The NXR Podcast - October 02, 2023


BONUS EPISODE - Taking Whole Towns For King Jesus

Topics
decisive point
Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Jesus Christ Elon Musk
SUNDAY SERMON - Jonah & The American Evangelical Church DAILY TRUTH - Christian Confession Is Exonerating God

Episode Stats


Length

10 minutes

Words per minute

115.12

Word count

1,178

Sentence count

73

Harmful content

Hate speech

2

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Summary

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What does it mean to be a hopeful eschatologist? What does it look like to live out post-millennial eschatology in everyday life? How do we plant a church in a place that is both winnable and significant if it could be won for Jesus in a fortnight?

Transcript

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00:00:00 One question I often receive is this, great, postmill, theonomy, they're true doctrines
00:00:24 from the scripture, but how do I practically apply these doctrines in my everyday life?
00:00:31 What does it look like to be a theonomist and someone with hopeful eschatology on a
00:00:38 Monday afternoon?
00:00:43 See, some people appear to only be interested in doing the hashtag datpostmill in a Twitter
00:00:50 battle. But they don't seem to be particularly interested in living out post-millennial
00:00:57 eschatology in their everyday life on the ground. So how do these doctrines apply? What does it
00:01:05 look like on a day-to-day basis to have hopeful eschatology?
00:01:20 Hopeful eschatology in practice looks like building.
00:01:35 It looks like building families with husbands and wives
00:01:40 who have healthy biblical marriages
00:01:42 that mirror the eternal marriage between Christ and the church.
00:01:47 And it looks like fathers and mothers
00:01:49 who view their children as blessings rather than burdens beyond the family hopeful eschatology
00:01:57 looks like building schools and starting businesses planting churches and yes on occasion hopeful
00:02:06 eschatology on the ground looks like hosting conferences that have the ability to draw and
00:02:13 attract like-minded Christians from all over the world in order to see what God
00:02:19 might be up to in a particular place and at a particular time so hopeful
00:02:25 eschatology means we build but the first question to answer when it comes to
00:02:31 building is where
00:02:43 so in december of 2020 eight families moved with my wife and i to georgetown texas we took about
00:02:56 20 people kids and all to this area of the united states now why georgetown texas well
00:03:05 this has to do with what jim wilson referred to as the decisive point a place that is both
00:03:11 winnable and significant if it could be won. Think about Manhattan, New York. It would certainly be
00:03:20 significant if it could be won for Jesus, but it doesn't seem particularly winnable, at least at
00:03:27 this time. And think, on the other hand, of the proverbial Timbuktu, a place that has a population
00:03:34 of 247 living souls, a place that we could move into with 50 people to plant a church and win it
00:03:43 for King Jesus in a fortnight. It's winnable, but not necessarily strategic. See, we're in it for the
00:03:51 long haul. This is a war, and it's not going to be won overnight, but there are integral battles
00:04:00 along the way. Some of the battles are not winnable. And some of the battles that are
00:04:06 winnable are so small and insignificant, it would be better if we take those troops and bring them
00:04:13 in as reinforcements to the decisive point. Think the Battle of Bunker's Hill. It's not necessarily
00:04:21 the biggest battle, but it's the kind of battle that's both winnable and significant. It's the
00:04:28 kind of battle that ultimately has the potential of redirecting the outcome of the entire war.
00:04:36 Georgetown, Texas seems to be like Bunkers Hill. Its proximity to Austin, Texas, which is horribly
00:04:44 progressive, makes it significant. In about 35 minutes, by taking one of the tolls, you can move
00:04:51 from Georgetown to Austin City proper
00:04:54 and work for Elon Musk.
00:04:58 And yet, at the same time, Georgetown, Texas
00:05:01 is in a separate county from Austin.
00:05:04 It's in Williamson County.
00:05:06 The way I like to think about it is this.
00:05:08 We're close enough to pick up on the ministry
00:05:11 and economic opportunities
00:05:13 of a large progressive city like Austin.
00:05:17 But at the same time, conveniently,
00:05:19 just far enough away to not have our police defunded. So in December of 2020, eight families
00:05:27 moved with my wife and I to Georgetown, Texas. We took about 20 people, kids and all, to this area
00:05:35 of the United States. Now what's our goal? Our goal by God's grace, first and foremost,
00:05:42 was to plant a church, Covenant Bible Church. See, the church is HQ. The church of Jesus Christ
00:05:51 is the beachhead, the tip of the spear. We can't do this without planting churches,
00:05:59 but we can't do this by exclusively planting churches. The church is step one. And over the
00:06:07 last two and a half years by God's grace we went from eight families about 20 people in all to
00:06:14 about 200 people worshiping the triune God on the Lord's Day. Covenant Bible Church is quickly
00:06:22 becoming a force to be reckoned with. The church is step one but many of the reconstructionists 0.95
00:06:28 and theonomists of old argue that education is the very next thing that Christians must recapture.
00:06:35 The next step, by God's grace, is starting a classical Christian school.
00:06:42 St. George Academy is currently in the works.
00:06:45 And by God's grace, as we continue to plan and prepare and raise funds,
00:06:51 the goal is to open our doors in the fall of 2024.
00:06:56 Beyond that, we're doing things like this.
00:06:59 Filming documentaries, starting podcasts,
00:07:01 trying to grow our reach and influence through Right Response Ministries.
00:07:07 As of now, these are the three primary wings of our attack to win Georgetown for Jesus Christ.
00:07:17 The local church, a school for educating children, and media through Right Response Ministries.
00:07:24 this georgetown project taking the city for jesus it's not going to happen overnight
00:07:32 this is not a five-month project this is not a five-year project this is likely a 50-year project
00:07:41 we need recruitments in places that are winnable there are conservative strongholds
00:07:49 deep red states, and there are progressive hell holes, deep blue states, but there are also
00:07:56 purple places. There are places that have not yet been overtaken by the enemy, and yet they're
00:08:04 still weak. There is something living there. There's a chance, but it's vulnerable. These are
00:08:11 the places where we need recruitments. These are places that are significant, that we can't afford
00:08:17 to lose, yet still winnable. We can take them over time. There are people, albeit few and far
00:08:27 between, but there are people committed right now to taking whole towns for Jesus. So find them.
00:08:39 Join them. They need recruitments. Again, this is not going to happen over the course of a few weeks.
00:08:47 months or even years. This is a multiple generational project. We need people who are
00:08:55 in it for the long haul. The sons of Issachar knew the times. There were times of peace and there
00:09:02 are times of war. Right now, the battle cry, the common denominator where Christians can link
00:09:11 arms and agree and fight together is this. Is Jesus merely head of the church or is Jesus
00:09:19 head of all? Is Jesus king of all? Is Jesus ruling now and is Jesus ruling here? Is it good for
00:09:30 nations to submit to the Lord Jesus? Is it good for all of society, every single element to be
00:09:41 Christianized. People who are like-minded in that regard need to be linked up, not just 0.95
00:09:51 on YouTube or Twitter land, but again, in person, on the ground, flesh and blood, brick and mortar.
00:10:01 I think that right now, for our generation, this is the call. The question is,
00:10:10 are you willing to do whatever it takes to answer it?