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Setting the Record Straight
by Reconstructionist Radio
Golden calves and sacred cows always emerge on the landscape when the Law of God is rejected. For there to be revival and a land under the judgment of God to be spared, we must remove the idolatry of the status quo within our midst. On this show, various guest pastors help us dissect and understand many of the theological issues within American Evangelicalism today; both in the pulpit and the pew. This is a production of Reconstructionist Radio.
Episodes
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White Fragility
Gordan Runyan shares a few musings and thoughts on the book that have managed to stick with him, months after reading.
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How to Respond to Tragic Circumstances
In this episode, Russell Traweek addresses the Biblical Response to Tragic Circumstances as individuals before even attempt to address others as we look at Nehemiah 1.
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Black Lives Matter and Why Some Presuppositions Don’t
Russell Traweek addresses in this podcast as to why some presuppositions made by some trusted pastors and ministries, although true, don’t matter when not properly applied. One can scream, “All Lives Matter” all day, but if you overlook the application when one life, or group is oppressed, then…
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Local Pastor Renders Church to Caesar
Gordan Runyan exposes the foolishness of a congregation bowing to the demands of the State, on the basis of “rendering unto Caesar.
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Black Lives Matter
A sermon on biblical, social justice.
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Why Y’all Still Meeting?
Gordan Runyan answers a common question about why his congregation has continued to meet. It’s not because of the “usual suspects.” But at the end of the day, there really is a hill to die on.
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Your Foundations Are Showing (Corona Edition)
Gordan Runyan encourages his listeners to examine the building materials they’ve been using to put up the edifice of their lives, especially in light of the fact that a virus has caused many to reach out for other saviors, other ethical rules, that can keep them safe in the storm.
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The Trial by Ordeal from Numbers 5
Gordan Runyan walks his congregation through the trial of the suspected unfaithful wife in Numbers 5 and shows that a head-scratcher text actually winds up magnifying the grace of God and His desire to defend the weaker members of society.
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The Least to the Greatest
In this episode, Russell Traweek leads a discussion in what it means to truly be a great man, woman, boy or girl in the Kingdom of God. This sermon is based on Matthew 18:1-4.
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Numbers 5 and the Need for Reform of the Justice System
In Numbers 5:1-10, we get rules for dealing with uncleanness in the camp, as well as a law of restitution that encourages the thief to repent before he’s caught. These voluntary statutes highlight the need for self-government under God, and a present need for justice system reform in our own day.
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Revelation 20 and the Reign of the Saints
Gordan Runyan helps his congregation sort through differing schools of thought regarding the 1000 year period mentioned in Revelation 20, and urges Christians to adopt an optimistic view that motivates the extension of Christ’s kingdom into all areas.
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Is Life All About Death and Taxes?
In this episode Russell Traweek leads us through a discussion and application of Matthew 17:24-27 and the implications of the worldview one holds to. Russell Traweek pastors the home fellowship of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas.
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Escaping the Dragon’s Power Matrix
This episode looks at 4 ways that a church can begin to resemble a dragon (as in the land-beast of Revelation 13) and then we have a pastoral conversation on some of the practical implications of rejecting the fallen world’s power paradigm.
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A Present Future Victory
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Russell Traweek seeks to show how our worldview regarding the future affects our present actions and purpose with an excerpt from a current sermon series on the book of Nehemiah.
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What Good Are Your Traditions?
In this episode, Russell Traweek leads us in a discussion of on what determines the efficacy our church traditions, the implications of false traditions and the expectation of God according to His Law-Word. Russell Traweek pastors a home fellowship of the saints in Sweeny, Texas called Christ...
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Constructing a Reconstructed Sermon: Part 3
Concluding our workshop on sermon preparation, with the aim of allowing our Reconstructionist theology to effect the way we get ready to preach. This session discusses the Introduction, Application, and Conclusion of the sermon.
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Reconstructing the Heart: Emotional Baggage Fees
In this edition of Setting the Record Straight, Dr. Jason Garwood continues the series, ‘Reconstructing the Heart,’ by examining the various ways our emotions weigh us down. For more content, please visit crosscrownchurch.com. Thanks for listening!
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Will the Real Jesus Step Forward?
In this episode Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home-fellowship in Sweeny, TX, discusses Matthew 11 in correlation with the familiar passage of John 14:6…”Jesus is the way, the truth and the life”. Join in for this life application of Scripture!
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Constructing a Reconstructed Sermon: Part 2: Asking Aggressive Questions
Using the 133rd Psalm as an example, Gordan Runyan offers suggestions for ways to insure that you are pointing your message at the right target; that you are on the road to pulling down Baal’s altar.
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The Jesus Needed
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home fellowship in Sweeny, TX leads us in a discussion from Matthew 9 regarding the Jesus this world needs to hear proclaimed and see lived through Christians today.
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The Duty of Men Under Christ to Protect Life
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home fellowship of the saints in Sweeny, Texas, leads us in a study from the book of Matthew on how we as Christians are to be the antithesis to the culture of this world when it comes to the protection of the lives of all of...
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Constructing a Reconstructed Sermon: Part 1
Gordan Runyan offers some thoughts on the question, “How should a sermon preached by a Reconstructionist differ from others preached on the same Bible text?” Should a CR sermon look like a CR sermon, even when its topic is not a particularly CR topic? What would that look like? In future episodes...
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Reconstructing the Heart: Guilt-Give Away
In this edition of Setting the Record Straight, Dr. Jason Garwood continues the series, Reconstructing the Heart, by examining the great problem of guilt and man’s attempt to rid himself of it. For more content, please visit crosscrownchurch.com. Thanks for listening!
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The Dangers of Isolationism
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Russell Traweek discusses where Christian liberty comes to the crossroad of detriment to the individual and the body of Christ. Russell Traweek is the pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home fellowship of the saints in Sweeny, Texas.
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The Price and Remedy of Compromise
Completing the series in the book of Jeremiah, Gordan Runyan highlights two last, important themes we saw repeated in the prophet’s writings. They have application when thinking about the state of the churches, and the state of our individual lives; and what actual reform would look like.
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Genealogies, God’s Covenants, and Fallible People
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home fellowship in Sweeny, Texas leads us with a message from a sermon series in Matthew as we look at the significance of genealogies, God’s covenants throughout Scripture and the way God uses fallible men and women to...
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Reconstructing the Heart: Whole Body, Whole Gospel
Emotions: we all have them and we’ve all been told to keep them to ourselves. But is this a healthy way to view our God-given emotions? And what about Christian rationalism and the elevation of the mind over every other human faculty? In this edition of Setting the Record Straight, Dr. Jason...
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Biblical Immigration and The Good Samaritan
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church, a home fellowship in Sweeny, Texas leads us in an exhortation of a picture of Biblical Immigration in light of the account of the Good Samaritan. Where do you fit into this story and what does that say about your relationship to...
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Regulative Principle of Government; Immigration Arguments
Gordan Runyan’s episode this month is in two parts. In the first, he lays out the exegetical case for a Regulative Principle of Government, in which civil government is restricted by the boundaries of the Law of God. In the second half, he discusses what does, and doesn’t constitute a strong...
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The Church’s Daily Devotion
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Russell Traweek Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, TX concludes a sermon series called Churchology with a message called, “The Church’s Daily Devotion” based on Acts 2:42-47.
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The House Jesus Built
What did Jesus mean when he said he was leaving to prepare a place in his Father’s house? In this edition of Setting the Record Straight, Dr. Jason Garwood preaches a message answering this very question from John 14. For more sermon content, please visit crosscrownchurch.com/sermons. Thanks for...
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The Tale of Two Abusive Ditches
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, TX continues a sermon series called Churchology with a message called, “The Tale of Two Abusive Ditches.”
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A Profile of Courageous Interposition
Gordan Runyan presents the biblical data for a man named Ebed-melech, and the manner in which he flung himself into the breach to save a life. His example highlights our present need for Christians to act like real patriots (and not jingoists) in the defense of the weak and oppressed.
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The Local Gathering of the Church
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas, continues from a sermon series called Churchology: The people and purpose of God leading us in a discussion with a sermon entitled, “The Local Gathering of the Church.”
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The Face of Resurrection
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, Dr. Jason Garwood, teaching pastor of Cross & Crown Church, preaches a sermon from John 11, the famous passage on the raising of Lazarus. Thanks for listening!
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Is There Such a Thing as a Clergy/Laity Divide: Part 2
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, TX leads us in Part 2 of a discussion of the question, “Is there such a thing as a clergy/laity divide?” from his Churchology sermon series asking the question, “What is Biblical Authority…
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Bonhoeffer’s Three-Pronged Strategy Against Tyranny
Gordan Runyan explains the heroic pastor’s helpful metaphor for the rights and duties of Christians in the face of destructive government.
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Is There Such A Thing As A Clergy/Laity Divide? Part 1
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, TX leads us in a discussion of the question, “Is there such a thing as a clergy/laity divide?” from his Churchology sermon series asking the question, “How does faith relate to the Church?”
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Churchology: How Does Faith Relate to the Church?
In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, TX brings a message from his Churchology sermon series asking the question, “How does faith relate to the Church?” He will break down this question and make real-life application using…
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Romans 13:1-7 is Not a Statist Text
Gordan Runyan gives us four solid and simple reasons for understanding that Romans 13 does not require unqualified obedience to anybody, by anybody. And especially not to an antichrist government.
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Intro to Churchology
In this episode, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas gives an introductory discussion on ecclesiology and gives a testimony to the path this gathering of the saints has taken from a Southern Baptist Church to a Christian Reconstructionist church.
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The Councils of Hell, Intro to the Upper Room Congregation’s Handbook
In AD 55 Lucifer Convened his council to devise a way to curb the Church’s invasion. Through some tear in the space time continuum I managed to find myself there listening to their plan. It was a really good plan. It just might work. This is the Introduction to the Upper Room Congregation’s...
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What is Christian Reconstruction?
What is Christian Reconstruction? In this episode of Setting the Record Straight, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas leads us in a discussion about the base tenets or beliefs of Christian Reconstruction and the implications of these to all of life.
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Actual Freedom for the Captives
Nobody should be more enthusiastic about preaching the saving message of Christ than Reconstructionists. And no confessing Recon should be satisfied with a Gospel devoid of power. In this message, Gordan Runyan pleads with his hearers to experience the transforming power of Christ; and then to...
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The Nicene and the Work of Christ
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas leads us in a discussion regarding the Nicene Creed and the work of Christ as part of a sermon series called Christian Reformation and Reconstruction. Join us as we apply God’s Word to all of life!
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Its OK to Argue About What the Church Is
If you have ever been called a hater of the Church because of your views on Church government, or because of confronting God’s people with something they do not want to think about, You may find this helpful. It concludes with where you can positively direct anyone in Scripture to the one place...
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The Nicene Creed and the Historic Controversies
In this episode, Russell Traweek, pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas leads a discussion that lays a foundation regarding some historic controversies and how they still sneak in today.
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Attempted Crime and Gilligan’s Island
Gordan Runyan answers some recent questions (completely spacing on the name, Naboth) submitted by Reconstructionist Radio listeners.
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The Apostles’ Creed and Reformed Doctrine
In this episode, Pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny leads a discussion regarding “The Apostles’ Creed” and Reformed doctrine. While this normally would be a “milk” teaching for most, there was a surprise question/statement by one of the attendees that gave Christ’s bride…
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Is ‘Ignore Roe v. Wade’ a Righteous Cause?
In this episode, pastor Russell Traweek of Christ Covenant Church in Sweeny, Texas asks the question, “Is ‘Ignore Roe v. Wade’ a Righteous Cause? Join us as we answer this in light of New York’s new abortion legislation and so on.
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Golden calves and sacred cows always emerge on the landscape when the Law of God is rejected. For there to be revival and a land under the judgment of God to be spared, we must remove the idolatry of the status quo within our midst. On this show, various guest pastors help us dissect and understand many of the theological issues within American Evangelicalism today; both in the pulpit and the pew. This is a production of Reconstructionist Radio.
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