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Entries for June, 2009

Serving As a Kingdom Call

For a long time, western Christianity has sat back and let the government fulfill mandates given to the body of Christ, including the care of the poor and orphans.  And for a lot of Christians on the conservative end of the theological spectrum, “social gospel” was relegated to liberal denominations and was viewed as less [...]

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Should Christians Support the State of Israel?

This week, Ray and Steve take up part 2 of the audio comment from John over at Jesus Geek.  In this part of his audio comment, John asks a very pointed question about support (financial and otherwise) of the current state of Israel. This episode ties in with the most recent episode about eschatology.  For [...]

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Apocalypse How?

John from The Jesus Geek sent an audio comment to BtB that bounces off a passing comment Ray and Steve made in the last episode.  Part 1 of his comment asks where they stand on their view of the end times. While both Ray and Steve agree with John that this issue should not be [...]

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The End Doesn’t Justify the Means

Quite ironically, considering our recent podcasts about non-violence and the seeming (to us, at least) contradiction between the words and example of Jesus and the notion that violent means can be justified in some situations, a recent news story comes out regarding the murder of an abortion-performing doctor.  News interviews have painted a picture of [...]

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