The Jason Modar Show

The old seeker-sensitive movement focused on attracting non-Christians to church, leading to weak gospel presentations, effeminate worship music, feel-good sermons, compromised cultural engagement, and little to no emphasis on robust doctrine. The new seeker-sensitive movement focuses on attracting non-whites to local churches, with its own set of negative consequences.

Jason and Saint Militant from the @ATimeForWar38 show break down Ligon Duncan's appearance on the Room for Nuance podcast, particularly Duncan's suspect analysis of the Moscow project.

Full video of my appearance on A Time For War: https://youtu.be/EVQJ438hQd4?si=k82RzReGQGsGK_kX

A brief primer on how to respond to the Christ is King and Transgender Day of Visibility controversies. Also, I analyze an article from KSP in which she argues against prosecuting women who procure abortions.

Link to KSP Article: https://religionnews.com/2024/03/25/mohler-and-the-abortion-abolitionists-dont-take-sin-seriously-enough/

When Jesse Johnson attacks Canon Press and the Moscow Folks for CN, it demonstrates that he has either no clue as to what is going on there, was unwilling to do his homework about what is going on there, or chose to omit the fact that the Moscow Mood is successfully building God’s kingdom in hostile, enemy territory.

Harris podcast:https://youtu.be/7HKARuyKF4Q?si=06a9vJuM1BDEQVSB

00:00: Intro about Holy Week

04:50: Background info for today's episode.

09:22: Response to Johnson (mostly) and Harris (a little)

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Wisdom from Athanasius helps us understand Ephesians 2, and C.S. Lewis reminds us of the value of the old books.

If we choose to find rest in sources outside of screens, and if we want to break the slavish habit of turning to our phones the moment boredom strikes, we need high-quality leisure pursuits to replace the phone, the Xbox, the iPad, and the Instagram feed.

00:00: Recap of previous episodes in this series.

04:04: Intro to today's episode.

08:05: The screen solution.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything (1 Corinthians 6:12). It is lawful to own and operate a smartphone. It is lawful to sign up for and maintain a social media account or two or three. It is lawful to cultivate an online presence. It is lawful to purchase an Xbox Series X and play video games on it. It is lawful to own an iPad. It is lawful to google recipes, synonyms, the cast of Despicable Me, song lyrics, and the team that has won the most Super Bowls (the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers, for those who care). It is lawful to fire up Google Maps and receive directions once again for a location you’ve visited multiple times this month (not that I do that all the time or anything). It is lawful to subscribe to thirty different podcasts. The questions at the center of today’s episode hinge not on the legality of screens, but on their helpfulness, their ability to edify, and whether or not we are mastered by our devices.

Plato, if he were around, would strongly assert that the music we listen to, the television shows we watch, the movies we hold close to our hearts ought to catechize us in the true, good, and beautiful of God’s creation. We ought to train our affections to love not simply that which excites us, moves us, captivates us, but that which moves us to goodness, righteousness, virtue. We ought to be able to glorify God when we sit down to watch a movie or fire up our Spotify playlist. It’s a high and lofty standard, but it’s a biblical one.

Also, we ought to pick more fights with Swifites and do so with much vigor and resolution, lest our daughters fall into the snare of having affection for a woman whose music and lifestyle contradict the word of God at every possible turn.

Link to part one: https://youtu.be/Olz0R3ezHw4

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Come listen to a discussion on the dangers of inviting wokeness and diversity into classical Christian education circles, God's rightful place on Sunday mornings, and the next chapter in TGCs cycle of deleting cringy articles they voluntarily publish.

Wokeness and CCE: 00:00

Entertaining Churches: 07:45

TGC Article: 12:35

TGC Taylor Swift Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20231012212014/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/taylor-swifts-eras-tour/

TGC Josh Butler Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20230301170931/https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/sex-wont-save-you/

With a little help from Dr. Ben Merkle, I offer a non-compliant, non-regime-approved take on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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#israelpalestineconflict #hamas #israel

The Apostle Paul tells the Galatians - and, by extension, all Christians - to show love to one's neighbor by confronting his sin and restoring him to Christ. Phil Vischer says loving one's neighbor means allowing sodomites to continue marrying. Check out the video for a helpful discussion on defining biblical love and identifying worldly weasels. You'll especially enjoy the last five minutes.

Previous episode on biblical love: https://youtu.be/gjG7UpTXpco

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Have you seen the signs around your town? “Love is love” the signs read, alongside a number of other pithy one-liners designed to stir your emotions for whatever cause de jour to which Progressives have attached themselves. These signs include such misguided maxims as “women's rights are human rights,” which is little more than progressive slang for “leave me alone while I murder my baby,” and “Black Lives Matter,” which sounds noble on the surface, but really means “if you do not support the organization BLM and all it stands for, you are a hopeless racist and no better than Hitler or the Klan.”

When it comes to the subject of love, Christians need biblical direction for navigating a world that exchanged the truth about love for a self-serving lie. Our world - and by "world" I mean the systems, institutions, and principalities set in opposition to God and His Word - tells us love is predicated on what you feel in your heart, and you must follow your heart. The Bible tells us our hearts are sick and untrustworthy, and that love is predicated on obedience and service.

My other video on Matt Chandler: https://youtu.be/Nh_DEyYY0t4

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Are celibate gay "Christians" just like Christ? Are homosexual desires sinful? Can I be a celibate adulterer Christian? These pressing questions and more receive answers in today's episode, as faulty Christian assumptions about sexual sins are exposed.

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#lgbtq #gaychristians #homosexuality #thebible

Pop culture and 21st-century sexual norms desensitize Christians from a biblical and proper reaction to sexual abominations like transgenderism and homosexuality. It's time to wake up from our self-induced stupor.

#lgbtq #ellenpage #elliotpage #christianity

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In today's episode, I review Doug Wilson's book Mere Christendom. 00:00 Introduction 02:22 First Critique - Formatting 04:30 Second Critique - Style and Figures of Speech 06:45 Third Critique - Style and Clarity 08:15 Fourth Critique - Content 09:05 Book Recommendations for Books with Similar Content Subscribe to my podcast at https://anchor.fm/jason-modar #dougwilson #merechristendom #christiannationalism

The SBC is currently winning the lady pastor debate. The question is, will the SBC follow the lead of men like J.D. Greear and turn back into losers, or will they hold the line and disfellowship churches that refuse to comply with biblical standards and the standards of the SBC’s Constitution and the Baptist Faith and Message?

00:00 Intro/Books I'm Reading

03:15 JD Greear and the Law Amendment

Washington Times article: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/10/black-churches-could-face-southern-baptist-convent/

Greear article: https://jdgreear.com/a-time-to-come-together-the-unintended-effects-of-the-law-amendment/

NAAF letter: https://www.naaftogether.org/letter-to-the-sbc

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#sbc #jdgreear #mikelaw #lawamendment #sbc2023

​ @WokePreacherClips finds another zinger!

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What happens when sexual perversion spews forth from American pulpits? This occurs weekly across the nation, but not all of it comes in torrents. Some of it is covert, like when J.D. Greear said that God whispers about sexual sins such as homosexuality. I don't think God was whispering when Sodom was turned into ash nor when he declared the death penalty for adulterers and homosexuals. God speaks with a forceful and clear voice as it pertains to sexual immorality. (Kudos to Greear, though, for later repudiating that nonsense.)

Some of it is overt, like revoice Christians who claim that identifying as a homosexual is fine as long as one remains celibate. Would revoice Christians advocate that a man who desires sexual intimacy with other men’s wives identify as an adulterer, as long as he physically refrains from committing adultery? As a gossip, as long as he keeps his lips sealed? How about as a murderer, as long as he does not murder? As Paul articulates in 1 Corinthians 6, Christians do not identify with their sins, but with the one who redeemed them from their sins. Christians mortify their sins; they do not keep them alive and play some foolish game of chicken with evil.

Finally, some of the sexual perversion flowing from our pulpits shouts, like when a so-called female “pastor” delivers a sparkle creed in imitation of a genuine creed, such as the Apostle’s or Nicene. Creeds developed and delivered by learned and orthodox men articulating truth from the Bible stand the test of time and teach sound doctrine. Creeds developed and delivered by women beholden to the spirit of our age, who seek approval from our wicked culture, blaspheme God’s name, send ignorant masses down the road to perdition, and teach the doctrines of demons.

J.D. Greear's change of mind: https://capstonereport.com/2022/09/07/j-d-greear-regrets-claim-that-god-whispers-about-homosexuality/39108/

#lgbtq #sparklecreed

#lgbtq #tgc #pridemonth #russellmoore

Dr. Russell Moore teaches Christians what they should know about transgenderism. I, then, use the Bible, reality, and common sense to correct him.

00:00 Intro

03:10 TGC Russell Moore Video Response

16:20 Books I Am Reading

#ladodgers #lgbtq #pridemonth

After caving to the tyrants of transgenderism, the LA Dodgers reinvited the abomination known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - an anti-Catholic and anti-Christian group of demonically influenced and mentally ill men - to their June 16th Pride Day celebration. Several MLB players rightfully voiced their opposition to these queens of filth, but one player demonstrated why you never, ever apologize to the tyrants of transgenderism.

00:00 Introduction

01:50 A book I'm currently reading

05:30 Narrative of the events of the LA Dodgers/Catholic Church/Demonic Trannys

08:18 Player responses

16:25 Four reasons to refuse to apologize

23:35 Reasons to apologize

Article: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254461/dodgers-pitcher-denounces-team-s-decision-to-honor-anti-catholic-group-god-cannot-be-mocked

In celebration of #pridemonth I read an article from Rosaria Butterfield titled "Why I no longer use Transgender Pronouns—and Why You shouldn’t, either." In the article, Butterfield repents of her past use of pronoun hospitality, calls out #bigeva for its capitulation to the demonic #lgbtq mob, and explains why the use of pronoun hospitality is a sin.

Rosaria's article: https://www.reformation21.org/blog/why-i-no-longer-use-transgender-pronouns-and-why-you-shouldnt-either

Why would a District Attorney have his son repeat a grade just so his son could attend a classical Christian school? The answer provides insight into why parents are removing their children from local public schools.

In the sixth and final response episode in my series covering the TGC's good faith public school debate, I propose that there is such a thing as too much school work, Jen finds value in wasted time at school, Jen continues to show she doesn't understand the goals of education, Pennington falls for Jen's emotional manipulation, and more!

00:00 Intro

01:45 Making time for extracurriculars

02:48 There is such a thing as too much schoolwork

06:10 Wasted time at school is a good thing?

11:10 More misunderstanding about the goal of education

12:50 Teaching virtue

13:38 Pennington falls for Jen’s emotional manipulation

17:55 A snapshot of why Jen doesn’t get it

18:42 Jen willingly gave her children to the state

19:48 Jen makes the safe play

21:00 Final comments

Part five of the review of TGC's good faith public school debate deals with offering Jen a chance to repent of her educational decisions (spoiler, she doesn't), Pennington causing the audience to wonder why he is at the debate, Jen making a gross joke about homeschooling her children, and Pennington redeeming himself by offering a beautiful vision of homeschooling.

00:00 Intro

03:37 Part 4 Recap

08:32 Would You Do It Differently?

10:00 What Is Education?

12:15 Jen’s Foolish Homeschooling “Joke”

13:30 Public School Teacher Support

15:45 Pen Tosses Jen a Softball

17:20 And Jen Barely Reaches Base

18:30 The Importance of Parental Involvement

19:45 Pen Brings Up Cost Issues, Again

21:15 Public Schools Have Been Bad for Decades

23:40 Why Is Pen Even Here?

25:15 Pen Redeems Himself

27:15 School Safety and “Fear-Based” Decisions

34:40 The Unique Skills and Talents of Children

Part four of the TGC public school debate covers a wide range of topics that include the excellence of dogmatism, the wisdom of protecting children from pagan influence, the idol of pluralism, and the cost issues of sending children to private Christian schools. 00:00 Intro 03:00 Be dogmatic 06:15 Opposition is healthy 08:10 They are coming for our kids 15:33 Jen makes a good point 17:10 Jen makes mind-numbingly unbiblical points 24:20 What about the cost of private/home school? 33:26 Jen’s Christian school red herring

The participants open the q&a portion of the debate by discussing the ages and professions of their adult children. It's rather boring, so feel welcome to skip it. Things get interesting when Jen Wilkin divulges one of her "shining moments" as a ministry parent. Then, the conversation turns, once again, to the topic of diversity.

#tgc #diversity

Intro 00:00

Boring 02:11

Interesting 05:08

Jen's Shining Moment 09:05

Peers and Siblings 17:45

Diversity 22:04

Dr. Jonathan Pennington delivers his opening statement in today's response to TGC's public school good-faith debate. Pennington does a marvelous job asking and answering the primary question at the heart of this debate: what is the purpose of education?

Link to part one: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/2gfDdRmRYyb

Link to The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers: https://www.pccs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LostToolsOfLearning-DorothySayers.pdf

TGC recently hosted a debate between Jen Wilkin and Dr. Jonathan Pennington in which the question was asked "Should Christians send their children to public schools?" Wilkin takes the affirmative and I respond to her opening statement in this episode.

The book of Jeremiah recounted a moment in Israel's history when the nation had the chance to repent of its sins against God's law and receive discipline in the form of Babylon occupying their land as opposed to Babylon destroying what was left of Judah and Jerusalem. Israel ignored the prophet Jeremiah's warnings, listened to the sweet little lies of the false prophets, and endured total destruction. What can we learn about sin, repentance, and the gift of a clean conscience from this historical account?

Let Jesus find us doing sensible and human things when he returns to judge the living and the dead - praying for peaceful and quiet lives, working as unto the Lord, teaching our children diligently, smoking our pipes, changing diapers, reading Wodehouse, drinking fine wine - not frantically looking over our shoulders for Jesus like frightened evangelicals with bad theology.

Today’s episode is a lesson I delivered to the young men and women of The Yellow House, a Christian ministry on the campus of Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. This is the second time I was invited to speak at The Yellow House and I chose to take the opportunity to speak about biblical manhood, a hot and controversial topic in just about any social circle, Christian or otherwise. The message, praise God, was well-received by the students, and I will now share that message with you. The title of the lesson and today’s episode is A Call to Biblical Manhood.

Progressives are right in identifying a defect within humanity writ large. The problem – and this is a major problem with catastrophic consequences – is they have identified the wrong defect and have offered an impossible solution.

Link to article on Substack: https://jasonmodar.substack.com/p/the-progressives-regress?sd=pf

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The goal of government school education is to jettison any trace of Christianity from the government school classroom and, as Schaeffer said in A Christian Manifesto, ensconce “man at the center of all things and [make] him the measure of all things.” One has only to look at our publicly educated populace to see the fruit of these man-centered endeavors.

Link to article on Substack: https://jasonmodar.substack.com/p/christian-children-rot-away-in-public

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When we ascribe negative motives to a man, we do him an injustice. This is a lesson I learned recently, and thus I have something to say about a recent episode I published.

Episode mentioned: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/wIGKM7h4Zvb

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Building God's kingdom is like building a cathedral. Be a brick in that glorious edifice, and be the kind of brick that blends in with the rest of the orthodox bricks, not the kind of brick that stands out for all the wrong reasons and blemishes the beauty of the building.

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Parents are given a glorious task by God. They are tasked with raising the next generation of kingdom builders and covenant keepers. The task remains glorious even if those future builders and keepers spend Thanksgiving puking all over their parents.

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Our egalitarian society wants everything to be equal, to be the same, to be fair. Traditional marriage, established by the mouth of the living God, for heterosexual couples? Well, certainly the sodomites deserve much the same. And, if the sodomites are getting theirs, it is only fair that they/thems and ze/zems get their fill, too. While we are at it, let us grandfather in the pedophiles, shall we?

After stumbling across a tweet I was not at all looking for, I reflected on the power of politics and social media to influence our affections and the postures of our hearts.

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What kind of influence do good narratives have on individuals and cultures? How can one line from a story change a person's behavior? Why don't conservative Christians use narrative more?

How do we know when we are getting into a foolish dispute (on social media for instance) and how do we know when we ought to respond to someone or something? Check out today's episode for some biblically-based encouragement and direction on the subject.

If the call to train up a child in the way that he should go is not answered by a Christian parent and education, then plan on having that call answered by a vicious pagan.

Link to the Good Soil Report: https://www.classicaldifference.com/good-soil/

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The “David raped Bathsheba” myth has been making the rounds again. The usual suspects, like Rachel Denhollander, have been propagating the unbiblical and Marxist narrative. This is also the official position of none other than John Piper, a position he has held since at least December of 2013.

The biblical text and selections of Piper's views will be taken verbatim and scrutinized to see if the allegations hold up. 

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In today's episode, I share my joy and thoughts regarding the overturning of the half-century of evil known as Roe vs. Wade.  

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In this video, I share wisdom delivered by Dr. George Grant from a talk he gave at the 2022 ACCS Conference titled "Overthrowing the Tyranny of the Urgent." Dr. Grant gives 10 strategies for overthrowing this tyranny and I provide examples and/or explanations of each.  

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Phil Vischer simps for the "don't say gay" narrative, and compares the legislation protecting children from grooming to segregation.

WPC Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQ9irHx0FQ&t=1s

Axios Poll: https://www.axios.com/lgbtq-generation-z-gallup-24551003-3bfa-414a-bbef-ff663368c4b5.html

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