Cantus Firmus

I was recently on The Protestant Libertarian Podcast to discuss The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel. In short, we weren’t big fans. Listen to more […]

Alex Bernardo was my guest to discuss medieval Christianity’s integration of church and state, how liberalism paved the way for freedom of religion, and why […]

Scott Johnson, fresh from the premiere of the first season of his Travel Channel series The Legion of Exorcists, was my guest to dish about […]

I talked with Matthew Ferris, author of If One Uses It Lawfully: The Law of Moses and the Christian Life, about whether Christians should obey […]

Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University and a New York Times bestselling author of books that challenge conventional wisdom on […]

Pastor, author, and theologian David Ritchie was my guest to discuss his book Why Do the Nations Rage?: The Demonic Origin of Nationalism. We discussed […]

I was asked to preach a short sermon and suggested the topic “the upside down kingdom.” And here it is! Audio: https://cantus-firmus.com/Audio/20230101-upsidedownkingdom.mp3

This was a guest appearance I did on The Mad Ones in December 2021. Here was the original description: “This week, Cody Cook rejoin us […]

A reading from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago and N. T. Wright’s Surprised By Hope which illustrate why tyrants fear authentic Christianity so much.   Audio: […]

A  reading of an earlier version of the article that recently appeared  at the Libertarian Christian Institute’s website at https://libertarianchristians.com/2022/11/22/sacrament-allegiance-to-christ/ Audio ripped from a video […]

John Dangelo (antiwarwarvet.com) was my co-host as we asked philosopher Kerry Baldwin about what it means to be pro-life as a Christian anarchist who seeks […]

I was recently a guest co-host on The Mad Ones podcast to talk about women in church leadership with egalitarian theologian Nick Quient. It was […]

After a previous video recommending homeschool resources, I got some questions about one resource–the Tuttle Twins book series–which some had heard was Republican propaganda. After […]

Stephan Kinsella was my guest to talk about “intellectual property,” the concept that an individual’s ideas belong to them and should be protected from free […]

According to some estimates, 1/4 of women in the United States have had an abortion before the age of 45. If you’re pro-life and are […]

One idea I’ve been flirting with is the idea of separation. Christians are told to be holy, which means separate, throughout the Bible. They’re also […]

E. Randolph Richards was my guest to discuss how understanding collectivist cultures helps us to understand key ideas and important stories in the Bible. We […]

I was recently on The Mad Ones to talk enemy love, forgiveness, nonviolence, and political polarization. Here’s the audio of the conversation we had, but […]

Amber Carroll was my guest to discuss how Christian parents should respond to increased LGBTQ+ content in children’s programming. Should we cancel our Disney+ subscriptions […]

Connor Boyack was my guest to discuss his book Christ versus Caesar and the Mormon case for libertarianism. We also dove into some difficult topics […]

I was recently on the podcast The Mad Ones to answer the question “what is the Gospel?” If you grew up hearing the answer is […]

I’ve noticed a lot more parents who are curious about homeschooling. I had my daughter Ava join me to talk about different approaches to homeschooling, […]

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos was my guest to talk about Christian anarchism, Christian pacifism, and whether these ideas are practical and achievable. He is a lecturer in […]

Kristopher Borer was my guest to discuss his book The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism, which is a fascinating, fun, and engaging thought experiment about building a […]

Andrew Kern is the author of the book The Myth of the Social Contract: Refuting Common Arguments for Government Authority. We talked about why the […]