A listener’s email about political and pastoral language prompts a conversation on the woke Left, the Johnson Amendment, the church’s spiral of silence, magisterial and ministerial reason, and a slew of other stuff, including choosing to never knowingly support lies.

Resources from this episode:

Wokeness is the Antithesis to Christianity (Cross Defense episode)| kfuo.org/2022/08/27/cross-defense-082722-wokeness-is-the-antithesis-to-christianity

Christianity and Wokeness (book) | bookshop.org/a/94255/9781684512430

How Christian Women Got Played by Progressivism (Ally Beth Stuckey video) | youtu.be/QyF7h6hdax8

What is DIEversity, Pt. 1 (Luther Classical College video) | youtu.be/koG1fMMcnSY

What is DIEversity, Pt. 2 (Luther Classical College video | youtu.be/tpXFPJpsmzg

What is DIEversity, Pt. 3 (Luther Classical College video | youtu.be/BmCI1OPTsHc

The History of the Johnson Amendment (full ADF video) | youtu.be/3sWK1z6mXcQ

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (book) | bookshop.org/a/94255/9780593541807

Worldview Comparison Infographic (St. Mark’s web page) | stmarksferndale.com/2022/09/21/worldviewcomparison

C.F.W. Walther on Communism and Socialism (St. Mark’s web page) | stmarksferndale.com/waltheroncommunism

Karl Marx and the Satanic Roots of Communism (book) | bookshop.org/a/94255/9780882641423

Jesus. Not Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (Pr. Bramwell’s 2023 Easter Sunrise Sermon, full video) youtu.be/KZymMoWaz-8

Host Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ferndale, California, and author of the book Come in, We are Closed, talks about curious topics to excite the imagination, equip the mind, and comfort the soul with God’s ordering of the world in the Law and Gospel. Send him your questions at stmarksferndale.com. You can find his videos at youtube.com/c/tyrelbramwell.

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