Canon Press and Rachel Jankovic #Winning

Reforming Yourself Instead of Trying to Win by Argument

Well, all right, I wanted to just do a quick video about this really good video from Canon Press starring Rachel Jankovich. It's called Fighting Feminism with Potatoes. Now, this video is geared towards women.

Definitely and it really reminds me of something that I said recently on the Fight Laugh Feast Network. Except mine is more geared towards men and it's this reality. It's this idea that if you want to win the cultured war I did a few Podcasts on this and a few videos as well.

If you want to win the culture war the plan is pretty simple. You don't have to come up with the perfect argument. You don't have to completely change the big structures. Really what you have to do is reform yourself and start obeying God yourself and simply don't consent to the insanity.

Don't consent to the upside-down arguments that you're hearing online on Twitter from feminists from socialists from social justice. Whereas just don't consent don't buy into the insanity. Just follow God yourself for your own family.

So if you're a father Obey God and teach your children to do the same and and Rachel is you know, she's a better speaker than I am. No question about it. She's applying this to women. And the Canon Press people do a great job with these videos.

I'm gonna play this video and just comment on it as I see fit. Here you go.

Christian Women, Gender Roles, and the Search for the Perfect Argument

We have so many Christian women who love God's Word love how he has laid out Gender roles that has been embraced for generations in the church and yet are really wondering What is the argument that will silence is encroaching feminism there?

Let me just stop you right there this. I love how she sets that up.

Because she says this is this is clever. This is very clever. Breaking this down a little bit she says there are a ton of people that love the Bible what the Bible has to say and She ties it to what the church has basically said.

Traditionally for generations, that's very clever because it's true. If you love the Bible truly love what God says then these things about gender roles They're obvious and you obviously should do them.

There's not really any wiggled room here. There are certain things that the Bible is very difficult to discern like what it means. There are certain aspects that are hard to understand even the Bible itself says that about some of Paul's ratings.

But gender roles and this kind of thing how a woman should be Focused on her home and keeping a good home and stuff like that. Like that's really not one of those things that's hard to discern. People want to overcomplicate it.

But the people who want to overcomplicate it are trying to rebel but they want to do so with the some sort of Justification for their rebellion. Anyway, very clever. Very clever right there there is.

With Beth Moore and Amy Bird and all this discussion and argument about does the Bible really require women to love their homes. Does it really mean that they should actually be in the home or you know?

You see those things the home is all of the world for for women or whatever those arguments are.

Also, very clever. Whatever they're talking about that is crazy insanity upside-down nonsense. Very clever.

You have all these women who you know would view themselves as complimentary and love God's Word and want to defend it from that kind of Messiness, but are looking for the perfect argument. Like what is what is the argument that will persuade?

Well, what if it's not actually an argument like an argument lined out on a trackboard? What if it's the argument of Christian women who embrace it and instead of just saying that firm that they affirm it and they obey it.

Amen, okay. Well, let me well a.

Federal vision is like yourself Rachel would say something like that. Obedience obedience is federal vision. Did you know that. I knew that I've known that for quite some time. Insisting that people obey God it's either legalism or federal vision.

Actually, it's really both. Let's just be honest. So I don't know.

Obedience, Federal Vision, and the Real Mark of Maturity

Turn my attention. From having read the scripture to going and trying to pour my life into obeying the scripture. And I think what we've ended up with this is argument. That's like two ways to disobey.

We disobey it by denying that scripture says that or we disobey it by affirming that scripture. Says that and then assuming that affirming it is enough that that's sufficient. That's saying. Oh, yeah I'm complementarian is enough.

But one of the most decisive argument that there will ever be against feminism is Christian women who embrace the truth and go out and obey. And this is an argument that will be and.

According to what I said in my most recent video when you do that, guess what happens? You can take hold of those blessings for obedience that God promises for his people. That's something that John Calvin said if you want to get those blessings.

You want to you want to be a productive Christian. Then you know what you got to do? Thank God. It's really kind of simple.

These are arguments that should taste and smell and touch. It should give people great joy and and provide fellowship around the tables. We have this weird assumption today in the world that seriously Spiritual women are women who get together multiple times a week to do intense word studies Bible studies.

That this idea that you should be taking extensive notes on God's Word. Well, let me stop you right there.

Mrs. Jenkiewicz, this is very true, but it's also true of men. This is something that I've thought a lot about. I've talked to a lot of people and There really is this idea that a mature Christian like how you can tell a mature Christian people would never say this like this is not something that they've really thought through but they act as if this is the case a mature Christian has a Very impressive library and all the books are leather-bound and smell of rich mahogany and they sit in their study.

They would never have a man cave. They they have a study and and they sit in their study all hours of the night and just pour over these tomes of theology and oftentimes they have a Pipe they would never smoke a cigarette.

They would never have a cigar. Well, maybe a cigar. Yeah cigar, but a pipe would be even better and they would never drink Budweiser. No, no, no, no. No, no, Budweiser is that swill they have if they're going to drink.

They probably shouldn't drink but if they're going to drink it's gonna have to be a craft IPA something a little more like this. An imperial red IPA from Oscar blues brewing company some quite good actually but that's what a mature Christian is someone who really knows theology like the back of their hand and and and it doesn't really give Any room for blue-collar Christians, right?

Like maybe I have a couple books. Maybe I don't even have a library. But I you know, I borrow books from my church library when I can but I don't really have a whole lot of time To read. So, you know, maybe I'll while I'm doing my manual labor I'll listen to podcasts or on my commute or something.

I'll listen to the Bible and I don't really have a in-depth knowledge of the nuances of Theology and the there's no way there's no path to maturity in that way. And if you read the Bible. Yeah, we should want to know more about God and we should read that word and care about what God says and all of that.

Kind of stuff but when the Bible talks about mature Christianity when the Bible talks about true in religion. It's talking about men of action people who are obeying what God says not just knowing what God says really in-depth.

I'm not saying that's wrong. But guys hear me. I'm not saying it's wrong to take a lot of notes. I'm not saying it's wrong to have you know. To have John Calvin's commentaries and Matthew Henry's commentaries and highlights and underlines.

I'm not saying that's wrong. But but that's not really the mark of a mature Christian, right? I mean when R .C. Sproul said everyone's a theologian. He I'm pretty sure he didn't mean that everyone's should have a seminary degree or the equivalent in home study.

I really don't think that's what he meant. I think what he meant was though is that everyone should know things about God. I mean and and care about God. But really that's not what we're going for here.

What we want to be is we want to have a faith that works. We want to have a faith that that that we have such strong faith in God that we obey him. Even if we don't want to and if we think we know a better way.

We still want to obey what God says and do what God says and seek to please God. Like that's what we should be doing. That's the mark of a mature Christian. And so This is good stuff. This is real good stuff.

Often see like people say well What's what was the last book you read like and so and it's almost like to to shame you into reading and like I'm not. Again, I'm not saying reading is is bad. It's it's not bad but if you come home from a long day of hard labor and you don't sit down to a book of theology and Instead maybe you do your devotion and it's a small devotion.

You don't even read, you know, 30 chapters. You just read maybe a small section of scripture and you meditate on it. And then maybe you watch some TV. I mean To some like watching TV is like anathema.

But but it's okay to watch TV. I mean it is okay to just chill and not read, you know. Yeah, you know to not read Turretin on your spare time if you don't like to read Turretin on your spare time. That doesn't mean you're not a mature Christian and it's okay to like Turretin.

I'm not saying it's that's not okay obedient.

Femininity as Obedience and the Apologetic Power of a Faithful Household

Femininity looks like a lot of women who love the word so much. That they also are delighting in obedience taking notes in the margins of their cookbooks. Looking for all the ways that their hands can bless those people around them.

And I think that the reality is that this is the kind of argument that the feminist can never ever win. Because they just can't stand the heat in the kitchen.

Amen, and this is this is a completely biblical concept. I mean what's gonna happen? The Bible says in Deuteronomy that the nations are gonna see this law that that that that that the Israelites have and they execute in their nation and Nations are gonna say wow, look God is so close to these but look how good their law.

Look how well it works look how near God is to them and It's the same thing on the individual level. They're gonna see how if you're obeying God in your family. They're gonna see how well your family functions your children your wife your disagreements your whole life.

And that's gonna be something that's an apologetic. They cannot answer. They cannot answer. This is good stuff this really is because this is how you win the culture war. You just don't consent to the insanity.

You don't consent to the insanity and you don't teach your kids the insanity you teach them God's way. You obey God and you show your kids through your example how to obey God. You're not gonna do it perfectly, but you still try to do it.

You still obey God with everything you have and if you don't obey him at certain points you apologize. You ask for forgiveness you seek the Lord's forgiveness and then you receive that forgiveness and you ask God you say Lord I believe help my unbelief.

This is big guys. This is big because this is how you win the culture war and anyone can do it. You don't have to be a some yokel on YouTube to make a big splash. You don't have to be the president United States to make a big splash.

You don't have to change the systems and institutions. No, you just change you reform your life. That's how you do it. Anyway, my kids are getting a little crazy right now in the other room. I'm gonna end this video, but I hope you found this helpful.

Thank you. Can impress for this video. I found it fantastic and I completely agree highly recommend it.

Hope this video was helpful. God bless. I disavow federal vision.