Mark Baker- How the Church Should Speak to and Address Socialism

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Posted On September 13, 2021

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By Dave Jenkins

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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Mark Baker discuss the dangers of socialism and how the Church should respond, the markers and signs of socialism in our society, and the danger of viewing Jesus as socialist, along with his book, Jesus Was A Socialist?: The Life Or Death Truth Everyone Needs To Know About Jesus & Socialism (Hope Ink, 2020).

What you’ll hear in this episode

Why understanding socialism and social justice is so vital.
The dangers of viewing Jesus as a socialist and how it bankrupts one of a biblical understanding of Jesus.
The dangers of socialism.
How the Church should respond to socialism.
How Christians should respond to the idea that the Early Church in Acts engaged in socialism.
How the idea of enablers helps us understand counterfeit views of justice and love and the wrongness of the socialist agenda.
Markers and signs of socialism that we see in our society.

About the Guest

Mark Baker is a biblical counselor with a passion to see people equipped with the life giving hope of God’s Word. He lives in California with his wife Emily and their family, where he is the director of Hope For Life, a non-profit counseling ministry.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

Dave Jenkins is happily married to Sarah Jenkins. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, and is the Host for the Equipping You in Grace Podcast. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Parler, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

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