The Cory Truax Show

On This Episode: THE MEN WE NEED A New York Times editorial rightly sees the masculinity from Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock, and Dana White at the RNC as unhelpful, but he gets the CORRECT source of masculinity all wrong. CODDLING LEFT AND PUNCHING RIGHT People like me can be critiqued with this phrase. I want to provide a different paradigm on why it may seem like some of us are softer than some others wa...

On This Episode: MATT CHANDLER WITH SOME POLITICAL THOUGHTS The Village Church pastor recently said, "the Left wants the Kingdom without the King. The Right wants the King without the Kingdom." He took some heat for that, but I want to push back on his detractors. WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!?! You are living in a genuinely unique time in American history. I have some thoughts to add context an...

Cody is a smart dude, and we always have good talks. This is our latest one.

On this Episode: What else? The biggest story of the year was almost the biggest story of my lifetime. I have some sobering thoughts on the near-assassination. I'll address Trump himself, and what I hope can be a transformative experience that makes him consider his mortality. I also have thoughts on the Secret Service's failure, what the killer's profile tells us about young men in th...

On This Episode: GOP PLATFORM Republicans released their platform one week ahead of their Convention. I'll review it and provide details. WINNING IN THE CULTURE AS A CHRISTIAN I'll play two Christian figures -- one is Tim Keller. I'm asking the question in this darkening culture: what does it mean for Christians to WIN. It's more complicated than you may think. MUCH MORE

On This Episode: CHEVRON DEFERENCE CASE When the Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference case, they created an environment where we might be able to start chipping away at the massive federal bureaucracy that largely rules the American people. I'll break it down in detail. DISHONEST ABORTION STATISTIC Pro-Aborts are touting a statistic out of Texas regarding infant mortality being HIGHER af...

The final sermon in my Hebrews series.

On This Episode: DEBATE PREVIEW Our two elderly presidential candidates will be meeting in Atlanta, well passed their bedtimes, to "debate." I'll provide a preview and predict the strategies of both "men." TEN COMMANDMENTS IN CLASSROOMS Of course then 10 Commandments should be posted in classrooms. I'll explain why those arguing for "Separation of Church and State&...

My latest in the Hebrews series.

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Latest in the Hebrews Series.

ON THIS EPISODE: ALITO'S RECORDINGS The media is acting like Sam Alito said something akin to theocracy. It's actually normal, anodyne, and obvious. ANDY STANLEY DOUBLES DOWN ON WRONG The "pastor" of one of the largest churches in the country says AGAIN that the Bible is the wrong foundation for Christian faith. I'll critique that. THE WOKE RIGHT There's a certain section...

My latest in the Hebrews series

On this episode, Cody and I discuss: -Thinking about politics through a Covenantal Theology framework -Why Christianity needs BOTH wall builders and bridge builders -The new North Greenville University mascot -About a dozen other things along the way.

My latest in the Hebrews series

I have commentary on the Trump indictment that will anger and enliven everyone at various times.

On This Episode: PRAY FOR PEACE The death of the Iranian president makes me a little nervous. Let's pray for peace. POPE IS WRONG... AGAIN The Pope says human nature is good -- defying literally thousands of years of Christian teaching. I'll give details. VACATION TO THE GLORY OF GOD It's vacation season. We should recognize vacations, historically, are a reality for the tiniest groups...

On This Episode: ARE MEN LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY? Chris Rock echoes a lot of the manosphere out there, bemoaning the "inequity" and "unfairness" of being a man when it comes to love. I think Chris is missing one vitally important point for a man. I'll explain. CHRISTIANS AND AUTHORITARIANISM I'll play audio from a Christian who correctly says the Constitution is ill-equipped to govern a people as im...

On This Episode: SPECTACULAR IMPLOSION OF KRISTI NOEM The Governor of South Dakota thought it was politically wise to tell a country that largely exchanged kids for dogs that she once shot a 13-month-old dog to death -- oh and shot a goat too. It's funny when politicians make fools of themselves, but there's also some lessons we can learn. I'll share those. PRIMARY CANDIDATES I have ch...

On This Episode: TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM AND LYRICS Swift's new album has drawn fire from some Christian thinkers. I'll lay out the controversy and try to bring some clarity to how the Christian intakes secular entertainment. CIVIL WAR MOVIE REVIEW I saw the new movie, Civil War. It's mostly an argument to NEVER actually go to war; wars are just horrific. It also seems to make an...

On This Episode: JOHN NEWTON ON "ACCEPTABLE SINS" I have to share with you some BRILLIANT points from John Newton (writer of "Amazing Grace") about sins we just accept in ourselves. He makes a good point that real joy comes in GROWTH, and growing out of these sins will be joyous. ARGUING THE A-BOMB Tucker Carlson recently said America was deeply immoral for dropping the Atomic...

On This Episode: THE MASTER'S WINNER The winner of the Master's gave some compellingly strong and theologically astute responses to questions after his win -- regarding identity and even the cross of Christ. I have a theory why the great athletes of the next generation will be majority Christian. 2024's ABORTION POLITICS I grew up with one "pro-choice" party, advocating for &...

On This Episode: MITIGATING SMARTPHONE DAMAGE FOR KIDS We now have evidence that religious families are doing better at diminishing the deleterious effects of smartphone usage in kids. I'll share the details. ENCOURAGING GEN-Z NEWS Generation Z is pursuing trade schools in numbers we haven't seen in decades. This is good news for crucial industries that need youth infusion and for the inco...

On This Episode: BIDEN AND TRUMP FAIL AT EASTER Before Easter, the former president decided to sell a patriotic Bible. On Easter, the current president released a proclamation recognizing a pagan holiday for "transgender visibility." Both of these are bad, and the Christian can say both are both. I'll give details on each and my response to varying reactions to both. My major conclus...

The latest installment of our Hebrews series.