Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

I love it when two seemingly contradictory things are both true. JD Vance's message in Hillbilly Elegy and Psalm 126 both hold two truths at the same time. We can't abandon one for the other. We need them both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's fun to watch the RNC. It's a nice party, a celebration, a rallying of the team, it's all good. And it's especially fun to know that whatever goes on there, you have the real answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday, a lot of pastors dedicated their Easter sermons to this national tragedy. One pastor used 1 Peter 1:21, "...that your faith and hope might be in God" as a reminder that in times of prosperity and despair, there is one only place to turn. We need to turn there again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It begins. Today, we talk about some foundation truths we must have before taking on what's next for our nation. And know this: there is only one way to save this nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Carville says it's inevitable that Biden will resign. I don't agree. But it is inevitable that he will die. We all will! Yet we're all so terrified of it. Today I want to share Mark Twain's view of death after the death of his 3rd child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Twain tells the story of a man who was asked to choose one of five gifts: Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasure, or Death. Only one of them is valuable. He chose wrong. Biden is choosing wrong. Let us learn from Paul instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As someone who follows politics, this is an amazing time to be alive. As a conservative, seeing the other party in freefall is a delight. But watching Biden decline and cling to power is sad. There are some life lessons to learn here. We'll bring in Mark Twain and Jesus this week, but let's start this week with some Shakespeare.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is debate as to what the founders intended with church vs state. Fortunately, we've had centuries to figure out the best answers as a society. So the question now remains, should the church and state be separate? And if so, to what degree? Mike Slater discusses this with Baptist leader William Wolfe. Slater also discussed the founders' intent with Lathan Watts. Learn more about your ad choic...

Church vs state is an argument that is made frequently in a time where the Supreme Court is ruling in favor of Christian cases. Should there even be an argument over Christianity though? Well, that depends on if you believe America is a Christian nation. Is it? Mike Slater and Michael Knowles have a thoughtful discussion about what it means to be a Christian nation. Learn more about your ad choice...

Everyone asks God to bless America, but...why would he? What do we have to do to receive God's blessing for our country? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What an honor to talk to Pastor MacArthur. We talked about his new book "The War On Children" and also got into Joe Biden, Donald Trump, the only way we can save this country, and his choice words for Gavin Newsom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What an incredible political moment we're living in. What in the world are the Democrats going to do? They have no good answer out of this mess; a mess that was caused by Pride. We too can avoid pickles like this in our own lives if we beat down Pride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well. That debate was something. I'll do a segment next week on how the media and Democrats all KNEW this was true, but lied to you for years. This might be the greatest hoax of them all. Even as he campaigned in his basement in 2020 because he was senile, they kept the hoax going, until it came crashing down last night. But today's episode is a quick thought on managing emotions and a few thought...

The Supreme Court is not the decider of right and wrong. And the President is not our moral leader. We must look somewhere else for those answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In part I, Mike Slater dove into the timeline of end times and discussed whether we are in end times with Pastor Allen Jackson. In part II of the episode, Mike chats with Jack Posobiec on the political side of end times, and gets a Christian approach to the last days from Pastor Lee Cummings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The bible tells us that there is a beginning and an end. So are we living in end times? Mike Slater goes through the end times timeline and gets more perspective from Pastor Allen Jackson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our world today says kids are a curse (overpopulation) or an inconvenience (abortion). The Bible of course says otherwise. We should never be discouraged from having kids because we're afraid that "times are tough". They've been tougher. And God gave us not only a commandment but a blessing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't let anyone get away with this misconception again. Thomas Jefferson did NOT mean that the church will have no influence in government. He meant that the government will have no control over the affairs of the church. We got it completely backward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a lifetime of the media lying to us, sometimes it can still be a bit surreal. This latest batch of lies regarding Biden's mental state are quite illuminating. Let us not be surprised about a very simple fact: People lie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am so grateful to the two callers we had for our Gratitude Monday segment on Sirius/XM. They both had the same theme: we're not able to do it on our own. Of course you're not lol. Why does it take us so long to figure that out? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Be careful out there. Anything you say or do might have "fascist resonances". Don't be pro-family! Don't go being pro-marriage! Don't think people should raise children. The fascists maybe thought that too. You might have "resonances" with them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If only we all had the boldness of the Celtics coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Pew survey suggests we're living on different planets. We often speak different languages. Maybe this is God's grace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pew Research released a study on the drastic difference in the worldviews of Trump and Biden voters. Two questions in particular showed the root of our problems in America. And it all goes back to Genesis 11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is how the Bible says Peter and John spoke when being accused by the rulers. They spoke with cheerful courage. What does that look like today? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices