00:05:57.360Eric, thank you for saying that, because every day when I see you walk in the office, I think, how can I just bring a little spark of joy to your life?
00:13:25.880So we joke about it, but that's absolutely a valid point.0.94
00:13:29.560What worldview are you seeing expressed in pornographic, in the porn industry?1.00
00:13:35.580One of them, for sure, is going to be Christ-rejecting Jewish culture.0.83
00:13:41.640And even, like, I think of, I don't know the relationship, but recently it's been in the news that you've had, like, Prager defending pornography recently.0.98
00:14:36.940I think the other thing, when you look at, it goes back to things like the French Revolution, pornography was a widespread tactic of that regime to destabilize Christian culture.
00:15:27.760So one of the wise things we have to do as Christians, though, is we have to look at this and we have to say, okay, who owns these companies and what is the play?
00:15:38.400You would probably want to know why do they, as of 2020, want your DNA information, right?
00:15:43.920And same thing now with OnlyFans, as we draw it back to that, is these people have a real reason why they're doing this.
00:15:51.280Yeah, there are many vectors of attack, and a lot of them are ground up.
00:15:56.140A lot of them are individuals just sinning.
00:15:57.940But there's also large institutional interest and state interest from nefarious actors who are doing everything they can to bring about an alternate vision of kingdom and life and human flourishing and society and what a family should look like.
00:16:13.920And so one of the things that we need to do is to be clear-headed as we look at these things and make sure that we're naming them, describing the dangers, and actually understanding the temptations that come with them.
00:16:25.720Because what we're talking about today is, like we've been saying over and over, this is a temptation, not just for our sons.
00:16:33.140The men get attacked for pornography over and over and over and over.
00:16:35.780And as they should, men need to repent of pornography use.0.66
00:16:38.780But our daughters are going to face a particularly pointed temptation to give in to these schemes of all of these various actors and sell themselves not just into digital whoredom, but ultimately to hell.
00:16:52.500because we know that the sexually immoral0.69
00:16:54.460will not inherit the kingdom of God, 1 Corinthians 6.
00:17:18.860But the idea that our culture is trying to make female sexuality the most valuable commodity in the world when what the proper order actually should be in a society, and humanly speaking, God is the ultimate value above all values.
00:17:35.960But in the order of creation, masculinity, godly masculinity, is the single most important data point, single most important commodity in a culture.
00:17:47.660And I think I can demonstrate that with just one statistic I heard the other day. We've talked about it. But when you look at single parent households in the criminality rates of children, and I didn't look up this study, but I heard it from somebody that I trust was telling the truth. So maybe we'll look that up and try to put a link in the description.
00:18:04.920But the primary source, I mean, it's interesting to note that when you have a single parent household, a single mother household, the criminality rate, the likelihood of the children ending up in prison, essentially, is something like some astronomical astronomical number higher, five or 10 times more likely.
00:18:22.480If you have a married couple, those children are 10 times less likely or whatever the number was likely to end up in prison.
00:18:28.960The interesting part of the statistic that this speaker shared was that when you have a single father household, they have the exact same statistics in this data point as the married couple.
00:18:43.060So the child of a single father household is no more likely to end up in prison than a child of a married couple.
00:18:53.940We're not saying that you should aim for single father households.0.54
00:18:56.360But what we're saying is that I think what it demonstrates is that God made a world where when you lose male headship properly administered, the culture absolutely implodes.0.72
00:19:10.420Humanly speaking, godly masculinity operating in culture, I would argue, is the single most important factor in determining the future of that culture.0.62
00:19:21.840So our culture is trying to, you know, essentially tell our young women that they're gods, that they don't sin, that everybody should worship them, that they should become objects of worship, sell their bodies to be worshipped like temple prostitutes, but somehow this is empowering.0.68
00:19:33.660So as fathers, we have to understand these vectors of attack, get ahead of them, and counter-disciple, lest our daughters become made in the image of Lady Folly.0.70
00:19:43.780Yeah. So in order to correct this inversion and to build a new Christendom, we need fathers who will raise our daughters to not only reject this kind of feminine sin, the OnlyFans feminine sin, to weaponize their feminine beauty, but to actually hate that with their whole souls.0.84
00:20:03.100Yes. We need to raise daughters who hate Lady Folly, but also love the glory of godly womanhood, who exude feminine glory in the image of Lady Wisdom. And so what we're going to be doing in this next section is we're going to be looking at Proverbs 7 and describing Lady Folly.0.61
00:20:21.540because, I mean, this is Wisdom for Kings, right?
00:27:45.540Well, I was just going to say that I hope this isn't too long of a tangent,1.00
00:27:48.900but you have this modern-day Lady Folly, this OnlyFans lady,1.00
00:27:53.400and you said she put herself on the hook, right, as attractive bait to death.0.97
00:27:57.460The thing that's probably exasperating the issue with 90% of the users being married is that with the unwillingness of many wives to actually have sex with their own husbands.
00:28:16.040And so married women are sinning by not being available, and then there's bait, women that are more than willing to be available for a married man.
00:28:28.380And so these sins in the home and then outside of the home are actually complementing one another.0.51
00:28:34.860Not to say that while the guy's justified, obviously, if his wife is rejecting him, he still has responsibility.
00:29:40.880Just like a husband who's harsh with his wife is, of course, making it easier for her to disrespect him.
00:29:46.060Well, it's interesting, too, Brian, you say that we're reading Proverbs 7, but the close connection with the language she's using and Song of Solomon.
00:30:02.860Which in the context of marriage, like she should actually be speaking in a similar fashion, making her husband enticed to come to the marriage bed.
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00:30:58.260there's another element too that i think dovetails with what we just talked about
00:31:06.140dan you wrote the louder she is the more attention she gains there's a sense in which
00:31:11.080so let's let's think godly women love and overtly respect their husbands smile at their husbands
00:31:16.280all of that but also godly women are chased they're self-controlled there are certain things0.99
00:31:21.700that are not going to cross the boundary of their household like for example a godly woman wouldn't0.62
00:31:25.500be overtly talking about sex and sexuality in front of like other people out there in the world1.00
00:31:31.200that's that would be inappropriate for her to do but this woman she will take what ought to be1.00
00:31:36.220contained in the the marriage bed she's on the street she'll take it out on the street so she'll1.00
00:31:41.120cross the boundary of righteousness and she'll she'll weaponize the tools sin always does this0.99
00:31:47.740sin just corrupts a good thing it's it's parasitic it's corruptive so she does that she takes it out0.98
00:31:52.620into the public square and so men have to be on guard in the public square against and not not be1.00
00:31:59.740like well my you know this woman talks like this online why isn't my wife doing it well she shouldn't
00:32:05.760there are things she actually shouldn't do well i think it's really important the work that you're
00:32:09.000doing with music is very important to to our world because one of the main ways and i i'm getting
00:32:15.540ahead of us a little bit but i think one of the main ways that this the the what should be the
00:32:21.160sacred marriage bed is being like blasted to the culture is through music i mean just through
00:32:26.380absolutely disgusting music yeah i mean we've been out in front of planned parenthood uh and
00:32:32.700and had that you know some of the most disgusting songs just being blasted from cars is like protest
00:32:38.820against us well even even what constitutes pop music right you can think of cardi b and the wop
00:32:44.120all that stuff but it's it's really i was referencing that without yeah but it's gross
00:32:49.220Here I am. I'm here for it. But it is interesting. I noticed this even, you know, 10 years ago when I was on like Spotify. You could go to like, you know, recent hits. And of course, I've turned the, you can turn the explicit filter on.
00:33:02.040Well, back in the day, you know, there'd be two or three songs on a playlist of like 30 that were like, okay, yeah, I'm obviously not going to listen to. But now you'll notice almost every popular song is explicit. And it's usually in a sexual fashion.
00:33:16.160Yeah, not just explicit, but explicit and explicitly sexual.
00:37:06.380He was continually trying to sell his book to people.
00:37:09.000And I kept hearing rumbles like, this guy's running a pornography ring that he's saying is righteous because it's only married couples involved.
00:37:16.360And so a couple of, I think Michael Foster did the same thing, like all asking, do you really believe this?
00:37:21.240Because if you do, like, we're going to warn people against you and you're a heretic, like you're evil and you need to repent.
00:37:31.400Yet, like, another, as this becomes culturally mainstreamed, you're going to continue to see this kind of thing, even in the church.
00:37:38.160Yeah, and again, just something we talked about with conservatism, but this is why it's so important to be Christian and biblical and hold that line.
00:37:46.300Yeah, because you'll watch what happens with conservatives is, you know, that that movement has obviously gone down the drain to just defending the last liberal victory.
00:37:54.800Yeah. And I mean, yet another overlap to that this just like in Proverbs seven, this will still cost you your life.
00:38:05.060It's I mean, the the the consequence is still that drastic, even though I mean, you look at the culture, like whatever percentage of men and whatever percentage of women regularly.
00:38:16.300use pornography. Just because it's mainstream doesn't mean that Proverbs, the consequences
00:38:20.940have changed. This is going to cost your children, your marriage, your legacy. You're going to visit
00:38:24.960this sin on your children and their children to the third and fourth generation. You're going to
00:38:29.820destroy the world, and ultimately you will go to hell. Because, I mean, literally that's what0.99
00:38:34.760Paul says. Sexually immoral will not inherit the kingdom of God. So when you start looking at the
00:38:41.600numbers. And that verse, I mean, it's a weighty thing. Yeah. So amen, let's bankrupt OnlyFans
00:38:50.860by having no income going in there. But also, so we're talking about daughters. How do we prevent
00:38:57.060our daughters from becoming attracted to this inglorious woman folly? Supply side.1.00
00:39:03.480That's right. And yeah, we can talk about the demand side. Actually, we will on a different
00:39:08.860episode but the the supply side so how does this how is this tempting to our daughters like what0.99
00:39:15.740are her charms specifically to our daughters yes like where is the temptation for a young woman
00:39:20.820why would a christian woman be attracted to this because obviously some of its money but but there's
00:39:26.540so much more to it than that right it's not just that oh i could have because i think as well you
00:39:32.100looked up some of the statistics for this when we were looking at this the vast majority like people
00:39:36.520and mid-level marketing stuff, the vast majority of them don't make that much money.
00:39:39.880There were like 300 creators that made over 50K a month or something like that.
00:39:45.180I can't remember the exact, but there's, yeah, thousands and thousands of creators.
00:40:54.340And so, you know, there's the aiming.0.61
00:40:56.820You know, I think of even little things like little girls want to be seen as pretty and they'll come up to you and, you know, they'll say, oh, flounce.
00:41:05.700They'll just kind of, you know, flounce and give you the eyes and the hair.
00:41:13.200Like, after church on Sunday, the elders are at the front praying with people, and there's always a flock at some point of little girls that are absolutely the most adorable little people on the entire earth coming up and flouncing and,
00:50:05.660And I think one of the ditches, I think I've mentioned this before, but I remember in seminary, a professor had said, you know, never praise your wife's physical beauty because she'll be vain.
00:50:15.140You should only praise her spiritual qualities.0.79
00:50:18.200And I remember thinking, well, that's ridiculous.0.80
00:50:20.980Well, the whole Song of Solomon thing.0.96
00:53:19.440Well, now it's, you know, David's a rapist.
00:53:21.880Yeah, a lot of old commentary will say like, well, it seems as if through the story arc, Bathsheba is a savvy political operator.0.75
00:53:31.000You see the way she works through her whole story arc.
00:53:34.020And then it's like the text just simply doesn't give us certain details of the thing, but it's a perfectly plausible scenario knowing the state of human sinfulness.
00:55:11.540Her name is Lady Wisdom, and we meet her in the next section of Proverbs, so I'm going to read Proverbs 8.
00:55:19.040Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand, and beside the gates in front of the town.
00:55:30.780At the entrance of the portals she cries aloud, To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.
00:55:38.000O simple ones, learn prudence. O fools, learn sense.0.99
00:55:43.140Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right,0.99
00:55:48.180for my mouth will utter truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
00:55:53.580All the words of my mouth are righteous. There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
00:55:59.200They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
00:56:03.380Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
00:56:08.900For wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
00:56:16.340I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge in discretion.
00:56:21.120The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil, pride and arrogance, and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
00:56:29.540I have counsel and sound wisdom. I have insight. I have strength. By me, kings reign and rulers
00:56:37.980decree what is just. By me, princes rule and nobles, all who govern justly. I love those
00:56:45.860who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me. Riches and honor are with me,
00:56:53.220enduring wealth and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
01:00:48.200This is why—you know the guy who's over there begging for food or—I mean, you can go down and notice archetypal pictures of wisdom and foolishness in the world, and Lady Wisdom has no problem calling a fool a fool.0.99
01:01:04.880No, no. It says right here, the fear of the Lord is hatred of evil, pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. Which is why when we talked earlier about the air quotes, Christian, reformed Christian, ethical pornography content producer is so disgusting. It's because of this.0.97
01:01:30.100You're like, no, wisdom says, I hate that.
01:01:34.660I was talking with some Christians on Facebook or Twitter or something about psalm settings and how a lot of modern psalm settings are not actually settings of the psalm.
01:01:45.900One of the things you'll notice about these fake settings of psalms is that the thing they will always remove from the psalm is the most sharp portions.
01:02:25.920It's the instinct of saying, well, we're really nice and we're very kind and—Paul said to let your reasonableness be known to all people.
01:02:35.240So who are we really to say that transgender story hour—I mean, it's a gift of democracy.0.67
01:03:10.340And so this is something also we cultivated our homes by, again, mothers displaying what is lovely and good and the thing to love in the aims that our daughters would follow after that in both the love and the hate.
01:03:25.480Mm-hmm. One thing this requires, and Lady Wisdom does this again, is you're holding the Overton window thing, you're holding the Overton window firmly from being moved by pagan erosions and paganism. They're always trying to pull that window. So, well, what does it really mean to be a beautiful woman? Well, it's self-empowered. You have the power. You don't answer to any man. No one rules over you. It's basically you could be as God.
01:03:52.540That's where they're ultimately pulling the Overton window in sexuality and everything else.
01:03:57.880And our duty is to help our children actually keep that fixed in place by not just identifying but making mockery of their strategies, making mockery of them.
01:04:10.180And that really, I think, some people are sensitive to that, and they understand rightly that, like, okay, I'm trying to raise my daughters to have a gentle and quiet spirit and things like that.
01:04:22.120I don't want them to be the equivalent of shock jock.
01:04:26.060No, but as a father, I had better hold the line for them.
01:04:31.360I had better be willing to say, that's Lady Folly, that's Lady Wisdom.
01:04:36.120Lady Wisdom is beautiful and glorious.0.99
01:04:40.780Don't go that way, though, because that's only death and disgusting and it's corruption.
01:04:45.200So I think lady wisdom does teach us that we really have to be willing to say, evil is evil. It's disgusting. It's gross. Don't go there. This is what's beautiful. Follow me.0.71
01:04:58.640one of the themes that i've noticed by the way in in proverbs 8 is that what accompanies wisdom
01:05:06.180lady wisdom is obviously she says like my wisdom is more valuable than gold even fine gold and
01:05:14.580more precious than jewels but later it says riches and honor are with me enduring wealth
01:05:21.540and righteousness my fruit is better than gold even fine gold my yield uh uh than choice silver
01:05:27.640granting an inheritance to those who love me and filling their treasuries.
01:05:33.280Obviously, there's more going on than just like filling treasuries with wealth.
01:05:37.900But what's really interesting is this is actually true.
01:05:43.260We see in Proverbs 31 as well, because you have this woman who personifies Lady Wisdom.
01:05:51.780And I mean, you can tell from the text, she's actually wealthy.
01:05:56.900And one of the things that people have noticed, by the way, just looking in at Ogden, is that we're busy. We have a lot going on. I know that people say that about Brian a lot, like, you know, you're doing your pastor, you've got six kids, you've got your music, you've got a bunch of podcasts you're doing, and people are like, how do you even sleep at night?
01:06:21.680Do you have time for that to go to sleep?
01:06:26.380And one of the reasons that we're all able to be as high capacity as we are is because we have wives at home that are that Proverbs 31 woman.1.00
01:06:36.800That personifies Lady Wisdom, who, because she's diligent in her house, she is diligent in training children.0.92
01:06:47.000She seeks for wisdom and that she is able to be high capacity in the house.
01:06:56.000I know that my house is going to be taken care of.
01:06:58.400I know my children are going to be taken care of.
01:07:00.360It allows me to go out and work diligently in my sphere and to take dominion in my arenas that God has given me in order to work in.
01:07:10.740And what that—I mean, the Proverbs are full of statements that are essentially like wealth is laid up for the diligent is essentially what it says.
01:07:19.060And so it really does allow you to fill up the storehouses with wealth but also an inheritance because your children are also covered by a wise and diligent woman that they have as an example.
01:07:32.480Yeah, and you think even in the Proverbs, the warnings against adultery are that it will financially ruin your home.
01:09:43.160You'll have grandchildren and you'll be able to lay down on your deathbed with your people gathered around you singing psalms.
01:09:49.880And knowing that you're going to your father and his house and that your children are going to continue bearing your name and legacy on down through the eons.
01:10:00.640It's like one of those things is only death the whole way through.
01:10:05.260And the other one, even though it's hard, and it is a kind of death,
01:10:08.260you have to give yourself up and give away even your body and having children.
01:10:52.140Like a non-green version of Shrek.0.98
01:10:53.320If you took Shrek into Photoshop and you just made it worse into, like, a plastic version of a white person, that's what she looks like.0.89
01:13:40.580And part two, what we'll be talking about is practical application, like more practical application.0.78
01:13:46.080So we'll be talking about what fathers need to do, who are the voices speaking to your daughters to catechize them and to disciple them, churches and pastors, some of the dangers of the mainstream Big Eva teaching to women.
01:14:03.840And so that's it for this episode of the King's Hall.
01:14:08.380How do you guys usually end this thing?
01:14:11.300Eric usually looks at me and mispronounces Latin words until I just jump in.