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We conclude working through Iain Murray's Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Understanding of Revival with a discussion of the final chapter, chapter 7: "Six Things Revival Will Bring." 1. Revival Restores Faith in the Word of God 2. Revival Restores Definiteness to the Meaning of "Christian" 3. Revival Advances the Gospel with Amazing Swiftness 4. Revival Always Has Moral Impact upon Communities 5. Re...

Our discussion of revival continues. We take up chapter 6 ("Hindering Revival: Evangelical Fanaticism") of Iain Murray's Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival .  Fanaticism—when we elevate subjective emotion over objective truth—is a potent temptation for all of us, particularly in our cultural milieu.  Listen to this episode to hear some of our thoughts on the Charlie Kirk...

Give thanks to God! ...with a few asides, including Dick Cheney, Manischewitz egg kichel, and Oreo dunking techniques.

Our discussion of revival continues. We take up chapter 5 ("The Interpretation of Experience") of Iain Murray's  Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival .  It is dangerous when we make our own individual experiences normative for all Christians.

What does preaching have to do with revival? We take up chapter 4 ("The Holy Spirit and Preaching") of Iain Murray's Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival . We conclude with some applications to Christian Nationalism.

We discuss chapter 3 of Murray's  Pentecost-Today . God's sovereignty and man's responsibility. The earth is the Lord's, and when we pray "Thy Kingdom come," the object is the whole earth. Nationalism is short-sighted.

Let's bring in Charles G. Finney—the father of means. It's always man's temptation to dispense with God's means for what we consider to be our own more expedient means to usher in His Kingdom. A discussion of chapter 2 of Iain Murray's  Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival .

This episode of WDN begins a new series in which we work through Iain Murray's Pentecost-Today: The Biblical Basis for Understanding Revival . While most Christians hope to see revival, particularly Christian nationalists, it's essential to establish a Biblical definition of "revival" before striving in our own strength to achieve it. Many are in danger of putting the cart before the horse. If the...

In our last episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, we tackle the book of Leviticus.  In the end, the best way to make sense of the "boring" parts of the Bible is to tie everything to Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

In our third episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew do some work to convince you that Biblical genealogies are important. Along the way, we mention surrogacy, IVF, and the Mormons. 

In our second episode on the "boring" parts of the Bible, Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew try to convince you that the Tabernacle instructions and construction in the book of Exodus are not boring.

We're back with a short series on the "boring" parts of the Bible! What portions of Scripture do you find boring? Why are they boring? What can you do about it? In this episode, we give our introductory thoughts. In the upcoming few episodes, we'll look at a few "boring" passages!

A quick drop of a short episode on why we are thankful to live in the United States of America as we celebrate her 249th anniversary.

One last episode on the Crusades. This time we look at Luther's view of the Crusades...which was less than favorable. In fact, he warned Christians that participation in a holy war amounted to blasphemy.  We read through an excellent article from 1945 by LCMS professor George W. Forell: Luther and the War Against the Turks . Throughout the article, we intersperse our reactions and comments. George...

This is our final episode on the numbered crusades. The Fifth Crusade was, as is the norm, a debacle. We bring to your attention Innocent III's Quia Maior , a few canons from the Fourth Lateran Council , and St. Francis of Assisi's courageous work during the Fifth Crusade. Next week's episode will cover Martin Luther's War Against the Turks, in which Luther has a more balanced and Biblical view th...

In 1212, about ten years after the inglorious Fourth Crusade, a grass-roots movement led by a couple of young men—Stephen of Cloyes and Nicholas of Cologne—gave crusading a go. Inspired by visions of Jesus, Stephen and Nicholas attempted to convince kingdoms, adults, and children to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The results were, once again, terrible and tragic. Intro and Outro music: Urban Roam...

Our series on the Crusades continues. This time, we focus on "The Great Betrayal"—the Crusaders, led by the ambitious Doge Dandolo, sack Constantinople. It's a debacle on many levels.

We spend much too little time on the history of the third crusade, then discuss penitential warfare.

Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew continue their exploration of the Crusades. This episode, we focus on the Second Crusade and the influence of Eugene III (pope) and Bernard of Clairvaux (abbot and founder of the Knights Templar) upon it. Then, as with the last episode, we let our thoughts run out as we contemplate the rush by Reformed men to re-make the Crusades into a positive example for today's Christi...

Everybody's talking about the Crusades (our take is contrary to much of the positive takes we're hearing), so we thought we'd do a few episodes. One crusade at a time. Each episode will be a little history, focusing on the Papacy's edicts and stupendous promises, and some application to modern men and modern times.  Mentioned in the show: Philip Schaff on the Crusades

Jeremy, Matt, and Andrew talk about the importance of giving thanks to God, Thanksgiving traditions, their favorite Thanksgiving dishes, and a few other things in this free-flowing conversation.

Matt. 19:16   And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?” 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL...

Matt. 10:26  “Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 “What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. 28 “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in h...

Matt. 16:21  From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. 22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.” 23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbli...

“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple" (Luke 14:26).