Confronting Sin

What is the Christian stance in the face of anti-biblical behavior? When a pastor makes a controversial statement, how is the Christian community supposed to react?
Title
Confronting Sin
Summary
What is the Christian stance in the face of anti-biblical behavior? When a pastor makes a controversial statement, how is the Christian community supposed to react?
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Hosted By
Pastor Chris Gordon
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Show Notes

​What is the Christian stance in the face of anti-biblical behavior? When a pastor makes a controversial statement, how is the Christian community supposed to react? Rev. Chris Gordon and Rev. Dr. Daniel Borvan continue their conversation on Alistair Begg’s recent statements on attending a gay wedding. They discuss the desperate need for churches to step in and handle these situations ecclesiastically and how that action can minimize backlash. They talk about the tricky balance of Christians confronting people in their sin, but still doing it in a caring, appropriate way to bring them to the truth.

Chapters:
00:00 - The Conscience Card
01:15 - Romans 1-Approval Of Sin
02:40 - How Should Christians Set Themselves Apart?
04:00 - Begg’s Approach Of Compassion
06:16 - Rosaria Butterfield
07:22 - Affirming Sin Is Not Helping
08:07 - But Jesus Ate With Tax Collectors!
09:20 - John 7- Confronting Sin
11:15 - The Pharisee Environment
13:00 - Rattle The Cages
14:30 - Preaching To Sinners
15:20 - Pastor’s Opinions
17:15 - Processes In Place To Protect Alistair Begg
19:15 - Bring Begg Up On Charges?

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Rev. Dr. Daniel Borvan is pastor of preaching ministry at Christ Reformed Church.  His responsibilities are to “preach the Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching” (2 Timothy 4:2).

Daniel earned his Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary California in 2011.  As a student at Westminster Seminary he learned that all study of Scripture, theology, and church history is put into practice in the worship and work of the church.  The goal is to glorify Christ by serving His church. At Westminster Seminary he also earned a Master of Arts degree in Historical Theology. His thesis paper was on Faustus Socinus.

In 2019 Daniel went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology from Oxford University in England.  His interest was on the French Reformation which prompted him to write his doctoral dissertation on Pierre Du Moulin, "Fighting For The Faith: Pierre Du Moulin's Polemical Quest."  He recently gave a presentation on the perseverance of theFrench Reformation Church at Providence Christian College.

Daniel is chairman of theHeidelberg Reformation Association. Some of his published articles are on theHeidelblog website. Daniel was installed as pastor of preaching ministry at Christ Reformed ChurchSeptember 29, 2023, having served four years at

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