John teaches from Acts chapter 9 and sheds some light on Saul’s encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus.

Text: Acts 9:1-20

The Great Debate (as it has been dubbed) is the now-famous interaction between Dr. Greg Bahnsen and Gordon Stein that occurred at the University of California, Irvine back in 1985. The topic was Does God Exist?

Never since then have we witnessed such a masterful presentation of presuppositional apologetics. Dr Bahnsen was truly a gifted man, and it showed here.

Please enjoy listening to the debate below, and be sure to read along in the transcript. In fact, print it out and take notes!

Download a pdf of the transcript here

This week we start off talking about the false prophet John Hagee and the blood moons, the shemitah, and even necromancy regarding Samuel’s ghost. After that we set John loose to preach on persecution from Acts. It’s a great summary to the topic after discussing it a couple weeks ago.

• American Vision’s The Shemitah Myth Exposed
• Last Days Madness, Gary DeMar
• John’s Sermon on Persecution
• The Apology of Tertullian for the Christians
• Reconstructionist Radio

Persecution is a means through which Christ’s Kingdom expands.

We had a great time chatting with Paul Barth, the creative mind behind Presbyterian Memes. We heard about his process for creating memes, his transition out of the military, and all about being a Covenanter. You will want to hear this one!

• Our Top 5 Favorite Presbyterian Memes
• 1650 Psalter: Psalms of David in Meter
• The Shaking and Translating of Heaven and Earth (John Owen, Complete Works, Sermon V)
• 7 Differences Between Covenanters and Reconstructionists
• Judicial Law: General vs. Particular Equity
• What is National Covenanting?
• Confessional Two Kingdoms
• History of the Work of Redemption Jonathan Edwards
• The Law of Nature and the Civil Enforcement of the First Table
• Lex Propria — Proper Law | Lex Propria, Part 2
• Reformed Theonomy Reading List

National Covenanting: gospel goes forth, nation repents, swears to be a Christian nation follow God’s laws.

This week Dustin challenged Colin on whether the Ashley Madison hack was moral. Colin then went all theonomy on him and set him straight. After that we talked about porn, and then John had some final thoughts on persecution, from his sermon.

• “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” Ephesians 5:11
• The Shaking and Translating of Heaven and Earth (John Owen, Complete Works, Sermon V)

The pornography industry is directly related to the human trafficking industry.

This week we decided to chat on the topic of abortion, due to the recent focus on Planned Parenthood in the news.

• Gary North’s letter to Paul Hill (abortion doctor killer)

We need to stop being pansy American evangelicals and actually pray that God would destroy His enemies.

There’s no reason to listen this week. We interviewed Dustin Ranem. What a boring guy. Not much to see here. Move along.

Adam messaged me one day & said, “How would you like to be on a podcast about Postmil?” I was like, “No.”

We thought it might be fun to spend some time getting to know your hosts. So on the first edition of Meet a Host, you get to learn about Colin Pearson. 

“Music theory is almost trinitarian. One note is composed of many pitches.”