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DEBATE PREVIEW

What should both candidates do? I have a pre-analysis.

ELECTION LONG GAMES

I'll provide some historical examples of how losing one election led to great outcomes for conservatives. In short, the people who catastrophize election outcomes don't respect history.

SPEAKING OF HISTORY...

There's been some controversy on Christian Twitter regarding historical events like the Crusaders and World War 2. I'm more interested in this movement question the history. They are, in some ways, similar to a Woke Deconstructionism.

A LOT MORE

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LIFE UPDATES

I've been gone for a couple weeks. I have some life updates for you.

A CONTROVERSIAL CHURCH HANDOUT

A church recently distributed a flyer that advertised their church as having "smiling wives," "obedient children," and some other qualities. I have some response to the criticism they received.

KINGDOM STRATEGY

There's an online controversy among a couple Christian groups about how to go about actually making kingdom progress in this culture. They've been rude about it. I have some, hopefully, helpful thoughts.

A LOT MORE

I much prefer to write more full synopses, but I'm in a rush today. Here's the short version:

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THE MEN WE NEED

A New York Times editorial rightly sees the masculinity from Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, and Dana White at the RNC as unhelpful, but he gets the CORRECT source of masculinity all wrong.

CODDLING LEFT AND PUNCHING RIGHT

People like me can be critiqued with this phrase. I want to provide a different paradigm on why it may seem like some of us are softer than some others want us to be.

OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY

Was it a Lord's Supper parody? Maybe. Probably.

Was it a celebration to a pagan god? Yes.

Was it definitely an immoral perversion? Yes.

POLITICS

I have some quick thoughts on JD Vance's 2021 thoughts on "cat ladies" and why I'm confident VP Harris's polling bump is going to fade.

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MATT CHANDLER WITH SOME POLITICAL THOUGHTS

The Village Church pastor recently said, "the Left wants the Kingdom without the King. The Right wants the King without the Kingdom." He took some heat for that, but I want to push back on his detractors.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?!

You are living in a genuinely unique time in American history. I have some thoughts to add context and then some examination of the a forming Trump vs. Harris race.

Cody is a smart dude, and we always have good talks. This is our latest one.

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What else? The biggest story of the year was almost the biggest story of my lifetime. I have some sobering thoughts on the near-assassination.

I'll address Trump himself, and what I hope can be a transformative experience that makes him consider his mortality.

I also have thoughts on the Secret Service's failure, what the killer's profile tells us about young men in the country, and why our entire national temperature has to come down (like I've been saying for a decade).

I'll also give you my initial reaction to JD Vance being announced as Trump's VP nominee (spoiler: it's meh).

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GOP PLATFORM

Republicans released their platform one week ahead of their Convention. I'll review it and provide details.

WINNING IN THE CULTURE AS A CHRISTIAN

I'll play two Christian figures -- one is Tim Keller. I'm asking the question in this darkening culture: what does it mean for Christians to WIN. It's more complicated than you may think.

MUCH MORE

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CHEVRON DEFERENCE CASE

When the Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference case, they created an environment where we might be able to start chipping away at the massive federal bureaucracy that largely rules the American people. I'll break it down in detail.

DISHONEST ABORTION STATISTIC

Pro-Aborts are touting a statistic out of Texas regarding infant mortality being HIGHER after strict abortion laws were enacted. I'll explain why this is misleading.

OKLAHOMA TO ADD BIBLE TEACHING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Having the Bible present in public schools is a great idea. Having it taught introduces some challenges, though.

CHRISTIANS & POLITICS

I revisit my oft-visited struggle on how Christians respond to an interact with the world's governments, prompted by an online blog battle between two Christian academics.