Being 'Sneaky' with Nathan Finochio

Nathan Finochio is a Christian teaching pastor, author, speaker, musician and founder of online seminary TheosU. I sought his thoughts on the Bible’s instruction to ‘obey the governing authorities’ in Romans 13 in light of increasingly authoritarian regimes.  I also sought his review of how the Christian church has handled the response to Covid-19, especially when secular government directions and laws are challenging the historical separation of church and state (an idea that the church should no longer tell the the government how to govern, and the government should not tell the church how to church). Prefer video? All episodes are available on our website: https://discernable.io ---------------------------------- DISCERNABLE The Video Archive: https://discernable.io Prefer audio? Search for 'It Is Discernable' on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Join our Private Community: https://discernable.locals.com Purchase tickets (and replays) to our Town Halls: https://discernable.io/townhall NATHAN FINOCHIO https://www.instagram.com/nathanfinochio https://www.theosu.ca https://www.instagram.com/theosuniversity ---------------------------------- 2:25 Canadian vs Australian politics 4:41 Jesus – the good dictator? Why Christians should have a deep distrust of people in power 6:10 The real purpose of the 2nd Amendment (guns) 7:15 The last 2 years have been a lesson on tyranny 10:03 We need healthy skepticism 12:00 How a Christian should understand Romans 13 and civil disobedience 18:41 We deserve the type of leadership that we vote in 21:24 How Christians resist bad government 24:10 Getting the vax, faking the vax and protesting 25:51 Good laws and bad laws 28:15 Being in a good war 30:44 Australians love a nanny state 33:47 Australian Churches adopt things as ‘pets’ when they shouldn’t 34:36 The problem with unity amongst Christians 37:16 Australian Christianity needs a reformation 39:40 Don’t shrink back from politics