A World Without Christmas Part 3

What this episode covers

This episode starts with the controversary surrounding Kirk Cameron's teaching on annihilationism as opposed to the orthodox view of eternal conscious torment in hell. Second is the recent attack in Australia and the Religion of Peace striking again. From there, we explore the third part in a series called "A World Without Christmas. The three sources we are examining are “It’s a Wonderful Life, the Chronicles of Narnia, “Always winter and never Christmas, plus, D James Kennedy’s book, “What if Jesus had never been born? The first 3 chapters dealt with our Lord’s impact when it came to the value of human dignity. The last 3 chapters we explored last week covered Christ’s impact upon education, government, and freedom. This episode covers our Lord's impact on science, enterprise, and human sexuality. The word science means "a state of knowing, or having knowledge." It also means to separate one thing from another, to distinguish. Adam was our first known scientist. He named all the animals and brought distinction in the animal kingdom. In fulfillment of the Dominion Mandate, God’s people believed in an orderly, rational, uniformed, creation, which gave rise to scientific inquiry. Several departments of science were founded by Christians. Christian Scientists believed they were “thinking God’s thoughts after Him.” Kennedy points out that pagan cultures did not have a proper worldview to promote the study of science. They often saw nature as chaotic or ruled by capricious gods. Christ's birth impacted the pursuit of enterprise. Christianity dignified honest labor and enterprise by discouraging sloth and laziness. The Protestant work ethic based upon the Dominion Mandate fueled economic growth and lifted societies out of poverty.

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