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228: Dreher - A Benda Guide to Child-raising

November 22, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
High Noon for Moral Courage. In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Benda family in Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher. How can Christian families utilize books, film, and music to teach faith and moral courage in their children?

227: Bonus Debrief on Anger, Hatred, and Miscarriage

November 17, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
In this bonus episode, we discuss pastoral fatigue, the difficulty in maintaining lies, hatred of what God hates, and the grief of miscarriage.

226: Dreher - Families are Resistance Cells

November 15, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
We Are Family. In this episode, we discuss families as resistant cells. Families are the foundation of the church and society, and that’s why a totalitarian state must attack the family and replace it. Therefore, what can Christian families, Christian fathers, in particular, do to fight back?

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225: Dreher - Bear Communal Witness to Future Generations

October 30, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Gain The Whole World at The Cost of Your Soul. In this episode, we read and discuss Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher. What happens when Christians withdraw from the culture in order to protect the churches from discord and affliction? How can Christian families function to reform and renew the churches? Why are Christians so reluctant to sabotage popular culture with God’s Word?

224: Dreher - Create Small Fortresses of Memory

October 25, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
A Mighty Fortress is Our God’s Memory. In this episode, we read and discuss Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher. Why is communal memory important to preserving correct doctrine? What happens to families when communal memory is lost? When do traditions enable soft totalitarianism to infiltrate our churches and culture?

223: Dreher - Cultivate Cultural Memory

October 16, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Remember That Time We Forgot to Remember? In this episode, we continue our reading and discussion of "Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents" by Rod Dreher. What happens when we forget our familial, social, and Christian history? What have been the effects of therapeutic ideology on the churches? What is the benefit, and detriment, of communal memory?

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222b: Dreher - Reject Doublethink and Fight for Free Speech

October 12, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
The Truth Is Like A Good Steak. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies.” Do we hold our pastors to a specific evangelical standard for preaching and ministry? What damage is done to churches whose members don’t have a firm theological and moral grounding in what’s good, right, and true?

222a: Dreher - Choose a Life Apart from the Crowd

October 9, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
Lies Are Like Hotdogs. In this episode, we continue to read and discuss Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies.” What harm is done to the churches by abandoning the Truth, and what about a society the lives by lies?

221: Dreher - Value Nothing More Than Truth

October 2, 2021 | By Christopher Gillespie, Donavon Riley
The Cake Is A Lie. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies,” discussing Vaclav Havel, and how the churches’ learned passivity and helplessness have rendered their ministry and outreach impotent.

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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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2015 - 2023
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