Rebel - Podcast for Cultural Engagement

It’s summer holiday time with the Rebels, so today we take a listen back 90 episodes to January 2019 when the topic was feminism, gender roles and traditional marriage.  We see that these issues have become even more controversial today.  Fortunately the truth, God’s truth, has not changed, and because God designed us, we work best when we obey his Word.  &nbsp...

Facebook can be a vehicle for speaking your mind, supporting others who share your views, or allowing the ‘loudest talker’ to dominate with their rhetoric.  Here are some methods to prevent falsehoods from becoming embedded in people’s minds. To support the show you can become a Fight Laugh Feast Club Member here:  flfnetwork.com/membership/   You can also joi...

With Roe v Wade getting overturned there has, as predicted, been a flurry of social media posts making no small disturbance.   This week P Nate and #1 take the time to dismantle a few BAD arguments they are seeing Christians engage with poorly as well as giving you a bit more ammunition in your magazine.   To support the show you can become a Fight Laugh Feast Club Member here:  flf...

In another effort to get really practical, P Nate and Pootie discuss another strategy often talked about in Pastoral counseling: the issue of controlling your thought-life.   Many Churches and Christians have an improper understanding of spiritual warfare. At the core, spiritual warfare is a battle over who, or what controls your thinking. In this episode the rebels discuss how to train your...

This week P Nate and Pootie tackle a subject that has been the focal point of many pastoral care sessions over the years.   In pastoral counseling Nate will often be asked how parents can keep their kids free from the entanglement of the world, the LGBT agenda, the lure of bad friend groups etc. The advice given applies equally though to having fulfilling marriages, thriving churches, great c...

One of the most used and yet most misunderstood passages of the last two years is Romans 13:1-5 – BUT what about all time? Well, we think understanding the new heavens and the new earth ranks pretty high up there.   Most Christians believe we are waiting for the new heavens/earth to be created after this earth is destroyed! If that’s true, is heaven going to be destroyed too? Is t...

One of the questions we seem to get a lot these days is a speculative question asking what we think the next several years/ decades will look like in North America, and more specifically here in Canada.   It is no secret that things have been rough. The last two years we have seen: Lockdowns that not only caused depression, anxiety, domestic abuse, drug overdose, pornography addiction and a h...

This week P Nate and Pootie use the monkey-pox scare as a jumping off point to talk about FEAR. Fear has gripped many throughout this pandemic, but it’s not just fear of covid. Some fear covid, others fear the government, some fear the future of our nation and others fear the state of the church... it’s one thing to be concerned, but being fearful is not an option for Christians who be...

In this episode Pootie and P Nate talk about a book they both recently read "In the House of Tom Bombadil" by CR Wiley. Beyond loving the book and holding the author in high regard, the Rebels unpack the practical implications of a book they both found profoundly helpful.     To support the show you can become a Fight Laugh Feast Club Member here:  flfnetwork.com/membership/ You can...

So you’ve discovered your friends are talking behind your back!  They can’t understand why you don’t believe in the rapture?! They think you’ve gone off the deep end with this post-mill thing!  Let Chris explain it all to them.     To support the show you can become a Fight Laugh Feast Club Member here:  flfnetwork.com/membership...

With the leaked Supreme Court decision and the overturning of Roe v Wade there will be no shortage of opportunities for Christians to engage in this topic. Conversations are popping up with the news and the glee and anger being expressed from various media outlets around the world.    P Nate and Pootie will leave the legal analysis and cultural predictions to more capable folks... but wh...

There is a great book making its rounds in North American Evangelicalism called Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. It’s a good (not great) book. But is it the RIGHT book?   Jesus chastised the Pharisees for failing to read the signs of their times... of course Christ was gentle and lowly, but he was also bold and courageous... which Christ-like characteristics are most needed for the tim...

There is a theology of fleeing. Jesus said when we are persecuted in one town to flee to the next... many like-minded Christians have already begun to think through whether the loss of personal liberties, coercive vaccine measures and slide towards totalitarian communism is enough to motivate us to seek greener (and more importantly freer) pastures elsewhere.   In this episode P Nate and Poot...

After some pushback on our episode defending Joe Boot and Theonomy, P Nate and Pootie talk about whether some things in that episode crossed a line, which leads to some conversation about when and how to use a ‘serrated edge’ while confronting brothers.    The duo then go on to talk about what it’s like to say hard things in a culture that is used to squishy things... w...

With the world in upheaval it seems like very few things matter as much as Christian community. When it comes to the call to be a “city on a hill”, what does that look like for local churches and how can we best position ourselves when the pressure of the State starts closing in from all sides? To support the show you can become a Fight Laugh Feast Club Member here:  flfnetwork.co...

P Nate and Pootie are back in Garage-Mahal ready to defend not only the theological orthodoxy of theonomy but of friend and mentor Dr. JOE Boot.   A lot has been said over the last year and much criticism has been directed at Joe, the Institute and Theonomy as a whole. Is it warranted? Is theonomy dangerous? Do those hurling insults even understand the position?   ... or is it not really...

P Nate and Pootie come out of semi-retirement in order to talk through the bombardment of lies being propagated in the culture.   From election coverage, to covid information, the trucker convoy and now War in Ukraine propaganda we see more and more Christians forgetting an inescapable concept: there is no neutrality.   We are called to be discerning truth seekers... how can we do that?...