The Lancaster Patriot Podcast

On May 16, over 3,000 Lancaster City residents voted to approve a government study on a home rule charter for Lancaster City. Home Rule would grant the city more power to raise the forced taxation rate on taxpayers. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot, local pastor Joel Saint joins Chris Hume to discuss Home Rule and the mayor's comments about it.

The Lancaster County Commissions recently proclaimed May 2023 to be "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month." The proclamation included a recognition that various pagan religious celebrations are beneficial for the greater community. During public comments, Commissioner Parsons called the Hindu celebration Diwali "awesome." At the same time, the proclamation highlighted an Asian-American and former resident of Lancaster County, one Mr. Hong Noek Woo (1834-1919). However, perhaps unbeknownst to the commissioners, Woo dedicated his life to a mission which flies directly in the face of their proclamation: he brought the gospel to China and sought to radically abolish the pagan culture (with its religious idols and ceremonies) and replace it, not with "American culture," but with Christian culture. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot podcast, local pastor Joel Saint joins Chris Hume to discuss the commissioners' proclamation and Mr. Woo's dedication to changing, not accepting, Chinese culture.

A school district in eastern Pennsylvania approved the request from The Satanic Temple for the use of a room in the school for an after hours Satan Club. What followed was, in the words of the district's superintendent, "chaos." Following an avalanche of parental complaints and a school shooting threat, the district rescinded their previous approval. Legal action followed, and a federal judge recently ruled that the school must in fact allow the group to use the school's facilities. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Joel Saint joins Chris Hume to discuss this story and the chaos that follows when Christ is rejected as Lord.

Luke Saint’s new book, The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy (available on Amazon), is an indictment against the modern-day infatuation with statism and the never-ending creation of new laws. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot podcast, Saint joins the show to discuss his new book. Saint and managing editor Chris Hume talk about politicians, Marxism, and manmade laws, among other things covered in Saint’s new book. Special thanks to the sponsor of this podcast: Keystone Gun-Krete (www.keystonegun-krete.com).

In June 2022, Lititz Chooses Love hosted a pride festival in Lititz Springs Park that the owners of the park (Lititz Moravian Church) later deemed “grossly inappropriate.” On the day of the festival, local Pastor Joel Saint (Independence Reformed Bible Church) led an outreach of over a dozen men to share the truth with the attendees of the homosexual pride event. In early 2023, the Lititz Moravian Church board instructed the Lititz Springs Park board to reject Lititz Chooses Love’s request to hold the event in 2023. The park board defied that instruction and issued a contract anyway. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Pastor Joel joins Chris Hume to discuss the 2022 outreach and the plans for the 2023 pride fests that are scheduled for Lancaster County. For more information about the upcoming outreaches, visit: www.irbc.church/stoppride.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is "back in business" after a slight delay due to Speaker drama. Now, Pennsylvanian legislators can get back to the business of creating more and more laws. Indeed, they have picked up right where they left off last year. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, managing editor Chris Hume analyzes several of the latest legislative proposals in Harrisburg.

Local pastor Joel Saint joins The Lancaster Patriot's Chris Hume to discuss the issue of driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, and insurance. Is the civil government authorized by Christ to punish someone for driving down the road without causing any harm, nor breaking any moral laws? The modern, humanistic mind says yes. The Bible provides a different answer. If the Bible only authorizes the civil government to punish evil (cf. Romans 13:3; 1 Peter 2:14), why has the American mind granted the government the authority to control who drives on the roads? Listen to this episode of The Lancaster Patriot podcast for an important look at the freedom to travel. (To listen to Pastor Joel's Think & Reform podcast on the government and roads, visit: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-7kpfj-1385528)

In 2020, Gabe Rench was arrested for refusing to wear a mask at an outdoor Psalm-singing event in Moscow, Idaho. Rench was acquitted in his criminal case shortly thereafter, and Rench sued the City of Moscow for their actions against him. Finally, over two years later, a United States District judge has ruled in favor of Rench. According to a press release, Rench was pleased with the outcome: “Yes, this is a constitutional victory for Idahoans, but it is also a showcase of how dumb petty, tyrannical mayors and unelected city officials can be, and where they end up when abused citizens have the endurance to fight back and defend their rights.” In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot podcast, Rench joins The Lancaster Patriot managing editor Chris Hume to discuss the case, the need for righteous magistrates, and the importance of Christian community.   Watch the video of Rench's arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jav-5...  For more on Gabe: https://gaberench.com/

Joel Saint, pastor of Independence Reformed Bible Church, joins The Lancaster Patriot managing editor Chris Hume to answer common objections to applying the Bible to the civil realm. Shouldn't we only focus on the family and the church? Was the Apostle Paul really interested in changing culture? Won't the nations always be idolatrous? All these objections, and more, are addressed in this episode of The Lancaster Patriot podcast. For more on the question of "Did Paul try to transform society?" visit: https://postmillennialworldview.com/2016/08/30/did-paul-try-to-transform-society/

Following Rep. Bryan Cutler's involvement in electing a Democrat as Speaker of the House, the House Republicans are now complaining that they cannot "get back to work" in the Pennsylvania House. But do we really need these "lawmakers" to get back to the task of creating another set of shiny new laws? In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, local pastor Joel Saint joins The Lancaster Patriot managing editor Chris Hume to discuss the current impasse in Harrisburg and the idolatrous practice of looking to our legislators to save our society.