Reformed Hope

Luke Saint, the author of The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy, and Russell Berger, pastor of 6th Avenue Community Church -Alabama- discuss justice and God's law on this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast.

On February 29, 2024, Judge Thomas Sponaugle, a Lancaster County judge, heard arguments by the state against Amish farmer Amos Miller. The next day, Sponaugle granted an injunction against Miller, forbidding the farmer from feeding his neighbors with his natural dairy products. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Joel Saint and Chris Hume talk about the 3.5 hour hearing they sat through and the idolatry of Sponaugle.

Amos Miller recently released a statement stating that an injunction by a Lancaster County judge is forbidding him from selling any raw dairy products. --I-t breaks our hearts that the state of Pennsylvania is forcing us to turn so many of you away when you beg us for the food you depend on for your health.- On this brief episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume reads the full statement from Miller and also plays a segment with some comments from Miller's attorney, Robert Barnes.--Amos Miller's hearing is currently scheduled for February 29th, 1-30 PM before Judge Sponaugle in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster PA. Amos invites all his supporters to attend.--To watch the full clip of Robert Barnes, visit- https---youtu.be-nRS7eXQcTxw--si-H5VJejrNtoJWzpxo--For more on Amos Miller's story, visit- https---www.thelancasterpatriot.com-helpamos-

Shak Khoury joins Chris Hume, Joel Saint, and Matt Kenitzer to discuss the potential for an official Muslim holiday in Pennsylvania, and the implications of the growing Nanny State in the medical field.

Chris Hume is joined by Pastor Timothy Decker on this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast. Decker is the author of the forthcoming book, A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13. On this episode, Decker gives a brief overview of his book, and then he and Hume interact with various aspects of civil justice, the law of God, and the civil magistrate.

State Rep. Dave Zimmerman recently released a statement about Amos Miller, the Amish farmer in Lancaster County who is being told by the state of Pennsylvania that he is not allowed to sell thousands of food items in his farm store. In the statement, Zimmerman opposes the idea that Miller and his customers should have the freedom to make their own choices without government intervention. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume analyzes Zimmerman's public statement and explains how it is nothing less than a promotion of statism.

Earlier this month, Michael Cassidy, a Mississippi man, took down a Baphomet statue -erected by The Satanic Temple- that was set up inside the Iowa Statehouse. Cassidy said, -My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree-and so I acted.- Meanwhile, both Satanists and Republican legislators are decrying Cassidy's actions in the name of -religious freedom.- On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Luke Saint, Matt Kenitzer, Joel Saint, and Chris Hume discuss this ongoing story.

Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden recently interviewed Timothy Decker about his forthcoming book on Romans 13. During that podcast interview, Pastor Gunden claimed that prior to 2020 the issue of disobeying tyrants was -not something that anyone ever talked about...as if this could ever happen in our lifetime.- Is Gunden's statement true-- And if not, what does that reveal about the ignorance of a pastor like Gunden-- And how does that bode for the future-- In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume addresses the fact that pastors like Gunden have been -willfully--- blind to the hundreds and hundreds of Christians who have been resisting American tyrants for many decades prior to 2020.

James White and Jared Longshore have been going back-and-forth concerning the new covenant and its members. At this point the informal -debate- consists of at least three articles from Longshore and several podcast episodes from White. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume interacts with Longshore's position -mainly from his article published on Dec. 12, 2023- and provides an overview of the position of the new covenant wherein, in the words of John Owen, the new covenant -does effectually communicate all the grace and mercy contained in it to all and everyone with whom it is made- with whomsoever it is made, his sins are pardoned.-

In 2020, when Westminster Presbyterian Church -the largest Reformed church in Lancaster County, PA- cancelled the assembly of the saints, Senior Pastor Chris Walker released a video and written statement explaining -three clear biblical commands guiding our decision not to meet for worship right now.- He -and his elders- cancelled the assembly of the saints and appealed to the recommendation of the civil government as support for that decision. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume interacts with Walker's 2020 video and critiques the arguments Walker presented in favor of canceling church for weeks. -Walker and the church elders also required masks for the first Sunday when they finally reopened.-