Inverted Orthodoxy

Pastors Doug,, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: Lots of AER and some political climate talk 1. nn. Can Satan read our minds? I once heard it said that he can’t and so when we talk to him - like telling him to leave - we have to do it out loud. Is there any Biblical support for that? oo. Question about sermon on the Lord's prayer: Jesus asked us to pray to the Father. What instru...

Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: Lots of AER and some political climate talk 1. I understand why churches would need to avoid political bias but I've noticed that LS doesn't seem to pray or mention world events. Should we not be asking members to pray for the situation in the Ukraine? I don't think we even recognize something as simple as Remembrance Day any...

Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: 1. God's purpose continued 2. I often cringe when Christians say .., gods in control , he knows what's happening. Is this faith or fatalism? 3. I have to admit, first of all, that the book of James drives me crazy. I sometimes wonder why it is in the canon other than that he was Jesus’ brother, but I am trying to give it a ch...

Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: 1. What are some practical ways I could try to figure out God's purpose for me? Or even what my passions are? I've been a life-long people pleaser and am realizing that I can't think of any passions or dreams of my own because I'm stuffed them away for so long in order to accommodate or care of those around me. I know God has...

Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: 1. Im going to ask a question in the q+a! Just reading my Bible and discovered Simon the Pharisee and now I need to know if that's Simon Peter! Google doesn't know....well...they "know"; they just don't agree. 2. Conversion therapy has now been banned in Canada. What are your thoughts? Is this an infringement of churches righ...

Pastors Doug, Blake, and Kyle return as a team to discuss the following: 1. Can you guys share your thoughts on the whole trucker, freedom convoy thing? I've been hearing details of it being deeply rooted in white nationalist movements. I understand some of the frustration with the pandemic but aren't we just causing further division? A lot of Christians I know support the movement, and I'm strugg...

Pastors Doug and Kyle answer the following questions, and more! 1. Would any of the current team at LS be open to officiating a gay/ LGBTQIA wedding? If no, why not? 2. If God created some people as intersex, what does that say about God's views on non-binary gender? 3. How do you balance differing opinions and Christ? Ask your own question: https://livingsprings.wufoo.com/forms/s1oc9ua01mh36mq/

Q&A: Continuation of last week, Poor Jesus and less than Christians 1. What would your response be to someone whose take on the gospel is this "Ok, so Jesus sacrificed himself to himself to serve as a loophole for rules that he made up, so that people could be saved from a hell that he created?" I've been a believer basically my whole life, but even I struggle with this at times. If God created ev...

Q&A #229 - God, his rules, free will and hell and maybe more We had some audio issues in the start. They were resolved at 24:34 in the episode if you would like to jump to that minute mark. Pastors answer the following questions c. What would your response be to someone whose take on the gospel is this "Ok, so Jesus sacrificed himself to himself to serve as a loophole for rules that he made up, so...

Q&A #228 - women protecting, tithe, mandatory masks and more Pastors answer the following questions z. On a more serious note, what does Jeremiah 31:22b mean when it says “The Lord will create a new thing on earth— the woman will protect the man.” aa. Should all tithes be given to the church? If I want to tithe a profit on selling a house, should it all go to the church? bb. Just throwing this que...

Q&A #226 - Jeremiah repeats, sex rules from the bible, women protecting and more Pastors answer the following questions u. I’ve been going to this church for 14 years and I’ve witnessed several times when it felt like a large part of the congregation left. This last year it feels there has been a lot of offence taken and hurt feelings and families leaving for multiple reasons. I have a lot of mixe...

Q&A #227 - rerelease of #105 - Marriage/Parenting resources, insults to pastors, John 12 and more This episode is a rerelease from episode 105 originally recorded in Feb 2019 with Pastors Doug, Blake and Kyle which you may know but also Pastors Melissa, Brock and Lorilee. Enjoy the episode and happy new year! Ask your own question: https://livingsprings.wufoo.com/forms/s1oc9ua01mh36mq/

Q&A #225 - Humans before Adam and Eve, Christmas traditions, people leaving our church and more... Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. 1. Were there human beings before Adam and Eve were created? When Cain was driven away by God into banishment because he murdered Abel, it says in Genesis that he took a wife and had children and then succeeding generations. Thank you 2. Shoul...

Q&A #224 - Historicity of the Bible, Is Jonah literal? thoughts about Joyce Meyer and more... Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. p. Where can we turn for evidence of the historicity of the Bible, especially of the Old Testament? How much weight should we put on evidence - or the lack thereof - of the historicity of the Bible in our faith? For example, if there isn't obvious...

Q&A #223 - Christian bubbles, purity culture, the New Testament sacrificial system and more Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. k. Do you find it problematic in today's society with some Christian's raising their children without any secular culture? Ie. Creationist science, or no popular music etc. Is it damaging our children? l. Do you believe that youth and young adults th...

Q&A #222 - Catholics different bible, Accommodating ministry, evolution of souls, Christian bubble and more... Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. h. In the sep 29 q&a, it was mentioned that catholics have a different Bible - could you please explain that? i. I heard that the church is going to an accommodating perspective on serving, does that allow same-sex couples and tran...

Q&A #221 - Blessed Fertility, Antichrist appearance, Texts predating the bible and more Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. 1. The second part of Galatians 4:27 says, “Because the deserted woman will have more children than the woman who has a husband.” Was Sarah deserted for Hagar? Perhaps after the sacrificing Isaac incident? (Aside: Kyle, you know who this question is from...

Q&A #220: Pastors discuss the following questions from our backlog. 1. What are your thoughts on the book of Enoch? How do you think Christianity would be different if it had been added to the Bible? 2. Can you speak on Revelations 16:12?Been hearing alot about the Euphrates river drying up close to the end times. Is this Literal or Symbolic? Thank you 3. What is your favorite fictional story that...

Q&A #219: Pastors Doug , and Kyle discuss the following questions from our backlog. 1. Old Testament… do you think it is written from the church leaders as a lesson or history? 2. When presenting scripture to children or giving them thier own Bible should violent/explicit passages in the Bible be censored or "rated" in the same way movies are? (Example: Ezekiel 23:20, Ezekiel 16:17, Hosea 13:16, I...

Q&A #214: Pastors Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. What is your view on Pastafarianism? 2.I know this is a United States issue... but I have a teen daughter and I'm having a really hard time explaining to her how women are actually being treated and respected in the world today; especially with the Texas abortion ban. I'm a Christian woman but I am struggling to find the right encourageme...

Q&A #214: Pastors Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. My wife and I (I am a woman), have been watching your services while looking for a new church in Airdrie/Calgary. We love your messages and the idea of becoming love. On watching last week’s podcast, we know you are not an ‘affirming’ church and we’re ok with the idea of an ‘accommodating’ church but were wondering what that looks like in...

Q&A #211: Pastors Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. I've been seeing a large number of anti vaxx supporters within the Christian community who cry that it"s "their body their choice" but then flip the switch and say that abortion shouldn't be happening and women shouldn't have the right to choose. Are they not just picking what suits them best from the Bible in the moment then? How can you...

Q&A #211: Pastors Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. Mark 11:22-26 are these verses were a lot of people get wrapped up in the idea that God will make them rich, heal everyone, etc? It seems pretty straight forward, in english at least, that if you pray and believe you get what you ask for. It doesn't seem to have the caveat of "In God's will" though as that's likely implied in all scriptur...

Q&A #211: Pastors Doug, Kyle, and Blake discuss the following: 1. It strikes me that God created the world primarily without women. It was Adam's request that God did so. Is this kind of like when the Israelites wanted a king? Did Adam throw in a monkey wrench? I am female but just asking 2. Why is Jesus the "second Adam" and not the second Eve? This is really two questions: Was Eve not the first...

Q&A #210: Pastors Doug, and Blake discuss the following: 1. Why is it that conspiracy theories such as Q-Anon, the Big Lie, and anti-vaxx rhetoric have found such a strong following among evangelical churches and communities? 2. What is the churches stance on climate change? Do Christians have an obligation to care for the environment the same way they are called to care for each other? 3. is it e...