Pastor’s Picks – Recommended Resources

These are recommended resources that we have been personally encouraged and challenged by and hope they do the same for you. It’s been said before that great leaders are readers, and we are committed to regularly reading through our Bible and never stop learning. May the Lord bless you as you grow! -Pastor Tim Molter

Torahism (Are Christians Required to Keep the Law of Moses?) by R.L. Solberg

Are Christians required to keep the Law of Moses? How about the Ten Commandments? Was Jesus divine? Join R. L. Solberg in his book, Torahism, where he confronts a modern heresy and dives into these and other critical questions related to the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.

“It all began with a series of Facebook posts that an old friend posted just after Thanksgiving. He was aggressively taking Christians to task for celebrating the ‘pagan’ holiday of Christmas. This struck me as odd because I’d always known he and his wife to be strong Christians. And while I’ve debated with plenty of atheists over the alleged pagan roots of Christmas, I’d never heard this charge leveled by a fellow Christian. So I decided to chime in on his posts and soon discovered that I had stepped into a mystery of, well, biblical proportions…”

This is a great book on defending against the theology of Torahism, which teaches that all followers of Jesus, whether Jew or Gentile, are required to keep the Law of Moses. It was written to help you understand and address the teachings of movements such as Hebrew Roots, Torah-keepers, Pronomian Christianity, and Messianic Christians, which can be unbiblical, dangerous and divisive.

How to get this resource:

See if the book is available from your local library – It’s free (Minnesota Viking Library System)

Torahism (Amazon) at: https://www.amazon.com/Torahism-Christians-Required-Keep-Moses/dp/173367215X/

Torahism (Walmart) at: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pre-Owned-Torahism-Are-Christians-Required-to-Keep-the-Law-of-Moses-Paperback%2C5209593783

Torahism (R. L. Solberg) at: https://rlsolberg.com/torahism/

The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (A Proper Resistance to Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government) by Matthew J. Trewhella

America has entered troubling times. The rule of law is crumbling. The massive expansion of Federal government power with its destructive laws and policies is of grave concern to many.

But what can be done to quell the abuse of power by civil authority? Are unjust or immoral actions by the government simply to be accepted and their lawless commands obeyed? How do we know when the government has acted tyrannically? Which actions constitute proper and legitimate resistance?

This book places in your hands a hopeful blueprint for freedom. Appealing to history and the Word of God, Pastor Matthew Trewhella answers these questions and shows how Americans can successfully resist the Federal government’s attempts to trample our Constitution, assault our liberty, and impugn the law of God.

The doctrine of the lesser magistrates declares that when the superior or higher civil authority makes an unjust/immoral law or decree, the lesser or lower ranking civil authority has both the right and duty to refuse obedience to that superior authority. If necessary, the lower authority may even actively resist the superior authority. Historically, this doctrine was practiced before the time of Christ and Christianity.

How to get this resource:

See if the book is available from your local library – It’s free (Minnesota Viking Library System)

The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (ChristianBook) at: https://www.christianbook.com/magistrates-resistance-repudiation-unlimited-obedience-government/matthew-trewhella/9781482327687/pd/327687

The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (Amazon) at: https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Lesser-Magistrates-Resistance-Repudiation/dp/1482327686

The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (Defy Tyrants) at: https://defytyrants.com/store/book-the-doctrine-of-the-lesser-magistrates/