Ep 263: Rival Nations, with Peter Rollo
`Peter Rollo, founder of the website Rival Nations, joined us to discuss his passion for theology, why he started Rival Nations, “Two-Kingdom Theology,” Romans 13, voting as a form of violence, and what it …
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Conflicting Beliefs on Romans 13: Why We Still Disagree
If anyone wasn’t already aware how heated the ongoing debate is over conflicting beliefs on Romans 13, 2021 certainly highlighted it. Despite endless debate, many everyday Christians maintain a rather …
Ep 262: Non-Compliance as a Check Against the State, with KrisAnne Hall
For this week’s podcast we spoke with lawyer and author Dr. KrisAnne Hall of the Liberty First Society. We began our conversation by discussing Liberty First Society’s recently-released documentary Non-Compliant. KrisAnne gives us a …
Ep 242: A Conversation with Jimmy Song
Jimmy Song recently welcomed Doug Stuart onto his podcast, Bitcoin Fixes This, for a wide-ranging conversation. Today, we are sharing that conversation with you. Show Notes: Make sure to check …
Two Big New Ways the Biden Administration Plans To Overstep Its Pandemic Authority
President Joe Biden has announced the next stage of his administration’s COVID-19 pandemic response—and it’s a doozy of dubious constitutionality and executive branch overreach. The biggest news is that Biden …
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as an Ancient Limitation on Political Authority
Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary history challenges any historian or scholar who ventures to ask …
Brickbat: Respect My Authority
Antwan Ruffin, a security officer at Florida’s Horace Mann Middle School, has been charged with child abuse and battery after punching a student who refused to go to class. Cellphone …
Federal Agents Had No Authority To Seize Contents of Safe Deposit Boxes, Newly Unsealed Warrant Confirms
Before federal agents applied for a warrant to raid a Beverly Hills safe deposit box storage business in March, they used undercover agents and informants to build a lengthy criminal …
Brickbat: Military Authority
The Australian government is sending hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a COVID-19 lock down. Unarmed patrols will join police to keep people from leaving their home except …
Ep 233: A Libertarian Christian Reading of Romans 13, with Matthew Bellis
Does Romans 13 mean that we, as Christians, should just submit to the state? Or is there perhaps a better, more nuanced way to understand Romans 13, and therefore what …