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Evangelical pastor and self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Doug Wilson has been preaching for decades that America needs to reclaim its Puritan past. But in 2025, he believes he's “significantly” more influential. Does that mean America is closer to Wilson's goal of theocracy? In this episode, nothing is off limits — even Ross's own salvation.01:36 - Doug Wilson's vision for a Christian nation08:37 - Wilson's ideal theocratic republic19:12 - Theocracy and religious diversity30:50 - Do women have rights in this new republic?36:59 - Christendom and slavery46:50 - How far does Wilson's influence go in a “clown world”?59:54 - Calvinism activism and quietism(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)Thoughts? Email us at interestingtimes@nytimes.com. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel, Interesting Times with Ross Douthat. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Michael Reeves | Maiden Voyage by Dan Snyder | The Dispatch of the Messenger by François Boucher | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Sir R. Baker | 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 | Signs of Spring by Patrick Runblad | Wheat Fields by Jacob van Ruisdael | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

James Smith | Birds of Peace by Luminbird | George Capel Viscount Malden and Lady Elizabeth Capel by Sir Joshua Reynolds | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

August 29, 2025 BRIAN G. HEDGES,author & Lead Pastor @ RedeemerChurch in Niles, MI, who will address: “WILLIAM BRIDGE: A PURITANEVERY 21st CENTURY CHRISTIANSHOULD KNOW” Subscribe: Listen:

John MacArthur | Breathing Water by Cedric Vermue | Pilate Washing His Hands, Style of Rembrandt | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Jeremiah Burroughs was a peace-loving Puritan. Without sacrificing the truth, he sought unity among those who professed it, and prayed, preached, and pleaded to that end. Indeed, Richard Baxter, who felt keenly the need for peace but struggled himself to promote it, once remarked that if all the Episcopalians had been like Archbishop [James] Ussher, all the Presbyterians like Stephen Marshall, and all the Independents like Jeremiah Burroughs, then the breaches of the church would soon have been healed.    Article read this week: – James Davison, 'The Irenic Jeremiah Burroughs', Banner of Truth Magazine, Issue 559 (April 2010).    Further reading: Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment (paperback, 232 pages.)    This week's episode art features a detail from William Bell Scott (1811–1890), Bernard Gilpin making Peace among the Borders, takes down the Glove in Rothbury Church, circa 1570 (One of a series of eight oil paintings illustrating the history of the English Border). Public domain: see file on Wikimedia here.    Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast

We are kicking off this Spooktober with a re-release of our episode on The Witch: A New-England Folktale. We discuss religious extremism, divisive pacing, the scapegoating of women, regular goating, puritan clothing, and of course… witches! This episode was first released Friday Oct 27, 2023 I Love This You Should Too is hosted by Samantha and Indy Randhawa The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, and subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 folk horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his feature directorial debut. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy in her film debut, alongside Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson. Set in 1630s New England, its plot follows a Puritan family who encounter forces of evil in the woods beyond their farm. An international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2015, and was widely released by A24 on February 19, 2016. It was a critical and financial success, grossing $40 million against a $4 million budget, and is considered by some to be one of the best horror films of the 2010s.   The Witch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXmlf3Sefg&ab_channel=A24

Another day, another public brawl on the streets of Parabellum City. Will Falk quell the unrest and clean up the streets? Are there laws requiring reporters to have alliterative names and film critics to use French terms? Listen to find out!Black Cats and Bad Habits, episode 138 of This Gun in My Hand, was Rob Northrup crossing your path. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. What contains several bits which can form a fragmentary story when used together? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. The Black Cat in this episode is NOT a rip-off of the Marvel comics character with the same name. It's a rip-off of the public domain superhero Black Cat who first appeared in Pocket Comics #1, August 1941, and had her own title from Harvey Comics with various name changes (Black Cat Western Comics, Black Cat Mystery Comics, Black Cat Mystic) until 1963.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_(Harvey_Comics)2. When Wordplay took his second play “Shoot” on tour, he found it was not as popular outside of Parabellum City.3. Lana Krang presumably uses a paper or cardstock folder for her Bits file. Mine is digital but the filename is “Bits.”4. If I was trying to cheer up Miss Krang, I'd remind her of some artistically and monetarily successful novelists who were late bloomers: Umberto Eco wrote a lot of non-fiction before his first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published when he was 50. Alan Bradley was 71 when his excellent first novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, was published. Many such cases.Credits:The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the transitional and closing music were from The Big Combo (1955), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.Sound Effect Title: The cat begs for food. Meowing.wav by tosha73 License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/548352/  Sound Effect Title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAVLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/Sound Effect Title: Cat Eating Dry Food by qubodup License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/218181/ Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden DoorLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYouLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.htmlSound Effect Title: Foley_Phone_Old_PickUp_HangUp_Mono.wav by Nox_Sound License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/559475/ Sound Effect Title: Clean phone tones.wav by FreqMan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/24371/ Sound Effect Title (coin drop): Pay Phone.wav by everythingsounds License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/197141/ Sound Effect Title: phone rotary dial number.flac by kylesLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/637751/ The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of a public domain postcard painting by Frances Brundage, via Wikimedia Commons.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Brundage_schwarze_Katze.jpgImage Alt text: Painting from an old greeting card by Frances Brundage shows a rosy-cheeked little blond girl in a black hat with a red ribbon and bow around it, somewhere between a witch's hat and a Puritan's hat. She holds up a distressed black kitten with a huge red bow and ribbon around its neck. The girl wears a white shirt with sleeves to her elbows and a red shawl.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Shashi Bhat. Shashi's short story collection, Death by a Thousand Cuts, won the 2025 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In her conversation, Shashi and Megan talk about their mutual dislike for the term "women's fiction," and Shashi talks about why she loves writing short fiction. For more about Death by a Thousand Cuts: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-stories/ To view the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists: bcyukonbookprizes.com/2025/04/10/bc-…sts-announced/ ABOUT SHASHI BHAT: Shashi Bhat is the author of the story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts, and the novels The Most Precious Substance on Earth, a finalist for the Governor General's Award for fiction, and The Family Took Shape, a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Her fiction has won the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize and been shortlisted for a National Magazine Award and the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and appeared in such publications as The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Best Canadian Stories, and The Journey Prize Stories. Shashi holds an MFA from the Johns Hopkins University and a BA from Cornell University. She lives in New Westminster, B.C., where she is the editor-in-chief of EVENT magazine and teaches creative writing at Douglas College. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Interim Executive Director for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

The first part of my four episode review of Mark Fiege's excellent The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States. In the first two chapters we explore the environmental context of witch trials, religious dissent, the American Revolution, Monticello, and the Puritan encounter with indigenous people. 

St. Frances de Sales | LBCF | 2 Corinthians 8:9 | Forest Talk by Arend | Portrait of a Mughal Woman by Francesco Renaldi | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Why This Crossover?Hosts Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack are featuring The Thing About Salem podcast on The Thing About Witch Hunts podcast to introduce our listeners to our companion 15 minute sized episode podcast! Both shows are produced by the End Witch Hunts nonprofit, and we want to make sure you don't miss out on the incredible stories we're telling about Salem's witch trials. This crossover episode gives Thing About Witch Hunts listeners a taste of the detailed historical storytelling you'll find over on The Thing About Salem.What if the Salem witch trials could have been prevented? In this compelling crossover episode, we examine the critical turning points between January 1692 and May 1693 when different decisions could have stopped America's most notorious witch hunt in its tracks.From the arrest of four-year-old Dorothy Good to Martha Carrier's infamous designation as "Queen of Hell," we explore how a series of escalating choices transformed a local Massachusetts crisis into colonial America's deadliest legal disaster.Historical Turning PointsCritical moments when the Salem witch trials could have been haltedThe shocking case of Dorothy Good, the youngest accused witchHow local accusations spiraled into regional hysteriaKey Historical FiguresCotton Mather and his contradictory influence on the trialsGovernor William Phips and his delayed interventionMartha Carrier and her notorious title as "Queen of Hell"The role of judges, ministers, and community leadersGeographic SpreadSalem Village and Salem Town dynamicsHow 45 Andover residents became entangled in accusationsThe regional impact across Massachusetts Bay ColonyLegal and Social AnalysisSpectral evidence and its dangerous precedentCourt procedures that enabled the witch hunt's growthCommunity tensions that fueled the accusationsThis crossover episode reveals how a perfect storm of fear, superstition, and poor decision-making created one of America's darkest chapters. We examine the moments when cooler heads could have prevailed and the individuals who either fanned the flames or attempted to restore reason.The Salem witch trials (1692-1693) resulted in the execution of 20 people and the imprisonment of hundreds more. This episode explores the human decisions behind the historical tragedy and the lessons we can learn about mass hysteria, due process, and the importance of critical thinking in times of crisis.Colonial American historyLegal history and judicial reformSocial psychology and mass hysteriaWomen's history and gender dynamics in early AmericaReligious history and Puritan societyTrue crime and historical mysteriesSalem witch trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Cotton Mather, spectral evidence, Dorothy Good, Martha Carrier, Governor Phips, Andover witch trials, colonial America, Puritan society, mass hysteria, historical true crime, 1692 witch hunt, Salem Village, judicial historyJoin The Thing About Salem and The Thing About Witch Hunts for this special crossover episode exploring how different choices could have changed the course of American history.This episode contains historical content about persecution, execution, and legal proceedings from the 17th century. Listener discretion advised.Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription ProjectMassachusetts Court of Oyer and Terminer Documents, ⁠The Salem Witch Trials Collection, Peabody Essex MuseumRecords of the Salem Witch-HuntThe Thing About Salem YouTube⁠The Thing About Salem Patreon⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts YouTube⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts

Isaac Ambrose | No Where Near by Sky Flying By | Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight by Joseph Wright | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Darrell Harrison delivers a penetrating exposition on the Hypocrisy of the Heart, examining Jeremiah 17:9's declaration that "the heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick." This profound message confronts the reality of indwelling sin that remains even in regenerate believers, dismantles the false doctrine of sinless perfection popularized by Charles Finney, and exposes the frailty of our unredeemed flesh.Harrison challenges the contemporary evangelical assumption that salvation renders believers incapable of sin, instead demonstrating through Scripture and Puritan wisdom that progressive sanctification—not sinless perfection—marks authentic Christian life. This message reveals how our deceitful hearts pursue truce with sin rather than relying on the Holy Spirit's transforming power.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Darrell Harrison delivers a penetrating exposition on the Hypocrisy of the Heart, examining Jeremiah 17:9's declaration that "the heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick." This profound message confronts the reality of indwelling sin that remains even in regenerate believers, dismantles the false doctrine of sinless perfection popularized by Charles Finney, and exposes the frailty of our unredeemed flesh.Harrison challenges the contemporary evangelical assumption that salvation renders believers incapable of sin, instead demonstrating through Scripture and Puritan wisdom that progressive sanctification—not sinless perfection—marks authentic Christian life. This message reveals how our deceitful hearts pursue truce with sin rather than relying on the Holy Spirit's transforming power.  ★ Support this podcast ★

In the wake of the murderous assassination of Charlie Kirk, we ponder Ralph Venning's "The Sinfulness of Sin," which emphasizes the pervasive nature of sin, where society tolerates some sins while abhorring others. Venning contrasts God's holiness with humanity's sinful nature, urging believers to expect persecution and to rejoice in Christ, the light amidst darkness, who offers salvation and righteousness to repentant sinners.Links mentioned-.pdf to A Puritan's Mind, and Ralph Venning's book The Sinfulness of Sin. https://www.apuritansmind.com/wp-content/uploads/FREEEBOOKS/TheSinfulnessofSin-RalphVenning.pdfChapel Library, excerpts of Venning's bookhttps://www.chapellibrary.org/read/sosifg

A new MP3 sermon from Frontline Fellowship is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Charles Spurgeon - The Puritan Prince of Preachers Subtitle: Reformation Society Speaker: Peter Hammond Broadcaster: Frontline Fellowship Event: Special Meeting Date: 9/19/2025 Length: 79 min.

1 John 1-2 | For You by Holly Jones | Portrait of a Gentleman by Charles Willson Peale | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

This episode of the Pure Report podcast welcomes back Jon Owings, a long-time Puritan and expert in Kubernetes and data management, to demystify the rapidly evolving world of containerization and AI. We dive deep into why over 96% of enterprises are adopting Kubernetes, exploring the latest trends like containers as VM alternatives and the advantages of Kubernetes deployments in AI environments. We also shed light on the crucial role of Platform Engineering, helping listeners understand who these professionals are and what they do. Jon shares insights from his work with Portworx, revealing where they're seeing the most success and why their offering stands out from the competition. Get ready for some "Hot Takes" in a rapid-fire segment covering overlooked industry shifts and even a favorite customer "screwup" story with a successful resolution. Tune in for practical advice on adopting Kubernetes and don't miss the inaugural "Storage Confessions" segment, where Jon shares a memorable challenge and its resolution.

Amy Carmichael | Susannah Spurgeon | I Never Knew by Holly Jones | Symphony in White by James McNeill Whistler | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

In this month's special edition episode, Duffey interviews Dr. James Renihan on the biblical defense for believers baptism. Dr. Renihan has spent much of 2025 travelling to various churches in order to deliver this material over the course of several hours in conference format. In this episode, he offers a condesensed form of his larger presentation. --------------------------- James Renihan, PhD President, Professor of Historical Theology at International Reformed Baptist Seminary After a ministry of church planting in central Massachusetts, Dr. James Renihan and his family moved to Escondido, CA in 1998 to begin serving as Dean of the newly formed Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies. He led that work for 20 years, and when it became IRBS Theological Seminary in 2018 was appointed the first president. He has served as a pastor of churches in Massachusetts, New York and California. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (PhD), Seminary of the East (MDiv), Trinity Ministerial Academy, and Liberty Baptist College (BS). His academic work has focused on the Second London Baptist Confession and the broader Puritan theological context from which it arose.

Psalm 91 | Libertas by Christopher Galovan | Head of a Young Boy by Jean-Baptiste Greuze | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Book Title: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Author: Jonathan HealeyHeadline: Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate and Its Challenges After Charles I's execution, John Lambert drafted the "Instruments of Government," establishing Oliver Cromwellas Lord Protector. Despite widespread horror in Europe, Cromwell's rule brought stability to England, though it involved moving away from radical democrats and imposing Puritan values, making it unpopular. He refused the crown in 1657, believing God had spoken against monarchy. 1649

Charles Spurgeon | Rainy Afternoon by Enrique Molano | Saints Peter and Paul by Bartolomeo Manfredi | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Nearly everyone said the sexual revolution back in the 1960's and 70's would be liberating, that it would free us from Puritan values that confined our libidos into loveless marriages and hopeless relationships. But research has shown that this revolution introduced a culture where more children are estranged from their biological parents, there's more divorce, confusion about gender, fewer marriages... and oh, yes... less sex!  Author Nathanael Blake explains why.    On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Blake, fellow At The Ethics And Public Policy Center, talks about his new book, "Victims Of The Revolution: How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All." He exposes the misconceptions of the sexual revolution and that Christian marriage is exactly what fits us and benefits a more flourishing society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A version of this essay was published by firstpost.com at https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/what-fuels-anti-india-hate-in-the-west-13932053.htmlI am personally very pro-America, yet I too have been baffled by the noises emanating from the Trump administration regarding India, particularly from one aide. Peter Navarro, apparently some trade muckity-muck, has had a field day accusing India of various sins. Apart from the entertainment value, this leads to a serious question: Why? And why now?There is reason to believe, by connecting the dots, that there is indeed a method behind this madness. It is not a pure random walk: there is a plan, and there are good reasons why the vicious attack on India has been launched at this time and in this manner. Of course, this is based on open source and circumstantial evidence: I have no inside information whatsoever.In this context, consider what is arguably the greatest political thriller of all time: "Z" (1969) by Costa-Gavras. It is based on a real-life political murder in Greece, where a popular left-leaning candidate for President was covertly assassinated by the ruling military junta.The way the plot unravels is when the investigating magistrate, masterfully played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, notices a curious phenomenon: the use of a single phrase "lithe and fierce like a tiger", used verbatim by several eye-witnesses. He realizes that there was a criminal conspiracy to get rid of the inconvenient candidate, with plausible deniability. Words and phrases have subtle meanings, and they reveal a great deal.Thus, let me bring to your notice the following tweets:* “India could end the Ukraine war tomorrow: Modi needs to pick a side” (August 5)* “Europeans love to whinge about Trump and to claim he is soft on Russia. But after 3 years it is Donald J Trump who has finally made India pay a price for enabling Putin's butchery.” (August 6)* Speaker: “[the American taxpayer] gotta fund Modi's war”. TV Anchor (confused): “You mean Putin's war?”. Speaker: “No, I mean Modi's war”. (August 28)Do you, gentle reader, notice a pattern?Now let me tell you who the authors of these posts are. The first quoted an article by an officer in the British Special Forces, which means their covert, cloak-and-dagger military people.The second was by Boris Johnson, former British Prime Minister. Johnson, incidentally, has been accused of single-handedly spiking ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, when there was a possibility that the whole sorry spectacle of the war could have been settled/brought to a close.The third is by the aforementioned Peter Navarro on an American TV channel, Bloomberg Television.I don't know about you, but it seems to me that these three statements are lineal descendants of each other, one leading seamlessly to the next.This is how narratives are built, one brick in the wall after another. In reality, India has not contravened any sanctions in buying oil from Russia, and in fact has helped maintain a cap on oil prices, which were rising because of the Ukraine-Russia war. But then who needs truth if narrative will suffice?My hypothesis is that the anti-India narrative – as seen above – has been created by the British Deep State, otherwise known as Whitehall. First from the spooks, then from the former Prime Minister, and then virally transmitted to the American Deep State. It is my general belief that the British are behind much mischief (sort of the last gasp of Empire) and have been leading the Americans by the nose, master-blaster style.Britain has never tasted defeat at the hands of Russia; while France (Napoleon) and Germany (Hitler) have. Plus the US Military Industrial Complex makes a lot of money from war.A malignant British meme, intended to hurt Russia, is now turned on to India, which is, for all intents and purposes, an innocent bystander. Britain has had a thing about both Russia (“The Great Game”) and now India, and it was precisely why it created ‘imperial fortress' Pakistan, with which to trouble, and if possible, hurt both.Then there was the second set of tweets that took things one step further. Navarro, all warmed up, blamed “Brahmins” for “profiteering by buying Russian oil at the cost of the Indian people” in a broadcast on September 1. Why he would be bothered about the “Indian people” is a good question. But what was far more interesting, indeed hilarious, was the near-simultaneous, and absurdly wrong, set of tweets by a whole group of INDI Alliance mavens.They ‘explained', in almost identical words, that what Navarro meant was not “Brahmins”, but “Boston Brahmins”, a term coined in 1860 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, a doctor/essayist, to refer to traditional US East Coast elites, generally WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants) who dominate the corridors of power in the US. Many claim to be descended from the original Pilgrims, Puritan extremists from Britain, who arrived in Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620.They go to private (‘prep') schools like Philips Exeter Academy, then Harvard or Yale, then Goldman Sachs, then Harvard Business School, and generally end up running the country as a hereditary, endogamous caste. It is very difficult for outsiders to marry into or enter this circle, although money helps. For example the Irish Catholic Kennedy clan is part of this caste because they made big bucks (partly by smuggling liquor during the Prohibition era), even though the Irish are generally looked down upon.I have long claimed that America is full of castes like this, which include the investment-banker caste, the lawyer caste, the doctor caste: all go to the same schools, the same colleges, marry each other, etc. In fact they do form the kind of exclusionary group that the western narrative imputes to India jati-varna. Anyway that's a long story, and that's not the point: it is the tweets by, for example, Karti Chidambaram, Sagarika Ghose, Saket Gokhale, et al.They were so ‘spontaneous', so near-identical, and so outright idiotic that it is impossible that they came from anything other than a ‘toolkit' supplied by the usual suspects: the regime-change specialists. And their claim was not even accurate: Navarro was indeed targeting Hindus and Brahmins, as is evident from the following tweet. There is no earthly reason for him to choose this image of Modi, other than that he was coached into doing so.So we go back to the original question: why? Who hates Hindus so much?There are a number of other incidents where Indians (in particular Hindus) have been targeted in various countries: Ireland recently; Australia some time ago and again now, see below an anti-immigration (particularly anti-Indian) rally on August 31st; Canada with its Khalistanis running amok (lest we forget, 40 years ago, they downed Air India Kanishka).Let us note the curious coincidence that these are all countries where the British have influence: Canada and Australia are in effect their vassals. Ireland is not, and I suspect the British are hated there, but somehow in the last few weeks, this British prejudice has spilled over with “Irish teenagers” physically attacking Indians (including women and children). I wonder if the “Irish teenagers” are really British agents provocateurs.So let's put two and two together: who hates Indians, Hindus and Brahmins? Why, Pakistanis, of course. And they have been burned a little by Operation Sindoor. Pahalgam didn't quite turn out the way they thought it would, considering it was scheduled during the India visit of J D Vance accompanied by his Indian/Hindu-origin wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance. That might explain why there's a sudden explosion of social-media hatred by ISI and CCP bots against Indians.Pahalgam was Phase 2 of the regime-change operation. By so visibly targeting and murdering Hindus in Pahalgam, the Pakistanis calculated they could induce massive rioting by Hindus against Muslims, which would be an excuse for “the rules-based liberal international order” to step in, exile Modi, and um… restore order, as in Bangladesh. The usual playbook.Alas, “the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley”, and Pakistan got a whipping instead, and some of their (US or China-supplied?) nuclear assets apparently went up in smoke. But make no mistake, the regime-change gang will redouble its efforts.Phase 1 had been the 2024 elections where there were surprising losses by the BJP. Phase 3 is the ‘vote-chori' wailing by the INDI Alliance: odd, considering nobody knows which passport(s) Rahul Gandhi holds. Phase 4 is the ongoing ‘Project 37' in which renegade BJP MPs are supposed to bring down the central government.Pakistan, and its various arms, including the Khalistan project, participate with great enthusiasm in these various phases. And for all intents and purposes, the UK has now become a Pakistani colony. Recursive master-blaster, as I conjectured: Pakistani-Britons control Whitehall, Whitehall controls the US Deep State. Here's Britain's new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, in the words of a suddenly-awake Briton on September 6th.An Emirati strategist, Amjad Taha, asked a valid question: why is there more terrorism in the UK than in the Middle East?Wait, there's more. Here's a loudmouth Austrian who wants to dismantle India, long a Pakistani dream. And the map is by some Jafri, which sounds like a Pakistani surname. The Austrian also wants Rahul Gandhi to be the next Prime Minister.Pakistan is itself unraveling, as can be seen in Balochistan which is in open rebellion. Their Khalistani dream is new, but Kerala and the Northeast as Islamist entities were standard memes even from Chaudhury Rehmat Ali who dreamt up Pakistan in the first place in the 1930s.Pakistan just got a boost, however, with OSINT identifying a US C-17 (a giant military cargo plane) arriving to resupply Nur Khan Airbase. This raises the question again: were US personnel and assets decimated there by Indian missiles during Operation Sindoor? Is that why the US got so upset? Did Trump read the riot act to Modi, which led to the ‘ceasefire'? Now did they replenish the F-16s etc that were blown up? See, no Pakistani losses!I imagine this goes well with the newly announced “US Department of War”. I only hope the war target here is China, not India.Speaking of US internal politics, it was utterly laughable to see Jake Sullivan, President Biden's NSA, coming to the defense of India in Foreign Affairs. He directly engineered the vicious regime change in Bangladesh, but now he's full of solicitous concern! Nice little U-turn!From a global perspective, I believe that both China and the US are intent on knee-capping India. That is the logical response from an incumbent power when there is a rising insurgent power: the Thucydides Trap idea. It is a back-handed compliment to India that it is in splendid isolation, and has to pretend to rush into the arms of China because of Trump's withering assault.India will survive the hate; but Indian-Americans may find themselves in some jeopardy as the MAGA types are now focusing their ire on them.It is, as I said, the Abhimanyu Syndrome: India is completely alone (the RIC lovefest is just marketing). That is the bad news, and also the good news. If everyone (the US Deep State, Whitehall, CCP, ISI, Soros) is against India, it means India matters. Someone said India is the ultimate swing state. No: India is the incipient superpower, the only one that can make it a G3 rather than a G2. Naturally, the G2 is not very happy to let one more into their cozy club.1910 words, 7 Sept 2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

James Smith | Rainy Afternoon by Enrique Molano | Ferry near Gorinchem by Salomon van Ruysdael | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Steve Swartz, Selected Scriptures. From the "The Christ-Honoring Family" series.More sermons available online at www.gbcob.org.

Steve Swartz, Selected Scriptures. From the "The Christ-Honoring Family" series.More sermons available online at www.gbcob.org.

Steve Swartz, Selected Scriptures. From the The Christ-Honoring Family series. More sermons available online at www.steadfastinthefaith.org.

Steve Swartz, Selected Scriptures. From the The Christ-Honoring Family series. More sermons available online at www.steadfastinthefaith.org.

Michael and Ethan, along with special guests Maren Boucher and Benji Inniger, discuss The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe. Michael and Ethan are drinking Balvenie Doublewood 12yo single malt; Benji is drinking Oban Little Bay; Maren is drinking Lagavulin 11. What a mess.In this episode:Bethany Lutheran College Production of Doctor Faustus! (Director and assistant director = our guests!)FaustbuchFaustus: The Horror FilmPhilip Melancthon might have studied with Faust, an anecdote that's fun for maybe just the four people on this podcastFaustus: The Real Guy, or, why does he matter?Disappearing side characters (and disappearing main character???)Hell is a pyramid scheme, or, Faustus as lululemon rep, or, Cornelius and Valdez are DeadDid the devil appear on-stage, or is it Puritan propaganda?Doctor FauthtuthSympathy vs pityOrigins of the Shakespeare race, irrelevant to the episode but we're keeping itCheck out Benji's music and photography!Check out Benji's OST to Bethany's production of The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus!Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss Goethe's Faust, Parts 1 and 2! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: “Fools that Will Laugh on Earth,” by Benji Inniger, from the Original Soundtrack to The Spiritual Tragedy of Doctor Faustus"Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Benjamin Schmolck | Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell by Anne Vallayer-Coster | Find more at www.ryanbush.orgO tell me no more of this world's vain store,The time for such trifles with me now is o'er'A country I've found where true joys abound,To dwell I'm determined on that happy ground.No mortal will know what Christ will bestow,What joy, strength, and comfort! go after him, go!Lo, onward I move, to see Christ above,None guesses how wondrous my journey will prove.Great spoils I shall win from death, hell and sin,'Midst outward afflictions shall feel Christ within;And still, which is best, I in his dear breast,As at the beginning, find pardon and rest.When I am to die, "Receive me," I'll cry,For Jesus hath loved me, I cannot tell why.But this I do find, we two are so joined,He'll not live in glory and leave me behind;This blessing is mine, through favor divine,And O, my dear Jesus, the praise shall be thineIn heaven we'll meet in harmony sweet,And glory to Jesus! we'll then be complete.

On 1st September 1599, Dorcas Martin — translator, bookseller, Puritan, and wife of Sir Richard Martin, twice Lord Mayor of London — was laid to rest at All Hallows, Tottenham. Though she lived much of her life in her husband's shadow, Dorcas carved out a place of her own in Elizabethan London. She acted as a bookseller during the fierce “pulpit wars” between Puritan preacher Thomas Cartwright and John Whitgift, and her translations of prayers and psalms appeared in "The Monument of Matrones" (1582) — the very first anthology of women's writing published in England. In this podcast, I explore the life of Dorcas Martin: - Her family and marriage to Sir Richard Martin, Master of the Mint and Lord Mayor. - Her bold role in circulating controversial Puritan texts. - Her translations and inclusion among the first printed voices of English women. - Her enduring legacy, remembered in epitaphs and dedications. Dorcas may not have been a queen or martyr, but her voice shaped Elizabethan religious culture. It's time to remember her. If you enjoy stories of overlooked Tudor women, don't forget to subscribe and hit the so you don't miss future episodes. And thank you to my channel members for supporting my work — you make podcasts like this possible! #TudorHistory #Elizabethan #WomensHistory #Puritans #OnThisDay

All this week we're looking at some four-hundred year old guidance and advice from the Puritan writer, Thomas Brooks. Specifically, Brooks has listed five remedies to the enemy of the soul's  strategy to get us to see following Jesus as a dangerous, losing, and suffering-filled way of life. Brooks offers great insights for us to share with our kids as they face opposition in this world. Today, Brooks tells us to consider that we gain more in our service of God and by following God as we face troubles and afflictions, than we can ever possibly lose by following God. Jesus said it this way: “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet forfeit their soul?” Thomas Brooks uses the metaphor of money when he says that for every penny a Christian might lose in the service of God, he in turn will gain a dollar. Our light afflictions will result in the weight of glory. Life as a follower of Christ in today's culture is difficult. Still, it is the path to flourishing now and for eternity!

Psalm 71:4 | Amy Carmichael | Isaac Watts | Psalm 61:4-5 | Inner Workings by Brock Hewitt | Esther Boardman by Ralph Earl | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

I bet Nestle wishes it could go back and experience that “Great Shutdown” fueled demand spike again (because it went by too fast), but allowing some VMS brands to leave the nest could be its next step towards finding new growth! Within the prepared remarks section, Nestle leadership noted during the first-half 2025 earnings call that it had launched a review of its underperforming vitamins, minerals, supplements (VMS) portfolio…and that it could lead to the divestment of some brands. But wait…wasn't it just four short years ago when Nestle completed the $5.75 billion acquisition of The Bountiful Company? Yep! Nevertheless, I'll replay a contextually relevant portion of my conversation with Teddie Townsend (Managing Director - CG Sawaya Partners) from last year that will help you better understand what's really going on inside Nestle (and the entire supplement industry M&A strategic acquirer landscape). But when we recorded that conversational content, it wasn't publicly known yet that Nestle would be making a leadership change…with the new CEO (i,e. Laurent Freixe) taking over in September 2024. And it meant a shift in companywide strategy naturally happened…accompanied by a clear action plan to drive performance and transformation. Additionally, the Nestle Virtuous Circle strategic framework included an element about addressing underperformers to support growth…and specifically sharpening focus within Nestle Health Science. With a diverse portfolio of brands across VMS, Active Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition…Nestle Health Science has built a leading position, and the segment generates slightly less than $8.5 billion in revenue annually. And while Nestle still believes VMS is an attractive category with clear growth drivers…new leadership is focused on the premium end of the market, which is deemed to have the highest potential. So, going forward…Nestle Health Science will focus on its global premium VMS brands such as Garden of Life, Solgar, and Pure Encapsulations, as Nestle believes its capabilities in science, innovation, and brand-building give it a distinct competitive edge. Alternatively, Nestle launched a strategic review of its mainstream and value VMS brands, including (but not limited to) Nature's Bounty, Osteo-Bi Flex, Puritan's Pride, and private label. And though this likely divestment activity is consistent with the “focus and simplification” strategic growth approach of Nestle's new leadership…it basically dismantles a substantial portion of The Bountiful Company acquisition, which arguably was considered one of the predecessor's (i.e. Mark Schneider) most substantial moves throughout his 7-year pursuit of transforming the company into a health and nutrition powerhouse. But then…for the final portion of my latest first principles content piece, I'll explore two different “what's next” scenarios; who likely acquires these Nestle Health Science VMS brands under review and where I believe Nestle Health Science will strategically focus after the proverbial divestment dust settles.

“Leaders have to be a little delusional and have a lot of audacity.” From the first minutes, Jerjuan Howard plants that flag and then shows the receipts—why “youth development, community development must go hand in hand,” how a Gen Z squad of 30-and-under staff is running a league of 300 students across 20+ schools, and why “Detroiters…have everything that we need already—it's just about coming together to make it happen.” In this Detroit is Different conversation, Jerjuan and Khary trace a straight line from porch talk to policy: debates on whether to demolish the RenCen, backyard chickens and food grading ordinances, and the big one—“African cultural sovereignty… vs. political representation.” Jerjuan calls himself a middleman between elders and the youth—“my grandma used to say, ‘eat the meat and throw away the bones'”—so Umoja turns what kids already love (“kids already like to argue”) into a vehicle for critical thinking, city pride, and leadership. We dig into the audacity behind taking Detroit kids to Africa, the team-captain model that makes students league ambassadors, and why “indirect action is… just as responsible” as bad policy when communities are ignored. He lays out the build on Puritan: the open-air Umoja Village, a once–25-year-vacant building becoming a Black-authored bookstore and third space one block away (“for us and by us”), and a community-driven health clinic on deck—proof that Legacy Black Detroit isn't nostalgia, it's blueprint. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com

All this week we're looking at some four-hundred year old guidance and advice from the Puritan writer, Thomas Brooks. Specifically, Brooks has listed five remedies to the enemy of the soul's  strategy to get us to see following Jesus as a dangerous, losing, and suffering-filled way of life. Brooks offers great insights for us to share with our kids as they face opposition in this world. Today, Brooks tells us to always remember that difficulties and troubles in this world are actually a way that God grows us in our faith. Specifically, Brooks writes these words: “God knows how to deliver us from troubles by troubles, from afflictions by afflictions, and from dangers by dangers. In my own life I've seen this to be true. Sometimes God saves us from ourselves and our foolishness through times of difficulty. While these times have been hard, I would not, in hindsight, trade them for anything. God's curriculum for our growth and flourishing often-times comes through difficulty.

All this week we're looking at some four-hundred year old guidance and advice from the Puritan writer, Thomas Brooks. Specifically, Brooks has listed five remedies to the enemy of the soul's  strategy to get us to see following Jesus as a dangerous, losing, and suffering-filled way of life. Brooks offers great insights for us to share with our kids as they face opposition in this world. Today, Brooks tells us to remember that all of the troubles and dangers we will face as followers of Jesus are only temporal and momentary. And, we must also remember that if we waver and walk away from faith because of these troubles and dangers, we open ourselves up to a host of other temporal, spiritual, and eternal dangers. In other words, following Jesus will result in contempt and opposition from others while we are on this earth. But choosing to please men rather than God will result in our loss of our relationship with God. We must always remember that faithfulness to God is our calling. 

All this week we're looking at some four-hundred year old guidance and advice from the Puritan writer, Thomas Brooks. Specifically, Brooks has listed five remedies to the enemy of the soul's  strategy to get us to see following Jesus as a dangerous, losing, and suffering-filled way of life. Brooks offers great insights for us to share with our kids as they face opposition in this world. Today, Brooks tells us to never, ever forget that great cloud of witnesses who precedes us in the faith who are now with Christ. We read about these saints in Hebrews, chapter eleven. God has given us a rich history of sisters and brothers in Christ who, while they were living, endured tremendous troubles and hardships because of their faith in God. Yet, they remained faithful to God, pushing forward and shining as bright lights in their dark cultures and times. Whether we are adults, children, or teens, God calls us to faithful living in spite of cultural opposition. Let's be sure to teach this to our kids.

Psalm 36:5-9 | Isaac Ambrose | Anima by Brandon Hopkins | The Third Duke of Dorset's Hunter with a Groom and a Dog by George Stubbs | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

Almost four hundred years ago, the Puritan writer Thomas Brooks wrote a book about the strategies Satan uses to derail us from Christian growth. I've found his words to be very timely for life in today's world. One devilish strategy that I consistently see in my own life and in the lives of kids is the tendency to be convinced that following Jesus is way too dangerous, risky, and filled with the promise of suffering. Brooks then goes on to list five remedies to this strategy of Satan. I want to share one of these remedies with you each day this week. And, I want to challenge you to teach these remedies to your kids. The first remedy is this: remember that God has promised that even though you will encounter troubles and difficulties in this world, those troubles and difficulties will not harm you. God is with us. He looks on us with favor. We are in union with Him. And, he's promised that no one and nothing can take these things away because our souls are secure in our Father's hands.

Sinclair Ferguson | Table for Two by Holly Jones | Lake Fucino and the Abruzzi Mountains by Joseph Bidauld | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

On this episode, we dig into a chilling tale of an unsuspecting tenant haunted by three spectral figures from a Puritan past. What began as a simple move into a quaint apartment soon spiraled into a dark odyssey of shadowy apparitions, unexplainable phenomena, and a sinister presence that defied understanding. As we uncover the story of Amanda, Emily, and Rebecca, we'll explore the lingering echoes of history and ask: What binds these spirits to the living world, and what happens when their wrath is unleashed?

On this episode, we dig into a chilling tale of an unsuspecting tenant haunted by three spectral figures from a Puritan past. What began as a simple move into a quaint apartment soon spiraled into a dark odyssey of shadowy apparitions, unexplainable phenomena, and a sinister presence that defied understanding. As we uncover the story of Amanda, Emily, and Rebecca, we'll explore the lingering echoes of history and ask: What binds these spirits to the living world, and what happens when their wrath is unleashed?

James Smith | We Can Breathe Again by Morning Mist | Joseph Henri François van Lerius | Find more at www.ryanbush.org

What is your attitude to the law of God? Spurgeon's is typically Particular Baptist, typically Puritan, with a strong emphasis on the blessings of the new covenant in Christ bringing us into a new, true, happy relation to the law which God wrote on Adam's heart in creation and inscribed on tablets of stone at Sinai. Spurgeon emphasises in this sermon that the law of God is written now on the tablets of our heart. Having given us a few biblical-theological insights by way of introduction, he brings us soundly into the realm of the new covenant, showing us that the same law given at Sinai is now inscribed into the core of the inner man, and becomes a part of every believer. Then he shows us what this writing is, the whole, unaltered law, written so that memory, will, and affection are fully engaged, and he considers how the Holy Spirit uses various means to keep that writing legible. He thinks of God as the one who alone is entitled and able to write perfectly and permanently upon the human heart, and then briefly closes with the result of this writing. Here he presses home both the radical change which occurs, in terms of battle joined against all sin, but also by way of the new principle of obedience which characterises the regenerate soul. By way of this he points us toward the heaven which is prepared for those who love God, those who are themselves prepared for heaven by a lifelong pursuit of that which pleases him. This sermon is a powerful corrective to those who would put aside the law of God at any point, as well as to those who think to impose and enforce it by any means other than the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read the sermon here: https://www.mediagratiae.org/resources/the-law-written-on-the-heart Check out the new From the Heart of Spurgeon Book! British: https://amzn.to/48rV1OR American: https://amzn.to/48oHjft Connect with the Reading Spurgeon Community on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ReadingSpurgeon Sign up to get the weekly readings emailed to you: https://www.mediagratiae.org/podcasts-1/from-the-heart-of-spurgeon. Check out other Media Gratiae podcasts at www.mediagratiae.org Download the Media Gratiae App: https://subsplash.com/mediagratiae/app