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Crossroads

by Brad Finkbeiner

"We all want progress, but if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive..." --C.S.Lewis

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Episodes

  1. Christian Nationalism (14) Biblical Theology of Natural Law (Part 1)

    Why biblical natural law is theistic by definition

  2. Christian Nationalism (13) Can Natural Law Defeat Religious Pluralism and Multiculturalism?

    Sermon on Romans 2:14-15 and Paul’s doctrine of natural moral knowledge

  3. COEXIST? (Part 1) One Road to Heaven; the Rest to Hell

    Religious pluralism is false. Multiculturalism is folly.

  4. The Golden Chain & the Gospel of Calvinism

    Sermon on Romans 8:29-30

  5. Roman Catholicism (5) The Magisterium & the Roman Conscience

    This begins the discussion of the Roman Catholic doctrine of the magisterium, focusing (in this episode) on its role in constraining Catholic thought

  6. Christian Nationalism (12) The Reformed view of God’s Law (contra Dispensationalism)

    An orthodox Prostestant reply to the Dispensational denial of the Law of Moses, esp in its social and political application

  7. Christian Nationalism (11) Does Galatians undercut the Political Use of the Mosaic Law? (Part 4)

    A detailed defense of the traditional reading of the Law as a pedagogue-protector

  8. Christian Nationalism (10) Does Galatians undercut the Political Use of the Mosaic Law? (Part 3)

    Rebutting the Dispenationalists’ Antinomian reading of Galatians 3

  9. Christian Nationalism (9) Does Galatians undercut the Political Use of the Mosaic Law? (Part 2)

    This begins a tour through the controversy over Galatians 3 regarding the Law of Moses

  10. Christian Nationalism (8) Does Galatians undercut the Political Use of the Mosaic Law? (Part 1)

    This explains Second Temple conceptions of the Law of Moses as background to Galatians

  11. Christian Nationalism (7) Anabaptism and the New Covenant: Debating Hebrews 8 (Part 2)

    Christ abrogated the temple system, not the moral law of Moses as a standard for social and political ethics

  12. Roman Catholicism (4) The Critique of Tradition

    Examination of whether and how Rome can find the allegedly oral word of God in the mass of Church traditions.

  13. Christian Nationalism (6) Anabaptism and the New Covenant: Debating Hebrews 8 (Part 1)

    Why the anabaptists’ use of Hebrews 8 to prove their radical dichotomy between old and new covenant people of God cannot be true

  14. Roman Catholicism (3) Framing the Protestant Critique

    In this episode I explain how the Roman Catholic doctrine of authority invites a threefold Protestant critique

  15. Roman Catholicism (2) The Debate Over Authority—Where the Conflict Really Lies

    This episode defines the Roman Catholic position on authority and contrasts it with the Protestant Reformation

  16. Roman Catholicism (1) Intro to the Debate

    This begins my summer series on the Protestant critique of Roman Catholicism

  17. Christian Nationalism (5) The Reformed doctrine of Covenant Theology (Part 1)

    Covenant theology is the foundation of Reformed Christian nationalism. In this episode and the next, the basics of CT are explained from scripture.

  18. Christian Nationalism (4) Intro to Covenant Theology

    The sermon begins to explain how the Anabaptist departure from covenant theology led to the separation of church and state

  19. Christian Nationalism (Part 3) Church & Society—Catholics, Baptists, and Reformed Protestants

    This sermon explores the relationship between baptism, the nature of the church, and its relationship to society.

  20. Christian Nationalism (Part 2) Inheriting the Nations

    This sermon explores prophecies of the Messiah’s relation to the nations and introduces American covenant theology

  21. Christian Nationalism (Part 1) The Josiah Option

    This begins a new series on Christian nationalism. This episode introduces Protestant covenant political theology using the example of King Josiah.

  22. Against Libertarianism (Part 2)…and a prelude to Christian Nationalism

    Why libertarianism leads to paternalism and authoritarianism of its own…and why Christian Americans were not Libertarian

  23. Idol of Equality (11) Against Libertarianism (Part 1)

    Part 1 of a critique of libertarian political ethics

  24. Idol of Equality (10) Whose Master? Which Slavery?

    Sermon on biblical doctrine of slavery

  25. The Idol of Equality (9) Rise of Rights in the West—Christian, Liberal (Classical & Modern), Marxist

    Historical sketch of rights—with Calvin, Jefferson, Robespierre, FDR, and Marx

  26. The Idol of Equality (8) Intro to Christian & Secular Views of Rights

    This begins a new subseries on the nature of rights and their role in moral and political discourse

  27. The Idol of Equality (7) Immanuel Kant & the Liberal Myth of Inherent Human Worth and Dignity

    This sermon continues my critique of egalitarianism, focusing on how Kant secularized the image of God

  28. The Idol of Equality (6) John Calvin & Mankind’s Spiritual Inequality

    A sermon on the spiritual division of the human race

  29. The Idol of Equality (5) Human Dignity Regained in Christ Alone

    The concept of human dignity originated in early Christian church history

  30. The Idol of Equality (4) Do Humans Have “Inherent Dignity”?

    An examination of egalitarian faith in humanity’s “inherent dignity”

  31. The Idol of Equality (3) The Rational Inequality of our Race…and the Gospel of Renewal

    Does reason ground human equality? -Nope!

  32. The Idol of Equality (2) Does the Image of God make Everyone Equal?

    Should all people be treated equally? If so, why? What the imago dei does and does not imply.

  33. The Idol of Equality (1) Why the Love of Pleasure Fuels a Hatred of Discrimination

    This is the first sermon in a subseries critiquing egalitarian philosophy

  34. Feminism, Islam, & the Quest for the Common Good in Multicultural America

    Why it’s so hard for Americans to agree on the common good

  35. Mamdani, Rousseau, & the French Reign of *error

    This sermon (#8 in the series) explores the origins of secular democracy

  36. Atheism: The Religion of Tyrants

    A sermon on Plato and the tyrannical use of atheism

  37. Politics of Original Sin: Augustine & Anarchy

    This sermon explores the political implications of Augustine’s view of sin

  38. Civil Righteousness (1) The State’s Role in Causing Outward Morality

    This sermon explains the classical protestant doctrine of civil righteousness.

  39. Slavery, Segregation & the Strange Spirituality of the Modern Church

    How unbiblical restrictions on the Church’s mission permitted social and political injustice in America

  40. The Politics of Dispensationalism

    My sermon on the apolitical logic of dispensational theology, and its adverse effects on the American church and society

  41. Politicians Underfoot: Christ & The Conversion of Kings

    My 2nd sermon in the series on Christian political theology addressing the footstool of Psalm 110

  42. King of Kings: The Christian Gospel as a Political Creed

    A sermon I preached on the occasion of Charlie Kirk’s death

  43. Judge Not? (Part 2)

    An explanation of what Jesus DID mean by his command not to judge others

  44. Judge Not? (Part 1)

    A response to popular distortions of Jesus’ command not to judge

  45. Jesus & Homosexuality (Part 1)

    A response to the now popular claim that Jesus would have permitted some forms of homosexuality

  46. Paul & Homosexuality

    An examination of the Apostle Paul’s teaching on homosexuality

  47. No God , No Gay Mental Illness (Part 5)

    Explore how the theistic v atheistic view of human nature decides the debate.

  48. Gay Mental Illness? (Part 4)

    This explores the theory of homosexual pleasure put forth by Plato and Aristotle etc..

  49. Gay Mental Illness? (Part 3)

    This episode explores a similarity between many gay men and transwomen

  50. Gay Mental Illness? (Part 2)

    What is the moral status of same sex attraction? (cont.)

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"We all want progress, but if you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive..." --C.S.Lewis

HOSTED BY

Brad Finkbeiner

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