Various conversations with some of our friends. Is the Earth truly flat? Does the Bible say so? Will all Israel really be saved? Answering a whole lot of heresy, why don't so-called Christians actually believe the Bible?

Taking a break from our commentary on the Song of Songs, this evening we had a long discussion with some of our friends. Several different topics were discussed. Thanks to all who participated, you certainly are appreciated. Praise Yahweh!

Taking a brief hiatus between the Wisdom of Solomon and our coming commentary on the epistles of John, this evening we had a long discussion with some of our friends. Several different topics were discussed. Thanks to all who participated, you certainly are appreciated. Praise Yahweh!

While we did not really speak much about Christogenea, that is okay, there are certainly more pressing matters to speak about. So the recent events in Washington DC and certain Identity Christians who have renewed the heresy of the Trinity Doctrine were the subjects which consumed most of the evening.

There were still some minor technical problems, but we are improving. We hope to do an Open Forum at least once each quarter this coming year, so we will do this again in early April!

This evening we had an open forum discussion with some of our Forum Members and friends. This may give our listeners and other visitors to Christogenea some further insight into the attitudes and opinions of the members of our wider Christogenea community.

PS: The music was overbearing for the first few minutes of the podcast, for which we apologize. It has been 8 years since we used this format, and we will improve...

One caller to this program asked about the trees in the garden of Eden, found in Genesis chapter 2 verses 15 and 16. I was a little reluctant to get into another entire explanation of the chapter, or my opinion of it. I would only recommend he list, or see the published notes, to Pragmatic Genesis, Part 3 where I explain my position on this chapter fully.

Our criticism of the so-called "Lost Chapter of Acts", or "Acts 29", as it is often called, is far from complete. This is an extemporaneous discussion, which became necessary because of the inconveniences we faced while travelling this week. We may offer a more complete examination and refuttal of this fraudulent piece of literature in the near future. In the meantime, here is a page that contains the material which we were addressing: http://israelect.com/ChildrenOfYahweh/Campbell/lost_chapter.htm

Likewise, after the first hour or so of the program, we did not think that we would get to address the idea of pre-existence of the spirit in this program, since the other topics which we discussed had taken longer than anticipated. However we did get a chance to address that idea in brief, thanks to the efforts of Tom in Idaho, who called in and compelled us to address the issue. We thank Tom for his edifying participation, and we thank the other callers as well.

William Finck marks 5 years of internet radio with a weekend of open-lines programs.We thank Sword Brethren, Matthew Ott and Pastor Mark Downey for participating this evening, along with the several guests who called in.

From the Oxford Dictionary of Politics: freedom of association

The freedom of individuals to associate as an end in itself or with a view to pursuing common projects, e.g. through churches, trade unions, political parties, and sporting clubs. Freedom of association is widely seen by liberal political philosophers as a core personal liberty, warranting strict protection by the state, though the exact contours of the freedom, and how it is appropriately balanced against other values, are a matter of considerable and continuing dispute. John Stuart Mill, in On Liberty, argues that citizens should have ‘freedom to unite for any purpose not involving harm to others’, a formulation which leaves open the question of what counts as sufficient harm to others to justify state interference. John Rawls (1921-2002), in Political Liberalism (1993), argues that freedom of association is a ‘basic liberty’ because, and to the extent that, it is an extension of liberty of conscience. [An excellent assessment, and conscience must include religious conscience. – WRF]

When men wanted earthly kings, it was only natural that the scum of the earth would rise up to rule over them. The daughter of Jephthah was not necessarily sacrificed in the literal sense of the word. Also with discussion of a couple of other topics.

Click here to see the related editorial article written for the January 2012 Saxon Messenger.