Contra Mundum

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This week, the CREC Council met in Nashville, TN, and, among other business, passed a Memorial on Nations. There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding this memorial. We were on the ground and witnessed what actually happened and have a few thoughts.

Today we are joined by J. Chase Davis, the author of Offensive Christianity. Is contemporary Christianity too inoffensive? Is it unbiblical to offend anyone? We discuss this plus maybe a little bit of The Current Thing.

We no longer recognize our nations and our homelands. Conservatives are great at lamenting what we have lost, BUT they get CONCERNED when we want to do something about it. Conservatism is not enough anymore. Hard times need to be confronted by hardened men, by patriots. That’s the only way we can restore greatness.

The "affordability crisis" is a major talking point lately. Things have long been getting worse, but furor erupted online over fast food burritos now becoming a luxury good. The issue, of course, is not $20 burritos or even whether it is a wise use of finances to get lunch out regularly. It is instead a question of, why do things cost so much? Why is so much of our income going to daily necessitie...

Shiloh Hendrix was convicted yesterday on one of two counts of disorderly conduct for using the gamer word. We discuss how you don't actually have a Constitution without the will and the people capable of upholding it.

Yesterday, Donald Trump revealed recently unclassified documents showing Chinese and other foreign interference in American elections. What will this mean for elections going forward? What are the foreign policy implications of this? And will there be corresponding releases of domestic election malfeasance in the future? Plus CJay gives his eulogy of Senator Lindsey Graham.

Revelation is a "revealing" or an "unveiling." That is what the Greek word transliterated into English as "apocalypse" means. Who or what is revealed in this book? Why has it been given to us? And what does it mean that "the time is near?"

Today's topics: -The Trump Admin's new Green Card rules -Massie's defeat -Paxton's win -Zach Garris' trial

Ron and Andrew discuss the various interpretive methods of Revelation, what each of their strengths and weaknesses are, and what the best one is.

In this episode, Ron and I examine the arguments for a late date (AD 90s) for Revelation and articulate why this is built upon weak evidence and also conflicts with the internal evidence of the book.

Apocalyptic talk is all the rage today, even more than it normally is. "Who could be the antichrist?" "Is World War III around the corner?" The mainstream of American Christianity is apocalyptic. That has been true our entire lifetimes. It remains true today, though things seem to be changing. As people question the End Times obsessiveness, and historical alternatives begin to have purchase, the q...

Earlier this month CJay wrote a long post on the topic of race, ethnicity, and American identity. Naturally, the kind of people who believe the (now-discredited) SPLC is the fount of all truth immediately objected to it. This is, of course, a difficult topic because of the hysterical religious zealotry surrounding it, but God has called Christians to maturity, especially in difficult topics such a...

We are coming to you live from the Texas Panhandle with legendary oil man Skippy Petro. 40th Birthday Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/...

We revisit Calvin Coolidge’s immigration essay and apply it to the modern crisis. From cultural cohesion to policy failure, this episode explores why his framework still holds and what it means for America now.

I am joined today by the great poaster, Kaiser Von Lohengramm. We discuss the history of the Anglo-Saxons, where they came from, what they did, and how they became the ethnic and cultural core of what would one day become America. We discuss this and many other topics. Cheers.

Every so often, something pops off in online discourse that lays bare faultlines that were already always there. This week was dominated by discussion of a young man with an online branding business who announced to the world that his wife had been a former online performer, and after her conversion, she is now "more pure than most virgins." AD and I will discuss this phenomenon and what is actual...

A conversation with C.Jay Engel and Glenn Arbery on the Southern critics, what they opposed, what they defended, and how their arguments challenge the modern American order.

This episode looks at how the rise of the United States helped unravel the Westphalian system built after the Peace of Westphalia. While the system began to weaken after World War I and World War II, it was the U.S. that reshaped it.

Today on the stream, I am joined by John Doyle. We will discuss all the current things, discourse online, why doomers and blackpillers are always wrong, and how we are going to win.

Wide-ranging conversation with C.Jay Engel and Lee Cogdon unpacking the life and legacy of George Kennan the architect of Soviet containment. We explore Kennan’s role in shaping early Cold War strategy, the intellectual foundations of containment, and how his ideas were interpreted (and often misapplied) by U.S. policymakers.

In this episode, CJay sits down with historian Sean McMeekin to discuss Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union, and the true dynamics behind World War II.

In this episode, C.Jay sits down with Allan Carlson to discuss his intellectual journey, his concept of the “Natural Family,” and the decline of the traditional family in modern America. We explore the rise of neoconservatism, the distortions of radical individualism, the economic and cultural forces that have weakened family life, and whether the West has any real path toward renewal. Support the...

The United States is in a state of war against Iran. Is this good for the American people? What is the actual point of all of this? Featuring Ron Dodson and Stormy Waters