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Emperor Constantine and His Mother Helena – Dr. Bill Weinrich, 5/19/26 (1392, Encore)

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Dr. Bill Weinrich of Concordia Theological Seminary-Ft. Wayne, IN

John 1:1-7:1 – Concordia Commentary

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There's a tremendous amount of confusion about Islam in the United States, particularly among Christians,

0:05.5

who often tend to think that they need to unite with people of faith of all traditions against secularism.

0:13.8

Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch talking about his presentation at the 26 issues, et cetera, making the case conference.

0:28.6

And while there's some truth to that at the same time, Christians should know what Muslims think of them and what Islam teaches about Christianity. I'll be illuminating all that. It's quite shocking, as well as discussing the political aspects of Islam that every American needs to know about.

0:36.6

You can meet and hear Robert Spencer making the case against Islam

0:41.0

at this year's Making the Case Conference Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia

0:46.6

University Chicago. Find out more and register at issue ZTC.org or by calling 618-223-8385, making the case June 12th and 13th in River

0:58.6

Forest, Illinois.

1:04.0

During this fusion of religions, Constantine needed to strengthen the new Christian tradition

1:09.3

and held a famous ecumenical gathering known as the Council of Nicaea.

1:14.4

Sophie had heard a bit only insofar as being the birthplace of the Nicene Creed.

1:19.5

At this gathering, Teabing said, many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon.

1:25.4

The date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration

1:28.7

of sacraments, and of course, the divinity of Jesus.

1:33.0

I don't follow his divinity?

1:36.5

My dear, Tee being declared, until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by his followers

1:41.9

as a mortal prophet, a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless,

1:47.0

a mortal.

1:48.0

Not the Son of God?

1:50.0

Right, Teabing said.

1:52.0

Jesus' establishment as the Son of God was officially proposed and voted on by the Council of Nicaea.

1:59.0

Hold on, you're saying Jesus' divinity was the result of a vote?

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