Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

Your Chriamas service might mention Isaiah 9, calling Jesus the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. That's great, but I have never heard the REST of Isaiah 9 quoted.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Media today doesn’t just blur facts—it distorts morality. From a young age, children are told that good and evil are relative, even reversed. Another “kids’ movie” came out teaching that villains are the heroes. In a world bent on confusion, our goal is to find moral clarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener brought up this wonderful scene of accountability from George Bailey. Also, how can we "Take heed" and not be choked out by the "cares of the world" in this busy season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if you've seen it 100 times or if you've only seen bits and pieces, watch all of It's A Wonderful Life this weekend. And don't wait until Christmas to watch it. Let it inform your entire Christmas season starting now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abraham Davenport was a member of the founding generation. When everyone around him thought Jesus was coming back, and I mean thought he was coming back that second, Davenport didn't change a thing. We should have a similar posture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A sailor on the Mayflower, not one of the Pilgrims, boasted about his health and mocked the sickly Pilgrims. Then, he got what was coming to him. We must learn the lesson his fellow sailors learned: to thank God for all things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American education was once built on Scripture and truth. Today, public schools push explicit sex-ed, gender ideology, and anti-Christian worldviews while erasing our biblical heritage. This episode exposes how government overreach, teachers’ unions, and activist curricula have corrupted the classroom—and why millions of parents are fighting back From the explosive rise of classical Christian schools and homeschooling to practical steps your family can take, Mike Slater lays out the biblical vision for education that forms hearts, minds, and souls for Christ. This is part two of a two-part episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American education was once built on Scripture and truth. Today, public schools push explicit sex-ed, gender ideology, and anti-Christian worldviews while erasing our biblical heritage. This episode exposes how government overreach, teachers’ unions, and activist curricula have corrupted the classroom—and why millions of parents are fighting back From the explosive rise of classical Christian schools and homeschooling to practical steps your family can take, Mike Slater lays out the biblical vision for education that forms hearts, minds, and souls for Christ. This is part one of a two-part episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Adams Thanksgiving Proclamation read, "I HAVE therefore thought fit to recommend that Wednesday the Ninth Day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer". Humiliation? What is humiliation and why is this a part of Thanksgiving?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine the scene of the Pilgrims departing Holland. If you were their pastor, what advice would you give? Fortunately, we know what John Robinson wrote these brave Pilgrims. Their pastor recited Ezra 8, a beautiful parallel to our Pilgrims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices