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John Zmirak Discusses His Latest Articles. How To Reach Out Winsomely to Friends and Family Who Lean Democrat (Nah, Just Kidding)

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John Zmirak

 Aug 21 2024  

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John joins us again this week to discuss his new article Persecution Is No Panacea: It Leads Most to Sin and Surrender, Not Heroism or Martyrdom

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How To Reach Out Winsomely to Friends and Family Who Lean Democrat (Nah, Just Kidding)

https://stream.org/how-to-reach-out-winsomely-to-friends-and-family-who-lean-democrat-nah-just-kidding/

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John Zmirak makes his weekly appearance and covers current events and shares recent articles available at-   https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/

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Find All of John Zmirak Articles at-

https://stream.org/author/johnzmirak/

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”

John Zmirak’s new book:

No Second Amendment, No First  by John Zmirak 

Available March 19, 2024

Today’s Left endlessly preaches the evils of “gun violence." It is a message increasingly echoed from the nation’s pulpits, presented as common-sense decency and virtue. Calls for “radical non-violence” are routinely endowed with the imprimatur of religious doctrine.  

But what if such teachings were misguided, even damaging? What if the potential of a citizenry to exercise force against violent criminals and tyrannical governments is not just compatible with church teaching, but flows from the very heart of Biblical faith and reason? What if the freedoms we treasure are intimately tied to the power to resist violent coercion? 

This is the long-overdue case John Zmirak makes with stunning clarity and conviction in No Second Amendment, No First. A Yale-educated journalist and former college professor, Zmirak shows how the right of self-defense against authoritarian government was affirmed in both the Old and New Testaments, is implied in Natural Law, and has been part of Church tradition over the centuries.  

Zmirak further shows ho