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Mere Liberty: Dare to Think & Flashes of Liberty

BONUS: Adult Liberty Seminar - A Recorded Session

#VivaCubaLibre What Cuban Liberty Means for Global Liberty

Much of what is being said on the news and social media about abortion by both pro-choice and pro-life activists is just plain wrong. In this episode, three pro-life libertarian women "take the mic" to discuss some of the most common myths about abortion Listen to the full episode: https://libertarianchristians.com/2019/06/10/episode-122/

Pro-Life Libertarian Women Redefine Abortion Debate

Resources Referenced Man, Woman, and the Meaning of Love by Dietrich von Hildebrand (https://amzn.to/2UxRaQa) The Myth of Religious Neutrality by Dr. Roy Clouser (https://amzn.to/2UxRaQa) The Wisdom of Trauma produced by Science and Nonduality What does the Bible say about loving one another? "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." John 13:34 Jesus gives this command to his disciples at the Last Supper and following. At this time Jesus has washed the feet of his disciples and predicted the betrayal of Judas. He then prefaces this new commandment by saying, "Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." We Protestants love our law/Gospel distinction. It aims at ensuring we neither fall into legalism nor antinomianism. Christ fulfilled God's Law in our place so that we may enjoy renewed fellowship with God our Father. But questions concerning obedience to God's Law in the Christian life persist. And now we have this new commandment, directly from the mouth of Jesus Christ. So, what does this mean? The command to love one another is repeated 15 times in the New Testament. Christ repeats it in John 15. Paul repeats it in Romans and Thessalonians. Peter repeats it in his letter to exiles of the Dispersion. And John repeats it in his first and second letters warning against false teaching. Paul even says that love is the fulfillment of the law. But didn't Christ himself say that he fulfilled the law in Matthew 5:17? Romans 8:3-4 explains this: "For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." So the fulfillment of the law in us, through the work of Jesus Christ, manifests in our love for one another. Become a Member! Mereliberty.com/membership Follow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MereLiberty Minds: https://www.minds.com/KerryBaldwin/ Locals: https://mereliberty.locals.com

What is Christian Love?

Can Reformed Women be Ordained Deacons? | Show Notes Are ordained Deaconesses compatible with historic Christian orthodoxy? Complementarians insist not, egalitarians insist, yes! A recently published book, by Medieval Historian and Baptist egalitarian, Beth Allison Barr claims that women were most definitely ordained as deacons and that patriarchalist church leaders today are unjustly barring women from being ordained. Join me, Kerry Baldwin, with Deaconess Melissa DeGroot, as we dare to think about the ordination of Women Deacons. Guest: Melissa DeGroot, Deaconess, LCMS (Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod Melissa DeGroot is a certified and consecrated deaconess in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. She studied Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. She served at the seminary in recruitment and formation, then later with the Synod as a Writer/Researcher for the LCMS Deaconess Department based out of St. Louis, MO. She has been a contributor to blogs: He Remembers The Barren and The Lutheran Witness. She was a weekly guest on KFUO radio’s bible study segment. DeGroot has also written articles pertaining to theology, women’s roles and the vocation of Deaconess in The Lutheran Witness, Higher Things Magazine, and For The Life of The World. She has also written and contributed to two books, He Remembers the Barren (both editions) by Katie Schuermann, and Never Forsaken: God’s Mercy in the Midst of Miscarriage by Dcs. Kathryn Ziegler. Melissa currently resides in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with her husband, son and dog, and has recently tried her hand at putting up shiplap. While DIY-ing has seemingly taken over her life, she prefers reading, hiking and cooking. And good conversation! Ordination Lutheran & Presbyterian Augsburg Confession and Westminster Confession, Compared (Relevant Sections) VII. Of the Church | XXV. Of the Church VIII. What the Church is | XXVI. Of the Communion of Saints XIV. Of Ecclesiastical Order | I. Of Holy Scripture XV. Of Ecclesiastical Usages | XXX. Of Church Censures XXI: Worship of the Saints | XXI. Of Religious Worship Baptist Baptist Faith & Practice - On the Church "The biblical teaching about women in ministry is not about ordination because Southern Baptists do not believe in ordination or a clerical class. There is an argument that says, “A woman can do everything a non-ordained man can do.” The problem with that is that we are Baptists and have no theology of ordination whatsoever. For that reason, we have to understand that the pastoral office and pastoral function are the same thing." - Al Mohler, 10 Points of Complementarianism Three strains of Reformed and Presbyterian Confessions The Dutch Reformed hold the “Three Forms of Unity” (3FU) which encompass the Belgic Confession (1561), The Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1619). The Swiss Reformed have the Second Helvetic Confession (1566). The Scottish Presbyterians hold to the Westminster Confessions - WCF (1647) and Shorter (1647) and Larger (1648) Catechisms. The Westminster Confession also has a revised American version (1788) which denounced Establishmentarianism (the idea that the church should run the civil government). Later, in 1689, came the London Baptist Confession, which is essentially a Baptist version of the Westminster. NOTE: There is/was a “new” strain of “Reformed” theology that became popular through John Piper, John MacArthur, and others. Piper later dubbed this “New Calvinism.” I and many other Calvinist/Presbyterians reject this “New Calvinism” as not being Reformed. So we distinguish ourselves as "Old School" Presbyterians. Another term that shouldn’t be confused with “New Calvinism” is “neocalvinism” which was a historical resurgence of the Dutch Reformed tradition through Abraham Kuyper. John Piper is responsible for both “New Calvinism” (2014) and the Danver’s Statement (1987) and the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (1988). His “12 Points of New Calvinism” has “Complementarianism” as a cornerstone tenant, among other tenants I find questionable. Vocation Luther on Vocation by Gustaf Wingren God at Work by Gene Edward Veith The Reformation on Vocation by D. G. Hart Resources on Deaconesses in Church History Deaconesses: An Historical Study by Aime Georges Martimort Deacons and Deaconesses Through the Centuries by Jeannine E. Olson A Historical and Biblical Examination of Women Deacons by Brian Schwertly OPC Report of the Committee on Women in Church Office  Phoebe Was a Deaconess, but She Was Not Ordained by Gregory E. Reynolds Additional Resources of Interest Images of the Spirit by Meredith Kline Women in the Church – A Redemptive Historical Approach by Pastor Todd Bordow What is Feminism in Simple Terms? | Dare to Think MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Full (uncut) Interview with Deaconess Melissa DeGroot (56 minutes) In the uncut version, we also discuss hierarchy, authoritarianism in the church, and a woman’s Christian liberty. To listen to the whole interview, you must be one of my monthly members.  Become a Member! Mereliberty.com/membership Follow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MereLiberty Minds: https://www.minds.com/KerryBaldwin/ Locals: https://mereliberty.locals.com  

Can Reformed Women Be Ordained Deacons?

 Mere Liberty Courses courses.mereliberty.com   Resources for the Episode:   American Heritage Dictionary definition https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=feminism   Etymology https://www.etymonline.com/word/feminism   Coleman Hughes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLERGkXwsnU   The New Discourses https://newdiscourses.com/   Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-philosophy/   Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://iep.utm.edu/f/   Women's Liberation of Front at the Heritage Foundation https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/conservative-group-hosts-anti-transgender-panel-feminists-left-n964246   Women Thinkers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmbzLDB0GOlPKnni0ZH6RWbI0s0ukjqOF   Mary Wollstonecraft https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/wollstonecraft-boll-33-mary-wollstonecraft-a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-1792 Gloria Steinem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem Isabel Paterson https://mises.org/power-market/isabel-paterson-woman-whose-wisdom-could-literally-save-world https://mises.org/profile/isabel-paterson Rose Wilder Lane https://mises.org/library/libertarian-legacy-rose-wilder-lane Katherine Bushnell https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/legacy-katherine-bushnell Lady Demaris Cudworth Masham https://meinong.stanford.edu/entries/lady-masham/ Hypatia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzpHYfAdsE Macrina the Younger https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/project/directory-of-women-philosophers/macrina-the-younger-327-379/ Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz https://youtu.be/9wSOt3z_-YY Gloria Alvarez https://youtu.be/cd4rlZ1Npeg   Wendy McElroy http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php Aya Gruber https://www.ayagruber.com/ Camille Paglia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia   Join my effort! Mereliberty.com/membership   Follow   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MereLiberty Minds: https://www.minds.com/KerryBaldwin/ Locals: https://mereliberty.locals.com  

On Feminism

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What Does it Mean to Think Well?

In this episode, I discuss fashion as a theology - from Reformed perspective - with Robert Covolo. mereliberty.com

Fashion Theology and Public Discourse

In this episode, I'm interviewing three of my adult Liberty Seminar students and their experience with my inaugural Socratic seminar. Over the summer I launched a new online course, teaching the skills of critical thinking, using the Socratic method, while discussing the principles of a free society. For more info visit: courses.mereliberty.com To support mereliberty.com (and get a discount on the Liberty Seminar), visit mereliberty.com/membership

Learning to Critically Think Using the Socratic Method

In this episode, I talk to Aimee Byrd; author of the book, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Aimee uses thematic elements from a dystopian novella, The Yellow Wallpaper, to illustrate problems with teachings on gender by the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and many protestant denominations. Her book is a call to action to Christians, and especially church leaders, to begin dialoguing about the problems she's drawing out and what the orthodox Christian view answers actually are. The Yellow Wallpaper Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5fJywoGM1g&t=5s To enter the giveaway, visit mereliberty.com/016. Deadline to enter is June 6th, 2020 at midnight EST. To support the Mere Liberty Podcast, visit mereliberty.com/membership. Find Aimee's work on the Mortification of Spin Podcast. If you're interested in purchasing her books, please use these Amazon affiliate links: Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood https://amzn.to/3dp0WZa Why Can't We Be Friends? https://amzn.to/2XlGXFp No Little Women: Equipping all Women in the Household of God. https://amzn.to/2zMe8J2 Theological Fitness: Why We Need a Fighting Faith https://amzn.to/2TXHPhh Housewife Theologian: How the Gospel Interrupts the Ordinary https://amzn.to/3cn3c1Y 

Aimee Byrd, Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

The coronavirus outbreak has us all switching gears. Given that government powers are taking advantage of this crisis, and seizing power beyond their constitutional limitations, I thought I'd narrate Rose Wilder Lane's personal journey out of communist thinking. Here, I'm narrating chapters 1 and 2 of, Give Me Liberty.  Episode Resources: You can find more of Kerry's articles and podcasts on her website, here. Visit mereliberty.com/015 to see the resources in creating this episode. Follow on: On Facebook On Twitter @MereLiberty Email her at kerry@mereliberty.com If you’d like to ask Kerry a question which may be answered on a future episode, you can text or leave a voicemail at (505) 886-1061. You may also send an email. Consider supporting Kerry's work with just a few dollars a month.

Give Me Liberty, by Rose Wilder Lane

In this episode of Flashes of Liberty, we look at Etienne de la Boétie. La Boétie provides one of the earliest and clearest explanations of why the suffering majority obeys the minority who rule over them; it is an example of voluntary servitude. Here is an abridged excerpt La Boetie's writing.   To purchase Discourse on Voluntary Servitude: Why People Enslave Themselves to Authority, click on my Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2yA3FzL    To become a patron of MereLiberty.com, visit mereliberty.com/membership   Follow mere liberty on social media: https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty https://twitter.com/MereLiberty https://www.pinterest.com/mereliberty/ https://www.minds.com/KerryBaldwin/ https://www.instagram.com/mereliberty/

Etienne de la Boétie

On this episode of Dare to Think, Kerry interviews Rachel Green Miller about her new book, Beyond Authority and Submission.  You can order Rachel's book here. (Affiliate links. Support this podcast by purchasing through these links).  Beyond Authority and Submission: Women and Men in Marriage, Church, and Society  https://amzn.to/2Znni5y Episode Resources: You can find more of Kerry's articles and podcasts on her website, here. Check out Kerry's Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty/ Follow on: On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kerry.mereliberty On Twitter @MereLiberty Email us at kerry@mereliberty.com If you’d like to ask Kerry a question which may be answered on a future episode, you can text or leave a voicemail at (505) 886-1061. You may also send an email. Consider supporting Kerry's work with just a few dollars a month. https://mereliberty.com/membership To donate specifically for Kerry's debate with Walter Block, visit https://mereliberty.com/newyork

Rachel Green Miller, Beyond Authority and Submission

 On this episode of Dare to Think, Kerry finishes her interview with legal scholar, Gary Chartier, about anarchism. Today we talk about property rights, social change, and do some myth busting. Gary Chartier's books can be found here. (Affiliate links. Support this podcast by purchasing through these links).  Anarchy and Legal Order: Law And Politics For A Stateless Society https://amzn.to/2MWHevc The Conscience of an Anarchist: Why It's Time to Say Good-Bye to the State and Build a Free Society https://amzn.to/2KWIoUX The Logic of Commitment (Routledge Focus on Philosophy) https://amzn.to/2RkCsGk PRE-ORDER Flourishing Lives: Exploring Natural Law Liberalism  https://amzn.to/2MUreKg Episode Resources: You can find more of Kerry's articles and podcasts on her website, here. Check out Kerry's Facebook Page  https://www.facebook.com/mereliberty/ Follow on: On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kerry.mereliberty On Twitter @MereLiberty Email us at kerry@mereliberty.com If you’d like to ask Kerry a question which may be answered on a future episode, you can text or leave a voicemail at (505) 886-1061. You may also send an email. Consider supporting Kerry's work with just a few dollars a month. https://mereliberty.com/membership

Interview with Gary Chartier; Myths of Anarchism

In this episode of Dare To Think, I discuss anarchist legal order, a.k.a. polycentric legal order with legal scholar and philosopher, Gary Chartier.  4:01 Definitions 8:21 Anarchism and Natural Law Theory 13:19 How does anarchic legal order in a practical sense? Legal dispute resolution. 21:33 Anarchy and the creation of law; contract law vs violent crime 33:33 Child welfare in a stateless society To support the production of these episodes, please visit https://mereliberty.com/membership/    You can find more of Kerry's articles and podcasts on her website, https://mereliberty.com/. 

Interview with Gary Chartier; Anarchy and Legal Order (1 of 2)

To challenge and rethink our paradigms for understanding society, by applying reformed theology and philosophy to politics, religion, and culture, in order to encourage individual freedom and responsibility within our own spheres of influence. Mere Liberty is about liberty at its most fundamental core. It’s stripping away the rhetoric that we’ve become accustomed to hearing and challenging the paradigms that face us today. Mere Liberty is not about politics per se, rather it’s about the philosophies (and theology) behind the problems presented in politics and culture. Challenging the manner in which we see these problems will push us to think beyond mere political solutions that in effect isolate us from own responsibility, and eschewing responsibility means relinquishing our associated freedoms. Mere Liberty has two ongoing series: Dare To Think which is geared toward the educated layperson and Flashes of Liberty which is for everyone.