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Foundations of a Free and Virtuous Society

An interview with Dylan Pahman

Foundations of a Free and Virtuous Society

by Dylan Pahman

It's election day! Voting may seem like the most important thing you can do for your country or your community. If it feels like that, you put too much importance on the one day that rolls around every couple of years. You can add to the pressure you feel when you...

Today, Scott offers two prayers for election season. One synthesizes some key verses we've repeatedly used on this podcast. The other attempts to address particular issues that concern us. Feel free to use them in your family or small group. Maybe they will help you...

We thought we should take our own recommendation and pray. We can wring our hands in worry, or we can fold our hands and pray. Here is a prayer you can use to pray during this election season. This liturgy for election day is from Every Moment Holy, Volume III by Doug...

Election Issue of Decision Magazine For three years, we've tried to encourage the church to break free from fear, from depending on politics, from making our neighbors into our enemies. Now, we are working against supposedly Christian magazine covers. Stoking fear,...

Photo by Element5 Digital from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-dropping-paper-on-box-1550337/ After the last presidential election, the results were called into question. Every state ratified its results a little over a month after the election. The time...

Photo by Jacob Morch on Unsplash In this encore episode, we talk about the political nature of the gospel and of the church. Could it be the church is not political enough? NOTES: Key Verse -- Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the...

Photo by Pixabay Recently Kamala Harris has articulated some positions that Donald Trump claimed. Outrage ensued. People said she was flip-flopping. Rather than being upset, we wonder if the flip-flop might not be good! NOTES: Philippians 4:5 Let your reasonableness...

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash In this episode, we discuss what the Republican shift away from a pro-life platform means. For most of our lives, especially if you were a one-issue voter, you had to vote Republican. The new Republican platform has changed...

American Civil Religion (E)

Ever wonder why politician's speeches end with "God bless America?" America is religious. But, is it Christian? There is a distinction between the god in the Declaration of Independence and the God of the Bible. Here is our take on Civil Religion in America.

Ever wonder why politician's speeches end with "God bless America?" America is religious. But, is it Christian? There is a distinction between the god in the Declaration of Independence and the God of the Bible. Here is our take on Civil Religion in America. Here are...