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From Where Do Our Rights Come?: An Independence Day Special ft. Dan Ogden

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024


In celebration of Canada Day (better known as Dominion Day) and the upcoming UK election, which happens to fall on July 4th, American Independence Day, Dr. Joe Boot is joined by Professor Daniel Ogden, Ezra Fellow for International Law, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, to discuss principles of political freedom, rights and responsibilities, good governance, [...] The post From Where Do Our Rights Come?: An Independence Day Special ft. Dan Ogden appeared first on Ezra Institute.

How to Win the World, Part 5: Practice Hospitality with Rachel Jankovic | REBEL – Podcast for Cultural Engagement

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024


Happy Dominion Day, Canada! Are you having people over to celebrate? Then, you're not going to want to miss this podcast. In this fourth episode, the Rebels are joined by Author, Podcaster, and all-around Christian influencer Rachel Jankovich to tackle the very important, often overlooked subject of Christian Hospitality!

Is Christianity Anti-Democratic? | Podcast for Cultural Reformation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024


On this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Doctors Joe Boot and Michael Thiessen address whether or not democracy is compatible with a biblical worldview.

How to Win the World, Part 4: Recover Biblical Households with C.R. Wiley | REBEL – Podcast for Cultural Engagement

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024


In this fourth episode, P Nate and Elder P are joined by Pastor/ Author C.R. Wiley of the Theology Pugcast to discuss how Christians can reclaim productive, anti-fragile, biblical households.

Is the God of the Old Testament Cruel? | Podcast for Cultural Reformation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024


On this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright address the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is cruel and, accordingly, Christians should "unhitch" themselves for the Old Testament. 

How to Win the World, Part 3: Cultivating Christian Community | REBEL – Podcast for Cultural Engagement

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024


In this third episode, the Rebels are joined by pastor and author Toby Sumpter to talk about the intentional cultivation of Christian community. How can we build the kind of communities that will be necessary to win the world? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT.

PRIDE vs. Covenant Sexuality | Podcast for Cultural Reformation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024


On this Podcast for Cultural Reformation episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright address the Pagan high holy month of Pride. Not only do they expose the 2SLGBTQIA+ cult for the false religion it is, but they also provide a positive biblical vision for sex and sexuality.

How to Win the World, Part 2: War with Your Worship with Doug Wilson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024


In this episode, P Nate and Pootie invite Doug Wilson onto the show to discuss an unlikely place for world-conquering to start... with corporate worship. Wilson lays out a vision of worship that extends from the corporate gathering of local churches to the private practices of every Christian behind closed doors. If we want to win the world, we need to start with proper worship... because, in the Christian worldview, worship is warfare!

Q & A with Dr. Joe Boot [June 2024]

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024


It's that time of the month again where Pastor Nate Wright and Dr. Joe Boot answer your questions on. Tune in as they discuss church leadership and accountability, the intermediate state and where Christians go after they die, and Christian's response to the pagan high, holy month of perversion and debauchery, Pride Month.

How to Win the World, Part 1: Believe It's Winnable with Dr. Josh Howard

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024


The Ezra Institute brings you a new series with the Rebels when P Nate and Pootie are joined by a variety of guests talking about several key practical outworkings of theological concepts that will help Christians expand the Kingdom of God, see the dark pushed back, and slowly (like leaven working through the loaf) win the world. This episode P Nate is joined by pastor/ author Dr. Josh Howard, who hosts the Eschatology Matters podcast, to discuss step one to saving the world... believing this world can actually be won!

Work, Wealth, and Capital in the Kingdom of God

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024


Work is a central aspect of life. On today's show, we continue our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, by examining a Christian view of work, wealth, and capital and investing our time, talents, and treasures to advance the Kingdom of God.

The Islamization of the West ft. Tim Dieppe

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024


Continuing our series Conversations & Presuppositions, Drs. Boot and Thiessen are joined this week by Ezra Fellow for Public Policy Tim Dieppe to discuss the steady Islamization of the West.

Conversations & Presuppositions Q & A with Dr. Joe Boot

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024


Our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, has generated a lot of questions. On this week's Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright answer some of those questions.

Conflicted Comrades: The Left and Islam's Unholy Alliance Against Christianity

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024


Continuing our series Conversations & Presuppositions, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright unpack the worldview convergence of the conflicted Red-Green Alliance between Leftist communists (red) and Islam (green). It turns out that what unites them is a common enemy, namely, Christ and His Church, and anything built upon that sure foundation.

Euthanasia: Death by Doctor & the Cosmology of Killing

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024


In the fifth episode of our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, thanks to the recent controversy in the UK, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot wade into the current cultural conversation on euthanasia (lit. "the good death"), or as it is euphemistically called assisted suicide, join the discussion as they unpack what lies beneath the culture of death as it spreads throughout the world, and why Christians need to cultivate a thoroughgoing Christian view of the sanctity of life.

SHOCKING! “Murders Gonna Murder”: Pro-Aborts Say the Quiet Part Out Loud

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024


In the fourth episode of our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright examine a SHOCKING evolution in the abortion debate. Since pro-aborts have lost the scientific argument concerning when life begins, they're now admitting that abortion is murder and arguing for their right to murder innocent, living children inside the womb.

Does the Bible Condone Slavery? – Part II: Choose Ye this Day, Slavery or Liberty in Christ?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024


In this third episode of our new series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen revisit their conversation on slavery and the Bible by examining why Christianity is the only worldview that can consistently lead to liberty and how a culture's rejection of Christ naturally leads to slavery. Choose ye this day, dear listener, freedom in Christ or slavery to sin and death?

Does the Bible Condone Slavery? – Part I

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024


In this, the second episode in our new series Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen discuss a common objection to Christianity, namely, that Christianity condones slavery. But does it? You're not going to want to miss part one of this fascinating discussion.

The Resurrection Changes Everything

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024


In this episode, Dr. Joe Boot and pastor Nate Wright talk about the world-changing implication of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, its evidence, and its explanation. REJOICE FOR HE IS RISEN!

Responding to Ligon Duncan on Theonomy & Cultural Engagement

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024


In this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot respond to the recent controversial interview by Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, Ligon Duncan, on the Room for Nuance podcast where he answers questions on theonomy, postmillennialism, and faithful cultural contextualization all while throwing barbs at unnamed parties and mixing up Scripture. YOU’RE NOT GOING…

Slaying the Dragon of Pornography ft. Dr. Ted Fenske

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024


In this episode, Pastor Nate Wright is joined by Ezra Fellow of Medicine and Public Christianity, Dr. Ted Fenske to discuss how to slay the dragon of pornography.

Parents and Children & the Family of God

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024


In this episode, the latest of our series on the family, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright discuss the relationship between parents and children, how it mirrors the Triune nature of God, and how family is, indeed, the nucleus of civilization.

7 Doctrines to Rule the World

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024


In this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright recap last weekend's Right Response Ministries Conference, "Blueprints for Christendom 2.0," by unpacking the seven doctrines presented at the conference for Christians to rule the world righteously under the Lordship of King Jesus.

Addressing the Rise of Antisemitism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024


In this episode, Michael and Joe are joined by Ezra Fellow for International Law, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, Daniel Ogden J.D., to talk about the disturbing rise of antisemitism and how to think about it biblically.

Motherhood & the Family of God ft. Susie Rock

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024


In this episode, Michael and Nate are joined by Harvest Windsor's Women's Life Director, Susie Rock, to continue the discussion on the family by discussing what it means to be a woman made in the Image of God, their role in the Kingdom, and how to fulfill it for the good of others and the glory of God Almighty.

Fatherhood & the Family of God

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024


In this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion on the family by discussing what the archetypal fatherhood of God means for our ectypal familial relationships. Simply put, they discuss what God's fatherhood means for us and our realtionships. Oh, how sweet it is to be part of the household of God through Christ our Lord.

Part III: Responding to Attacks on the Family

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024


In this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion around Allistair Begg's recent controversial advice to a grandmother about attending a queer wedding and his recent sermon defending his advice.

Responding to Attacks on the Family: Part II

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024


In this episode, Joe and Michael continue to discuss the big compromise of Big Eva and the need for strong fathers leading well--leading biblically. Allistair Begg's Comments: https://youtu.be/rXDYYPLwgYE?si=B0XrmelFb6BH6VC9&t=1726.

Responding to Attacks on the Family

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024


In this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael respond to yet more bad advice from Big Eva. How can we remain faithful fathers in a world full of compromise? Tune in to find out.

Raising Faithful Christian Families

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024


In this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael discuss the centrality of the family in God's redemptive story, and consider how to disciple families and churches in an age where we have imbibed an individualistic idea of the gospel.

Education, Line-Up Changes, and Why We Exist

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024


A bittersweet start to 2024, as we announce some changes to the hosting of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, but we are also excited to see the founding of a new Christian school in the Niagara region, and the work of cultural reform being implemented in concrete ways. We also take this occasion to look…

A Prayer for the New Year

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024


In the first episode of 2024, we consider the tradition of New Year's resolutions, look ahead at some of the newsmaking trends that we anticipate, and conclude with a prayer for a new year.

Christmas Replay 2023: Leadership and Character

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023


In this Christmas replay, we discuss several opposing pairs of virtues and vices that shape our Christian character. If you’re considering how you can grow in godliness and holiness this coming year, here are some timeless biblical concepts to consider. Would you help support the work of the Ezra Institute before the year ends? Click…

Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023


There is a certain type of attitude or personality that creeps up this time of year that tries to suppress the joy of other believers in celebrating the birth of Christ. It alleges that Christmas was originally pagan, and that we are participating in idolatry. In today's episode we discuss how there is good evidence that this is not the case, and that even if it were, the kingdom of God overcomes all opposition, and that all holidays ultimately belong to Christ.

Trans Identities and the Givenness of the World

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023


We live in an age where we are told to define and live our own truth, including the most fundamental truths about our human identity. Over against such self-determination, Scripture gives us a vision for life based on the identity of God as the transcendent Creator, of human beings as image-bearing creatures, and the fundamental givenness of the world.

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Interest Rates, ESG, and Godly Investments w/ Jonathan Wellum

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023


Jonathan Wellum joins us once more on the podcast to reflect on the economic year 2023, and to discuss ESG, ethical investing, and the worldview difference between a godly and ungodly approach to economics.

Thinking Christianly about International Law w/ Dan Ogden

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023


Ezra Institute Fellow Dan Ogden makes his podcast debut to discuss the difference between international law, which is based on common consent, and supranational law, a coercive and unaccountable system. He explains some of the strategic and economic benefits of a globally connected world, as well as the complications that arise from it, and how to think in a principled, Christian way about a tangled and high-stakes context.

Electioneering and Demoralization

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023


We interact with a classic interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected from the USSR in the 1980s. He explains the strategy of cultural infiltration that has been active since the 1950s, and the work of demoralization that has been accomplished in the West. As we approach election seasons in the USA, Canada and Britain, we must be diligent to also pursue personal sanctification and not compromise on principles for the sake of temporary fixes.

Christian Nationalism, Christian Pietism, or Christian Culture w/ Andrew Sandlin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023


Ezra Institute Fellow Andrew Sandlin joins us to discuss the strange bedfellows of Marxism and Nationalism that have been keeping company lately, as well as antisemitism and the recent rise of nationalism of several stripes, including Christian nationalism, and how a reformational perspective guards against the excesses and reactionism of both progressive and conservative ideologies that are not based in Christ Jesus.

Veterans Day, Protests, and Christ's Armistice

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023


As governments and law enforcement deal with planned demonstrations for this upcoming Remembrance Day, Joe Boot considers the Islamic worldview commitments that are fundamentally at odds with Christian religious worldview commitments, and discuss the true and lasting peace that was accomplished through the cross of Christ. All month of November, save on the family advent…

Our Present Culture of Death

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023


On this Reformation Day, Tobias Riemenschneider joins us from Germany to discuss the West's death-loving culture, expressed in the horror of abortion. He explains how the wide-scale support for state-sponsored abortion is upstream from so many other forms of murder, euthanasia, the harm that it causes to women, and the folly of referring to abortion as a human right.

Racism, Christianity, and Antisemitism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023


Race is an unbiblical concept, and there are two main expressions of it in the West: constructivist critical race theory, and primordial nationalism. The Christian must reject both.

Wimpy, Weak and Woke w/ John Cooper

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023


John Cooper of the rock band Skillet returns to the podcast to discuss his forthcoming book, Wimpy, Weak and Woke. He explains how a spirit of entitlement and victimhood has pervaded Western society, with its philosophical roots in Hegel, the tragedy of Christians abandoning the truth of the Bible to capitulate to postmodern and politically correct assumptions, and offers a solution that begins at home, but grows outward to express the Kingdom of God in every area of life and society.

Israel, Islam, and the Kingdom of God

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023


In the wake of the recent attack on Israel by Hamas, and the Israeli response, we consider the religious roots of anti-Semitism and conflict with Israel. We also discuss the eschatological goal of Islam to conquer the earth, and the difference between a reformational approach and the historic doctrinal assumptions and commitments towards Israel from dispensational theology.

Censorship and the War of the Gods

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023


The Canadian government's passage of legislation such as Bills C-11, C-18, and C-36 is beginning to bear fruit, in the form of increasingly invasive censorship policies levied on content platforms.

All the Updates You've Been Waiting For

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023


We've seen a lot of new listeners to the show the past few months, and a warm welcome to all of you! In this episode, Joe Boot, Ryan Eras and Nate Wright discuss how and why the Ezra Institute began, the issues and activities that we engage in, and what we're doing next.

Deep Discipleship for Dark Days w/ Paul Dirks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023


Pastor and author Paul Dirks discusses his forthcoming book, Deep Discipleship for Dark Days, and explains why the time is ripe for Christians to embark on building healthy, godly families, churches, schools, and communities. Paul discusses how he perceived the need for this book at such a time as this, and lays out the scriptural rationale for whether rapid societal changes come from the political, natural, technological, or biological spheres, all such historical occurrences urge us to live in such a way that we are ready with a faithful response. A constant, general preparedness, and a particular discerning of the times (1 Chr 12:32)  are interconnected. 

Church and State Updates in Alberta w/ Mike Thiessen

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023


Michael Thiessen discusses the recent Crown decision to withdraw charges against Alberta pastors James Coates and Tim Stephens, as well as some other pending legal cases on the question of the relation of church and state. The cases represent victories, but Mike explains why much more advocacy needs to be done at the constitutional level to bring a truly meaningful level of legal protection for religious freedom in Canada.

Christian Care w/ Ted Fenske

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023


Ezra Institute Fellow Ted Fenske joins us to talk about the role of the Christian in medicine. As a veteran cardiologist, Dr. Fenske recalls his medical internship during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, and offers wisdom based on hard experience in ministering faithfully to LGBT patients.

Christian Character, Continued

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023


We conclude the conversation begun last week about Christian character, and examine biblical figures to discuss several more dichotomies of virtuous versus vicious character traits that Christians must be actively developing.

Christian Character

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023


In this episode Joe Boot draws examples from contemporary life on the importance of Christian character, and what happens when this is neglected by those in leadership. Joe touches on his time working with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, Justin Trudeau's separation from his wife and begins to look at opposing pairs of virtues and vices that are exhibited by biblical figures given for our example.

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