Welcome to the Plodcast! Listen in to hear Pastor Doug address the rise of dirty omniscience. Then he goes on to plug the book, Approved By God, by Wright & Townsend. Finishing things off with a look at the Greek words “hamartano & hamartia”. Happy Plodding!
Show Notes:
Dirty Omniscience:
- Google & Facebook are virtually tracking everything we do
- This is going to go badly wrong
- Our browser history is stored somewhere
- We already know God knows, but now somebody else knows, and they are not loving and caring like the Lord
- People who want to rival God are in big trouble
- Christians should throw shade on this dirty omniscience
Approved By God:
- Written by Wright & Townsend
- Helpful but patchy
- Deals with the subject of churches and incorporation
- We shouldn’t want the church saying one thing while the state is saying something else
- A corporation exists at the pleasure of the state
- Wright & Townsend are so concerned with separation from the state that they overstate their case
Hamartano & Hamartia:
- This word is used a lot in the NT, we will have to break it up
- Starting with Matthew, Hamartano is rendered twice as sin and once as trespass
- (Matthew 18:21/27:4/18:15/1:21/3:6/9:2/9:5-6/12:31/26:28)
- The new covenant is all about dealing with our sin
- Those who reject the idea of sin (as all relativists do) are showing their antipathy for the good news that God has given to us.