The Weekly Essentials | 02-04-2022

In by Right Response Staff

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 THE GOSPEL COALITION & WESTMINSTER SEMINARY CA: TWO WAYS TO GET POLITICS WRONG | WITH JOSEPH BOOT

In this episode of Theology Applied, Dr. Joe Boot (President of the Ezra Institute) reveals the false doctrines that have caused Christians to forfeit so much ground in culture/politics. Pastor Joel Webbon and Dr. Joe Boot thoroughly explain the pitfalls of Westminster Escondido’s Two-Kingdom Theology and The Gospel Coalition’s Social Justice. Neither of these approaches to culture/politics are actually biblical. Dr. Boot further makes his case for proper Christian involvement in culture/politics by distinguishing the Mission of the Church from the Mission of individual Christians.

#2 HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS VIEW MARK ZUCKERBERG’S “METAVERSE”?

What are your thoughts on the forthcoming MetaVerse from Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook? It appears to be essentially a modern-day Tower of Babel. How should Christians engage with it? Is it sinful to “leave this world” to enter into Augmented Reality?

#3 WHEN GOD’S COMMANDMENTS FEEL LIKE A BURDEN

Frequently, God’s commandments feel like a burden. So how can we “delight in the Law of God” when we are so weak and God seems to have so many rules.

#4 THE BLACK COMMUNITY & VACCINE HESITANCY

Constance Troutman (Truth+Fire) shares her thoughts on the vaccines and the black community’s hesitancy.

#5 LAW & GOSPEL

The Gospel is the wind in our sails and the Law is the rudder. The Gospel pushes us and the Law guides us.

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.