tolerance — Podcast List — THE UNCENSORED UNPROFESSOR

May 3

May 3 309 The Cult of Culture, 212-0 Women's Softball Team

Cult of the Now, Christian Worldview, Current Events, Beauty

From whence does culture come? Well, directly, from a cult. I explore and explain how cult and culture are related in this U.U. shotgun. Variously, I also work through the recent lingual faux pas of the Dali Lama, a very funny church-joke, Ukraine's president and his skimming money from the USA, a statue to honor a pedophile's dream, the United Nation's new policy on pedophilia, the significance of Tucker Carlson's recent firing at FOX, and the recent non-defense of Title 9 by House Democrats. I finish the show with a reflection on how humans are greater than angels.

Apr 19

Apr 19 307 Demon possessed Christians?, IN the world but not OF?

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Christian Worldview, Current Events, The Spiritual World, Cult of the Now

Can a Christian be demon possessed? I walk through theology and experience on that matter. In this UU shotgun I also discuss tolerance, cell phone culture's effects on the brain, how the transgender movement is being challenged, Budweiser marketing ploys, and how Christian parents ought to evaluate movies for their kids. In the second half of the show I work through, at a 2K' macro level, what "in the world but not of" it means. To top off that theme I note three dominant positions the Church has taken vis-a-vis culture in the Modern era. Let's probe more deeply into our faith.

Apr 12

Apr 12 306 Ukraine War, Asbury Revival

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Christian Worldview, Current Events, Spirituality

The war in Ukraine is 14 months old and 250,000 people have been killed. It's time for peace, so I pray to that end. I also work through why the Whitehouse wants to shut down natural gas. Then, as an act of humility, I confess three errors of prediction I made two years ago; you gotta own when you are wrong! Across the last half of the show I discuss the recent Asbury revival and frame it in light of America's history of revivals. Our national imagination has been deeply shaped by huge revivals! Then I both affirm and critique revivals.

Mar 22

Mar 22 303 Shotgun: State Hatred, UFOs, Healing the Racial Divide

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Current Events, Bible, Christian Worldview, The Common Good

Under Joseph Stalin there was intense hatred from the State toward the Russian citizenry. Today we are witnessing the same here in America. How did that then, and how does that today, manifest? I also variously work through what I think about UFOs, the Southern Poverty Law Center's having targeted Latin Rite Catholics, the effects of tolerance, and why the Church needs to put critical-cooperation into practice. Come think theologically and laugh heartily with me!

Mar 15

Mar 15 302 Who Hates the Atonement?, Relaxed Evangelism

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Bible, Christian Worldview, Current Events, Why Does Morality Matter?

My friends grew concerned when their church changed its vocabulary and stopped preaching both forgiveness of sin and Jesus as sacrificial Savior. It made me wonder, who hates the atonement and why? Was it really only St. Paul who emphasized Jesus' atoning death? In this episode I also discuss Adam Curry's presence on Joe Rogan's podcast, whether tolerance is a Christian virtue, recent revelations about January 6, and I share poignant things I've learned reading The Gulag Archipelago. Come think and laugh with me!

Mar 10

Mar 10 197 The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seeds of the Church?

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Spirituality

A common adage, "the church always does better when she's persecuted," stems from Tertullian, "the blood of the martyrs is the seeds of the church." Yet, if we study history is that even true? Was that true under the Romans? Under Muslims? Under Soviet Marxists? And then, why? Why do I care? Or why do I prefer to say to those in favor of Christian suffering, "you first!"?

Aug 5

Aug 5 166 The Cult of the Now (6) Word Games and Reality

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Cult of the Now

Words are powerful. We shape both reality and ourselves with words. So it's interesting to me that Marxist shibboleths (insider religious code words) are more like word-clouds and less like specifically defined terms. Why is that? In this episode I work through several shibboleths and expose them. We need to understand some of what is going on in society. Oh, and I also describe what it is like to be the owner of a new puppy!

Jul 29

Jul 29 165 The Cult of the Now (5) Why "Systemic" Racism?

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Cult of the Now

We are told this is neither a matter of individual racists wreaking havoc nor is it simply that there are towns or regions that are predominantly racist. No, the dominant narrative is that America is "systemically" racist. Why that resounding refrain? To sort this out I peer into the work of Robin DiAngelo, author of the best selling book, White Fragility. What can we take away from her? How is this all rather like a glacier going off a cliff?

Jan 10

Jan 10 015 Quick Hitter: Tolerate My Intolerance

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Quick Hitters

This is my very first "quick hitter" episode (mere minutes long). Just what does tolerance mean? What doesn't it mean? It seems simple, but watching our society apparently it is not.