Piggybacking on a Wall Street Journal article, we discover that Nero’s the hero, and Vlad the Impaler is not so bad in the revisionist histories of the day. But how does one of the most contemptible men in human history achieve such prominence in the British Museum? We take a look at how Nero was viewed by the early Church Fathers and those who wrote on the book of Revelation in the first centuries. They thought he was the Beast. But now, what is this — the return of the Beast or at least, the beastly principle? This introduces the discussion of how we look at the good guys and bad guys in history. Should we take sides?
June 17, 2021
About 75% of America's 17 to 24-year-old crowd are not qualified for the armed forces due to disqualifying health problems, obesity, etc. That compares to about 63,000,000 Chinese fighting men. What has happened to the modern man? It's not that he has been feminized. It's that he has embraced escapism, defeatism, faithlessness, and weakness. It's a systemic problem. It's a porn problem. It's a Peter Pan problem. How does the Bible define masculinity? By one word. . . strength.
June 15, 2021
What is the single best thing for recapturing something of a heritage of freedom and salvaging a nation from moral and social nihilism? Dennis Prager says, "Homeschooling is it." He goes after the educational-institutional monolith. But is it the institutions or the hearts of the people at fault? And what are you going to do about college and pop culture, and their tremendous influence on the minds of everybody?
June 14, 2021
Russell Moore, the ex-ethics guy for the Southern Baptist, is airing his concerns about the lack of attention to the sexual sin rampant in some SBC churches. Is it political posturing or is this a cry for appreciable reform? We suggest a list of reforms, primary of which is a proper church government with elder rule and decent accountability for pastors.
June 11, 2021
Now 70% of the population supports same sex mirage, and make that 84% of young adults. How did this massive social shift happen in just twenty years? Almost nobody will oppose the narrative now, but why? The emperor's new clothes propaganda machine is operating now at full bore. Pity the poor soul who says, "The dude's nude!"
June 10, 2021
It's not just pastors and missionaries that are responsible for discipling the nations and impacting society for Christ. There are viable opportunities out there for people in business, media, entertainment, and culture. Kevin Swanson initiates the conversation with Guy Rodgers from Pinnacle Forum on ways everyday Christians can bring their faith into the rest of life!
June 9, 2021
Will preferred pronouns win out with the Gospel Coalition, Campus Crusade, the PCA, and the Southern Baptists? Major dividing lines threaten the PCA and the SBC this month at their respective conventions, as the fault lines spread out. The northern denominations were always more liberal, eager to do the most unbiblical thing possible. The southern denominations were always more conservative. . . a little slower at compromise. So all compromises for southern denominations must be more surreptitious. But the bottom line is always a rejection of God's law. The heterodox refuse to keep the commandments of God in an age of autonomy.
June 8, 2021
With the unveiling of the Biden budget, a new era for totalitarianism dawns in America. It is one giant leap for socialism, not seen since FDR and Hoover in the 1930s. We cover the big government boosts in US history beginning in the 1860s. We look at the most shameful lapses in faith and freedom, and then center in on the spiritual battle over the heart of this country, dating back to the 1600s.
June 7, 2021
Guest host Adam McManus interviews Brad Dacus, President of the Pacific Justice Institute, about why the Christian legal rights group advocated on May 26th for two Wisconsin bills (AB 195 and AB 196) which would prohibit biological men, pretending to be women, from competing on women’s high school and college athletic teams.
To urge Wisconsin Democrat Governor Tony Evers to sign these bills into law, call 608-266-1212.
Ray Hacke, the Pacific Justice Institute attorney who testified before the Wisconsin legislature, has covered women's sports as a journalist and coaches his daughter in softball and basketball.
Hacke explained, “Since Title IX's passage in 1972, courts all over the country have made abundantly clear that because girls are typically at a physiological disadvantage when competing against boys, letting boys compete in girls' sports would relegate girls to being runners-up, benchwarmers, or spectators in their own sports. That would effectively deny them an equal opportunity to compete and undermine Title IX's purpose completely!”
Plus, he has already testified before legislatures in North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri and Montana – either in person or via videoconferencing – and has advised lawmakers in Arkansas, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia concerning their women's sports bills.
Genesis 1:27 declares, “So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.”
June 4, 2021