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227: A Biblical View of Property Ownership

In a generation where socialism is increasingly attractive to people, it's interesting to stop and consider just how much interest the God of the Bible has and the question of property ownership. It says in both Psalm 24 and Psalm 50, that the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof. In other words, from the very beginning God claims ownership for himself, for the property, that is creation. As soon as Adam was given life in Genesis chapter 2, he's then given responsibility, ownership, you might say, for real estate. Actual property. In fact, the entire Old Testament can be seen as a massive commentary on property law. Why does this matter? Well, there's some real practical issues in front of us as our next election approaches. So let's talk about the question of the biblical view of property. Abigail Siatkowski, “What to know about Oklahoma State Question 844 and its impact on public schools”, July 29, 2026. Kim Henderson, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of property”, July 2026. Andree Seu Peterson, “Who really owns your house?”, March 2026.
Jul 31

226: Is Your Fear and Outrage Being Monetized?

Does it sometimes feel like the world that you live in today is more fearful, marked by outrage more than ever before. Do you realize that fear and outrage, in our generation, are more manufactured than real? Let's talk about the industry of what John Tierney calls the “merchants of bad.”
Jul 17

225: The Attack on Human Exceptionalism

Remember just a few years ago, when many of us were arguing against the redefinition of marriage by so-called gay marriage advocates? They told us that everything that we were afraid of, everything that we were predicting, was just, uh, to be laughed off because we were crazy fearmongers. We were making up stuff, and all it was about was just letting people love whoever they wanted to love. Well, we said back then that if marriage is no longer about the bond between one man and one woman for life, then children will eventually be denied the mother and father that they were designed to have, and group pairings would eventually grow up because monogamy would become optional. Well, guess what? All those things that they told us would never happen? They're here. And elite publications like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times are celebrating three words that you probably aren't familiar with. The words are polyamory, throuples, and polycules. Let's see if we can figure out what those words mean. Glenn T. Stanton, “Here they come”, March 23, 2026. Wesley J. Smith, “Just another animal?”, February 2026.
Jul 3

224: Aliens and Jesus

Steven Spielberg is a legendary movie director. He virtually invented the summer blockbuster in 1975 with his release of the movie Jaws. He's made a lot of profitable movies since then, but as a passion, he is personally fascinated with the topic of aliens.  He continues that passion with the release of his latest movie about aliens. It's called Disclosure Day. Spielberg asked some very interesting questions in that movie.  But spoiler alert, it doesn't provide any answers. Let's talk about the movies. Randall E. King, “Disclosing Spielberg’s god”, June 16, 2026. Collin Garbarino, “First contact, again” (podcast), June 12, 2026.
Jun 26

223: The Tide is Turning in Our Culture

As we approach the end of June, have you noticed what a quiet pride month we've had this year? There are reasons for that. And the LGBTQ agenda, they're panicked. Let's talk about it. Joseph Backholm, “A ridiculous but revealing argument,” June 22, 2026. Travis K. Kircher, “Baseball team forfeits game as players refuse rainbow jerseys,” June 18, 2026. Ray Hacke, “Compulsory Pride,” June 17, 2026.
Jun 19

222: Can the government be a good parent?

If you kill a language, you actually destroy an entire universe of meaning. C.S. Lewis coined a phrase a word “verbicide”, which he used to describe what he called the murder of a word. As a writer, you can imagine that verbicide for Lewis was considered to be a major crime. We can only imagine what C.S. Lewis would think today about the state of New York legally changing the language of their law code by substituting for the word mother, with the words gestating parent. Let's talk about this. R. Albert Mohler, “Mass verbicide in New York”, June 15, 2026. Joseph Backholm, “Government as super-parent”, June 5, 2026. Glenn T. Stanton, “Pushback for parental rights in Colorado”⁠, June 4, 2026.
Jun 12

221: The difference between prepper and prepared

In the church I pastor, we have homesteading courses, classes that teach, canning fruits and vegetables, building a pantry. The kind of skills your grandma taught you or used to teach you. Somebody recently asked me, is this church a prepper church? So, I thought about that question, and today, I want us to talk about the difference between being a prepper and being prepared. Les Sillars, “Visions of the Apocalypse”, September 2025. Carolina Lumetta, “Prophetic Foreign Policy” , September 2025. Kim Henderson, “Beans, Bullets, and Band-Aids” , January 2025.
Jun 5

220: Can AI be used to advance the Kingdom of God?

“Tortured fear and stupid confidence are the preferred states of mind.” That’s a remark from Screwtape, the demon, in C.S. Lewis’ book, The Screwtape Letters.He’s advising a younger demon on the mindset that they want to create for humanbeings. Either a tortured fear of the future, a sense that we’re living in Hell, or a stupid confidence that feels like we’re smart enough to create Heaven. The devil is satisfied with either of those approaches because they’re both different from what God has for us, to walk in the moment in His presence. It seems to me that this comment from Screwtape Letters is applicable tothe whole subject of artificial intelligence. Because we live in the tension between those who tell us that it is the greatest thing ever, that we are going to revolutionize mankind verses those who say the machines are coming and the Terminator series will no longer be science fiction, it’s real. The truth is somewhere in the middle. And so we need to talk about artificial intelligence, for one more week, to answer the question, “Can it be used to advance the Kingdom of God?” Brad Littlejohn, “The right’s looming war over AI”, September 29, 2025. Isaac Willour, “A reflexive fear of AI doesn’t serve Christ”, August 21, 2025. Matthew Branaugh, “Generative AIIs All the Rage. Handle With Care”, July 25, 2023.

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