WEEK 2 - Mar 5, 2025
WELCOME
Welcome to Burnt Hickory's Wednesday Night Pastor's Class. Truly glad you have joined the class. Over the next 6 weeks, I hope to bring you awareness of the issues of the day that not only impact the Church in general but also our day-to-day lives as Christ-followers. If there is a topic you would like to cover, text me at 470 223 5665.
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Allen Jackson Ministries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmbgAfUAEgI&t=1943s
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“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:13-16, ESV)
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"Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.' (Matthew 9:37-38, ESV)
FIRST FIVE
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Christian Post
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/here-is-what-you-need-to-know-about-ramadan.html
IMB
https://pray4digital.com/prayforramadan
IMB
https://www.imb.org/2025/02/03/southern-baptists-encouraged-to-pray-for-salvations-during-ramadan/
Got Questions
https://www.gotquestions.org/Ramadan.html
Stand to Reason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-IzH9J6s64
Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/1/islam-poised-to-become-worlds-largest-religion/
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Notes: There are now 2.2 billion Christians in the world. Islam is on its heels with 1.97 billion. But due to a higher Muslim fertility rate (2.9 children per woman on average, versus 2.6), Pew Research projects that sometime around 2075, Islam will be the world’s dominant religion
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8, ESV
"And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.’"
(Mark 16:15, ESV)
"And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!’"(Romans 10:15, ESV)
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PBS
ISLAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLVq1uofW7w
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." — John 3:16-17 (ESV)
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." — John 1:14 (ESV)
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Church Leaders
XQ
https://schoolboard.xqsuperschool.org/
USA gov
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23, ESV)
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way" (1 Timothy 2:1-2, ESV)
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way." — 1 Timothy 2:1-2 (ESV)
"Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work." — Titus 3:1 (ESV)
"He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding." — Daniel 2:21 (ESV)
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."** — Romans 13:1-8 (ESV)
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GOT QUESTIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLrWXpIckDk&t=20s
BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47158287
LIFE NEWS
COMPASSION AND CHOICES
https://compassionandchoices.org/states-where-medical-aid-in-dying-is-authorized/
SEAN MCDOWELL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmsz_piD518
GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/12/canada-medically-assisted-death
"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13, ESV)
"Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature" (Genesis 2:7, ESV)
"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live" (Deuteronomy 30:19, ESV)
"No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it" (Ecclesiastes 8:8, ESV)
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General Article
Barna
https://georgebarna.com/2025/01/2025-trends-outlook/
Focus on the Family
https://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/whats-a-christian-worldview/
TBN
https://youtu.be/Tbrd-Tw4v60?si=yG4ys9pyCeNPr5Ub&t=618
GENERAL ARTICLE
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." — Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (ESV)
"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus." — 2 Timothy 3:14-15 (ESV)
TEA TIME - Theology, Evangelism, & Apologetics
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LIFEWAY
https://research.lifeway.com/2025/02/25/6-discouraging-trends-in-global-christianity-in-2025/
LIFEWAY
https://research.lifeway.com/2025/02/28/christianity-no-longer-shrinking-in-the-u-s/
Jonny Ardavanis
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NjG4r8qXK0E
Carey Nieuwhof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziOOFrcUxMw&t=1s
"And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'" — Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
FINAL FIVE
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CBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mJiF23jGTM
CHRISTIAN POST
https://www.christianpost.com/news/senate-democrats-block-bill-barring-boys-from-girls-sports.html
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."(Genesis 1:27, ESV
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." — Exodus 20:16 (ESV)
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." — John 15:18-19 (ESV)
"He created them male and female and blessed them and named them Man when they were created." (Genesis 5:2, ESV)
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CBN
https://youtu.be/H9u064i52Vs?si=Fh4UeFBD4C67r57w&t=201
Open Doors: North Korea
Persecution.Org
International Freedom Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9u064i52Vs&t=220s
Harbingers
Church Leader
https://churchleaders.com/youth/403760-how-many-countries-is-the-bible-banned-in.html
"Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world." — 1 John 4:4 (ESV)
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." — James 5:16 (ESV)
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." — John 15:18 (ESV)
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Harbingers
CBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuZ8kyk5tPg&t=1s
MOHLER
https://youtu.be/CQVv-WEzVLs?si=UP66rKYNgjpGY6Qv&t=1320
"Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed’" (Genesis 12:1-3, ESV)
"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt" (Deuteronomy 7:6-8, ESV)
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CBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mJiF23jGTM
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." — Exodus 20:16 (ESV)
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." — John 15:18-19 (ESV)
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DAVID FIORAZO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv0WYcQdXEo&t=410s
USA FACTS
https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-executive-orders-has-each-president-signed/
ABC
"And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." (Revelation 12:9, ESV)
"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8, ESV)
"Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth." (John 17:17, ESV)
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