Waking Jonah

Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches on finding opportunities to get people in the presence of God, where God can change their lives…

[Part 7 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: All the things that we can offer socially are just a triage service… we’re just putting tourniquets on wounds and stopping the bleeding, we’re not really doing anything permanently unless we can get them in the presence of God, where God can change their lives; We need to see a miraculous move of God’s Spirit; In his last known letter before his death, Paul says as emphatically as possible to Timothy… “preach the Word“–”Timothy, preach the gospel, because it’s the only hope that this world has… and it’s what the church has been called to do.”; Our focus has to be single, and that is we are a light in a dark place, we are a city set on a hill, and the unique thing we bring to the table is the gospel of Jesus Christ… it’s the power of God… it pulls people out of darkness; We’re looking for opportunities where we can share the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches on the real hope for the world today… Jesus Christ.

[Part 5 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: We cannot fall into the slump that some Christian groups have fallen into and become merely a social and a political outlet; We ought to be involved… but at the core of our identity is Jesus Christ, crucified, buried and rose from the dead, and He poured His Spirit out… that is the hope for society–that is the hope for this world; Jesus Christ will change your life… Isaiah said “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)… that’s what God can do for your today; God has put you in this world and He’s given you the power to do what He wants done in this world… that is the hope of this world; Paul said in Romans, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation” (Romans 1:16)… you can’t vote that in, you can’t legislate that in, you’ve got to come to the cross and repent of your sins; You’ve got to come and confess, you’ve got to repent, you’ve got to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 2:38), and He will confirm your repentance and faith by filling you with His Spirit–that is the most life transforming that could ever happen to you… it’s a real message for a real world

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Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX discusses the real problem with America… spiritual bankruptcy, as well as the real solution for America… the gospel of Jesus Christ.

[Part 4 of a 7-Part series]

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: A Real Message for a Real World
Date: 1/23/11
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Notes: The problem with America is our morality; The issue of life is a great example: those who oppose abortion sometimes are the loudest advocates for war… and those who are the loudest advocates against war are advocates for abortion, so it’s just pick whose life you want to take… “let’s go take adult lives, or let’s take kid lives”; Life is precious in whatever form you find it, and a Christian should avoid all possibilities that they would be put in the circumstance to have to take another life; The real problem with America is not that we took prayer out of schools–If we had godly judges, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had praying teachers and administrators, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had praying parents, we wouldn’t have taken prayer out of schools… if we had a praying electorate, we would not keep voting in people who don’t pray; Our legislators call in chaplains to open their sessions with prayer, and then they don’t let them pray in the name of Jesus; The real problem with America is spiritual bankruptcy; America’s problem is not a political problem; The early church turned their world upside down and they had no political power; The early church had a transforming influence on the world so that in a matter of a few centuries the whole known world was Christianized, but they couldn’t vote against the morality of Rome; They preached the gospel, and they preached miracles and signs following; They didn’t have a social gospel or a club gospel, or something that was politically correct or socially palpable… they preached a message of Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ crucified; They preached a message that when people heard it and they believed it their lives were transformed, and things happened in people’s hearts–not because of legislation–but because of the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Pastor Rodney Shaw from New Life Church in Austin, TX preaches about the healing, saving, powerful name of Jesus…

Ministry: New Life Church of Austin, TX
Full Podcast: Call His Name Jesus
Date: 12/19/10
Speaker: Rodney Shaw
Topics: There’s power in the name of Jesus; Peter said “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission (forgiveness) of sins” (Acts 2:38); The name of Jesus is not just symbolic, there literally is saving power in the name of Jesus; Jesus told his disciples “Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission (forgiveness) of sins should be preached in his name…” (Luke 24:46-47); Jesus said “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues” (Mark 16:17); There is authority and power in the name of Jesus; There is a name that is above every name… and that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:9-11); “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Nita Horn on the Raiders News Network…

[Part 34 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Raiders News Network
Full Podcast: Documentary filmmaker Chris Pinto Discusses “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers”
Date: 11/4/10
Host: Nita Horn
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: By biblical definition the founding fathers were antichrists–the Bible says who is Antichrist but he that denies the Father and the Son; Much of the film (The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers) documents what they were trying to do… they weren’t promoting Christianity, they hated Christianity; John Adams quote: “the Christian religion is the greatest religion in the world”… but then he denies that Jesus is the Son of God; Their commendations are much like the pharisees 2,000 years ago… the pharisees would be standing for all of the conservative values that we see the Christian coalition promoting, but the dividing line is preaching Jesus as the Son of God–that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no man comes unto the Father but by Him… that’s when the Pharisees got enraged and wanted to take up stones and stone him; The same was true of the founding fathers… they loved Jesus for his morality and his good works, but as soon as you say He’s the Son of God, they wanted to get rid of Him; The trial of Christ–historically Barabbas was a freedom fighter–a revolutionary–he was revolting against Rome and fighting against Roman authority… that’s why the people shouted “give us Barabbas!”

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Taking a break from the current series to bring you a Christmas message from Chris White of the Nowhere to Run podcast…

Merry Christmas everyone!

Show: Nowhere to Run
Full Podcast: Nowhere to Run 12/21/10
Date: 12/21/10
Host: Chris White
Topics: Christmas is rooted in pagan traditions… the date was rooted in Roman religion; It’s the one time you can talk to your family about Jesus and it not be out of place; Go to the Christmas parties, spend time with your family, let them see what Christ is doing in your life; It’s a matter of the heart; In pagan rituals in the past you had to sacrifice to an idol, participate in some sexual practice, eat meat sacrificed to idols… there were really good reasons for Christians not to participate in pagan festivals; In our American culture, it’s mostly just getting together with your family and eating together… don’t forsake that; Some of your family really needs you… you’ve been praying for them all year, go see how they’re doing… go talk with them, even if it’s just to show them what God is doing in your heart and in your life

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Derek Gilbert from A View From the Bunker…

[Part 32 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: A View From The Bunker
Full Podcast: VFTB Live: Chris Pinto — Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers
Date: 10/29/10
Host: Derek Gilbert
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The key message of the documentary, “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers“; As believers, Jesus says to us… “my kingdom is not of this world”; The Bible says “here we have no continuing city, but we look for one to come”; We’re looking for a city whose maker and whose builder is God, not man; As Christians, we are strangers and pilgrims upon the earth during our time here–our cause, our fight, is for the defense of the gospel of Jesus Christ; People are compromising the gospel so they can defend the founding fathers and the principles of the American Revolution, when the founders were antichrists; The spirit of Antichrist is going to compel you to compromise the gospel so you can achieve that more perfect worldly union that the devil wants mankind to have… but that’s not what Jesus came into the world to do; The only peace that mankind can know is through faith in the Son of God, Jesus Christ–He is our peace, He’s our salvation, our hope; The philosophies and the wisdom of men ultimately come to nothing; The Bible warns “cursed is the man who trusts in man”–we don’t need to trust in the founding fathers of America… we need to put our trust as Christians in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Word of God; Ultimately we need to compare this information–like everything else–against the plumb line, which is the gospel of Jesus Christ

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Continuing the series on the true beliefs of the founding fathers… this time with Derek Gilbert interviewing Chris Pinto on Derek’s radio show, A View from the Bunker.

[Part 26 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: A View From The Bunker
Full Podcast: VFTB Live: Chris Pinto — Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers
Date: 10/29/10
Host: Derek Gilbert
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The whole argument of the founding fathers as alleged Christians is being used by people like Glenn Beck and David Barton to energize Christians and entangle them in this political right-wing agenda… to politicize Christianity in our American system and “take America back” to the founding fathers; The problem is… the founding fathers–by biblical definition–were antichrists; The Bible says “who is antichrist but he that denies the Father and the Son”–this is something you can prove about most of the chief founders; The founders were really deceiving the country because a lot of their views were not known by the greater body of the population; There was a movement during the Civil War era where Christians were trying to get the Constitution re-written to include references to God, and specifically references to the Lord Jesus Christ; People have been arguing against what the founders did since the Revolution–for the last 200 years; The revolutionaries were not Christian heroes–they were antichrists who were trying to destroy Christianity in our country… that’s the shocking revelation

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Dr. Future and Tom Bionic on the Future Quake Show…

[Part 20 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Future Quake
Full Podcast: Exposing the Idolatrous Myth of the “Faith” of The Founding Fathers
Date: 10/11/10
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: Thomas Jefferson and the supernatural elements of the Bible; The Jefferson Bible is the quintessential picture of what most of the founders and the revolutionaries believed about Jesus Christ… it was originally called “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth”–the title communicates what Jefferson thought… that Jesus of Nazareth was an ordinary man who had an excellent system of morality and led an exemplary life; In his bible, Jefferson takes out all of the supernatural elements… the virgin birth, the miracles of Christ, the resurrection, the entire book of Revelation–Jefferson said the book of Revelation was the “ravings of a maniac”; People will quote Jefferson and he’ll say some nice things about Jesus, and then they clip the quote and don’t tell you everything else he said; Jefferson would mock many of the teachings of Christ… said the apostles were full of stupidity and roguery, and that they were impostors; A recurring theme among the founding fathers–Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine–they all generally believed in a system of works-righteousness; Paul says that the preaching of the cross is foolishness to them that are perishing

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Chris Pinto discusses the true beliefs of the founding fathers with Dr. Future and Tom Bionic on the Future Quake Show…

[Part 19 of an ongoing series. Click here for Part 1.]

Show: Future Quake
Full Podcast: The “True” Faith Of The Founding Fathers, And The Roots And Premises Of “Patriotic” Christianity
Date: 3/22/10
Hosts: Dr. Future & Tom Bionic
Guest: Chris Pinto
Topics: The sacrifice of the saints that have come before us; They endured what they did not for the cause of their own liberty, but for the cause of the gospel; Jesus says “if any man would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me“; The cross is given to a condemned man… it’s the acknowledgment that we are dead to this world; Paul says “I am crucified unto the world, and the world is crucified unto me“–that is the example that millions of saints in centuries past have given us; The documentary “A Lamp in the Dark“; We can see things getting darker and darker in this country; We can see the New World Order/Kingdom of Antichrist emerging day by day on the world scene–prophecy tells us it’s going to happen; Ultimately the only real salvation is eternal in the Lord Jesus Christ; There’s coming a day when all else is behind us and it’s time to suffer for our Lord, and nothing is going to change that; We need to get our hearts ready and be encouraged by the testimony of the saints

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Afshin Ziafat, a former Muslim who came to faith in Jesus Christ as a senior in high school, continues his sermon about the prophet Jonah and God’s heart for the lost… even the enemy.

[Part 9 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Afshin Ziafat Ministries
Full Podcast: Jonah: God’s Heart of Compassion
Date: 8/29/10
Speaker: Afshin Ziafat
Topics: God loves the spiritually blind; Jonah 4:11 – “And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left“; God is saying to Jonah: “These people don’t know their right from their left. You have received the revelation of God… they haven’t“; When people who don’t know Jesus act like it, it shouldn’t appall us so badly that we’re not moved with compassion–we should expect them to act that way; Ephesians 2:5 – “even when we were dead in our trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ“; Jesus came to me when I was dead, and He made me alive; I was spiritually blinded to the truth of Christ, and God gave me mercy; My heart ought to beat for those who don’t know, those who are enemies, and for all the world; Those 120,000 persons were made in the image of God; God’s heart beats for all people, all races…; Jonah had to get uncomfortable, leave his comfort zone, and go to the enemy to preach God’s mercy; What’s our response to God’s heart?; Peter had to get uncomfortable and preach the gospel to the Gentile world; Ultimately Jesus is our greatest example… Philippians 2:6-7 – “though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant“; Christ left His comfort zone and came to this world… how dare we stay in our comfort zones?

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Afshin Ziafat, a former Muslim who came to faith in Jesus Christ as a senior in high school, continues his sermon about the prophet Jonah and God’s heart for the lost… even the enemy.

[Part 8 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Afshin Ziafat Ministries
Full Podcast: Jonah: God’s Heart of Compassion
Date: 8/29/10
Speaker: Afshin Ziafat
Topics: 2 Kings 14:23-25; God extended mercy to Israel when they were being rebellious and turning from Him; He gave the message that they were going to receive mercy through the lips of Jonah; The same man that was ready to proclaim mercy to his people is now angry when it’s extended to the enemy; Romans 5:10 – “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life“; I wasn’t just an innocent bystander… it was my sin that put Jesus on the cross, I was an enemy of God; Forgiveness; Matthew 5:43-44 – “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;“; That is the message of Christ–that you get mercy when you don’t even deserve it… that ought to move us with compassion for people who we think are our enemy; The most Christ-like thing we can do is forgive someone who we think doesn’t deserve our mercy and forgiveness; Matthew 5:46 – “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?“; God loves the enemy

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Afshin Ziafat, a former Muslim who came to faith in Christ as a senior in high school, continues his sermon about the prophet Jonah and God’s heart for the lost…

[Part 3 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Afshin Ziafat Ministries
Full Podcast: Jonah: God’s Heart of Compassion
Date: 8/29/10
Speaker: Afshin Ziafat
Topics: The historicity of Jonah–Jesus Christ Himself referred to Jonah; Matthew 12:38-41 – “The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here“; In 40 days, Nineveh will be “broken”–either broken on the outside (destroyed) or broken on the inside (repentant); God is sovereign over every detail of life; 2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance“; God is longsuffering and has orchestrated things in your life to draw you to Him

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Afshin Ziafat, a former Muslim who came to faith in Christ as a senior in high school, discusses God’s heart of compassion for the lost and broken…

[Part 2 of an 11-Part series]

Ministry: Afshin Ziafat Ministries
Full Podcast: Jonah: God’s Heart of Compassion
Date: 8/29/10
Speaker: Afshin Ziafat
Topics: Jonah 3 – “Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time“; Even the people that God used to deliver the message were broken people that ran from God and needed a second chance–Abraham, Moses, others; Jonah goes to Nineveh and begins to prophesy; The amazing miracle of the story of Jonah is not the fish, it’s that Jonah went one day into the city preaching five words, and the entire city repents… these gruesome, wicked people, they all turn to God; Romans 10:17 – “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God“; Jonah was running from God, and God still used him; Even Jesus points to this and says this is the amazing story of Jonah

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