The Bible Men

We are away this week. This is a re-post of a previous episode  
In Matthew 25, Jesus continues to teach his disciples that their reality will one day be changed in ways that they cannot fathom, and that today is the time to prepare for the unknown date of the Lord’s return. You must be ready. How? Realize that money is not your ticket to heaven, and neither is neglect of your spiritual life. No one is going to bail you out when the time comes. Use all your God-given talents in holy ways and be amongst the sheep when Jesus separates them who believe from the goats that do not. The clock is ticking. What are you doing?

Only the most pivotal event in human history: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. His death on the cross, which defeated death itself, launched Christianity, and Christianity brought order to the world and created Western Civilization. The Bible talks about people who neither understand nor appreciate those facts: the prophets and apostles call them fools and wicked. Join us for the last chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. 

Join us in this look at the second half of Matthew, Chapter 27, when the Pharisees get what they want: the unjust execution, by their criminal partners the pagan Romans, of the Son of God, the only perfect man to ever live. 
The striking part of this section is how the Pharisees, corrupt, depraved, and morally incompetent, come to Pilate worried that Jesus may actually rise from the dead in three days. And they think that sealing the rock tomb with another rock is the answer to their problems. The entire dialogue proves that corruption and immorality amongst national and religious leaders is endemic and enduring. We have a lot to say about it. 

Nothing speaks to the corruption and cravenness of politicians everywhere like the actions of Pontius Pilate in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 27. And there is nothing that speaks more to the quiet courage required of Christian men than the silent forbearance of Jesus in the face of His brutal death at the hands of the Romans and the Jewish mob. Sadly, so many of the dysfunctions of our society are due to the fact that far too many Christian men have forgotten what is required of them. We have not forgotten. 

This week we take a break from our work in the Gospel of Matthew to look at two hot button public policy issues that have strong Biblical overtones. First, the Trump administration has ended an H1B (guest worker) program that benefited primarily huge tech companies such as Microsoft and academic institutions. This cessation disproportionately impact IT engineers from India, who have flooded the United States, brought their extended families with them, built pagan temples, and sent large amounts of money back to their third-world homeland. The problem is that a very small minority actually love America and want to become American. They, like the Islamists, are much more interested in creating little Indias all over the U.S.
Starting in the Old Testament, God demands orderly human passage from place to place, and He also expects the traveler to adhere to the laws and traditions of his adopted homeland. Indians have done very little of that. American money is great; American faith, history, and traditions not so much. This is unacceptable, and we applaud the administration, and say fare-thee-well. The second issue is the execution of Nidal Hasan, a Muslim terrorist and convicted murderer. Thirteen years ago, while an officer in the U.S. Army he murdered 13 people, including a pregnant woman. He was convicted and is scheduled to be executed killed by firing squad on December 03, 2026. We support the execution and live streaming it. There is a strong Biblical foundation for both. 
We will resume Matthew next week, with Chapter 27. 

Well, that’s exactly what happens to Jesus in the second part of Matthew 26. First, Judas delivers him to the corrupt Jewish leaders who then seize him and prepare to deliver him to the Romans to do their dirty work. Then, just as Jesus predicted, Peter denies that he even knew Jesus three times before the rooster crows. Join us we work through this sad and sobering Gospel account. 

Join us for our walk through the the 26th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus continues to prepare His disciples for his coming crucifixion, His murder at the hands of the Romans and the Jews. He predicts His own betrayal and also predicts Peter’s denial of Him as the Christ. Hypocrisy and cowardice are on full display in this chapter, just as they are in the world around us. 

We begin this episode with Vik reading our essay published last Sunday in The Blaze. In that piece, we argue that church leaders are failures; they have traded the mighty Jesus for a toga-clad therapist who affirms all and judges none. Absurd apostasy steeped in Biblical ignorance and falsehood. Which brings us nicely to the content of Matthew 24, in which Jesus emphatically and unapologetically tells us that the end times will be full of liars and charlatans. Hmmm.  

You’ll have to listen to this episode about Matthew 23 to find out. For those of you out there who believe Jesus is mild but not mighty and forgiving of those who defy His and His Father’s commands, we highly recommend that you listen, hear, understand, and change. It’s not too late, but one day — a day known only to God — it will be. 

No matter what James Talarico says, Jesus Christ was not a non-binary metrosexual squish. He was the Son of God the Father who taught what was eternal and already written by the prophets in the scrolls of the Old Testament. Jesus made up nothing new in God’s already stated moral law. And for people like Mr. Talarico, that’s hard to take because his entire life and political career hinge on lying about God and the Bible. We don’t lie about either one.