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220: Dreher - Progressivism as Religion

September 28, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
We’re Not Going Anywhere Fast, So Keep Going! In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident, and discuss the myth of progress. What happens when the church adopts the myth of progress and how does it effect its ministry and outreach?

219b: Dreher - The spirit of the therapeutic has conquered the churches

September 22, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book "Live Not By Lies." What happens when therapeutics captivate the church’s teaching? How do we repent of willfully rejecting the incarnation of God In the Church’s worship, and in our vocations?

219a: Dreher - The death of God in the West

September 18, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
It’s So Soft, And Squishy. In this episode, we continue to read Rod Dreher’s book on being a Christian dissident. We discuss soft totalitarianism and its effects on the church and culture. What happens when everyone has a grievance and nobody can forgive?

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218a: Dreher - The Totalitarian State Seeks to Control Your Actions, Thoughts, and Emotions

September 12, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Christians Rush in Where Fools Fear to Tread. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Christian Dissidents.” What is totalitarianism? What are the consequences of soft totalitarianism? What is the Christian response to tyranny?

217: Dreher - The Unready Christians of Slovakia

August 30, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Christians Get Ready, There’s a’Change That’s Coming. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s book, "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents." We discuss what happens when society and the churches turn away from God’s Word and the Church, and defect, choosing instead to worship and obey people and things that are not Christ.

216: Mullet - Spiritualizing Cowardice: The Christian Bystander Effect

August 21, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Run, Rabbit, Run! In this episode, we read and discuss Spiritualizing Cowardice, by Garrett Mullet. When we read and consider the life of David, how has the popularity of psycho-therapeutic language and post-modern cultural norms in the past century influenced the way we read and teach on Scripture at present?

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215: Pastoral Debrief on Christian Dissention

August 17, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this episode, we discuss pastoral topics, congregational life, the challenges Christians face today, and how things have changed for clergy and the churches since 2020.

214: Whitford - Tyranny and Resistance

August 14, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Enemy at The Gates. In this episode, we read and discuss David Mark Whitford’s book, "Tyranny and Resistance." What are Christians to do when state and church unite to enforce laws that are in opposition to God’s Word and Christian freedom?

213b: Paulson - You must refuse the claims of the church to rule marriage and the government

August 8, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Breaking Your Rules — In this episode, we continue our reading and conversation about Dr. Steven Paulson’s breakdown of Martin Luther’s explanation of the two kingdoms. Marriage, children, preaching, serving our neighbor, and standing up to evil.

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213a: Paulson - Becoming a servant of all and a saint in this world

August 4, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
I’ve Got a Gun aka The Whole Armor of God. In this episode, we read and discuss Dr. Steven Paulson’s breakdown of Martin Luther’s explanation of the two kingdoms doctrine. Faith, family, and false idols form the backbone of our talk.

212: Tocqueville - Religion Considered as a Political Institution

July 23, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this episode, we read and discuss Alexis de Tocqueville’s apology for religion’s relevance to politics in Democracy in America. What happens when the two kingdoms are divided or collapsed into each other?

211: Tocqueville - Life is neither a pleasure nor a sorrow

July 12, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Faith in What? Faith in Who? In this episode, we read Robert J. Delahunty’s article about Alex de Tocqueville’s faith. Tocqueville is a remarkable study in Enlightenment faith because he straddles the line between Christianity and the Enlightenment: Law and religion, belief and despair that concerns the relationships between Church and State in the United States and France.

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