing simulation software for the Army's Apache AH-64 attack helicopter, and then went to work for U S West, Microsoft Corporation, and PC Week. Bob eventually left his computing career to work fulltime in Christian ministry and to host a talk show. In 1991, Bob Enyart Live began airing on Denver's KLTT radio, and can still be heard there weeknights at 7 p.m. During the mid 90s, Bob's show moved to television and was available in eighty cities from Honolulu to Orlando. More than 50,000 copies of Bob's audio and video teaching tapes have been sold. And a few thousand people have read the overview of the Bible presented in The Plot manuscript which is Bob Enyart's life's work. Bob launched www.KGOV.com in 1999 with the purchase of O.J. Simpson's Hall of Fame Award and football jerseys, burning those items at the largest single-event press conference in the history of the LA courthouse. And Bob has organized a mobile protest of President Bill Clinton following him from Martha's Vineyard to Auckland, New Zealand with over 1,000 protests in 147 US and foreign cities for Clinton's sexual abuse of women. Bob has worked with parents of slain Columbine students to close down memorials to murderers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and was glad to see the destruction of two crosses on Rebel Hill and two trees planted in West Bowles Community Church memorial garden. Bob has been appeared on over 100 TV and radio shows, including multiple episodes of ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, and various appearances on MS-NBC, the BBC, XTRA, Michael Reagan, E Network, etc. including on scores of radio stations from LA's KABC to NY's WABC.Zakath Zakath, a two and a half year veteran poster on TOL, is an atheist with a past. The man behind the screen name was raised in a Christian home, seminary trained, earned a doctorate in counseling psychology, pastored two churches, founded a Christian school, and a Christian counseling practice with his wife of twenty-five years. Zakath left the Christian faith almost ten years ago, eventually ending up in his present belief system, atheism. Zakath is the father of four grown children; two in active duty military service, and two in the federal consulting field. When he's not posting on TOL, he runs his consulting business, enjoys reading, organic gardening (and ponding), martial arts, and home brewing.
Air Date: 10 25 21 The certainty of our hope has a remarkable effect on our lives. Hoping Christians cannot live carelessly, seeking self-indulgence and pleasure. Prepare your minds for action: literally, ‘Gird up the loins of your mind.' The figure describes what a man wearing a long robe had to do if he were to go into action—gather the garment up between his legs and tuck it into his belt. Like Israel in Egypt, we have been called out of our slavery to begin a journey to the promised land. The Israelites were commanded to eat the Passover, their last meal in Egypt, ‘girded' for travel. God calls his servants to be girded for mission; Elijah to run and Jeremiah to prophesy. Peter may have been thinking especially of the words of Jesus, ‘Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open unto him.' Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 10 22 21 “The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear?” PROVERBS 18:14 Peter does not begin to exhort Christian pilgrims until he has celebrated the wonders of God's salvation in Jesus Christ. The indicative of what God had done for us and in us precedes the imperative of what we are called to do for Him. ‘Without the pinpointing of what God does, the essential is addressed to a helpless sinner, the victim of his illusions; it becomes a commandment that crushes or that drives to vain and presumptuous efforts. Our hope is God's gift, an inheritance created for us by Christ's resurrection (1:3). Because we have been given hope, we are called to live in it. –Romans 1:17 | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” Peter's exhortations continue through his letter. Yet he also continues to remind us of the reality of redemption that underlies his call to obedience. In the rest of this chapter he summons us to the obedience of hope, hope that is marked by readiness and holiness. 3 John 2—NLT: “Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit. The Degree of Success We Experience Is Directly Connected to the Condition of Our Spirits Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 10 21 21 The term comforter includes advocate and helper. In 1 John 2:1, where John speaks of Christ as “an advocate with the Father,” the RV margin gives comforter. In Scripture, a paraclete, the Greek term for comforter, is an intercessor, a capable helper in time of need, or a person called to the side of another to aid them. A certain missionary was struggling with the language of the natives among whom he labored. When he came to “advocate” in John 14:16, he tried to translate it into a word or phrase expressing the meaning to the native mind but was baffled. Calling to his native assistant, he said, “Come over to my side and help me with this word.” Thus, all at once, the missionary had his translation: “one called alongside to help.” During His earthly ministry, Jesus had been God's advocate with men, pleading God's cause with them, seeking to win them for His Father. He was ever at the call of saint and sinner alike who needed His help. He was going away however, and both He and the Father would see to it that their own would not be left without another advocate on the earth. This further heavenly Comforter would not be recognized by an unspiritual world, but all true believers would know and welcome Him. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.… After a little while the world will behold Me no more; but you will behold Me; because I live, you shall live also.… These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. (John 14:16, 19, 25, 26) Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 10 20 21 All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:25–27) When the Counselor comes, whom I send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, He will testify about me. (John 15:26) Now I am going to Him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (John 16:5–7) Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ
Air Date: 10 19 21 Praying in Christ's Name Tuesday October 19, 2021 Praying in Christ's name means coming in prayer on the basis of Jesus merit, not ours. Christ's full name is the Lord Jesus Christ, which means Jehovah, the Savior, God's Anointed. That is the name of the One whose merit we depend on for access to God. We cannot think in any way that God will hear us because of our virtue. We cannot come to him in our own name. As the opening verse of the Sermon on the Mount tells us, poverty of spirit is the basis upon which we come to him (Matthew 5:3). If we come in poverty of spirit, relying on Christ and not ourselves, we can expect our prayers to be answered. The second requirement of praying in Jesus' name is that we must pray in correspondence with Christ's character and objectives. Praying in Christ's name is His saying to ask anything in His nature. This simply means that we are to ask for what Christ would want, not just our own spontaneous desires. Prayer is a means by which we get God to do what we want as we are led into conforming to what God wants. The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God: prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God. This happens when we are filled with the Holy Spirit and our hearts are so in tune with the Lord's that we pray for those things He desires for us. The Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. (Romans 8:26–27) Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ