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Tonight once again we are immersed in the struggle for purity of heart and the avoidance of its opposite in action, fornication. We are presented, of course, with heroic examples of those who embodied this virtue. Yet the most powerful thing that stands out both in the examples and the writings of the fathers is their understanding of Eros being conquered by Divine Eros; that is, our attachment to the things of this world and are very selves overcome by a greater love - the love of God for us.  When we begin to see and taste this love within our day-to-day life, and when we experience a greater measure of freedom through the ascetic life, that Divine love begins to grow within us and we find ourselves running with a swiftness aided by the grace of God.  Love is always the more powerful motivator and there is nothing more powerful than to experience the love of the one who created us in His own image and likeness. He alone can satisfy the deepest longings of the human heart. Once we begin to let go of the illusion that this world places before us - the illusion that it can provide for all of us are pleasures; and once the grace of God begins also to purify the memory, we begin to experience the invincible joy, peace, and humility of the kingdom.  As long as we are in this world, we all always find ourselves embattled. Therefore, the fathers tell us to cry out like David in the psalms: “Deliver me, O my joy, from them that have compassed me about.“ At that moment, we will always find ourselves in the hands of the living God. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:13:28 Rebecca Thérèse: Happy Birthday Joshua   00:21:38 Anthony: Sounds like St Augustine in City of God regarding virgins who jumped off buildings for fear of rape by Vandals.   00:22:33 Anthony: Maria goretti   00:32:00 Myles Davidson: Committing oneself to an Adoration time outside of normal sleep time can be a great way to get used to combatting the need to sleep.   00:45:12 Wayne: Its interesting that the protestant tradition don't have the crucified Christ on the cross. There is focus on the resurrection but forget about Good Friday.   00:55:26 Forrest Cavalier: Some terms I have come across to describe the non-sacrificial, non-repentance approach to Christianity are "Moralistic therapeutic deism" and "cheap grace"   00:59:04 Rebecca Thérèse: If John Lennon's "Imagine" came true that would be world communism.   01:07:45 Anthony: Also, iconographers and musicians and poets who give us a vision to hope for.  Something that reaches us outside of reason for an irrational world.   01:14:29 Anna Lalonde: I do vigils, it's grown through desert Father's training me.   01:14:40 Adam Paige: Reacted to "I do vigils, it's gr..." with

Christians are to be kind. But what does that mean? Kindness is not niceness. Join us as we look at how God says Christians are to live.

Romans - The Just Shall Live By Faith

Text- 1Samuel 13 - 14-1..We are back to 1Sam again to continue from where we left off..-2..And we don't go anywhere, where we can't preach Christ...-3..I continue to contend that the scriptures do indeed testify of Christ and His work..-4..I also contend as the Lord taught that if God does not open the understanding one can not see how these stories in the Old Testament relate to Christ..-5..I contend that God didn't give the Old Testament stories so that we may do Moralistic teaching or a character assassination of these people as appealing these can be.. But rather that we may see the gospel preached through them..-6..Thus, we continue to develop our theology as God developed and built it around Saul... But in this his son Jonathan is introduced to us also a man of war and God gave a lot of detail to enable us to figure out what God was preaching through Jonathan..-7..Many sentimentalize Jonathan as they do Esther, Hannah, Ruth and other Bible characters and if they stop or end there, then know that one has entirely missed what God was teaching..-8..When you have a 7 part series on the goldy women of the bible, then I can tell you that Pastor has not been given understanding of these matters by God.-9..Saul carried a testimony and so did his son.. And unless the details relating to their lives are related to the New Testament revelation of Christ, they can't be preached alright.. -10..This is true of the whole Old Testament.. It must be interpreted through the lenses of the mystery that has now been made known..-And this is free...

Text- 1Samuel 13 - 14-1..We are back to 1Sam again to continue from where we left off..-2..And we don't go anywhere, where we can't preach Christ...-3..I continue to contend that the scriptures do indeed testify of Christ and His work..-4..I also contend as the Lord taught that if God does not open the understanding one can not see how these stories in the Old Testament relate to Christ..-5..I contend that God didn't give the Old Testament stories so that we may do Moralistic teaching or a character assassination of these people as appealing these can be.. But rather that we may see the gospel preached through them..-6..Thus, we continue to develop our theology as God developed and built it around Saul... But in this his son Jonathan is introduced to us also a man of war and God gave a lot of detail to enable us to figure out what God was preaching through Jonathan..-7..Many sentimentalize Jonathan as they do Esther, Hannah, Ruth and other Bible characters and if they stop or end there, then know that one has entirely missed what God was teaching..-8..When you have a 7 part series on the goldy women of the bible, then I can tell you that Pastor has not been given understanding of these matters by God.-9..Saul carried a testimony and so did his son.. And unless the details relating to their lives are related to the New Testament revelation of Christ, they can't be preached alright.. -10..This is true of the whole Old Testament.. It must be interpreted through the lenses of the mystery that has now been made known..-And this is free...

Power for Salvation 3.3.24 Brandon Ware   Romans 2:1-11

Text: 1Samuel 13 & 141..We are back to 1Sam again to continue from where we left off..2..And we don't go anywhere, where we can't preach Christ...3..I continue to contend that the scriptures do indeed testify of Christ and His work..4..I also contend as the Lord taught that if God does not open the understanding one can not see how these stories in the Old Testament relate to Christ..5..I contend that God didn't give the Old Testament stories so that we may do Moralistic teaching or a character assassination of these people as appealing these can be.. But rather that we may see the gospel preached through them..6..Thus, we continue to develop our theology as God developed and built it around Saul... But in this his son Jonathan is introduced to us also a man of war and God gave a lot of detail to enable us to figure out what God was preaching through Jonathan..7..Many sentimentalize Jonathan as they do Esther, Hannah, Ruth and other Bible characters and if they stop or end there, then know that one has entirely missed what God was teaching..8..When you have a 7 part series on the goldy women of the bible, then I can tell you that Pastor has not been given understanding of these matters by God.9..Saul carried a testimony and so did his son.. And unless the details relating to their lives are related to the New Testament revelation of Christ, they can't be preached alright.. 10..This is true of the whole Old Testament.. It must be interpreted through the lenses of the mystery that has now been made known..And this is free...

The McCullough Report with Dr. Peter McCullough – I delve into the sociological impacts of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on university campuses. Through my interview with Dr. Claudia Chaufan, we uncover startling insights about student compliance, moralistic beliefs regarding vaccination, and the broader implications on freedom of speech and societal norms. Join me in unraveling this complex web of health, education, and cultural dynamics...

The McCullough Report with Dr. Peter McCullough – I delve into the sociological impacts of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on university campuses. Through my interview with Dr. Claudia Chaufan, we uncover startling insights about student compliance, moralistic beliefs regarding vaccination, and the broader implications on freedom of speech and societal norms. Join me in unraveling this complex web of health, education, and cultural dynamics...

On the path of self-realization, a confused Karin van Egmond asks the Maharishikaa if her desire to change herself came from her societal upbringing. As the Maharishikaa‘s answer unfolds, many nuances about the impact that religion has on individuals are revealed, including what underlies the pre-programmed moralistic guilt-ridden response of being charitable and 'caring' towards others. Maharishikaa gives Karin the key to transform herself so that she can take actions which emerge out of sensing the other, actions which emerge out of true Love and lead to joy. #Maharishikaa #SelfRealization #ReligiousGuilt Aaryaa Maharishikaa Preeti Maiyaa, is a revolutionary female mystic who fearlessly dares to demystify spirituality in her unrelenting call to realize Self, and act from Source. Detailed biography: https://maharishikaa.org/biography/ If you would like to make a Dakshinaa offering directly to Maharishikaa: Online transfer: http://bit.ly/Dakshinaa PayPal: maharishikaadakshinaa@gmail.com If you wish to make a donation to charitable works inspired by Maharishikaa: http://bit.ly/Daanam Lives transformed by Maharishikaa: https://maharishikaa.org/testimonials/ Subscribe to our mailing list: https://bit.ly/MaharishikaaEmailList

Scripture: Romans 2:1-11

Scripture: Romans 2:1-11

Matthew 22:34-40 — What is the relationship between teaching and good deeds in the Bible? In this sermon on Matthew 22:34–40 titled “Man and Dogma,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones responds to those that say they do not want dogma, but only what is practical and what helps them love their neighbor. He shows the fallacy of this question because Biblical dogma, or teaching, is related to love of neighbor and good deeds. It is only once the sinful nature of humanity, the redemptive work of Christ, and the need for repentance is understood that anyone can understand why they must love their neighbor. Moralistic legalism exists when the teachings of Scripture are done away with in order to focus on morality. This creates a false Christianity that is devoid of the gospel and therefore devoid of any hope. The church must preach the whole counsel of God. This includes both the need for salvation from sins and the need to live in holiness and righteousness towards one's neighbors. Love of neighbor and love of God are connected and make one whole. Christians must see that the teachings of Scripture are what compel them to love and serve others just as Christ did.

Special thanks to Birch Gold Group for sponsoring today's episode. Text "PETER" to 989898 for your FREE info kit on gold.Luana S. Maroja is a renowned evolutionary biologist, Professor of Biology, and Chair of the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program at Williams College. She was taken aback when the Society for the Study of Evolution released a statement promoting sex as a spectrum and declaring the validity of “lived experience” in sexual identity. What would inspire such a misguided, conspicuously anti-scientific declaration? In this conversation with Peter, she answers that question. In plain language, Luana explains chromosomal differences in mammals and how the sex binary is expressed in animals. She addresses popular arguments about exceptions to the binary, such as variations in sex chromosomes, hormone receptor failure, and developmental sex disorders.  They also discuss: Moralistic and naturalist fallacies, bimodality, being “born in the wrong body,” social constructs, clown fish, non-biologists teaching bad biology, and trans racialism.  Luana S. Maroja earned her undergraduate and master's degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and her PhD from Cornell University. Her research interests include population ecology, speciation, population genetics, phylogeny, and phylogeography. Luana studies a variety of organisms, including small mammals, insects, and plants, and has published more than 35 scientific papers.  Luana co-authored The Ideological Subversion of Biology, the cover article in the July/August 2023 issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine."The Ideological Subversion of Biology," Skeptical Inquirer https://skepticalinquirer.org/2023/06/the-ideological-subversion-of-biology/Watch the episode on YouTube.

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.In this episode, Carl & Tony discuss the growing issue of moralism in art, and how fractious the discourse seems be around it.Plus! In What We've Been Watching, they chat about the new Apple TV thriller Hijack, Disney+ show The Bear, the films of Ben Wheatley & more...-Remember: subscribe to THE DISCOURSE+ for early access, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/the-discourseNew episodes of The Discourse drop each week every Monday and Tuesday...Host / EditorCarl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackSubscribe to THE DISCOURSE+:https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/the-discourseFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcastFollow Tony & Carl:Carl: @CKJSweeney on TwitterTony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriterListen to Carl's THE MOVIE PALACE podcast:https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-movie-palace-podcastWe Made this Twitter: @we_madethisWebsite: wemadethisnetwork.comTitle music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.In this episode, Carl & Tony discuss the growing issue of moralism in art, and how fractious the discourse seems be around it.Plus! In What We've Been Watching, they chat about the new Apple TV thriller Hijack, Disney+ show The Bear, the films of Ben Wheatley & more...-Remember: subscribe to THE DISCOURSE+ for early access, ad-free listening and bonus episodes not available to regular listeners. Support the show here: https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/the-discourseNew episodes of The Discourse drop each week every Monday and Tuesday...Host / EditorCarl SweeneyCo-HostTony BlackSubscribe to THE DISCOURSE+:https://wemadethis.supportingcast.fm/the-discourseFollow us on social media:https://linktr.ee/thediscoursepodcastFollow Tony & Carl:Carl: @CKJSweeney on TwitterTony: https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriterListen to Carl's THE MOVIE PALACE podcast:https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-movie-palace-podcastWe Made this Twitter: @we_madethisWebsite: wemadethisnetwork.comTitle music: The Subtle Ones (c) John Ahlin via epidemicsound.com

In this episode, I explain and warn against the tendency we have to moralize the text and characters in the Bible. In our zeal to help people improve, we often fail to share the proper way to betterment with them: A relationship with Jesus Christ. Moralistic preaching is dangerous because it gives people false hope. Moralizing the text and calling upon people to do better without pointing them to Jesus sets people up for failure. Moralizing the text can lead lost sinners to believe they can become pleasing to God through their good works and positive life changes. The antidote to moralism in our preaching is to focus on Jesus in every sermon. Gove this episode a listen and let me know what you think.Support the showBe sure to subscribe to this podcast. Please leave us a review, and point your friends to this podcast.You can contact me, Alan Carr, at alancarr@gmail.com. Our website is: https://preachingmatters.buzzsprout.com/The podcast is a ministry of Dr. Alan Carr and The Sermon Notebook (http://www.sermonnotebook.org)If you would like some Preaching Matters Podcast merch, you can support the show while advertising for the show.Podcast T-Shirt: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1477329809/podcast-logo-preacher-gift-sermon-notes?click_key=10bfd3485c9c310cd30c1ea506644847488583b2%3A1477329809&click_sum=c33942ee&external=1&rec_type=ss&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-1&frs=1Podcast Mug: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1468678138/coffee-mug-the-preaching-matters-podcast?click_key=372978b5d3b54393df102deea8e8e4a635954690%3A1468678138&click_sum=7538cce4&external=1&rec_type=ss&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-8&frs=1

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Pastor and author Erik Reed sits down to discuss his book and some other topics with Pastor Steve. Erik's book, Hold the Line, goes over the importance of standing strong with our Christian convictions in the midst of the cultural confusion around us. Begin Show Notes - Why'd you write Hold the Line? Address what problem?How's reception been? (Endorsements - Joe Rigney, Megan Basham). General - diagnosis. what's sick, ill, weak in our day in churches? Pg. 4 - onslaught of cultural pressure to conform to beliefs and practices that others deem acceptable. What cultural pressures?How great is the pressure?Where's the pressure coming from? Outside church, or inside? Inside? How? Pg. 10 - The last several decades reveal a decline in christian convictions on what were once broadly-held orthodox beliefs. What? What convictions? (Gender roles in home and church. LGBTQ+. Gender. Abortion; Scripture.) Pg. 22 - talking about Jesus, John 6 (I'm preaching through). Talk to us about Jesus and the seeker church thing. Was Jesus a church growth guru? Did Jesus develop and work a methodology for attracting & keeping a large crowd? Pg. 24 - allegiance to Jesus produces conflict w/i families, marriages, and societies (SH - and churches).” Talk about. What? Why? Then you write about the cost of being a disciple. Talk about it. What is the cost of being a disciple? Chapter 3 - “Low Bar Christianity”, and the seeker movement. Talk to us about it. What is it? What's wrong with it? (Not interested in biblical preaching. Marriages, finances, parenting. They're the customer, we tailor it all to them. Do not say or do anything they'll find offensive or confrontational. “Moralistic therapeutic deism.” Who said that? How large is this movement? Evaluate preaching in USA. I visited your site - love your preaching. And that's kinda rare. Pg. 33 - our culture has shifted rapidly, dramatically. (Slow, then fast. We've just witnessed fast - tipping point). Pg. 41 - woke. What is? Showing up in churches? How? (CT, Frankfurt, Columbia U in NYC.) oppressed/oppressor. How affect churches? (misogynist). *One branch is feminism. How is fem showing up in churches? Pg. 47 - “progressive lite.” what is?Talk about… Chapter 5 - contend for the faith. Pg. 58 - Churchill's famous speech - we shall fight on the beaches. (I read “the last lion” all 3 vols, and have a pic of on my wall. Debbie and I visited London, wanted to go down to Chartwell, didn't get to. Why mention? Why's that get a place in your book? What do you want Christians to learn from this? Pg. 65 - Contending for the faith is an “all skate” activity. Pg. 77 - many who affirm these truths in word don't practice them in deed. Many say the Bible is God's word, but do not live with the Bible as their ultimate authority. Talk about that. Chapter 7 - boldness. P91 - “lost people need christian men and women, boys and girls, to speak the truth in a world of lies.” Pg. 93 - Live not by lies. Bonus Question: Recent tweet - meeting with businessmen/entrepreneurs in your church, who are actively seeking ways to increase their revenues and launch new businesses for the sake of funding ministry and vision in your church. End of Show Notes - We hope you have enjoyed and learned from today's episode! If Grounded has become formative for your Christian walk, please consider sharing it with a friend or family member! (the Grounded Team)

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In this episode, I share the RRT perspective on Moralistic Conditioning.  I also share my personal story of how it held me back for most of my adult life...and what finally helped me clear it. If you'd like to learn more about how to upgrade your manifestation affirmations, make sure to check out my free private podcast training here. Support the showPurchase my best selling book (Manifestation Mastery) here. Apply for my 5D CFO Services here.Book a 1:1 Session with me here. Follow me on Instagram here: Angela Marie ChristianThe5DCFOFacebook: Angela Marie Christian Join my FB Group: Mindfulness & ManifestationJoin my newsletter here.

Pleiadian Council ¤ Transcending the Moralistic Dogma of "Good & Bad" DefinitionsMore info at www.dantestarshine.com

This sermon was recorded on January 29, 2023 and delivered by Paul Vanden Brink at Blessings Christian Church in Hamilton, Ontario.

John and Maria talk about prioritizing issues for voting in the midterm elections. Afterward, they discuss the factors leading to a decline in reading and math skills for K-12. They end on the moralistic mysticism affecting the hard sciences and medicine.

Science is being made subservient to religious values and immaterial claims because every worldview is a kind of faith. As the epistle of James warns, demons, too, believe, which is why we should all tremble when we consider where this “woke” religion is taking us.

Eurydice Eve speaks with law student Alexis Masciarella about the ethics of robots and the dangers of blithely adopting them. We discuss the Ethics of Sex with Machines and of Escapism from Reality. With Europe's first sex robot brothel open in Barcelona and the first talking sex robot, "Harmony", available, we discuss the Pornification and Dehumanization of Sexuality, and the implications of Human Connection to Robots when Robots are introduced as substitutes for humans. We humans connect with inanimate objects by imagining them animate. “The caregiver effect”: when we nurture a machine that presents itself as a dependent, we get emotionally attached to it. Human Sclerosis is an emotional hardening toward actual people. We may become more callous towards human suffering by ‘practising' on mock humans. We may strengthen our darker desires by indulging them in virtual settings. Sex Robots desensitize people. Robot-makers present them as therapeutic tools that limit real world harm. But they name and humanize them. This violates Respect for humanity. Robots that are designed to please men make it harder for men to have sex with real women. Child sex robots are defined as robots designed to look and act like a child. The law views child sex robots as sex toys. Roboticists claim that child sex robots can cure pedophilia. But is it either or? Either rape human or rape machine? And might they be manufacturing perverts for profit? Most users buy sex toys out of curiosity. Toys change a person's understanding of what sex is. What if a robot gives a person a taste of pedophilia he might never know he had? What if he experiments with a robot and likes it and becomes only attracted to minors? Is there a symbolic harm being done to society? What's the difference between computer generated child porn and child sex robots? We have no restrictions on the importation of child sex dolls into the US. There is no legal rule that bans their purchase and sale in the interests of child protection. It is unclear whether they offer any positive interventions for treating people with paedophilic predilections. The risk of harm for children may increase, if people who use child robots for sex become encouraged to try real children for sex. The child robots could be a gateway drug, in consequentialist reasoning. They could lead to or encourage offences against children in the real world. What should the legal system do about these devices? It permits them on the grounds that, unlike child pornography, the child sex robot or doll does not involve any direct harm to children. A mild legal moralism may be due. Moralistic laws prohibit the desecration of corpses, for example, even when such desecration causes no direct or indirect harm to others. Child sex robots are a paradigmatic example of symbolic harm; they are offensive and morally corrosive. ⚡️Mass insanity will happen at the intimate cross-pollination of humans and machines. Collective madness occurs when we stop knowing who's human and what's not human; then we will dehumanize each other. Morality starts with respecting living beings above all. We are evolving away from our humanity, from the aspects of us that AI can't replicate. AI is hardening us away from our primal instincts, our natural needs, our spiritual urges as the internet is emphasizing logos too much. On the brink of a robot revolution, we are evolving away from human empathy at our peril. ⚡️ For info, books, merch, art, go to https://Eurydice.net https://SpeakwithEve.com ⚡️ For Apple podcast go to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-sex-w-eve/id1448261953?uo=4 ⚡️For videos, go to https://YouTube.com/SpeakSexwithEveEurydice

Mark Two: A Biblical Understanding of God by William Klock Last week we looked at the subject of expositional preaching as the first mark of a healthy church.  It's the central component of a word-centred ministry.  And, at least in theory, if we get biblical preaching right, everything else should follow naturally—although it will take some time.  But that doesn't mean we're done.  It's not just how we should approach and preach God's word, but we need to spend some time looking at what the content of biblical preaching is.  So today I want to begin with a look at how biblical preaching should be giving us a biblical understanding of God.  That's the second mark of a healthy church: a biblical understanding of God. Now that might seem like a no-brainer.  We're Christians, so of course we're going to be committed to a biblical understanding of God.  But if you start looking at what's going on around us, it doesn't take long to see that it ain't necessarily so.  The song of that title written by the Gershwin brothers for Porgy and Bess, highlights the problem.  If you're not familiar with it, it's a litany sung by a drug dealer, casting doubt on the stories of the Bible.  He ends, “They tell all your children/The Devil he's a villain/It ain't necessarily so”.  That drug dealer thought that maybe it's God who's the villain.  He's always spoiling everyone's fun, after all—or at least that's how it seems to a lot of people.  Maybe the devil's actually the good guy.  Some people think that way, although it's usually more subtle.  More often than not what it seems we've done is to swap their roles.  Ask someone on the street—or one of your non-Christians friends—who God is and they'll describe a non-judgemental man in the sky who just wants you to be happy.  Ironically, this has more to do with the lies the devil routinely tells than it does the God we meet in the Bible. It used to be “liberal” Protestants who rewrote the God of scripture.  Like the Jesus Seminar folks who wrote that all the warm and fuzzy stuff in the gospel is what Jesus really said, but all the stuff about sin and judgement—that was added later by men who had forgotten who Jesus really was.  But it's not just liberals.  Many parts of Evangelicalism, particularly amongst younger people, have come to be dominated by a belief system that's come to be called “Moralistic therapeutic deism”.  In short, it's the belief that God wants people to be good—although the bar is pretty low; that God wants us to be happy and to feel good about ourselves; that he's distant, but available when you've got a problem; and that if you're good, you'll go to heaven when you die.  Brothers and Sisters, this is not the God of the narrow way that leads to life; this is the devil of the wide gate that leads to destruction. This is what you get when you stop preaching the word and, instead, preach pop-psychology, current events, and feel-good fluff.  It's what you get when you preach human-centred sermons instead of God-centred sermons.  We've shifted the culture of the church.  John 3:16 used to be the best known and most oft quote verse of the Bible: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”.  These days that pride of place goes to Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, lest ye be judged,” quoted loudly by folks who have no idea about its context or what Jesus meant when he said it.  They just don't want anyone telling them what to do and have embraced a false god who indulges their every desire.  Our culture, like the pagan cultures of old, and not a few within the Church, have recreated God in our image.  The antidote is the faithful preaching of God's word. And the culture will not be happy with it.  Post-modern culture hates meta-narratives.  Meta-narratives are those big stories that give meaning to life, the universe, and everything.  And today such things are said to be oppressive.  And being “oppressive” is the absolute worst thing anything can be in post-modern culture, where everything is about the individual and the individual being whatever he or she or they or them or ze or zir wants to be.  But if we believe the Bible is God's word to us, then we can't escape the Bible's meta-narrative, its grand story running from Genesis to Revelation with Jesus at its centre, the story that does, in fact, give meaning to life, the universe, and everything.  And so it makes sense, then, that the God who has given this great narrative that runs from beginning to end describes himself as the Alpha and Omega.  Get the story right and you actually get to know the God behind it all from beginning to end. So we can't cover every aspect of a biblical understanding of God in a single sermon, but we can hit some high points—and especially the points that are often so challenged by our culture today.  So what does the biblical story tell us about the God behind it? Well, let's start at the beginning.  The story starts with Creation.  “In the beginning, God created…” is how Genesis begins.  St. John opens his gospel with those familiar words reminding us that it wasn't just “God” in some generic sense that was there in the beginning, but the Triune God: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  Right at the beginning, the first thing the story teaches us about this Triune God is that he is a creator.  He is the great initiator.  There was nothing and it pleased him to make something of it.  And not just something, but a world.  And not just a world, but as Genesis 1 shows us, a word that is good because it is suitable for human life.  And God finishes his great creative act by creating human beings—and he does so for a purpose.  He created us to be his image bearers—to act as his regents, his stewards, his priests in this world he created. But notice that God's creative acts don't end there.  As I said last week, his word gives life and so he continues to speak.  Humanity rebelled and sinned.  We gave up the vocation for which we were created and had to be removed from the garden-temple.  And things went from bad to worse.  It took only a single generation before the first murder happened and only a few generations later we have men boasting of slaughtering their enemies.  The Lord causes a flood to wipe sinful men from the earth and he speaks, calling forth Noah so that he can spare him, start over with him.  But again, human rebellion goes from bad to worse and so the Lord speaks again into the darkness and calls forth Abraham and from Abraham he makes a people for himself.  And as we read the story of that people, it's full of ups and downs, of faithfulness and rebellion—mostly rebellion.  But the Lord repeatedly speaks his word and sustains the life of that people and at its lowest points he promises new life in the future.  And then we meet Jesus, the word incarnate, who fulfils those promises himself and creates a new Israel.  The god of the great biblical narrative is a creator. That God is the creator also tells us that we can't pick and choose the parts we like from this great story.  The first major heresy in church history was that of Marcion, who cut the Old Testament out of the Bible so as to dump all the things about God he didn't like.  And this problem crops up repeatedly.  A couple years ago, popular pastor Andy Stanley preached that the Church must “unhitch” itself from the Old Testament.  Again, people want the warm-fuzzies, they want the welcoming message of forgiveness, but not the judgement or the wrath or the call to repentance.  But the grand biblical narrative shows us that it's all connected.  The story doesn't make any sense if you hack it up.  Forgiveness loses meaning when there's nothing to be forgiven.  It's all connected and biblical preaching reminds us of this truth. But, too, there's more to God's creating than just speaking and creating.  In the story of his people we begin to see something we first saw a glimpse of with Noah.  For the Lord to create is also for the Lord to call and to choose or to elect.  He chose Abraham out of all the people on earth.  And, again, he chose Isaac over Ishmael and Jacob over Esau.  When it came time for a King, he would choose young David over his older brothers.  And Jesus chose twelve out of all his followers from which to build God's new people.  And we look at that and we think, “Wait, that's not fair!”  Brothers and Sisters, that's when we need to go back to the story and remember that the Lord didn't have to create anything at all.  He created in the first place to manifest his glory and to show his love.  And when we rebelled against him he didn't have to begin this great act of new creation that would eventually cost his own Son.  But he did.  Because he is good.  Because he loves.  Because he is wise.  The big story reminds us repeatedly that he is all these things, and that reminds us that when things don't make sense or when they seem unfair to us—with our limited perspective and knowledge—we can trust him.  This also reminds us—against the popular view of things today—that God does not exist to serve us, but we to serve him—and knowing his goodness assures us that this, too, is good. Second point: The great narrative of the Bible reminds us again and again that God is holy.  Most people like to ignore this, because for something to be holy means that there really are things called “right” and “wrong”.  It means that if God is holy, then he also has expectations for us.  Post-modern culture is built around that idea that we're each the centre of our own universe.  We make our own truth and we each define our own happiness.  You can do whatever you want and be whatever you want.  If you want to do drugs or have promiscuous sex, that's your truth and your happiness.  If you're a man, but you want to be a woman—or a cat—woe to anyone who says you can't or that there are objective standards.  And this is why our culture has created a false god that just wants us to be happy and is never judgemental. But there at the beginning of the story we're reminded that Adam and Eve were forced to leave the Lord's presence because they rebelled against him, they sinned.  And then we see throughout the story this theme of holiness.  Humans do what they want and everything goes from bad to worse.  We like to say that it's okay to do what you want as long as you don't hurt other people, and that may be our only political option in a pluralistic, modern society, but the big story shows us that this doesn't work in the end.  And so when the Lord created a people for himself, he not only delivered them from a life of slavery, he also gave them a law—a way of life that not only included all the dos and don'ts, but a system of offerings and sacrifices, means of atonement for their sins, so that they could live in his presence and he in theirs.  The tabernacle in the midst of Israel was a reminder of the holiness of God and the need of sinners for redemption.  There it was, the Lord's dwelling place in the centre of the camp.  The Lord lived in the midst of his people.  It was a powerful reminder of how things are supposed to be—as they were when Adam and Eve lived in the Lord's presence in the garden-temple.  But it was also a powerful reminder that even in Israel, things were not as they should be.  The Lord dwelled in their midst, but he dwelled in a place they could not go.  The holy of holies, glorious and beautiful and filled with the cloud of his glory resting on the ark of the covenant, was off limits.  The relationship between God and human beings was still broken—and the brokenness was not on his part, but theirs.  Again, we see his love and his grace and his mercy.  Through the law and the sacrifices he gave the people a means of drawing near, of truly being his people, while at the same time reminding them of the seriousness of their problem, of the sinfulness of sin, and that something greater was needed to finally restore full fellowship with him.  The tabernacle (and later the temple) was an abattoir where continual animal sacrifices were offered to atone for sin.  Those weren't the only offerings.  The people came to offer their thanks to the Lord as well.  But the blood sacrifices overshadowed everything else—a reminder that the problem of this broken fellowship is on our end, not God's; that it is not his holiness that is the problem, but our sin.  They were a reminder for Israel of the mercy of the Lord—that he desires to be reconciled with sinners—but also that sinners must come to him on his terms and not our own, and that there is a great gulf between holiness and sinfulness.  And so the story of Israel and her covenant with the Lord prepared the people of God for Jesus.  Every Sunday you and I come to his Table and are reminded that the son of God gave his life as a once-for-all and perfect sacrifice for sin, his blood given in place of ours, to bring atonement, to restore us to the presence of the Lord—because of his great love for us.  And again, that reminder is there that we come to God on his terms and not our own, because he is holy and apart from him we are not. And here the God of Scripture clashes with the false god we so often create for ourselves.  We're like petulant children who get angry when our parents lay down rules.  “You don't love me if you won't let me do whatever I want,” we shout at them.  But they know better.  Our parents know things that we don't, and so they give us rules when we are children, not because they're mean, but because they love us.  As adults with hindsight we see our foolishness.  We knew other kids whose parents let them do whatever they wanted and we'd foolishly think that those kids' parents loved them more.  Now we're adults and know better.  Brothers and Sisters, we do the same thing with God.  He created us out of love in the beginning, he delivered Israel from her Egyptian bondage out of love, he lived in her midst out of love even when she was so often unfaithful.  He taught her how to be holy.  He gave her instructions for sacrifices as a means of atonement.  And like petulant and ungrateful teenagers Israel went after other gods instead.  But the petulant and rebellious teenager is a modern phenomenon, not the one used by the Lord when he spoke to his people.  When he spoke to them of their relationship with him, she was his beautiful and beloved bride who turned to adultery and unfaithfulness.  That's a much darker and troubling image then the rebellious teen.  But as we read Israel's story, we see that the Lord never abandons his bride.  The prophecy of Hosea may be one of the most profound witnesses of the Lord's love for his people, despite their unfaithfulness.  Hosea wrote: “In that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,' and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.'  For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.  And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.  And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.  I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.”  (Hosea 2:16-20) The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, as Jeremiah wrote, and his mercies never end (Lamentation 3:22).  And we see this as the great story eventually leads us to Jesus, who, as St. Paul writes: …though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.  And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.  (Philippians 2:6-8) And St. John reminds us so poignantly: In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.  In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins…We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:9-10) The great story reveals the faithlessness of human beings to the one who has loved us from the very beginning.  No matter how great our rebellion, our idolatry, our sin, our unfaithfulness to him, he has loved us from the beginning and he will love us to the end and has given his own life to restore us to his presence and fill our hearts with love for him.  Again, we love because he first loved us.  The God of the Bible is a God of love. Now, there are lots of things we can say of the God of who reveals himself in the Bible.  He is patient, for example.  Or he's sovereign.  The list is long and all of these things are interrelated.  He is patient, because he is loving.  The fact that he is a creating, calling, and electing God means that he is also a sovereign God.  We have confidence in prayer, because we know that he is sovereign and has the power to answer.  And we have confidence in his answers, because we know he is wise and good and loving and so on.  But I want to close on a different point and that is that the God of the Bible is a faithful God.  More than anything else, this is the aspect of God we need to grasp as we struggle to trust him. The great story reminds us of God's faithfulness from beginning to end.  We see his faithfulness in that he didn't give up, wipe everything out, and start over when we rebelled.  Instead, he has lovingly, patiently, graciously, and mercifully stuck with us.  If it weren't for his faithfulness he wouldn't have called Abraham, he wouldn't have rescued Israel from Egypt, he wouldn't have given his law or a king, he wouldn't have disciplined his people, he wouldn't have spoken through the prophets.  He wouldn't have made promises—or might have, but he wouldn't have kept them.  If he were not faithful, he'd be like the gods of the pagans—fickle, unreliable, unknowable.  And, of course, we see the faithfulness of God fully revealed in Jesus.  In Jesus he shows his faithfulness to us, even when we are unfaithful.  In Jesus he fulfils his promises.  As St. Paul wrote to Timothy: If we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.  (2 Timothy 2:13) It's who he is.  God cannot be anything other than faithful and we know it because of the Scriptures.  In the Bible we have the record of his character—of his goodness and wisdom and righteousness and holiness and everything else that comes together and culminates in his faithfulness.  One of the things I like best about the Psalms is their repeated acclamation of the faithfulness of the Lord to his people, to his covenant, to his promises.  They sing out his mighty deeds for Israel and remind the people not only that they have every reason to trust in him, but that they would be fools not to.  And if that was the case for Israel in the Old Testament, how much more is it the case for us, his new Israel.  We have known Jesus and the Spirit as the fulfilment of all that he promised.  We have been plunged into this life in our baptism and we come, week after week, to his Table.  We bear in our baptism his mark—the gift of his own indwelling Spirit—and here at the Table we participate again and again in those events—the death and resurrection of Jesus—through which God has delivered us from our bondage to sin and death and made us his own.  Brothers and Sisters, this is the God whom healthy churches proclaim, this is the God whose mighty and saving deeds we sing, this is the God whom we make known to the world.  This the God in whom our future hopes rest.  As St. John wrote: Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.  (1 John 3:2) As I say so often, in Jesus and the Spirit—at the cross and in the upper room at Pentecost—our God did the hard part.  His word tells us and our baptism and the Lord's Supper serve as perpetual reminders of his faithfulness.  He is the Alpha and Omega, the one whose faithfulness knows no bounds and is as long as eternity itself.  It is in him we trust and it is him we preach. Let's pray: Holy, loving, sovereign, patient, faithful Father, we give you thanks for revealing yourself to us in your word—for who you are, for what you have done, for showing us that you are worthy of our love and worthy of our trust.  By your word and through your Spirit you give us the gift of faith.  We ask that as we continue in your word and as we share in your sacraments, as our knowledge and experience of you grows, that our faith will deepen.  Purge our hearts of fickleness we pray, that we might set aside every idol and every false idea we might have of you.  Give us your great grace, that we might ever more each day trust in you and love you more as we steep ourselves in your word and each Sunday as we come to your Table to be reminded of the great love you have shown to us in the death and resurrection of Jesus and the gift of your Spirit.  Amen.

What's the Issue Anyway?Moralistic religion creates an unhealthy _____________ in our lives.What Wisdom does Matthew 9:35-38 offer us as it relates to our work?Illness and Disease made you an ________________ to the synagogue. (35)Jesus' heart was marked by ___________________ for the outsider. (36)Jesus knew the _____________ would always outweigh the _____________. (37-38)Don't Miss This!Jesus modeled the way of divine work: ______________________ ________________.How can I live this out in my everyday, normal life?Where is your _____________ filled with sheep in need of a good shepherd? Will you be an _____________ ________ of hope in that field in 2023?Have you counted the ________ of laboring in this field?How does this make me a better person and the world a better place?A commitment to compassionate inclusion builds ________ _____________ _________.“The more we strive to secure a common good corresponding to the real needs of our neighbors, the more effectively we love them. Every Christian is called to practice this charity, in a manner corresponding to their vocation and according to the degree of influence they wield in the polis.”. —Pope BenedictWhat is God inviting you into today?Look for ways to live out compassionate inclusion at work this year.Commit to living the peacemaking values of wisdom, inclusion, generosity, fun and creativity in the fields of my everyday, normal life.Pray for eyes to see other peacemakers at work and labor together.Thought-provoking questions:What is the most frustrating or worst job you have ever had?How do you suppose people in the synagogue received Jesus' message regarding the Kingdom (reign) of God compared to those in the crowd looking for healing?What about Jesus' life experiences (do you think) made him so tender and compassionate to the outsider?Do you think the Holy Spirit is more concerned with where we work or how we do the work? Why or why not?What are the “fields” in your life in which you feel called to labor with compassionate inclusion? When is inclusion the most difficult for you? Who do you struggle to invite into your life?Where is your local community succeeding or failing in building The Common Good? Are there any local issues that you would like to understand better so you can more effectively build The Common Good?

God's Courtroom - a series of six studies in the early chapters of the epistle to the Romans (Bible). Study 2b - The Moralistic (Enlightened) World is Guilty.

The Moralistic Trap Romans 2:1-5 by Holly Grove Church

Why is moralism not the gospel?  How do we avoid absorbing a culture of moralism as Christians?

America is a melting pot of belief systems that originated in all corners of the Earth. Some of those faith systems are more cult-like than they are religious. Have you encountered anyone with surprising and unorthodox spiritual views? Our guest helps us understand where these beliefs fall short compared to the eternal hope of the gospel.

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is the the worldview of many Millennials and Gen Z's. The term that was first introduced in the 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by the sociologist Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton. The term is used to describe what they consider to be the common beliefs among U.S. youths. How would you describe it? Moralistic therapeutic deism consists of: (1) A God exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth. (2) God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions. (3) The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself. (4) God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem. (5) Good people go to heaven when they die. Moralistic therapeutic deism is not a biblical view. In fact it has become a driving force for the kind of skepticism that leads many to deconstruct whatever faith they have. It is the product that is reflective of a weak discipleship in many churches that promotes an anti-intellectualism that avoids the questions about faith coming from the culture. Don't think the younger generation is not skeptical? Guess again. Today, these beliefs are a reflection of many Millenials and Gen Z young people and the catalytic beliefs for those who now declare themselves as Progressive Christians, or Nones, even atheists? Just recently, Sean McDowell posted an article entitled, "HOW SECULAR IS GEN Z? MORE THAN YOU MAY THINK." Have a comment about what you hear or a question? Email us at roblundberg315@gmail.com or go to my website at roblundberg.org. We would love to interact with you and answer your questions and offer a solution that will help you stem the tide in your church, your family or your group. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-lundberg/message

A new MP3 sermon from Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Signs of an Evil Generation: A warning to hard hearts and moralistic hearts Subtitle: Matthew Speaker: Martin Nish Broadcaster: Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: Matthew 12:38-45 Length: 44 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Signs of an Evil Generation: A warning to hard hearts and moralistic hearts Subtitle: Matthew Speaker: Martin Nish Broadcaster: Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: Matthew 12:38-45 Length: 44 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Signs of an Evil Generation: A warning to hard hearts and moralistic hearts Subtitle: Matthew Speaker: Martin Nish Broadcaster: Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: Matthew 12:38-45 Length: 44 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Signs of an Evil Generation: A warning to hard hearts and moralistic hearts Subtitle: Matthew Speaker: Martin Nish Broadcaster: Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: Matthew 12:38-45 Length: 44 min.

What is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism? In this episode, Dr. Piper revisits this topic. For those who haven't heard previous discussions we will learn it's meaning and how it has infiltrated the thinking of many Christians today. What is the impact in the Church and the culture? Today is the day to join The Rebellion! Become a patreon member and enjoy some great extras while supporting our efforts to speak the Truth into our culture. Learn more at patreon.com/dreverettpiper. Find more resources and info at dreverettpiper.com

In this episode of the Holy Joys Podcast, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss moralistic preaching and related themes:Moralism in the Pelagian controversyMonergism vs. SynergismGod as the initiator of all goodHuman cooperation with gracePremodern exegesis and the fourfold method of interpretationExamples such as David & Goliath and the Temptation of Jesus in the WildernessTransformation through seeing God's glory in ChristPreaching as putting God's beauty on displayQuotes from Fry:Moralism comes down to a Christological problem.Probably the most glaring example of moralism is the “God will do his part if you do your part” mentality.Wesleyan Arminians are often considered to be synergists, but that can come out as “God does his part when we do his part,” and that's not good.God is always the initiator of anything good—anything good in the world, anything good in me, any change of character for the good, is the product of the “God who works in us to will and to do.”Many Christian sermons are no more Christian than what some motivational speakers in some conferences might say.Quotes from Arnold:It's one thing to affirm that victorious living comes from Christ; it's another thing for our Christological convictions to shape our approach to the text, our preaching and teaching, and our emphasis.Those with a moralistic tendency tend to be genuinely concerned for the transformation of Christians. But 2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us how we are transformed: by seeing Christ.We don't want people who just conform to a list of rules; we want people to be changed. So moralistic preaching doesn't even accomplish what some are setting out to do. It doesn't accomplish real transformation because it's more focused on us than on Christ.

Checkout our spotify playlist @ The Wierman Waggle Playlist This Episodes EPIC 5 List goes to=RIP ~Mac MillerRIP ~ Lexii AlajaiRIP Prince RIP Queen Bee~ Lisa Marie King "my king of all queens my mom my queen Bee" Gary Vaynerchuk(We are becoming Homo Deus Immortal and Abundant worldwide so I like to share the ones who have died as our EPIC 5 letting their legacies and stories live in eternity)The Wierman Waggle Show focuses on the relevance of the number 5 the relevance of the color green the solution for overcoming the prisoners dilemma that the southampton team used to solve the game via communication as well as the community structure that bees use as well as the "WAGGLE DANCE" that bees use to communicate where resources are located sharing their value or knowledge/Insight freely with their community using communication collaboration and co operation as their primary means to sustain we must as a species do the same using the written word photo and video to elevate the level at which we operate co operate communicate and create using the tools of technology to do so at scale leveraging our inexactness/ambiguities via our life experiences to share our authentic truth as well as use our story to connect impact reach and influence while educating advocating and empowering others to do the same!

In this episode, Anuja & Alev make Dannie Kjeldgaard (SDU) answer all of life's big questions, such as “what is sustainability” and “can consumption ever be sustainable.” Dannie's sensible Scandinavian approach is followed by two brilliant students (well, one recent and one almost- grad) - Silvia Sperti and Julia Wummel, who talk about their research on citizen-driven sustainability initiatives such as Swap Parties and Repair Cafes.Optional reading list for this episode:Anantharaman, M. (2017). Elite and ethical: The defensive distinctions of middle-class bicycling in Bangalore, India. Journal of Consumer Culture, 17(3), 864-886.Boström, M., & Klintman, M. (2019). Can we rely on ‘climate-friendly'consumption?. Journal of Consumer Culture, 19(3), 359-378.Carfagna, L. B., Dubois, E. A., Fitzmaurice, C., Ouimette, M. Y., Schor, J. B., Willis, M., & Laidley, T. (2014). An emerging eco-habitus: The reconfiguration of high cultural capital practices among ethical consumers. Journal of Consumer Culture, 14(2), 158-178.Curnow, J., & Helferty, A. (2018). Contradictions of solidarity: Whiteness, settler coloniality, and the mainstream environmental movement. Environment and Society, 9(1), 145-163.Farrer, J. (2011). Remediation: Discussing fashion textiles sustainability. Shaping sustainable fashion: Changing the way we make and use clothes, 19-33.Giesler, M., & Veresiu, E. (2014). Creating the responsible consumer: Moralistic governance regimes and consumer subjectivity. Journal of Consumer Research, 41(3), 840-857.Handy, F., Katz-Gerro, T., Greenspan, I., & Vered, Y. (2021). Intergenerational disenchantment? Environmental behaviors and motivations across generations in South Korea. Geoforum, 121, 53-64.Haraway, D. J. (2016). Staying with the trouble: Making kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press.Head, L., Klocker, N., & Aguirre-Bielschowsky, I. (2019). Environmental values, knowledge and behaviour: Contributions of an emergent literature on the role of ethnicity and migration. Progress in Human Geography, 43(3), 397-415.Holt, D. B. (2012). Constructing sustainable consumption: From ethical values to the cultural transformation of unsustainable markets. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 644(1), 236-255; A&T: Chapter 11.Kannengießer, S. (2018). Repair Cafés as communicative figurations: Consumer-critical media practices for cultural transformation. In Communicative figurations (pp. 101-122). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.Kennedy, E. H., & Givens, J. E. (2019). Eco-habitus or eco-powerlessness? Examining environmental concern across social class. Sociological Perspectives, 62(5), 646-667.Kumar, A. and Taylor Aiken, G., 2021. A postcolonial critique of community energy: Searching for community as solidarity in India and Scotland. Antipode, 53(1), pp.200-221.Liboiron, M. (2021). Pollution is colonialism. Duke University Press.MacGregor, S., Walker, C., & Katz-Gerro, T. (2019). ‘It's what I've always done': Continuity and change in the household sustainability practices of Somali immigrants in the UK. Geoforum, 107, 143-153.Paddock, J. (2017). Household consumption and environmental change: Rethinking the policy problem through narratives of food practice. Journal of Consumer Culture, 17(1), 122-139.Prothero, A., Dobscha, S., Freund, J., Kilbourne, W. E., Luchs, M. G., Ozanne, L. K., & Thøgersen, J. (2011). Sustainable consumption: Opportunities for consumer research and public policy. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 30(1), 31-38.Pulido, L. (2017). Geographies of race and ethnicity II: Environmental racism, racial capitalism and state-sanctioned violence. Progress in Human Geography, 41(4), 524-533.Reid, L., Sutton, P., & Hunter, C. (2010). Theorizing the meso level: the household as a crucible of pro-environmental behaviour. Progress in human geography, 34(3), 309-327.Rosner, D. K. (2014). Making citizens, reassembling devices: On gender and the development of contemporary public sites of repair in Northern California. Public Culture, 26(1 (72)), 51-77.Schoolman, E. D. (2020). Building community, benefiting neighbors:“Buying local” by people who do not fit the mold for “ethical consumers”. Journal of Consumer Culture, 20(3), 285-304.Seyfang, G., & Paavola, J. (2008). Inequality and sustainable consumption: bridging the gaps. Local Environment, 13(8), 669-684.Shove, E. (2010). Beyond the ABC: climate change policy and theories of social change. Environment and planning A, 42(6), 1273-1285Toole, S., Klocker, N., & Head, L. (2016). Re-thinking climate change adaptation and capacities at the household scale. Climatic Change, 135(2), 203-209.Tsing, A. L. (2015). The mushroom at the end of the world: On the possibility of life in capitalist ruins. Princeton University Press.

Rick speaks with Ben Burgis about the moralistic policing of the left.

Date: 13th March 2021 Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin Bible Reference: Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

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Red Dawn in the Church. In this episode, a sermon by Bishop Gerald Kennedy on communism in the churches. What did it mean in 1960, and what does it mean today that religion is an opiate? Also, we start with a debrief highlighting our brief hiatus. SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/#  The Book of We https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61963/61963-h/61963-h.htm  Metropolis critique https://youtu.be/DJjbfaEtPN0  Doctor Zhivago (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/  The Cultural Revolution - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the decade of upheaval in China under Mao's revolt within his own party, led at first by the Red Guards, from 1966 until his death in 1976. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q9b6  Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto  Moralistic therapeutic deism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism  SOCIAL MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, & CULTURAL DECLINE - Has smartphone technology changed the way we live and relate to others? Is there a relationship between social media usage and increased suicide rates among teens and preteens? How do images and short video clips affect the way we think about news stories and the world around us? On this program Shane Rosenthal discusses these questions and more with T. David Gordon, who teaches a course on “media ecology” at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. https://whitehorseinn.org/resource-library/shows/social-media-technology-cultural-decline/  184: Bowler - Christmas in Nazi Germany https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/184-bowler  — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517

This week Keith and Mark discuss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism (Moralistic Therapeutic Deism), a worldview that looks to supplant the content and theology of the Christian faith within the church. A 2005 study of 3,000 teens revealed that most teens subscribe to this view that was provided by churches and parents oversimplifying the Christian Faith. Many agree that it is this worldview, foisted on teens by churches and parents seeking to make good kids rather than saved sinners, that undermines the faith of many young people. Once they enter college they seem to walk away from a faith they perhaps never really had. Join Keith and Mark for a spirited discussion. 

The governmentally imposed restrictions during the pandemic have taken a major toll on people’s health and well-being. Updated scientific information reveals that contact with surfaces exposed to this coronavirus aren’t as much of a risk as airborne particles. Once again, AeroNabs and possibly other synthetic peptides can serve as ingeniously potent PPE to end the …

Nonviolent Communication is based on the assumption that all human beings have capacity for compassion and empathy and that people only resort to violence or behavior harmful to others when they do not recognize more effective strategies for meeting needs. The purpose of Nonviolent Communication is to help us connect to ourselves and others in a way that makes being compassionate natural. It is not about making people do what we want, but by creating connections with others so that everyone’s needs are met. Nonviolent Communication theory supposes that all human behavior stems from attempts to meet universal human needs, Connection, Physical Well-Being, Honesty, Play, Peace, Autonomy, Meaning and that these needs are never in conflict; rather, conflict arises when strategies for meeting needs clash. Nonviolent Communication proposes that people should identify shared needs, which are revealed by the thoughts and feelings surrounding these needs, and then they should collaborate to develop strategies and make requests of each other to meet each other's needs. The goal is interpersonal harmony and learning for future cooperation. Nonviolent Communication centers round 2 questions: What is alive in you What would make your life more wonderful Most conflicts between individuals or groups arise from miscommunication about their human needs, due to coercive or manipulative language that aims to induce fear, guilt, shame, etc. These "violent" modes of communication, when used during a conflict, divert the attention of the participants away from clarifying their needs, their feelings, their perceptions, and their requests, thus perpetuating the conflict Certain ways of communicating tend to alienate people from the experience of compassion * Moralistic judgements implying wrongness or badness on the part of people who don't act in harmony with our values * Demands that implicitly or explicitly threaten listeners with blame or punishment if they fail to comply. * Denial of responsibility via language that obscures awareness of personal responsibility. ‘I had to’ because of others, my condition, group pressure, … * Making comparisons * A sense of ‘deserving’ How to practice Nonviolent Communication? Observation The facts (what we are seeing, hearing, or touching) as distinct from our evaluation of meaning and significance. It is said that "When we combine observation with evaluation others are apt to hear criticism and resist what we are saying." Feelings Feelings are said to reflect whether we are experiencing our needs as met or unmet. Identifying feelings is said to allow us to more easily connect with one another, and "Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable by expressing our feelings can help resolve conflicts." Needs Universal human needs, as distinct from particular strategies for meeting needs. It is posited that "Everything we do is in service of our needs. Connection, Physical Well-Being, Honesty, Play, Peace, Autonomy, Meaning Request Request for a specific action, free of demand. Requests are distinguished from demands in that one is open to hearing a response of "no" without this triggering an attempt to force the matter. If one makes a request and receives a "no" it is recommended not that one give up, but that one empathize with what is preventing the other person from saying "yes," before deciding how to continue the conversation. It is recommended that requests use clear, positive, concrete action language There are three primary modes of application of Nonviolent Communication Self-empathy Involves compassionately connecting with what is going on inside us. This may involve, without blame, noticing the thoughts and judgments we are having, noticing our feelings, and most critically, connecting to the needs that are affecting us. Receiving empathically In Nonviolent Communication involves "connection with what's alive in the other person and what would make life wonderful for them...Nonviolent Communication suggests that however the other person expresses themselves, we focus on listening for the underlying observations, feelings, needs, and requests. It is suggested that it can be useful to reflect a paraphrase of what another person has said, highlighting the Nonviolent Communication components implicit in their message, such as the feelings and needs you guess they may be expressing Expressing honestly In Nonviolent Communication, is likely to involve expressing an observation, feeling, need, and request.

All this week we’ve been looking at issues related to the faith of teenagers, as reported in Kenda Creasy Dean’s book, Almost Christian – What the faith of our teenagers is telling the American Church. She challenges readers to counter the whatever-faith of teens that has been labeled as Moralistic, Therapeutic, Deism, with a faith that she calls consequential. Interviews with teens who evidence this kind of vital, living, and Biblical faith point to the fact that this did not somehow magically happen on its own. Instead, these kids consistently had parents and multi-generational faith communities invest time, energy, and lots of love in them. These people both talked about and showed kids who Christ is calling them to be as he brings them to Himself and then sends them out into the world on his behalf. If we want to see kids grow deep in Jesus Christ, we must pursue that same depth ourselves.

This is the Babylon Bee Interview Show. Kyle and Ethan talk to pastor Michael G. Brown, a reformed church planting missionary currently serving in an area hard hit by the virus: Milan, Italy. He is a co-author of the book Sacred Bond: Covenant Theology Explored. They talk about what it’s like being a missionary in a part of the world that got slammed hard by the pandemic and how the Gospel meets the greatest need of everyone living through these times. You can find out more about the mission efforts in Milan at ReformationItaly.org Topics Discussed Serving in an area that was hit very hard by coronavirus Planting a reformed church in Italy and the history of the Reformation there  Moralistic therapeutic deism and post-modernism The Reformed Gospel and the Council of Trent The pros and cons of nationalized healthcare Metal music Pizza, Mario Brothers, and Papist Ninjas The Ten Questions The full interview is for Babylon Bee subscribers, so... Become a paid subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans

Matthew 22:34-40 — What is the relationship between teaching and good deeds in the Bible? This is the question that Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones seeks to answer in this sermon on Matthew 22:34-40. He responds to those that say they do not want dogma, but only what is practical and what helps them love their neighbor. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones shows the fallacy of this question, because in the Bible dogma, or teaching, is related to love of neighbor and good deeds. It is only once we understand the sinful nature of man, the redemptive work of Christ, and the need for repentance that we can understand why we must love our neighbor. Moralistic legalism exists when the teachings of Scripture are done away with in order to focus on morality. This creates a false Christianity that is devoid of the Gospel and therefore devoid of any hope. What is the Christians response to this matter? The Church must preach the whole counsel of God. This includes both the need for salvation from sins and the need to live in holiness and righteousness towards one’s neighbors. Love of neighbor and love of God are connected and make one whole. Christians must see that the teachings of Scripture are what compel us to love and serve others just as Christ did.

Moral Therapeutic Deism: You don't even know you are doing itWhat is your aim? Do you aspire to be a better spouse, father, mother, or coworker? Moral therapeutic deism can get you there. Just follow these 3 easy steps and it will change your whole life. Trust in yourself, work really hard, and surround yourself with others who trust themselves and who also work really hard. These self-help steps are at the core of moral therapeutic deism. Sound a little fishy? Unfortunately, this "do more Christianity" is pervasive in pragmatic consumerism. Somehow it has found its way into our churches. Moral therapeutic deism is waging war on the gospel and most Christians can't even detect this silent killer. So in this episode of Remnant Radio Josh Lewis and Michael Miller will explain how we can read the bible in a way that removes us from the center of the Gospel and places Christ as its cornerstone. Debunking moral therapeutic deism isn't hard, but be warned, once you learn what it is you won't be able to stop seeing it!We have all been guilty at times for practicing moral therapeutic deism at one time or another. However, most of us have been completely unaware of this deeply sinful practice due to our western world view. In this episode, we are going to give easy pointers to identify "do more Christianity" and the pervasive moral therapeutic deism. We will also hope to encourage you with practices that can help you identify christ-centered bible reading and preaching._________________________________________________________________________Help Support The Channelhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=q_axItbrn0dkOH-ZMyaMavehY5K9b-2bTtPCCobFWDxdLztVRAjeTtilGHL9CTQNyZ0zVW&country.x=US&locale.x=US____________________________________________________________________________________Moralistic Therapeutic Deism comes from sociologist Christian SmithIt is a combination of beliefs producing a General religious outlook in American teens. Five core beliefs make up what is believed.____________________________________________________________________________________Moralistic moralistic because it “is about inculcating a moralistic approach to life. It teaches that central to living a good and happy life is being a good, moral person.”TherapeuticTherapeutic means it is “about providing therapeutic benefits to its adherent” Thus it is not about things like “repentance from sin, of keeping the Sabbath, of living as a servant of a sovereign divine, of steadfastly saying one's prayers, of faithfully observing high holy days, of building character through suffering ...”Deism Deism is the "belief in a particular kind of God: one who exists, created the world and defines our general moral order, but not one who is particularly personally involved in one's affairs—especially affairs in which one would prefer not to have God involved."____________________________________________________________________________________Moral Therapeutic Deism promotes individualism, perpetuates materialism, and tolerates disengaged apathy. As a result of these factors, we are more willing to believe in peace than to live peacefully, to believe inequality more than to treat others equally, to believe in promises of abundance more than to work to create abundance for all, to believe in a friendly divine benefactor interested in our well-being more than to concern ourselves with justice for others.” A church inward focuses and not mission-focused.Moralistic Therapeutic Deism has little to do with God or a sense of divine mission in the world. It offers comfort, bolsters self-esteem, helps solve problems, and lubricates interpersonal relationships by encouraging people to do good, feel good, and keep God at arm's length.https://theremnantradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Moral-Theraputic-Deis

The Good Place both expresses and informs the spiritual and religious beliefs of Western culture. Even though up to 90 percent of Americans express some sort of belief in some sort of God the Christian God is quite absent from the popular TV sitcom. Why? What is the worldview beneath The Good Place? Pew Religious Landscape Survey https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/belief-in-god/ Soul Searching https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Searching-Religious-Spiritual-Teenagers/dp/0195384776 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism Christine Hayes Yale University Metadivine Realm https://youtu.be/wRPqtGywkCw Click here to meetup with other channel viewers for conversation https://discord.gg/2uUhZBK The link will prompt you to download the software for this free group messaging service. This link updates every 100 users so look for the most recent videos if this link doesn't work. If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos. To support this channel/podcast on Paypal: https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://lbry.tv/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Join the Sacramento JBP Meetup https://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Jordan-Peterson-Meetup/ Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A  

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Christopher Mastropietro so poignantly bore witness in his own life to what John Vervaeke calls "the Meaning Crisis". John sees the need for wisdom institution as religious dependent on a "two worlds mythology" recede and that withdrawal deeply impacts human well-being. In fact the future of humanity as we know it is at risk because of this recession. Tom Holland believes that despite the recession of the church, the wisdom institution of Christianity that has dominated Western history for the last 1500 years the influence of Jesus continues to permeate our lives through morality via a concept of reformatio. Editor of the only journal "First Things" critiques Holland's book Dominion because it fails to appreciate the relationship between full fledged belief and the moral gravity of reformatio. Finally I think we see in the popular sitcom "The Good Place" the abiding influence of "two worlds mythology" with the nuances of simulation and the contemporary questions of being, narrative and identity. Are "two worlds mythologies" really going away or just morphing? Christopher Mastropietro and I https://youtu.be/0h_6xrLP4Ac John Vervaeke on Rebel Wisdom https://youtu.be/yz6qgfjGMAg John Vervaeke Q/A https://youtu.be/7LH77EpSRNw Tom Holland's Dominion https://amzn.to/2U9BvE8 Matthew Rose First Things https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/02/the-world-turned-upside-down Strange Persistence of Guilt https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-post-modern-self/articles/the-strange-persistence-of-guilt Christian Smith Soul Searching https://amzn.to/3aTYHMB Moralistic Therapeutic Deism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism John Gray Morality https://youtu.be/vkVau46LsHE The Philosophy of the Good Place https://youtu.be/stHk4_VePds Being a Good Person in a Bad System https://youtu.be/K2ZQJKD0aWM The Good Place YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUSlzRr_tOotEhjkNrzbXw Click here to meetup with other channel viewers for conversation https://discord.gg/2uUhZBK The link will prompt you to download the software for this free group messaging service. This link updates every 100 users so look for the most recent videos if this link doesn't work. If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333 If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/ All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos. To support this channel/podcast on Paypal: https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://lbry.tv/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Join the Sacramento JBP Meetup https://www.meetup.com/Sacramento-Jordan-Peterson-Meetup/ Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A  

Between being “good” and gospel that Jesus was good for you on your behalf which one sounds more freeing!

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Moralistic interpretations of the story of the ten lepers Jesus healed miss the crucial point that this is a story about healing... What is true healing and what does this story teach us about it?

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Siwage Negara is a Senior Fellow at ISEAS and Co-coordinator of the Indonesia Studies Programme. Siwage believes that Jokowi will be capable to unleash Indonesia's full economic potential in his last term, by lowering hight taxation and reducing the staggering national bureaucracy. Speaking about European engagement and FDI in Southeast Asia, Siwage admitted that most of the European investments are flooding in Singapore and Vietnam, the new rising star of the region. However, he believes that if the EU stops with its moralistic approach over Indonesian palm oil, the relationship between the biggest economy on SEA and EU can flourish and can be brought to a new level.

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A recent University of North Carolina study describes the religion of the day as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.

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Tony Kurre and Dr. Josh Klapow interview Washington State Head Football Coach Mike Leach about the recruiting trail, why he liked the Gillette ad, and some of his favorite commercials. Then, with Dr. Brian Christine, they talk about celebrities that have died early throughout the history that share something intriguing. Finally, from a moralistic standpoint, is marijuana good or bad?

I really poured my heart into this one. I hope it brings you value. I show you the Spirit helps battle our Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism that we struggle with as a culture today. John 16:7-12

Preaching should stir people to do something, believe something, change something, be something. It should move people to action, heroic deeds, or repentance. In short, lives should change—even if we can't always see it. But here's one of my constant struggles in my preaching: how do I challenge people to grow, love, change, obey, repent, give, etc., without throwing them back on their own pathetic spiritual resources? That is the danger of moralistic preaching. It sounds good (and some people really like it), but in the end it can make people proud, self-reliant, or hopeless. It makes people rely on themselves rather than the infinite love of the Father, grace of Jesus, and power of the Spirit. So in this episode, Kevin Miller and I analyze this harmful approach to preaching—what it is, what it is not, why we slip into it, and how to preach grace without compromising the biblical text's truth and challenge.

Try saying that three times fast then press play to find out what it means.

Rev. Evan Smith

Pastor, author, editor and blogger par excellence, Trevin Wax, joins us from Nashville. He is one of the minds behind the outstanding Gospel Project. Greg asks him how we avoid giving "be good boys and girls" moral instruction when teaching the Bible to kids. Nathan asks him about the role and mission of the Gospel Coalition.

Mark 2:13-17     Observations of Jesus’ Invitation . . .   ·         Reaching those far from Jesus involves drawing near to them and sharing the gospel.(v. 13) o   The best way to reach people for Christ is up close.  The testimony of a gospel-centered life amplifies gospel-centered conversations.   ·         Calling sinners to the hope of the gospel is not the exception in Scripture, but rather the expectation in Scripture.(v. 14-15) o   Jesus invites to the table the unlikely. (“If He invited Matthew maybe he will accept me.”)   ·         Attracting those far from Jesus happens when they see Christ at work in you. (v. 15) o   “You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”  Matthew 5:14-16   ·         Acknowledging spiritual sickness is necessary before you can experience spiritual healing.  (v. 16-17) o   To admit that you need a physician is to first realize that you are most certainly sick.  §  Regardless if you are entrenched in the pit of depravity or entangled in the heavy chains of legalism, you are in need of the gospel of grace.  (Luke 15:1-2, 11-32)   Questions for Discussion  . . . 1.      Think about the people God has placed within your reach (family, community, work, school, networks) What keeps you from drawing near to those who are far from Jesus and sharing the gospel?  2.      In what ways do you identify with Levi (Matthew), who was considered a sinner that was viewed by some as beyond reach?  Or in what ways, before you met Christ, could you identify with Matthew? 3.      What was so astonishing about Jesus approaching and asking Matthew to follow Him?  What message do you believe that sent to those who were the outcasts and unlikely who witnessed of heard about this?  What message does it speak to people today about Jesus’ invitation? 4.      Think about those whom you might consider to be viewed in the same way that the tax collectors were.  Be honest.  What is difficult, or the tension that seems to exist at times, about reaching out to them? 5.      If Jesus were walking our streets today, who would he go to or hang out with?  Would He be tolerant or full of conviction regarding sin?  How would He relate to them and what would He say?  What is there about you that attracts those far from Jesus to Christ in you? 6.      The Pharisees wanted to do the right thing in upholding the Law, but where did they go wrong?  In what ways could we be like the Pharisees?  7.      Moral therapeutic deism is believing you can be right with God by just obeying all the rules.  Discuss this statement:  “Moralistic therapeutic deism does not exempt, but rather exposes, your need for the gospel.” –Pastor Shawn   8.      What is your takeaway from today?

Pastor Steve Roby

It breeds self-righteousness and intolerance. It uses guilt and shame to control people. It's what is wrong with the world. And Jesus hates it. For the message of religion—"I obey, therefore I'm accepted"—is the opposite of the gospel: "I'm accepted in Jesus, therefore I obey."

It breeds self-righteousness and intolerance. It uses guilt and shame to control people. It's what is wrong with the world. And Jesus hates it. For the message of religion—"I obey, therefore I'm accepted"—is the opposite of the gospel: "I'm accepted in Jesus, therefore I obey."

It breeds self-righteousness and intolerance. It uses guilt and shame to control people. It's what is wrong with the world. And Jesus hates it. For the message of religion—"I obey, therefore I'm accepted"—is the opposite of the gospel: "I'm accepted in Jesus, therefore I obey."

Guests Brett from http://schoolsucksproject.com and Daniel from http://warisimmoral.com Burt Rutan's private space flight venture http://www.scaled.com/ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_success_040929.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNkUNP75-Q http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNocVYQzFts Anger and Domination Systems by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. http://www.nwcompass.org/anger_and_domination.html Win/win scenarios, based on nonviolent communication, enable us to meet in the field beyond right-doing and wrong-doing Domination systems, such as modern education and the military--and governments in general--require: 1. Suppression of self 2. Moralistic judgments 3. Amtssprache (this expression was used by Nazi officials to describe a bureaucratic language that denies choice, with words like should, have to, ought) 4. The crucial concept of deserve To ascribe an evil nature to children is the root of all evil The entire "corrections system" designed by those in government is based on punishment and false penitence Thus, the institutions of government and religion are inherently anti-self-esteem Moralizing, judging, criticizing, accusing, and even diagnosing are all tragic expressions of unidentified feelings and unmet needs--which tend to ensure NOT getting one's own needs met As biological and further as rational beings, we all have the same universal needs http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory Humans' technological progress and increases in productivity are in spite of the debilitating meme of statism; without statism, we'd be FAR more advanced Teaching that people are deserving of punishment assists in making violence against them enjoyable A Film To End All Wars! part 1 of 15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFz069t7eOo Punishment, particularly collective punishment, is part and parcel of war--total dehumanization of individuals http://collateralmurder.com Shame and guilt-tripping are not effective ways to promote authentic, intrinsically motivated, change in others The Basics of Non Violent Communication 1.1 (highly recommended 3-4 hr workshop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-129JLTjkQ Our emotions are part of an emotional motivation system alerting us to our needs Our thinking in domination systems gives rise to anger against others and enemy imagery It's important and healthy to consciously replace the phrase "I am angry because you/they..." with "I am angry because I am needing..." National Opt Out Day (and perhaps protect yourself with leather undergarments;) http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2010/11/national-opt-out-day.html bumper music "Domination" by Alizarinhttp://www.alizarinmusic.com/ to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697  

Today is Day 4 of the non violent communication podcast, and we're talking about communication that blocks compassion. Specifically, about moralistic judgments. This is a point in the book where I always struggle a bit. I'll give you a couple of very specific examples of moralistic judgments that occur to me, and why these can be hugely problematic when used. Hope you'll listen... and please leave any comments at the blog post http://www.lizmcgowen.com/non-violent-communication-podcast/communication-that-blocks-compassion-moralistic-judgments