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We've got you covered right here for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown. It is my joy to be fact with live on the line of fire. This is Michael Brown.
It is the 500th official anniversary of the Reformation being celebrated today don't get to do that every day or every century D and for some it's great for others don't like the Reformation depending your perspective will talk about that today. In fact, tomorrow I'll have Eric, the taxis, author of the New York Times best-selling book, Martin Luther to talk further about Luther and the Reformation and separate myth from fact but were going to talk Reformation today for some people it's Halloween is yeah whatever will maybe talk about that briefly Hollywood yeah Hollywood scandals talk about that a lot a lot of challenging things were going to get into the flu back in from Germany because it was a bit of an out-of-the-way location from leaving my room in Germany which was former Nazi barracks and military installation. I used for great Bible school in Christian conference center from leaving there, getting to my door about 8 o'clock last night was about 21 hours got a great night sleep, refreshed and ready to go today and before we get into Reformation Martin Luther Hollywood any of those things all talk briefly about the Robert Miller investigation and the indictment of Paul Manna Ford and another gentleman is there anything to this that should concern us all seven article on similarities between Martin Luther and Donald Trump. According to Erica taxis is also quoted on the Dennis Prager show. According to Eric he said that Martin Luther to Donald Trump is like Donald Trump to Mike pence.
In other words, you got trouble with Donald Trump style Martin Luther be a whole different breed. Get all that number to call 866-34-TRUTH 866-348-7884. My question to you is this simply where is the church still need Reformation you watch on YouTube poster comments their listing on Facebook poster comments their or call 866-34-TRUTH where does the church still need Reformation.
But before I get into any of that.
I have okay I don't know the details of the Paul Manna for indictment is in fact guilty of tax fraud. The other gentleman indicted guilty subtypes of tax evasion, but the whole special investigation was about alleged collusion in the elections between Donald Trump and Russia. I've never thought there was anything to it.
I agree with you on the list of issues with Donald Trump in the list of concerns and things that we she said and done differently on the defender of Donald Trump right.
I appreciate the good is done. I wish other things would be done very differently. You know rough stood on that many months now, but I've never saw that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the election and in fact if there is collusion. It could well be on the part of the Democratic national party and it could well be on the part of Hillary Clinton. All right if there is collusion try to bring down Donald Trump with this fake dose here, the whole bit. Bottom line is whatever this is about has nothing to do with the elections get past sensational headlines indictment, a metaphor, even if he's guilty has nothing to do with the actual elections and the very worst thing is that Trump hired someone that in years prior, had avoided taxpaying businesses with Russia and others international so I'd I never thought anything was going to come out of this. I still don't think anything is going to come out of it.
It's Halloween but it's a good day to sit continues to look to me like a witch hunts. Let's honor to say about this when there's something of substance to talk about the Donald Trump Russia will talk about that until now is not going to get airtime. We come back.
Where does the Reformation still needs to be the line of fire your host Dr. Michael Brown line of fire now calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown back to the broadcast Michael Brown dear delighted to be with you 866-34-TRUTH where does the church still need Reformation as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation wears a church still need reforming our few Catholic obviously you differ with many of the foundations of the Protestant Reformation patrol those who believe it was important to bring about these changes that have, and I'm right there saying these were necessary changes. Where does the church still need reforming that you might have a perspective of someone still in the Catholic Church thinkers were the Catholic Church needs Reformation might be Eastern Orthodox, you might be part of a house church movement, you may be in the messianic Jewish movement, you may be strongly charismatic Pentecostal, you may identify the southern Baptist live listeners from a wide wide range of backgrounds, but where does the church still need Reformation right so here is my premise here is my foundation scriptures are foundation Scripture as our foundation. We go back to the word of God. That is our fund of fundamental starting point and reason I'm not a traditional Jew is because I believe traditional Judaism. Ultimately deviates from the word of God and this is the Messiah of the word of God. Although many traditions of traditional Judaism are beautiful in many ways it ties directly back to Scripture, but in other ways. Believing in the inspiration of the oral traditions like one rabbi said to me for him. Tradition is like another book of the Bible that would be similar to the Catholic Church. So where I see the Catholic Church deviating from Scripture. That's right, would reject Catholic doctrine, even though there may be other beautiful Catholic traditions, so those who say the tradition is inspired.
Normally they can be demonstrated to me as if the condition sees me, the tradition is in harmony with what is written right there may be things that supplement what's written we all have our traditions every one of us every every group, every church every denomination.
Everyone has traditions that they practice for some of those are sacred and sacrosanct and purported to be inspired.
For others, that's just was how we do it, but we could discard it easily because it's secondary. My question is if that tradition. She was sacrosanct is it, in harmony with Scripture. If it is not in harmony with Scripture, or more important if it clearly contradicts Scripture that I have to say sorry I'm a scrap that tradition and the authority behind it because it violates what is written. Otherwise God would be in fundamental contradiction with himself that the Bible may have something that was simply a customer tradition of the times and and now as times change. It's understood that we adapt. According other things are core fundamental values are laid out as such. So for example a woman wearing a veil or not covering her head. We have to ask what did that mean in that culture were all married women veil in public, or did they have a certain coverage and to not do so was immodest or to be out from a husbands authority or two to appear to be promiscuous okay will what would be the equivalent today in American culture, Western culture, where women don't wear veils. That's one thing is noticing when when the word says adulterers will not enter the kingdom will that's over and over. The word repeated clear so that that doesn't change so if some group comes along and says we can now commit adultery, and it sanctified in the spirit because were no longer in the flesh will you reject that is heretical. So that's why would reject certain fundamental Catholic teachings as heretical as contrary to Scripture. Even though I know plenty of safe Catholics who love the Lord are born-again people and esteem Scripture and they would supply misinterpreting their traditional, or they have a different way of looking at okay I'm not out to bash Catholics today.
I'm out to speak of needs among those who identify as Protestant.
Even though I primarily identify as a Jewish believer in Jesus. My fundamental beliefs would be in harmony with fundamentals of Protestant Christianity. So I want to focus on that house. The house in which I live in that respect, not fully identifying with everything that would be identify with Protestant Christianity, but agree with fundamentals.
Where do we still need Reformation and change. I asked the same question on Twitter moments ago and I'll check some of your comments on YouTube and Facebook as well, but there was a book came out a few years back by forthcoming Simpson houses that change the world and his book was about house churches and how there was a fundamental need to raise of house churches all over the world and there is a synopsis of his arguments that was put forward as 15 theses for a new Reformation was sure those with you in a moment, but to back up first to say this, there is a blind spot having to do with Israel massive blind spot with Martin Luther talk about that next segment that is certainly a major area where the church still needs Reformation. Many parts of the body still or issues having to do with the gifts and power of the spirit. I know in a mighty Fortress is our God, the statement that the spirit and the gifts are ours.
I know that your performers pray for the sick with healing. I met with one Lutheran theologian Wilma Lutheran professor when I was in China a few years ago and he absolutely rejected the idea that Lutheranism taught some type of cessation is and said still the gifts are recognized word there is the manifestation of Christ's presence of the sacraments and miracles with it. I want to misrepresent his position. He showed me things the Senate Lutheran doctrine was very passionate about, but let's just say by large, there was not an embrace of the gifts and power of the spirit in an ongoing way for today was that a reaction against Catholicism and the alleged miracles of the Catholic saints or apparitions of Mary or things like that. That's another discussion to be had, but for sure I would say this Reformation still needs to be done. There and we still have lack of understanding of the fullness of fivefold ministry expression. What that means. The importance of team ministry and not just individuals, I would say those are still areas where the church needs Reformation. Here are the 15 theses that both going Simpson put forth many of these you'll actually affirm some you may have a different take on one church is a way of life that a series of religious meetings to time to change the system three.
There's a need for 1/3 Reformation terms of the wineskins of force. We need to go from church houses to house churches. Again, this is a whole emphasis on house churches. Five. The church has to become small in order to grow big six no church is led by a pastoral loan. Seven. The right pieces need to be fitted to that have been fitted together in the wrong way. Eight. God does not leave the church in the hands of bureaucratic clergy nine return from organized organic forms of Christianity. 10. From worshiping our worship to worshiping God.
11. Start bringing people to church and start bringing the church to the people. 12.
Rediscovering the Lord's supper to be a real supper with real food that is you commute together.
You have a fellowship meal together during which you celebrate the death of Jesus.
Number 13 from denominations to citywide celebrations.
This is forthcoming.
Simpson's houses that change the world. His arguments there for new Reformation, which came out what 20 years ago. Maybe roughly number 14 developing a persecution proof spirit and number 15. The church becomes home so again, to hear his perspective were is the easiest place safer meant to be spiritual baby again is it hiding behind a big pulpit dressed up in holy robes preaching holy words to a faceless crowd and the disappearing into an office. What is most difficult and therefore most meaningful place for a man to be spiritual at home. The presence of his wife and children everything he does and says is automatically put through a spiritual litmus test against reality. Hypocrisy can be effectively weeded out and authenticity can grow much of Christianity has fled the family often is a place of its own spiritual defeat that is organized artificial performances and sacred buildings far from the atmosphere of real-life is because of the business of recapturing the homes. The church turns back to its roots actually came from.
It literally comes home completing the circle church history at the end of world history. Now again, there is a particular and specific emphasis a particular and specific emphasis here on house churches, but much of what's being said in terms of the organic nature of the faith and lived out in community and not just going to a building and looking for one person.
I absolutely affirm that and resonate with that with you meet in a big building with cut coat. The pastor leading the way with you.
Meet houses. That's a secondary. The key thing is the larger structure and living of this out combat Martin Luther and the Jews.
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What about Martin Luther and the Jews.
We know that in 1523, he wrote a little book that Jesus Christ was born a Jew and he did this reaching out to the Jewish people.
He'd seen the way the Catholic Church had treated the Jewish people and he said if I'd been a Jew. I'd rather be a pig than a Christian. Now it's interesting that he said I'd rather be a pig than a Christian if he said if I be a Jew and look at the way the Catholic Church had treated the Jews because there was an infamous anti-Semitic Hague and in Germany you can sell the anti-Semitic Hague and this this was actually on a church building in Wittenberg and and this image just just search for it online anti-Semitic pig is absolutely shocking it's it's a it's a big pig. You have this. This is like a statue, they just are in the in the wall and it did not not where Luther nailed his 95 theses are posted his 95 thesis. But down the road another church building in Wittenberg is still there is petitioner separately, but it's still there and you have a pig. You have a man it's supposed be a rabbi looking into the Amos of the pig. You have others that are suckling at its breasts and and it says were beanie over that and shame across the this.
This is basically a barber eyes play on the inevitable name Yahweh is so a mockery of how it said in Hebrew, the ineffable name and and thereafter watching on YouTube. There you can see the image that supposed be a rabbi investigating the that the backside of the pig and others suckling at its breasts. Yeah, Luther was aware of the anti-Semitism the Jew hatred.
The mockery and read beanie, probably will play on on rabbis right but he knew of that.
He knew the way the juice been treated.
He obviously knew history how Jews have been treated and he reached out, saying, hey, you're the older brothers and sisters were the younger ones and and and if if we could reach out and love to the Jewish people's hope was there would be a massive turning of Jewish people to the Lord.
What didn't happen 20 years later.
Yes it's true that Luther is old and sick, but remains utterly inexcusable.
20 years later Luther is been exposed to Jewish literature, blaspheming Jesus a lot of this in reaction to and responding to church, persecution over the centuries was inexcusable on the Jewish side but that was there he was under the wrong impression that every day, Jews cursed Christians by name and blessing Jesus in the synagogues every day was under that misapprehension, apprehension, and he also found that there were people German Christians were becoming interested in the synagogue. Judy is a self he wrote this is the only anti-Jewish thing he wrote and yes he he said harsh things about the Pope and harsh things about Anabaptists and harsh things about peasants, but here's how his words against Jews have lived on in infamy. In 1543 he wrote another mini book called concerning the Jews and their lies and he gave counsel to the German princes as to how to deal with the Jewish people look at look at what Luther had to say here of this is Luther explaining what to do with the Jewish people. First, there synagogue should be set on fire. Second, their home should likewise be broken down destroyed. Third, they should be deprived of their prayer books and Thomas forth there rabbis must be forbidden under threat of death to teach anymore fifth passport traveling privileges should be absolutely forbidden to the Jews. Six they ought to be stopped from use recharging interest on seventh but the young and strong Jews in Genesis be given the flail the ax the whole display the distaff and spindle with them earn their bread by the sweat of their noses will to drive the rascally lazy bounce bones out of our system.
Therefore way with them. To sum up, dear princes and nobles of Jews in your domains of this advice in mind is not sutured and find a better one so that you and we may all be free of this insufferable devilish burden. The Jews, that is a synopsis of his mini book conservative Jews in the life you can find it anywhere online. Now, but in in decades past.
The only place I used to find it was in neo-Nazi catalogs now.
In fact, his contemporaries rejected that counsel by large subsequent generations of Lutherans either ignored that and used his first reaching out compassionate book or they repudiated. Unfortunately, Adolf Hitler rediscovered it and put it into practice, literally setting the synagogues on fire breaking down homes, destroying them on November 9, of Kristallnacht, 1938, the night known as the night of broken glass. Kristallnacht that's exactly what the Nazis did took Luther's counsel literally in the next day, which happened to be the birthday of Luther November 10 synagogues were burning Jews had been killed in the German people did not rise up in protest in the Nazis knew hey we could virtually get away with murder and one leading bishop of the day said how wonderful to see the synagogues on fire on the birthday of Martin Luther.
Now Eric Rich historian, in his book on Luther's anti-Semitism says this. Listen to Eric Rich. There is even a hint of racism in Luther when he commented on the unsubstantiated room of the Jews killed Christian children this crime.
Quote still shines forth from their eyes and their skin. We are at fault in not slain them in the juice and grits is such a declaration cannot be limited to specific historical context. It is timeless and means death to the Jews, whether it is uttered by Luther, or Adolf Hitler. Moreover, Luther himself was willing to quote Kila blaspheming Jew quote I would slap his face, and if I could fling them to the ground and in my anger piercing with my sort. And Luther also said this in terms of theology, a Jew or Jewish heart is as hard as stone and iron and cannot be moved by any means. He said this in some they are the devil's children damned to hell. We cannot even convert the majority of Christians enough to be satisfied with a small number. It is therefore even less possible to convert these children of the devil. Although there are many who drive the crazy notion from the 11th chapter of the epistle to the Roman soldiers must be converted. This is not so St. Paul meant something quite different. God help change this legacy of Martin Luther.
Today, our friends will be right back to Hollywood for a moment and then come back with your calls where does the church still need to be reformed.
Staging if the line of fire with your host activist author internationals leader and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 866 again is Dr. Michael Brown.
Yeah, this is a day when many in the world celebrate Halloween. To me the real horror is what's going on in Hollywood and what is being revealed now is that there has been a massive cover-up for years and many people in Hollywood. Knowing about all kinds of sexual abuse all types of predatory behavior and it just gets swept under the rug to me. That is the real scandal here. Not now. Some even are saying that some of the actors, actresses, leaders involve made reference to the scandal some years ago and were fully aware of them.
So Kevin Spacey he wins best actor in the year 2000, right in the Oscars and there's a film he's involved in. He ends up having a relationship with a young person right. It is family members, friend, another girl in and listen to what he has to say as he does his acceptance speech. Listen to this.
In this movie to me is all about how many single acts from any single person put on a context is damnable but the joy of this movie is that it is real beauty. All okay so the daughter stepped out of friend that he has kisses has some relationship with his interest in in itself might look terrible just like he allegedly went up to see a 14-year-old guy and get in itself would seem that it seemed damnable but put in a larger context is acceptable in some of forces like this.
We talked about that night here. There's redemption for Kevin Spacey can find repentance and new life in Jesus. There is forgiveness to me, the bigger issue is the larger cover-up if he's guilty of what he's been charged with in Hollywood is known about this then. While the shock now know you should have heads rolling everywhere in that respect, metaphorically speaking, that listener is Corey Feldman childhood actor for years has been talk about the pedophilia in Hollywood, even a documentary comes out of what comes out of it and it gets swept under the rug listener Corey Feldman. He's on the view and and is talk about a friend of his childhood friend drug overdose in 2010 he says will goes back to being abused in Hollywood. This will Corey Feldman had to say. I'm saying that there are people that were the people that did this to both me and Corey have and are still working there still out there and there's some of the richest, most powerful people in this business and they cannot want anything. What I'm saying right now I saying that their pedophiles yes yes thing to bear in the here and now. Try there and you don't go into it thinking that it's all roses and is an entire industry on some art art so here's here's my point. For any of those who have done these things, there is the possibility of redemption and forgiveness and new life in Jesus. One emphasize that in every one of us knows areas in our own life. We've had to come to God for great mercy and asking for forgiveness.
So we are not throwing stones. We are agreeing that the behavior is deplorable, horrific, terrible on every level inexcusable and say hey you can find mercy, forgiveness like the same as each of us have as we come to the cross, confessing our sins, but when Hollywood makes its money on's exploitation when Hollywood exploits children when Hollywood exploits women's bodies when Hollywood makes billions of dollars on sex.
Why is there any surprise that this stuff allegedly has been going on behind the scenes.
Why is there any surprises. A cover up to me. I assumed it was all kinds of junk. For years, and that is just part of the industry. Now the whole thing is being shaken that says to each of us in whatever house we live in a house in our house give us that we need mercy better, and getting rather slow. The line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution Gary Jim Dr. Michael Brown where does the church still need to be reformed.
It is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation tomorrow. My guest Erica taxes, author of the new New York Times best-selling book on Martin Luther will be on to talk with us and Eric's explained that this may not been the exact day that Luther posted his theses and certainly within a month of this time and there's some math and some reality to his post and thesis will will talk about that sort those things out. But I will get your take now on areas where the church still needs to be reformed were being constructive, not destructive, recognize, and then in all of us. There is room for growth at every everything I'm part of whether it's being part of messianic Jewish movement being part of the charismatic Pentecostal movement or being part of the larger Protestant move or or being part of the American church or being part of the world missions movement or being part of the apologetics movement or being part of biblical scholarship.
All the worlds in which I live. Every one of them needs improvements and change and growth. And then I put with top the list need improvement. Growth and change. So this is something we can do constructively now. I wrote an article on the similarities between Donald Trump and Martin Luther right and it's entitled what Donald Trump or what Martin Luther and Donald Trump have in common right and the other plenty of differences I mean Martin Luther was a theologian Donald Trump is a politician.
Martin Luther was a celibate monk Donald Trump was a philandering playboy turned politician. We know that Martin Luther translated every word of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into German. Maybe Donald Trump is really with a few passages in the Bible, Martin Luther, literally change world history. We don't know what Donald Trump's legacy will be at their similarities between if you haven't read the article asked Dr. Brown.org SK, D. R. Brown.org is the place to go for my latest articles and videos. There are similarities in that they they both are fearless. They are like wrecking balls like goals in China shops that when you push hard against them.
They're going to double down and push back and yet they often get in trouble for those very reasons.
In other words, their strengths are also their weaknesses, and in that sense Martin Luther would be like Donald Trump on mega steroids, just to make the comparison in terms of intensity of personality and you read Martin Luther's table talk uncensored find it read some of his quotes about the peasants about the Anabaptists about the Catholics about the Jews in Donald Trump's tweets become tame in comparison.
866-34-TRUTH where does the church still need Reformation. Let's go to Orlando, High Point, North Carolina. Welcome to the broadcast.
Thanks for holding which retakes are gripping or booked room that afternoon. I feel yet I feel Reformation on the word because there are so many cramped delays Bible now date. Good people get confused and people will say I will out on you. I like big brother translation because it is better for me but he shall be good one. You would back Dan will be one one word everybody would you explain conduct a one-day Martin Luther cramped the late. That's into German and his translation is far from perfect. So amid III think all the good translations are positive though because people are reading the word to have more access to accurate translations. You know that the subsequent generations of King James translators the King James translations been improved on many many times. If you pick up the King James Bible today.
It's got many improvements over the 16th 11 edition and then you have new King James or the modern English version. Luther's translation is powerful German but German violence is changed in many ways, and scholars have improved on. That's we have modern German translations, why not have everyone learn Hebrew and Greek.
Then try to read the originals.
That doctor appointment that may poignant sometimes latent halftone bar and some of them big.
The Leedom and Simone at about Gouda a big Dick who would be a bit different geologist of differing interpretations come being with occasional jet just help me out.
An example of one major doctrine that stands or falls on one of these verses that's in dispute. Can you do that is my understanding, sir. With all respect to which your jealousy for the word love for the word which Sharon and I commend you for. I'm not aware of any major doctrine that's affected by a debate about sadist first on 57 exist in the original Greek or not you know about the Trinity, for example, searching can you give me any example where we can't prove any major doctrine of the faith from all the verses that we agree on that are part of the Bible.
But, movement, Mayor mag, and healed by one of the best Bible to have ever written, haven't really great right is coming from the Jewish new believer that they started you by a young unemployed really translation committee yeah yeah bitter the best Bible for everybody. Now date people to like it because it has big Jewish thing on it to get what he was a Jew and can innovate you got a thick doing to do, but in that very it was something added by when the Bible was written, well translated from the from the from the Latin in the beginning serial. I think it would first John 57 yes and yes. The first John 57 is absolute. In addition, first us 57. There are three that bear witness in heaven. The father were the Holy Ghost, and these three are one that certainly edition it's not in any ancient Greek manuscript anywhere in the world.
That wasn't it it it it wasn't added into Greek text until as we understand it, Rasmussen was finalizing a Greek text to be used, and there is a protest first on 57 wasn't there and so it's not any ancient Greek manuscripts of folks went out to Fords once it will hear his first job, and added that it but that right there is no textual basis that II agree, but it doesn't teach error. We know that father-son Holy Spirit are one eternal God. We understand that the three bear witness in heaven as one we understand that this was a clear statement about God's tri-unity but not part of the original text on with you. Hey him and I I'm glad you love the tree of life version and I commend that to folks.
It will help them. It's a great translation of the Bible and help them appreciate the Jewish roots of the faith even to remember that Jesus is Yeshua and that Christ means Messiah then said that hey Orlando, thank you for the call. In the discussion and then let me say one last thing. Yeah, it was easy when virtually all Protestants use the King James Bible Catholics would say use the dude ranch version but it was it was easy when the King James was the Bible that was used because you're quoting it. Everyone had memorized the same Scriptures or took out the same Bible. That's true, and not only that it was it. If he's writing songs, hams in your Scripture courses you're using the same same Bible that was great but the problem is that we have more ancient manuscripts. Now the thinking stresses didn't have. We have more archaeological lexical information that's helped us to improve translations so we know that's been many improvements made in and that's that's from the Lord to help us understand his word. Better we should embrace that and take hold of that, absolutely, and not only so, and again, thank you for the call Orlando not only so, but consider this as well when say the writer to the Hebrews, the author of Hebrews was writing to the Jewish believers in particular location on different locations. He quoted from the Septuagint one." The Hebrew because he was writing to Greek speaking Jews, many of whom could not read the Hebrew read fluently, and therefore he wanted to quote from the Bible that they had access to it. If he quoted it made its own Greek translation from the Hebrew they look at in several where is that this was different than what they had.
And yet the Septuagint certainly has errors.
For example, Psalm 40, which is quoted in the Septuagint precedent Septuagint quoted in Hebrews 10, where the Hebrew was nine, Carita Lee, which is literally my ears. You've dug out or bore out or even pierced potentially but dugout bore out may be like pierced as as a slave to say hello to surgery for life would have his ear pierced with in all it's it's even possible. It's not the same with each used the Exodus account of this it in Septuagint because the Hebrews difficult. They did the skull parts per total. The part for the whole and civil facet about devoting the ears hearing ear devoted years you've open up my ears, I surrendered my whole life my body so the Septuagint set a body that's misquoted his that's the Bible that they had and that was an interpretation of past I will be back with her plan and gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown hour I did a little talk about Martin Luther and the Jews and will be posting that on YouTube you be able watch that later on if you missed any of the broadcast member live on YouTube for one full hour every day.
I was away in Germany for a few days we can to our live video stream but were back home and able to do these on a regular basis.
You can add your comments there on YouTube as your listening.
I've been asking where does the church still need reforming and obviously the church in terms of its overall understanding of Israel there still need to fill in that major blind spot in many many different circles and many different places denominations groups individuals. That's what we address that earlier appreciation for the good that Martin Luther did grief over the bad that he did. He was a very very dynamic leader and a very very controversial leader and if you think of him like a bulldozer wrecking ball. Hence, the comparison to Donald Trump that bulldozers are good for certain things and not for others. There times you need a scalpel and times need a sledgehammer right time to the wrecking ball and times you need an interior designer and when the wrecking ball. Does the interior design, you destroy all home on the interior designer does the work of a wrecking ball.
You end up beautifying ruins's need both need both and that's why some people can do certain things and let others do the others, or they have to take their strengths to the Lord so that their weaknesses can be dealt with as well.
To me that's a major lesson to learn that when you're raised up by God for particular thing.
Let's let's say God will use you in the ministry of compassion, but don't lose your backbone.
Make sure you still have conviction does your backbone with the gods raised up as a prophetic reformer to lose your sensitivity to people or if you don't have backbone get it if you don't have sensitivity people get an OG go to the cross and say Lord you can help me here. This is a real weakness of mine. This is an area I'm much more prone to debate and argue then to just stop in and just hug someone and say hey let's be friends all right because we put compassion in my heart for others nearly what said Nancy has her other folks close to me have and I'm actually not a pastor for sure but but I care about people much more deeply than I used to, and where I don't. I trained I've been trained with the help of others and with the help of the Lord to to recognize okay now is the time when I need to focus on this individual because I do care, but my nature would just beat up like go past that know now is what I need to stop this is not the time to debate or argument you're hurting.
I want to help you so what we need to do if were Donald Trump type of person and bull in a china shop. We need to soak a Lord I need help interpersonally. I need help with my communication or I need I need help in these other areas to grow and and through that through that you're not going up do harm and good you'll do good. Martin Luther who can imagine I can't what he took on his day because we don't have the equivalent to the Catholic Church Catholic culture European way of life, almost all merged together and so many things it just wanted to massive upheaval through Luther for the good, but also lobby had done and bloodshed which we don't minimize so that solicited those of you that appreciate Pres. Trump one day than agree the next those who just upset with him but think that outweighs the good that's a perfect example in our data say this is where you go to the cross and say say Lord help help my strengths remain strong, but that I need help in my in my weaknesses. I need help there.
All right again behind that list. Unpin to the cross many times to these things and have learned many things the hard way saying things I ought not to over decisions will have. Wish I could've close to the Lord or had more wisdom or shut my mouth more been closer to the Lord more holy and intermittent and you know so were all growing role growing a month throwing stones at Donald Trump of St. Hager, the present United States that were the most powerful human beings on the planet this morning to pray for the president and just reminder if you're listening to the audio on Facebook you can post your comments. You can post your comments. There is we've asked the question, where does the church still need reformation.
Just looking at some of the comments here. Church must come back to the Hebrew roots with the Jewish roots for proper interpretation of the Scriptures. Let's see here at this different discussion. There's back-and-forth about Calvinism pros and cons there of the emphasis on the importance of being born again. Perhaps it's taught more in some circles than in others. These are things that we agree of as absolutely foundational. I asked the question on Twitter.
Here are some of the responses where the church still needs reformation, but there is so much to reform, but I have to say. Hyper grace is out of control. You touch the subject before another emphasize that hyper grace practical atheism biblical illiteracy will yeah it's a practical atheism meaning we profess faith, but in our actual beliefs. We don't really believe in the ongoing intervention of God that that will must act in our license fees not doing anything or communicating with us biblical illiteracy is that while the 500th anniversary of the Reformation which did so much to get the Bible into the hands of the people were having an increase in biblical illiteracy. The more we have access to the word of okay let's just see here to be willing to give everything and sacrifice everything for God via it. In other words, what the gospel really is. I preached in Germany over the weekend, preached Friday, Saturday, Sunday and then traveled home left. Oh my time about 11 PM from Germany, so a stateside time I got home at eight in the evening's about 21 hours of travel, preflight some layovers in the how that goes. And my first message to the German men's conference may be 800+ men, their very first message was, the gospel starts with complete surrender gospel 101 my life for the gospel. I surrender all, that's where it starts. That's where it starts and and to get back to a biblical gospel yet absolutely fake miracles. Yeah, I I've got a book coming on April playing with holy fire right deal with gullibility and charismatic church.
So on the one hand you have those who don't believe in miracles taking place today in an ongoing way through the gospel. Aside from salvation. The is not real belief, and in the miraculous and ongoing way.
Feeling a prophetic ministry and deliverance.
Yet, on the other hand, you have charismatic gullibility where everything gets believed okay any anymore. Things just to look at the church. Sacrifice the teaching, preaching, solid, difficult truth to instead chase after being just another popular entertainment venue.
Absolutely yet, in fact, quite a few, my books really deal with where we need more Reformation house a doorway into the American gospel enterprise with reference to the power of God. Hyper grace punches in his book so taken, as well as articles lots of videos asked Dr. Brown's onboard this equip you as blessedly less healthy and join me tomorrow for taxes my special guest more about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Thank you for being part of the broadcast