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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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The guys discuss the current dating landscape. Why guys and girls aren't dating anymore. Why theyy must be, and what can be done about it.Some more mature topics in the latter half of this episode so you may want to listen to it without kids around first.
Jeff and Ben discuss the rising trend of evangelical figures who are reinventing themselves in light of the current cultural shifts toward the right.What's the problem? What should we do about it?
On this episode of Backwoods Belief Ben and Jeff address what church goers should expect from their pastors.
There's been lots of talk from dissident evangelicals and now Big Eva about pastors staying in their lane.What does that mean? What's the appropriate scope of a pastor's public work? We'll work through it on this episode.Go to FarmerBillsProvisions.com and use code BACKWOODS for to save 20% off todayBecome a member at jettisonentertainment.com
Why do the hymns of your grandparents’ church have greater staying power than modern worship? On this episode of Backwoods Belief Ben and Jeff explore why the old-timey hymns hit different.Go to FarmerBillsProvisions.com and use code BACKWOODS for to save 20% off todayBecome a member at jettisonentertainment.com
On this episode of Backwoods Belief, Ben and Jeff discuss the various institutions in evangelicalism that have been captured by leftism.Jettisonentertainment.com
What is the inner ring and why is it so appealing? C.S. Lewis experts, Ben and Jeff explain.
Ben and Jeff return for another episode of Backwoods Belief to discuss Ecclesiastical Struggle Sessions and how to handle them.Jettisonentertainment.com
What's gone on in evangelicalism since we last talked? What does it mean for the year moving forward?
The journal of Audrey Hale, the Covenant School (Nashville) shooter, was recently released. Despite not being the purported manifesto it was billed as the document does give an intimate look inside the mind of a brutal spree killer.
To learn what we can from it, namely how Hale was formed and how we can prevent more like her, we brought on David Harris - author of an excellent explainer article on the Hale journal for TruthScript.
This one is pretty dark, full of material you won't want your kids listening to with you. But it is important so let's get going.
We've got one of the best reporters working visiting the Backwoods on this one. He's talking to us about Abortion Abolition, Christian faithfulness at the ballot box, and voting Trump (or not).
We're aiming for more light and less heat on this one. Did we do it? Hit play and let us know.
Despite a church's stated polity it is often the case they are governed by a secret body of Shadow Elders.
We'll talk about who these Shadow Elders are, how to know if they control your church, and what to do about it in this episode.
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!
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.
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
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.
We're pleased to welcome Charles Haywood out to the Backwoods. This interview is wide ranging and we hope you enjoy listening to it half as much as we enjoyed recording it.
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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"
We're talking to author Conley Owens about his book The Dorean Principle and how we fund ministry in modern evangelicalism.
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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In a short amount of time, this episode is aging quite nicely. The recent underhanded and manipulative actions by Allie Beth Stuckey on the Alex Clark episode a month ago confirms that Stuckey's behavior will get worse. And the unwillingness by prominate pastors and members of the Christian community to speak critically to Stuckey is only going to exacerbate this. I don't know why there is this reluctance and fear by these people about risking geting on her bad side.
29:37 - 29:47 I 120% back this. The key here is to also help and educate families, especially Christian families, to hold on to the real estate once they get it. I have seen it happen where people's insurance and taxes have gone up to the point that they can no longer afford the mortgage. And don't think for a minute that it wouldn't be engineered to have people are getting taxed or "insured" or both out of their homes with the likes of BlackRock and Vangaurd waiting to grab them up.
24:42 I would argue that its already hard to get into places and aquire land to homestead. The time to do that was 2 - 3 years ago at a minimum and many of these properties are now out of people's price range to even borrower. Add into rising interests rates which have not made taking a mortgage lucative for most folks, which the fed interest rates has increased again last night at the time I wrote this comment, I concur that its going to make it even harder on something that is already difficult to do.
27:15 - 28:02 Gosh that reminds me of a conversation I had with my wife almost 6 years ago. Disney in 2017, before the trans stuff really took off and WAY before zoom was even a thing to concieve of leaking their agenda, got in trouble with the media because their castmembers prevented a little boy from participating in what supposed to be a girl only event. Disney apologized for it and was retraining their staff to prevent that from happening again. I could see what was coming and told my wife that we can no longer have anything to do with Disney as it was clear there would be no line from here on in that wouldn't be crossed. The wife was upset about this to the point that she actual wrote to Mark Gungor for advice. Pastor Gungor castigated me for my decision on his Let's Ask Mark clip. Regardless, we still stopped going to Disney and have been better for it. In fact, my wife is actually more outspoken about how crazy Disney has become than I am. Although, I did take Gungor's advice a
6:45 - 6:50 100% agree to call it cowardice. Too often I heard from many in Conservative Christian circles will say character matters or present issues from a biblical perspective. And not only does it not take long for those folks to trade those principles in, but they will use mental gymnastics to argue that their abondonment of principles wasn't somehow an adondonment of it at all.
1:05:15 - 1:05:55 A warning about this. Becareful going down the route of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". There is a reason the enemy of your opposition is their enemy. And even though you speak of managing risk, all too often I've seen folks who invoke this sight of keeping track of their so called "ally" and lived to regret it. Alliances as it seems is in a matter of dates, just as adversaries.
44:23 It's a little of topic what you guys were talking about. However, concerning King makers. Trump was never going to make kings. He doesn't have it in him to do so even if he didn't loose the last election. He would have found a way to still make this about him holding the strings and this is why we have the drama that we currently see among conservatives.
37:38 - 37:46 I keep seeing Matthew 12:36-37. We're all subject to it. Yet these people that Backwoods mention think in their doubling down and arrogance that somehow the Lord will not hold them accountable for the very careless and reckless words they use. It really is as you say. Either the day for judgement is coming or the Lord must appologize for Soddom and Gomorrah.