Ep. 23: JARED LONGSHORE | Imposing and Legislating Christian Morality

In a world hellbent on evicting God from public life, a question echoes with increasing confusion: Would a God of love really force someone to do what they don’t want to do? What happened to “free choice,” “individual liberty,” and all the other slogans we’ve enshrined?

Today, many cling to the myth that law is born from some serene, secular neutrality—hammered out in the halls of diplomacy and burnished by the gentle hand of humanism. But scratch beneath the polished veneer and you’ll find that neutrality is a fairy tale, and tolerance is more marketing slogan than moral principle. Our age will legislate morality all day long—just not Christian morality. Because if there's one thing secularism finds utterly intolerable, it's a truth that won't budge. Christianity is the last great stumbling block, the immovable standard that refuses to bless delusion, flatter vice, or baptize the latest trend in moral relativism.

In this episode, Lennox Kalifungwa is joined by Dr. Jared Longshore—who serves both as Undergraduate Dean and Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College and as Associate Pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. A seasoned shepherd in the pulpit since 2007, Dr. Longshore holds both an MDiv and PhD from Southern Seminary. He’s authored such hard-hitting titles as Wisdom for Kings and Queens, Strong and Courageous: Following Jesus Amid the Rise of America's New Religion, and The Case for the Christian Family.

This podcast was produced by New Saint Andrews College. Learn how to attend or give to the college at https://nsa.edu