
Backwoods Belief
The future of Christianity is on the margins, on the frontier - away from the institutions and self-professed leaders that have failed the church repeatedly. Christianity thrives in the Backwoods.
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Jul 12, 2024 • 1h 12min
SBC, PCA, and What Makes the Difference
The Southern Baptist Convention and Presbyterian Church in America recently had their yearly get-togethers.
The SBC meeting was a disaster for conservatives. The PCA meeting was a win for conservatives.
What made the difference? And what does this say about contemporary evangelicalism?
Hit play and find out!

Apr 25, 2024 • 52min
Christianity is Self-Referential
The guys from The Backwoods welcome you out to a good ol' grab-bag episode touching on some recent controversies in Reformed Evangelicalism.
Big takeaway: Christ is Lord and therefore it is ok to say it.

Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 6min
Valuing Our Forefathers & God's Good Design with Michael Clary
Michael Clary comes out to the Backwoods to discuss gratitude for Godly forefathers and his book, God's Good Design for Human Sexuality.
From Michael Clary:
American Reformer - Scorning Our Forefathers
Book - God's Good Design: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Guide to Human Sexuality

Feb 16, 2024 • 28min
Institutional Bravery (The Talk)
Can we build institutions that don't move Left over time? Can we prevent existing organizations from doing so?
Here's some resources on creating and keeping important groups conservative.

Jan 25, 2024 • 1h 8min
The Charles Haywood Interview
Explore peak energy, online perceptions, and the journey of Charles Haywood from lawyer to right-wing influencer. Navigate political discourse, ideological challenges, and truths in Orthodoxy. Reflect on Orthodox vs. right-wing power dynamics, hobby farming, societal predictions, and personal development for a stable future.

Jan 8, 2024 • 1h 15min
Life in the Objective Room
You live in The Objective Room.
If you know what that means then you know we have to figure out how to live faithfully in there. If you don't? Hit Download, press Play, and we'll catch you up.
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C.S. Lewis' Essay "The Inner Ring"

Dec 20, 2023 • 1h 1min
The Dorean Principle with Conley Owens
We're talking to author Conley Owens about his book The Dorean Principle and how we fund ministry in modern evangelicalism.

Dec 4, 2023 • 59min
The Virtue of Hate
Loving something necessarily involves hating what would destroy it.
Not convinced? Come on out to the Backwoods and we'll explain.
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Michael Clary's Thread on Evangelical Tone Policing
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Oct 23, 2023 • 58min
In Praise of Cultural Christianity
Cultural Christianity takes a lot of criticism in the fashionable circles of Evangelicalism. Far from a negative, though, it is far preferable to the alternatives.
We'll get into all the reasons and ramifications on this episode of Backwoods Belief.

Oct 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
Friend Zone Christianity
On this journey to The Backwoods we're talking about why evangelicals (among other groups) are self-loathing and if anything can be done about it.
Our launching point is this American Reformer piece by Stiven Peter titled Against the Loser Mentality: Victory Comes by First Overcoming Evangelical Leadership.
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