![]() When you take the course, you can download the book for free. I have written a book about hell, and also have an online course about hell that is based on the content of the book. I have been thinking about Christianity again but still have some objections. That is assuming hell is a place of torture. However, I don’t think someone should come back to Christianity because of fear of hell. ![]() Perhaps now as I’ve gotten older and I realize I’m not immortal the fear of potentially going to hell scared me. I’m a former Christian and for years I didn’t fear the idea of hell. I have been wondering about the nature of hell for a while. ![]() As instructed by Proverbs 18:17 (one of my life verses, by the way), stop listening to one side of the issue, and instead consider both sides before making a decision. Baucham completely dispels this myth as well, and shows that the only reason people skew the statistics to make this claim is because they have an agenda to create division and strife in our country, because this false narrative helps them gain money, power, and control.īut I’ve spent too much space on this already, so I encourage to read the book to find out more about what Baucham says. Baucham knows that one common objection to this is that even though unarmed white people die in far greater numbers than unarmed black people, this is because black people only make up 13% of the population, and so when this is factored into the equation, black people die in higher proportion. Why not? Because Tony Timpa was white and his death doesn’t fit the narrative. But eventually, Tony Timpa did die, and no officers were charged or convicted (pp. Like George Floyd, Timpa was handcuffed, and for nearly fourteen minutes pleaded with the officers, saying, “You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!” But the police only mocked him and made jokes. He was a thirty-two year old schizophrenic who called the police on himself because he went off his meds and needed help. For example, have you heard of Tony Timpa? Probably not. Baucham also goes on to point out that despite all the news attention that is given to the deaths of these black people, there are far more examples of deaths of unarmed white people at the hands of the police, and some of them are far worse. Baucham goes on to examine the deaths of George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Philadro Castile, Michael Brown, and Breonna Taylor, to show that much of what is chanted and repeated in riots, news broadcasts, and even from some pulpits, was flat-out wrong.ĭr. … When I am evaluating people’s testimonies and pleas, and when people are shouting “Justice for George, Ahmaud, Breonna, Travon!” or anyone else, I always want to bear in mind the words of John 7:51: “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” I also want to remember that “the one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him” (Proverbs 18:17), which is why “if one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame (Proverbs 18:13).įollowing this, Dr. Baucham completely exposes and obliterates the false narrative that exists in our country (and sadly in many of our churches) that black people are getting hunted down and killed by police, that it is “open season” on black people, and that the murder of unarmed black people is “state sanctioned.” Near the beginning of this chapter (p.44), he says the following: He also explains how he became aware of Critical Race theory and how he arrived at his view that CRT is so destructive to the gospel and damaging to the church.Ĭhapter 3 is so good, I wish I could read to you the entire chapter. In chapters 1 and 2 of Faultlines, Voddie Baucham shares some of his story about growing up as a black man in America, how he became a Christian, and why he ended up moving to Zambia to teach and minister there. We introduced the book and defined Critical Race Theory in a previous episode. ![]() Baucham discusses Critical Race Theory and shows why it is so destructive, not only to our culture, but also to the church. We’re discussing some of the content in the best-selling book, FaultLines, by Voddie Baucham Jr. Listen to this study on Ephesians 1:7-8 to learn more. Instead, the redemption of Jesus shows us how to live free from sin, which is what the forgiveness of God shows us as well. He is not the mafia who demands payment for protection. Though we are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, this does not mean that the blood of Jesus was used to pay God for our sins. We look at both terms in this study of Ephesians 1:7-8. Christians love to sing and talk about redemption and forgiveness, but strangely, few Christians really know what the Bible teaches about these two topics.
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