Category Archives: The Church

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/31/2012- The New Year, Marriage, And Amending The Bible

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 31, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the recent comments by Piers Morgan that the Bible needs to be “amended” to reflect modern “wisdom” regarding homosexual marriage. We aren’t convinced.

Article link- http://www.examiner.com/article/piers-morgan-wants-gay-marriage-amendment-added-to-the-bible?cid=db_articles

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/28/2012- Newt Gingrich Proves That He Is No Conservative- Surprise, Surprise!

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday December 28, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a recent statement by Newt Gingrich who sold himself as a conservative while abandoning conservative principles at the earliest opportunity for his entire political career. History repeats itself. We look at the “why’s.”

Article link- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/gingrich-gop-must-accommodate-and-deal-reality-same-sex-marriage

No Fear of God In The Land

Friday December 14 will be remembered as one of the most horrific days in recent American history as one young man murdered twenty of the most innocent defenseless among us along with seven other adults.  Since that event I have read a number of analyses of the killings in Connecticut on Friday.  Some of them are good seeing the events as pure evil while others are way off base blaming circumstances.  (One of the better Christian responses using cultural data is the article by Michael Craven below.  Few others support the Christian world view with the type of data Craven uses). As most of you know I believe that the biggest cause of these horrific atrocities is the one I shared from the pulpit yesterday: There is no longer a fear of God in the land.  This is why suicide and murder occur so frequently.  No one believes anymore that upon death they will be accountable for their actions.  There is no respect for God and His Law.

Matthew 10:28 reads, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul, but fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.”  The fear of God restrains evil and without that fear then evil runs rampant. Murder and killing are not condemned as they should be thus creating a culture of violence.  When one destroys another human being created in the image of God, they are attacking a valuable intrinsically worthy being. Just as fear of the death penalty decreases murder, so should fear of Hell deter evil actions.  Without the fear of meeting a Holy, Righteous God who holds humans accountable for their actions then people are “free” to do the evil desires of their hearts. It is this lack of fear of God and His Law that has brought about the abortion culture of death.  God will bring about vengeance upon evil. Little did the young man who killed the children in Connecticut realize that the moment after he put the gun to his own head that he would find himself summoned before a Holy God who cannot look upon evil and find himself condemned for an eternity in Hell.  Like most in modern America he did not realize that God is “a consuming fire” and that he will not be mocked by self-righteous arrogant human beings.

In 2001 after the slayings of thousands of  Americans I  was publicly quoted as saying, I was afraid that God was withdrawing His protective hand over America because of its sin.  We have become too comfortable with violence, death and murder as explified by acceptance of increase of murders in our cities, indiscriminate bombing of children and the violent slaughter of unborn babies.  Restrictions on semi-automatic weapons or guards at school buildings will not eliminate the desire for violence coming from the human heart.  It will only be by a internal change in the human heart that begins with a healthy fear of God.  It is time for pastors and leaders in society to again preach God’s Law and His character of Holiness and Righteousness.

Click to see the article by S. Michael Craven

 

By Dr. Mark Hamilton, Professor of Philosophy at Ashland University, Ashland, OH

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/17/2012- Thinking Logically During An Avalanche of Emotional Appeals

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis do our best to understand what happened in Newtown, CT from a biblical perspective. As usual, our viewpoint is somewhat different that the main stream media.

Article links- http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2012/12/16/the-horror-of-newtown/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249185/Nancy-Lanza-Did-paranoid-gun-crazed-mother-trigger-Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-killing-spree.html

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jakewallissimons/100194425/before-wringing-your-hands-at-the-madness-of-american-gun-laws-read-this/

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335739/facts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund#

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/15/2012- Building A Biblical Economy Out Of The Rubble

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 15, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis interview Dr. Sacha Walicord, pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church and professor of economics, about the current economic situation from a biblical standpoint and how we might go about creating a biblical economy in the US and the world. Church information-

Sacha Walicord’s Church Chuck Michaelis’ Church Barry Sheets’ Church
Knox Presbyterian Church

www.knox-church.org

Educational Training Center

1481 Yauger Rd

Mt. Vernon, OH 43050

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Providence Orthodox Presbyterian Church

www.providenceopc.us

12161 Broad St. SW

Pataskala, OH 43062

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Pliny Presbyterian Church

1677 US 35 N

Pliny, WV 25058

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/5/2012- Throwing Genesis Under The Bus

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 5, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about a recent “analysis” by Pat Robertson in which he tacitly states that the account of creation in Genesis in merely allegorical

Article links- http://www.christianpost.com/news/ken-ham-of-creation-museum-slams-robertson-for-dismissing-young-earth-theory-85887/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/26/2012- The Next Steps Laying The Foundations Of Liberty In Law

Our Principles and Policies radio show for  Monday November 26, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis read and discuss the next steps (out of sequence due to an engineering error) American founding documents that demonstrate the further development and refinement of the  foundations for our liberty in law- The Declaration of Independence. We also discuss the worldviews of key players in the Declaration- Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Livingston, Sherman, with influence from Wythe and Mason.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/24/2012- The Development And Refinement Of Documents Laying The Foundations Of Liberty In Law

Our Principles and Policies radio show for  Saturday November 24, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis read and discuss American founding documents that demonstrate the development and refinement of the  foundations for our liberty in law- The Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Articles of Confederation. We then discuss some efforts to make a new constitutional convention and the many dangers that would accompany any such convention.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/22/2012- Documents Laying The Foundations Of Liberty In Law

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thanksgiving Thursday November 22, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis read and discuss American founding documents which lay the foundations for our liberty in law- The Mayflower Compact, The Plymouth Oath of  Allegiance and Fidelity (The Plymouth Agreement), and the Pennsylvania Act For Freedom of Conscience.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/8/2012- The Societal Consequences Of Rejecting Standards

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday November 8, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article by Dr. Walter E. Williams entitled Our Deviant Society in which Williams discusses how the desire to become non-judgmental means that all absolutes and standards are being dropped.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/scalia-restoring-constitution-i-dont-know-im-optimistic

http://cnsnews.com/blog/walter-e-williams/our-deviant-society