The Cory Truax Show

Cody and I sit down for a second time to figure out what a Bible-formed world would look like.

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WORLDVIEW TEST

I will play you audio from two government hearings and one TikTok. Here’s the game: can you hear where the errant point is coming from? Can you identify what unbiblical premise is informing the damaging worldview? It’s important we build our skill for hearing WHERE a bad idea is coming from.

THE PROPOSED FEDERAL BUDGET

The head of the executive branch recently proposed his annual budget. I want to examine that budget while asking the question: do these line items accord with Biblical thinking on what governments should and should not do? Budgets are political documents but they’re also moral documents. How we spend our money makes statements about our values and priorities. So, let’s examine the budget.

HOW WELL DO YOU LOVE YOUR ENEMY?

Imagine the person you most disagree with. Imagine the ideas you find most infuriating. When you think about the people that hold whose ideas, can you say that you love them? I struggle with this. Our media and social media machines have made it increasingly difficult, but that’s our call: love your enemy. I have some thoughts I want to share about that.

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TWO CHRISTIANS DEBATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

I listened to a debate where to believers disagreed on how the Christian should interact with government regulations regarding the environment. It was interesting and helpful, and I have some personal take-aways I want to share with you.

CHRISTIANS AND IMMIGRATION POLICY

I listened to a second debate about Christian thinking on national immigration policy. This one can get complicated in the time when we live, but I want to give you my conclusions.

DID JON STEWART MAKE A GREAT POINT?

The Internet seems to think Jon Stewart made an excellent point on his AppleTV show. Conversely, the point was really bad, and demonstrates the American mind is getting dimmer.

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THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT

I watched a debate recently about how Christians should educate their kids. After that, I saw a TikTok trend where kids make light of their need for psychiatric treatment, that suicide is now the second leading cause of death in young people, and that young folks are more medicated than ever. All of this got me thinking about how we pull our kids from the fire that is this culture. I have some ideas.

ARE YOU SIMMERING WITH ANGER?

Pastor Matt Chandler recently shared some disturbing information on how much social media companies are motivated to make us angry. Let’s spit ourselves out of the rage machine.

IS AMERICA EXCEPTIONAL?

A recent Twitter back-and-forth got me thinking about this term. What about America is normal and what is exceptional?

THE GOSPEL IN NUMBERS

The Book of Numbers offers astounding wisdom for us today. Let me tell you about it.

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STRINGING TOGETHER THOUGHTS

I have recently been ruminating on these three topics: 1) How the Kingdom of God gets from 2 billion people to 7 billion; 2) Not letting politics affect our emotions as presidential season kicks up; 3) choosing the “white pill” (hope) over the red pill (conspiracy thinking) or blue pill (sleepwalking through life).

I think I bring those together into something useful in the first segment.

HOW JESUS’S TRIAL ILLUSTRATES US

At Jesus’s trial before Pilate, Pilate knows what is right, but fears the crowd’s disapproval. So, he does what he knows is wrong to gain their approval. The crowds calling for crucifixion were manipulated into rage. I fear BOTH of those characters reflect us today, and I want to help end that.

THE BIBLE AND THE OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT

Should there have been more regulation on the train company? What should the consequence be for this train company? I think a Biblically-informed legal framework offers us a lot on this topic.

NATIONAL DIVORCE

A crazy member of Congress brought up having a national divorce. Many of us have talked about this concept for years, and I have some additional thoughts on it.

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EVEN THE BIBLE’S “WEIRD LAWS” ARE GOOD

There’s laws about not boiling a baby goat in its mothers milk and about covering up holes you dig in ground. How are these laws to love and apply to today? Let’s talk about it.

ARE WE ROBBING THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS FROM POTENTIAL WEALTH?

Giant corporations and banks are buying houses in bulk in major American markets. This is making it almost impossible for young people and middle income people from buying a home. Buying property is THE primary way Americans have built wealth for centuries.

Is there a Biblical argument for BANNING these corporations and banks from buying these houses to see to it that regular Americans aren’t left behind?

REVIVAL AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY?

There are reports of a revival breaking out at a Christian university in Kentucky. That definition seems to be a spontaneous continual worship service. I notice that the times of renewal and revival in the Bible are marked by the Bible being preached, a lot of prayer, and a lot of repentance. What's happening at Asbury an be GOOD, but we also need to know the signs of true revival.

REVISITING THE "HE GETS US' ADS

It ended up that the Left and the Right have criticisms of these ads. I have a little nuance I want to add, and then a question to ask.

Cody is the excellent host of Westminster Doxology Podcast. We're both wrestling with a question inside western evangelicalism lately. That question regards the Christian's role in culture and government -- and a lot more.