Episode 153

It’s the sixth installment of the series This World Has Gone Bonkers! In today’s podcast, we discuss the latest in LGBTQIA2+ hypocrisy, bullying, and virtue signaling: the attack on parents seeking to protect their children from trans ideology. Meanwhile, the elite class are spending exorbitant amounts of money on debauchery and all manner of illegal activity (not new, but to what degree is increasingly shocking) while the Methodist church is abandoning the terms “husband” and “wife” in an effort to appeal to the lost. This world has gone bonkers, but we can talk about it with a hopeful eye toward the future because the Lord Jesus Christ is still on the throne.

[MCG]

The problem with people like Hunter Biden, who have the money and the means to do whatever they want and the political clout to get away with it, is that when temptation comes, they have the means to create the opportunity.

[Jay]

Thank you for tuning in to the Removing Barriers podcast. I’m Jay, and I’m MCG, and we’re attempting to remove barriers so we can all have a clear view of the cross.

[MCG]

This is episode 153 of the Removing Barriers Podcast, and this is the 6th in this series of this world has gone bonkers. And in this episode, we have lined up on a number of articles that we think shows that this world is bonkers.

[Jay]

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[MCG]

And parents, let me advise you that if you have young ears, listen to this episode. You might want to distract them because we will be discussing some things that might not be suitable for young years. Alright, Jay, I’ll start with an article from Newsweek. But before I jump into the article. Who are some legends? You will say that you know of.

[Jay]

Some legends that I know of.

[MCG]

Yes, some folks that you call a legend. How about Usain Bolt? Would you saying Bolt is a legend when it comes to running?

[Jay]

Sure. Right now he still holds the record as the fastest man. Yeah, I see. These are sports figures. And I’m not what I think of legend. I think of someone.

[MCG]

The fastest man. The fastest man who ever lived. What? About Michael Jordan.

[Jay]

Like Elon Musk or, well, he’s not dead yet. But you know what I mean. And neither of those previous gentlemen are. But someone that has done something incredible and significant and which I think Elon has done many times over.

[MCG]

Are you saying Michael Jordan haven’t done something incredible and significant?

[Jay]

No, I just think that, OK, let me clarify them. Someone that has done something significant that affects how we live and how we perceive the world, how we move about in the world, I would say. A the living legend right now I would say is Elon Musk.

[MCG]

Shame on you well.

[Jay]

Just off the top of my head.

[MCG]

Well, I will say Usain Bolt, my Caribbean brother, the fastest man who ever lived.

[Jay]

He’s incredible, he.

[MCG]

Michael Jordan, the best there is that ever bunked the ball and throw it through hope. Vivian Richards the best batsman. Whoever live well, my Indian friends might say I’m barriers because he’s Antiguan but.

[Jay]

And that’s in the sport of cricket for those listening that I don’t know.

[MCG]

What about Chuck Norris? They said Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table because Chuck Norris only recognized the element of surprise. But I don’t want to talk about any of those legends. The legend I want to talk about right now is Hunter Biden.

[Jay]

Now, how is he a?

[MCG]

Legend. Well, we’re going to find out from the article.

[Jay]

At catastrophically falling forward.

[MCG]

Or Hunter Biden spent 872,000. Was on hookers, **** and sex club membership. You don’t party until you can party like Hunter Biden. He’s a legend of party.

[Jay]

Almost $1,000,000 on women of the night.

[MCG]

According to Newsweek, he’s the legend of Patreon. Hunter Biden spent hundreds of thousands on constant partying, according to prosecutors in an indictment that hit the president’s son with a total of 9 tax charges. The indictment brought in California alleged Biden spent money on prostitution, online *********** and hiring luxury cars, among other things, including 10,000 on a sex club membership. It states money was spent on drugs, escorts on girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature. In short, everything but his tax. A total of 1.4 million in taxes were allegedly evaded and Biden faces up to 17 years behind bars. He’s accused of willfully avoiding paying his taxes and facing 3 felony charges and six misdemeanor charges. The charges related to a time between 2016. In 2019, a period during which Biden has acknowledged he was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine, a total of over 1.6 million was taken from cash machines. During this period, the indictment said, Newsweek has contacted representative of Biden’s family for comment via e-mail. All right. So if you want to take that into context, Jay? The average personal income in the US is $63,214.00. The medium income in the US is $44,225. The average US household income is $87,864. The median US household income is 61,000. $937.00. So that means it will take the average household going from the average income almost 10 years to make the money that hunter buying and blue. Almost 10 years, and that’s if they don’t pay their taxes as well.

[Jay]

So did the article happen to mention over how many years he spent that money?

[MCG]

2016 to 2019.

[Jay]

so over three years he spent nearly $1,000,000.

[MCG]

Yep, you don’t start partying until the start party, like how to buy them when you have that kind of money and that kind of access and no repercussion for your actions. You can spend like a legend every.

[Jay]

So often I listen to a podcast called. And she describes the life of debauchery that what they call Nepal babies like the children are very rich people, Nepal, babies, the billionaires themselves, the just the financial and intellectual and academic elite. And almost every country, the things that they are able to do behind bars. Would make any regular citizen blush with shame. So I think that the Hunter Biden’s spending over $800,000 on debauchery is a mere representation of. What these people are spending on these same types of things on a regular basis, it’s incredible.

[MCG]

Access no accountability and no repercussions for your actions anyways. The article continues. The 53 year old was able to avoid taxes. Prosecutors say by claiming a number of luxuries as simple business deductions, for example deduction claim as legal, professional and consulting contributed to payment to his daughter law school tuition. While travel, transport and order was instant used for house rental for his then girlfriend as well as rent for one of his daughters, per the indictment. Further officer miscellaneous deductions allegedly helped Biden with the purchase of luxury clothing payments to escort and dancers and payments to his daughters college. Advising services listed in the document are the following alleged payments. Various women 683,212 dollars. Clothing and accessories, $397,530. I don’t even think in my entire lifetime. I’ve spent 397,000, probably. I’m not even spent $300.00, but it was just 300 or something. Dollars on clothing. Wow. Educational purposes 309,000. $277 health and beauty. $237,496, miscellaneous and retail purposes 236,624. I think everybody groceries and restaurant 214,923 dollars disguise eating. A lot. Parents 203,800 and $815.00 loan and mortgage payment 191 dollars, 873 dollars 191,870.

[Jay]

$3. Oh thousand OK. I thought you had 100. 91.

[MCG]

Dollars out of entertainment, 188,960. Dollars legal and accounting fees, $147,566, telephony utilities $118,440. This guy probably paying for the entire. Luck that he lives in for the phone and the utilities. Still, I don’t think it comes to 118,000. Wow. We have $71,869. That actually is unreasonable. Credit card payment, $58,542 against unreasonable advisors from Wells Fargo 53,000. Home and childcare 39,801 dollars again, some reasonable entertainment $24,445 and sports and recreation $23,567. The total payment listed in the diamond amount to 4,907,000. 813 U.S. dollars. In the light of the charges, Biden attorney Abbe Lowell said his client had paid his tax debts and is sober, based on the facts and the law. If Hunter last name was anything other than Biden, the charges in Delaware are now California would not have been brought, Lowell said. Los Angeles time deported now, after five years of investigated with no new evidence. And two years after Hunter Biden paid its taxes in full, US attorney has piled on 9 new charges when he had agreed just months ago to resolve this matter with a peer of Mr. You know, so, yeah, give the president’s son a break. He has paid his taxes and he have made his life straight to now. Let him walk with two misdemeanors. I’m sorry, but I disagree. If his name was anything but Biden, everybody him in jail. Right. Wesley Snipes. He might be another legend too, but.

[Jay]

It goes to show the people that we put on a pedestal. I’m glad the scripture says that God doesn’t see man the way that man sees man. God looks upon the heart and we look at not just people like Hunter Biden. We look at people in Hollywood. We look at people that are of a high stature, royalty, academia, all of these people who are of an. Elite status and we think so highly of them as a society and we look up to them and they can do no wrong in our eyes. But in recent years, well, perhaps there are people listening that have been aware of this all along. You’ve come to realize just how depraved and backward and sinned laid and these. Molar and if it weren’t for the grace of God, we would be the same and the destructive power of sin knows no bounds. Except for those who have been saved from it by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I’m just grateful that we are these people. They’re not to be emulated. They’re to be pitied. They’ve all been very miserable. Maybe not most miserable. Because Paul describes who, of all men most miserable are or is, but these are not excellent people. These are very sad loss. Pitiful people. They are surrounded by people who are absolutely willing to tell them whatever they want to hear and absolutely unwilling to tell them, no unwilling to rein them in from participating way too much in their flesh. Just people who are willing to give them over to their flesh and give them whatever they wanted to real. It’s not enviable at all. Quite pitiful.

[MCG]

Yeah, you know will come to my mind, you know, I’ll pastor. I’ve heard him said this more than once. He said that sometimes you have. Unity to do evil, but there’s no temptation, and sometimes they have the temptation but no opportunity. But woe unto the man when opportunity and temptation means the problem with people like Hunter Biden, who have the money and the means to do whatever they want, and the political clout. They get away with it. Is that when temptation comes, they have the means to create the opportunity so many of us normal folks, if we have the temptation to get escort and logs with hotels and all that stuff, we at least are limited by the fact that we don’t have the means to do so, but for him. Is almost whatever his heart desires. You know, and as you said, yeah, that’s really, really sad.

[Jay]

May the Lord remind us of this when we’re scrolling through Facebook, scrolling through social media through Instagram, YouTube, and we see these people who have on these happy plastic faces and they look like they have everything they could ever possibly want. And they look like they’re very happy. But in reality, yeah, that’s not the case. Well, I would like to know if Hunter Biden was doing that with his own money. Or with the money that he was being paid on the whole Burisma thing. But I’m sure that’s a whole. Different situation.

[MCG]

Well, I didn’t read the rest of the article, but the rest of the article talked about where he made the money. He made money in China and some other countries, and then later down he started getting paid by Burisma. But OK, I wouldn’t spend the time to. Read the rest of the article.

[Jay]

OK well I have an article here that contrasts the Hunter Biden story, whereas Hunter on his free time was being paid and congratulated and applauded for all of the stuff that he was doing and and. Labeled provided for covered for all those different things. I have a UK Christian teaching assistant fired for St. Preaching on his own time, and in this particular instance he wins the settlement. So Hunter Biden’s allowed to do whatever he wants on his free time, such debauchery, destroying both himself and others participating in activities that destroys both himself and. Others on his free time, we have a Christian teacher or teaching assistant who was fired for doing something wholesome and righteous and godly on his own time, which is probably a complete opposite. This article is published by the Christian Broadcasting Network, a Christian teaching assistant in the UK has won a legal settlement from a high school. After he was fired for St. Preaching in his spare time. Andy next will receive a settlement amounting to more than $8900 in U.S. dollars from Temple Moore High School in the City of Leeds next 65, who was qualified to teach in UK schools 18 years ago, sued the school, claiming the headmaster and the teaching agency had discriminated against him. For expressing his Christian beliefs. So let me just read the back story of what happened in March of 2022. Nick was summoned by the HR. Manager to head teacher Matthew Westside office, the head teacher asked Nicks if he had been part of a rally in Leeds Center. I’m imagining that’s a local area. The area local to the school West suggested that the teaching assistant had been arrested for, quote, homophobic remarks and the homophobic remarks that they’re talking about is saying. That unrepentant homosexuals will be cast into hell, and that’s homophobic according to their standards there, he told the head teacher that he was a Christian evangelist in his spare time and that on occasion he had been wrongfully arrested and all the charges had been dropped. In July of 2021, Nix was arrested alongside fellow evangelist Dave McConnell after members of a crowd assaulted, verbally abused and stole property from the two preachers during Nick’s preaching. He told the story of his life before becoming a Christian. He did not use any threatening or abusive words, and he remained calm despite hostility from members of the crowd. According to the Christian Legal Center, police officers arrested him for a public order offense and he was taken to jail but then released one month later, Nick was informed by the police that all charges had been dropped again. Subsequent to this, of course, is when the headmaster says, hey, you’re back out there preaching again and you’re being homophobic, we’re gonna fire you. And he’s doing this on his own time, not while he’s actually working at the school. So Nicks are West. Who’s the headmaster said that Nick’s Christian beliefs did not quote align with the school ethos and values, particularly around include. Activity. He said that there were students in the school who would be offended if they became aware of Nick’s Christian beliefs, according to the Christian Legal Center. So it’s not even that he’s exposed. At the school to this, to the preaching. But the headmaster saying ohh if kids knew what you were preaching on the weekend, they would be offended. Therefore we’re firing you, which I think is bonkers, but here we go. Throughout the supervisors questioning, Nick’s recalled, it felt like he was being pressured to renounce his Christian beliefs or lose his job. He was told that parents and students had reportedly said that they don’t understand.

[MCG]

Oh yeah.

[Jay]

How a Christian with such beliefs could be allowed to work in a. School. Think about that for a second. I don’t understand how a Christian with beliefs like those could be allowed to work in a school, but I mean, doesn’t every Christian that actually believes the word of God have those views? So you’re saying no Christians should be?

[MCG]

Ohh why?

[MCG]

Working at the school, that’s what they’re saying. But unfortunately the UK doesn’t have, at least, I don’t think they have a first.

[Jay]

Amendment so so is it illegal to St. preach? In the UK, I don’t think. So I don’t, I don’t.

[MCG]

I doubt that because they did not arrest him for that. They arrest him on a bogus charge, but the US would have the 1st amendment, which would be freedom of speech, freedom of religion. But don’t fool ourselves. It just was a few months ago.

[Jay]

Right.

[MCG]

A street preach in Philadelphia. I think it was probably the amount of June and he was arrested because he was preaching a thing on the same street where they were having the Pride parade or whatever. He was arrested too. So don’t let us in the US beat our chest and say, yeah, we have the 1st amendment because I don’t think it make a difference, at least in this administration. And if there’s no change and it’s not gonna make a difference in the years to come.

[Jay]

Nick said I was shocked and amazed that the head teacher could do what he did. He made me feel like a criminal. His aim was to bully and humiliate me into renouncing my Christian activity. I believe if I had renounced it, I could have kept my job, Nick said in a statement. The school trampled over my freedom of expression and belief. I am pleased that they agreed to settle the case, which I believe was a recognition of wrongdoing. He said it is, however, a worrying sign if Christians are not allowed to debate, preach and express their faith in public without fear of losing their livelihoods. The experience has, however, helped me grow in resilience. This is Nick still talking here, right? Grow in resilience and reminded me of the costs involved in following Jesus Christ, he announced. And so it goes on to explain how he won the lawsuit and all these different things. What I find bonkers about this, and I hope I’m not offending anyone when I say this, but I find Nick’s response. A little bit. As Christians, we are to expect person. Solution for preaching the gospel for sending in truth. I wonder if you see this to MCG. It seems like when Christians argue about their right to do anything that the Bible would call us to do, to obey the scriptures. Whether it’s, say, preaching on the street corner or witnessing or any of these different things, we seem to appeal to the legal side. First, without standing on the authority of Scripture, the first thing that we appeal to is the whole freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, all of those different things. And those are good things. But it seems to me that perhaps. Maybe the reason why we struggled to affect change in our society for the cause of Christ is because we’re holding on to these things so tightly there’s going to come a time when there or in other countries where there is no freedom of speech and freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom and so are you not going to do those things because you don’t have the legal right to do so. Even though the scripture said I might be overreaching here, but it just seems. To me, and perhaps he’s only saying this because he’s talking about the legal angle of suing the school for what they did for the employee overreach, or I’m sorry for the employer overreach. But it seems to me that if you’re a Christian, you should have saw this coming a mile away, and it sounds like he had been arrested before, that he had been persecuted before that the school firing him would just be just another angle. That the enemy system the world would try to shut him up because he’s clearly saying something that they don’t like, which are in the scriptures.

[MCG]

Well, that’s a deeper discussion I believe because to some extent, if I’m out St. preaching or if I’m out knocking on doors, if the police come and say, hey, you should not. Be able to do this. They’re not scripture enforcement force. They’re the law enforcement. So therefore, if I go to scripture to the scripture say that I should share my faith, they can say, well, I don’t care. It’s illegal. So I have to appeal to against to their authority innocent and their authority will be the law. And according to the law, I can go. Door to door or knock? Unless there’s a no trespassing sign or no entry.

[Jay]

Oh, OK. So you mean just like Paul appealed to Roman law when he I see, OK.

[MCG]

Right. But at times when you can say, hey, I am doing something that I’m legally allowed to do under the law that you should be enforcing nothing that’s wrong with that. But of course, the Bible say that all that live godly in Christ Jesus, not mine, not me but will suffer persecution. They’re gonna come a time when the rubber meets the road where. You know, again, I believe that the scripture give us the green light to disobey the government when the government acts as to disobey gone in this situation is not necessarily that they asking him to dissipate God and stuff like that. So it’s basically a violation of their own laws that they are enforcing on him. But he was within the law. The thing is that this didn’t like his speech.

[Jay]

It is bonkers that the employee felt like he could terminate him for something that he was doing on his own time. If he were doing something illegal on his own time, I suppose I could understand, but simply because you don’t like the idea of a Christian saying those things that he should say. Hey, that’s overreach.

[MCG]

Well, again, I might go back to the same thing we talked about Hunter Biden, if you have the money and the means, you might say, hey, let me fire him even though I know it’s illegal and then I’ll pay the fine. I know whatever. Fine. Coming down the road is and again, and for the principal, it’s not coming out of his pocket.

[Jay]

Yeah. So he doesn’t care. You go for it and see.

[MCG]

Can appease he can appease the rainbow. Bully and fire him because that’s what they are. Rainbow bullies use the rainbow flag and try to bully people and basically say, hey, not coming out of my pocket. But then I thought instead of people gonna be happy, let me fire him and then we pay him some money and he won’t come back. So anyways, you’re listening to the removing various podcasts we talking about. And bonkers articles. We’ll be right back.

[Jay]

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[MCG]

Alright, so I have another article and we’re going to stay in the UK, UK based Methodist Church issues guidance discouraging use of terms husband and wife, the Methodist Church in Great Britain released an inclusive language guide this month and they were talking about. The month of December 20. 23 advising Methodists to avoid using gender terms such as husband and wife because such allegedly assume what is not the reality of many people. As Christians, we need to have the courage for conversation that can sometimes be difficult to recognize, that we sometimes exclude people to listen. With humility to repent of any hurtful language and to take care with how we listen and what we see are right in the spirit of Christ, says the guidance which will be updated every six months. I wonder if they go to update the Bible every six months, the guidance offered as a general principle, the idea that there’s infinite variety in the way that God’s creation is expressed in human life and offered husband and wife as examples of terminology that may sound inoffensive, but it makes assumptions about the family or personal life. But it’s not reality of many people. Guidance offer the words parent partner Charles and Kira as suitable alternatives.

[Jay]

Could you repeat those quotes suitable alternatives again?

[MCG]

Parent, parent, partner, child and carer.

[Jay]

Parent, partner, child and carer, but no husband, no wife.

[MCG]

Yeah, the guide goes on to list extensive categories of people with whom Methodists are advised to use sensitive and inclusive language when addressing minorities that have been marginalised and or demonized by common culture, the guide urges. Steering clear of ageism by avoiding terms like old people to embrace anti racist language by encouraging use of ethnicity instead of race and to avoid language that negatively emphasize a person’s immigration status or English skills, anti-Semitic or Islamophobic rhetoric are a discourage. And the guidance also encourages Methodists to tread carefully with their terminology when adjusting disabled and newer diverse. People and those with mental illness, the guide emphasize why it is important that the UK based Methodist Church uses language that is inclusive of LGBT plus people and advise using the language and individual prefers, including the pronouns by which they choose to identify the denomination, pass resolutions in 2021. Approved the blessing of same-sex unions and recognise cohabiting couples. Wow. You know, to some extent, you can even ignore the language, but they go as far as they including things of couples and people who are cohabitating. Therefore, fornication is no longer sin. Homosexuality is not a sin.

[Jay]

Right.

[MCG]

The language the Bible use because all truth the Bible, the Bible talk about husband and wife Bible said that the passage should be the husband of what one wife the Bible says. Shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his. There’s a reason why the Bible says that UK Methodist Church, using the language that individuals use for themselves, show that we care at the church. No, we show that they don’t care for their souls. They show that they don’t care that they will die one day and go to hell. But anyway.

[Jay]

OK.

[MCG]

And that we affirm them as child of God, the guidances, the guidance concludes by pointing readers to nonprofit that include left wing gay and lesbian alliance against defamation or what is called Glad and Stonewall, and LGBT Charity in UK, whose guidance found its way into schools throughout the. They want them to say that we are proud of our inclusive language guide, a spokesperson for the denomination told the Christian Post. It helped the church hold conversation without making assumptions or inadvertently causing upset. Some find this especially useful on talking to those who may have had a different life experience to their own. Regarding what a gendered language would still be used in Methodist marriage ceremonies, the spokesperson said couples getting married in a Methodist Church will discuss with the minister how they wish to be referred during their service. This ensures that the ceremony reflects who they are and this says. Calvin Robertson, someone who considered himself a father but he’s not, who has been outspoken in fighting progressivism in the Church of England, blast the UK based Methodist Church for its guidance and suggests it’s symptomatic of Neumatic’s attempt to effectively destroy it. Now. Calvin Robinson, I have seen some of his work. Online, I’m not gonna refer to him as father because the Bible clearly tell us not to call anybody father the one with the capital F but he said this is not Christianity, which I agree. Robertson wrote an X, which is was formally named. Twitter its critical theories. It is no longer enough to acknowledge disorder lifestyle every nominative and order must be demolished for fear of causing offence, and he’s right, since when dead, cohabitating couples are not living in sin, since when homosexuality is not living in sin, the Bible. Recognize one and it is a man or woman. Married. That’s the only form of sexuality that the Bible does not condemn. So if you’re homosexual, if you are heterosexual but you’re not married by recognizing that sin.

[Jay]

Right. If you’re, yeah. If you’re fornicating or if you’re you were engaging in ******. You know, I think we should probably hit back with biblical language. They call it homosexuality. We’ll call it ******. They call it cohabitating. We’ll call it fornication. It seems it just seems like we have to. And it’s interesting that they said, oh, we have to repent of some type of language that they’re talking about. So the only one that we repent. The only one that we can repent before or ask forgiveness of is God, who is absolutely perfect. If we’ve offended someone, we ask for forgiveness, but we don’t repent in that particular sense. The way that they used the word repent in that sentence made it sound like this whole inclusive DEI, progressive, whatever woke thing that got going on. Is the new God and we have to kowtow and bow down to it and worship it and repent because we’re using Christian language.

[MCG]

For them is a new guardian.

[Jay]

It’s a new God for. Definitely, which is completely backward. We’re supposed to be salt and light. They’ve completely trampled. There’s the salt is thrown out no longer.

[MCG]

Unfortunately, we did a episode and number episode number, but is Isaac Simmons and Romans 12/1 where Isaac Simon is actually a drag queen pastor in the I think it’s the US Methodist Church. So the US Methodist Church is not better. But during that episode we went through some of the history of the Methodist Church. We use. Holdy actually started out solid, but because of a split and it was homosexuality that caused this. So the Methodist Church today, at least in the US and UK. Not even close to what they started out to be, so unfortunately, I don’t think they’re anymore Christian, to be honest, this is not Christian anyways, Robertson continued critical theories. Neo Marxism it is a communist ideology antithetical to Christian faith. It is not possible to be communist and a Christian one must make a choice and brace the ways of this. Trendy yet toxic ideology or embrace God’s order, he continued, and urged methods. Church pick one. Well, Robinson, I agree with you, but they already pick one they picked to go against God word. And as I said, I don’t think that when you look at the Methodist that you think that they’re Christian. I’m not saying that some of them in the other might not be safe. I’m not saying that everybody in there agree with this. I think as I said, the US might be destructive. Play over the issue of homosexuality so depends on which line they split, I guess, but you can’t be embracing all these sin and say hey, yeah yeah, I’m safe. I think we need to draw a line in some place. I’m guessing that up to me to declare who is safe or not, but this is definitely 100% against the word of God and they think there might be being inclusive of homosexuality, but what they actually do is attacking the word of God is basically go back to Genesis. Had God said can if you tell me I can’t. The husband and wife well from the beginning God instituted marriage and he present. To Adam, I say, tell him, man. Leave his father, Mona Cleave, unto his wife. That’s a very, very specific term that the Lord chose to use his wife. So the Bible does say who’s ever find that her wife Findeth a good thing. So I’m sorry, homosexuality is not a part of God’s plan for human sexuality.

One of.

[Jay]

The reasons I warn Christians to not confuse their conservatism with their Christianity is because, as Michael Malice says, conservatism is just progressivism going the speed limit, and that includes outlets like Fox News and other conservative outlets that perhaps Christians think are OK to watch because they’ve embraced the LGBTQ. Movement wholesale themselves. How many times when you watch Fox News, you’ll see commentators like Bruce Jenner on there. And people who are an affront to the word of God, not because of their individual worth as image bearers, but because of their lifestyle. They actively and defiantly and repeatedly defy the word of God and defy God to his face. Christian shouldn’t be fooled by that just because you know you, perhaps listen to or follow conservative speakers. That doesn’t mean that they’re Christian. And so we have these Methodists so-called Methodists who have basically a not basically actually and totally and bald faced. Abandoned the word of God and embraced the world’s ideology. The world’s philosophy, the world’s ethics. The world’s understanding of the Bible, which they have none. And they are supposed to be salt and light. As the people of God, but they are not. Hence when we knock on the door and we talk to someone and. They say, oh, you know, you know. You know you don’t have to talk to me. I’m a Methodist or I’m I’m a believer. I’m a this or that. It’s really important that we ask follow up questions and really probe and see what do these people really believe? Because the term Christian now. In many instances, has been watered down to mean, oh, you know, someone that grew up and has some understanding, somewhat of the Bible or they know the name Jesus Christ. But I fear that the overwhelming majority of people who claim and profess Christ are not genuinely saved and are not genuinely seeking to make the Bible the foundation of their lives.

[MCG]

Yep, that’s all true.

[Jay]

Well, I have one last article here and it is to the US now where a couple is pleading with the Supreme Court to take up their case because in their state of Indiana, I believe. It is their child was taken from their home because they refuse to allow their child to transition. And a parents, Mary and Jeremy Cox have petitioned the US Supreme Court to review their case after their trans identified child was removed from their home by the Indiana Department of Child Services. The Coxes devout Christians faced the removal of their child in June of 2021. Following disagreements over their child’s gender. Entity the DCS initiated an investigation into the Cox household over the parents refusal to use their sons self declared female name and pronouns after he decided to start identifying as a girl, according to the Indiana Family Institute, which is supporting the parents case, the trial court removed the child from the Cox’s custody. Fighting concerns over the child’s well-being in an environment not affirming his self declared gender identity. Wow. The decision was upheld by the Indiana Court of Appeals, which ruled that the restriction on the parents religious instruction was permissible under state and federal constitutions. The Indiana Supreme Court declined to review the case, prompting the Coxes to seek intervention from the US Supreme Court. The petition was filed by Josh Hershberger, and it argues for protecting parental rights, free speech, and the free exercise of religion. They assert that no other fit parent should lose custody of their child or face a government muzzle on their deeply held religious beliefs and best judgment. They have exhausted every other remedy and are gravely concerned that the state of Indiana will come for their other children. This Court’s intervention is needed. The case has sparked controversy in Indiana, a state where trans rights and parental rights are hotly debated topics. The Coxe’s disagreement with their child, identified as a AC in the court. Records allegedly led to a severe eating disorder and self isolation, contributing to the court’s decision. During a June 2001 hearing, the Coxes showed documents to the court showing that they had consulted an eating disorder specialist and they were also looking for a new therapist. In addition to enrolling this child in a different school. Despite the dismissal of abuse allegations by the DCS, the Court maintained its stance on not returning the child to the Coxes. Citing the potential recurrence of the child’s eating disorder and self isolation if he was to be returned. Home, so the Cox’s attorney criticized the court’s arbitrary and almost absolute power over parental rights, emphasizing the right of fit parents to raise their children according to their beliefs and judgement. So this is bonkers in the sense that you have a minor at the time of all of this going on. The child was 16. I’m not mistaken, so that was in June of 2001, so two years from now, the kid is probably 18, probably legal to go out on his own now.

[MCG]

He said 2001 he was 16.

[Jay]

Yeah. So.

[MCG]

But he’s already of legal aid.

[Jay]

Yeah, he’s already of legal age now. But for the two years that this was going on, it must have been a literal nightmare for these parents trying to keep their kids out of the debauched clutches of the US government and of the trans and LGBTQ or T is in there. The LGBTQ mafia, the idea that the government would collude. To take this child away from their parents, assuming that they know better and that we know what’s best for the child more than you do is absolutely bonkers they. Thought as hard as they could within what they could do in the legal parameters that they had available to them, and they still were not able to rescue their child from the government, from the schools and from the government.

[MCG]

Well, initially when he said Indiana, I thought you mistake and didn’t read California. But I’m surprised I’m surprising in the end that this is happening. But you know, it’s coming down the Pike and I doubt that they’re going to get the shipping court to pick this up because.

[Jay]

Right.

[MCG]

I don’t think.

[Jay]

Well, the kids 18 now so.

[MCG]

Yeah, but they’re saying for their other kids, they fear that in the other might come for those as well. But I don’t think they’re gonna take it up because I don’t think there’s enough in the pipeline of this nature for them to pick it up. But at the same time, it’s scary to know that the government can come and get your kids just because you’re not affirming their.

[Jay]

Oh, I see.

[MCG]

Finn affirming their mental illness, of saying that they want gender to the next.

[Jay]

Or affirming their deception. Yeah, it’s either sin. It’s either mental illness or it’s deception. It’s one of those things. But it’s not wholesome. It’s not right. And it’s not natural. I hate to sound like I’m preaching, but I don’t intend to. But I had conversations with our pediatrician that really concerned me because. I want everyone to understand that even the medical professionals aren’t 100% clear on what they’re supposed to do with a child that expresses this type of disorder or wrong thinking. Default position of almost every physician in the country is to affirm the gender the chosen gender of the child. And put. Them on a treatment path that has been certified by W path. We actually talked about what W path is and how destructive they are. They’re the ones that set the standard for transgender care in the United States and there is nothing in their literature that would encourage professionals whether medical or psychiatric or whatever. There’s nothing in the literature. That would cause the. Professionals to 1st counsel the child in the underlying issues that might be producing these feelings, so it’s basically affirm at all costs. Affirm no matter what the situation is, and counsel that child to go through with that transition. As far as the child wants it to go. There are many testimonies and people who have both transitioned and detransitioning that have talked about how easy it was for them to be prescribed very strong hormones like testosterone or estrogen, depending on which way they were transitioning. Depending on how they were transitioning, they could get testosterone or estrogen with the. Here they didn’t have to work hard to get any type of referral to get these strong hormones to start transitioning. And so if you allow. These people, some of whom are purposefully and very much aware of what they’re doing, they are determined to defile the child by allowing them to pursue this transition. And then there are others who were. It’s just the banality of evil. Well, it’s my job. They say I have to refer the child. I’m going to refer the child. There’s two of these things at play here. And our children are at stake. And I think collectively we need to stiffen our backs and fight back and feel. As though we’re inconveniencing anyone, or that perhaps we’re in the wrong because we’re not up to date with the latest academic description of this new transgender ideology. Whatever it is, and save our children from beast, this lion that’s trying to shred our children apart, our pastor always says that when the devil gets a hold of you, he’ll rip you to shreds and there’s going to be nothing. Left that would even remotely look like what was there. For and that perfectly describes what the LGBTQ W path all of this ideology is set out to do to the children, and they have the government, at their behest. They have the government in their clause to do their bidding.

[MCG]

Ohh yeah, I don’t know if you remember this. Matt Walsh did an experiment where he actually called clinical. Whatever the case, maybe just to see how easy it would be for him to get on these cross hormone medicine and potentially do surgery to change his gender. And it was pretty simple. They diagnosed him over the phone. Basically and set appointments and want want his insurance and.

[Jay]

I didn’t even see that well.

[MCG]

So yeah, it’s not difficult to do that today and we need to vet a lot of these places and it’s their doctor’s office. It’s their school room and social media and parents, those are things they need to vet. Keep your kids away from social media, don’t send them to public school, home school. That’s the way to go. And if not possible, send them to Christian School. But at least a solid Christian School. You don’t want to tell me to Methodist? Caught him caught Christian School but but definitely you want to vet them and also evangelize this lost and dying world. But at the same time be wiser serving the harmless as doves in terms of when it comes to your children because you don’t want to lose them to this crazy world and these crazy world system.

[Jay]

Right.

[MCG]

By filling their brains, saying that a boy can change the girl and. Vice versa.

[Jay]

And the last part of it here says that the cases outcome could have significant implications for parental rights in the United States. The Supreme Court is expected to decide by April whether to take the case. The Supreme Court reviews fewer than 1% of the roughly 10,000 petitions submitted annually. The right and responsibility of parents, and not the state. To raise their children according to their beliefs is a biblical pre political principle that must be protected in Indiana law, the IFI says quoting Ephesian 6/4 which reads fathers do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord and so. So this is the scripture that’s under attack right now, telling parents that they don’t have the right to raise their children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord because their children belong to the state your children belong to the schools we know what’s best for them. You sit down and be quiet, you Christian bigot. That’s exactly what seems to be happening in Indiana right now. And you know, I suppose there’s also another question. How parents should deal with it if their child decides that they are a different gender, or if they are homosexual, or if they’re going to participate in the sodomite lifestyle and they’re into the transgender ideology and all those different things, how do parents respond? At what point do you follow Romans? One in hand, your child over. That’s a very difficult question. I’m not even sure if that’s a can of worms. Open in this particular bunkers. Broadcast, but there is a way in which fathers can provoke their children to run into the arms of the enemy if they are harsh and unloving and unwilling to explain their decisions. And what thus saith the Lord and unwilling to sit down and talk with their children, it is possible to provoke your children to anger in that particular way. But of course that’s outside the purview of this particular podcast. I would.

[MCG]

Yeah, definitely. And one thing we do know is not going to be easy battle if one of your kids decide that that’s the direction, they’re. Win but.

[Jay]

Especially if there’s more than one child in the home, because then they could be influenced. Could, yeah.

[MCG]

Yeah, but hopefully you can win the heart of your child before they reach teenage age. So. But anyways, yeah, as you said, that’s outside the view of this. Anyways, we’re going to go into another section where we call dishonorable mentions. And here I have a few dishonorable mention. The first one is Fairfax County School Board members, sworn in on a stock of pornographic books. And if you don’t know, Fairfax County is the largest school county in the US.

[Jay]

Oh, I didn’t know that.

[MCG]

He says a member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia was sworn in earlier this week on a stack of pornographic books that have stroke outrage among parents who object to such material being used in public schools. So in short, it’s basically an attack on the Bible. You know, for years, for generations, you know, public figures have been falling on the Bible. And then of course, we had one of these. I think it was probably Ilan Omar or one of these other Muslims. That are in Congress right now, who got sworn in on Quran, which is completely different from the Bible. Our foundation Judea Christian Foundation is not the current. So being sworn in on. That, you know, is a spit in the founders face, but here this is direct attack and the Bible saying hey, my values are not found there, their values are found. And I’m not going to read a list of the books, but one of them, I think was gender queer and stuff like that. But it’s based with pornographic books, as they say. They’re the most banned books in the US schools. So of course, Fairfax County does not ban these books. And he got sworn in in the book. And as I say, this is spit in the face of God. And also there’s another one. Coming north of Canada from the University of Victoria and it says here that in accordance with the university’s equity plan and pursuit of Section 442 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, this section will be limited to members of the following designated groups. Black people. So basically there’s a job opening for assistant professor and the University of Victoria in Canada is saying that the only people that they’re going to hire are black people. Now locally they will consider me a black man and I’m a black man. Not trying to run from that. And I’m somewhat looking for a new position. Very slowly, and if the right one come along, I’ll probably jump ship, but I will never. Ever apply for any job that say in the description that they’re looking for a black?

[Jay]

Man, what a slap in the face.

[MCG]

For a black person, I’m not going to be your token black person. This is bonkers. How about? For the person who may be the best qualified.

[Jay]

What meritocracy? What are you talking about in CG?

[MCG]

How about looking for the person who’s best suited to do the?

[Jay]

Job. What experience? What are you talking about, MCG?

[MCG]

Alright, University of Victoria. I guess I will never go to the university, so that’s fine. And then my last, this honorable mention is during the Christmas parade or Christmas period, the Boston woke Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu plans no white Christmas party for the counselor. So basically, she had her. Hyde Park Christmas party, where white folks were not invited, and I think the irony of the situation is I think Michelle Woo is actually married to a white man. She’s of age and descent, but she’s married to. But anyways, that’s one party I would not have attended as well as a black person.

[Jay]

What do they know about Christmas? Ohh goodness. Oh goodness. I would rather be denied something because I’m black than to be given something because I’m black. At least when you’re denied something because you’re black, you can at least maintain your dignity. If you receive something because you’re black. Could never live that down. Doesn’t matter how competent you are, you could never live that down. Yeah. Anyway, I have only one dishonorable mention. Title Lutheran Church rebrands itself as her church, where they celebrate the goddess, provide astrological readings and have a quote resident witch.

[MCG]

No, that’s.

[Jay]

It was founded, initially as Ebenezer Lutheran Church by Swedish immigrants. In 1884, the church served the community for many years until Reverend Stacy born took over. Born was ordained in 1987 and describes herself as a quote, pastor and priestess of ritual, and claims that her male streams. Theological education opened the door for her to build a goddess inclusive congregation and ministry. You know, she painted the church purple in 2010 and she gave it a new moniker to honor the goddess and divine feminine to be in solidarity with women and all persons who are oppressed and denied equal rights to advocate for marriage rights for all people. What is what can I say to that except that it’s heretical and sin and it isn’t sin recently. The seed had already been planted all the way back at 1987 when this woman was allowed to be ordained because we know Scripture is absolutely clear. On the role of women in the church, so this is not something that we should be surprised at because the seed was planted nearly 40 years ago.

[MCG]

Well firstly, you know, not only does our current culture try to change words and stuff like that, meaning of the many words, one of them that we tend to overlook is that they change the meaning of church as well. That’s another church.

[Jay]

No, it is not so.

[MCG]

I wish. That and all they’re doing is at least they will be unethical. Remove church from their building because they’re not the church. Whatever she’s doing there, whatever social club or social cult she has is not a church, and I wish she would not call it the church, but anyways. I guess the question as usual is do you agree that? Is this world bonkers? You love me. I say yes. And if you say yes, this world has gone bonkers. I’ll say. What are you doing about it? If you’re not safe, the first thing you can do about it is to repent of your sin and put your trust solely in Jesus Christ for salvation. That’s the first step you can take if you believe this world is bonkers. But if you’re safe, sanctified, and on your way to heaven, I will encourage you to share the gospel of. Jesus Christ. Win them one by one, one person, when another person, and maybe this world might start. Looking less bunkers over the years, but as I said, Even so come Lord Jesus Marinator, our Lord cometh, Bible said in Mark 16:15. And he said unto them, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, may encourage you to go today.

[Jay]

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[MCG]

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