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Christ ConfessorsRuminations on Christian NationalismWelcome to Christ Confessors! This week we’re discussing Christian Nationalism. Have a question or topic suggestion? Email us at cole@riseandbuildacademy.com2023-10-261h 14
Christ ConfessorsThe Pixelated WomanChristians should care more about the pornography epidemic in their own churches than the homosexual infiltration in Andy Stanley’s church.2023-10-1214 min
Christ ConfessorsThe Anamorphic Kingdom - Luke 17The Kingdom is not here. Or there. It’s in our midst. The Kingdom is yet to come.2023-10-0538 min
Christ ConfessorsSimple Men, Fools, and ScoffersPastor Josh Fields teaches that on the path to folly, we start out as Simple Men.
We believe everything (Proverbs 14:15). We inherit folly (Proverbs 14:18). And we are killed by turning away from wisdom (Proverbs 1:32).
Then devolve into Fools (Proverbs 12:16; 29:11; 17:10; 18:2; 17:24)
And finally into Scoffers (Proverbs 21:24; 29:8; 24:9; 22:10)
In the Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, there is a senior demon, Screwtape, who is teaching his nephew, Wormwood, how to keep Christians away from God. Their main strategy is to incrementally separate us from God, but sometimes encouraging the Simple’s Man folly is sufficient for their purposes.2023-09-2809 min
Christ ConfessorsHagridden Rainbows, Today’s Duty, and other ways to split strawWhere is this bus heading? This one. The one we’re on right now. The Present moment. Can we control these Present Moments? Are we the driver of this bus? Or merely the passengers hoping that the driver isn’t asleep at the wheel?2023-09-2111 min
Christ ConfessorsConfronting your Self, Non-Bothering with Originality, and other ways to hear the TruthIn what ways do you need to die to your Self?
How’s your pride? Are you imagining winning a conversation before it’s had?
How’s your anxiety? Any more panic attacks at work?
How’s your lust? Are you walking to her house? At her door? Inviting your Self in? Walk. Stand. Sit. See Psalm 1:1.
How’s your work ethic? Are you planting seeds and tending the soil? Or just praying for rain, hoping God will finally bless you?
How’re you loving your spouse? What’s the temperature of your home? Or to borrow from Doug Wilson, what’s the “ar...2023-09-1412 min
Christ ConfessorsIlluminating Sunsets, Biblical Sunrises and other ways to Shorten the Cold Nights of MarriageIn The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis calls us “amphibians” because we are dual-natured: we occupy two worlds; we are bound by the flesh and the spirit. We go up and down through “a series of troughs and peaks.” (The Screwtape Letters, Letter VIII).
This same undulation can be seen in marriage as well. We have our good moments (the beautiful sunset) and we have our bad fights (the darkness that follows). We reconcile (the sunrise) and the warmth of the noon-day sun is felt throughout our home and everywhere we go. Inevitably, the sun sets again and darkness follows. Up and d...2023-09-0713 min
Christ ConfessorsGlorious Tapestry, Anxious Devilry, and other reasons not to worryDr. Andy Davis uses the analogy of a grand tapestry to illustrate God’s grand design and all the Beauty contained therein. Sure, the tapestry looks “good” or “beautiful” from one side, but what about the other side? The side that faces the wall is just as much part of the tapestry as the “right” side because each thread plays its part. Each thread is there for a reason, a purpose only known to its creator. The same can be said of our lives as well: we worry about a given day or a given event, but from God’s perspective, tha...2023-08-3113 min
Christ ConfessorsLaw of UndulationWhy do we keep going up and down, back and forth in our spiritual growth?2023-08-1612 min
Christ ConfessorsUnwavering FaithFollow God. Pursue Christ. And Glorify God in all things.2023-08-1006 min
Christ ConfessorsChrist’s Freedom v. Slavery’s YokeWe are created for freedom in Christ2023-08-0306 min
Christ ConfessorsDo you want to be healed?Excuses blind us to sin.2023-07-2004 min
Christ ConfessorsSweaty breadwinnersGod commanded men to work.2023-07-1307 min
Christ ConfessorsSufferable evilsChrist is Lord of All.2023-07-0606 min
Christ ConfessorsThe Altar of the Unknown FutureGod has written eternity into our hearts.2023-06-2211 min
Christ ConfessorsFigless fig treesThe Glory of God outshines the fattest of figs.2023-06-1307 min
Christ ConfessorsEstate Planning for Christian Households3R Thursday is presented by Rise & Build Academy: providing online education for the next generation of Kingdom Builders.2023-06-1303 min
Christ ConfessorsThe Safest Road to HellIncremental separation from God.2023-06-1309 minChrist ConfessorsChrist Confessors (Trailer)2023-06-1200 min