Throughout Scripture a common theme appears that is applicable to Paul’s defense of his ministry and pointed teaching of the Corinthians: God uses the broken and weak to demonstrate His power for His glory. Many times we stifle God because of the lies that we accept thinking God cannot use us because of our weakness; in fact, God has already taken your entire person into account and will use you for His purposes and His glory, just as you are!

There are so many lies that permeate our culture and often times they find themselves embedding their claws into our minds. The Apostle Paul reminds us several times that we are not fighting a war against flesh and blood, but against power and principalities....against the lies of this age! We must be able to identify those lies and how to remove them from our lives before we bring harm to ourselves and to our ability to make disciples on a consistent basis.

Today we talk about the development of demonology through the Puritans, which leads us up into colonial North America. We also start off with a little detour into the events that transpired over the weekend when protestors stormed a church service in Minnesota. We discussed the political and social implications of that act and how we as Christians should respond.

Paul is very clear about the evidence of his apostleship…it is grounded in the mercy of God and manifested by the way he lives his life out loud. We ought to follow the same pattern. We ought to be abundantly clear about the evidence of our transformation, which is grounded in the mercy of God and manifested by the way we live our lives out loud.

This week the Supreme Court of the United States will be hearing arguments on two landmark cases, one out of Idaho and the other out of West Virginia, both dealing with the access of transgendered athletes in the sport of their gender identity. Today, we will discuss the legal, cultural, and logical outcomes of the case and talk about how we as the church can speak intelligently into the public square.

One of the key factors of living a faithful Christian life, one that does not give up, is knowing that our Christianity-our faith-our power-our story is a gift of the mercy of God. When we finally get to the place of surrender that we acknowledge that we cannot do this on our own because it was not ours to do on our own in the first place…then we can go ALL IN!

Paul has given the setup to a very poignant argument that forces the Corinthians to examine what they believe to be true and how it impacts their lives. If we as contemporary Christians believe the things we claim, then it ought to make a transformative difference in how we view our relationship with God, how we view our relationship with the church, and how we view our relationship with the world. Since these things are true…THEREFORE…

We take a break today from our regular scheduled programming to talk about the events that unfolded on the global stage this past weekend. It is important for Christians to be able to speak with reason and logic into events that have a footprint bigger than the United States. So, we will discuss the history and socio-economic issues surrounding Venezuela and then look at how the Monroe Doctrine has evolved since its inception in the 1800's.