The Cory Truax Show

On This Episode: DESANTIS, ABBOTT, AND FLYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY When Governors most affected by the 8,000 humans crossing our border each day sent many of them to New York, Chicago, and Washington DC, I thought it was a good and right decision. Small Texas towns don't have the resources to sustain the 2 million people who illegally cross the border this year. Moreover, the folk...

On This Episode: LISTENER SUBMISSIONS I finally catch up on some email from listeners: -One says I've gone soft, and that the more cantankerous Cory was better. I'm not going back there, though. -What do I actually think about the End Times and how the world ends? -Are pharmaceutical companies responding to malignant incentives when it comes to depression treatments? -Is the idea of extra-terrestr...

On This Episode MATT CHANDLER You probably heard one of the most prominent figures in American Christianity is taking a "disciplinary and developmental" leave of absence. I'll provide details and recognize the warning in the story for all us. That major warning: be fastidiously mindful of what you do on the internet. CHRISTIANS AND HOUSING POLICY The New York Times published a story recently about...

The latest sermon in the Gospel of Mark Series

On This Episode Well, I did an entire episode on why the current plan to transfer student loan debt from borrowers to tax payers is a morally hazardous, intellectually vapid, and obviously self-interest vote-buying. Here’s a synopsis on why to oppose the Biden Administration’s plan to transfer student debt onto all of us. 1. It’s illegal. There is no Constitutional or statutory authority for presi...

The latest sermon in my Gospel of Mark series

On This Episode: ARE YOU A “QUIET QUITTER”? There’s a new phenomenon called “quiet quitting,” wherein employees are making a statement by doing the absolute minimum required, but doing it excellently. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think one is generational. I think my generation and younger saw our parents POUR their lives into jobs that didn’t appreciate them, and we’re not making th...

On This Episode: BEING FAITHFUL IN AN ANTAGONISTIC WORLD Recently, my Facebook memories were full of condemnations of what happened in Charlottesville, VA 6 years ago. I saw me and many people of God rightly condemning the sin of racism and white supremacy. It occurred to me while looking back on those posts that we have to be faithful to call out the sins of the culture of this moment as well. It...

On This Episode: ENTERTAINING OURSELVES TO DEATH An important book by this title came out in 1985. I recently went through it, and it's important. He primarily argues that George Orwell's vision of totalitarianism coming from an outside force was wrong. Instead Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" correctly demonstrates that totalitarianism will come from our triviality, addiction to distraction, and...

On This Episode: SOCIAL SCIENCE CATCHES UP TO THE BIBLE -- AGAIN A recent study demonstrates the very real outcomes when lower incomes kids become friends with higher income kids. The study demonstrates what he know is obvious: who we choose as are social circle largely determines who we become. The Bible has been saying that for millennia.  AOC, MTG, AND BURNING IT ALL DOWN I want to compare...

On This Episode: SIGNIFICANT DEPRESSION STUDY Psychology today published a study that concludes the "Chemical Imbalance" theory of depression has no empirical evidence. Some folks are OVER-interpreting this data, but this is an important moment to assess our thinking on the future of mental health treatments. I have a ton to say on this one. C-V-D19 THOUGHTS Dr. Deborah Birx made an important admi...

ON THIS EPISODE: PATRIARCHY VS. COMPLEMENTARITY I found a group of believers recently that want to use the the term "patriarchy" to describe the Bible's teachings on gender roles. I want to argue that we don't need that word and all its baggage. We have better ways to explain the Bible's revealed truth and wisdom: masculinity and femininity are good, of high honor, and complement each other. Men s...

On This Episode: THE CHRISTIAN AN PATRIOTISM I want to re-visit this topic with categories. We can trade in America First and "proud to be an American for "Kingdom first" and humility that God placed us in the most prosperous, safest, most stable place in human history. Let's be grateful for where we are, use its opportunities for the Gospel -- all without making the country an idol. HOW TO REPOND...

On This Episode: LOCAL UNIVERSITY DOES NOT RENEW LESBIAN PROFESSOR'S CONTRACT A Baptist University is getting a little negative attention for letting a newly-open lesbian professor go. They made the exact correct decision, and I'll tell you why. RAPID FIRE SECOND SEGMENT -A reasoned response to our gender madness from... Bette Midler? -Part of growing up is no longer letting our experiences tint o...

On This Episode: WHY THE LEFT TENDS TO BE UNPREPARED FOR ARGUMENTS In the aftermath of rulings on abortion, guns, and religious liberty, I noticed the Left is bad at their arguments. I theorize that is because to be on the Left means your worldview is affirmed in school, on TV, in movies, in music, and the entire culture more broadly. To be on the Right is to be challenged by the world around you....

On This Episode: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION -I found that we have a conservative vs fundamentalist divide over abortion, Critical Race Theory, Standards for Leaders and our general demeanor. -I have a lot to say about all of those. -Rick Warren bragged into a microphone, but it gives us a chance to examine the distinctions of the Church's governance. How...

ON THIS EPISODE: KAVANAUGH ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT The only feature of the tumult of the 1960s we haven't had is the assassinations. We are a people standing on shaky ground. We can't handle a major assassination. We can learn a lot from this plot and from whence it came. THE CHURCH AND BIG DATA Some churches are now using the same tactics that major digital media and digital advertisers use to targ...

ON THIS EPISODE: LIVING AS A CHRISTIAN DURING THE SECULAR HOLY MONTH OF "PRIDE" It occurred to me that all religions have a calendar. The Christian calendar just recently celebrated Ascension Day and Penteost. In our secular progressive humanist religion -- the dominant religion in America -- Pride month is starting to seem like their Advent or Passover. That recognition prompted this question: ho...

On This Episode: A DEBATE ON RACIAL INJUSTICE The first 2/3 of the show is dedicated to covering a Gospel Coalition debate regarding the church's response to racial injustice. I'll play many sound clips, respond, and synthesize an answer. WHO NEEDS THAT GUN? I keep hearing this argument like it's a debate-ender. It's not. The response is practical, philosophical, and even theological. RAPID FIRE T...

I spent almost the entire show providing details of the report regarding how the SBC has handled sexual assault/abuse allegations over the past 20 years. It's ugly, sad, and we'll work through the entire thing together.

ON THIS EPISODE: RHETORIC, VIOLENCE, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM We've had a spate of politically or ideologically motivated violence in the last decade or so.  I have noticed that the zeitgeist of the moment does not equally apply the standard of how much media, rhetoric, or ideas motivate this violence. I'm going to equally apply the standard and then encourage some steps on how to pr...

On This Episode: THE BIBLE AND STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS (0-13:00) I've seen a few memes and people trying to use the Bible to argue for student loan forgiveness. While I oppose student loan forgiveness, I most vehemently oppose twisting Scripture. That's what I want to address. WAR ABOUT POLITICAL TACTICS INSIDE THE AMERICAN CHURCH (13:00-40:00) I find it inexpressibly hard to take a side in an ar...

My latest sermon in the Gospel of Mark series.

On This Episode: TIM KELLER TWEET MISSES THE MARK SORT OF BADLY I don't presume to have anywhere near the level of wisdom and knowledge Tim Keller does. He's a role-model-from-a-distance of mine. He did recently have a tweet thread about Christians, politics, and when we divide that missed the mark badly, though.  THE SUPREME COURT, ABORTION, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT You've all heard what's happ...

ON THIS EPISODE: The call for the believer is to love your neighbor. But can you love your neighbor when he's constantly punching you? What if he's punching someone else? How do you love that neighbor? Here's what I'm saying. We live in one of the most antagonistic, polarized, and oppositional moments in modern history. One side is very aggressive. It wants power, control, and its ideas to be hege...