WEEK 4 - Mar 19, 2025
WELCOME
Welcome to Burnt Hickory's Wednesday Night Pastor's Class. Truly glad you have joined the class. We are over the half way mark with the class and I hope that you have found the class informative and it has brought to you an awareness to the issues of the day that not only impact the Church in general but also our day-to-day lives as Christ-followers. Remember, feel free to text with questions or articles and topics you would like to cover and further discuss at 470 223 5665. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
WELCOME
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"Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." (Hebrews 10:25, ESV)
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FIRST FIVE
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Christian Post
https://www.christianpost.com/news/less-than-half-of-americans-believe-god-exists-barna-survey.html
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 ESV
"And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil." John 3:19
"For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
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Life News
Albert Mohler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC31vVXs-ZQ
GOT QUESTIONS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLrWXpIckDk&t=20s
"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13 ESV)
"Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?" (Ecclesiastes 7:17 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)
"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
"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
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CBN
CBS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-face-act-abortion-related-actions-justice-department/
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:13-16 ESV
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5 ESV
"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13 ESV)
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CBN
CBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Wv7urHiLA
Living Waters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu4Ju6yGDoA
"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
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 ESV
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CBN
https://cbn.com/news/israel/netanyahu-tells-israelis-future-negotiations-hamas-be-held-under-fire
CBN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZPnw7ehpSs
FOX
"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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TEA TIME - Theology, Evangelism, & Apologetics
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Mohler
SBC Voices
https://sbcvoices.com/the-importance-of-theological-triage-by-ed-goodman/
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)
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FINAL FIVE
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WNG
https://wng.org/opinions/they-are-going-to-call-us-christian-nationalists-1741932432
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“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)
"I can do all things through him who strengthens me." — Philippians 4:13
"For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught." — Proverbs 3:26
"So we can confidently say, 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?'" — Hebrews 13:6
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Life News
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/03/14/minnesota-democrats-block-bill-to-stop-infanticide/
KSTP
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:13-16 ESV
"The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name." Isaiah 49:1 ESV
"You shall not murder." Exodus 20:13 ESV
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CBN
https://cbn.com/news/us/ca-county-tells-church-beach-go-away-nonreligious-groups-still-welcome
"Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.2 Timothy 3:12 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. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you." John 15:18-20 ESV
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Harbinger’s
ACLU
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," Matthew 5:44 ESV
"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
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Christian Post
Allie Beth Stuckey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-q851YsaBM&t=344s
"Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." (Luke 15:7 ESV)
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32 ESV)
