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#0189 Alexander Hamilton's View on Judiciary, Falling Stars, Rising Stars, and The Great Divorce Chapter 11 Alexander Hamilton's View on the Judiciary Cut 1: Video (Schumer) - Do you remember this scene??? Cut 2: Washington Stand article Cut 3: Washington Stand article continued Cut 4: Fed Paper #78 Cut 5-16: Fed Paper #78 - continued References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQQY8vbIjC8 https://washingtonstand.com/news/scotus-slows-judicial-overreach-in-environmental-cases-as-ire-grows-over-universal-injunctions https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf Today's Falling Star - Hannah Dugan Cut 17: And for today's falling star, interestingly enough, welcome Hannah Dugan (a judge) Cut 18: Fox News article on her arrest Cut 19: What did she actually do? Cut 20: Who is Hannah Dugan? References: https://www.foxnews.com/us/wisconsin-judge-claims-absolute-immunity-calls-doj-indictment-ugly-innovation Today's Rising Star - Brilyn Hollyhand Cut 21: It's time to step up and be heard! Welcome Brilyn Hollyhand. Cut 22: Opinion piece written by Brilynn Hollyhand Cut 23: Opinion piece written by Brilynn Hollyhand - continued Cut 24: Opinion piece written by Brilynn Hollyhand - continued References: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/im-from-gen-z-i-know-why-democrats-losing-young-men-were-not-mystery-were-movement So How About Those Tariff's! Cut 25: So how about those tariff's! Cut 26: Remember Chuck Schumer? Cut 27: Remember Richard Neal? Cut 28: Remember Elizabeth Warren? Cut 29: Remember Judy Chu? Cut 30: Reuter's Article Cut 31: Interesting statistics Cut 32: Rick Santelli - What Say You? Cut 33: Stay Tuned! References: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-vow-fight-trumps-tariffs-tooth-nail-slam/story?id=120422318 https://democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/neal-statement-trumps-trade-war https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/democrat-warren-raises-concerns-that-us-tariff-deals-will-favor-big-tech-over-2025-05-28/ https://www.nationalmemo.com/democrat-tariffs https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/03/05/democrats-call-out-trump-after-he-says-tariffs-will-cause-a-little-disturbance/ https://www.reuters.com/business/us-goods-trade-deficit-narrows-sharply-april-imports-plunge-2025-05-30/ https://www.fool.com/research/us-trade-balance/ Nicki Knows Facts References: https://bfro.net/ The Great Divorce Chapter 11

#0188 John Adams' Thoughts On Government 04/27/1776, What's the REAL Story behind the term “Black Fatigue”?, Steve's Shenanigans, and The Great Divorce Chapter 10 John Adams' Defense of the Constitution Cut 1 The American Revolution has begun and Adams was asked about his thoughts in forming the colonial governments. Cut 2 Adams takes aim at a critical error in poet Alexander Pope's prose here Cut 3 “Shut up and dribble/sing/write pros” is not a new concept Cut 4 Starting with first principles, Adams moves into the meat of the matter Cut 5 It's important to note that even the Pagan can see that moral virtue is the cornerstone of society, we may differ on what moral virtue is, but we all agree to its necessity. Cut 6 So why not form this new government in virtue and reason to that end. Cut 7 Fear while effective for a time, will always rely on tyranny and fall to revolt Cut 8 What is Honor? Can Honor or Respect mean anything without a Virtue to Honor? Cut 9 Then if we are to build a nation worth honoring, must it not be built on Virtuous Principles? Cut 10 He then leads into further exposition, but here let's look at his philosophy behind the tripart government with a bicameral legislature. This government must be comprised of a representative group of men, mirroring the population. Cut 11 Here comes the reasoning behind our government's backbone Cut 12 One Democratic Assembly, holding all of the power will by nature become corrupt and cliquish. Cut 13 One Democratic Assembly will also look, not only to the majority's benefit, but also to its own members' benefit Cut 14 Such an arrangement will also lead to lifetime appointments, making virtual princes out of the assemblymen. Cut 15-17 Such a Representative Branch could be stymied by ties in cases of war or voting and by nature need executive branch and judicial branches to execute and adjudicate laws. Cut 18 This, still not being enough, we will need something else Cut 19 Executive Veto is critical to our Republic Cut 20 And here we have the philosophical concept of what would eventually be the Senate. Cut 21 The 17th Amendment removed the senate from this type of position, as being elected by the congress and overthrew this check and balance. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0026-0004 https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/seventeenth-amendment.htm The Culture's New Term: Black Fatigue (Let me explain with another topic: Feminism Fatigue) https://youtube.com/shorts/kkKtUWo1gmc?si=D4RF5Hjw3_8MVxQM This behavior is excused by Feminism. We are seeing the effects of the Marxist Class/Race/Gender War that is aimed at destroying our civilization. We as Christians and Conservatives should not start dividing by race, this is what the Left wants. We should be making the distinction between those who've chosen to be the useful idiots of the Satanic Marxist uprising against the Christian Built Western Culture, Aaron McGurder is sick of this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tKsk5AsdPv8 The Culture is sick of excuses being made: https://x.com/1GrahamDaily/status/1924460062447194578 The World is sick of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMPwqxA7AN4 Steve's Shenanigans The Great Divorce Chapter 10

#0187 - Is THIS Anti Semitic Study Finds Divorce is Hurting Kids Badly Abortion Clinic of 50+ Years Closes - But Why? And More - Further. Every. Day. Intro: Is saying the phrase “Christ is King” anti-semitic? Do people have a solid understanding of what true anti-semitism looks like and/or sounds like? Why is it that we have endured uncontested divorce for 56+ years and we are just now finding out that it is setting our kids up for failure? The statistics are in and the data shows how bad divorce really is. And how about the news that an abortion clinic in Colorado - that's been in operation for 50+ years - is closing its doors? But ask me why? The answer is grotesque and heartbreaking, to be sure. All of that and more today as we move Further Every Day. Is “Christ is King” Anti-Semitic Pre-Topic Intro Anti-semitism is definitely on the rise Part of it due to culturally “accepted” opinions Part of it due to October 7th and their subsequent response What is Israel's position and what does there 77 year history show Let's, first, define what anti-semitism is: Oxford Dictionary: "Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people." Merriam-Webster: "Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group." Pomeroy's Strongly Opinionated Dictionary: "Actions or words spoken that are meant to move a person or group of people toward genocidal attitudes and/or actions against Jewish people." Now the question, without any additional context, is “Christ is King” anti-semitic? Would that statement offend Jewish people? Candace Owens stirred up the proverbial bees nest with this thread of tweets between her and Ben Shapiro. Cut 1 Cut 2 Cut 3 Piers Morgan conducted an interview with Candace and gave her a chance to explain herself. Here's some of that interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5akZ4gw5xs Piers Morgan asked a very simple question in the interview - and she refused to answer it. Cut 4 (14:20 - 18:11) Comments This was the response from Trent Horn (YouTube channel “Counsel of Trent”). He is a Catholic apologist and I want you to listen to this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vErF9WttOU Cut 5 (12:00 to 13:08) But is “annihilation” of Hamas really what Israel is looking for? What would their history of the last 77 years say? Have they annihilated the PLO? Have they annihilated Syria? How about Jordan? Or Hezbollah? Or the Houthis? Or Jordan or Iraq or Iran? No. Will they? Is it sabre-rattling or take-it-to-the-bank talk? Has God ever endorsed genocide? Cut 6: Deuteronomy 20:16-17 Deu 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: Deu 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: Cut 7: 1 Samuel 15:2-3 1Sa 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 1Sa 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. (For additional reference: https://www.gotquestions.org/Canaanites-extermination.html ) Is Candace Owens being anti-semitic when she says “Christ is King”? Is the phrase offensive to some? Should she be constantly repeating it to Ben Shapiro? I think we all should take a step back and measure our words carefully. Death and life is in the power of the tongue. Divorce is Setting Kids Up for Failure Pre-topic Intro https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/16/rooke-parents-study-nber-divorce-children/ Cut 8 Cut 9 Cut 10 Cut 11 Cut 12 I requested ChatGPT to provide the following: What are the latest statistics on divorce and please provide the references for those statistics? Here are some general statistics on divorce https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/marriage-divorce.htm Cut 13 Cut 14 Questions: What are the common reasons for divorce? Why has divorce become so acceptable in the US? What does the Bible have to say about divorce? https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-verses-about-divorce.html Cut 15 Cut 16 Cut 17 Cut 18 Topic Wrap-up Colorado Abortion Clinic Closes Pre-topic Intro https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/13/colorado-late-term-abortion-clinic-closes-after-50-years/ Cut 19 Cut 20 Cut 21 Questions: Why do we as Christians not see the intrinsic value of human life? Where are we, as Christians, failing the most on the issue of impacting the abortion industry? https://www.redbookmag.com/body/pregnancy-fertility/a48398/christian-women-speak-out-on-why-they-had-abortions/ Cut 22 Cut 23 Cut 24 Cut 25 Cut 26 Apologetic Questions https://www.erichernandezministries.com/ (regarding the questions on the soul)

Benjamin Franklin's 1783 letter to Superintendent of FinanceRobert Morris: Are we a financially reliable nation?The narrative on illegal immigration is shifting to a new “victim”: https://youtu.be/rpnDtQ0ZVsk?si=6NmsC5boBMfMwwq4Planned Parenthood caught shifting business models: https://youtu.be/5ncnvR-8dAg?si=xjPw2hBPPcXwlTtSNew Pope and LGBT:https://youtu.be/5NsEHrgOVvs?si=GH2YedegJMvxENsCThe Great Divorce Chapter 9 finishClosing. youtu.be https://youtu.be/rpnDtQ0ZVsk?si=6NmsC5boBMfMwwq4

#0185 The “Right” Has Lost Its Way, What Is The Right and Left Divide? The Origins of the Right and Left May Surprise You Historical Origins of the left and right wings:https://time.com/5673239/left-right-politics-origins/ Remember, the French Revolution was secularist and much of the desired end of the revolution was a secular utopia that ended in tyranny. There were no “good guys” in the French Revolution, the corrupt Monarchy, supported by the Impotent Church, vs the godless Secularists who murdered their way into a dictatorship that threatened to take over the World. But the “Right” has really stuck as a term for those who align with the Biblical Traditional values, whether in name or in form only. Ideological difference for Alt Right and Alt Left in Europe (Both were far Left for American Politics, look at the policies) What Has The Right Become? With all of that foundation laid, what has become of the “Right” in America? We've fought the Civil War and Civil Rights Battle, but what are we doing now? What are we known for? https://x.com/scrowder/status/1918342202356297872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1918342202356297872%7Ctwgr%5E123b7ac32c0093c9618587f70adfea668e50cedf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.groupme.com%2Fsignin She was filmed by this fellow:https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-sharmake-beyle-omar-rochester-man-being-linked-to-shiloh-hendricks-racial-slur-video-101746219721059.html Now this is all in context to the Austin Metcalf story and the money raised for the murderer: https://nypost.com/2025/04/30/us-news/over-500k-raised-for-karmelo-anthonys-after-alleged-stabbing/ https://x.com/TowerGangToad/status/1918700512548888800 Popular conservatives have explained this as “black fatigue”. What's wrong with this? Have we forgotten our Biblical Roots? What makes one Conservative anymore? The principles of Liberty in Christ ought to be the “Right's” calling card, not ethno-populism. https://x.com/1776General_/status/1918683361263985139 The Left Too Has Lost Its Way-The Spiritualisation of the Left But what's interesting is that while the Right has grown more Secular, the Left has become more religious. How is this the Secular Rational Enlightened Left? https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fbi-manhunt-americas-most-061546930.html How does the logic follow? Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christianhttps://youtu.be/COHgEFUFWyg?t=13 What does this mean? Nigel Farage has a good take on the failed ideas of nation building and multiculturalism in the Christian West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ED8A8RXeY Nicki Knows Facts: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower Twice The Great Divorce Chapter 9 Closing

#0184 Tariffs vs Slavery Hamilton's Report on Manufacturing: How the Civil War Started Over Tariffs, When You Divorce God, and More - Further. Every. Day. Intro: Have we debated Tariffs to the point of Constitutional Crisis before in this nation? Are we repeating history? What happens when you divorce God? What would a society divorced from God look like? Have you ever heard of the war where the birds won and the humans lost? That and more today on Further Every Day. Hamilton's Report on American Manufactures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_on_Manufactures https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/hamiltons-report-subject-manufactures-1791 https://todayinhistory.blog/2021/05/18/may-19-1828-tariff-of-abominations/ When We Decouple Government From God How the influx of Godless people in Europe is going: https://x.com/AzatAlsalim/status/1915064342321451347 How it's going in Britain: Street Preaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxoTbIxr7Vs Making You Opinion Public:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ihonF-_aKnY If they suspect you're praying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13TnF1R0Rjk How it's going here in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_RRqgf7m4 And if you think they have the Civil Good In Mind, check this: https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/24/amish-fema-disaster-relief-hurricane-helene-north-carolina/ When We Decouple Sexuality From God https://x.com/realSonjaShaw/status/1913090620144664722 When We Decouple Marriage From God https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/sports/shannon-sharpes-lawyers-release-x-rated-alleged-texts-name-of-accuser-in-50m-civil-rape-lawsuit/ Nicki Knows Facts: The Great Emu War The Great Divorce Chapter 8 Closing One more thing: If you could only eat one meat for the rest of your life, what animal and cut would it be?

#0183 The American Conflict No.1, Andrew Wilson vs Tomi Lahren, What Is Free Speech, and More - Further. Every. Day The American Crisis No. 1: https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/war/text2/painecrisis1776.pdf Tariffs and Rumors of War: https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/12/trump-apple-nvidia-electronics-reciprocal-tariffs/ Gender Roles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joTCXKSR81o&t=200s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iyvKtke-Xs The Correct Perspective from the "DGHTERS" Conference: https://youtube.com/shorts/OaN8Eyff3fk?si=5BzdIyxCE1dXqcVI Is All Speech Free?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOXGlgWX5jo Dire Wolves: https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/04/dire-wolf-genome.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/10/trump-endangered-species-protections-dire-wolves/

#0182 Origin of the Bill of Rights, American-Islamic Cities, Body Positivity Movement, Nicki Knows Facts, etc The Arguments for and Against the Bill of Rights Cuts: 1-9 Historical Outcome: Who Was Right? Anti Federalist fears of federal overreach proved prophetic in light of 20th- and 21st-century issues—FISA surveillance, vaccine mandates, and restrictions on religious liberty. Federalist fears of judicial overreach tied to ambiguous rights also came true—especially in how courts have redefined marriage, life, and gender using the Bill of Rights, often without legislative authority. What Does It Mean To Be An American? - American- Islamic Cities Gregg Abbott has blocked an Islamic City headed for Dallas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_zwvxGS0E Honor Killing in Arizona from Recent Memory:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kj7MV_38EA Body Positivity and Identity Politics vs Identity in Christ https://www.tiktok.com/@roybelzerfitness/video/7259514459448757547?lang=en Where is our identity? Notice how the Monistic Materialist puts the same moral value of intrinsic good into their body while the Dualistic Theist understands the intrinsic value of a human is in the spiritual or metaphysical side and not the flesh. Note how they always talk about their community, we talk about Christ our God and Savior. They abhor those who speak differently, to the point where stars who lose weight are treated like outcasts, while we attempt to win others to our cause. Tarrifying Trade-Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKzOfwKXuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts5wJ6OfzA Nicki Knows Facts The Great Divorce Chapter 7 Closing Which of the 13 colonies would you live in today if you had to move to the east coast?

#0181 What We Can Learn From the Treaty of Paris 1783, Signal-Gate, The Loneliness Epidemic, Apologetics 102 Answering the Questioner not the Question, Nicki Knows Facts: Rasputin of the Bronx, and The Great Divorce Chapter 6 Introduction The Treaty of Paris 1783 Cut 1:The Treaty of Paris 1783 Cut 2: Pictured here are John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin.Although the British Contingent refused to pose so this is the unfinished portrait of the signing. This cuts in contrast to the unifying language of the document/ Cut 3 Here you have the map as drawn up by the new treaty. You can see the Brits retained Canada as well as a number of forts on the Great Lakes, more on that shortly. Cut 4 Introductory Paragraph pt 1 Listen to this language. Are these men REALLY acting as secular politicians? Politicians, yes, but Secular ones? No. Cut 5 This was a lofty goal, but as history informs us, the peace only lasted 3 decades. Cut 6 The King Relinquishes ownership of the colonies Cut 7 Boundaries Cut 8 Fishing and trade vessels will be left alone by the Brits (This was broken in the lead up to 1812.) Cut 9 Debts owed to Loyalists and Separatists will be repaid. Cut 10 Restore confiscated land and allow the Brits 12 months to leave. Cut 11 No more confiscations of land Cut 12 No more confiscations Cut 13 The Brits were to leave all forts and cities within the boundaries (They didn't and this was their foothold in 1812.) Cut 14 Peace Cut 15 Free Navigation Russo-Ukraine Treaty, Will We Learn From History? Cut 16 It looks as though Russia and Ukraine have no interest in peace: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russia-have-incentive-to-prolong-war-instead-of-finalizing-bad-peace-deal-us-intelligence-assessment-finds/ Signal-Gate See Cuts 17-23 What Is An American? https://youtu.be/RPTpOOKmXs8?t=78 - 7:58 Cut 24: But what is the ideal that built America?Cut 25: But what is America at its essence? Cut 26: So America is essentially high test scores? Cut 27: By this logic, any country can be “America” I think you've missed the pointSome notes:I like Vivek, but he misses the mark due to his worldview. Americans are blessed not by hard work, not be being a great community to move into, but we are Americans because we have descended or immigrated into a nation with Godly Ideals. I like Vivek, but this Pro-Immigration/Wealth/Education over Pro-Western Christian Ideals view of America will also dilute the American Exceptionalism that we value. The Loneliness Epidemic Cut 28 https://twitter.com/i/status/1901719273799622680 What does this reflect? Selfishness, Self-Centeredness, Loss of Purpose, Loss of Community? DOGE Members Speak 0:00-5:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX7xFkYt77k Cut 29 Cut 30 Cut 31 Cut 32 Cut 33 Cut 32 Questions for the panel: Why is this being protested? How are people going to look back on this era? How should we as Christians and Conservatives explain this? Nicki Knows Facts: Rasputin of the Bronx Cut 33 Introduction Cut 34 Picture of Ghibli Michael Malloy with his soon to be killer friends at the pub before the incident The Great Divorce Chapter 6 Closing https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russia-have-incentive-to-prolong-war-instead-of-finalizing-bad-peace-deal-us-intelligence-assessment-finds/

#0180 Fed 23, The JFK Files, Department of Education Deconstructed, Nicki Knows Facts, The Great Divorce Chapter 5 Federalist 23 The End of the Department of Education Cut 7: 0:00 Department of education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PfOvWPrpM Cuts 8-10: https://fee.org/articles/the-failure-of-public-schooling-in-one-chart/ Trump's F47 Cut 11: 4:00 F 47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PfOvWPrpM Cut 12 https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/03/21/boeing-wins-contract-for-ngad-fighter-jet-dubbed-f-47/ Cut 13 https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4131094/statement-by-chief-of-staff-of-the-air-force-gen-david-allvin-on-the-usaf-ngad/#:~:text=The%20F%2D47%20will%20have,manpower%20and%20infrastructure%20to%20deploy. Who Killed Kennedy? Cut 14 13:45 Can you just tell us who killed Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PfOvWPrpM Cut 15 Suspicious timing of this incident: https://fox59.com/news/national-world/barricade-incident-near-cia-headquarters-after-armed-man-spotted-police/ https://x.com/_ROB_29/status/1902475985980977617/photo/1 Lots of theories, dead spies, and few concrete facts. Why is the death of Kennedy such a topic of interest? Presidential Assassination Distrust of our government The 1960s were a turning point for many things and JFK was a lynchpin in politics and culture NATO and Ukraine Update Cut 16 20:10 Great Conversations with Zelensky and Putin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PfOvWPrpM Cut 17 Zelensky claims Putin is making unreasonable demands: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clynp1nldmxt United States Deportations Cut 18 21:15 Do you think you have the authority to round people up and deport them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2PfOvWPrpM Cut 19 Judge Blocks Trump from deporting Hamas Supporter: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/georgetown-researcher-deportation-00241924 Cut 20 Ezekiel 33:6 Cut 21 Deuteronomy 32:8 Cut 22 Acts 17:26 Cut 23 Numbers 15:30-31 Nicki Knows Facts The Origins of Basketball Cuts 24-27 The Great Divorce Chapter 5: Intellectualism and its pitfalls Cuts 28-35 Do we read the Word to change us or only for our benefit or profit? Closing Bibliography: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed23.asp

#0179 John and Abigail Adams' Letters, Government Shutdown, Xenophobic Nationalist Apologetics, Ben & Jerry's: Abortion Ice Cream, Nicki Knows Facts, and The Great Divorce Chapter 5 Introduction Government Shutdown Avoided Cut 1 Narrowly avoided a shutdown Senate passes GOP-led bill to avoid government shutdown Cut 2 Do you remember these moments? https://youtu.be/KPQScyuH-QE?si=LZ8wV2GmMB1H3pXe Cut 3 See where Dems are now? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IqLxHd9GbSA They do not believe what they said, they are liars. Remember this when discussing abortion, LGBT issues, and government shutdowns. Xenophobic Nationalist Apologist Moment Cut 4 https://youtu.be/Js15xgK4LIE?t=2429 From here until about 44:14 Cut 5 The issue with the Left not understanding Ethics vs Morality and being totally clueless as to what they believe: https://youtu.be/Js15xgK4LIE?t=1531 - 31:10 Cut 6 This immigrant aptly dealt with the Social Security Issue: https://youtu.be/Js15xgK4LIE?t=3375 - 1:04:15 Love is NOT Blind Here we see encapsulated in a horrible show, a horrible bride, a horrible groom, and perhaps a horrible church, why the West is dying: Cut 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0WD82ZmpJU Where was this man's Church? Was he ever confronted on this? Has he never thought about it? Was he so spineless he couldn't stand up to her or did he just not have a strong enough opinion. More: https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveIsBlindNetflix/comments/1jah81z/bens_tiktok_response_part_2_ben_brings_the/ A Culture Flavored in Abortion With footage from the Women's March on 030825 has been flooding our screens this past week, I'm led to ask: what exactly does this day mean at this point? Cut 8 https://www.instagram.com/benandjerrys/reel/DG8xxaSvwKK/ Cut 9-14 Ben and Jerry's Political Statement on Abortion We see this idea that abortion is inextricably intertwined with women's rights, to the point where we're back to debating the right of Churches to abstain for paying for abortions: Cut 15 https://washingtonstand.com/news/shocking-court-rules-church-must-include-abortion-in-employee-health-care-plan- Cut 16 For International Women's Day, Dylan Mulvaney was on the View, and here is what Whoopi had to say: https://youtu.be/_hEldny3f74?t=467 What is the agenda truly here? How does confusing and separating Gender Roles divorce us from our understanding of God? John Adams' Letter to Abigail Adams 1776 Summary of each Paragraph: Cut 17-18: Paragraph 1: If we had declared independence 7 months ago, we could have taken Canada, but the fractious nature of the Convention and the Tories ultimately stymied our best shot of winning Quebec. This loss of opportunity provides Britain with a foothold on our northern border, disadvantages us. Cut 19 Paragraph 2: None of that truly matters, however, because of the terrible epidemic of Smallpox that broke out amongst our troops. God is aware of this, and we should be looking to Him to see why these events have turned out the way they have. Cut 20 Paragraph 3: The bright side of the delay is this: The idea of Reconciliation between Britain and America is dead. Everyone knows what must be done now. We all understand what is ahead and have a sober mind to that end. The Union is formed and strong in a manner not possible 6 months ago. Cut 21 Paragraph 4: July 2nd , 1776 will always live in memory as a beautiful day for liberty and of God's Providence. Cut 22 Paragraph 5: You may think me silly with joy, but I understand how dark the coming days and years will be. God will carry us through. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-02-02-0016 Nicki Knows Facts Time Zone Trouble: Why were they first conceived and what is Daylight Savings Time? Cut 23-25 The Great Divorce Chapter 5 Cut 26-33 Closing What's your bucket list trip PNGs of the cuts (NOT the real ones, *my png isn't playing….lol*)

#0177 Federalist 51: Overreach of the Branches, Trump vs the Judicial, Tate vs Florida, Trade Wars, and more Introduction Federalist 51 Cut 1: Paragraph 1 How shall we run a government with compartmentalized, equally powerful, and co-regulating branches which we see in the new proposed Constitution? These branches of government must be contrived so that they maintain each other in a sense of authority, duty, and honesty towards the people. Allow me to elaborate. Paragraph 2: To best protect the interests of the people and the institution of this government, each branch should be formed, elected, and run independently of the other two. These should hold checks and balances over each other, but with as much independence as possible in election of the office holders. Cut 2 and 3: Paragraph 3: The members of each branch should also be free to act, even incentivized to act, with the authority of each's own office. If each branch is staged to seek its own interests, while maintaining alignment with the interests of the people, the different branches will hold each other accountable. Man is basically evil so we must set the selfish interests of politicians against each other for the sake of the people. Paragraph 4: The people and elections are the ultimate regulator on the vices of politicians, but organizing the branches so that their individual interests check each other is crucial. We need to even separate the legislature into two houses to protect the rights of the people and the rights of the states, while making the election of each as isolated from the other as possible. Paragraph 5: The power of the veto in the hands of the Executive Branch is a wise implementation of policy. However, as such a thing could be abused, the veto of the Executive Branch will only be allowed to be executed after a vote in the House of Congress has brought a vote to the Senate. This will allow some dissent in the voice of the Legislative from the Executive. Cut 4: Paragraph 6: This government, with competing interests, will provide protection from mob rule and should guide the nation towards justice, and away from corruption. Cut 5: Paragraph 7: For this to work, we will need to build a government that is incapable of turning against a minority by building this set of checks and balances, which will render the many factions powerless to act to the harm of the smaller ones. This is a reliance on the chaotic nature of man and his evil to prevent evil. Cut 6: Paragraph 8: By designing the government in light of human nature and our propensity to divide ourselves, while maintaining the human rights of the minority, it will be very difficult for a majority to pervert the laws to oppress the minority. Paragraph 9: If Rhode Island broke off into a democracy, it is clear that it would fall into the tyranny of the majority. This new Constitution is designed to appeal to our common understanding of Godliness over our independent needs. This design should prevent the tyranny of the majority. The Overreach of the Judicial Courts Cut 8 https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5177420-supreme-court-blocks-trump-funding/ And here we see the overreach that Madison was concerned with in Federalist 51. Cut 9 https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/biden-judges-fishy-order-that-led-supreme-courts/ Real and Trade Wars As we all know, Zelensky had a bad day at the White House where he engaged in self destructive behavior: Cut 10 Sorry, wrong clip, some would say right clip… Cut 11 Again, some would say wrong clip, but other right clip. No, it was worse than that. Cut 12 https://youtu.be/v_kTNIYsFnQ?si=x_ZdWgC2EdR4-R2W Now, we know how this ended, but I wanted to focus on what JD Vance said here. How is Zelensky recruiting soldiers these days? Cut 13 Wrong clip, I wish it was this but it's actually quite tragic Cut 14 Cut 15 Cut 16 Trump said Zelensky would be back Cut 17 https://youtu.be/6QKwSuJswQk?si=2UL4CB7oUIO1W_rs And what do you know, he's back Cut 18 https://youtu.be/a7ziSd1QFrg?si=2BC6LefPLErs1n9p China threatens war with the US Cut 19https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmd3g2nzqo Canada continues to threatens to pull the plug: Cut 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHDoZoqZt4E Culture Wars Andrew Tate is being prosecuted by Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, Candace Owens interviews Tate: Cut 21 https://youtu.be/BG8mb9I5qeU?t=181 from here to 7:29 Question: Love or hate Tate, is this a precedent that we want to set? Nicki Knows Facts The woman who had the most children… Cut 22-25 The Book Corner: Chapter 4 of The Great Divorce Cut 26-31 Closing If you could only eat one thing until the day that you die, what would it be?

List of Life Principles Cut 1: (Nicki's #1) Start every day with daily prayer and Bible reading. Nicki - explain how that works for you. Cut 2: (Nicki's #2) Stay in a right relationship with God no matter the cost (peace of mind). Nicki - why is this important? Cut 3: (Nicki's #3) Know who you are in Christ - my life has a purpose! Nicki - what does it mean to know who you are in Christ? Cut 4: (Nicki's #4) Invest in family relationships. The only thing you can take into eternity with you is your family. Nicki - how do people that have very little or no family deal with this? Cut 5: (Nicki's #5) Walk in truth (no deception or lying). Nicki - why is this important? Cut 6: (Nicki's #6) Work hard and keep improving. Nicki - what would this look like? Cut 7: (Nicki's #7) Think and pray before you speak or act. Words and actions have long term affects. Nicki - how has this impacted you over the course of your life. Cut 8: (Nicki's #8) Tithe with the spiritual impact in mind. Nicki - what kind of spiritual impact should we be looking for? Cut 9: (Nicki's #9) Control my anger - don't let it control me? Nicki - what do you see as the biggest reasons for this? Cut 10: ((Nicki's #10) Make it a priority to laugh every day. Nicki - why should laughing be a priority. Cut 11: (Steve's #1) Make sure God is first and foremost in your life. Steve - why is this a priority for you? Cut 12: (Steves #2) Be a truth teller - not a liar. Steve - what do you see as some of the biggest hurdles to doing this? Cut 13: (Steve's #3) Treat folks like you would like to be treated. Steve - How has this impacted you personally? Cut 14: (Steve's #4) Learn a trade or get an education and work for a living. Steve - how important are trades to our society right now? Cut 15: (Steve's #5) Treat your parents with respect. Steve - tell us a little bit about your parents. Cut 16: (Steve's #6) Don't expect respect. Respect is earned, not given. Steve - what are some ways that respect can be earned? Cut 17: (Steve's #7) Learn to shoot a gun. Steve - why is this important? Cut 18: (Steve's #8) Learn to camp, fish, hunt, and farm. Cut 19: (Steve's #9) If you're married, love your wife and stay married. Steve - why is this such a challenge for people today? Cut 20: (Steve's #10) Learn to become a good father and grandfather (or mother and grandmother). Steve - what are some of the most valuable results for being a good parent and grandparent? Cut 21: (Charlie's #1) Love God and make Him known. Cut 22: (Charlie's #2) Truth is the greatest asset you will ever possess. Always run toward truth. Cut 23: (Charlie's #3) If you don't have peace, then don't do it. Cut 24: (Charlie's #4) If you don't want to fall into the Grand Canyon then stay away from the edge! Cut 25: (Charlie's #5) Help and serve others. Cut 26: (Charlie's #6) Try to always think with the end in mind. Cut 27: (Charlie's #7) You only get one life. Know your purpose in what you're doing. Cut 28: (Charlie's #8) Failure is a great teacher. Never be afraid to go to school. Cut 29: (Charlie's #9) Forgiveness is the great vaccine of anger and resentment. Cut 30: (Charlie's #10) On time is late. Never be late. Nicki Knows Facts: Cuts Bucket List Items: Cut : Would love to purchase a large piece of land (good for camping, fishing, hunting, and farming) and have my kids and grandkids move there. Cut : Take an Alaskan cruise with my wonderful wife. Cut : Take a Hawaiian cruise with my wonderful wife. Cut : Do a 7 - 10 day mountain hike. Cut : Purchase an old school bus and convert it into an RV. The Book Corner (NEXT WEEK): The Great Divorce, Chapters 5-6 Cuts

#0176 Did Washington Foresee the Russo-Ukraine Dilemma? Anti-Christ Pop Culture Meltdown, Trans-Monkeys, Dangers of Free Speech, The Ballad of Elmer the Cadaver, and The Book Corner Introduction Washington's Farewell Address Cut 1: I want to let you know that I will not be running for re-election. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve, but I need to step down, and let me tell you why I've resolved to do so. I have served two terms, and that is enough for anyone—I will retire now. Cut 2: Be wary of the forces that seek to weaken the national unity essential to defense—both internal and external, ideologically and materially. The only means for continued freedom is national unity and individual solidarity in the bonds of blood, creed, and nationality. Cut 3: Your nation has the right to your allegiance because it provides for your safety, and your duty to fellow citizens extends from civic charity to the defense of the nation. We all hold the same general beliefs, religion, and goals—national identity is key to maintaining the liberty so many have fought and died for. The esoteric considerations aside, we must also address the conflicting interests of the States, which are outweighed by the interest of the whole. You must learn to consider the individual interests of the States within the context of the whole of the United States. Your individual States will have their own autonomy, only within the value and benefit of the whole of the United States. The balance between States' rights and federal oversight has been laid out in our new Constitution, ratified by all. Each authority has its sphere of jurisdiction, subject to change only by the ratification of amendments. Cut 4: The purpose of the checks and balances between the States and the branches of the federal government is to ensure a level playing field for all factions present in political debate. The violation or manipulation of these checks and balances is inevitably harmful, no matter how noble or ignoble the pursuit. Cut 5: Be aware that popular factions can misuse the system of checks and balances to create tyrants, who will then seek to dismantle the very system they used to claim power. Cut 6: It's important to avoid altering the basic structure of the Constitution through violations or amendments, as this will dilute the purpose of the checks and balances and eventually break a perfectly serviceable constitution. Commentary: What did we see with the threat of packing the Supreme Court, removing the Electoral College, or now with the attempts from the legislative and judicial branches to hinder reform of the executive branch? Cut 7: The more control you give political parties, the more autocratic they will become. This stems from the darker impulses of human nature, existent in any nation, but partially mitigated within the design of the American Constitution. It's natural for political parties to become entrenched within the body politic, their interests gaining greater bearing than the actual interests of the people. Cut 8: It is natural, then, for political parties to act in retaliation and revenge against each other between elections, formulating a bizarre despotism and oligarchy. Cut 9: You must be aware of this tendency of political parties and prevent it if you wish to avoid a permanent political ruling class levying autocratic policies upon the people. Cut 10: If you allow this sort of political party structure to arise, you'll live to witness ill-founded rivalries that fester into political riots, insurrection, and corruption. Cut 11: Now, on the issue of foreign influence—avoid becoming so entrenched in the quarrels of other nations that you lose sight of the needs of your own country. Otherwise, nationalists will eventually be dubbed "uncaring" when asked to give their own necessities to governments that have no obligation to America or her citizens. Cut 12: Keep our interests in Europe as economically centered as possible, because Europe is a political tinderbox—frequently aflame—and will drag America into endless wars for nations that have proved to hold little interest in our well-being. Why should Americans die on foreign soil for people who care so little for us and consistently start conflicts? Cut 13: Avoid permanent alliances. Keep the alliances we do make, and remain out of other countries' disputes as often as possible. Trump vs. Zelensky Cut 14: Trump and Zelensky have had a falling out. Upon looking at the first draft of President Trump's proposal, Zelensky had this reaction:Watch here Cut 15: How did that get in there? Cut 16: No, Zelensky was even more self-destructive than that…Watch here Cut 17: Trump responded accordingly:Watch here Cut 18: It's important to remember that Russia and Ukraine have been contesting the border for decades, and the atrocities committed by Kiev—shelling civilian targets—predate the current war:Read more Cut 19: The war also hasn't stopped Zelensky from engaging in collective punishment on citizens in the Donetsk region (supposedly a region he wishes to have back under Ukrainian rule).Read more Cut 20: The exchange between Trump and Zelensky comes after Zelensky sanctioned his main political opposition in any future election, former president Petro Poroshenko.Read more Media Meltdown Cut 21: "I don't care, Margaret... if you think free speech enabled Hitler, that's nonsense."—Margaret vs. Rubio Rubio on JD Vance's speech on the decline of free speech in Germany and Europe:Watch here Pop Culture News Cut 22: LGBT actor Cynthia Erivo will be playing our Lord in Jesus Christ Superstar. What does this say about our culture's view on gender, cultural revisionism, and our Lord? Cut 23: Tom Hanks plays an "icky racist white man" on SNL 50. What does this say about our culture's view on race, cultural revisionism, and Christianity? Proper apologetics for each? NIH Lied, Monkeys Died Cut 24: NIH-funded research controversy What are they looking for? What are they doing? Is this the first actual medical study for the long-term effects on transgender humans via monkeys? But what about chemsex? What about HIV susceptibility? Monkeys cannot be infected with HIV—so are we looking at more gain-of-function research? What was happening here? Nicki Knows Facts: The Ballad of Elmer the Cadaver Cuts 25-34 The Book Corner: The Great Divorce, Chapters 3-4 Cuts 35-44 Closing Final Question:If you could get only one item of furniture for your wedding/anniversary, and the price was no issue, what would you ask for?

#0175 Articles of Confederation, An End To The Ukraine War?, Vance vs The Pope on Ordo Amori, The First Female Congresswoman, TBC: The Great Divorce, and Apologetics 101 - Further. Every. Day. The Articles of Confederation – A Failed Democracy Of States Cut 1#: Introduction: The Articles of Confederation, ratified in 1781, served as the first governing document of the United States. However, it soon proved inadequate, leading to widespread calls for reform. The Founding Fathers—especially George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton—expressed serious concerns about its weaknesses. Many of these concerns were articulated in their letters, speeches, and debates, culminating in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. Key Weaknesses and Contemporary Critiques 1. Lack of Taxation Authority One of the most significant weaknesses of the Articles was Congress's inability to levy taxes. The federal government had to rely on voluntary contributions from the states, leading to financial instability and an inability to pay off war debts. Cut 2#: James Madison, “Vices of the Political System” (April 1787):"It is no longer doubted that a unanimous and punctual obedience of 13 independent bodies, to the acts of the federal Government, ought not be calculated on. Even during the war, when external danger supplied in some degree the defect of legal & coercive sanctions, how imperfectly did the States fulfil their obligations to the Union? In time of peace, we see already what is to be expected." Cut 3&4#: Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 30 (December 28, 1787):"The present Confederation, feeble as it is intended to repose in the United States, an unlimited power of providing for the pecuniary wants of the Union. But proceeding upon an erroneous principle, it has been done in such a manner as entirely to have frustrated the intention. Congress, by the articles which compose that compact (as has already been stated), are authorized to ascertain and call for any sums of money necessary, in their judgment, to the service of the United States; and their requisitions, if conformable to the rule of apportionment, are in every constitutional sense obligatory upon the States. These have no right to question the propriety of the demand; no discretion beyond that of devising the ways and means of furnishing the sums demanded. But though this be strictly and truly the case; though the assumption of such a right would be an infringement of the articles of Union; though it may seldom or never have been avowedly claimed, yet in practice it has been constantly exercised, and would continue to be so, as long as the revenues of the Confederacy should remain dependent on the intermediate agency of its members." Cut 5#: George Washington's letter to John Jay (August 15, 1786):"Requisitions are actually little better than a jest and a bye word throughout the Land. If you tell the Legislatures they have violated the treaty of peace and invaded the prerogatives of the confederacy they will laugh in your face." Comparison to the Constitution: Articles of Confederation: Congress could not impose taxes and had to request funds from the states. U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8): Congress gains the power to “lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises.” 2. No Executive or Judicial Branches Under the Articles, there was no executive branch to enforce laws and no national judiciary to settle disputes, leading to inefficiency and legal conflicts among states. Cut 6#: James Madison at the Constitutional Convention (June 19, 1787):"The existing Confederacy does not sufficiently provide against this evil. The proposed amendment to it does not supply the omission. It leaves the will of the States as uncontrolled as ever." Cut 7#: Alexander Hamilton, Federalist NO. 22 (December 14, 1787):"Several States have endeavored, by separate prohibitions, restrictions, and exclusions, to influence the conduct of that kingdom in this particular, but the want of concert, arising from the want of a general authority and from clashing and dissimilar views in the State, has hitherto frustrated every experiment of the kind, and will continue to do so as long as the same obstacles to a uniformity of measures continue to exist." And later in Fed 22: Cut 8#: “A circumstance which crowns the defects of the Confederation remains yet to be mentioned, the want of a judiciary power. Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation. The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land. Their true import, as far as respects individuals, must, like all other laws, be ascertained by judicial determinations. To produce uniformity in these determinations, they ought to be submitted, in the last resort, to one SUPREME TRIBUNAL. And this tribunal ought to be instituted under the same authority which forms the treaties themselves. These ingredients are both indispensable.” Comparison to the Constitution: Articles of Confederation: No executive or judiciary, making enforcement and dispute resolution nearly impossible. U.S. Constitution: Establishes three co-equal branches with checks and balances. 3. Inability to Regulate Commerce With no power to regulate trade, states imposed tariffs on each other, creating economic discord and weakening national unity. Cut 9#: George Washington's letter to James Madison (November 30, 1785):"I hope the resolutions which were published for the consideration of the House, respecting the reference to Congress for the regulation of a Commercial system will have passed. The proposition in my opinion is so self evident that I confess I am at a loss to discover wherein lyes the weight of the objection to the measure. We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a National character to support—If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it. for whilst we are playing a dble game, or playing a game between the two we never shall be consistent or respectable—but may be the dupes of some powers and, most assuredly, the contempt of all." Comparison to the Constitution: Articles of Confederation: No power to regulate interstate or international trade. U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8): Grants Congress the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states.” Constitutional Convention Debates on the Articles The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was largely a response to the Articles' failings. Many Founders voiced concerns about its weaknesses and emphasized the necessity of a new framework. Cut 10#: George Washington's Address at the Constitutional Convention (1787):"It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God." Cut 11#: James Madison at the Convention (June 6, 1787):"The confederation was founded on temporary principles. It cannot last: it cannot be amended. If we do not establish a good Govt. on new principles, we must either go to ruin, or have the work to do over again. The people at large are wrongly suspected of being averse to a Genl. Govt. The aversion lies among interested men who possess their confidence." Conclusion: The Articles' Failure & The Constitution's Success The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were widely recognized by the Founders, who sought a stronger federal government through the U.S. Constitution. By granting the national government taxation authority, an executive branch, a judiciary, and regulatory power over commerce, the new Constitution directly addressed the Articles' failings. Cut 12#: Benjamin Franklin on the new Constitution (1787):"Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best." This new government would not only survive but become one of the most enduring political systems in history. Russo-Ukraine War Ends, New Wars In Taiwan? With the war, hopefully ending in Ukraine, new peace talks can begin:Cut 13#: JD Vance and Zelensky Clip Hegseth addressed NATO in Brussels this week: Cut 14#: No, we're not leaving Ukraine behind, negotiations are just starting Cut 15#: NATO needs to step up, the German reporter asks if the US will raise spending from 3.4% to 5% as Hegseth suggests the EU does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOzzVfhkwn4 Cut 16#: Fighting two different wars on two different fronts, Gaza and Ukraine, has weakened our strategic reserves, oil, ATACMS, small arms munitions, and in many other ways says Command Adm. Samuel Paparo in Nov of 24: https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-weapons-taiwan-missiles-stockpiles-28564bbed21f72b9a3c6b3cd9c086bc7 Cut 17#: This may be why Trump is so focused on peace with Russia and China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Gr2eAYORI The Pope vs VP Vance on the Ordo Amori Much ink and discussion has been spilled on this, but let's hear a surrogate from the Pope speak to this: Now let's open God's Word in a very Augustine way, looking at the nature of affections as laid out in scripture: Cut 18#: https://x.com/TaylorRMarshall/status/1890437635883086485 1. Love for God as Supreme Cut 19# Matthew 22:37-38 – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.” Cut 20# Deuteronomy 6:5 – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Cut 21# Luke 14:26 – “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” (Jesus is not commanding literal hatred but is emphasizing that love for God must come first.) Cut 22# Exodus 20:3 – “You shall have no other gods before me.” 2. Love for Family Cut 23# Ephesians 5:25 – “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Cut 24# Ephesians 6:1-2 – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother' (this is the first commandment with a promise).” Cut 25# 1 Timothy 5:8 – “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Cut 26# Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” 3. Love for Community Cut 27# Leviticus 19:18 – “You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” Cut 28# Luke 10:27-37 (Parable of the Good Samaritan) – Demonstrates love for one's neighbor beyond ethnic or social boundaries. 4. Love for Nation Cut 29# Jeremiah 29:7 – “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” Cut 30# Romans 13:1-7 – “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.” Cut 31# 1 Peter 2:13-17 – “Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution… Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” Now, how does allowing an invasion of Military Aged Men into our country fit into this rubric? How does the Vatican deal with threats against his excellency?Cut 32# Oh… Cut 33# Nicki Knows Facts: The First Congresswoman Cut 34#-37 The Book Corner: The Great Divorce Foreword-Chapter 2 Foreword C.S. Lewis explains that The Great Divorce is an allegory, not a theological treatise, and should not be taken as a literal depiction of the afterlife. He argues against the idea that good and evil can be reconciled, emphasizing that one must fully choose either Heaven or Hell—there is no blending of the two. He also mentions his inspiration from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell but clarifies that his book is meant to show their absolute separation rather than their unity. Chapter 1 The narrator finds himself in a grim, joyless city (Hell or “the Grey Town”) on a rainy evening. He joins a line for a bus that promises to take people away from the city. As he waits, he observes the other passengers arguing, bickering, and expressing general dissatisfaction. These people, it seems, are unhappy but reluctant to leave, preferring their own grievances and pride over change. When the bus arrives, it appears unusual—bright and floating above the ground. Chapter 2 As the bus takes off, it begins to ascend, moving higher and higher into the sky. The narrator notices that the interior of the bus seems to grow larger than its exterior, a hint at the supernatural nature of the journey. The other passengers continue arguing, revealing their selfishness, resentment, and attachment to their past sins. Some complain about the rules of the Grey Town, while others insist they deserve better treatment. The chapter ends with the bus flying toward an unfamiliar, beautifully radiant land, which we later understand to be the foothills of Heaven. Apologetics 101 The 3 Rules of Apologetics 1. Define Terms 2. Answer the Questioner, not the Question 3. Remember who wins the person's soul, hint it's not you. Final Question: Favorite fictional work Sources for Further Reading: https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a7s3.html https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/respectfully-quoted/george-washington-173299-2/ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0357 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed22.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed30.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_619.asp

Knox and Washington on Gaza and DOGE, Guillotines, and Your Theological Questions Introduction Did our Founding Fathers warn us about the human condition? Did Washington experience the same pressures that we see exerted on our current God-Fearing leadership? Is DOGE illegal and unprecedented? Is Trump invading Gaza? When was the last Guillotine Execution and which country used it last? That and your theological questions today on Further. Every. Day. Section 1: Henry Knox's Correspondence with George Washington Cut 1: Who was Henry Knox? Cut 2: Knox's raid of Fort Ticonderoga and the Noble Train Cut 3: Knox's military career Cut 4: Knox to Washington: The Thirteen-Headed Monster needs one head Cut 5: Knox to Washington: It's not high taxes but man's dark heart and communistic leanings Cut 6: Knox to Washington: Justification for uprisings such as Shays' Rebellion Cut 7: Washington to Knox: “Good God!” We look like a reprobate nation Section 2: Are We Seeing This Today with the Reaction to DOGE? Cut 8: Democrats decrying DOGE Which branch is DOGE under? To which branch do these Senators and Congressmen belong? Hmm… Cut 9: Is DOGE unprecedented? Cuts 10-16: No… Cuts 17-18: What has USAID been spent on? Section 3: Gaza and Trump Cut 19: Is Trump taking over Gaza a betrayal of MAGA? Trump and Netanyahu Cut 20: Not a betrayal. Some wildly out-of-the-box thinking and negotiation may be in play. Let the man cook. Section 4: Nicki Knows Facts Cut 21: When was the last execution by guillotine, and which country used it? Cut 22: Answer Cut 23: Last man executed Cut 24: Last woman executed Cut 25: Biblical examples Section 5: Theological Q&A Your Questions: Did Judas go to Heaven or Hell? Is Sunday or Saturday the day of worship? What really happened to Jephthah's daughter? Closing Final question: Best state in the Union? Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/10/archives/foe-of-pollution-sees-lack-of-time-asserts-environmental-ills.html https://www.thetorah.com/article/did-jephthah-actually-kill-his-daughter https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/eop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget https://www.britannica.com/summary/Franklin-D-Roosevelts-Achievements

Federalist No. 10 Introduction to James Madison Cut 1 Madison was the smallest U.S. president at 5'4” and 100 lbs. Cut 2 War of 1812 Architect of the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. Studied Hebrew, Locke, Witherspoon, and other Biblical and Enlightenment thinkers at Princeton. Segment 1: Federalist No. 10 in Context Opening Question: Why did Madison see factions as the greatest threat to a free republic? Let's see: Cut 3 Cut 4: Special Interests are already present. Cut 5 Faction Definition Cut 6 Methods for dismantling faction Cut 7 Historical & Biblical Context: Human nature and governance (Jeremiah 17:9 Cut 8, Cut 9 Romans 13:1-4). Founders' rejection of pure democracy for a constitutional republic. Key Quote: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." (Federalist No. 51) Modern Parallels: How well does Madison's system function today? Have we drifted into oligarchy or mob rule? Segment 2: The Danger of Factions – Then & Now (Special Interests) Definition: A group united by passion or interest against the rights of others. Cut 10 The Human Condition Historical Examples: Biblical: Pharisees & Sadducees, Korah's Rebellion, Moses vs. Aaron & Miriam. Early America: Shays' Rebellion, Newburgh Conspiracy. Modern Examples: Political factions influencing laws for self-benefit (Big Pharma, Wall Street, political elites). Radical ideologies reshaping government, media, and education. Question: Did Madison underestimate the power of mob mentality in parties? Segment 3: The Republican Solution – Can We Still Make It Work? Madison's Key Safeguards: Representative government filters public passions. Checks and balances prevent faction dominance. Rule of law ensures stability. Biblical & Historical Parallels: Moses' system of judges (Cut 12 Exodus 18:21-22) – decentralized authority. Electoral College & Senate as safeguards against mob rule. Critique: Does the Republic still function as intended? Congress members profiting from insider stock trading. Bureaucracies serving corporate interests over public welfare. Judiciary increasingly partisan. Question: Is the republic still preserving liberty, or has it become an oligarchy? Segment 4: Leadership, Corruption & The RFK Jr. Debate Key Quote: “No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause.” Internet Clip 1: Modern Example: RFK Jr. vs. Big Pharma—legitimate accountability or political opposition? Question: Does the electorate still have power, or is it manipulated by media and money? Segment 5: Economic Policy & The Rise of Radical Ideas Key Quote: “Every shilling with which they overburden the inferior number, is a shilling saved to their own pockets.” Tariffs & Protectionism: Madison's warnings on self-interested legislators. Trump's new tariffs (Feb 2025) – protecting American jobs or empowering another faction? Radical Economic Shifts: Paper money, debt abolition, wealth redistribution are now mainstream. Federal Reserve policies, student loan forgiveness, universal basic income. Question: Did Madison underestimate the ability of factions to nationalize radical policies? Final Segment: Madison's Republic – Can It Be Restored? Madison's System Depends On: ✅ A moral electorate. ✅ Functioning checks and balances. ✅ Decentralized power. Reality Check: ❌ Misinformed & manipulated electorate. ❌ Government officials profiting from policies. ❌ Radical policies nationalized instead of local. Final Question: How do we restore Madison's vision? Restoring biblical morality in leadership. Reasserting state sovereignty. Educating and activating an informed electorate. Nicki Knows Facts Segment Unsinkable Sam: Cut 14 then 15 The cat that survived the sinking of three warships. Elon Musk's Salute vs. Bryce Mitchell Elon Musk's salute controversy: Media scrutiny and backlash. Cut 16 Reference: Guardian article Bryce Mitchell's extreme counterpoint: Cut 16Twitter clip His bizarre past incident: MMA Junkie Cut 18 Meme Historical reality check: Cut 19 Cut 20 a Hitler's atrocities: Aktion T4, Mengele's experiments, genocide of millions. Reference: Wikipedia - Aktion T4 Takeaway: Best to avoid invoking Hitler in any context. JD Vance and His Apologetic Maneuvers Core Themes & Arguments: Biblical Prioritization of Family & Nation 1 Timothy 5:8: Family first, then community, then nation. Critique of USCCB's financial incentives. Settlers vs. Immigrants Settlers built America; immigrants benefited from it. John Adams: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people." Law Enforcement & Government's Role Romans 13:3 – Enforcing law isn't cruelty; it's justice. Birthright Citizenship & National Sovereignty 14th Amendment wasn't intended for illegal immigrants' children. Citizenship is a privilege, not an accident of birth location. The Refugee Vetting Debate National security must come before indiscriminate refugee acceptance. Aquinas' Just War Theory – nations have a right to defend themselves. Chinese National Loses Her Visa Chinese UCLA Student's Visa Revoked – Does a foreigner aligning with anti-American rhetoric have constitutional rights? Final Takeaways: Vance upholds biblical and constitutional principles. Christian ethics align with national security concerns. America must prioritize its founding values over globalist ideals. Reference Links for Further Research: [Federalist No. 10 – Avalon Project] [Federalist No. 51 – Avalon Project] [Jeremiah 17:9 – Bible Gateway] [Romans 13:1-4 – Bible Gateway] [Exodus 18:21-22 – Bible Gateway] [RFK Jr. vs. Big Pharma – YouTube] [Trump's Tariff Policy (Feb 2025) – Fox Business] [Congress Stock Trading – CBS News] [Electoral College Explained – National Archives]

Federalist 2#, Ilhan Omar vs. The Alien Act, and Trump's First Week Introduction Brief overview of topics: Federalist 2#: Historical analysis and implications. Controversy around the Alien Act and recent deportation events. Trump's first week in office, pardons, and early policy impacts. Segment 1: Federalist 2# Overview Recap of Federalist 1#: Key themes and setup for Federalist 2#. Federalist 2# Talking Points: John Jay's Background Birth: 1745; Death: 1829. Roles: First Chief Justice (1789-1795). President of the Continental Congress (1778-1779). Treaty of Paris Negotiator (1783). Governor of New York (1795-1801). Themes of Federalist 2#: Importance of a united federal government. Biblical justification for governance (Genesis 9:3-6, Romans 13). Challenges posed by the weak Articles of Confederation. Key Insights: Conflicts of interests under the Confederation. The necessity of a unified American identity rooted in shared values, including Christianity. God's providence in the formation of the nation. Video Clip Reference: YouTube Link. Segment 2: Ilhan Omar vs. The Alien Act (1798) Discussion Points: Historical Context of the Alien Act: Passed in 1798 to address foreign threats during the Quasi-War. Modern-day parallels and controversies over deportations. Recent Deportation Headlines: NBC's coverage (Link). Resistance at the border (Link). Notable Clips: ICE head Tom Homan speaks with deportees (Link). Border updates (Link, Link). Segment 3: Nicki Knows Facts! Trivia Question: How many times was the State of Texas' Capitol purchased? Discussion Points: Quick historical insight into Texas' Capitol, its history, and notable trivia. Panelists' guesses and reactions to the correct answer. Segment 3: Trump's First Week in Office Key Highlights: Pardons: Proud Boys and pro-lifers (YouTube Link). March for Life reflections (YouTube Link). Planned Parenthood & Cultural Shifts: Threats to defund Planned Parenthood (Link). Reaction to Cecile Richards' passing. Memes & Public Reactions: Highlighted by @GigaBasedDad (Link). Trump's silent strategizing (Link). Final Thoughts Panelists' favorite Trump win this week. Closing reflections on Federalist 2# and the Alien Act parallels.

Federalist 1#: A Call for a New ConstitutionThe inefficiency of the current government led to the need for a new U.S. Constitution. The government struggled to pay its debts to soldiers and couldn't manage internal threats like Shay's Rebellion. These challenges, including a lack of trade protection and the failure to fund the government, highlighted the need for a stronger federal system. The United States' Struggles Post-RevolutionAfter the War for Independence, the U.S. faced internal economic crises and external challenges, such as Spain blocking the Mississippi River. Failed attempts to fund the government, like the Impost Amendment of 1781, demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.Newburgh Conspiracy (1783)Shays' Rebellion (1786–1787) The Need for a Stronger GovernmentHamilton's Federalist 1 stresses the importance of a rational, unified government to ensure the safety and welfare of the union. He argues for a government built on reason, free from accidents or force, to safeguard the nation's future. Opposition to the New ConstitutionThe new Constitution faced resistance from those who feared losing their power. Opponents included individuals seeking to maintain slavery or revert to British rule, making ratification a difficult process. The External Revenue Service & TariffsOriginally, the U.S. was funded through tariffs. The debate between free trade and protectionism plays a critical role in shaping economic policy today. China's unfair trade practices and exploitation make it increasingly difficult for American workers to compete.The Core Arguments of Tariffs The 32-Hour Work Week ProposalA bill to reduce the U.S. workweek to 32 hours over four years promises increased worker satisfaction without a pay cut. Pilot programs have shown higher satisfaction and revenue growth. There are concerns about the impact on companies maintaining the 40-hour workweek.32-Hour Workweek Bill Overview Red Note vs. TikTokWith TikTok facing a potential ban due to Chinese propaganda influence, millions of American users flock to Red Note, a new platform named after Mao's Little Red Book. Security concerns and cultural clashes emerge as Red Note replaces TikTok.Nick Fuentes Banned Before He StartsSecurity Risk ConcernsChinese Reaction to Red NoteGender War StartedWhat Really Happens on Red NoteWhat Zoomers ThinkThe Native Response

Christmas Is Not A Pagan Holiday Today, let's look at the common arguments for a Pagan Origin of Christmas. Let's put them into 3 categories: 1. The 25th Date coincides with other pagan holidays like Saturnalia and Sol Invictus 2. The gods who were born on the 25th make Christ look like a copycat in a long line of copycats. 3. The Christmas Tree appears to be the Asherah Pole from Jeremiah 10:1-5. So let's start with the date of the 25th. Where did the date come from? Some sources attribute Theophilus of Antioch circa 171-183 AD as the first to use the 25th of December date as the date of Christ's birth, due to the notion that prophets are conceived on the day they die (Christ's death being attributed here as the 25th of March). Some even attribute Pope St. Telesphorus in circa 125-136 AD as having ascribed the December 25th date decades earlier. The dates of Saturnalia were the 17th-23rd , never on the 25th. A Pre-Christ Sol Invictus is only referenced in 1 manuscript, the Chronography of 354. This manuscript was written over 100 years after Hippolytus of Rome's Commentary on Daniel (circa 202~211 AD), which references the December 25th Birth of Christ. It is entirely possible that the observance of Sol Invictus's birthdate may have even been a mimicry of the December 25th date! There go those two points, showing a crippling lack of scholarship on the part of the proponents of a Pagan Origin of Christmas. As for other gods who have held or picked up the 25th, some of these have resurrection stories and other vague similarities to Christ's story. I'll have to quote Lewis here on this general contention as Lewis said it better than I could: “And what did God do? …He sent the human race what I call good dreams: I mean those queer stories scattered all through the heathen religions about a god who dies and comes to life again and, by his death, has somehow given new life to men.” If one takes the proposition that man came from Noah, and Noah expected the redeemer of the Genesis 3 covenant, would not man expect such a redeemer? Also, would not the Devil himself love to abuse this desire for a Savior and propagate such false religions for the Devil's own gain? This view, even if you believe it to be wrong, is at least consistent. On a side note, I do not believe, like many, that Christ's birth was on the 25th of December. It was likely on the feast of First Fruits in April. This would better fit the prophetic timeline and The Christ Comet is a theory of the Star of Bethlehem that plots the activities of a specific comet to that time frame. This comet would have behaved in such a way as to lead the Magi to Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem, but this is neither here nor there for this discussion. On the note of the Christmas Tree, the Asherah Pole of Pre-Christ Iran is often connoted with the Tradition of the Christmas Tree, which was started around the 1500s by the French and Germanic Christians, the better part of two millennia separated from Jeremiah's words in Jeremiah 10:1-5: "1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good." On that note, how would uncarved trees have anything to do with carved wooden idols? Just because heathens used trees in false worship, does not mean that trees are somehow pagan. If pagans doing something or celebrating in a certain way makes any association with the item or practice anathema, stop singing, stop praying, and while you're at it, stop breathing! This extreme is almost a strawman, but the point of this should be why are we doing what we do? Some traditions are valueless, granted. Some are even dangerous, agreed. But let's base our critiques, if we have them, on facts and not unsupported nonsense. (For example, find an actual ancient source on the use of Christmas Trees for Saturnalia. Few if any exist, and none that we are aware of.) Santa Clause, on the other hand, is a different story. St. Nicholas (Born circa 280 AD) is the oldest reference of the Jolly Man who gave aid to the poor and powerless. Tales of St. Nicholas include him giving dowries to girls being sold into prostitution, thereby saving them from such a life, and giving gifts to the poor. Others are more fantastic. However, all of these stories should be celebrated, in the context of what the Love of God can do through one man. St. Nicholas wasn't magical, he was transformed through his relationship to Christ. Santa Claus, as we have him today, came from numerous accretions and other legends, some even pagan in origin (think Krampus). All of that aside, however we got Santa Claus is not necessarily important. What is concerning is that some have taken the caricature of St. Nicholas and turned him into a god who rewards good works and the sacrament of milk and cookies. We tell children Santa and Jesus are both real and then wonder why they no longer believe in Christ only a few short years of their belief in Santa being shattered. Where is our consistency? Have we been guilty of worshiping a false god that satisfies our own paganistic desires for self fulfillment in America? Has Consumerism consumed the message of Christmas? So, is Christmas a pagan holiday root and branch? Not in the root, but maybe for some, the branch. We should ask ourselves: Is Christ still on the throne of Christmas, or have we erected our own god of self-actualization with a fat bearded man who gives gifts with little effort from us, a caricature of God the Father Himself? Do we spend nearly as much time worshiping the King of Heaven as we do ourselves, and even our children and families? https://www.learnreligions.com/why-is-christmas-on-december-25-700439 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/12/december-25th-birth-jesus-interesting-considerations.html https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/12/08/just-how-pagan-is-christmas-really/ https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2018/12/05/the-origins-of-the-christmas-tree/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/great-christ-comet-revealing-star-bethlehem/

When was Jesus REALLY Born? Where was He born and how did the shepherds know where to go? How many wisemen were there? How did they know where Jesus was born and do we have evidence in the Stars that Christ was come? All of this with song reviews on today's episode of Further. Every. Day. Notes: In this video, we delve into the question of when Jesus was really born and explore the mystery of the Star of Bethlehem. #Christ's Birthday. In this video, we'll explore the mystery of when Jesus was really born and the significance of the Star of Bethlehem. Discover the truth behind this historical event! #BethlehemStar The Christ Comet: https://www.crossway.org/authors/colin-nicholl/ The Star of Bethlehem: https://bethlehemstar.com/ The Debate around the Star: https://www.unionpublishing.org/resource/what-is-wrong-with-rick-larsons-star-of-bethlehem-dvd-documentary/

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Why Should Christians Vote? Or Not Vote? There is no way to truly know how many Christians actually vote in any given election. You will find Christians that are “die-hard” voters and you will find Christians that think being involved in any political process is “anathema” for any Christian, especially voting. Is there a responsibility one way or the other? Get ready for some great discussion about this topic as we strive Further Every Day! References: https://www.gotquestions.org/Christians-vote.html https://www.gotquestions.blog/Christians-and-politics.html https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-politics.html https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/10/26/what-the-2020-electorate-looks-like-by-party-race-and-ethnicity-age-education-and-religion/

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What We Can Learn From The Whatever Podcast…. Further. Every. Day. Introduction: Segment 1: What do Christians look like in the culture? Here's a clip from the Whatever podcast where two Christians are debating the behavior of leading a man on in a false engagement and not returning any of the $250,000 gained during the engagement. https://youtu.be/fZYP7zXNDto?t=80 1:20-6:08 What are the biblical safeguards against this? Matthew 18:15-20: 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." We have an instance of this in 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. And we see the desired result later in 2 Corinthians 2:5-7 5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. 6Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. 7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Church discipline is never to harm but rather to hold people like this accountable, and to keep the Church and God's Name Holy. Segment 2: Is it okay to judge others? A common issue among Christians is that we fail to judge sin as sin. What is so wrong with divining right from wrong with our Bible? In this clip we have a young Christian lady who has kept herself pure and is waiting for marriage. However, she can't bring herself to articulate why others should. She's afraid of “judging” others: https://youtu.be/lMC5LDCQxeY?t=557 9:17-14:41 Luke 6:36-38 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Thoughts? This gal may be saved, but it would appear that she was hardly discipled. Segment 3: How should we interpret the Bible? How do we look in the culture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqnBSbOlDJM 0:00-2:45 This continues with no real resolution other than our pink haired friend calling Andrew mean and cruel and judgemental. Thoughts? 2 Peter 1:19-21 19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. 21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. So what does this mean for the Christian today? Final Thoughts: One Last Question: favorite TV show?

#0156 Christianity, Patriotism vs Pacifism Introduction: In a country where politics have become more and more heated, should the Christian join in the fray? Or should we sit back with a resignation that simply waits for the return of our Savior? Should we as Christians be involved with the political system? If so, how much or how little should our involvement involve our relationship to Christ? Segment 1: Does God Condone Patriotism? Does the Christian have a role in the modern politic? Should we be involved in the issues of our day? Let's take a look via the Chair of Theology to see what Christ did, as well as what God commanded in the Old Testament. First off, to answer this question, we should understand some cultural context. Who were the Sanhedrin? From Wikipedia: The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Middle Aramaic סַנְהֶדְרִין, a loanword from Koinē Greek: Συνέδριον, romanized: synedrion,[1] 'assembly,' 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was a legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders, existing at both a local and central level in the ancient Land of Israel. There were two classes of Rabbinite courts called sanhedrins: Greater and Lesser. A lesser Sanhedrin of 23 judges was appointed to sit as a tribunal in each city. There was only one Great Sanhedrin of 71 judges, which, among other roles, acted as a supreme court, taking appeals from cases that lesser courts decided. In general usage, the Sanhedrin without qualifier usually refers to the Great Sanhedrin, which was presided over by the Nasi, who functioned as its head or representing president, and was a member of the court; the Av Beit Din or the chief of the court, who was second to the nasi; and 69 general members. In the Second Temple period, the Great Sanhedrin met in the Temple in Jerusalem, in a building called the Hall of Hewn Stones. The Great Sanhedrin convened every day except festivals and the sabbath day (Shabbat). After the destruction of the Second Temple and the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Great Sanhedrin moved to Galilee, which became part of the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. In this period, the Sanhedrin was sometimes called the Galilean Patriarchate or Patriarchate of Palaestina, the governing legal body of Galilean Jewry. In the late 200s CE, to avoid persecution, the name Sanhedrin was dropped and its decisions were issued under the name of Beit HaMidrash (house of learning). The last universally binding decision of the Great Sanhedrin appeared in 358 when the Hebrew calendar was established. The Great Sanhedrin was finally disbanded in 425. Over the centuries, attempts have been made to revive the institution, such as the Grand Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon Bonaparte and modern attempts in Israel. With this context we know that the Sanhedrin would have contained the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches of the Post-Exilic Judaean Government. When Christ confronted this body and the members thereof, it was on policy that affected every part of Jewish life. Luke 11:46-52 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. That's not to say that Christ did not love the country that He was born into, he was rather passionate about her turning to Him and away from the coming destruction in 70 AD. Luke 13:33-35: 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Ezra and Nehemiah both exhibited such patriotism: Nehemiah 2:3-6 3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? 4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. 6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. Segment 1 Conclusion: After looking at these models, does it not seem that we do have a model for patriotism within the pages of God's Word? But there are pitfalls here. Segment 2: What Does Christian Patriotism Look Like? On the Philosophical note, there are some questions that should be asked of the believer. If we are to be patriotic, what rubric do we get from Scripture and what would application look like? C.S. Lewis put it well in his Four Loves when he spoke of the wholesomeness of a love of the people, places, and things of one's home country. If one loves the good things of one's home, this is only natural to have a certain preference for these. Lewis Concludes that: “Of course patriotism of this kind is not in the least aggressive. It asks only to be let alone. It becomes militant only to protect what it loves. In any mind which has a pennyworth of imagination it produces a good attitude towards foreigners. How can I love my home without coming to realize that other men, no less rightly, love theirs?...” This is a pure sort of patriotism, one that has gone right and is indeed a beautiful thing. G.K. Chesterton rightly pointed out that: "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." This is indicative of something far more important. When God has entrusted families with offspring, there is a responsibility of the parent to care for and nurture their children. In primitive days, we would have to hunt and forage for food. The men doing the dangerous work, and the women nurturing and training the children. In the modern world, we enjoy a peculiar peace and abundance. No longer do most men kill prey and fight other men for resources, in the civilized world that is, but rather we work for wages and vote for security (which is secured through policy focused on minimizing bloodshed.) America is beautiful for this reason: Though we have effectively conquered the world, our primary modality in the conquered nations of Japan, Germany, South Korea, etc is that we allow them to rule themselves. Now, with the regional stability provided by America, the Church can send missionaries to previously unreached civilizations to spread the Gospel. Such a blessing has never been bestowed upon the World, for wherever the Gospel is heard, the mistreatment of women, slaves, children, and all other evils are now cast into the Light of the Gospel, from which these evils flee. America is not perfect by any means and many sins have been committed in her name, but that is not a reason to throw her out as though she was some sort of heinous thing. But rather, we should strive to make America more like Christ. This is the work of the Church in the Culture, not so much the government, because the American Government is not a single leader or body, but rather a group of America's citizens. On the issue of making America more like Christ, some will say that laws do not legislate morality. This is hogwash on the level of someone who says that people will not dance at a party if you play a catchy beat. People will obey laws for fear of consequences. But they will also regard the laws as codifications of Truth, if the premises of the laws are indeed true. Look at the abortion issue, people will end their own children's lives because “Abortion is legal, if it was immoral, it wouldn't be legal.” However perverse that statement may be, there is a ring of important truth: Instituting moral laws affects people's moral sensibilities. Post-fall of Roe v Wade, many people have stopped in person abortions as they are indeed, “illegal”. But if God ordains Government, then why or how should I involve myself? Is it not predestined? If I don't particularly like a candidate, but they have a record of promoting moral policy, should I stand by the sidelines? A.W. Tozer had an excellent analogy for this in his Knowledge of the Holy: Perhaps a homely illustration might help us to understand. An ocean liner leaves New York bound for Liverpool. Its destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change it. This is at least a faint picture of sovereignty. On board the liner are several scores of passengers. These are not in chains, neither are their activities determined for them by decree. They are completely free to move about as they will. They eat, sleep, play, lounge about on the deck, read, talk, altogether as they please; but all the while the great liner is carrying them steadily onward toward a predetermined port. Both freedom and sovereignty are present here and they do not contradict each other. So it is, I believe, with man's freedom and the sovereignty of God. The mighty liner of God's sovereign design keeps its steady course over the sea of history. God moves undisturbed and unhindered toward the fulfillment of those eternal purposes which He purposed in Christ Jesus before the world began. We do not know all that is included in those purposes, but enough has been disclosed to furnish us with a broad outline of things to come and to give us good hope and firm assurance of future well-being. We will be judged and made to give an account for our actions and inactions: 2 Corinthians 5:10: 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Segment 2 Conclusion: Are we commanded to be involved with the world? We are commanded to share the Gospel. If there is a tool, such as a 1st Amendment which recognizes our right to share the Gospel, then it would be wasteful indeed to miss the opportunity to preserve such a right. In fact, one can make an argument that sins of omission that lead to the suffering of others are a sin in and of themselves. Ezekiel 33:6 says: “6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.” I don't think it too far of a stretch to say that we were born for such a time as this. Like Ester, our silence or inaction could well be the undoing of God's People. So we should act while we still have an opportunity to affect change in our world for the Gospel's sake. Segment 3: Cultural Nationalism and Christian Nationalism What would the purpose of a Christian Nationalism be? To elect representatives? On what basis? History tells us that Republicanism was founded by Christians to abolish the “twin relics of barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery.” This is all well and good, but what of the corruption that we see in the so-called Republican Party today? There's a lack of desire for change, this includes the issue of abortion, of medical freedoms and rights, of exposing children to pornographic images in school. Very few Republicans truly live up to the Christian ideals that founded the party. So what happened to the purpose? The Church stopped believing in the inerrancy of Scripture and began to water down the Gospel. We see the results in the departures from the Church: Only 55% of Americans believe in the inerrancy of Scripture via this poll from the American Bible Society: https://www.baptistmessenger.com/55-percent-of-americans-believe-in-biblical-inerrancy-study-finds/ Those who self identify as Christians is plummeting: https://news.gallup.com/poll/187955/percentage-christians-drifting-down-high.aspx Segment 3# Conclusion: Can we ever effectively promote Godly principles in politics if our country no longer believes in the God of those principles? Segment 4#: Where Christian Nationalism Has Gone Wrong Love for your country is never a bad thing, in and of itself. However, such a love can go wrong. C.S. Lewis put it well when he gave this anecdote in Four Loves: This third thing is not a sentiment but a belief: a firm, even prosaic belief that our own nation, in sober fact, has long been, and still is markedly superior to all others. I once ventured to say to an old clergyman who was voicing this sort of patriotism, “But, sir, aren't we told that every people thinks its own men the bravest and its own women the fairest in the world?” He replied with total gravity—he could not have been graver if he had been saying the Creed at the altar—“Yes, but in England it's true.” To be sure, this conviction had not made my friend (God rest his soul) a villain; only an extremely lovable old ass. It can however produce asses that kick and bite. On the lunatic fringe it may shade off into that popular Racialism which Christianity and science equally forbid…1 Remember, C.S. Lewis and his audience had lived through the Left's crazed obsession with Racial Superiority in Europe and America with the Eugenics movement fostered by Left leaning thinkers. The culmination of this was in Hitler, Sanger, and the atrocities committed in the name of a better race. Perhaps the old clergyman is harmless. Perhaps there was even an iota of truth at the time; Great Britain was the largest spanning empire to date. However, the note should be made that Conservatism and Christianity often overlap, but one is defined by man and the other by God. Many people in the Conservative movement act in ways that a Christian ought not. This is not to say that we cannot both fight for what is true. However, one should also remember that we are held to the standard of Truth, God's Word, and not a political party platform. Segment 4# Conclusion: Love of a party is only as good as the value it provides to Christians ultimate purpose on this earth, the Gospel. Segment 5#: Does Love Of Country Provide Eternal Benefit or Value? To answer the question, let's look at the sentiment concerning English Nationalism, as laid out by G.K. Chesterton, a Christian Apologist who lived around the turn of the 20th century: We are, as a nation, in the truly extraordinary condition of not knowing our own merits. We have played a great and splendid part in the history of universal thought and sentiment; we have been among the foremost in that eternal and bloodless battle in which the blows do not slay, but create. In painting and music we are inferior to many other nations; but in literature, science, philosophy, and political eloquence, if history be taken as a whole, we can hold our own with any. But all this vast heritage of intellectual glory is kept from our schoolboys like a heresy; and they are left to live and die in the dull and infantile type of patriotism which they learnt from a box of tin soldiers. There is no harm in the box of tin soldiers; we do not expect children to be equally delighted with a beautiful box of tin philanthropists. But there is great harm in the fact that the subtler and more civilized honour of England is not presented so as to keep pace with the expanding mind. A French boy is taught the glory of Moliere as well as that of Turenne; a German boy is taught his own great national philosophy before he learns the philosophy of antiquity. The result is that, though French patriotism is often crazy and boastful, though German patriotism is often isolated and pedantic, they are neither of them merely dull, common, and brutal, as is so often the strange fate of the nation of Bacon and Locke. Now, if you hear a familiar ring in this description of British sentiment towards its own history, rhyming with the 21st Century Anti-Americanism we see in the Left today, perhaps it would be best to look at what is happening in Britain today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJ4mfxvM-Y Stealing phones and violating safety policies are the least of the worries. Folks like Tommy Robinson have been speaking out about these gangs attacking women and children. https://nypost.com/2021/02/13/when-europe-ignored-sex-crimes-of-immigrants-all-women-suffered/ The UK had a society fit to raise children before they committed cultural suicide. They are now bringing into the country the worst of the nations who are sending refugees. What could these kids have done or who could they have led to the Lord, but are now stifled by injuries or death? Something to ponder. Final Thoughts: One last thing: What, besides the United States, is your favorite country? Four Loves - C.S. Lewis https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/reflections-october-2019/ The Defendant - Chesterton https://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/the-defendant/16/ Knowledge of the Holy - A.W. Tozer https://www.restoringthecore.com/wp-content/restored/AW-Tozer-Knowledge-of-the-Holy.pdf

Key Apologetic Questions for Parents 1. What is apologetics? 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 2. What key arguments are there for (and against) God's existence? Arguments For God's Existence The Cosmological Argument Argument: Everything that begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause. The Teleological Argument (Design Argument) Argument: The universe exhibits evidence of design, which implies a designer. The Moral Argument Argument: Objective moral values and duties exist and require a grounding in a moral lawgiver. The Ontological Argument Argument: The very concept of God implies His existence. The Argument from Consciousness Argument: Human consciousness and subjective experiences cannot be fully explained by physical processes alone. The Argument from Religious Experience Argument: Personal experiences of God provide evidence for His existence. The Argument from Miracles Argument: Miraculous events point to divine intervention. The Argument from Reason Argument: Rational thought and the reliability of our cognitive faculties point to a rational source. Arguments Against God's Existence The problem of evil Argument: The existence of evil and suffering in the world is incompatible with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. The problem of incoherence Argument: The concept of God is inherently contradictory or incoherent. The argument from non-belief (divine hiddenness) Argument: The lack of evidence or clear signs of God's existence is inconsistent with a God who desires belief and a relationship with humans. The argument from science Argument: Scientific explanations for the universe and life eliminate the need for a God. The argument from Occam's Razor Argument: The principle of Occam's Razor suggests that we should not multiply entities beyond necessity. The Euthyphro Dilemma Argument: Questions the basis of morality if God is its source. The argument from religious pluralism Argument: The diversity of religious beliefs and the conflicting claims among them challenge the notion of one true God. 3. What are the practical implications of an atheistic worldview? Let's define atheism for the purpose of this podcast. Atheism: the belief that a God (or gods) does not exist. Agnosticism: neither believes nor disbelieves that a God (or gods) exists. (Hernandez, Eric. The Lazy Approach to Evangelism: A Simple Guide for Conversing With Nonbelievers (pp. 38-39). GC2 Press. Kindle Edition. ) There are personal implications Removes meaning/purpose from life. Life becomes "survival of the fittest". No need for law enforcement - there is no morality. There are societal implications Secular Governance: In its purest form, atheism eliminates any need for governance or law enforcement. Education: Anything that you teach your children is fine. There is no right/wrong. Science will be worshiped. Social and Cultural Contributions: Society will become much more tribal in nature. Survival of the fittest takes on tremendous importance in a tribal setting. Human creativity is worshiped. Tribes will define key points of life (like what is right/wrong). But fighting will take place when there is disagreement on those key points. There will be an emphasis on social justice, equality, and the well-being of all people, advocating for causes like environmental protection, human rights, and social reform. There are ethical implications Atheists may base their ethical and moral decisions on secular philosophies such as humanism, consequentialism, or virtue ethics. Morality is often seen as a human construct derived from empathy, social cooperation, and rational consideration of the consequences of actions. 4. Why would a good God allow evil to exist? What is evil? Where did morality come from? God gave man free will. If no free will, then no good. If no good, then no evil. If no good and no evil, why are we talking about it? 5. Why would a good God allow suffering to exist? "What's God doing on a cross?" (John Lennox) "God has become part of human suffering." (John Lennox) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ipY-4OXOM&list=PLsfMesoEDURkzS6EXzZdranYJKLf8WutE&index=87 Death is not the end "God is responsible for the fact of freedom. Humans are responsible for their acts of freedom." (Video: Is God Good?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfd_1UAjeIA&pp=ygULaXMgZ29kIGdvb2Q%3D

The Apologist: Christians And Self-Defense Story 1#: Joel Olsteen's Church Shooting • WATCH: Barrage of gunfire as officers... Thoughts and Takeaways Segment 2#: West Freeway Church Shooting • Texan NRA Member Who Stopped Church S... Thoughts and Takeaways Segment 3#: Raul Mendez Shooting • He Stopped a Mass Shooting But The Me... Segment 4#: What Are Some Common Misconceptions on Christianity and Self-Defense? Jesus Called Us To Turn The Other Cheek The 6th Commandment is Thou Shalt Not Kill It is for the Governmental Authorities to use lethal force Verses on self defense: 1. Exodus 22:2-3 “If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder. But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.” 2. Luke 11:21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own mansion, his property is safe.” 3. Isaiah 49:25 “Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go?” 4. Luke 22:35-37 “Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler's bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did you need anything?” “No,” they replied. “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler's bag. And if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one! For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels. Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.” 5. Luke 22:38-39 “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.” “That's enough,” he said. Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives.” 6. Matthew 5:38-39 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” 7. Romans 12:17 “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.” 8. 1 Peter 3:9 “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” 9. Proverbs 24:29 “Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.” 10. Psalm 144:1 “Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.” 11. Psalm 18:34 “He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.” 6. Psalm 82:4 “Rescue weak and needy people. Help them escape the power of wicked people.” 17. Proverbs 24:11 “Rescue captives condemned to death, and spare those staggering toward their slaughter.” 18. 1 Timothy 5:8 “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” 19. Romans 13:1-7 “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God. So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation, for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience. For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants devoted to governing. Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.” 20. Nehemiah 4:16-18 “From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people of Judah who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon. The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.” Trust in the Lord and not your weapon. 21. Psalm 44:5-7 “Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me. You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us.” 22. 1 Samuel 17:47 “And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD's battle, and he will give you to us!” Final Thoughts: One Last Question: Favorite Caliber

Five Common Reasons People Leave Christianity 1. The Problem of Evil The issue of Evil is a serious one that Christianity is uniquely qualified to answer. However, most Christians fail to provide a valuable response to this when confronted on the issue. So what is the problem of evil? Thesis: If God is good, then how could evil exist? If God is all good, then He is not all powerful, and if He is not all powerful, then He is not good. This question often comes in response to moments of greatest sorrow and tragedy. Comfort can only be found in relationships with others and a trust in the future God holds. The explanation of Evil will never be of much comfort, just like an explanation of the exothermic reactions of the chemicals in a grenade will never satisfy the heartache of a grieving family mourning the loss of their son, brother, husband, and father in times of war. This explanation CANNOT bring peace in of itself, but it can provide clarity to those who truly wish to understand God, and perhaps attempt to gaze into His metaphorical face and see if the face staring back at them is indeed “good”. The Explanation: Calling God all powerful can often lead to some failures in logic, if improperly understood. God is all powerful in that He exists outside of space and time and is the uncaused cause of all that happens. In this He can do “anything”. However, if Truth, Logic, Mathematics, and Justice are direct imports from God's essence, as a Painting is a reflection of the mind of the artist on a canvas, then God cannot lie, make a square circle, nor can He commit evil, no more than can a rock be a blade of grass. God allows man free will. This free will is apparently more important than human comfort or flourishing. Indeed, it separates us from the inanimate. If we did not have free will, we could not love or speak truth but merely react to stimuli as does a venous fly trap, opening and closing in response to stimulus. So in addition to love, hatred, apathy, and nihilism are also possible. If God were to intervene, not only would we not have free will, but we would not know what evil looked like in its complete form. This knowledge gives us the informed consent required for a relationship with a God who is the source of all good. This relationship is one of incredible spiritual intimacy and must be a complete surrender. This, is the reason evil exists. The question should not be why God allows evil, but rather why He allows free will. In this, we can find a complete answer. Does it satisfy you? Again, nothing can satisfy the loss that usually comes with this question, except to fill it with other relationships. In this aspect, God and the family of God can soothe the pain, but not take it away. 2. The Christians In Church Another common reason given for people leaving the church is the behavior of Christians. One poll by Brandon Flanery published on the site baptistnews.com had politics and other believers as 2 of the 3 highest causes for leaving the church. 3. The God of the Old Testament Many people do not realize the culture of the day. Common misconceptions: Killing Your Own Children: 53:35-55:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_FCdrnP3X8&t=2781s Other religious practices Women and God (Divorce, Dowry, etc) 4. The Anti-Intellectualism The conflation of science and scientism has been a real factor in the cultural debate on the inerrancy of Scripture. Many Christians have ceded the linguistic territory of Science to the Secular Humanist and instead embraced a vain, and frankly, lazy approach to “faith” as this nebulous head planted in the sand mantra instead of a belief in facts. Christian scholars and Secular Humanist Scholars have the same evidence. How we interpret that evidence is largely affected by worldview. Take the Big Bang, for an example. The words Big Bang were originally a pejorative. Only recently did the Secular Humanist even believe that the Universe had a beginning. Even today, we are discovering that there are galaxies further away than previously imagined. The JWST telescope has created some serious issues for the Big Bang Theory in the context of 14 Billion years. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ynwc0bajfjk The theory has to keep changing to fit the evidence that the universe could not have formed the way the Secular Humanist interprets the evidence. But even with this evidence in our hands, the church has widely failed to pursue knowledge in a domain that was previously dominated by Christians: Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Faraday and more. This has led to many people “deconstructing their faith”. https://youtu.be/-GuGcPb2jjQ https://baptistnews.com/article/i-asked-people-why-theyre-leaving-christianity-and-heres-what-i-heard/ 5. The Desire for Freedom And the number one reason for leaving the church in the modern day, by some polls, is the issue of Biblical Sexual Purity. Whether it's the issue of waiting for marriage or an alternative to Biblical marriage, the issue of Freedom is a salient stumbling block. Final Thoughts: One Thing To Remember For The Week:

Do Human Rights Exist? What Exactly Are Rights? What Do Rights Cost? Introduction: I was scrolling the internet the other day and this popped up into my feed: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1798190155569983964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1798190155569983964%7Ctwgr%5Eea080956f8b2bf96a0d5aed8e2d7dee06da4115a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.groupme.com%2Fchats Some would say that this man had no right to do it, most rational or sane people would anyway. But there are those who claim that this deviant behavior is within the man's “rights”. So that brings the following questions: What is a Right? Do they correlate to responsibilities? If Rights acknowledge value, from where does that value come? What happens to societies that put that value on a sliding scale? What Responsibilities do Right Bearers have? What is a right: Webster's 1828: 5. Just claim; legal title; ownership; the legal power of exclusive possession and enjoyment. In hereditary monarchies, a right to the throne vests in the heir on the decease of the king. A deed vests the right of possession in the purchaser of land. right and possession are very different things. We often have occasion to demand and sue for rights not in possession. 6. Just claim by courtesy, customs, or the principles of civility and decorum. Every man has a right to civil treatment. The magistrate has a right to respect. 7. Just claim by sovereignty; prerogative. God, as the author of all things, has a right to govern and dispose of them at his pleasure. https://www.youtube&&.com/watch?v=Fst0tesgrlY Theology: Where does the individual derive their rights? When God set up those rights, can they be taken away? What happens when you violate God's Law? Do you lose your rights or do you receive punishment? (I'd argue the latter in God's economy). Philosophy: How do rights differ when they are derived from God, vs from the State or a social contract? What are the ramifications of moving from a Theological Origin of Rights to a Social Contract framework of rights? Culture: Traditionalism has become popular in the modern culture, but what is being yearned for in the non-Christian Culture when non-believers opine for Traditional Values? What doors does this situation open for the Christian? Politics: Once Rights have been taken out of the God-Given Framework and been transferred to the Social Contract Framework, how do consequences and responsibilities change? When permissions have been given to adults to expose themselves to children, what happens to parents who react justifiably to such interactions?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSnMyGDW15A Economics: What happens to your family when your Rights are taken? 5:11-8:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmiZBeYjaA Conclusions: Final Thought: What is the right you hold most dear?

Suicide - Why Does It Happen? Pre-Program If you are someone that is dealing with suicidal thoughts right now, then dial 988 for immediate help. Introduction: Moms and Dads - please note that today's podcast is dealing with a very sensitive subject. We recommend that you listen to the podcast first before allowing your children to listen to it. Remember, if you or someone you know is dealing with suicidal thoughts then please dial 988 for immediate help. Suicide happens - and over the last two years, it's been happening more and more. Why does it happen? When did this all start? Let's look at these questions and more as we walk Further Every Day. Suicide - General Discussion: The suicide rates in the US have been going up over the last two years (2022 and 2023). But why? Here's some general statistics and then we'll delve into other questions. Theology: What examples of suicide do we have in the Bible? Abimilech (Judges 9:52-54) Samson (Judges 16:29-30) Saul (1 Samuel 31:1-4) Saul's Armor Bearer Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:23) Zimri (1 Kings 16:18) Judas Iscariot (Matthew 27:3-5) Is a Christian condemned to Hell because they committed suicide? Philosophy: What are the most common causes for suicide that we see? Mental Illness/Personality Disorders (anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, etc.) Traumatic Experience (physical abuse, sexual abuse, war) Bullying Drug Addiction (including prescription) Eating Disorders Unemployment Social Isolation/Loneliness Relationship Problems Terminal Illness Chronic Pain Financial Problems Lack of Purpose in Life Genetics (maybe from mental health issues in the family) Culture: What are some reasons that we struggle with addressing the suicide issue, especially in the church? Partly because there is a lack of understanding about the underlying causes of depression - which is a chemical imbalance (serotonin) in the brain Partly because of historical stigma (be it from family or church or other) Partly because we don't have adequate knowledge of good resources What are some of the other impacts on a family or the loved ones of a person who has committed suicide? Emotional - family and loved ones can end up feeling a lot of guilt Physical - mental and physical health can suffer due to depression and guilt External Circumstances - difficult situations are now exacerbated due to a key person involved in day-to-day activities in support of others are no longer there to offer that support Social - a stigma has been attached to those that remain (they must now deal with that) Politics: What has been done by our government to address this and should the government do more? On the issue of what's been done: The creation of the 988 hotline On the issue of what can be done: Become a better educator on the issues of suicide - spread the key information Help point people to support groups Economics: What is the economic impact of suicide on the US? What is the economic impact of a suicide on a family? Final Thoughts: One Last Thing: Today's One Last Thing will be unique. Today, we pray for those who are experiencing depression and lack of hope. Key Website References: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/data.html https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2014/07/23/15-common-causes-of-suicide-why-do-people-kill-themselves/

The God of Law Introduction: What was God's purpose for law? Why does man have laws? What makes a law Godly? Is there a connection between God's Laws and Man? What does the existence of Law reveal about God Himself? Theology: What 3 purposes does law serve in God's economy? The Law: Serves as a mirror Restrains Evil Serves as Revelation of God's Heart The Law Serves as a Mirror: James I:23-25 says: "For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he be­holdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straig way forgetteth what manner of man he was. For whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, an continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." Romans 3:20 states: “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” So we see that the Old Testament Law is meant to provide us spiritual awareness of our condition in relation to God the Father. The Law Restrains Evil: Leviticus 19 is a great example of a sundry list of laws with differing purposes. Some of these are moral, others appear to deal with health issues. We even see laws that recommend the treatment of leprosy. The Law Serves as Revelation of God's Heart: Let's look at the laws surrounding leprosy. Why did God allow leprosy to exist? What occurs with leprosy and why did God have such definitive prescriptions surrounding it? First, what is Leprosy? From the CDC website: Hansen's disease is caused by slow-growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. The disease can affect the nerves, skin, eyes, and lining of the nose. In some cases, body parts may lose their sense of touch and pain, increasing the likelihood of injuries such as cuts and burn. https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/about/index.html Typically from poor sanitary conditions, Leprosy is a slow moving inward disease that eats the individual from the inside out. It is not always apparent at first, and can grow for a long time. Does this sound at all like sin? How did God go about treating it? The individual who is fully given over to the infection, once identified was put out of the camp until they died or were cured. Who cured leprosy? In addition to Christ, Elisha, under the power of the Holy Spirit, also directed Naaman the Leper to bathe in the Jordan in a baptism of faith. It seems that God's laws and natural law have some very interesting coincidences, or perhaps convergence. Philosophy: If God built for us a picture of His World, Law and Heart in His Law, what should we as Christians think of Law? How would Law be important to our understanding of our worldview? Is it possible that God laid out Law, Theological, Natural, and Governmental, so that we could understand the fixed position of God as an entity? Let me explain. If God is unchanging, the same yesterday, today, and forevermore, then that in of itself, is a law. If God revealed His Law to us, then we can gaze upon the Law and gaze into the nature and contours of God's very essence. This thought is sobering, when one confronts it. God's unyielding nature provides a harsh position in light of that which does not conform with His Holiness, sin. THIS is why relationship is the linchpin for our worldview. Through relationship with Christ, we can become like God and therefor fellowship with this unyielding pillar of unchanging Holiness. The Law is our mirror, protector, and revelator bringing us closer to, or further from, God. Culture: So how has man twisted the image and comparison that God ordained in Law? Corruption, Greed, Unjust Standards, and all other forms of perversions have crept into our legal system. In America, we used to have a Common Law system, which still somewhat persists today. In this system, there had to be an injured party and defendant. Now the nanny state can draw up complaints and put you in jail for anything that they really want. We now enshrine evil practices with children and P*rn and Drag Queen Story Hour. We punish righteous people for defending themselves, and we allow doctors to “assist in su*cide”. What does this culture say about our view of the image God create? Politics: Starting in Genesis 9:3-6 man was given the mandate of Law. God gave us the opportunity to partake in the governance of ourselves, and to partake in the image He created. How has man perverted God's original intents for the Law? Economics: What does the above say about what we've come to value as a society? Final Thoughts: One Last Thing: Favorite outlandish or normal law

The God of Law Introduction: What was God's purpose for law? Why does man have laws? What makes a law Godly? Is there a connection between God's Laws and Man? What does the existence of Law reveal about God Himself? Theology: What 3 purposes does law serve in God's economy? The Law: Serves as a mirror Restrains Evil Serves as Revelation of God's Heart The Law Serves as a Mirror: James I:23-25 says: "For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he be­holdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straig way forgetteth what manner of man he was. For whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, an continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." Romans 3:20 states: “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” So we see that the Old Testament Law is meant to provide us spiritual awareness of our condition in relation to God the Father. The Law Restrains Evil: Leviticus 19 is a great example of a sundry list of laws with differing purposes. Some of these are moral, others appear to deal with health issues. We even see laws that recommend the treatment of leprosy. The Law Serves as Revelation of God's Heart: Let's look at the laws surrounding leprosy. Why did God allow leprosy to exist? What occurs with leprosy and why did God have such definitive prescriptions surrounding it? First, what is Leprosy? From the CDC website: Hansen's disease is caused by slow-growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. The disease can affect the nerves, skin, eyes, and lining of the nose. In some cases, body parts may lose their sense of touch and pain, increasing the likelihood of injuries such as cuts and burn. https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/about/index.html Typically from poor sanitary conditions, Leprosy is a slow moving inward disease that eats the individual from the inside out. It is not always apparent at first, and can grow for a long time. Does this sound at all like sin? How did God go about treating it? The individual who is fully given over to the infection, once identified was put out of the camp until they died or were cured. Who cured leprosy? In addition to Christ, Elisha, under the power of the Holy Spirit, also directed Naaman the Leper to bathe in the Jordan in a baptism of faith. It seems that God's laws and natural law have some very interesting coincidences, or perhaps convergence. Philosophy: If God built for us a picture of His World, Law and Heart in His Law, what should we as Christians think of Law?How would Law be important to our understanding of our worldview? Is it possible that God laid out Law, Theological, Natural, and Governmental, so that we could understand the fixed position of God as an entity? Let me explain. If God is unchanging, the same yesterday, today, and forevermore, then that in of itself, is a law. If God revealed His Law to us, then we can gaze upon the Law and gaze into the nature and contours of God's very essence. This thought is sobering, when one confronts it. God's unyielding nature provides a harsh position in light of that which does not conform with His Holiness, sin. THIS is why relationship is the linchpin for our worldview. Through relationship with Christ, we can become like God and therefor fellowship with this unyielding pillar of unchanging Holiness. The Law is our mirror, protector, and revelator bringing us closer to, or further from, God. Culture: So how has man twisted the image and comparison that God ordained in Law? Corruption, Greed, Unjust Standards, and all other forms of perversions have crept into our legal system. In America, we used to have a Common Law system, which still somewhat persists today. In this system, there had to be an injured party and defendant. Now the nanny state can draw up complaints and put you in jail for anything that they really want. We now enshrine evil practices with children and P*rn and Drag Queen Story Hour. We punish righteous people for defending themselves, and we allow doctors to “assist in su*cide”. What does this culture say about our view of the image God create? Politics: Starting in Genesis 9:3-6 man was given the mandate of Law. God gave us the opportunity to partake in the governance of ourselves, and to partake in the image He created. How has man perverted God's original intents for the Law? Economics: What does the above say about what we've come to value as a society? Final Thoughts: One Last Thing: Favorite outlandish or normal law

Is the Bible Inerrant? What About Bible Translations? Introduction: Is the Word of God Inerrant? What exactly is the Word of God? Is it the Bible that you hold in your hands at Church? What if someone spills coffee on it, is the Word of God lost? What if it's mishprinted ? Have you ever heard of the Evil King James Bible? Let's talk about that as we watch our culture stray further every day. The Problem: Many Theologians have ceded, or even gleefully proclaimed the notion, that the Bible is “not infallible, inerrant”, and is capable of harboring errors in its depiction of God's Word. From Wikipedia: There are 3 types of inerrancy or infallibility: Some theologians speak of the "infallibility" of the Bible. This can be understood in one of three ways. Some authors use "inerrancy" and "infallibility" interchangeably. For others, "inerrancy" refers to complete inerrancy and "infallibility" to the more limited view that the Bible is without error in conveying God's self-revelation to humanity.[3][12] On this understanding, "infallibility" claims less than "inerrancy". Citing dictionary definitions, Frame (2002) claims "infallibility" is a stronger term than "inerrant": "'Inerrant' means there are no errors; "infallible" means there can be no errors".[13] Yet he acknowledges that "modern theologians insist on redefining that word also, so that it actually says less than 'inerrancy.'" Harold Lindsell states: "The very nature of inspiration renders the Bible infallible, which means that it cannot deceive us. It is inerrant in that it is not false, mistaken, or defective".[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_inerrancy Here in an edition of Life and Letters, we see a representative argument from the liberal scholar: “The doctrine of inerrancy is more post-biblical, even modern. And it has been particularly influential among U.S. evangelicals, who often appeal to the doctrine of inerrancy in arguments against gender equality, social justice, critical race theory and other causes thought to violate the God's infallible word. The doctrine of inerrancy took shape during the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States. A statement crafted in 1978 by hundreds of evangelical leaders remains its fullest articulation. Known as the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, the statement was a response to emerging “liberal” or nonliteral interpretations of the Bible. According to the statement, the Bible speaks with “infallible divine authority in all matters upon which it touches.”” https://lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2021/07/what-is-biblical-inerrancy-a-new-testament-scholar-explains/ https://defendinginerrancy.com/chicago-statements/ Theology: If God's word contains errors, what does this say about God? Philosophy: If God is incapable of keeping errors out of His Bible, then what does this mean for morality, eternity, and salvation? Culture: What Cultural allowances should be made if God's Word is inerrant? What happens if you may pick and choose as you please? Politics: Why have nations continuously attempted to rewrite God's Word? What does this allow the government to accomplish? Economics: What economic incentives are there for scholars to make their living upon “debunking” the Bible? The Story So when DID the Inerrancy issue become a topic of debate? Well, the issue became a heavy point of contention in the 1800s, you know, when the Counter-Reformation and the Humanist Enlightenment movements were in full force. An article at conversation jeeringly puts it this way: Roots of Fundamentalism “Christian fundamentalism has roots in the 19th century, when Protestants were confronted by two challenges to traditional understandings of the Bible. Throughout the century, scholars increasingly evaluated the Bible as a historical text. In the process they raised questions about its divine origins, given its seeming inconsistencies and errors. In addition, Charles Darwin's 1859 book “On the Origin of Species” – which laid out the theory of evolution by natural selection – raised profound questions about the Genesis account of creation. Many American Protestants easily squared their Christian faith with these ideas. Others were horrified. Conservative theologians responded by developing the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. Inerrancy asserts that the Bible is errorless and factually accurate in everything it says – including about science. This doctrine became the theological touchstone of fundamentalism. Alongside inerrancy emerged a system of ideas, called apocalyptic or “dispensational premillennialism.” Adherents of these ideas hold that reading the Bible literally – particularly the Book of Revelation – reveals that history will end soon with a ghastly apocalypse. All those who are not true Christians will be slaughtered. In the wake of this violence, Christ will establish God's millennial kingdom on Earth.” https://theconversation.com/fundamentalism-turns-100-a-landmark-for-the-christian-right-123651 Theology: What does the Bible say about the philosophies of man and diverse doctrines? Philosophy: If the purpose and intent of a movement is not honestly seeking the good of an institution such as the Church, what challenges befall the Church if she accepts the precepts of such antagonists uncritically? Culture: Now that we abolished the inerrancy of God? What did Nietzsche's Dead God provide in the Culture? What are the results? Politics: After God was dead in the 19th Century, what did man do in the 20th Century across Europe through Asia? Economics: What does the Chinese Communist Party do with the Bible today? What is the purpose of this? Final Thoughts: One more thing: Favorite book of the Bible

The Christian And Yoga, Should You Practice It? Introduction: If it offends my brother, I will not eat meat. All things are legal, but not all are expedient. To the Pure all things are pure. Thou shalt not have the names of other gods on thy lips. Yoga, Yay or Nay? Let's breathe in, look deep within ourselves, and the cry out to God of God, why did I look into that wicked heart.. As we stray Further Every Day. To yoga or not to yoga? To Yoga camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkrlGJfMIyk An Argument not to yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjjbev4zWms 0:00-3:05 Theology: What did God say about the practices of other religions' rituals? Deuteronomy 12:29-32 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, "How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise." You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. Jeremiah 10:3-5 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple. They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good.” 1 Kings 11:1-5 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites— from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, "You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. Ezekiel 8:13-17 And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing." So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD's house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these." So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east. And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose. Philosophy: If the original intention of yoga was to invite the spirits into one's body, what are the ramifications of repurposing yoga for exercise and stretches? What did Christ say about an empty home? Culture: When people of the Hindu Faith see the Christian doing yoga, what assumptions are possibly made? How should the Christian navigate this? Politics: Yoga is now being taught in schools:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY11gpWmRZw How should the Christian navigate the presence of yoga in school? Economics: Yoga DOES have physical benefits. How should we navigate the value of Yoga vs exercise and stretching? What has the economy around mindfulness become? From Insider: “The business of mindfulness is fast becoming a pillar of the $4.5T wellness industry. The US meditation industry is now worth $1B. By 2027, the global alternative healthcare industry—including meditation, acupuncture, breathing exercises, yoga and tai chi, and chiropractic services—will be worth $296.3B.” https://insider.fitt.co/meditation-mindfulness-startups/ Final Thoughts: Last Question: Favorite Car

Regenerative Farming: We'll All Die In 50 Years. Did God Warn Us? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/ Theology: What were the tenets of Biblical Farming? Why did God do this? What is the Spiritual Reasoning? There From Farming God's Way: 'Conservation agriculture is Farming God's Way without God. But it's the God part of this picture that really changes attitudes,' says Craig Sorley. He explains the core principles: Minimal disturbance of the soil (no tillage) – the practice of plowing destroys soil structure including the micro organisms that live in the soil, leading to erosion and rapid water loss; Permanent organic cover in the form of mulch. In Farming God's Way, this is called ‘God's blanket', says Craig Sorley. 'In Creation we observe that God does not leave the soil bare.' says Craig Sorley. Covering with protective mulch: Stops soil erosion Improves water filtration of the soil Minimises evaporation of water from the soil Adds organic matter, improving fertility No burning of crop residues – these are used to cover the soil instead; Weed faithfully – labour saved on plowing is transferred to regular weeding; Practice crop rotation – because God's garden was diverse; Pay attention to detail. 'Since we serve a God of detail, we should give careful attention to everything on our farms throughout the year, including the proper spacing of plants, how fertiliser or manure is added, how seed is planted, etc,' he says; Pursue high standards in all things – 'God is glorified when we strive for excellence'; Incorporate trees into your farming system – 'Agroforestry is not something invented by man, it is something God demonstrated in the very first garden. Agroforestry combines both agriculture and forestry with conservation practices for long-term sustainability,' he says. https://www.faithplans.org/post/farming-god-s-way-a-biblical-approach-to-agriculture I love this article too: https://disciplenations.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ten-Biblical-Principles-for-Agricultural-Development-David-Evans-2013-update-1.pdf Philosophy: If the universe is a painting out of the mind of God and the work of Christ, then what lessons can we glean from the land failing to yield crops after years of overfarming? Can we not say that God ordained a time for everything: Ecclesiastes 3:1-2: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;” Leviticus 25:4 “But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.” What does it say about our belief in God when we fail to listen to His order? See the children of Israel and the manna. Culture: What initial impacts would the Biblical farmer have on their production? What type of witness would that have when you are working contrary to the flow? In America, we used to practice Crop Rotation, a form of the Jubilee, but then in WWI, we decided we needed more crops and so the “Green Revolution” started to rear its head. Pesticides, and growth chemicals were introduced to make more crops while “maximizing” the land's potential. This would also lead to killing the crops, potentially also causing the debated increase in diseases like cancer and autism. I don't know if that is what happened, but all of that round-up isn't good for your system. Politics: How has government subsidization of farming harmed the economy? How has it come to harm small farmers? How has the government's subsidies of ethanol incentivized the increase in corn growth? We see massive spending on corn for ethanol as detailed by thoughtco here: “In the final days of 2020, however, Congress passed another coronavirus relief bill providing approximately $900 billion in spending across a variety of sectors. The package includes $11.2 billion in relief to be distributed by the Office of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, giving newly appointed Tom Vilsack discretion to provide support to biofuel producers. Specifically, the bill states that the Secretary “may make payments to producers of advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, conventional biofuel, or renewable fuels with market losses due to COVID-19.” And for what? Comically inefficient gains in energy production: https://thefern.org/2024/01/ethanol-is-just-comically-inefficient-solar-energy/ But what have we done to the soil? From ACES Illinois: “Leveraging a 20-year field experiment, Illinois crop scientists demonstrated significant risks associated with continuous corn rotations, both for the soil microbial community and for environmental health on a larger scale.” https://aces.illinois.edu/news/20-years-making-rotate-corn-better-soil-health And what has this cost farmers? From Colorado.edu: “One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S. farmers every year, finds new research from CU Boulder published last month in Earth's Future. Long-term soil fertility is on the decline in agricultural lands around the world due to salinization, acidification, erosion and the loss of important nutrients in the soil such as nitrogen and phosphorus. Corn farmers in the U.S. offset these losses with nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers also intended to boost yields, but scientists have never calculated how much of this fertilizer goes into just regaining baseline soil fertility—or how much that costs.” https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/01/12/soil-degradation-costs-us-corn-farmers-half-billion-dollars-every-year Economics: What is the fundamental biblical principle of letting the land rest? How do we cause more harm when we fail to tithe, abide, and give with our wealth? When we allow the ground to go fallow and the crops that do not make it into the bin to be taken by the poor, we also nourish the soil. How does this correlate to tithing, offering, giving? Final Thoughts: One Last Question: Favorite Farm Product?

Singleness and The Christian. What Did Jesus Do? How did Christ live His life? Are we commanded to marry? What does the Bible demand of the single individual? Does a spouse “complete” you? Introduction Theology: How Did Christ Live His Life? Philosophy: What is the Purpose of Marriage? Culture: What pressures are on the individual to marry? Politics: How does singleness provide opportunities for one to serve the Lord with more focus? Economics: Millennials and Gen Z are avoiding marriage, but many are even avoiding relationships and sex. How does the economic reasoning reveal the motivations of these generations and how we as a culture have failed to inculcate selflessness? Theology Segment: Was Jesus Married? Was He Single? We'll address the content of these articles: https://bib.irr.org/how-do-we-know-jesus-was-not-married https://www.gotquestions.org/why-didnt-Jesus-marry.html Through innuendo, many have claimed that Christ was married to Mary Magdalene. The Burden of Proof resides on these people as there are no eye witnesses claiming such a wife. (The Davinci Code styled theories have less Historical evidence than the Lochness Monster, and by that we mean 0 evidence, only wild conjecture and Christian Fan Fiction in the form of the 2nd Century Gospel of Mary or 3rd Century Gospel of Phillip, neither written by the proposed authors) We have 2 genealogies of Christ, and neither mention His Children, a common occurrence from marital intimacy. Jesus was here on a mission that would leave a widow: Isaiah 52:13-53:12, 1 Peter 1:19-20, and Luke 18:31-33. He gave the duty of a son to care for His mother to John. Why would He not do something similar to His widow? Such a widow would have been idolized and very likely been a salient feature in the Church, yet we only hear of other women like Pricilla and likely Junia. Such a relationship, where two become one flesh would likely compete with Christ's meticulously prepared image of His Bridegroom of the Church. The Church is His Bride, not a hypothetical 1st century wife with no evidence to her existence. Philosophy: What is the Purpose of Marriage? Can one fulfill God's Purpose as a Single? God has 3 purposes for Marriage: Companionship Procreation/Discipleship Glorious Purpose in Image Bearing Obviously Companionship is at the heart of romance and marriage. But there is something interesting in the soul of the human heart that longs for a specific relationship, that which results in creating a new life. This facilitates not only the creation of a new life, but also the chain reaction resulting in biological and spiritual drive to disciple and protect the new life. In all of this, there is a Glorious Purpose in that we are a reflection of our Creator, creating life and nurturing it, as He does every day. Can a Single Person be a part of this image and fulfill this as Single? In short, yes, but in a different way. We as Singles are obligated to spend time discipling others. In such, we can experience a different sort of Companionship (with Christ as we can only successfully disciple when in communion with Him). We also see a different type of duplication or discipleship with the unbeliever, or newer believer. In such actions, we may carry out our Glorious Purpose in Image Bearing Christ to the world and other believers. So yes, yes you can be effective for Christ as a Single. In fact it's required of you. Culture: Should the Church Pressure Kids to Get Married? What is happening in our culture in regards to marriage? From BGSU: “The U.S. marriage rate (the number of women's marriages per 1,000 unmarried women 15 years and older) is the lowest it has been in over a century at 31.1—that is, roughly 31 marriages per 1,000 unmarried women. • The marriage rate was highest in 1920 at 92.3. • Since 1970, the marriage rate has declined by almost 60%” https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/FP-13-13.pdf From Axios: “Even as the marriage rate is falling, the institution still holds value in the U.S., said Susan Brown, co-director of the National Center for Family & Marriage Research. Case in point: High school seniors' attitudes toward marriage have remained relatively stable over the past several decades. In 1976, 74% of seniors said they expected to get married, and in 2020, 71% said so, according to an ongoing University of Michigan study.” But the way we think about marriage is changing. "It used to be a basic institution that everyone had to buy into in early adulthood," Cherlin said. "You got married, then you moved in together, and then you got a job." "Marriage is now becoming the last step into adulthood." And it's an optional step. People are more likely to want to finish their education, find a job and pay off debt before getting hitched. As a result, many are delaying marriage. The number of women entering their first marriage between the ages of 40 and 59 has jumped 75% since 1990, Brown said. The bottom line: Expect far fewer 50th anniversary parties in the future.” https://www.axios.com/2023/02/25/marriage-declining-single-dating-taxes-relationships Also note that 60-90% of divorces, are initiated by women, depending on whose studies you're going by. This also adds to the cultural resistance towards marriage. We used to be pressured into marriage, now we're pressured out of it. One issue we need to take care of, however, is the assumption that one is not complete unless they are married. Is this biblical? Is Christ not our Bridegroom? Was Christ incomplete? Or is it rather that our family is completed by a spouse that the children grow the family? It is important to not add extra-biblical hoops for the Christian to jump through. Politics: What opportunities exist for the Single to serve the Lord? How should we be affecting the world as Singles? (Not very political, but more in a cultural strain, what power does Singleness provide the Christian to exert influence on the world?) What do we often spend our time on when single? From PsychologyToday.com: “1. Every day, single people spend an average 52 minutes more on educational activities than married people do. 2. Single people spend 43 minutes more per day on sleeping and personal care. 3. Every day, married people spend an average of 41 minutes more on household activities than single people do. 4. Single people spend an average of 40 more minutes per day on leisure and sports. 5. Married people spend an average of 38 minutes more per day working.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201901/how-do-single-and-married-people-spend-their-time Economics: Gen Z, when polled had this to say about marriage, via the Hill: “While the traditional ideas surrounding marriage may be shifting, 83 percent of participants said they would like to get married at some point. Though, 85 percent also reported that they don't feel marriage is needed to “have a fulfilling and committed relationship.” “The report found over three in five unmarried couples live with their partners, though more millennials live with their partner than Gen Z — with a difference of 65 percent to 35 percent. As for what motivates couples to move in together, over half — 54 percent — said it was related to finances, while 85 percent said they moved in because they wanted to. Sixty percent of participants moved in together after dating a year or less. Nearly one in five share a back account with the partner they live with and around one in six share a credit card, although living costs aren't always split equal with half of participants stating they don't split their mortgage or rent equally, the survey said. Thirty-seven percent said they find their relationship is financially unequal.” https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/4107946-2-in-5-young-adults-surveyed-say-marriage-an-outdated-tradition/ What does this say about the culture's value of commitment? How have we as a church failed to prove the value of marriage? Closing thoughts Final Question: Have you ever had a celebrity crush? If so, who?

Would Jesus Watch the Chosen? A show made about Himself. Is it OK to make a series about the life of Jesus or is that off-limits because we can't possibly “get it right”? Can sinful men make a series about a sinless Jesus? Would Jesus watch it even if they did? Join us as we tackle these questions and more in striving Further Every Day! Introduction of Panel Additional comments before we start. Further Every Day is not promoting The Chosen one way or the other. This podcast is merely trying to help people understand the debate and controversy around the series. We encourage each individual to do their own research and come to their own conclusions around this series. Framework for the Discussion The debate that rages as it pertains to the Chosen - should we watch it or should we not? Is it “anathema” or legit? If we watch it, how should it be watched? Should we allow shows like this in our culture? Would Jesus even watch it? The Debate That Rages There is substantial debate about The Chosen. Here are some of the questions: Theology: How can the show be good if it is supposed to be based on the Bible and we take “creative liberties” in making the show by adding things we don't find in the Bible? Philosophy: Can sinful men really make a show about a sinless Jesus and it be “right”? Culture: Wouldn't a show like this have a negative influence on the understanding of the gospel by non-believers? What possible good could come from this show in affecting our culture positively. Politics: Would it be possible for the government to use a show like this against Christians or non-believers? Economics: Is it right to make money off a show that is Biblically based? How Should It Be Watched So if we watch this show, how should it be watched? What should we remember or be aware of if we watch the show? Theology: To make a show like this to reflect 100% on what we see in the Bible would take an extremely long time. It would go beyond 7 years like this show's projection! So, some elements are “combined”. Let's see an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZDvcEkjthA (first 2:40 of clip) Philosophy: It is classified as FICTION! That means it may or may not be true. If you want to know the facts, go to the source. In this instance, that is the Bible! Culture: The portrayals in the series regarding the culture of that time may or may not be 100% accurate. A person should research what the culture may have been like at that time. Politics: Very similar to what is shared from the chair of Culture. Additionally, what was Rome like at this time? What were the Pharisees like at this time? What were the Sadducees like at this time? Economics: Well, they make money. That should be understood. A person should also understand the motives of the people producing this show. That's where additional research should take place. Should We Allow Shows Like This In Our Culture? Theology: 1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 101:3; Romans 12:2; Philippians 4:8 Philosophy: Another question to ask here is this: Can a show like this lead people to Christ? The words of Jesus - as read in the Bible - are being spoken in the show. Are they no longer “good” just because they are found in a television show or through theater? Culture: The series has not had a negative impact on the culture, as a whole. Politics: Would it be possible that the government would eventually want to shut down this show? Economics: The show provides income for a number of people (actors, actresses, producers, directors, artistic people, etc.) and the show is not negatively impacting culture as a whole. Would Jesus Watch The Chosen? Theology: An excellent question from a theological standpoint. It is interesting to note that Jesus used story-telling (parables) as a means of teaching! Philosophy: Is there only one mode/method for teaching? If so, what is it? Culture: Jesus did a number of things that were “counter-cultural”. He ate with sinners, He met the woman at the well, and He touched/healed people that were unclean. Politics: Jesus did not care about political things. He obeyed the law but politics did not concern Him whatsoever. Economics: Jesus is all for people making the number they need to live and give back to Him. Close Favorite scene in ANY Bible-based movie. Additional Links: https://www.gospelmattersblog.com/post/the-chosen-should-christians-watch-it

https://theologyforwomen.org/2013/05/some-things-you-should-know-about-women-and-the-old-testament.html https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-vows-publicly-stone-women-death-direct-message-western-democracies Part One We don't have to look far to see that women have not been treated equally or fairly throughout History. But……..Does the Bible promote women as one of lesser Value than a Man? Let take a deeper look as we stay Further Every day. History of Women Suffrage: The advancement of Women in Society: *The right to Vote in State and Federal Elections *The right for married women to own property and purchase property. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, officially giving women the right to vote for the first time in American history. (When the nation was founded only White, land-owning men were allowed to vote) Individual States gave certain rights to women to purchase property and conduct Business. By Jone Johnson Lewis Jone Johnson Lewis Women's History Writer • B.A., Mundelein College • M.Div., Meadville/Lombard Theological School Jone Johnson Lewis is a women's history writer who has been involved with the women's movement since the late 1960s. She is a former faculty member of the Humanist Institute. LEARN ABOUT OUR EDITORIAL PROCESS Updated on July 13, 2019 By 1900, every state had given married women substantial control over their property. But women still faced gender bias when it came to financial matters. It would take until the 1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husband's signature. The struggle for women to be financially independent of their husbands extended well into the 20th century. 1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husbands signature.

https://theologyforwomen.org/2013/05/some-things-you-should-know-about-women-and-the-old-testament.html https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-vows-publicly-stone-women-death-direct-message-western-democracies Part One We don't have to look far to see that women have not been treated equally or fairly throughout History. But……..Does the Bible promote women as one of lesser Value than a Man? Let take a deeper look as we stay Further Every day. History of Women Suffrage: The advancement of Women in Society: *The right to Vote in State and Federal Elections *The right for married women to own property and purchase property. The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, officially giving women the right to vote for the first time in American history. (When the nation was founded only White, land-owning men were allowed to vote) Individual States gave certain rights to women to purchase property and conduct Business. By Jone Johnson Lewis Jone Johnson Lewis Women's History Writer • B.A., Mundelein College • M.Div., Meadville/Lombard Theological School Jone Johnson Lewis is a women's history writer who has been involved with the women's movement since the late 1960s. She is a former faculty member of the Humanist Institute. LEARN ABOUT OUR EDITORIAL PROCESS Updated on July 13, 2019 By 1900, every state had given married women substantial control over their property. But women still faced gender bias when it came to financial matters. It would take until the 1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husband's signature. The struggle for women to be financially independent of their husbands extended well into the 20th century. 1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husbands signature.

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Intro: Today, at Further Every Day, we're going to change up our format and just answer some common questions that are asked of Christians: Are there errors in the Bible? Can't Atheists be just as moral as Christians? Does Christianity answer life's profound questions adequately? Did Christ really rise from the dead? Did He even exist? No. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Let's break that down as we try to remove our selves from this world, Further Every Day. Section 1: Are there errors in the Bible? This guy thinks so: https://youtube.com/shorts/ul6JbmV_ogI?feature=shared Dr. Dell Tackett from the Focus on the Family struggled with this question when he encountered it, but a bit of historical research showed him this: https://youtu.be/TRQGgEl9dec?feature=shared 46:16-50:09 Section 2: Can't Atheists do anything moral that a Christian can? https://youtu.be/XqFwree7Kak?si=Z-9kmhQDsNjLx5rn The obvious answer here is: the two commandments that Christ summed the law into: Love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as yourself. You obviously cannot do the first from the atheistic perspective. But what else is missing here. If you refuse the reality of the next world, NDEs are bountiful evidence of this, then you also have doomed your neighbor to an eternity of suffering. Section 3: What are the questions that every person who has walked this earth asks? Who am I and what is my purpose? Where am I going? Is there life after death? What defines morality? How does Christianity offer a better solution than any other religion? Section 4: Did Christ really rise from the dead? Did Christ rise from the dead? Is there a succinct defense of the Resurrection? This interview with Dr. Gary Habermas provides many great pieces of info, but here is a succinct breakdown: Many Christians start with the authority of the Bible, but Dr, Habermas starts with a review of the Historicity of Christ. If you listen to his articulation, you will notice that you do not need an inherent Bible to prove Christ's Resurrection, Deity, or His claims that the Bible is God's word: 6:12-11:48. Near Death Experiences alone are one of the greatest, Extra-Biblical, evidences that there is a beyond and that one who made claims such as Christ could come from such a beyond. Wrap up Last question: Who has done the most in recent memory 300 years or less, to destroy the roots of western civilization?

What Is Art? And Why Can't Christians Make It Anymore? What is Art? And what happened to Christian Art in the modern landscape? We went from the The Robe and The Ten Commandments to the cringey: Jesus, Man? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRGndldqxlQ Well, Christians aren't the only ones to lose sight of objective beauty and art, but to understand why, we should ask the question: What Is Art? Join us today as we watch art stray from objective beauty Further. Every. Day. What is Art? Merriam Webster: “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects” Webster's 1828: “1. The disposition or modification of things by human skill, to answer the purpose intended. In this sense art stands opposed to nature. 2. A system of rules, serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; opposed to science, or to speculative principles; as the art of building or engraving. Arts are divided into useful or mechanic, and liberal or polite. The mechanic arts are those in which the hands and body are more concerned than the mind; as in making clothes, and utensils. These art are called trades. The liberal or polite arts are those in which the mind or imagination is chiefly concerned; as poetry, music and painting. In America, literature and the elegant arts must grow up side by side with the coarser plants of daily necessity.” But these hardly describe what most people think art is. Some say that art is subjective, and to a small point, it is. However, no one listens to Beethoven, Mozart, or Handel and says that they were poor artists. However, if we slap a Christian label on a pop singer's songs, one who could never have hit the top charts, or convert a simple Hallmark style movie to a Christian Script, these products will see success in a new way. What is the difference between Art and whatever this phenomenon is? Jordan Peterson attacks the Disney film Frozen from a philosophical point of view here and then goes on to describe the difference between art and propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaokmHs71qg So what differentiates the woke left from the Christian Consumer on the Right? When we fail to understand the power of art, and just make films like Courageous, Fireproof, etc. I'm not ragging on these, but what happened to the days when we made movies like the Ten Commandments, big budget films with a focus on beauty? We were more engaged in the culture in the 50s, perhaps that is the truest indictment on our nation is that our songs and movies used to depict an interest in God and now we only see shallow vapid Christian art in an onslaught of depraved Hollywood blockbusters. But there's something else. We've also seen a change in the Culture's pursuit of excellence, morality, and standards. In a postmodern, post truth world, one created by the vacuum left by the Church's negligence, we see the deestruction of beauty. Where there is no God, there's no higher truth and beauty to be explored. The longer the culture sits without God in the forefront, the more vacuous and depraved the culture's art will become. Theology: What does the Bible say about Art? Exodus 28:3: Says that our Art is for His Glory Isaiah 64:8 Says that we are the clay in the Potter's Hands, we're His artwork Eclesiastes 3:11 Tells us God made everything beautiful in its time, in a way that is bigger than the human understanding or imagination. Psalms 19:1 Says that the Heavens declare the Glory and work of God's hands Philipians 4:8 Tells us to focus on whatever is true, right, and beautiful Exodus 35:31-33 Details the acts of artists, working to build a beautiful Tabernacle to God 2 Chronicles 2:13-14 Detail the artists who build the Temple to God Colossians 3:23 Admonishes us to do all things as unto the Lord Philosophy: With these Scriptures in mind, what should we as Christians do with our art? How should we reflect the artistic nature of our Creator? Culture: When the values of the Culture shift, so does the art. But when the art shifts, so does the Culture. How does the Culture influence art and the art in turn influence the younger generation? Politics: As worldviews diverge, we see both sides of the political sphere harness the artist for their propaganda. If art is a powerful expression of truth, how do we do the world a disservice by producing poor art in the form of propaganda? Economics: How should we as Christians consume art? How does this affect the culture around us? Last Question: Favorite Musical Artist

Why Has The West Embrace The Anti-Hero Story? Why has this become so popular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0tobM9b_9I ? The renewed interest in the anti-hero has taken a somewhat novel context, an article from Shadi Neinmeh at the University of Manitoba: “…consider anti-heroism as a response to modern man's uncertainties about traditional values and as a feature of modernity's Zeitgeist. Modern anti-heroism captures the sensibility associated with modernism, with its attempts at cultural renewal, and it ranges between the low mimetic and the ironic mode.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/44030709 Let's explore why as we watch our culture stray Further. Every. Day. Name some common anti-heros, I know you can do it if you've been watching popular cinema in the last decade or two: Walter White, Deadpool, Punisher, Tony Soprano, Joker, Judge Dredd, Catwoman, and the list goes on forever. Some of these story types are tragedies, think Tony Soprano and Walter White. In the Sopranos a gangster becomes more human to the eyes of the viewer before the show is over, but in the end, Tony is killed by a long time friend. The villain's story ends in tragedy, as we know it should be based upon our learned experiences. In Breaking Bad, we see a family man beset with difficult decisions. Walter's descent from broke teacher and loving family man into heartless mobster with all of the wealth in the world, but at the cost of his family is a Greek Tragedy in modern form. In fact, the perspective of the Anti-Hero has, until recently, always been a story of warning. The Anti-Hero narrative is generally only satisfying in the moral culture, when it ends in tragedy. This brings us to today, where truth is relative and the respect for the valuable traits of the Anti-Hero, can be taken as bonafides in the Anti-Hero's virtue. Take the Hazbin Hotel, for instance, the whole narrative is focused on the virtue of Lucifer's “creativity” that sounds great! However, what happens when fiction like Hazbin Hotel slips in assumptive truth claims about God? What does that do to the psyche of the human being? Why do you think we see a pivot towards this type of artistic expression? Theology: We see the Bible document men and women of terrible standing, some of these men and women could easily fit the role of Anti-Hero if their story was written as a Hollywood Script. Who are these people, and what does God show us through History concerning the accomplishments of wicked people? Philosophy: Humans are naturally sponges intellectually. Christ spoke on the issue of the heart when He said: “It is not what goes into the man, but what comes out that makes him unclean.” The Proverbs are full of verses about avoiding people who's tendencies are towards sin. How should we as Christians go about consuming media? Culture: When the culture sees us consuming the same media as them, with no reservations for the content, what does that do to our witness? How should we live our lives in the culture? Politics: Many people have tried to fix the culture in the political sphere. The problem with this is that this issue is one of the heart. How is this not an issue for Politics, but one for the family? Economics: What should we do when it comes to Hollywood as media consumers? How has the family failed to protect children via cheap babysitting through TV? Last Question: Favorite Villain and why?