The Cory Truax Show

On This Episode:

A CULTURE'S ART TELLS YOU WHAT IT'S LONGING FOR

HBO's Hard Knocks, HBO's Gilded Age, and this new Jennifer Lawrence movie, "No Hard Feelings" are betraying this secular age's desires. The law of God is written on every heart, and God designed us to want certain things, as we're made in his image.

This culture tries to deny God's design but their art betrays them. I'll go over how these pop culture features are telling us people long for:

-Men to lead and take care of their families

-Men to leave behind childishness

-A Culture of dignity, decorum, and standards

-For sex to be meaningful again

-That chastity would be desirable

On This Episode:

POLITICAL STORY ONE: SNL's Surprising Jokes

The first two jokes on SNL's Weekend Update were at President Biden's expense this week. That's an historic oddity. It also tells us something about our political moment, and I have some interpretive thoughts (including a look-ahead to next November's election).

POLITICAL STORY TWO: The Speaker Knows His History

A CNBC reporter recently challenged Speaker Mike Johnson on his praying from the Congressional House floor, arguing for separation of church and state. Mike Johnson did a masterful job of correcting him. I'll play the audio and explain further that literally everyone brings their faith to their politics (Secularism and Humanism are religions)

NYT'S ADMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH

This editorial from the New York Times admits our over-obsession with mental health and youth is back-firing. I'll provide some theories on why that is.

MY RECENT ESSAY

I'm publishing an Essay soon entitled "The Future won't be Confused." I read that essay here. In short, it's a recognition that this western, secular experiment regarding marriage, sex, sexuality, parenting and a lot more will collapse and ultimately be scorned by generations to come. As Asian and African traditional cultures (which already reject disordered sexualities) become more Christian, we know that the future will be built on the ashes of this very stupid, confused, sex-obsessed, self-worshipping era.

I'm on the road and unable to record a new episode this week. In place of that, this is the latest installment of mine and Cody Fields Post-Mil project.

Make sure to check his content out and buy stuff for your guitars (if you're a guitarist) at westminstereffects.com

On This Episode:

NUANCE IS IMPORTANT

I want to provide an example on why communicating with nuance is most often more effective than with sharp invective.

TIM KELLER AND A THEONOMY QUOTE

Tim Keller made a great point in a sermon back in 1991 that might get him accused of "Christian Nationalism" today (whatever that is). I want to play a clip from that sermon that illustrates that one of the Christian's roles is to tell governments that God is the arbiter of right and wrong -- not the government.

HOW SHOULD PASTORS HANDLE POLITICS

I'll provide some good and bad examples of pastors recently addressing politics and upcoming elections.

TRUMP POLLING IS CRAZY

The New York Times/Sienna College poll is easily accessible, and its results are remarkable. I'll break down the poll and provide some caution.

AFRICAN GROWTH

The African continent will be home to 1/4 of the world's population by 2050. Both Islam and Christianity are growing there. What strategies can we use to ensure the African future is also a Christian future?

On This Episode:

NEW HOUSE SPEAKER REACTION

It's good to have believers in high spaces. However, while the Left's reaction was on-brand insane, I noticed people who call themselves "Christian Nationalists" also had an odd reaction. I want to talk about all of the implications.

NUMB LITTLE BUG

The younger set have made a weird/sad song really popular. We need to be ready to offer young people something better than the fragility and victim mentality that the world does.

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IS CURING BLINDNESS/DEAFNESS GOOD OR AN ACT OF CULTURAL ERASURE?

This article asks if it's wrong to cure blindness or deafness. Some people seem to have adopted these conditions as core parts of their identities. What's the Christian response to handling and treating disabilities?

GET YOUR CATEGORIES IN ORDER

In Christianity, I'm seeing too much of arguing secondary issues as if they are life and death doctrines. Two examples are the view of governments and of masculinity. I hope I didn't get too heated here, but I certainly express my frustration and try to offer a better way.

BRITNEY SPEARS' ABORTION

We can all see Britney Spears is mentally unwell. I'll offer two reasons why. One is certainly, though, the very real correlation between abortion and mental health decline.

On This Episode:

WHEN CULTURES CRUMBLE

A listener wrote in to ask what I mean when I say, "Christians must be ready when the culture crumbles to provide answers." He wanted to know what I meant by "crumbled." I have some very practical answers that range from Disney to Social Security.

FALSEHOOD FAILS

This story covers a recent protest at Clemson University. That protest was students expressing anger that Clemson stopped having tampons in the MEN'S bathrooms -- because some men menstruate.

Additionally, while a sorority recently lost a court case on this topic, public opinion is swinging the other way.

If often takes a long time, but lies will lose.

WHAT HAPPENS IS CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM GROW AT SIMILAR RATES?

Another listener question wonders how my view of Christ's kingdom growing interacts with Islam's growth around the world. I'll draw some clear lines on the Christian's role, the Church's role, and a Christianized government's role in a world where Islam gets aggressive.

PEOPLE MOVING STATES BECAUSE OF POLITICS

This New York Times story profiles two families who left their states over politics. The Times seems to find this outcome negative. I also find it sad, but I'm also going to argue there's some healthy outcomes that can come from that. Our self-sorting can allow State and local governments to claw back power from the federal government, leaving more space for diverse laws, cultures -- and maybe place for more peace.