Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The United States and Israel took major action in Iran, taking out the Supreme Leader. What role did the CIA play and what are the spiritual stakes? Former CIA officer and host of The President's Daily Brief Mike Baker joins Mike Slater to discuss. This is part one of a two-part episode on The First TV.

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Mike Slater examines whether America was founded as a Christian nation, weighing the founders’ biblical influences, their Christian worldview, and the clear Christian principles woven into the nation’s early laws, education, and moral framework. He explores what Scripture says about nations, rulers, and the role of God’s people in public life, while addressing today’s cultural battles over faith in government and society. This is part two of two with Pastor Douglas Wilson

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The U.S. and Israel have unleashed a massive joint attack on Iran, with President Trump declaring it a path to dismantling Iran's regime and urging Iranians to rise up. In this timely emergency episode of Politics By Faith, Mike Slater delivers his immediate first thoughts and key insights to keep in mind as this rapidly unfolding crisis escalates, blending unfiltered analysis with faith-based perspective on global security and biblical parallels. Listen right now for grounded clarity amid the chaos.

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Mike Slater examines whether America was founded as a Christian nation, weighing the founders’ biblical influences, their Christian worldview, and the clear Christian principles woven into the nation’s early laws, education, and moral framework. He explores what Scripture says about nations, rulers, and the role of God’s people in public life, while addressing today’s cultural battles over faith in government and society. This is part one of two with Dr. Matthew Spalding.

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The woke scolds have not yet realized that they don't have the power they used to have. They used to fire off a few tweets and people would crumble and give a groveling apology. Not anymore, and the Left hates that they don't have this power anymore.

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Our president and our Navy SEALs killed "El Mencho". Technically, the Mexican government and the Mexican military did, but...it wouldn't have happened without constant pressure from Trump. We'll give the true story and relate it to Judges 3.

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Sports are a part of culture. The left, in their march through the institutions, have tried to destroy the joy we get from sport. Team USA gave us a wonderful show and something to be proud of. It's also a taste of what's to come in heaven.

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Mike Slater confronts addiction not as a mere personal failing or isolated crisis, but as a profound expression of our shared human brokenness—our innate cravings for power, escape, approval, and false gods that play out in politics, culture, and the soul. Through a biblical lens, the show explores how these addictive patterns fuel national division, idolatrous ideologies, and spiritual bondage, while offering the redemptive hope of faith as the true path to freedom and sober allegiance to the Kingdom. This is part two of a two part episode. Part two features special guest Carl Thomas of XXX Church.

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Mike Slater confronts addiction not as a mere personal failing or isolated crisis, but as a profound expression of our shared human brokenness—our innate cravings for power, escape, approval, and false gods that play out in politics, culture, and the soul. Through a biblical lens, the show explores how these addictive patterns fuel national division, idolatrous ideologies, and spiritual bondage, while offering the redemptive hope of faith as the true path to freedom and sober allegiance to the Kingdom. This is part one of a two part episode. Part one features special guest author Arch Kennedy.

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James Talarico is running for Senate in Texas as a Democrat. He goes around quoting scripture and taking it so wildly out of context that he must know what he's doing. On The Late Show, he claimed gay marriage and abortion aren't in the Bible. Yikes. What does the Bible say?

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