"A Moment of Truth"

Topic: Culture/Society

From 2022

There Will Be Blood.

There is no escape from the circumstances of existence that every human soul will pay the price of his life for his sin against God in one of two ways, emblemized by the blood of the creature: either with his own blood or the blood of another, a substitute, that is, the blood of Jesus Christ.

April 3, 2022

How Does The War in Ukraine Line Up with the Principles of the Just War Theory?

Pastor Bass articulates the 7 principles of the Just War Theory that has a long and storied tradition in the life of the church and compares them with what is going on in the war in Ukraine. How do you think they measure up to those principles?

May 8, 2022

How Does the War in Ukraine Line Up with the Principles of the Just War Theory? (part 2)

Pastor Bass articulates principles 5-7 of the Just War Theory. Rather than listening to hysterical screeds intended to whip up emotions for war, every Christian should cooly measure what God thinks about war and its prosecution before committing to it.

May 29, 2022

The New American Slave: America's Unconscious Slide into Slavery.

Americans are increasingly sliding into slavery due to factors like impossible debt, worthless money, oppressive government tyranny, and a servile mentality. Slavery is the norm for history; liberty the exception. We are merely returning to the norm.

June 12, 2022

The New American Slave: America's Unconscious Slide into Slavery. (part 2)

Pastor Bass continues detailing the reasons why Americans often contribute to their own descent into slavery unawares.

June 26, 2022

Reporting for Duty: Is the Church AWOL in the Culture War?

The saying goes "As goes the Church, so goes the nation." We need to take responsibility in reclaiming the nation's culture for Christ.

August 7, 2022

From 2021

What Does the Biblical Prophet Hosea Mean When He Declared, "My People Perish for a Lack of Knowledge?"

While the Lament "My people perish for a lack of knowledge" has become a cliche in America for a dearth of prosaic information, it really means a lack of knowledge of the living God of the Bible - a knowledge utterly requisite for revival and reformation in America today.

March 14, 2021

Of All the Liberties We Claim as Free Men, Which is the Chief?

Pastor Bass establishes the fundamental truth that the first, prior liberty to all other liberties is spiritual liberty in Jesus Christ. This is the essence of Jesus' words: "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

June 27, 2021

Ponder Our Covenantal, Constitutional Obligation to Posterity.

Every covenant incorporates as one of its provisions covenant succession, the bond in blood to be handed down to its posterity. The Mayflower Compact did, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut did, and our Constitution did as well: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

July 4, 2021

Introduction to What Historians Call The 5000 Year Leap.

Pastor Bass briefly reviews the exponential progress of mankind in all areas of life since the founding of the American Constitutional Republic such that they can be called a "leap" in comparison to the last 5000 years. Four revolutions are noted with grateful acknowledgment to the National Center for Constitutional Studies and its founder W. Cleon Skousen.

August 8, 2021

Continuing the Introduction to The 5000 Year Leap.

Pastor Bass briefly reviews the exponential progress of mankind in the liberty provided under the American Constitutional Republic in 4 Revolutions: The Industrial Revolution, The Transportation Revolution, The Communications Revolution, and The Computer Revolution.

August 15, 2021

People's Law, vs. Ruler's Law or Anarchy, is the Context for The 5000 Year Leap.

Pastor Bass studies the background and salient features of People's Law which has provided the balance between liberty, and law and order required for our optimum performance as free men.

August 22, 2021