Discerning What Is Best with Dr Rex M Rogers

Revivals start in churches and in some sense can be planned, but Awakenings, a word at times used interchangeably with revival, is a matter of culture not the church and are providential, not in people's ability to plan. America has experienced awakenings in the past and certainly we believe needs one now - a movement of the Spirit of God calling us back to God, truth, the Gospel in Christ, m...

The Times are changing, and sorry to say, not for the better.  Traditional American values, which is to say values based upon a historic Judeo-Christian consensus, have been and are being rapidly jettisoned. Younger Americans are embracing a new culturally Marxist ideology of the Left, fueled by false ideas about God--actually, godlessness--the human heart, government, liberty, progress, race, and...

With war continuing in the Holy Land protesters have gone into the streets and on university campuses in the U.S. and many other countries of the world. Antisemitism sentiments and incidents have increased since Oct 7 when Hamas invaded Israel, brutally massacring 1400 plus, injuring thousands, and taking hostage 249 people, likely including Americans. Oct. 7. Now Israel's military has respon...

Since the Oct 7 Hamas terrorist attack on unsuspecting Israeli citizens, killing 1400 and taking over 200 hostage, Israel has mounted its military response, first with bombardments, and then on ground incursion, saying it will eradicate Hamas. It would seem right response or moral clarity would be bold and easy to determine, but maybe not because of the complexities of the circumstances, millions...

It's been said that truth is the first casualty of war, and that an almost inevitable fog of war obscures reality further. Certainly happens. But extreme duress like war can also yield new clarity as people respond under the crucible of fear or in a greedy grab for power. Since the horrendous act of terror perpetrated by Hamas Oct 6 upon unsuspecting communities in Israel, massacring hundreds...

Oct 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas conducted an unprecedented incursion into Israel, killing hundreds of all ages in the most gruesome of ways. In response, the Israeli Defense Force has responded with rockets at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, warned the Palestinian population to go south from Gaza City, and is amassing what is assumed will be a major ground operation into the Gaza Strip in...

Oct 7, some one thousand Hamas terrorist conducted an unprovoked and surprise incursion into Israel, killing, kidnapping, and in some cases raping, everyone in their path for several hours of carnage. Israel then declared war and is mounting its military response. Questions arise about calls for the immediate cessation of violence, violence begetting violence, immediate, calls for peace, and more....

American culture is in a period of rapid decline. Hopefully, it is not too late to arrest this decline, to re-establish values that helped make this culture and country strong and flourishing in the first place. But what does the world need now? Is it "love, sweet love"? Is it "Imagine all the people, livin' for today"? Is it a new religion? New technology? Just better, wh...

That we now live in a post-Christian culture should be evident to everyone who does not live in a box. The jettisoning of the historic Judeo-Christian values that made this country strong in the first place and then allowed it to flourish, including gradually dealing with its own serious shortcomings, is now well underway. Even the idea of truth is now routinely rejected, such that people speaking...

Leftist ideas and values have gained a foothold, nay more than a foothold, a hammerlock on American culture. These values, contrary to the Judeo-Christian values upon which the country was founded and that allowed it to flourish, are being trampled, rejected, and jettisoned every day in virtually every institution of American culture. This we know, but what we may not realize is how many average A...

In ancient Egypt, Joseph told his petrified brothers, "You meant it for evil but God meant it for good." God can do this, and he does it regularly, turning the evil intentions of mankind toward fulfilling his purposes. No better example of this exists than the crucifixion cross, Jesus's instrument of pain, sacrifice, and death that has become an international symbol of redemption an...

Much of American religion, including the Christian Church, is trading theology for therapy.  "This radical transformation of Christian theology and Christian belief replaces the sovereignty of God with the sovereignty of the self. In this therapeutic age, human problems are reduced to pathologies in need of a treatment plan." Spiritual problems are being medicalized, or psychologized if...

When we think "religion," we often think in terms of an institutional church, a denomination, or one of the world's great religions, i.e., Christianity, Judaism, Islam. Or we think of any number of other religions with their worship edifices, holy books, practices, and values. Some people do not adhere to or practice any of these religions. But if we think "religious" inst...

This some of my spiritual journey, something I wanted to express for whatever help it may provide others, especially for those who've wrestled with doubt. God is good. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.  

"Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law." So says the 1893 poem, "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates, later published with music to become one of this country's iconic patriotic hymns. But self-control and liberty in law seem a long way from what we are now experiencing, a spate of lawlessness rooted not only in the perpetrator but perpetuated and...

Social change is a constant. Sounds contradictory, but social change is always happening, today at an unprecedented rate. New global trends suggest new challenges and opportunities not only for commerce but for Christian ministry. In this podcast we list a few. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.

Unless you are not religious or perhaps have been living under a rock, you'll recognize the sentiments expressed in the title of this podcast. In one sense, God's Word, his will, and his people the Church have always been under attack, sometimes greatly so in societies or nations, including today, that suppress, oppress, and persecute. But what's been happening in the US in the past...

Most Christian organizations, at least in the recent past, operate with foundational documents, not only bylaws but doctrinal statements, maybe a staff lifestyle statement, and possibly position statements on matters key to their mission. This is not news. What is news is that now, given rapid social or should we say moral change, many Christian foundational statements are ill-prepared and out of...

Racial reconciliation is a thing because there is racial distrust, division, and discrimination. Sadly, racism is part of the sinful history of humanity. But race per se is a gift of God, and the various perceived races, Red, Yellow, Black, White, have more in common than is generally acknowledged. And in fact, what human beings have in common is more important than any demographic or other attrib...

The fall 2024 U.S. Presidential election may feature current President Joe Biden vs Former President Donald Trump, at least that's what these two men seem to hope. But questions swirl in media, polls, and office conversations, are these men too old not just to run for president but be the President of the United States? If we live, obviously, aging is something that comes to us all, and the p...

"Sound of Freedom" is the surprise box office success in summer cinema, in large part because it deals with a real-life rescue of children kidnapped and sold into sex slavery aimed at pedophiles. Not your usual fun afternoon at the movies. But this is an important film, calling attention to a horrible, heinous, and vast criminal enterprise that preys on children and women. It's sad,...

"What is a woman?" is the title and question/theme of a June 2022 documentary produced and narrated by conservative commentator Matt Walsh. It would seem like a nonsensical question, or one part of a comedy bit, or maybe a set-up for a spiel about the value and virtues of women. But it is none of this. It is a question that just a decade ago did not need to be asked, but now, yes, in Ame...

Francis A. Schaeffer is well-remembered for his book, "How Should We Then Live?" He borrowed that question from Ezekiel 33:10. Great question. Once we are a believer in Christ, how should we live? To answer that question and to live out a Christian life we must look to Scripture that gives us all things needed for life and godliness, that is temporally relevant and eternally applicable i...

It's no secret the USA is divided, dividing, fragmenting, tribalizing, and think of some other word about confusion and disagreement. There are reasons for this. Sadly, this confusion and division is evident in the Church, not just culture. Roots of this are biblical illiteracy, lack of understanding of Christian theology and Christian worldview, and this is the Church, let alone culture. We...

Everyone is patriotic, though listening to the Left today you might not know this. The key is what we are patriotic about - and for America, this is our founding ideals: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, assembly, and association, life, liberty, and justice for all. Developing a responsible Christian patriotism is one way to express our gratitude for a country for whom so many have sacrifice...