Right Response Ministries has produced hundreds of high-quality videos/podcasts. So for your convenience, every Friday we provide a list of our top five videos for the week. Each of these videos are personally selected by Pastor Joel Webbon. He has insisted that we not merely highlight our most popular content, but the content that he believes is most vital for Christians to be convicted, emboldened, and encouraged. May God use this content to bless you richly.
#1 CHILDREN ARE ARROWS | PSALM 127 (PART 3)
“We all love the fact that children are a blast, and nobody should mind the fact that we love it. But this psalm is not about the patter of little feet around the house. This is not about your Christmas photo album. The ancient world, when they went to war, had a clearer view of what was at stake than do we. A kindergarten class is a packet of warrior seeds. A quiver holds arrows... The blessed man who has children in his youth is a man who has grown children when he is still active and in the fray. But here is the difference between faith and presumption. Children are not an 'automatic' blessing. Samuel would not have been more greatly blessed if he had five sons who took bribes instead of two sons who did (1 Samuel 8:3)... The city council of an ancient city was found in their gates. It is where their elders sat. It is where decisions were made, and where transactions were conducted. If a showdown occurred, that is where it would occur. So there are two things to note about this. The first is that a man is contending with his enemies in the gate, and his sons are there with him. His sons are present in the gates when this happens, and (this is important), they are on their father’s side. He has not brought up soldiers for the enemy. The second thing is that these are not foreign enemies, besieging the city from outside, but rather domestic adversaries, belonging to the opposition. A righteous man, together with his arrows, stands against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The issue is righteousness, not party, or tribe, or nation. And a blessed father brings his children along with him in their shared loyalty to truth and righteousness. The glue that holds such families together is [a shared allegiance to Christ]. This is fundamental. Every attempt to get families, or nations, or churches to hold together apart from Christ (Colossians 1:18) is idolatry. And according to our psalm, it is also vain.” -Doug Wilson
# 2 SHOULD CHRISTIANS LISTEN TO BEN SHAPIRO AND THE DAILY WIRE?
Ephesians 4:11-16 is the text used by many Charismatics to support the idea of a “Five-Fold Ministry.” This text appears to insist that the office of “Apostles” and “Prophets” will continue until Christ’s return. So how can you defend the Cessationist position in light of Ephesians 4:11-16. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content like this and subscribe to our Questions podcast!
#3 BELIEF IN GOD DOES NOT REQUIRE A REJECTION OF LOGIC
There is no inconsistency with God, for “God cannot lie.” And all lies are ultimately rooted in some kind of divergence from logical consistency.
#4 HOW THE “WOKE” MILITARY IGNORES REAL TRAUMA | WITH JEREMY STALNECKER
In this episode of Theology Applied, Jeremy Stalnecker, CEO of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, reveals the trauma regularly experienced by the members of our military. He also shares the ways this trauma is exasperated by “empathy” and “wokeness.” Lastly, Jeremy offers counsel to equip Christians to effectively serve the men who serve us.
#5 WHY WON’T PASTORS ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES
When the world seems to be coming undone all around us, why do so many pastors continue to preach irrelevant sermons that say nothing about the real issues people are facing?
A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM PASTOR JOEL WEBBON
Unfortunately, 2021 did not provide the relief that many were hoping for. Instead of the promised return to normalcy, tyranny and deception have become commonplace. From vaccine mandates to record-high inflation, our current political elites have made it abundantly clear that they have no concern for the public. And yet, God’s goodness has continued to shine through. More and more people are waking up to reality and joining the fight for liberty and truth.
However, there still appears to be a problem. On the one hand, there are Evangelicals who claim to love the Gospel, while consistently echoing the talking points of neo-Marxists. And on the other hand, there are Conservatives that champion many Christian values, while rejecting Christ as the source of all that is good. Our world desperately needs Christians who believe the whole Bible and are committed to applying it to every area of life. From family to church, and culture to politics, we must hold fast to the sufficiency of Scripture.
This is our goal: To equip Christians with a thoroughly biblical worldview, and teach them to apply it to every area of life.
To this end, we humbly ask that you would prayerfully consider partnering with Right Response Ministries. Right Response Ministries is seeking to continue to be a voice of reason in a world that has gone mad, but we cannot accomplish this without your help.