The Church Politics Podcast

Justin and John Richards breakdown the Supreme Court's latest decision in the Carson vs. Makin case. How does the case impact the free exercise of religion.https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/carson-v-makin/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin discusses the contradiction in claiming our democracy is at stake in the next election cycle and supporting extreme candidates for partisan purposes. He also talks about Synthetic Sex Identities and a compliment between two leaders from different sides of the ideological spectrum.https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/billionaire-family-pushing-synthetic-sex-identities-ssi-pritzkershttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/democrats-midterms-trump-gop.html?smid=tw-share Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and Chris discuss how most Black Christians don't fit into the conservative vs. progressive political framework. They also talk about how the Georgia U.S. Senate race, ironically, reflects the erasing of the Black Christian civic perspective.https://hiddentribes.us/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and Chris discuss how modernity has inverted truth and ignored the supernatural as they review Paul Kingsnorth's article "The Anti-Christ Now Rules Us All. They also talk about dress codes in schools and the Uvalde shooting.https://unherd.com/2022/05/the-anti-christ-now-rules-us-all/https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-dress-codes-chicago-public-schools-cps-20220525-us6ohh6kzfb73civjlf22ujpf4-htmlstory.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and special guest, John Richards, discuss what Christian advocacy should look like today. They also talk about the role John and A Better Glyn played in the Ahmad Arbury case and the problem with "parachute activism". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin talks about the Great Replacement conspiracy theory and why Christians must make sure our strength is in God rather than worldly power. He also discusses Alexander Stern's article, "The Technocrat's Dilemma".https://twitter.com/liz_cheney/status/1526159124840558592?s=21&t=JCJEZMw5RbflYo9ilEwb5whttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-technocrats-dilemma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and Chris interview special guest, Connecticut Representative Trenee McGee, about being a pro-racial justice and pro-life (whole life) Black woman. They talk about dismantling false narratives surrounding the issue and why being pro-life is the most compassionate stance.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/american-kids-no-rights-culture-war-roe/629791/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin discusses the AND Campaign's position on abortion and how they've tried to reframe this issue based on the authority of Scripture and compassion of Jesus Christ. He also talks about the Year of Jubilee and student loan debt cancellation.https://bibleproject.com/podcast/jubilee-radical-year-release/https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and Chris discuss the viral video of Michigan state senator, Mallory McMorrow, calling out Christian elected officials who use the faith as a weapon. They also talk about Congressman McCarthy getting caught on tape saying Trump should resign and the Democrats' "misinformation cope".https://religionnews.com/2022/04/23/state-sen-mallory-mcmorrow-on-reclaiming-faith-from-those-using-it-as-a-weapon-to-hate-people/https://www.slowboring.com/p/misinformation?s=r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin and Chris discuss Chris' article in the Chicago Tribune about a basic income guarantee. They also discuss the battle between Elon Musk and Twitter, and Amazon vs. labor unions.https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-universal-basic-income-chicago-economy-20220418-3typiebfxzdhxbr474wra527wu-story.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/04/amazon-labor-union/629550/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices