A question about natural law from a lawyer-lobbyist about Christians embracing natural law provides a foundation for today’s look at the arguments made by Christian legal advocates to SCOTUS in defense of Tennessee’s law prohibiting medical interventions to treat a minor’s gender dysphoria. David explains how their arguments unwittingly embrace a subjective-oriented, relativistic understanding of law, not a Christian one.

When an idea is planted, it can do one of two things: take root and flourish or wither and die. Host Joseph Backholm is joined by Tim Goeglein who serves as the Vice President of External and Government Relations for Focus on the Family for a conversation around his new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia”. To understand the current political and cultural climate, we must look at the past. Tim dives into the people and ideas that have largely shaped the society we see today. Take a trip back to the 1960s and 1970s to discover the real cause of the cultural shifts we have seen throughout the years.

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Indiana State Rep JD Prescott joins us to expose how government plays god with your property rights. We're diving into his bold plan to abolish property tax - because paying rent to the government on land you 'own' isn't just bad policy, it's idolatry. Time to talk about real property rights and why Caesar needs to back off your front lawn.

Sound Bites

"I'm actually... You can't see the sweat, but I've got two little sweat marks on my shirt."
"I brought the incredibly funny Lisa Gilbert who has a Dry Bar special out and what's it called? All the Time Tired."
"No outside carry-in food, drink or ice cream products. That's literally what it said."
"That sounds like barbaric to me. That sounds like something that you wouldn't need to do in modern times, Brian."
"Yeah, I like it. I'm a fan. I get that in the sushi, so."
"He misses a lot of spots, so I still have a lot of work to do, but it's still helpful."
"Santa's dead."
"The responsibility of my kids still believing in Santa or not is not mine as a parent. It's not for me to tell them. I'm not going to have blood on my hands. It is all the kids on the playground."
"I'm not signing for a fake guy anymore."

When Kamala took the pulpit at New Birth Church, it wasn't just political theater - it was a symptom of spineless shepherds. Join Knox, Gabe, and Pastor Toby for Beer & Psalms as they dissect what happens when pastors trade their calling for political popularity. Warning: contains traces of righteous indignation.

In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Pastor Nate Wright and Dr. Michael Thiessen are joined by Pastor & Ezra Fellow for Evangelism & Apologetics Jeff Durbin of Apologia Church & Studios and End Abortion Now to discuss the upcoming American election, Social Conservatism, and the need to root conservative principles in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Episode Resources: Apologia Church: ; Apologia Studios: https://apologiastudios.com/; End Abortion Now: https://endabortionnow.com/; ReformCon '25: https://reformcon.org/.

Think Christianly about politics with the help of Dr. Boot’s latest book  “Ruler of Kings”: https://ezrapress.ca/products/ruler-of-kings-toward-a-christian-vision-of-government;

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Opening
00:27 Intro
00:47  Welcome
01:28 Homelife & Adoption
05:51 Conversation Set-up
07:31 How Jeff is Thinking About the Upcoming Election
14:57 Social Conservatism is NOT Enough
16:33 Christless Conservatism CANNOT Save Us
23:21 How Can an Abolitionist Vote for Trump?
38:33 What are Christians To Do When the Conservative Foundations are Destroyed? GO LOCAL!
47:30 "We've Got a Lot of [Exciting] Work Ahead of Us!"
48:43 God's Law Word at the Heart of All of Society
49:13 Thinking Christianly & Other Upcoming Conferences
51:47 Conclusion
52:10 Outro

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This week Greg sat down with Richard Akerman, better known to his youtube following as Redeemed Zoomer. With tens of millions of views and multiple debates under his belt, Greg wanted to get to know Zoomer's backstory, testimony, and ask him some fun personal questions. That's exactly what happened. Stick around for a fun and interesting episode by this young, reformed youtube juggernaut. Enjoy!  

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Kamala can't handle yelling at her rally, and Trump is working at McDonalds? What is going on??

On this episode of the Reformation Red Pill Podcast Pastor Brooks Potteiger and Joshua Haymes discuss 4 reasons Christians should vote against Kamala Harris and vote for Trump/Vance.

1. Your Vote is not a sacrament it is a tool (You should use it to oppose evil).

2. The Democratic Party’s platform is societal suicide

3. Harris wants to kill the pro-life movement (And she might do it)

4. We are called to love our neighbor (So Love your neighbor with your vote).

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00:00 - 13:14 - Intro

13:14 - 35:40 - Your Vote is not a sacrament it is a tool

35:40 - 47:48 - The Democratic Party’s platform is societal suicide

47:48 - 1:02:11 - Harris wants to kill the pro-life movement

1:02:11 - 1:10:50 - Love your neighbor with your vote

1:10:50 - 1:17:12 - Practical Application