# SC Episodes **URL:** https://omnifora.com/c/stone-choir/sc-episodes/10.md?page=2 [Latest](https://omnifora.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://omnifora.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://omnifora.com/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [The Reformation, Its Causes, and Its Consequences](https://omnifora.com/t/the-reformation-its-causes-and-its-consequences/231)
**Author:** [@stonechoir](https://omnifora.com/u/stonechoir)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://omnifora.com/t/the-reformation-its-causes-and-its-consequences/231 "2023-10-25T19:00:00Z")
The Reformation was not the beginning of the problems in the Western Church, nor in the Church more generally. Over the centuries before the beginning of the Reformation, generally accepted as 31 October 1517, the Church… --- ## [Dispensing with Dispensationalism](https://omnifora.com/t/dispensing-with-dispensationalism/230)
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Dispensationalism is a modern heresy. (No, we are not going to bury the lede.) Taking shape, primarily, in the 1800s and 1900s, Dispensationalism posits a distinction between God’s plans for ‘Israel’ and the Church — thi… --- ## [The Lord’s Supper](https://omnifora.com/t/the-lord-s-supper/229)
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body, which is given for you. This do in remembranc… --- ## [Capitalist Idolatry](https://omnifora.com/t/capitalist-idolatry/228)
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Of all the idols of modern man, Capitalism may be one of the most challenging to overcome. Not because the wickedness of Capitalism is not manifest, for it is (and we will demonstrate this in today’s episode), but becaus… --- ## [God’s Gifts, Man’s Duties](https://omnifora.com/t/god-s-gifts-man-s-duties/227)
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Whether our gifts are many or few, great or small, God has most assuredly prepared beforehand opportunities for us to use those gifts to serve our neighbors. We, in fact, have a duty to use what God has given us for the … --- ## [Very Eastern, Less Orthodox](https://omnifora.com/t/very-eastern-less-orthodox/226)
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We are told to ‘test the spirits’, and this is a blanket admonition. You should test the things we say on this podcast against the Word of God; you should test the things your pastor says against the Word of God; you sho… --- ## [The Church](https://omnifora.com/t/the-church/225)
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What do we mean by “Church” or “church”? When we use this term (or these terms, when writing permits distinguishing them with the capital letter), we really mean a handful of distinct things — it is important to keep the… --- ## [Liturgical Life](https://omnifora.com/t/liturgical-life/224)
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Unlike the Old Testament Israelites, New Testament Christians are not required to observe any particular set of feasts, festivals, or commemorations — Scripture does not lay out a Church Year that we are required to foll… --- ## [True Religion](https://omnifora.com/t/true-religion/223)
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Man is, by nature, religious. The Atheist or the agnostic is no less religious than the Buddhist, the Muslim, or the Christian. The question is not whether or not a man is religious, but which God or gods he worships. As… --- ## [The Judaizing Heresy](https://omnifora.com/t/the-judaizing-heresy/222)
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Judaizing has been a problem in the Church from the beginning. Even St. Peter fell prey to the Judaizers and their attempt to import into Christianity the false beliefs of Judaism. Today, Judaizing takes a number of form… --- ## [The Gnostic Heresy](https://omnifora.com/t/the-gnostic-heresy/221)
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Gnosticism is one of the oldest religions of man. When Satan tempted Eve in the Garden, it was with an invitation to learn secret — explicitly forbidden, in this case — knowledge. From the mystery cults of Ancient Greece… --- ## [Apostasy](https://omnifora.com/t/apostasy/220)
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By the time Josiah, King of Judah, noticed that pagan worship practices had crept into the land of Judah — and even into the Temple itself —, apostasy, wickedness, and idol worship were rampant. The Temple was filled wit… --- ## [Galatians 3:28](https://omnifora.com/t/galatians-3-28/219)
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Galatians 3:28 is, perhaps, the most abused verse in modern churches (a term that should, arguably, be in quotes), and this is not without reason. Satan attacks where he knows there is purchase to be found or headway to … --- ## [Slander](https://omnifora.com/t/slander/218)
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Once taken, a man’s reputation is nearly impossible to restore to him. In the 8th Commandment (and many other places in Scripture), God enshrines and makes abundantly clear that He hates slander and the man who spreads i… --- ## [Repentance](https://omnifora.com/t/repentance/217)
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Repentance consists of contrition and faith. Contrition is sorrow for sin, the terrors of conscience that are attendant the realization of the nature of sin and God’s wrath toward it; faith, in this case, is the entirety… --- ## [Technology](https://omnifora.com/t/technology/216)
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Technology is a part of our daily lives. In fact, technology has been a part of the daily life of man from the beginning. Whether that technology is relatively simple — a garden hoe or a flint knife — or incredibly compl… --- ## [The Required Confession](https://omnifora.com/t/the-required-confession/215)
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When the world demands that we speak falsely about the faith, we are required to speak the truth; when the world demands that we speak truthfully about the faith, but neglect certain truths, then it is those very truths … --- ## [Jealousy](https://omnifora.com/t/jealousy/214)
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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with Whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” The modern world would have us believe that jealousy is a purely ne… --- ## [Inheritance](https://omnifora.com/t/inheritance/213)
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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with Whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” All that we have and all that we are flows from God, and yet, as co… --- ## [Tithing](https://omnifora.com/t/tithing/212)
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All that we have comes from God. As we covered in the episode on jealousy, we are, in fact, to be jealous, to be protective, of the things that are ours. However, this must be balanced against the fact that much of what … --- ## [The State of the Churches](https://omnifora.com/t/the-state-of-the-churches/211)
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Knowledge is not what saves us, but faith cannot be devoid of content, for one must have faith in something. Part of being a Christian is, unsurprisingly, knowing the content of the Christian faith. Or, perhaps, this wou… --- ## [Ecumenism in the Trenches](https://omnifora.com/t/ecumenism-in-the-trenches/210)
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Christian men exist in two kingdoms (the right and the left ‘hands’ of Christ) and three estates (family, Church, and State). Many modern men neglect the fullness of this reality via excessive focus on the Kingdom of the… --- ## [Leadership](https://omnifora.com/t/leadership/209)
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Leadership is a natural aspect of the interrelationships of men. Any given group of men, left to its own devices, will form into a hierarchy, with a leader at the top. The modern world would have us deny this reality, be… --- ## [Love: Sacrifice and Charity](https://omnifora.com/t/love-sacrifice-and-charity/208)
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Love is a multifaceted thing. Sometimes this complex nature can be masked in English by the use of the umbrella term “love” (or even by the exclusion of concepts that really fall under that umbrella — e.g., “friendship”)… --- ## [Love: Family, Friends, Tribe, and Nation](https://omnifora.com/t/love-family-friends-tribe-and-nation/207)
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Love and duty are matters of concentric circles — to the closer is the greater duty and the greater love owed. In the previous episode in this series, we covered the facets of self-sacrifice love (agape) and charity (car… --- ## [Love: Marriage & Sex](https://omnifora.com/t/love-marriage-sex/206)
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Marriage is fundamental not only to individual men and women, but also to society writ large. Without marriage, there are no families; without families, there are no nations. The first relationship between two human bein… --- ## [Target Selection](https://omnifora.com/t/target-selection/205)
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In any conflict, there are at least two sides. In the life of man upon this earth, there is constant conflict with and against the world, the flesh, and the devil. As Christians, it is incumbent upon us — particularly as… --- ## [Confronting Sin](https://omnifora.com/t/confronting-sin/204)
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When confronting sin, the Christian must distinguish between the private and the public. The private or secret sin should generally not be published (and is subject to Matthew 18), but the public sin is generally already… --- ## [Seeing Satan on the Move, Part I of II](https://omnifora.com/t/seeing-satan-on-the-move-part-i-of-ii/203)
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This week’s episode is a crossover with the Renaissance of Men podcast from Will Spencer. In a wide-ranging discussion (over more than six hours), we covered everything from the reasons we started the Stone Choir podcast… --- ## [On Violence](https://omnifora.com/t/on-violence/202)
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