Kingdom Moments with Rusty Thomas

Rusty Thomas

Kingdom Moments is about meeting the challenges of life with the confidence of God’s Word. Join Rusty Thomas each week as he brings the brilliance of Scripture to every area of life. By following along, you will be built up in your faith and equipped to advance the Gospel of the Kingdom from your very own home, church and community. This show is filled with compelling Biblical truths, real stories and lessons from history. So grab your Bible, open it up and get ready to learn and grow!

  1. 12/15/2025

    A World Without Christmas Part 3

    This episode starts with the controversary surrounding Kirk Cameron's teaching on annihilationism as opposed to the orthodox view of eternal conscious torment in hell. Second is the recent attack in Australia and the Religion of Peace striking again. From there, we explore the third part in a series called "A World Without Christmas. The three sources we are examining are “It’s a Wonderful Life, the Chronicles of Narnia, “Always winter and never Christmas, plus, D James Kennedy’s book, “What if Jesus had never been born? The first 3 chapters dealt with our Lord’s impact when it came to the value of human dignity. The last 3 chapters we explored last week covered Christ’s impact upon education, government, and freedom. This episode covers our Lord's impact on science, enterprise, and human sexuality. The word science means "a state of knowing, or having knowledge." It also means to separate one thing from another, to distinguish. Adam was our first known scientist. He named all the animals and brought distinction in the animal kingdom. In fulfillment of the Dominion Mandate, God’s people believed in an orderly, rational, uniformed, creation, which gave rise to scientific inquiry. Several departments of science were founded by Christians. Christian Scientists believed they were “thinking God’s thoughts after Him.” Kennedy points out that pagan cultures did not have a proper worldview to promote the study of science. They often saw nature as chaotic or ruled by capricious gods. Christ's birth impacted the pursuit of enterprise. Christianity dignified honest labor and enterprise by discouraging sloth and laziness. The Protestant work ethic based upon the Dominion Mandate fueled economic growth and lifted societies out of poverty.

  2. 12/08/2025

    A World without Christmas Part 2

    This is part 2 in our Christmas series, “A World without Christmas” or in the case of Narnia, “Always winter, never Christmas.” We are weaving together three different sources to determine what a Christless world would look like today. It's a Wonderful Life, Chronicles of Narnia, and D James Kennedy's book, "What if Jesus had not been born?" This episode covers three areas, education, government, and freedom. Before Christ education was for elites only. The masses were intentionally kept ignorant. They were much easier to control. Christ brought a revolution in education. Without words and language spoken first by God, there would be no creation and no way to know our Creator. Armed with this knowledge the church pursued literacy for men and nations. Christianity helped shape modern representative government. The biblical idea that all people are equal before God undermined the oppressive rule of tyrants. Without Christ, rulers believed themselves to be gods. With Christ, rulers became servants. Without Christ, power is concentrated and centralized. The weak are crushed under the heel of the strong and justice bends to the powerful. Kennedy shows how Christ completely reshaped the world’s concept of freedom. First, Christ came to bring spiritual freedom. This led to political and economic freedom. Christian ethics fueled justness, honesty, and responsibility in civil affairs. Because Christianity introduced the idea of human dignity and personal responsibility, the free-market system came into existence. Individuals were seen as morally responsible that have inherent worth and are accountable for their actions. These ideas came straight from Scripture, not ancient pagan thought or economics. In education, Jesus brings light to vanquish ignorance. In government, He brings justice and in society, He brings freedom. Without Christmas, none of this would have been possible. “Let earth receive her king.”

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Kingdom Moments is about meeting the challenges of life with the confidence of God’s Word. Join Rusty Thomas each week as he brings the brilliance of Scripture to every area of life. By following along, you will be built up in your faith and equipped to advance the Gospel of the Kingdom from your very own home, church and community. This show is filled with compelling Biblical truths, real stories and lessons from history. So grab your Bible, open it up and get ready to learn and grow!

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