Our culture is in moral freefall and Christian influence keeps shrinking. How did we get here, and what should believers do about it? This episode asks whether the church carries part of the blame. It looks at how God's judgment can look like being "handed over," how churches slowly lose their saltiness, and why Christians pulled back from public life and culture-making. Along the way it covers why every vocation is ministry, the cost of retreating into Christian bubbles, the discipleship failures at church and at home, how shallow evangelism produced shallow faith, and how the loss of biblical thinking left education and ideology open for others to shape. It ends with practical next steps for the home and the church, and a call for Christianity to shape all of life.
12 Oct 2026
The Gospel And Ethno-Nationalism (Ep. 24)
Is ethnonationalism compatible with the Christian faith? In this episode, we look past the usual prooftexts and test ethnonationalism against the whole story of Scripture. We explain why ancient Israel, the church and the modern nation-state are not the same thing. We also ask what should define a nation: ethnicity, or shared moral and civic commitments.
From there we talk about Christ's reign and postmillennial hope, and the limits of political power. Government can restrain evil, but only the gospel creates the people a Christian social order needs. We cover civil government after Noah, natural law and justice, and how the Great Commission undoes ethnic fatalism. We also discuss the order of loves, love of neighbor, and why Christian identity outranks ethnic identity. We close on the beauty of unity in Christ across cultures, and on the church gathered from every nation as the clearest sign of Christ's present reign.
5 Oct 2026
Is Ethno-Nationalism Biblical?
Is ethno-nationalism a biblical framework for Christian political engagement, or does it contradict the gospel's multiethnic vision? In this episode we revisit Christian nationalism through the lens of ethno-nationalism — defining our terms, weighing the role of rhetoric, and asking what Scripture actually teaches about ethnic and national distinction. We work through Genesis 11's dispersion at Babel alongside Acts 2's reversal at Pentecost, consider how Deuteronomy 32 and Acts 17 speak to borders and the boundaries of the nations, and examine the church's multiethnic witness in relation to culture and civil order. Finally, we press into the order of loves: should Christians love their unsaved ethnic or national neighbors more than fellow believers from other nations? We close with a preview of future theological and political topics.
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