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What is a Mini-Series?
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Search Results

Messages with tag - Magdeburg Confession

1 Peter (2015)
68- The Magdeburg Confession; The Will of God: Do Good [B]
Thursday, October 20, 2016
by Robert Dean
Passage: 1 Peter 2:13-17
Series: 1 Peter (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 8 mins 1 sec
What does submission to every ordinance of man mean? Listen to this lesson to learn that the only laws that are to be resisted are those that contradict biblical commands. Hear about the Magdeburg Confession and how nine pastors resisted laws which infringed on their right to choose their religion. See that the believer living under a pagan government is to do the revealed will of God, do good and live peaceably during their lives.
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1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
221 - To Obey or to Rebel? [C]
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
by Robert Dean
Passage: 2 Samuel 15 & 2 Samuel 20
Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 20 mins 33 secs
Everywhere we look we see evildoers trying to destroy our country. Should we protest against them? Listen to this lesson to learn that God has established authority and believers are instructed to obey it. See the exception to that principle when someone is ordered to disobey God in some manner. Hear a panorama of biblical rebels who were doing what was right. Find out that tyrannical government is to be resisted. See if Martin Luther’s rebellion against the Roman Catholic Church was just. Learn about the Magdeburg Confession and its application.
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1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
222 - Overturning Authority: Authorized or Unauthorized? [C]
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
by Robert Dean
Passage: 2 Samuel 15 & 2 Samuel 20
Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel (2015)
Duration: 1 hr 18 mins 41 secs
Must we do everything our government tells us to do no matter what they demand of us? Listen to this lesson to learn biblical principles that answer the question of whether it is ever right to say we cannot obey something that is ordered. Hear a historical summary beginning with Martin Luther of how the Bible has shown when a government is unjust. See what is the difference between the American War for Independence and what is going on in the rebellion and riots of today.
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