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Understanding the Times

The Canary in the Coal Mine

Understanding the Times

Jan Markell

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jan Markell welcomes Brandon Holthaus and Tim Mahoney. A Lifeway Research poll says 98% of churches won’t talk about eschatology or Israel. Our guests have each produced a film to help Christians understand our times and to show how things are falling into place. But who is the canary in the coal mine? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/407/29

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0:00.0

First, they are coming for the Jews, and then the Christians, and then for anyone standing

0:06.8

in their way.

0:07.9

No one's being told what in the world's going on.

0:11.6

For goodness sakes, if anyone just looks at the Middle East and sees what's going on with

0:15.2

Israel, you would have to realize the ground is being set for all these in-time scenarios for the Middle East for Israel.

0:23.3

And I don't know how they're ignoring this.

0:25.5

And how did they ignore October 7?

0:27.4

How did they ignore what's going on over there?

0:30.1

And yet the pulpits are silent about what's going on in Israel.

0:33.6

Welcome to Understanding the Times Radio with Jan Markell.

0:40.7

Radio 4, The Remnant, brought to you by Olive Tree Ministries. Today, Jan visits with two special guests about many timely topics.

0:47.9

But how do we get our church pulpits engaged in these issues? Here is today's program.

0:58.3

Let me start from the top. One of the things I think is contributing factor is the lack of eschatology and among these pastors because if you had

1:03.6

eschatology as your basis of understanding, you would be able to lean into what's going on around

1:10.0

you and things would start making sense

1:11.8

and wouldn't be this chaotic mess. It would show you that things are falling in place. And let me tell

1:16.6

you the stat. The stat on this is 98% of the pulpits according to Lifeway Research will not talk

1:22.5

about eschatology whatsoever. And so that only means, Kurt, 2% of the pulpits in America are speaking anything eschatologically

1:30.3

from the pulpit. The second aspect is the church growth movement problem. And the church

1:36.7

growth movement problem, or the seeker-friendly model, excludes anything that goes on not only

1:43.1

with prophecy, but anything that's going on in the culture,

1:46.2

because the MO is to not talk about anything controversial, which is ridiculous, right?

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