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Happiness: Marxism vs Capitalism (Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek debates Jordan Peterson)

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  These men have touched some of the deep problems of humanity and being among some of the best minds among men have made brilliant observations, analyses, and offered possible solutions to create a better kingdom of man. I like the realistic pessimism of both men especially Zizek that admit the reality of man's wickedness and none of them offers a perfect systematized cure for everything to bring about a guaranteed utopia. What's incredible is they have thought hard and deep about these serious issues and considered the contribution of the Judeo-Christian worldview but just like what Zizek said, people nowadays hold to ideologies that work even if they don't believe in it. The thing about Christianity is it doesn't work if you don't believe. Sure, you may enjoy some temporal benefits of following biblical wisdom but as Jesus said, what good is it even if you gain the whole world yet lose your soul? Christianity is not about just having a good short life here on ear...

Book of Revelation Overview by Abner Chou

You can download and listen to this excellent series of overview on the book of Revelation by Abner Chou on the links below. Abner Chou is the John F. MacArthur Endowed Fellow at The Master’s Seminary. He earned his ThD from The Master’s Seminary, California. Dr. Chou as written a number of articles and he is the author of I Saw the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Vision (Wipf & Stock, 2013) and The Hermeneutics of the Biblical Writers: Learning to Interpret Scripture from the Prophets and Apostles (Kregel, 2018). He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and Society of Biblical Literature. He is married to Johanna, and has four children. Revelation 1-3 • Introduction and The Practicality of Studying Revelation • Abner Chou Revelation 4-9 • Christ the Hero • Abner Chou Revelation 10-14 • Reality of Evil and the Resilience of God • Abner Chou Revelation 14b-19 • God's Vengeance for His People • Abner Chou Revelation 20: 7-10 • God's Resolution of the Problem of Evil...