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In Defence of Mothers
Audio: Text: https://player.rightnow.org/133700 It’s my contention that in North America today, particularly in Ontario, the role of the parent is deeply undervalued. I could talk all day about the epidemic of absentee fathers, broken marriages, and the dismantling of the traditional family that is causing the foundations of our civilization to crumble – but…
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Nuclear War, Bio-Parents, MST3K, Bill & Ted 3, Is Thanos Right?, Furtick vs Chandler, Pastors and more! (Ninja News)
I know, it’s been too long, but here’s the latest episode of Ninja News! Don’t forget to leave some comments below or on the Facebook page! Story Links: Moms & Dads: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/it-felt-like-something-had-been-taken-from-me-family-copes-with-fallout-from-barwin-clinic-bombshell MST3K: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80173925 Bill & Ted 3: http://deadline.com/2018/05/bill-and-ted-sequel-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-bill-and-ted-face-the-music-1202384903/ Thanos: https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/d35nm7/an-economist-explains-why-thanos-is-wrong 666: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/perplexing-passages-what-is-the-mark-of-the-beast/ Book: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/product/9780851518213-item.html Chandler: https://youtu.be/RAKiAm4aX_U Pastors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4taB_VW1U
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The Power of Your Life Story
Audio: Text: This is the last sermon of our Stewardship mini-series and today we’re going to talk about the stewardship of testimony – or our life-story. This is one that a lot of people forget about because it doesn’t jump out as obvious. Financial management? Everyone knows that’s important. Time management? Sure, that’s something…
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Stewarding Wealth 2: Why Are We So Anxious About Money? (And What Can We Do About It?)
Audio: Text: https://player.rightnow.org/99573 So, that little video is a reminder of what we’ve been studying over the past while, especially last week where we looked at Jesus teaching in Matthew 6 about how we ought to be setting our priorities when it comes to stewarding our treasures (meaning our finances and possessions). The biggest…
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Stewarding Wealth: Your Relationship With Money Tells You a Lot About Your Relationship With God
Audio: Text: We’re wrapping up a couple series’ over the next few weeks here. We’re at the tail end of our 1 Corinthians study, studying the final chapter. The first couple verses of that chapter became a jumping off point for a mini-series about “stewardship”, the wise and godly use of all the good…
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“Incels”, Chick-Fil-A, Obesity, Atheism, Pilgrim’s Progress, Depression, and Bacon! (Ninja News)
“Incels”, Chick-Fil-A, Obesity, Atheism, Pilgrim’s Progress, Depression, and Bacon! (Ninja News). Thanks for taking the time to give this a listen and I want you to notice that I (finally) turned on the comments section for these posts!
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Toronto Van Attack, Humboldt Broncos, Dave Chappelle, Amazon Go & More… (Ninja News: Ep. 5)
I’m back from vacation! Ninja News Episode 5 covers a lot of ground. The Toronto Van Attack, Humboldt Broncos, Dave Chappelle, Loneliness and Amazon Go, Imitation of Christ, GQ Magazine and the Bible, & Dragons! Don’t forget to leave your comments on the Facebook and YouTube pages. Story Links: Toronto: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/04/23/toronto-van-tragedy-bonds-city-in-blood-but-no-one-will-say-the-word-terrorism.html Dave Chappelle: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80171965 Amazon: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-lonely-future-of-amazon-go/ Imitation of Christ: https://www.amazon.com/Imitation-Christ-Thomas-Kempis/dp/0882707663 GQ: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/22/gq-magazine-says-bible-among-most-overrated-books-all-time Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY
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The Most Important Day
Audio: Text: If you were to ask people what their favourite day of the year is, you’ll get a lot of answers. For some, it’s a holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving or Halloween. For some, it’s tied to a cultural festival like New Years or Hanukkah or Cinco De Mayo. Others are more personal…
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The LAST Carnivore Theology Episode?
Is this Carnivore Theology’s FINAL episode? It sure looks like it. The CT guys have a little fun and say goodbye to the listeners in this very special episode.
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Marijuana vs. Alcohol, Distrusting Media, Gov’t Daycare, Tazing Teens, Comedians, and More! (Ninja News – Ep. 4)
Episode 4 covers Marijuana vs. Alcohol, Gov’t Daycare, Tazing Teens, Comedians, and More! Don’t forget to leave your comments on the Facebook and YouTube pages. Story Links: Daycare:http://www.iheartradio.ca/580-cfra/1.3715223 Social Media: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/03/28/internet-police-warn-business-owners-of-sabotage-on-google-maps.html https://www.challies.com/articles/beating-facebooks-algorithm-and-being-your-own-curator/ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/technology/social-media-privacy.html Tazing: https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/pd-phoenix-woman-tazes-teenage-son-to-wake-him-for-church Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80171362 Book: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00B85ADQ2 Marijuana: https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/marijuana-vs-alcohol-which-is-worse-for-you.htm Google: https://www.google.com/doodles Paper Airplanes: https://youtu.be/3BNg4fDJC8A News Script: https://youtu.be/hWLjYJ4BzvI
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“Sweet Jesus” Ice Cream, Flat Earth Skepticism, In Vitro Fertilization, and more… (Ninja News – Ep. 3)
Here’s episode 3 of my new Week in Review Podcast. I cover a lot of different topics this week and look forward to your comments on the Facebook and YouTube pages. Story Links: Ice-Cream: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/03/24/sweet-jesus-ice-cream-parlour-faces-backlash-over-name.html https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2018/03/26/sweet-jesus-is-not-going-to-change-its-name-co-founder-says.html Flat Earth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-43550327/flat-earther-launches-diy-rocket Coercion: What’s next? The growth of Statism in Canada http://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-liberals-dont-get-why-religious-canadians-refuse-to-submit-to-their-political-dictates Book: https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/hidden.html Mid-Life Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF1VD2sYTEs In Vitro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cy5J9o9_NY
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Ashamed to Be a Christian?
Audio: Text: We’re about to enter into a time historically known as “Passion Week”, starting on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday. It’s a week filled with history and meaning. This is the most important week of the Christian calendar. Centuries of history have revolved around it and believers from all manner of…
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Ninja News: Week in Review – Episode 2 (Atheism, Animal Rights, McDonalds, Zach Anner, Netflix, Adderall)
Here’s episode 2 of my new Week in Review Podcast. I cover a lot of different topics this week and look forward to your comments on the Facebook and YouTube pages. Story Links: McD’s: http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/mcdonalds-workers-quitting-in-droves-over-complicated-technology-new-menu-items Cult of Convenience: https://albertmohler.com/2018/03/16/briefing-3-16-18/ Animal Rights: https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/vbpn34/ten-questions-you-always-wanted-to-ask-an-animal-rights-activist Take Your Pills: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80117831 Book: https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/hidden.html Atheist Church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJ8GZIjwCo
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Grieving With Hope
Have you ever seen the movie “Inception”? It’s about a group that invades other people’s dreams so they can plant ideas. It’s a cool movie. One of the cool parts is that they end up going deeper and deeper as they make the person fall asleep within their own dream so they can start…
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Ninja News: Week in Review – Episode 1
Here’s the first episode of my new week in review podcast. I cover a lot of topics (from Elon Musk to Netflix to Hockey and more) so please give it a listen and let me know what you think. Episode Links: Elon Musk: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-at-sxsw-says-spacex-will-launch-rocket-to-mars-in-2019/ Opioid Crisis: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/americas-opioid-epidemic.html http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/born-addicted/amp Netflix: http://fortune.com/2018/03/10/netflix-collectible-patches-kids-tv-shows/ Book: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000SETW8Y/ When The Unbeliever Departs: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/unbeliever-departs-aftermath/ Hockey Commercial: https://youtu.be/7EDjMHQlYyA Bad…
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Stewarding Our Abilities: Understanding Why You Are Here
Audio: Sermon Text: We’ve been working through a series on Stewardship over the past few weeks. Stewardship is the word that Christians usually use to talk about how we see and use all the good things that God has given us in this world. Our jumping off point was 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 where Paul…
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Stewarding Time: How to Combat Our Habits of Wasting and Worrying About Time
First, A Quick Request: Here’s the poll (link fixed): https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfTheChristianNinja/posts/1618969174822815 Sermon Audio: Sermon Text: Review Over the past few weeks we’ve been talking about the wise and godly use of all the good gifts that God has given us in our lives, which usually, in the Christian church, is called “stewardship”. The jumping…
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Why Do People Bury their Talents? (Barriers to Good Stewardship)
Audio: Text: This week we’re going to continue our study on Tithing and Stewardship which we introduced last week by turning to Matthew 25:14 and using it to build a framework for how we are to think about how we use the things that God gives us in this world. “Again, it will be…
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God, Money, and the Church
Audio: Text: “Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I…
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Women Should Keep Silent? (Let’s Talk Context!)
Audio: Text: “As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful…
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Prophecy & Tongues (A Gospel Issue)
Audio: Text: Ok, so I need you to take a moment to remember the last few sermons, because they have all been, in some way, preparatory for this one. On the first Sunday of the year we talked about we are sometimes convicted to make changes in our life, and therefore make “Resolutions” to…
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Church Membership and Being a Good Church
Audio: Text: When we are saved by Jesus, He gives us a lot of gifts. One of those gifts is to become a member of His church, a family of believers spread throughout the world. All believers, everywhere are part of the Kingdom of God, the Body of Christ, the Universal Church both living…
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Resolutions (And How to Stick To Them)
Audio: Text: The start of the year, as I said last week, is a time when a lot of people take time to evaluate where they are in life and make some decisions about making some changes, often called “New Year’s Resolutions”. They feel convicted that some area of their life needs to change,…
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Advent Devo: Jesus The King (by Steve) (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 105)
This week Steve shares some scripture and devotional thoughts about Jesus as the Coming King. Advent is a special time of year when Christians remember the incarnation of the Son of God at Christmas and prepare our hearts for the time when Jesus will come again. As we’ve done each year, Carnivore Theology is…
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Advent Sermon: Jesus as Tabernacle (by Pastor Al) (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 104)
Advent is a special time of year when Christians remember the incarnation of the Son of God at Christmas and prepare our hearts for the time when Jesus will come again. As we’ve done each year, Carnivore Theology is taking a break from our usual schedule of hot topics and interviews to share some…
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God’s Plan of Salvation Shakes Our World
*Sorry, no audio this week. People, as much as they are creatures of habit, are also addicted to novelty. I think it’s part of the coming of sin in the world that humans not only hate change but we get bored if things stay the same for too long. Have you noticed this? We…
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How to Find Hope When Hopelessness Strikes
Audio: Text: Malachi is the last book in the Old Testament and shines like a beacon in a dark place. And those who first heard it really needed a beacon because even though things weren’t at their darkest, it still wasn’t a great time in the life of Israel. Malachi was a prophet that…
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Should Christians Use Thoughts and Prayers? (Carnivore Theology Ep. 103C)
Social media is great for a lot of things, but saying “thoughts and prayers” can get you into trouble these days. What’s the controversy about and should Christians use the #ThoughtsandPrayers hashtag? Podcast Audio: Donate to NAMB Sutherland Springs How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in your voice on…
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Love
Audio: Text: Have you ever had the experience where you look at a word too often and it suddenly loses its meaning? You read it, try to spell it, sound it out, and then suddenly that word looks really weird, you don’t recognize it, the letters all look misspelled, and you’re not even sure…
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Gun Control and What Really Caused the Sutherland Springs Tragedy (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 103B)
What caused the tragedy at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX and can it be prevented from happening again? Will more or less gun control laws help? Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in your voice on our SpeakPipe page! (We love this the most!) Or send a…
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Where Was God in Sutherland Springs? (Carnivore Theology Ep. 103A)
The tragedy at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX took everyone by surprise, causing grief, sadness and a lot of questions to flood our souls. But maybe the biggest question for Christians is: Where was God in Sutherland Springs? Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a…
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Spiritual Gifts, The Body of Christ, and The Weakest Members
Audio: Text: Christmas is coming and I’m very excited already. I went to the Christmas store at the Carleton Place nursery and officially got myself in the mood. There was free mulled cider, cookies, Christmas music playing in the background… I love the colours and lights and trees and everything. I’m a huge fan…
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Miracles, Healings & Personal Experiences (Carnivore Theology Ep. 102C)
Part three answering listener questions from Tim about whether or not faithful Christians should expect to be healed by Jesus from all their diseases. This time we concentrate on the danger of filtering our faith through personal experience. How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in your voice on our SpeakPipe page!…
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The Battle of the Sexes 3: Male Headship
Audio: Text: Have you ever been house shopping? Anita and I have moved a few times and have owned a couple homes, so we know what it’s like to spend days and days going through strangers homes and wondering if you can see yourself living there. I was really, really bad at it because…
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The Battle of the Sexes and God’s Original Plan (Part 2)
Audio: Text: What you believe will dictate how you behave, that is a universal truism. If you change your beliefs you will transform your behaviour. If a person doesn’t take care of their body says they know they should eat better and exercise, that they believe a healthy lifestyle is valuable but doesn’t actually…
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Miracles, Healings and the Gospel (Carnivore Theology Ep. 102B)
Part two answering listener questions from Tim about whether or not faithful Christians should expect to be healed by Jesus from all their diseases. This time we concentrate on whether miracles should be a normal part of gospel preaching. Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in…
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The Battle of the Sexes and God’s Original Plan (Part 1)
Audio: Review If you’ve been with us for the past 2 weeks hopefully you’ll remember how we’ve been building the foundation of understanding here. I’ve taken this one slowly because if we don’t build study this passage from the bottom up, it could be easily misinterpreted and therefore potentially damaging. It’s easy to dismiss…
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Miracles, Healings & Bethel Redding (Carnivore Theology Ep. 102A)
We answer a listener question from Tim about the claims coming from the popular Bethel Redding church and whether or not faithful Christians should expect to be healed by Jesus from all their diseases. Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in your voice on our SpeakPipe page! (We love…
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Head Coverings: A Matter of the Heart
Audio: Text: We’re still in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and when we began studying this last week I asked you to lay aside for a moment, the first presenting issue that we see when we read this passage – namely the head coverings and discussion of male female relations. Instead, we looked at the roots…
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Let’s Do a Word Study! (Carnivore Theology Ep. 101B)
Part two of our Word Study episode. Steve’s away so Chad and Al get their nerd on with some talk about some free tools for doing Bible Word Studies. Podcast Audio: Tools We Discussed https://www.blueletterbible.org/ https://www.esv.org/ http://www.openbible.info/topics/ https://www.biblegateway.com/ https://www.logos.com/ https://www.bibleworks.com/ Home How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Record a question in…
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Cosmic Treason: 4 Modern Idols
Polycarp We don’t know many names of people who were pastors of churches in the time of the Apostles. But we do know who the pastor of the church in Smyrna was. He was a man named Polycarp. Pastor Polycarp. He was born in about 70 AD, in the days of the Apostles, and…
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Bible Word Studies: The Pleasure and Peril (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 101A)
Steve’s away so Chad and Al get their nerd on with some talk about the pleasures and perils of Bible Word Studies. Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Buy some cool stuff from our new Merch Store! 3. Record a question in your voice on our SpeakPipe page! (We love this the most!) Or…
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Fads: Fun or Foolish 2 (Carnivore Theology: Ep 100B)
It’s our 100th episode* so we’re having some fun and taking a trip down memory lane, but we’re also talking about the impact that fads like fidget spinners and WWJD bracelets have had on Christians. Should Christians participate with these things? Listen for details about how to win our 100th episode giveaway and how…
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100th Episode Celebration! (Carnivore Theology: Ep 100A)
It’s our 100th episode so we’re having some fun and taking a trip down memory lane, but we’re also talking about the impact that fads like fidget spinners and WWJD bracelets have had on Christians. Should Christians participate with these things? Listen for details about how to win our 100th episode giveaway and how…
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CT 100th Episode Merch Sale!
We’re SUPER EXCITED to announce the Carnivore Theology 100th Episode Store! Shirts, sweaters, totes, and mugs of all shapes, sizes and colours! Check it out!!! We’re only doing a short, 21 day run on these, so order soon (ends Oct 16, 2017)! Here’s the Link (Not sure why it says it’s ended because it doesn’t end…
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Summer News Review 2 – (Carnivore Theology Ep. 99B)
Here’s part 2* of the first episode of season 4! We talk North Korea, Wonder Woman, LGBT, Boxing, Marijuana, Amazon, Forest Fires, Immigrants, the Solar Eclipse and more! And don’t forget to listen for how to get the 100th episode prize! *This season we’ve listened to your feedback and are making shorter episodes, cutting them in…
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Common to Man: The Process of Sanctification
Audio: Text: “For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For…
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Summer News Review (Carnivore Theology: Ep. 99a)
We’re back and what a first episode! We talk North Korea, Wonder Woman, LGBT, Boxing, Marijuana, Amazon, Forest Fires, Immigrants, the Solar Eclipse and more! And don’t forget to listen for how to get the 100th episode prize! Podcast Audio: How Can You Help Carnivore Theology? 1. Pray for us! 2. Subscribe to and…