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Michael Rowntree recently posted a short addressing Deion Sanders speaking in tongues at a press conference, and pointed to Paul's instruction that tongues shouldn't be spoken in the congregation with an unbeliever present unless an interpreter is there too, so the unbeliever isn't left thinking you've lost your mind (1 Corinthians 14:23, 14:27-28). 

Comments came fast: isn't there a difference between tongues spoken publicly in a church service and a private prayer language used to build yourself up (1 Corinthians 14:4)? And what about in Acts when people are speaking in tongues with no interpreter?

Was Deion praying in a private prayer language or was he doing what Paul describes as speaking in tongues in church (in public) in front of a mix of believers and unbelievers, where the interpretation rule applies? 

Joshua Lewis, Michael Miller, and Michael Rowntree will answer the comments, working through 1 Corinthians 14 and the book of Acts. 
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After our episode on John Bevere getting the gospel wrong (https://youtu.be/FXXvRTiLNbQ) blew up in the comments, one argument kept coming back: doesn't the Bible say your obedience keeps you saved? So we called in Theocast's Jon Moffitt to answer your questions.

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Joshua Lewis and Jon Moffitt go straight into the texts people cited: Romans 8, Matthew 7, Matthew 19, James 2, John 15, and Galatians 3 and 5. They give a verse-by-verse case that Christ's finished work is what saves and sustains, and that obedience is the fruit of that faith, not the fuel keeping it alive.

If you've ever read James 2 and started sweating, or wondered whether the fruitless branch in John 15 is you, this conversation answers your questions.

0:00 – Introduction
2:22 – Jon Moffitt with Theocast
4:00 – Calvinism & Reformed Theology
10:07 – Romans 8 Flesh | Spirit
34:52 – Matthew 7 Workers | Lawlessness
37:54 – Rich Young Ruler
46:54 – James 2 Faith | Works
1:06:51 – John 15 Abiding Vine
1:26:18 – Galatians New Perspective Debate
1:33:06 – Galatians 5 Fruit of the Spirit
1:50:31 – Closing Thoughts On Assurance
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Everyone loves to speculate about who the Antichrist is, but the word "antichrist" never once appears in the book of Revelation. So where did our mental picture of him actually come from, and does Scripture back it up?

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Most of what we think about the Antichrist comes from pop culture, not Scripture. So what does the Bible say? Joshua Lewis interviews fellow co-host Michael Rowntree in part 3 of our Revelation series. Together, they work through 1 John, 2 Thessalonians 2, Daniel 7, and Revelation 13 to ask whether the Antichrist is one final man, a recurring category, or something in between.

0:00 – Introduction
1:31 – Singular Versus Plural Antichrist
5:18 – Pop Culture Antichrist View
10:11 – Man of Lawlessness Explained
13:00 – Daniel's Little Horn Imagery
19:09 – Defining the Antichrist Archetype
29:12 – False Teachers and Persecution
34:07 – Daniel's Four Beasts Unified
44:01 – Nero, Hitler, and Popes
49:00 – Avoiding Newspaper Exegesis
54:03 – Practical Takeaways Today
57:28 – Book Recommendation Closing

📖BOOK:
The World Made Right: Finding Confident Hope in the Book of Revelation 
https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/
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What if the prophecy that came true wasn't from God at all? Scripture says that not only is that possible, but it's happened before. And, it's happening now. How can you tell the difference?

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Michael Rowntree tackles the question, "Can demons prophesy?" The answer matters because it changes how prophecy gets practiced, interpreted, and discerned. 

Starting with King Saul's unsettling character arc across 1 Samuel 10, 18, and 19, Michael traces how the same Hebrew word for prophesying gets applied to the Spirit of the Lord, to a harmful spirit, and to the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18.

Michael also examines whether demons can predict the future and explores why that question has to be answered carefully. Satan isn't the opposite of God, and he doesn't share God's omniscience, but Scripture and church history both describe a limited, counterfeit version of foresight that can look convincing. 

Join Michael to better understand, from Scripture and church history, whether demons can prophesy and learn how to discern the real from the counterfeit.

0:00 – Introduction
0:33 – King Saul's Demonic Spirit
2:04 – Saul's Election Prophecy
2:58 – Spirit of Lord Returns
5:02 – Prophets of Baal
5:52 – Micaiah's Lying Spirit
6:49 – Deuteronomy 13 Nuance
8:01 – Irenaeus and Marcus
9:13 – Chrysostom on Discernment
9:56 – Can Demons Predict Future?
13:17 – Demonic Prophecy Conclusion
14:22 – Testing the Spirits

RESOURCES MENTIONED:
- 1 Samuel 10, 18, 19 (ESV)
- 1 Kings 18, 22 (ESV)
- Deuteronomy 13, 18 (ESV)
- Isaiah 46:9-10 (ESV)
- Acts 16:16-18 (ESV)
- 1 Corinthians 12; 1 John 4
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies
- John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Thessalonians 5
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Everyone agrees Christians are supposed to serve. The question this episode asks is different: did we accidentally turn the pastor into a trainer instead of a minister, and is that even biblical? Who should actually be ministering?

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Joshua Lewis, Michael Miller, and Michael Rowntree examine T. David Gordon's 1994 ETS paper (link below) that Ephesians 4:11-12 has been misread for decades. Gordon doesn't question whether ordinary Christians should serve. He questions whether the ordained minister was ever supposed to be a trainer at all, or whether that reading caught on because it fit American egalitarian, populist instincts more than it fit the text.

We're exploring Gordon's grammar, his word study, and his provocation about American church culture, and testing all three against Scripture ourselves. Does his argument hold up, or does he overreach? And if his proposition holds, what does that mean for churches built on the idea that pastors only equip the saints?

GORDON'S PAPER:
https://etsjets.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/files_JETS-PDFs_37_37-1_JETS_37-1_069-078_Gordon.pdf
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