Lessons from Early US Colonization
We've seen that Christianity is vital to the type of society that everyone seems to want—individual rights, protections in liberty, etc… This vital need is both in acknowledging how Christianity broug...
22 Okt 20241h 6min
Bonus Episode with Dr. Sandy Shugart: The Enlightenment Examined
In our first Bonus Episode, Dr. Sandy Shugart joins me for an indepth examination of the Enlightenment Project and my contention that the promises of such were really a myth, one that has left society...
19 Okt 202451min
Christianity's Positive, and Crucial, Contribution
Episode 7 is a continuation from the last episode in which we were examining the deep impact of the Christian faith on Western society. We started at the broad level of trends and concepts that were n...
15 Okt 202447min
Does Christianity Provide Anything Useful
After laying out the failures and challenges of "Christianity" (especially being critical of the idea of "Christian Nationalism") as seen in history through the changes to the faith post-Constantine (...
8 Okt 202443min
Lessons from Constantine
A key pressure point from Conservative Christians is a seeming call for "Christian Nationalism." That idea suggests some version of domination and control by Christianity and Christian concepts. I und...
1 Okt 202451min
What Documents from Antiquity Reveal
Following episode 3, we go deeper into the historical documents about the Christian past, looking at the connection of an earlier moment when "God's people" were the majority culture but suddenly find...
24 Sep 202449min
Tension Between Characters: Conservative and Progressive
Episode three further examines the context of what I perceive as a crisis in which USA society is in peril. It is my premise that there are two groups struggling at the center of the national tension,...
17 Sep 202447min
There Was A Unique Foundation
We do not fully grasp the uniqueness of the US civic system (we now see "Democracies" everywhere and we think "casual, normal"), and in doing so we devalue the factors that went into the creation. Tha...
10 Sep 202444min
