Listen "27. CFM: Matthew 21-23, Mark 11, Luke 19-20, and John 12"
Episode Synopsis
Original title: No Shema - No Christianity; and King means KingIn this episode, Brendon and Skyler discuss the twenty-first lesson in the LDS Come, Follow Me sunday school manual. This week (May 15-21) is titled "Behold, Thy King Cometh", and covers Matthew 21-23, Mark 11, Luke 19-20, and John 12.We invite you to worship with us on any Sunday - either at First Baptist Church of Provo or Christ Presbyterian Church in Magna. We welcome visitors!Sources:D&C 98; D&C 132; Abraham 2Seminary Manual: Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 22:34-40New Testament Made Easier by David Ridges"Wrong Roads and Revelation" (Holland; and here)"The Second Great Commandment" (Russell Nelson)"The Light of Christ" (Boyd Packer)"Two Great Commandments" (Dallin Oaks)"The Constitution: A Glorious Standard" ; God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties; and This Nation Shall Endure by Ezra Taft Benson (here)"The True, Pure, and Simple Gospel of Jesus Christ" (M. Russell Ballard)Brigham Young: JD 7.8; JD 10.254; Joseph F. Smith; George Albert SmithTrue Meaning of the Atonement; The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen (also: The Real Thomas Jefferson)The Life of John Taylor by B. H. Roberts"How To Love Yourself Like God Loves You"Many Are Called but Few Are Chosen; The Book of Mormon and the Constitution by H. Verlan AndersenApproaching Zion by Hugh NibleyIt should be noted that there are political anarchists, both of the libertarian variety and the socialist variety who both claim Mormon principles and are members of the LDS church.Watchman on the Tower: Ezra Taft Benson and the Making of the Mormon Right by Matthew L. Harris; Thunder From Right, ed. by Matthew L. HarrisIn Sacred Loneliness by Todd ComptonMormonism: Shadow or Reality? Sandra and Jerald TannerMiscellaneous:John Locke (also, on British empiricism: here, here)Thomas Jefferson - e.g. here and here (original letters)Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary by Kevin GutzmanThe Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon WoodDid America Have a Christian Founding? by Mark David Hall (also here); also see One Nation Under God? by John WilseyThe Myth of American Individualism by Barry Alan Shain; also see The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution by Jack GreeneLenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen; see also The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert ConquestResources:The Triumphal Entry; and City of God (WHI)The Gospel of Matthew (TNICNT) by R.T. FranceThe Gospel According to John (PNTC) by D.A. CarsonOn Christian Doctrine by St. AugustineThe Trinity: An Introduction by Scott SwainSlave of Christ: A New Testament metaphor for total devotion to Christ by Murray J. HarrisChrist Is King by Joshua JippThe Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution; Strange New World; Republocrat by Carl TruemanFive Proofs of the Existence of God by Edward Feser; see also Christian Theistic Evidences by Cornelius Van TilThe Bible Among the Myths by John OswaltIn Defense of the Eschaton by William DennisonNew Testament History by F.F. BruceOT afterlife: here, and hereChristianity and Liberalism; The Person of Jesus by J. Gresham MachenCore Christianity; Christless Christianity by Michael Horton (also here and here)American Gospel: Christ CrucifiedWhat is the Gospel? (Voddie Baucham)Active and Passive Obedience of Christ (Simply Put)Grace and Glory by Geerhadus Vos (also here)The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D.A. CarsonHow the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age by Jonathan LeemanPolitical Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World by Patrick SchreinerAmerican Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time by Joshua MitchellIn Search of the City on a Hill by Richard GambleAugustine and the Limits of Politics by Jean Bethike Elshtain
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