The Cory Truax Show

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REFUTING “KINISM”

I came across an errant theology, that can lead to sinful ethnic prejudice. I want to talk about its origins and then Biblically refute it.

A GOVERNMENT LESSON

We know too little about what the Federal Government is and what its role is. It is an entity created by the States, so the States are supposed to be supreme over it. That paradigm has fallen. Even so, it's important that we know what is in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, so we know the specific job of the federal government.

RESPONSE TO A MEME

I keep seeing memes from the younger set bemoaning that life is just eating, sleeping, exercising, getting married, buying a house, and having kids. They find so meaning it, and it's making them miserable. We have an answer for this problem.

BIBLICAL LAW OF THE WEEK: EXODUS 21'S SLAVERY LAWS

The passages on slavery are hard if you are coming from America's history of racist, chattel slavery. I'll help clarify some of these laws.

DEBATE PREVIEW

There's a debate Wednesday night that some people (wrongly) think is important. I'll give you a preview of what SHOULD happen and also what WILL happen instead.

SMARTPHONES AND MARRIAGE

There's a fairly large study indicating major correlation between screen time and marriage troubles. I'll break it down and give some encouragement on how to stop your screen addictions.

FIRST "BAPTIST" CLEMSON

This church ordained a woman into the pastorate, bragged about it on social media, and I have some thoughts on their very lazy arguments.

BIBLICAL LAW SERIES

Deuteronomy has some laws that are hard to process. I'll process one of them with you in this section.

My original summary of this episode, I think, was really good. But this is my second try at uploading, so I'm out of cleverness.

We start by having a helpful back-and-forth about Christians and the State. I don't remember everything after that, but I know we discuss a slavery law in the Bible, why health care is a product (not a right), and a few other items.

Thanks for your patience as I got this fixed.

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NYT AND RIGHT'S ECONOMICS

The New York Times did a GOOD job of itemizing the growing divide between Reagan rightists and Trump Republicans on economic policy. Along the way though, they just told some lies that I will correct.

TAKE CARE OF MAYA DOCUMENTARY

I have some short thoughts on a maddening documentary I saw and recommend.

THE GOSPEL COALITION AND CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

The TGC made a category talking about "Christian Nationalism." I want to clarify.

INTERPRETING HARD BIBLE LAWS

Let's wrestle through what some people claim the Bible says about rape.

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NANCY MACE

Nancy Mace bragged/joked about her own fornication at a prayer breakfast. We have a few lessons to learn from this.

IMPEACHMENT

I suspect impeachment will happen to this president within 1 year. I also think that we've discounted the severity of impeachment so much that almost all the presidents in my lifetime to come will also be impeached (but not removed by the Senate).

PATRIARCHY AND BARBIE

I haven't seen the movie, so I can't comment on it. I can comment on the discourse around the patriarchy, though. I have some nuance to add to it.

DOUG WILSON AUDIO

There's a video from Canon Press's Doug Wilson that I want to work through.

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"Try That in a Small Town" vs. Andrew Tate's "Manliness

Jason Aldean's "Try That in Small Town" isn't a racist lynching song like you're being told, but it does tell us something about masculinity. Conversely, Andrew Tate presents himself as an authority on manliness. I'll play some audio from him demonstrating he isn't anyone to follow.

That also gives me the opportunity to talk about manhood's defining characteristic: responsibility.

Why is Ron Desantis Failing

The Florida Governor seemed to be the only figure who could stop the former president from being nominated, but the Desantis campaign is flailing. I'll explore why.

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WHY CONSERVATISM FAILED

The human heart needs to be making progress. Conservatism tried to PRESERVE marriage, parenting, families, communities, business, finance, media, and entertainment as they were instead of seeking to make them EVEN BETTER.

Now we have a long project back to human flourishing.

MEDIA GASLIGHTING ON CULTURE WAR

I heard a story recently saying Republicans were holding up a military spending bill over the bill including funding for abortion, sex reasignment surgeries, and DEI programs. The story set up the conservatives as the aggressors in the Culture War. The truth is exactly the opposite. I'll explain.

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A Christian author is arguing Christians should leave progressive States and join more traditional ones. I want to work through that idea.

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I'm starting to ask some questions about my view of end times and how we practically get from here to there.

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Vivek Ramaswamy has a SUPER interesting and good idea.

The Supreme Court just finished their term. It was remarkably moderate-to-disappointment until the final decisions.

I'll provide details and commentary on

Overturning Alabama's and Louisiana's Congressional Maps

Overturning Affirmative Action in college admissions

Rightly affirming that a president does not have the unilateral power to force middle class people to pay off the student loans of upper income people.

Praise the Lord: religious liberty affirmed for Christians in public life.

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I'll go back to my routes and share some thoughts on the political landscape:

-The Presidential Primary is coming into focus.

-The surprisingly real corruption concerns in the executive branch.

-Republican bad strategy (let me expand on this one below).

The people who decide elections are largely suburban dwellers in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, and Atlanta. Those people are largely decently high-income earners, professionals, married with 1-2 kids, irreligious, and generally open to voting for a politician of either major party.

Right now, their concerns are that their budgets are stretched despite being high income-earners (because of inflation), that they feel nervous about visiting their awesome big cities on the weekend (because of crime), and that their kids education quality is suffering.

While those are their concerns, Republicans are giving time to Hunter Biden's corruption. That corruption is real, but it's not what the voters that matter care about. They tend to assume both parties are criminal enterprises.