Greg Smith, Author at DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/author/gregsmith/ News, Polemics, Discernment, Theology, Apologetics Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:53:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/disntr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Greg Smith, Author at DISNTR - The Dissenter https://disntr.com/author/gregsmith/ 32 32 189756376 Thoughts on the Idolatry of American Politics https://disntr.com/2024/07/09/thoughts-on-the-idolatry-of-american-politics/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:53:09 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248930 I’ve been watching the political landscape for decades and watching the catastrophic slide away from biblical conservatism ramp up even more in recent years. This writing has been on the wall for a while. For those who have ears to hear, I don’t know how God could make it any clearer that he is curing […]

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]]> 248930 How Greg got Saved, Part Five. Greg Gets Saved. https://disntr.com/2024/06/14/how-greg-got-saved-part-five-greg-gets-saved/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:05:06 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248775 We left off yesterday with my having gotten clean and sober in court mandated Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and my subsequent disillusionment with AA, which was functioning as a religion of sorts in my life. I continued going to AA (and NA) meetings because I didn’t really know what else to do. Life definitely was better […]

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]]> 248775 How Greg got Saved, Part Four. Final BC Chapter https://disntr.com/2024/06/13/how-greg-got-saved-part-four-final-bc-chapter/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:58:54 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248764 Yesterday we left off with the first glimmer of light I had probably had in my whole life. I had no idea what I was going to do, but for the first time I realized in earnest that whatever it was, this life of being a homeless criminal had to end somehow. In spite of […]

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]]> 248764 How Greg got Saved, Part Three. BC https://disntr.com/2024/06/12/how-greg-got-saved-part-three-bc/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:46:15 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248757 We’ll pick it up where we left off last time where I burned up my uncle’s kitchen, drunk in the morning, left an apology note and ran away. I was 17 years old at that time, BTW. I just couldn’t face him. I pretty much just found someplace to sleep outside every night and managed […]

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]]> 248757 How Greg got Saved, BC Part Two https://disntr.com/2024/06/11/how-greg-got-saved-bc-part-two/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:11:01 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248739 Last time I gave a quick overview of my early life and the circumstances leading up to my move at 16 to Arizona to live with my uncle. To pick up there, I took off from Detroit Metro at about 11pm and landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor a few hours later. I was filled with […]

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]]> 248739 How Greg got Saved, BC Part One. https://disntr.com/2024/06/10/how-greg-got-saved-part-one-bc/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:51:34 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=248718 I’m not going to give my life story here, but a brief synopsis will lay the groundwork for what ultimately led to my receiving Christ in August of 1984. I enjoy other people’s salvation testimonies and thought somebody might be interested in mine. My mother was pregnant with me when President Kennedy was assassinated in […]

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]]> 248718 Actually Biblical Interaction with Modern Cinema https://disntr.com/2024/01/23/actually-biblical-interaction-with-modern-cinema/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:14:16 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=247519 The following are excerpts from a conversation I had six years ago with some allegedly Westminster Presbyterians trying to equate meat sacrificed to idols with sinful content in movies and television.  RC says: “I learned today I can’t watch HBO’s The Wire. Can I watch USA Network reruns of Law and Order SVU? Also, can […]

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]]> 247519 Yea, hath God said,…..? Still the Key to Everything. Part 5. https://disntr.com/2023/06/16/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-5/ https://disntr.com/2023/06/16/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-5/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 20:11:35 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=245749 One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. Proverbs 27:7 In this last installment for the week, we’re going to take a quick look at a topic which is at once utterly basic to the physical survival of all of mankind, constantly at the forefront of literally […]

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]]> https://disntr.com/2023/06/16/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-5/feed/ 0 245749 Yea, hath God said,…..? Still the Key to Everything. Part 4. https://disntr.com/2023/06/15/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-4/ https://disntr.com/2023/06/15/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-4/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 22:28:49 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=245734 Is Jesus a Republican? It should self evidently go without saying to any reader of this site that the true Jesus Christ most assuredly is not and could not possibly be a Democrat. Or even hold them blameless who are. This has been true for a while, but that history is beyond the scope of […]

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]]> https://disntr.com/2023/06/15/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-4/feed/ 0 245734 Yea, Hath God Said,…? Still the Key to Everything – Part 3 https://disntr.com/2023/06/14/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-3/ https://disntr.com/2023/06/14/yea-hath-god-said-still-the-key-to-everything-part-3/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:05:07 +0000 https://disntr.com/?p=245674 Us and Them? Biblical Unity, Division and the Confusion of Human Categories. Along with what we’ve seen thus far, and sometimes from the same people, there is today a relentless cacophony of voices calling for “unity” in Christ’s church. Some far more legitimate than others. Of course every true Christian knows that unity is indeed […]

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