NXR Podcast - QUESTIONS - Are There Any Methods Of Defying Tyranny That The Bible Forbids?
Aired: 2022-04-15
Duration: 02:56


=== Flashy Protests vs Objective Reality (01:28) ===

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[00:00:22]  Am I against all forms of flashy protesting, such as a protest outside of Planned Parenthood or a public gay celebration?
[00:00:33]  Like a pride parade, probably, whoever.
[00:00:35]  Okay.
[00:00:36]  What are your thoughts?
[00:00:37]  Yeah, I do.
[00:00:38]  Yeah.
[00:00:38]  Yeah, no.
[00:00:39]  So this person's asking me about two specific things.
[00:00:43]  I'm not even against all protests in general.
[00:00:45]  Like, it doesn't even have to be something like clearly disgusting as, you know, Planned Parenthood or a pride parade.
[00:00:52]  So to me, it's not really about the fact that it's flashy, it's about what you're doing.
[00:00:57]  It's like, what are you actually doing there, right?
[00:00:59]  So if you're at the pride parade or the Planned Parenthood and you're preaching or you're You know, calling out to women to not kill their babies.
[00:01:08]  That's totally in line with God's commands.
[00:01:11]  You know, that's something that I would be in complete support of.
[00:01:16]  You know, and the same thing with the trucker rally, for example.
[00:01:19]  Like, again, take it out of Planned Parenthood for a second.
[00:01:21]  Even at the trucker rally, I'm not against, you know, pastors going there and preaching.
[00:01:26]  You know what I mean?
[00:01:26]  Street preaching is not against the laws of God.

=== Supporting Controversial Public Displays (01:27) ===

[00:01:29]  So go ahead and do it.
[00:01:29]  You know what I mean?
[00:01:31]  To me, like, some of the protests, you know, Just have a tendency towards degeneracy, you know, and it doesn't mean they have to go to degeneracy, but oftentimes they do.
[00:01:44]  And that's the kind of thing I'm against.
[00:01:45]  So it's not so much that it's flashy, it's just like what is objectively happening.
[00:01:51]  And when I saw the trucker convoy, I just couldn't wrap my mind around what was objectively happening and why this was a good thing.
[00:01:58]  I just couldn't get that.
[00:02:00]  And so the answer to your question is no, I'm not against, you know, doing the Planned Parenthood thing.
[00:02:06]  Or going to the public pride parade.
[00:02:09]  I wouldn't go to that.
[00:02:11]  I don't know about that.
[00:02:13]  I did right here in Taylor.
[00:02:14]  I'm not saying it's wrong.
[00:02:15]  I'm just saying I would.
[00:02:15]  With my brother over there, it was great.
[00:02:18]  I selected a text.
[00:02:19]  I'm a crowd pleaser.
[00:02:21]  So I wanted to pick a text that I knew they'd appreciate.
[00:02:23]  So I preached expositionally through Romans 1 and they loved it.
[00:02:27]  Absolutely loved it.
[00:02:29]  Listen, I give you mad respect because to me, I would have a difficult time with that and staying.
[00:02:36]  Compose to be honest, so I wouldn't do it.
[00:02:38]  Be gentle, yeah.
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