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Answering a Christian Legislator's Great Question
Season 4 Episode 44
Today, I pass on my answer to a great question asked by a Christian state legislator who listened to last week’s podcast about working to restore God’s “ordered liberty”: If we are to do that, how sh…
Published on 8 hours ago
The "Ordered Liberty" That Re-Ordered My Thinking About Everything
Season 4 Episode 43
Today David explains how the thoughts of Puritan John Owen in his monumental work, Christologia, completely re-ordered his thinking about law and legal and public policy advocacy in recent years, and…
Published on 1 week ago
Advent Story 2: God Prepared Gentile Governments for the Kingdom of His Son
Season 4 Episode 42
The Holy Spirit inspired Isaiah to record a prophesy that "the government shall be upon his shoulder"--a baby in a manger. Today, David examines what no one ought to overlook: Even SCOTUS knows that …
Published on 2 weeks ago
An Advent Story: Law and "the Fullness of the Time"
Season 4 Episode 41
The apostle Paul wrote, “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law” (Galatians 4:4). Today I examine how reason led to an understanding o…
Published on 3 weeks ago
God's Thoughts on How to Win in a Rivalrous Society
Season 4 Episode 40
Today we examine the test Isaiah provides us on whether our thoughts on winning are God's thoughts or conform to those of our age. And I will examine that test in light of a recent case argued before…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Really? Loving the Person of Christ is the Key to Winning?
Season 4 Episode 39
Part 2 of my 3 part Thanksgiving gift to you on "winning" in a society rife with exhausting rivalries. Today we look at what John Owen meant when he spoke of "loving the person of Christ"--what I sub…
Published on 1 month ago
Winning in a Society Defined by Rivalry
Season 4 Episode 38
Today's episode is Part 1 of my Thanksgiving gift to you. It responds to the fact that our society runs on rivalry. One person wins means the others lose; one group wins means the other groups lose. …
Published on 1 month ago
Senator Marsha Blackburn and Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, "What is Law?"
Season 4 Episode 37
Today we consider Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's answer. to "what is a woman" at her U.S. Senate Confirmation hearing 3 years ago. . Her answer was ridiculed, but she said something important about …
Published on 1 month ago
Why Jesus Would "Double Down" on Today's Christian Lawyers
Season 4 Episode 36
Today's episode expands on last week’s episode by explaining why I think Jesus might "double down" on his "woe" for today's Christian lawyers. The reason: lawyers are taught not to believe in law and…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
GREAT NEWS: SCOTUS denies appeal in "'Kim Davis' Marriage Case"
Season 4 Episode 35
SPECIAL REPORT: Don't be discouraged now by those who may have led you to believe the Kim Davis case out of Kentucky might be the one that SCOTUS would use to overturn its 2015 "gay marriage" decisio…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago