230 Were America's Founders Christian? A Conversation with Dr. Darren Guerra (1)

230 Were America's Founders Christian? A Conversation with Dr. Darren Guerra (1)

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The Constitution

In this conversation with Political Science professor Darren Guerra I ask, were the Founders Christian? Or better, how were they? What were they doing with their faith that is so lacking in the contemporary Church? What is presentism and how does it shape people's assessment of history? What were the Founders' core commitments about being human? What did they borrow from Greek philosophy to build society? Why do core principles matter so much? And, why oh why did they value the Old Testament so much?

228 More Onion Peeling—The Psychology of Mass Movements

228 More Onion Peeling—The Psychology of Mass Movements

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Current Events

For 20 years I've been studying progressive ideology from a philosophical angle. Eric Hoffer wrote a book 70 years ago that peeled my eyeballs back about the psychology and sociology of mass movements. What ingredients fuel a mass movement? Why do mass movements become a holy cause? Why is there such credulity among those who join mass movements? I also ask more critical questions about the vaccine mandates.

227 What Comprises a Christian Worldview? (6) God (duh!) and his Power

227 What Comprises a Christian Worldview? (6) God (duh!) and his Power

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top25, jerry, Christian Worldview

How do governmental vaccine mandates mirror an episode of the Twilight Zone I saw as a kid? How are officials going around the Constitution to censor freedom? What does "enlightened despotism" mean? The Bible teaches God is sovereign. Given evil's existence, how is that possible? Is God a puppet-master kind of king? What does belief in God's utter control do to social engagement?

225 What Comprises a Christian Worldview? (4) Joe, Strategy, Justice

225 What Comprises a Christian Worldview? (4) Joe, Strategy, Justice

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Christian Worldview

Stemming from God's character—perfect love permeated with pure holiness—Christians celebrate justice. Pertinent for today, we have to ask how that compares with a Postmodern sense of justice. So for example, if society is undergoing a "new rising consciousness" how should Christians process justice? I also reflect on Joe Biden's recent vaccine mandate speech and strategize about how to dialogue with a Postmodernist.

221 Adam's Passive Pose and Playing the Fiddle

221 Adam's Passive Pose and Playing the Fiddle

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Knowledge

Michelangelo's painting of creation on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel is genius not only for its artistic composition but its psychological insight. I take Michelangelo's insights and combine those with Nero playing his fiddle while Rome is burning. Oh, and I tell an exciting tale of victory in a recent league golf match. Come laugh and think with me!

220 A Many-Faceted Knowledge

220 A Many-Faceted Knowledge

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Knowledge

A recent Jordan Peterson podcast has had me processing. He discussed having a multi-variant approach to truth claims. In our pluralizing and relativizing culture the more paths to a truth claim there are the more that claim is substantiated. What does that mean, inside and out, for a Christian worldview? For Christian mission? What does that personally mean for me?

219 Knowledge: Our Historic Moment

219 Knowledge: Our Historic Moment

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Knowledge

Despite the ostrich-mode taken by so many, America is in an unprecedented moment. Why is this different? What is the ingredient fueling this burn? How is it affecting me, personally? How is knowledge—and the PoMo anger about objectivity—at work in our cynical era? Instead of objectivity, what does society need? Come laugh and think with me!

218 PoMo knowledge vs. Christian knowledge

218 PoMo knowledge vs. Christian knowledge

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Knowledge

Why do Postmodernists focus so much on knowledge? How do PoMos construct their knowledge? Why is knowledge at the root of the collision between PoMo-ism and liberalism, Modernism, and Christianity? What is my philosophical camp of choice? I also reflect on Psalm 14, a John Mayer tune, and loneliness. Come laugh and think with me about knowledge!

217 Undoing the Belts—Free to Believe

217 Undoing the Belts—Free to Believe

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Knowledge

Philosopher Michael Polanyi described the Modernist quest for objectivity as a kind of second fall. What'd he mean by that? How does objectivity bind us? What is a better way? A more biblical and Christian way? Jesus called us to be salt, but if we process reality just like non-believers our saltiness will be effete. (I'm also joined by Milt the Mediocre Motivational speaker).

216 Our Intellectual Straight Jacket—Why the Church is So Effete?

216 Our Intellectual Straight Jacket—Why the Church is So Effete?

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Knowledge


Christians represent 65% of the American population, but we are so faintly a cultural presence, so little salty. Why? Is it our sincerity? Our activism? No. I posit, following my interview last week of Nancy Pearcey, it is instead an intellectual straight-jacket. We've agreed to don an outfit that paralyzes us before we even walk out of the sanitarium. What is going on? What should we do?

215 Nancy Pearcey Conversation—Comparing Postmodernism and Christianity on Personhood

215 Nancy Pearcey Conversation—Comparing Postmodernism and Christianity on Personhood

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Knowledge

In this interview with best selling author-theologian Nancy Pearcey we explore what has resulted from Christians having accepted a Postmodern framework for truth. How does that bent truth-frame mangle the issues of parental rights, human rights, sexuality, and abortion? How does today's gnosticism compare with ancient gnosticism? How is our current cultural trajectory mirroring pre-Nazi Germany? Why does beauty matter in Christian truth claims?

213 Six Reasons I am Not Now Getting the C19 Vaccine

213 Six Reasons I am Not Now Getting the C19 Vaccine

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jerry, top25, Current Events

Many folks have good personal reasons to get a Covid shot. Herein I work through six reasons why I am not, for now, getting an injection. I also explain some of the biases and limitations at work in science and how those have played out, or not, during the Coronavirus mess. What has concerned me? What about our context has made me leery throughout? Come think with me. Or come disagree with me!

212 Time and Eternity—The Dual Nature of Scripture

212 Time and Eternity—The Dual Nature of Scripture

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Bible, Nature of


By his Holy Spirit God spoke through different authors in history. What does that mean, not mean? Why is it erroneous to argue that God alone wrote the Bible? Why is it injurious to argue that people alone wrote the Bible? Is God more or less sovereign for having worked through people? I work through some of my own life story and introduce a new guest to the podcast. Come laugh and think with me!

211 Three Major Genres in the Bible

211 Three Major Genres in the Bible

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Bible, Nature of

To help you read your Bible better I explore three major genres: narrative, poetry, and discourse. Along the way we'll think through how God communicates and why each grouping is unique. I also consider the Catholic social teachings of solidarity and subsidiarity and why they are superior to current political configurations. Come laugh and think with me!

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