Episode 102 - Cowards in the Church Can’t Help Society

NOTES:

Society needs the influence of the church in order to be healthy. But the church has largely abandoned its duty and given in to cowardice.

GUEST INFORMATION:

In this episode Jim Osman joins us to talk about how the church should be involved in society. Jim is a pastor of Kootenai Community Church in Kootenai, Idaho. (http://www.kootenaichurch.org)  He has written four books which can be found on his website (https://jimosman.com).

QUESTIONS THIS EPISODE ASKS:

Here are the questions that we asked Jim in this episode:

• In what ways is the gospel and the church under threat right now?
• Should pastors talk about current events from the pulpit? Should they talk about worldview issues (CRT, postmodernism, etc) from the pulpit? Why or why not?
• What do you understand "the sufficiency of scripture" to be. It seems like some Christians think that scripture is sufficient for our own personal holiness. Others view the Bible as sufficient to answer questions about societal questions such as economics, justice, principles of government, etc. Should Christians be looking to the Bible for guidance on these issues?
• You are hosting a conference on CRT coming up in the summer.  Why is that important to you?  How does it fit in the role of being a shepherd for your congregation?
• Our culture is very confused about the definition of love. Because love is universally recognized as a virtue, if the definition of it changes, it still retains its power to cause people to act in a ‘loving way’.
  • How do you define love?
  • Is it different than how society currently defines it?
  • How do you know if you are loving someone?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

"Music by Kabbalistic Village" and link to my website - kabbalisticvillage.com/