Sons of Liberty Radio with Bradlee Dean Life in the Spirit Is a Warfare, Not a False Peace Bradlee Dean hosts alone on Sons of Liberty, opening with a warning that comfortable Americans are living in a false peace with a world at war with God, then spends the hour arguing that life in the Spirit is warfare, moving through Scripture, the Founders on free speech, and recorded testimonials from ministry supporters Tom Raymond and Lisa Mead. False Peace and a Founders' Prayer Bradlee Dean opens the broadcast alone, without a guest, warning that comfortable Americans are living in a false peace while at war with God. He reads 2 Thessalonians 2:7 on the mystery of iniquity already at work and 1 Thessalonians 5:3 on sudden destruction overtaking those who cry peace and safety, then asks why professed Christians, whom he says make up 81 percent of the country, tolerate heretics in the pulpit and a corrupt government, citing Thomas Aquinas that anger at injustice is a moral obligation rather than a fault. He runs through a long series of rhetorical accusations against American representatives, charging them, in his words, with letting children be murdered and raped without accountability, waging unconstitutional wars, attacking marriage, lying to the public, taxing citizens into oblivion, and allowing in people who mean to conquer the country. He closes with a Thanksgiving prayer he credits to Declaration of Independence signer Elbridge Gerry, giving thanks for the Gospel and confessing the nation's ingratitude. State Fair Recap and the True Gospel After the show's theme and a standard station disclaimer, Dean welcomes back "friends, as well as a few enemies, scoffers, atheists, skeptics, lunatics, weirdos, and assorted bad guys." He reports that the ministry has just wrapped its work at the Minnesota State Fair and announces the next stop, an event at the Civic Center in Princeton, Minnesota on Saturday, September 19, giving out the booking line for anyone who wants to schedule an event for the fall or winter. He directs listeners to sonsoflibertymedia.com, sonsoflibertyradio.com and beforeitsnews.com, and gives the call-in number for the day's topic, the life of the Spirit. Turning to Galatians 1:8, Dean argues that Christianity has splintered into roughly 45,000 denominations that ignore Paul's warning against preaching "any other gospel," and blames congregations, not just false teachers, for inviting judgment by tolerating a different gospel. He insists a gospel that does not confront sin as the transgression of God's law is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ, citing Acts 14:22 on entering the kingdom through trials and tribulations. Tom Raymond and the Cost of Truth A recorded testimonial airs from Tom Raymond, who identifies himself as a retired Marine, trooper and postal worker from Tennessee and a longtime supporter of Dean's ministry to teens; Dean thanks him on air but addresses him as a friend from Massachusetts, a discrepancy in the recording itself. Dean then builds his central theme, that "peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of the truth," contrasting the natural sacrifice of soldiers who won American freedom with the far greater sacrifice of Christ's blood, which he calls the true propitiation for sin. He turns to John 16:33, where Jesus tells the disciples they will have tribulation in the world but can be of good cheer because he has overcome it, arguing that any gospel which withholds that truth to avoid offending people is a false, soft gospel. He quotes Charles Spurgeon's line urging preachers to avoid a sugar gospel as they would shun sugar of lead, and D.L. Moody's teaching that a Bible which does not teach believers to die to self teaches nothing at all. Founders on Speech and the Old Paths Dean reads passages from George Washington warning that losing free speech would let people be led "like sheep to the slaughter," and from Benjamin Franklin calling free speech "the great bulwark of liberty" and crediting Providence with governing the affairs of men, comparing the American founding to the builders of Babel without divine aid. A promotional clip follows from journalist Alex Newman, introducing his outlet, Liberty Sentinel, as a source of biblical news on faith, family, freedom and education. Returning to his sermon, Dean cites Jeremiah 6:16's call to seek the old paths and reads Matthew Henry's argument that nations should become Christ's kingdoms, then quotes William Booth, whose ministry Dean says spanned more than 7,000 branches worldwide, declaring that Christians are sent "to make war" rather than keep a congregation going, and J.C. Ryle's line that a true Christian is known by his warfare as well as his peace. He works through Hebrews 11's list of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David and Samuel, heroes who "through faith subdued kingdoms," arguing today's churches have lost that same boldness. Lisa Mead, Truman, and BBS Radio's History A female announcer promotes the ministry's Sunday church service, streamed live on Rumble at 9:00 a.m. Central, for listeners without a home church that preaches scripture without compromise. A recorded testimonial follows from Lisa Mead of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, who says Dean's Sunday teaching magnifies Jesus Christ and that she and her husband look forward each week to hearing truth rather than entertainment. Dean then reads a Harry Truman quote crediting Moses, Exodus, Matthew, Isaiah and Paul as the fundamental basis of the nation's law and Bill of Rights, and delivers a station identification describing BBS Radio TV, founded in 2004 by twin brothers Douglas and Donald Newsom, and its broadcasts reaching 46 countries and 200 internet stations. Returning to his theme, Dean turns to Paul's account in 2 Corinthians 11 of labors, beatings, shipwrecks and constant peril, reading the list of forty lashes, stonings and dangers from robbers, countrymen and false brethren as proof that a life in the Spirit is defined by suffering endured for the church rather than comfort. Armor of God and a Closing Call to War Dean walks through Ephesians 6's armor of God, urging listeners to put on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit, arguing the armor is meant for advancing on the front, not retreating. He describes the church as beginning like a hospital that heals wounded believers but insisting it must become a barracks that raises up "good soldiers of the cross," citing Charles Spurgeon's line that no soldier is braver than one taken from affliction. Quoting 1 John 3:8 that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, Dean defines perseverance as continuing in grace until it gives way to glory, and reads Romans 8 and Ephesians 2 on believers being dead to sin yet alive and quickened in Christ. He closes by reminding listeners that orders from the ministry's store ship the next morning, that Sunday church begins at 9:00 a.m. Central at sonsoflibertymedia.com, and signs off as the instrumental outro theme plays.