13-36 Activating the Church and Christian Engagement

By Dr Mark | September 9, 2023 | Comments 1 comment

Show 13-36 Summary: We welcome back Pastor Richard Peil from Victory Baptist Church in Bend, Oregon. Last time we’d talked about getting Christians involved in society and especially politics. This continues that discussion, taking a look at the societal pressures for churches and Christians to conform to a woke society, not the other way around. The media reports are the Church of England and the Catholic Church — at the urging of the Pope no less — are bowing the knee to woke. Except that’s not the whole story. Plus, there are strong and fascinating evidences for a Creator from a surprising source you won’t want to miss.

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Original Air Dates: September 9th & 10th, 2023 | Guest: Pastor Richard Peil

This Week – Activating the Church and Christian Engagement

A few months ago, we interviewed Pastor Richard Peil out of Bend, Oregon, who’d come to our attention when he led a group of two dozen pastors to Salem to speak against the onerous HB2002, which was filled with far-left ideology. We wanted to talk to him about activating the Church and how to get Christians out of their pews and into the streets.

This week is largely a continuation of that discussion. We also talk about the state of the church — including attempts to secularize the Church of England and the Catholic Church. And attacks already here in the U.S. But it also includes scientific evidence that points to a Creator. Strongly so. And if there is a Creator — what then?

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The last couple weeks’ news has been filled with reports of how churches, protestant and catholic, and even the Pope have determined that churches are ”backwards” and out of step with modern civilization. The emphasis is, at least we’re being told, church goers want more of a woke approach to Christian teachings rather than true Biblical instruction. But while the media might want that to be true, there’s more to the story.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Pastor Peil’s church is Victory Baptist Church. Their website is victoryforyou.church

Scientific Evidence for a Creator

God Is . . . Bigger Than We Know | Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe, via YouTube, March 29, 2023)
By Design: Behe, Lennox, and Meyer on the Evidence for a Creator (Hoover Institution, October 15, 2022)
We Challenge All Evolutionists to Watch This Video! (Answers in Genesis, June 30, 2022)

Articles Mentioned During the Show

Pope Francis calls US Catholic Church ‘backwards’ (NY Post, Aug 30, 2023)
Do Most Church Leaders Even Believe the Bible? Poll has Shocking Answer (Gateway Pundit, Aug 4, 2023)
Church of England Priests Say Premarital, Gay Sex Not Immoral (Breitbart, Aug 30, 2023)
Fr. Frank Pavone: Going Backward, or Staying Faithful? Pro-life Leader Responds to Pope Francis (GWP, Sept 5, 2023)

Additional/Related

No, Romans 13 is not about obeying the governing authorities (Craig Greenfield, May 11, 2018)
Should Christians Always Submit to the Government? (Crossway.org, Apr 24, 2022)