The Lancaster Patriot Podcast

Danelo Cavalcante is finally captured (and gets bit in the head by a dog in the process), a Florida man kills his teenage son, and Mexican lawmakers hold a hearing on extraterrestrial life. Support the show via Patreon!

Joel, Luke, Travis, and Chris finish their discussion of Thomas Paine's Common Sense and also discuss Gerald Groff's Title VII lawsuit concerning working on the Lord's Day.

New Mexico governor issues 30-day gun ban, Virginia governor pardons Scott Smith, and a murderer is on the loose in Pennsylvania. To support the show, visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheLancasterPatriot

The Amish are sometimes presented as a model "parallel economy" to emulate. They are able to provide many goods and services, sometimes without being connected to the same infrastructure as others. However, statist attacks on the Amish have increased (not decreased) in recent years. Can any parallel economy, focused on serving neighbors, exist if statism is the law of the land? Ex-Amishman Dave Stoltzfus joins Joel Saint, Luke Saint, and Chris Hume on this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast. To purchase Luke Saint's book, visit: https://a.co/d/jkPtbEq To support The Lancaster Patriot, visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheLancasterPatriot To purchase Chris Hume's book, visit: https://a.co/d/7b72AET To watch the full Townhall video about Samuel B. Fisher, visit: https://youtu.be/1T8OcNnFvpE?si=zXZxhbeipsQ5kOkn To support Reuben King, visit: https://www.givesendgo.com/reubenking

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense has been referred to as the pamphlet that inspired the American War for Independence. In the 47-page booklet, Paine argued that civil government can be organized by utilizing human reason and looking at nature. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Luke Saint (author of The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy) joins Joel Saint, Travis Schmalhofer, and Chris Hume to consider the first chapter in Paine's pamphlet and discuss America, the Constitution, and theonomy/theocracy. To become a patron of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheLancasterPatriot To order Luke Saint's book visit: https://a.co/d/6xErbDW

What started out as a discussion about local farmer Reuben King and gun regulations quickly morphed into an impromptu, friendly debate about man-made law, the U.S. Constitution, and biblical law. Do we need more laws (or codes) than the ones that God has given us in the Bible? Or do we simply need righteous judges to apply God's law and adjudicate between disputants? Travis Schmalhofer, Joel Saint, and Chris Hume address these topics on this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast.

Earlier this month, Joel Saint and Luke Saint traveled to the African nation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide teaching on applying the Bible to the civil sphere. On this episode, they explain the need, both in the Congo and in the United States, for a biblical vision for civil government.

John Leach, founder of Waymakers Missions Africa, is a South African Christian who serves the church in Zambia and Angola. Leach joins Pastor Joel Saint and The Lancaster Patriot's Chris Hume to discuss his work among the rural Luvale people in Zambia and Angola. For more about John Leach, visit: https://waymakers.org.za/ To support The Lancaster Patriot, visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheLancasterPatriot

In 2020, many Christian leaders suspended the assembly of the saints. Notable pastors who supported such decisions include John MacArthur and W. Robert Godfrey. MacArthur said it was an "easy call" to listen to the government and suspend worship. Godfrey claimed that God was the one "who has stopped our worship as the gathered body of Christ on the Lord’s Day." Ernie Springer, Dr. Joel Yeager, and Dr. Daniel O'Roark disagree. Their book, Coronavirus and the Leadership of the Christian Church, is a cleareyed critique of the closing of the American church, and a call to repentance for those who buckled. On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Springer and Yeager join Pastor Joel Saint and The Lancaster Patriot's Chris Hume to discuss their book and the failure of Christian leadership, including the failure to repent of shutting down the assembly of the saints. To purchase Springer and Yeager's book, visit: https://www.lulu.com/shop/daniel-oroa... For a free download of Hume's book, visit: https://essentialservice.dudaone.com/ To read the article by Peter Van Doodewaard that Joel Saint referenced, visit: https://theaquilareport.com/covid-19-... For more on MacArthur and Godfrey's words (and actions), see: https://reformedhope.com/2022/08/05/g...

On August 20, Jennifer Butler will present “Reclaiming Faith to Counter White Christian Nationalism” at the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren in Lancaster County. Butler claims that the Bible teaches that women have the right to abort their children and that white Christian nationalists think American should be a Christian nation because the founders were Protestants. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume challenges some of her claims and publicly invites her to participate in a debate.