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Join us each week as we present real world topics through the lens of Doctrine, Theology, and the inerrant Word of God. “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” – Colossians 2:8.We must address every decision, every action, every choice through the lens of scripture. Each week we will address a given topic in written oration, round-tables, and Q&As. This podcast is a Strasburg Baptist Church ministry that is wholly dedicated to a biblical world view. If you are curious or interested in what the Word of God has to say about today’s culture, today’s ideology, and today’s message, I promise you that this is a podcast that you’ll want to follow. How do we navigate a society that is becoming more and more at odds with scripture? The Word and The Glass is a round table discussion that looks at this question and finds answers from the inerrant, infallible, inspired and sole authority of the Bible. Topics have included: The pandemic, what our identity is in Christ, the church and your children, the power of truth and tongue, speaking truth in love, and the SBC 2021 meeting. We have a new studio and have upgraded and improved the audio quality immensely. We have also found a rhythm at the table that is genuine and easy to listen to and really comes across to the listenership as authentic. If you need encouragement, if you need answers, if you need direction, if you need truth, join us as we dive deep into the word of God and seek for these things. New episodes are uploaded every Monday morning at 6am CST.

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Courage and Conviction in the Face of Threatening Opposition Aug 30, 2021

In this powerful message, we learn the true meaning of courage and conviction! You will be encouraged and you will be challenged.

This sermon is such a timely message to ALL believers.

Do not miss this episode. Share it with everyone you know. I don't even care if you copy it and share it with a million people without us getting a single "listen" or "download".

Those kinds of numbers aren't important here. Getting this message to the faithful is important here!

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Is Civil Disobedience a Sin? Aug 23, 2021

In this episode of The Word & The Glass, Stephan walks us through the biblical answer to this question.

Daniel was faced with hard decisions to obey God or to obey man.

Join us this week on From the Pulpit to the Podcast, as we learn what it is to truly follow God.

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Responding to Lies Aug 16, 2021

This week we are responding to an article titled "8 Things Christians say that just ain't true".

This article is a provocative hit-piece at best... at worst it is full of deception and aimed to lead readers away from God and His word.

Normally, I wouldn't give an article like this the time of day, but seeing that these lies are permeating rapidly throughout our culture, I thought it might be a good idea to present it to the table and discuss.

The 8 points that we dive into today are:

1. Masturbation is not a divine crime

2. No, Jeremiah doesn't say everyone is "wicked"

3. No, God doesn't hate women

4. No, God is not all-male

5. Women can be "clergy" if they want

6. No, divorces aren't some spiritual crime

7. No, God doesn't hate prostitutes

8. No, God doesn't hate LGBT people

Join us as we read from scripture to determine what God truly says about these 8 points

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Sodom and Gomorrah II - The Word and The Glass - From the Pulpit to the Podcast Aug 09, 2021

You’ll remember from last time that God had appeared to Abraham along with two angels.

He then shared his plan to protect His covenant with Abraham… by destroying the morally depraved people in Sodom and Gomorrah.

From there God sent two angels to observe the state of the city first hand. Upon arrival, they met Abraham’s nephew, Lot, and went to his home for the night.

But after they had prepared for bed, a mob, consisting of every man in the city came demanding that they be permitted to ‘lay with’ the angelic beings.

After chastisement from Lot, the crowd was struck with blindness by the angels of the Lord.

And this is where we pick up the story.

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What is our Hope Aug 02, 2021

The Psalmist asks in Psalm 2:

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,

against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

Join us this week as we discuss hope!

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Sodom and Gomorrah - The Word & The Glass - From the Pulpit to the Podcast Ep. 2 Jul 26, 2021

This week Stephan looks at Genesis 18 and 19. This is a very difficult message to hear and, I'm sure, doubly difficult to speak. Difficult only in the fact that so much of it stands in direct opposition to the current culture.

Even so, 1 Corinthians 1:18 tells us: "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

And Peter exhorts us in 1 Peter 2, saying: "So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do."

Join us for Episode 2 of The Word and The Glass "From the Pulpit to the Podcast" series.

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Biblical Manhood Jul 19, 2021

“Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

In a day and age when masculinity is considered toxic and effeminacy is a celebrated virtue, how are Christian men supposed to conduct themselves?

What are we charged with biblically?

How are we to conduct ourselves according to the Bible, especially knowing we struggle not against flesh and blood?

It seems to me that if the apostles thought it necessary to tell the church to “be on the alert”, or to “be on guard”, or to be “prepare… for action”, then we mustn’t be complacent. We must consider our calling. We must be men of God. Follow Jesus, regardless of the consequences.

I’m thinking of all the calls to be alert, be on guard, hold fast, stand firm. All calls for action.

It is no exaggeration to say that “how we conduct ourselves now will have eternal implications.”

If WE don’t stand firm, who else will? ...But If we don’t prepare ourselves, how will we be able to stand firm?

“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.”

- 1 Corinthians 10:12

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The Word & The Glass - From the Pulpit to the Podcast Ep. 1 Jul 12, 2021

Stephan brings us a teaching from Genesis on Progressive Covenantalism. God's plan of redemption for His people unfolds throughout the Old Testament, from creation to the old (Abrahamic) Covenant to Christ. God's plan and promises unfold throughout the covenants and are fulfilled in Christ!

Join us and be encouraged, edified and challenged as we walk through this study of Progressive Covenantalism

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The Word & The Glass Ep 6 Sex and the Assault on Our Families Jul 05, 2021

Satan wants our Children
Children under the age of 10 now represent 22% of online pornography consumption in the UNDER 18 age bracket. Let that sink in.

And this is not late night “skin-i-max” or “playboy”. This is not “softcore”. The #1 site visited by children in this age bracket is Pornhub. Pornhub receives 42 BILLION visits a year and releases its top searches in a “safe for work” report that shows violent, degrading, exploitative and rape scenarios as being the most viewed. This is not a discussion on porn or the sick, demented, purely evil ways that these girls (and boys) are coerced, drugged and forced into these scenes... but the REALITY of what is out there plays a pivotal role in our discussion for today.
Join us for this convicting discussion on sex and the assault on our families
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The Word & The Glass Ep. 5 Is "Good Enough" Good Enough? Who Then Can Be Saved? Jun 26, 2021

Please join us as we look to what the Bible says about the idea of "Good Enough" and then the question: Who then can be saved.
This was a heavy time at the table. There were tears, not to mention unrelenting thunderstorms and trains.
But, the outcome was a blessing.
Praise God!
Be encouraged, Christian. God is at work even now.
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The Word & The Glass Ep. 4 The SBC 2021 Jun 21, 2021

Join us this week for a very special episode of TW&TG as we speak with Stephan and Dwayne about the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention Meeting. This may seem like a boring or "dry" topic compared to previous episodes, and granted it may not be as thought-provoking or exciting as what you've come to expect, BUT that doesn't mean that it is not important. It is very important.
This is the public voice of the largest Christian organization. As the MSM put it, "The world is watching". THAT is important.
So listen, pray, encourage and be encouraged.
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
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The Word & The Glass Ep. 3(b) Applying the Accord Jun 12, 2021

Last week we spoke on the power of truth and tongue.
That the tongue is a mighty tool for the ultimate good (life) and a damning force for the ultimate evil (death). Death and life is in the power of the tongue. That truth, though offensive and dangerous, must be heralded. That we are commissioned to do so, even in the face of persecution, even unto death.

We admit that this is not something that we can do on our own, but that it is in the power of the Holy Spirit, by the grace of God that we are able to speak the truth.

This is a testimony to the need for constant and consistent communion with the Holy Spirit, for prayer, for the word of God, not just reading it but being saturated in it, bathing in it, being consumed by it.

When we speak we must be intentional, not haphazardly expatiating our ideas in an emotional or aggressive manner, but in love and in truth we must speak concisely and accurately.

To kick things off last week Jeremiah, who did an outstanding job mediating the round-table and keeping us on task, posed a question that was just crackling with energy and conviction:

“As Christians, should we publicly challenge every non-truth that we encounter in culture?”

If you have not had an opportunity to listen to episode 3 yet, I encourage you to listen, or re-listen (if you already have). Maybe even stop here, go and listen to episode 3 and then come back, I promise we won’t go anywhere. Well, I hope we won’t go anywhere… It is full of truth and scripture and love. It is a very encouraging hour as we here at the table challenge and wrestle with these things.
As we discussed things further in the following days, it was evident that there was more to be said here, more to challenge and to be challenged by.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it many, many more times, I’m sure: I am so grateful for these men who have carved out this time on a Friday afternoon to come and encourage and sharpen and love one another. My desire is that you who are listening would be just as inspired and edified by this as we are. We are called to love. To love our neighbor as ourselves. To love our enemies. To bless those that curse us. To do good to those that hate us. To pray for those who despise us and persecute us.

Jesus tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves and that this command is like unto the greatest command: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

Paul tells us in Galatians that: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

We are called to speak. We are called to love. We are called to truth.

How do we do this?
Join us this week as we discuss how to speak.
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The Word & The Glass Ep. 3 The Power of Truth & Tongue Jun 05, 2021

Stephen is considered by most to be the protomartyr of the Christian faith. His message to the Sanhedrin takes up 52 verses (almost the whole of Acts 7) in which he gives a history of Israel and her disobedience to God with a heavy emphasis on Moses. He speaks to God’s glory and tells his accusers that God does not dwell only in the temple or “houses made by human hands”. He finishes by comparing those listening to their ancestors - rebellious... disobedient… and ends by admonishing them. His speech had teeth. It had conviction. It had truth. It was a grand speech. And he was legally executed for it.

Why?

Isn’t it our innate, God-given ability and right to connect our mind to our mouth and make words? To connect our thoughts to our tongues and coherently verbalize ideas?

Now, I’m not talking about our American 1st Amendment right to free speech. I’m talking about our rights as humans, created in God’s image. We were given the capacity for speech by God, for His glory.

Why then, are people being executed daily for doing just that?

I posit that it is not the mere fact that they are speaking. Many have been killed for simply thinking or speaking. But NOT by the numbers that Christians have been executed for thinking or speaking. It is more than just speaking things that contradict a certain idea or person or group of people that are corrupt or in power, it is speaking the truth that lands so many Christians before the proverbial “firing-squad”.
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth” - Plato

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." - George Orwell
James 3:3-6 “The tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.

Words have power.

Power enough to cause a great prophet to become undone at the idea that his mouth, his words, his tongue had so offended Almighty God.

Matthew 15:18; "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person."

Matthew 12:37; "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

The tongue is mighty.

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue."

With our tongue we praise God, we pray and petition regularly, we raise up, we encourage, we edify, we teach diligently our children, we cry Abba, Father, we call out the name of the Lord… and with this same tongue we curse God, we profane His name, we slander, we gossip, we lie, we lead our children astray, we hurt those we love…

What devastation our tongue can bring about: In anger, in jealousy, in envy, in hurt, in simply not knowing how to tame it?

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The Word & The Glass Ep. 2 Ecclesiology and Your Children May 29, 2021

66% of Christian youth STOP attending church after the age of 18
Might I suggest that this discouraging trend is at least in part to Christian parents neglecting to get our kids engaged in church? Perhaps they’ve been involved in Sunday school, youth groups, and various church programs. Maybe they’ve attended every event offered on Sunday and Wednesday evening. But, have they engaged with the church? I’m talking about the way the Bible depicts Church engagement. Specifically, have been encouraged to become members of the Church they attend?

Now, certainly there are things that need to be considered. The children we’re speaking of must first be professing Christians. I would even add to that, that they should be professing Christians old enough to display mature fruit of the faith. Our churches, however, are filled with teenagers who meet this description and yet are not instructed in the next steps of Church Membership. They’ve been instructed in morality but not in ecclesiology.

Many times, if a church has some semblance of a membership, children are either included with their parents or excluded all together. The ecclesiastical instruction never occurs, even after they have made a profession of faith accompanied by spiritual fruit. Let me be clear, this isn’t a call for a truncated membership process. In fact, I believe that most churches should consider a more rigorous membership process! This is an encouragement for pastors and parents to teach their children about the meaning and importance of church membership. Let them know that God has provided the local church as a means of sanctifying grace in the Christian life.

Some parents are willing to explain to their children the ins-and-outs of baptism and communion, yet there cannot be proper instruction in these ordinances without the discussion of Church Membership. Indeed, there are certainly young children who need to mature and grow in the faith before the fruit of repentance can be seen. In these cases, let baptism, communion and church membership wait. But, when it is time for one, it is time for all three. If the young person is going to be baptized, let them be “baptized into the one body” by joining the local church through membership. And if they are to partake in communion, having been baptized, let them likewise be members of the church. For communion is to be taken “when you come together as a church”. These are all inseparable from one another in practice and when one is divorced from the other, the symbolism they provide us is broken.

If a parent is confident that their child is a believer, then we should encourage them to seek membership in the local church. A Christian finds their greatest good in the commands of God. This includes our children. We show that we trust the Lord when we allow our children to follow Him in obedience. And One sign that our children are truly believers is that they will desire to be part of the local church! They will desire to commit to sitting under the Word preached. They will desire mutual edification found when living life with other believers. They will desire to partake in the ordinances with other committed brothers and sisters in the faith. They will desire to submit to the godly oversight of church leaders who will give an account for their soul. And when they leave home they understand the importance of church membership, and Lord willing, they will desire to find a faithful local church to join and regularly attend.

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The Word & The Glass Ep. 1 Who We Are In Christ May 22, 2021

We need to understand what this means… what this grants us: to be heirs…

“…we have received, not the spirit of the world, but THE SPIRIT WHICH IS OF GOD; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” [1 Corinthians 2:12]

It means that we are no longer slaves- Galatians 4:6–7 “And because we are his sons God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, so now we can rightly speak of God as our dear Father. Now we are no longer slaves, but God’s own sons…”

And that we since we are no longer slaves, but belong to God we have access to EVERYTHING God has: “Now we are no longer slaves, but God’s own sons. And since we are his sons, EVERYTHING HE HAS BELONGS TO US, for that is the way God planned” Galatians 4:7

We have been made partakers of ALL that is the Lord’s

But what is “the Lord’s”? What does that make us partakers and owners of…?

Deuteronomy 10:14 tells us clearly: 14 Behold, THE HEAVEN AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS IS THE LORD’S THY GOD, THE EARTH ALSO, WITH ALL THAT THEREIN IS.

1 Chronicles 29:11: Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

Just like Abram (later to be called Abraham) we are a “Possessor of heaven and earth”.

It means that we are given ALL spiritual blessings: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” [Ephesians 1:3].

It means that we have already been given these things in Christ!

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Episode 0: Pandemic Panic + How to Navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic Biblically May 14, 2021

Correction @ 5:57 March of 2020 NOT 2000
COVID-19 has a 98% survival rate.

This is fact. It cannot be disputed. Even His Infallible Holiness Dr. Fauci and Supreme Episcopal Polity, the CDC, have signed off on this. It is a fact. It is the law. It is indisputable. So let it be written. So let it be done. And that is WITHOUT taking into consideration that the 2% fatality rate is off by as much as 4x per the fact that EVERY SINGLE DEATH that INVOLVED a COVID-19 patient was documented as a COVID-19 death.

We (the entire world, but I am mainly referring to the United States) have been in one form or another of “lockdown” or “quarantine” since March. Masks have been suggested (at first) and then demanded since April. I now see people wearing their masks in their cars… BY THEMSELVES! People out on walking trails… by themselves, wearing masks… why? Not a person within 50 feet of them… and these aren’t isolated or random occurrences. This is all the time!

I don’t judge these individuals… I don’t hate them or ridicule them for their beliefs or fears… I just have to wonder what is at play here to cause that kind of fear… that kind of blind obedience.
Join me (and later Pastor Stephan Albin) as we look at the panic behind the COVID-19 pandemic and how to navigate that as a Christian.
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