Prophetic Politics

We're back! You all had more questions than we could handle in one episode so we did a second.

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We tackled several questions from Twitter. Good stuff!

Part 1 of 2.

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Our fearless leader, Thabiti, was absent for this episode. But fear not, Nick and Ben spent the episode exploring why each came to the political conclusions and positions that they did.

Works Referenced:

The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek

Modernity without Restraint by Eric Voegelin

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt

The Republic by Plato

Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

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Thabiti, Nick, and Ben talk about Biblical justice and how it interacts with secular visions of justice.

Show Notes:

Tim Keller: A Biblical Critique of Secular Justice and Critical Theory

This is the article we reference a few times in this episode.

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Thabiti, Nick, and Ben discuss the tearing down of monuments and how we understand the good and the bad in historical figures.

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We're back from our impromptu midseason break! (Which really meant Ben's vacation, what a slacker).

In this episode, Ben, Thabiti, and Nick talk about the Supreme Court and various judicial philosophies.

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The Supreme Court has long been a focus for Christians and non-Christians alike. This is somewhat unusual for Supreme Courts in democracies. Nick, Thabiti, and Ben discuss the court and how it could change.

If you hear some voices in the background, that's Ben's family. Brothers, we are not professionals!

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Nick, Thabiti, and Ben talk about religious liberty.

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Nick, Thabiti, and Ben discuss how love of country can be idolatry, what rightly ordered love of country looks like, and what traps Christians fall into regarding syncretism.

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Thabiti, Nick, and Ben talk about what good political leadership looks like in a crisis. They also reflect on the challenges of the pandemic, both as it relates to political questions and policy challenges.

Note: This episode is a few weeks old and does not reflect the latest news about COVID-19 and its stats are out of date.

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