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If you're a regular listener you may have wondered at some point, 'who would marry either of these guys?!' Well wonder no more, this week you get to meet Nate's wife Colleen as she joins the Rebels in studio to discuss marriage, faith and Jesus. For additional marriage resources, books we would highly recommend include: "When Sinners Say I Do" by Dave Harvey, "The Meaning of Marriage" by Tim Keller and "What did you expect?" by Paul Tripp.

This week we are excited to have Pastor, Author and podcast host Toby J Sumpter on the show! We talk with him about his book "Blood Bought World" but the conversation goes from misconceptions about Jesus, to cultural Christianity and lands on a profound truth that Christian obedience can topple nations! Follow Toby's blog at www.tobyjsumpter.com , listen to him on Cross Politic (www.crosspolitic.com) and buy "Blood Bought World" here: http://canonpress.com/BloodBoughtWorld/ Help us by following us on facebook: www.facebook.com/Rebel.Alliance.Podcast/ and on twitter: @RebelAllianceMd and inviting your friends to do the same. Like and Share this episode!

Our 50th episode snuck up on us! Today we discuss the strange doctrine that snuck into the church 150 years ago... you know the one: that Jesus is going to "rapture" his people before things get really bad down here on earth. The Rebels debunk that Christian myth and discuss not only why it's such a dangerous doctrine, but why we really WANT to be the one's LEFT BEHIND. For further study check out Gary DeMar's book End Times Madness and then just for fun check out Edgar C. Whisenants book "88 Reasons the Rapture will be in 1988"

In "Rebel News" we discuss the train wreck that was the Golden Globes, including the hypocrisy of Hollywood and Oprah's pitch for subjective truth and a 2020 presidential run! In our topic we tackle the topic of (partial) preterism, that is, the view of biblical prophecy as being fulfilled in the future of the writers but the past of us as 21st century readers. Matthew 24, Revelation, Daniel... these are prophetic texts that actually don't speak of our future but of the future of the original audience... and there are a lot of practical lessons we can learn when we interpret the bible this way. For further study try "Last Days According to Jesus" by RC Sproul, "Before Jerusalem Fell" by Kenneth Gentry, "Is Jesus Coming Soon?" by Gary DeMar

In today's episode the Rebels talk about The Truth Apocalypse. Isaiah 5 says "woe to those who call evil good and good evil" -- that's certainly the world we seem to be living in. As we examine several cultural issues around us in light of this verse we try to remind ourselves and other Christians why clinging to the truth is so important!

Join us as we discuss 2017, including top books read, top theological and cultural issues, what we hope 2018 has in store and where Rebel Alliance plans to go from here!

Over the busy Christmas week we have lined up another special episode for you before we get back to our regular podcasting routine! This week we bring you a sermon preached by Pootie on Dec. 17th at Crossroads Church. He reflects on the world changing reality of Christmas night and how it transformed the world forever!

In this festive episode we discuss why Christians should be the most merry and festive Christmas celebrators of them all! On top of that we discuss the new Star Wars (spoiler free, this was recorded before release date) and answer a few questions that came in. Merry Christmas Rebels, celebrate heartily!

Canadian winters being what they are, this week, the Rebels got a SNOW Day, and our sound wizard, Dave (the unsung hero you don't hear enough from) had to improvise. This is a recent advent sermon preached by P. Nate at Crossroads Church. In this sermon Nate takes a look at Christmas through the eyes of God's people who lived many many years before the Messiah ever arrived on that first Christmas night. For more check out www.crossroadsac.org Rebels should be back in business and back to regularly scheduled shenanigans next week!

Today on our Rogue topic we discuss the lies society, and even many in the church, believe about God. For the video version, check us out on facebook!

How we read our Bibles seems so basic... BUT a lot of us were trained from Sunday School days to do it incorrectly. From inserting yourself as the hero of each story, to missing the wider context in the story of redemption to extracting morality lessons from deep complex stories... we have to learn how to read The Word of God the way God intended: Looking for Jesus.

What should Christians think when world leaders begin to make terrifying threats and people begin to fear the possibility of a nuclear disaster?

Still buzzing after the time we spent with Dr. Joe Boot, the Rebels take some time to reflect on that interview and what practical implications we can draw from it. Have North American Christians been living off the fruit of previous generations labour? Have we ecclesiastesized the Word of God?

Our videos have finally hit the podcast feed! In this weekly Rogue Video we discuss the moral collapse of Hollywood and why we think so many sexual indiscretions are finally coming to light. Watch the video on our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Rebel.Alliance.Podcast/?hc_ref=ART2BiZauQltRupCIqWRSinb6KKkfiscDrvC7MKAxy4rPpjLNMgJQw62zf0Qbs7Vkqo&fref=nf

This week we had the privilege to interview Pastor, Author and Theologian Dr. Joe Boot. Dr. Boot teaches us about Two Kingdom Theology and why it's a deviant theology to the plain teaching of scripture as well as the historical faith of the reformers. We also discuss the Myth of Neutrality and the Kingdom of Christ in this jam packed episode. For more resources by Joe visit his ministry, The Ezra Institute for COntemporary Christianity at https://www.ezrainstitute.ca/ We also enthusiastically recommend his book, The Mission of God: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-God-Manifesto-Hope/dp/1927684072

Should Christians be one issue voters? Is it wrong to call sin "mistakes" and how did Jesus "learn obedience" if he was perfect? These are just a few listeners questions we tackle this week along with beer talk and a surprise phone call from friend of the show, Chris Griggs from The Front Pew podcast.

Would your life look any different if you knew for sure that God loved you and you belonged to Him? Can we know our future is secure in Christ? This episode the Rebels discuss eternal security and assurance of salvation by looking into 1 John, the letter that John specifically wrote "that we may [know] we have eternal life". We also review the book "Decided: Living a Bog Life for Christ" by Adam Kareus, available here: https://www.amazon.ca/Decided-Living-Big-Life-Christ-ebook/dp/B0725WPH5P/

We've had a few requests to elaborate on how to "spot the lie", so in this episode the Rebels talk through some current cultural topics and recent movies trying to explain how every Christian should learn how to spot the lies in the culture around us.

This episode the Rebels turn to a familiar passage of scripture and ask the question, "do we really believe it?" The Great Commission tells us to "go THEREFORE" not to simply "go", what does that mean and how would that change the way Christians live this out?