Right Response Podcast

In this episode of the Right Response podcast, the hosts discuss the Christian tradition of just war theory, tracing its development from Augustine to Aquinas and explaining why it matters for distinguishing justified killing from murder. They outline core criteria for going to war (jus ad bellum)—legitimate authority, just cause, right intention, last resort, proportionality, probability of success, and discrimination between combatants and non-combatants—and for conduct within war (jus in bello), including proportionality and humane treatment of prisoners. Applying these principles to modern conflicts, they highlight difficulties posed by preemptive war, imperial and economic motives, and technologies like drones. They also address Christian pacifism, arguing for a distinction between personal ethics and public duties of the civil magistrate, and conclude with Isaiah 2’s vision of a future where nations “learn war no more.”

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Who Is My Neighbor?
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This episode argues against the common evangelical claim that “all sin is equal,” using Luke 12:47–48 to emphasize that greater knowledge of God’s will brings greater culpability and stricter judgment. The hosts discuss temporal judgments in Scripture (including Sodom and Gomorrah) and contend that eternal punishment also varies in severity based on both the nature of sins committed and the degree of revelation and grace received, citing Jesus’ woes to Tyre and Sidon and the principle “to whom much is given, much is required.” They distinguish between sin equally separating the unrepentant from God and differing degrees of punishment in hell, and they compare this to differing degrees of reward in heaven. They also connect these ideas to natural revelation, civil and biblical law, the heightened judgment of teachers and deceivers, and the continuing moral relevance of God’s law for Christian sanctification.

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Genesis Gold Group
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Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

During Holy Week, Wesley Todd, joined by Pastor Joel Webbon and Antonio Griffith, reads 1 Corinthians 15:1–7 and argues that Christianity hinges on Jesus’ bodily resurrection as the seal of His saving work and the basis of Christian hope. They outline early evidence for the resurrection, including Paul’s use of an earlier creed within two decades of the crucifixion, the independent Gospel accounts with specific and “embarrassing” details, and the public setting of Jerusalem with claims of appearances to many, including over 500. They also cite non-biblical, often hostile sources—Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny, a Talmud passage, Clement of Rome, and early anti-Christian mockery—to show the crucifixion and resurrection claims were widely circulated early. They address objections like hallucination, bereavement experiences, and body-theft theories, concluding history can strongly support the case but cannot produce absolute certainty without faith, since unbelief is ultimately moral and spiritual rather than merely intellectual.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
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Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

This episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast discusses Christian hope in bleak times, contrasting postmillennial confidence in Christ’s victory with both “black pill” cynicism and naïve “hopium.” The hosts describe economic and geopolitical pressures—AI-driven job loss, inflation, war, and political disillusionment—and argue that real hope is grounded in faith, sober realism, and God’s promises rather than elections or short-term outcomes. Drawing from Hebrews 11, 1 Corinthians 15, Psalm 1, and Peter’s renewed hope after the resurrection, they emphasize enduring “winter” by focusing on what can be controlled: faithful church life, marriage, raising children, rejecting cynicism, building tangible work, and thinking generationally. Their key strategy is that the righteous often prevail by outlasting the wicked and being ready when God brings providential opportunities for change.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
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Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

The episode opens with Matthew 22:23–30 to argue that marriage belongs to the temporal “common kingdom,” not the eternal kingdom, and uses this framework to address viral online praise of a Christian man marrying a converted but formerly promiscuous woman. The hosts distinguish between micro-level pastoral counsel—where such marriages are permissible for repentant Christians—and macro-level messaging. They contend Scripture treats sexual purity, especially female virginity, as a major societal concern (citing Leviticus and Deuteronomy), emphasize temporal consequences despite forgiveness, warn about digital permanence affecting children, criticize indiscreet public testimonies, and reject claims that the church is a “whore,” distinguishing Israel from Christ’s chaste bride.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Western Front Books.
Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

The episode opens with Luke 16:1–13 and uses Jesus’ commendation of the shrewd steward to frame a discussion of biblical prudence—being wise as serpents while innocent as doves—without endorsing sin. Wesley Todd, Pastor Joel Webbon, and Antonio Griffith trace how marriage and divorce shifted from English common law (including coverture and limited divorce) to modern no-fault divorce, arguing that today’s family courts often incentivize unjust outcomes, especially for men, through custody, alimony, and asset division. They contend Christians face “gaps” where the state abandons righteous standards, requiring practical wisdom. Against this backdrop, they explore whether prenuptial agreements can be morally permissible if structured around biblically valid grounds for divorce (adultery and abandonment), potentially deterring frivolous divorce, discouraging predatory motives, and protecting multigenerational inheritance.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group

Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.

https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Who Is My Neighbor?

Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.

https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial

Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

This episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast discusses the “doctrine of inequality” and critiques modern egalitarianism as a recent Enlightenment development tied to humanism, individualism, and progressive politics. Using 1 Corinthians 12, the hosts argue Scripture teaches unity with real distinctions—diverse members in one body—where some parts are more “comely” yet all are necessary, and where the Christian ethic dignifies inferiors without flattening hierarchy. They trace egalitarian thought from philosophers like Rousseau and social contract theory to modern equity claims, arguing “equal opportunity” is a myth given innate differences in ability and that attempts to erase hierarchy require deconstructing nature and institutions like the family. They also apply the theme personally, urging sober self-assessment of one’s talents and station to avoid pride, discontentment, and midlife crises.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles. https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Backwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

Who Is My Neighbor? Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian. https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

This episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast discusses 1 Timothy 6:17–19 and argues that being rich is not inherently sinful, but Christians must avoid trusting in riches and instead be rich in good works, generosity, and contentment. The hosts contrast apathy with hustle culture, presenting money as a tool for providing for family, supporting the church, helping the poor, and building durable, transferable wealth rather than a consumer lifestyle fueled by debt and status-seeking. They warn that marketing and social media drive covetousness and impulsive spending, and define the love of money as treating money as an end in itself. They also frame money and power as tools to be pursued righteously for God’s glory, while urging self-examination in how money comes in and goes out and balancing work with family responsibilities.

MINISTRY SPONSORS:

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

What Is Family Integrated Worship? | Ephesians 6:1-4

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.