"Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn’t" | Watch This Episode on YouTube {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/christian-liberty-what-it-is-and-what-it-isnt\/#arve-youtube-bn01jj8ikwi663638115e96e293276575","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bn01jj8IKwI?iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0","name":"Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn\u2019t","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STP-S28-EP07-Christian-Liberty-What-it-is-and-what-it-isnt-.jpg","uploadDate":"2024-04-18","description":"Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn\u2019t"} Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Support Our Podcast Join Our Mailing List Watch Us On Rumble Related Messages For further thought on this, consider listening to the following sermons: Considering Others The Value of Your Soul The Lives We Are Urged to Live Christian Parenting A Generational Plan for Discipleship Truth in Human Relationships "Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn’t " | Watch this episode on Vimeo {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/christian-liberty-what-it-is-and-what-it-isnt\/#arve-vimeo-930434327663638115f320377252082","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/930434327?dnt=1&app_id=122963&html5=1&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0","name":"Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn\u2019t","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/straighttruth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STP-S28-EP07-Christian-Liberty-What-it-is-and-what-it-isnt-.jpg","uploadDate":"2024-04-18","description":"Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn\u2019t"} Follow Us On Vimeo Listen to the Audio Podcast Subscribe on iPhone Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Spotify Christian Liberty: What it is and what it isn’tChristian liberty flows out of our Christian freedom, which comes from being set free in Christ. In Christ, we've been liberated, and that liberty/freedom is given to us to serve Him and others, not to indulge in our personal preferences. Many things fall into the realm of Christian liberty. Some modern-day issues concerning Christian liberty include the drinking of alcohol, smoking, education of children, music choices, media choices, etc. What are the principles in the New Testament that guide us in understanding what Christians are free to do and those that we are not? How should we interact with other Christians who disagree with us in terms of what Christians are free to do? Join us this week on the Straight Truth Podcast to hear the conversation between Dr. Richard Caldwell and Dr. Josh Philpot regarding Christian liberties and how our love for God and others should be the ruling principle for our decisions concerning our freedoms of choice.Dr. Caldwell says we first begin with determining what belongs to the realm of liberty. Anything the Bible doesn’t expressly forbid is one way to think about it. He expands on that, saying we also need to consider things forbidden by Scripture in principle. For example, the Bible does not expressly forbid the smoking of marijuana. However, the Bible expressly condemns drunkenness/inebriation; being under the influence of some substance. Here now is a principle for how to think about smoking anything, not just marijuana. If our desires are right and our hearts are in the right place, we want to honor the Lord in how we think about these thing...