Bombadil's Porch

In this episode we consider how narrowly our country escaped including our daughters in the military draft, and how we would respond if our daughters were drafted in the future. We also discuss how the pursuit of gender equity is affecting local athletics and where such trends are likely to end. Finally, we broaden our view to ask what the bigger scheme is that our culture keeps falling for in many areas of civilization.

In this episode we discuss the current direct challenge to the infamous Roe v. Wade decision playing out in the Supreme Court.

In this episode we discuss Thanksgiving turkeys and traditions as well as how to deal with conversational landmines that can interrupt a day of feasting.

In this episode we discuss the ongoing challenge of society's lack of confidence in its institutions and the particular questions this poses to Christians trying to be biblically faithful.

In this episode we welcome Ben Doehle back into the studio and center our discussion around three questions. First, we discuss our favorite family Christmas movies. Second, we ask if the concept of self-forgiveness is biblical. Third, we look at a baseball player retiring at the top of his career to spend more time with family.

In this episode we discuss a pair of recent commercials that illustrate the incredible lengths corporations will go to in the pursuit of overturning cultural norms and selling snack foods.

In this episode we consider another excellent question from a listener about the potential dangers and risk to a family of opening our homes to care for those who need Gospel love, but bring unique brokenness with them.

In this episode we consider at length a question about the biblical grounds for intentionally exposing children to a degree of risk in parenting. We also take a minute to see how many trendy words Nate is familiar with, and close with a few interesting observations on a recent look at preaching in America put out by The New Yorker.

Join us for this special interview with Toby Erickson, author of the book Raise Your Own Dang Kids! It's a fascinating conversation covering a lifetime's perspective on education, child-rearing, cake, and culture. A big thanks to Toby for giving his time to share this conversation with us.

Back together again after a week of travel, we discuss the idea that a one trillion dollar coin could solve our economic woes. We also share theological and culinary lessons learned from attending the G3 Conference in Atlanta, GA.