God help you through trials and tribulations What a kind god. However, Naaman had a skin disease, probably leprosy. That is why God is justified in killing any of us any time he wants to, that is why we die. Office Phone: (610) 667-5778. . We exist to display God's glory, declare God's truth, delight in God's Son, and disciple God's people, Edifying the Saints: The MBC Pastor Podcast, Truth for Troubling Times: Preparing the Church for Living in a Hostile World, Biblical Counseling at Maranatha Bible Church. Dan was a bornagain, biblebelieving preacher, song writer, and a missionary. because you are a Christian? There are many different denominations of Christians, and they believe they have the correct interpretation of the bible while the others are wrong. Friel begins by playing a game of what if? The people on Friel's program introduce Hitchens, they say that Hitchens hates God. (More accurately, WRBS unwittingly launches Jonah in the whale of course. New York, New York. Lots of homosexuals are following Merritts lead to condemn the Dallas Statement. It portrays you as a dishonest and deliberate liar. Todd repeats the question Does it seem he is describing you in this quote from Romans 1? When Hitchens answers no again, Todd asks his You are not suppressing the obvious truth that there is a creator because you sir would prefer to live your life autonomously? Hitchens answers no. Todd says everyone knows there is a Creation because their conscience tells them there is. The church will be on your right. Does that sound like you sir? Hitchens answers no. He changed his mind.long before we understood electricity or the weather, our ancestors used to look up in the thunder and the lightening and say 'What is that!?'. and a reference to Mark 16:15: "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Todd addresses several objections like "you just made a lot of assumptions, such as God exists in the first place." Todd asks you think it is tyrannical that someone sacrificed themselves for you?' However, it sure ought to make you think. Todd Friel produced a DVD titled "The Case for Atheism There Isn't One" in which he made several responses to Dan. He is a kind god. Todd completely and purposely missed answering the question. Freedom from Religion Foundation), Eddie Tabash (Council for Secular Humanism) and many others . Christian listeners may not have understood the solid arguments, and instead may have just believed that Hitchens was against God. Friel is anti-choice and believes not a single doctor has ever said it is medically necessary to have a late term abortion, and there has never ever been an issue in America where an abortion could save a mother's life. Absolutely. This is exactly the style of legendary embellishments. Not written as a legend? His microphone argument is fallacious, because microphones are not alive and cannot reproduce to pass on genes to produce variations. The reason we have these debates was already answered by Dan, because the. The audience responded with loud heckles and deservedly prominent shouts of "boo! "Todd Friel's Greek primer DVD is a great way to "get your feet wet" in not only Greek but also English grammatical studies. thanks for letting me share a few of my favorites. This opening was barely a debate and more like open preaching a very bad start. Instead, they bash at Christianity over other religions, but they cannot disprove God. Todd does Wretched Radio, Wretched TV, the . He is also the author and producer of over two dozen Bible study courses. Dan Barker begins with his opening speech. Todd Friel hosts the syndicated Wretched TVand Wretched Radio programs. Round Two: That is a deliberate and dishonest straw man of the, If there were a god, why are we having this debate? Death was a part of the world for millions of years before man evolved. It has opened my understanding of the greek language in the Bible and God's wisdom!" John Miller: "Mr. Friel does a fine job giving a basic understanding of New Testament Greek. Albert Mohler (who opposed Social Justice vigorously as far back as 2011), gave a thanks but no thanks review to the Baptist Press, saying that the document has resulted in productive conversation (if you call screaming hysteria about the supposed white supremacy of John MacArthur productive conversation). . While the document has notable signatories like Voddie Baucham, Phil Johnson, Justin Peters, and Doug Wilson, the more prestigious names among the wider Calvinist movement are few. Sunday October 19 9:30 am-11:00 am: Also, seeing is believing, but not knowing. Todd says that sounds foolish too, unless you have the missing information from earlier. and hyperactive agency detector says that must be some kind of bird, animal, human, creature thing up there doing that and they named is Zeus or Thor and they thought this thing was communicated with them. This ministerial milestone is being celebrated throughout the year by his syndicated radio broadcast Grace to You, most recently last week at Grace Community Church at a Truth Matters Conference on the sufficiency of Scripture. to be punished, and since we are all guilty in the eyes of God, then we must be punished here and now and in the afterlife unless we repent. Do Christians, Jews, and Muslims Worship the Same God. We look forward to seeing you! In 1.5 miles, takeexit 91 West River Drive. However, after questioning his religion he slowly became an atheist, concluded God does not exist, and discarded faith. As she and her fellow ministers preach, we will pray that the Lord will give us ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). Wallis was Social Justice long before it was cool, back when it was called Social Gospel. In fact, it was Wallis that Albert Mohler debated on the topic of Social Justice in 2011. Latest Articles by Todd Friel. We debate that which has a lack of certainty. [2], The Way of the Master is a television show hosted by Cameron and Comfort. Friel welcomes Hitchens and tells him that they will play a game of what if it is true? where Friel will tell Hitchens a story and Hitchens will respond as if they were true. ", The Way of the Master is an outreach of Living Waters Ministries, also headed by Comfort. In a debate with Eddie Tabash, Friel claimed that we all deserve to be hurt by God. [6], In 2006, Comfort recorded a segment for The Way of the Master's television show in which he argued that the banana was an "atheists' nightmare", arguing that it displayed many user-friendly features that were evidence of intelligent design. He has authored numerous books, academic journals, and magazine articles. Todd says that it does not look good for Hitchens if God exists and there is a Judgment Day. Todd did not name those eight prophecies, but statistical science is hardly a valid argument. Todd openly admits that his story "theistic Creation" sound foolish as well: something created everything out of nothing. Todd tells the audience they should be buying a lot of lottery tickets because they have a lot of faith in chance. He acknowledged, does not refute, that prophecies could be changed, but he only relies on the sheer number of prophecies as convincing evidence. Friel shares similar views with Cameron and Comfort, and he often uses several classic arguments proposed by them. Wake Forest University. This is hardly true for either Muslims or evangelical Christians, who also supported slavery in other cases, plus other unworthy causes like opposing women's suffrage. (A Hermeneutics Primer), Decisions, Decisions (Knowing Gods Will), Terrified (How to Witness to Anyone), Beyond the Shadow of a doubt (You can trust the Bible). Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 contradict the steps of creation. [12][13], Cameron and Comfort participated in a debate with two members of the Rational Response Squad (RRS) atheist activism organization at Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan, on May 5, 2007. Doors open at 5:15pm. What is sweet about a story of a bully telling a little child "you cannot play with this football, but I can"? Naaman was captain of the guard and popular with the king because he was successful and famous. He takes the Bible literally, he is a young earth creationist he believes that God created everything from nothing, or ex nihilo. Office Phone: (610) 785-6235 . (Heb.6:1). Lied to you in a very large, dishonest, disgusting way. Todd asks Hitchens if the reason he wars against God is so he can live his life autonomously and live his life any way he wished without being accountable to his creator? Scientists have proven that the eye can and has evolved. Todd asks Hitchens if God has ever been the first thing in his life? Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Download This Badge. [deleted] 10 mo. One story is Dan's story called "atheistic Evolution": nothing became something, it blew up and it became and organized everything. (see Romans 16:1-3, 7; compare 1 Corinthians 15:6). Joseph." Todd says God already knew beforehand that the people would choose to sin and rebel against him and bring the world into disease, destruction, and such. Gratefully, God saved Todd (from hell and stand-up comedy). An infinite punishment for a finite crime is not justifiable, nor is it just or reasonable. On the show you will see and hear live witnessing encounters, discussions of tough. Read the gospels Mark, Matthew, Luke and John in order, take note of all the extraordinary events that happened at the Resurrection and you will see that the story gets larger and larger and larger. Those are my thoughts on Todd Lucifer Friel. MacArthur turned 80 years old this past summer. 131 Northto exit 91 West River Drive. Hitchens notes that he already addresses this in his book, and Todd is not asking something new. Friel gets this story from 2 Kings 5, but does not mention 2 Kings 2:24 when God had Elisha send bears to sick 42 children. Dan tells a story that one day he went hiking, saw a snake on a trail, but then realized it was a stick. One such example was Christopher Hitchens. Together they have three adult children, and two grand-dogs. Privacy Policy and In less than a mile, turn right onto Stoney Creek Ave, just before the road bends. He is a good god." Todd stresses the audience to not flee to the Savior for the fear of Hell, but flee to the Savior because he is "so kind to save you from Hell. Voices: Support Texas Baptist higher education, Voices: Celebrating a long history of Baptists in Texas, Voices: Preparing the next generation for Texas and beyond, BGCT executive director search committee chair steps down, Editorial: Education freedom contradicts religious freedom, TBM worker helps provide clean water after quake. Ironically, Albert Mohler and other opponents of the statement make odd bedfellows with those who deny inerrancy. Visit their website to see how you can get involved. Natural selection, the mechanism that drives evolution, is the direct opposite of chance. Hitchens answers it may be highly probable. TODD FRIEL: You know, actually, and before you answer this, please think carefully this time. He is the author of: Jesus Unmasked, Judge Not, Slaying the Lust Dragon, Stressed Out and How to Keep Your Kid from Backsliding. Not once did Todd present any proof of God. Seriously? Hitchens maintains this standard is not wholly good or perfect; it says nothing about child abuse or abolishment of slavery or genocide. She was a senior administrator at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. There is no doubt zero, zip, zilch which side of the Social Justice aisle those who deny the Inerrancy of Scripture find themselves. No. That is foolish. Todd says he has interviewed thousands of people who do not believe the Bible, and then discusses Peter who announced to a crowd of Jews "You crucified God.