The Cory Truax Show

On this Episode: A WORD ON THE HOLIDAY SEASON (0:00-13ish) Thanksgiving and Christmas are hectic. These end-of-year holidays happen so fast, they often happen TO us -- instead of us engaging and experiencing them. I have a word of caution on that. Additionally, Advent season is right around the corner, so I have a word on week 1's theme: hope. ANDREW COFFEE, AHMAUD ARBERY, KYLE RITTENHOUSE, THE BI...

On This Episode: A QUESTION, A CONVERSATION, AND AN ACCUSATION -Listener Question: Are American Church run more like governments than they should be? -Conversation: Is there a "the one"? -Accusation: "You Christians seem too happy when someone who opposes you experiences calamity." HYPOCRISY ABOUNDS -- ARE WE GUILTY? The New York Times recently published a video accusing their own (the American Le...

On This Episode: THE ORIGIN OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT Recently, a podcast erroneously and slanderously alleged that the Religious Right formed through racism. I'll debunk that. However, more importantly, we'll use this as a lesson in learning to think with some nuance and admitting that a complicated world requires complicated thinking. V-WORD MANDATE IS ISSUED AND THEN STOPPED The 5th Circuit correc...

There's a lot on this episode. We talk about the terrible "Life of Linda" campaign and how there are many other stories to tell that are more human-affirming. I talk about the culture in which we raise our kids and why we're losing them to secularism and its Leftism. I'll prepare you for all the lies you'll be told during the holiday season. I'll even tell you how the Left ruins Twix. It's a good...

On this Episode: CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE "LET'S GO BRANDON" PHENOMENON The Scriptures have a lot to say about the Christian's participation in the culture -- in particularly how we use our words. Let's apply that to the "Let's Go Brandon" phenomenon and a couple other items. LESSONS FOR TRAVEL I recently visited Amish country and the city of Philadelphia. There's a lot we can learn for our chara...

On this Episode: -What we can learn from Squid Game's popularity. -Sexual abuse has already rocked many institutions. In the SBC and in public schools, it seems another reckoning is coming. -Demi Lovato is mentally ill. -Men managing their hobbies while still fulfilling their duties. -A Super dishonest NBC headline -MUCH more

On This Episode: REACTION TO DAVE CHAPPELLE'S COMEDY SPECIAL Chappelle is taking fire from alphabet soup lobby, and he's taking it well. He also spoke important truth in that special about the actual dominant force in the culture. You can often tell who is in charge of any given organization/culture by determining who you are NOT allowed to joke about. Chappelle's special is revealing that truth....

On This Episode: A LISTENER EMAIL ON WHY I'M WRONG ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCES (0:00-13:55) I recently argued that younger folks today struggle financially, IN PART, because of widespread inability to deny themselves the things they want and by thoughtless spending. A listener wrote in and made good arguments about inflation and cost-of-living being the primary driver of financial struggle. Let's find...

On this Episode: NO SOLUTIONS -- JUST TRADE-OFFS An important lesson to remember in life is that everything is a compromise between competing interests. If you make perfection the demand, you'll just be miserable. This lesson is important in policy-making too. DEEP LESSONS FROM A FOOTBALL GAME. NO, I'M SERIOUS A major football program is disappointed, but there are important lessons about entitlem...

I would usually provide a guide to the show in this section, but I'm in Colorado for work, and super busy. So, just enjoy it!

On This Episode: THE V@C!NE MANDATE IS OBVIOUSLY ILLEGAL (0:00-14:50) No president has this power, and the use of this power should trouble literally everyone. The order's parameters are arbitrary and capricious. The enforcement mechanism ranges from unclear to impossible. The court decisions being used as justification regarded how citizens interact with their government and were legislative acti...

Let’s take deep breaths and then talk about it.

On this episode: I have some opening thoughts on the authority of Scripture in life. After that, though, I want to talk about the Texas abortion law, and then more broadly, revisit the abortion debate.

Ten minutes on the Texas Abortion law

On This Episode: IS THE HUMAN MIND DIMINISHING? (0:00-14:50) When you think about the minds of antiquity -- Montesquieu, Jefferson, De Tocqueville, etc -- prima facia, it appears their level of cognition, computation, memorization, pattern recognition, and ideation are superior to today's best thinkers. When you compare the curricula of old to today's, again, it can seem we're diminishing intellec...

On This Episode: I HAVE AUDIO OF A WOMAN INDICATIVE OF PEOPLE HOW HAVE A CoV2 PHOBIA You really need to hear this audio from This American Life. This young lady has passed caution onto outright hysterical phobia -- but she feels righteous and good in this fear. We can laugh at or resent these people, sure. But there's also a better response. "ESSENTIAL WORKERS" AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT WORK I have s...

On This Episode: THE REAL PROBLEM IN AFGHANISTAN It seems almost unanimous that the US needed to leave Afghanistan. It's also seemingly unanimous that no one liked how the withdraw went. We Ie examine the problem, though, I lay it at the feet of the Islam. There is a reason it was Christianized cultures that birthed the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolutions. Islam, largely, is a system of rot,...

On This Episode: TWO SOCIAL QUESTIONS: HOW TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS? SHOULD AT LEAST ONE PARENT STAY HOME WITH THE KIDS? (0:00-17:22) Don't blame me. A listener asked me to weigh in on the questions of education and household organization. Many conservatives and Christians are advocating leaving the public school system altogether. My take is mostly that not all schools are the same, so each individual...

On this Episode: QUICK WORD TO OPEN THE 7-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY (0:00-3:30) The show just completed six years. Thanks to all who listen, review, share, and support monetarily the show. THE SIMONE BILES STORY WAS COVERED ALL WRONG (3:30-15:30) Some conservative media demonized her. Liberal media lionized her. Neither were helpful. The real story ends up being about the Leftist media reaction. They provi...

On this Episode: THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP TREND IS A BIBLICAL ONE (0:00-7:05) With books like "Leaders Eat Last" and business schools teaching "servant leadership," it is worth noting that the entire idea is one Jesus gave us. Greatness through service is a Jesus-taught concept.  Even in an unbelieving world, when Biblical practices and values are enacted, it's good and right for human flourish...

On This Episode: OUR OBSESSION WITH "THE SELF" IS MAKING US MISERABLE (0:00-14:26) The Western world has largely conquered the problems that plagued most of history -- hunger, security, comfort, etcetera. In the absence of those struggles, we've become obsessed with the "self" and the emotional affirmation thereof. The results of that, though, have been soaring rates of all sorts of emotional diso...

There’s a surprising lesson about how we receive the Kingdom of Jesus in this very famous passage of scripture. It’s a passage about children, but not CHIEFLY about children.

On this Episode: THE RISE AND FALL OF MARS HILL CHURCH (0:00-15:30) I've been listening to a FASCINATING podcast about the rise and fall of Mark Driscoll and the church he pastored in Seattle. One lesson I know we can take from Driscoll is the importance of being teachable. Are you someone who can take criticism and counsel? Do you make it terrifying for anyone to question you? There is safety and...

On this Episode: WORRY AND FEAR AS A CULTURAL FIXTURE (0:00-14:53) Putting aside actual anxiety disorders for a moment, I noticed recently that we are a culture almost dominated by fear. In conservative media, I recently saw BODY ARMOR being advertised. The home security systems have become ubiquitous, and we have companies selling us apps to constantly monitor our kids and even our pets.  In...

On This Episode: INDEPENDENCE DAY THOUGHT (0:00-7:26) Happy Independence Day, all! Every year, I try to connect the people that celebrate the US totally uncritically and those that struggle to celebrate it at all. We are both the greatest experiment for human flourishing in the history of the planet AND a place with deep flaws -- all at the same time. We can, and should, recognize all those truths...