The Hammer Podcast

Is Biblical Church discipline really loving? As a follow up from last week the three letter agencies have approached us about our secret recordings. They wanted to know our sources! Regarding Church discipline, why do so many pastors skip this text? Why is it so hard to do? What is the balance between disciplining everyone and no discipline at all in the church? What should be the timing of church...

Praise God, first and foremost! Is it true that The Hammer Podcast is what God used to bring Trump to victory? The Hammer Podcast also has two exclusive secret recordings of phone conversations that were had immediately after Trump was the obvious winner. Tune in to find out what Russell Moore and David French talked about what did Vladimir Putin and one of his top strategist talked about after th...

With the election just around the corner, who would Charles Spurgeon vote for? Was Spurgeon really a part of the liberal party in London? “Satan wins, when Christians ride the fence!” - Eric Metaxas Spurgeon said civil war was better than the continuation of slavery! Was Cancel culture prevalent in London and the antebellum south during the time Spurgeon? Did Spurgeon preach about politcs? What di...

Before we get to the latest from the Kamala campaign we wanted to play a clip from the great Adrian Rogers. Why do Christian have a selfish love and not a selfless love? It is interesting how most of Paul’s prayers are prefaced with our love for each other. How can we practically live that out? Why and how has that been abused? Looking to Sundays sermon how does love for one another tie into Matth...

Ep. 78 Protecting our Children from the Democrat Death Cult! Why is the current Democrat party accurately defined as a death cult? What is their obsession with murdering and mutilating children?  Why are we so passionate about believers being active in voting?  (Especially those who might sit out this election.) Can a true believer actually say they’re voting for the Democrats? The video evidence...

Have Christians Given Up?  Shocking poll numbers show that 41 million Christians (born again, regular church attending) don’t plan to vote in the 2024 election!  Before we dive into that further we discuss Sunday’s sermon on Voting for the Best Gospel Candidate. We then discuss the continued parallels with Christians today and Christians in Nazi Germany.  We then play the full Charlie Kirk clip wi...

Cold open with Russell Moore and Morning Joe. Why we didn’t do a podcast last week. Further discussion on Sunday’s Sermon and the importance of learning from Christians who came before us, like Bonhoeffer. “Yes I am a Christian, I believe it’s all about Jesus, but how am I suppose to navigate the politics around us?” The recent history of Bonhoeffer, Nazi Germany and the German Christians can be v...

(0-2 Trump survives again!) We start with a cold open from Francis Schaeffer. Where are the Bible believing Christians? Before we go anywhere else can we say the score is 0-2 against Trump in the assassination attempts? Trump dodges bullets and Kamala dodges interviews. What kind of world is this? A little secret information about Sunday sermon on discernment. What myths do the evangelical leaders...

With the drive by debate Tuesday night, we felt an autopsy of events was needed. It is interesting that many people, James Carville included, said this was a trap for Trump. But first, we dive into discernment in a little more depth. Then give some insights into the next few Sunday mornings. What does Romans 12 look like in practice? Why do some unbelievers have better discernment than believers?...

We begin with a clip from Orange man bad on the "transmania" ripping through the country. Then transition to discussing the importance of dedication to the Lord. Why did Pastor Mike go to great lengths to get us into the proper biblical context on Sunday? What are common mistakes that people make in applying Old Testament truth? Would he take second 2 Chronicles 7:14 a different way if h...

Friends, in this episode we kick off our election season coverage as college football is underway! What better place to start than with Kamala herself in her own words. Then we recap some of the pivotal moments of the past two weeks. Some decades nothing happens and in some weeks decades happen. What is a stake this election and what forces are in play, especially around the evangelical vote? Why...

Yes, that’s Wright! N.T. Wright implies that a God who creates ex-Nihilo, in an instant through His words is a tyrant. In this episode we discuss last week’s inquisition: How does evolution relate to infant baptism and hermeneutics? (I’m asking because it appears that many reformed scholars are given to theistic evolution.) Before we dive into that, we needed address some of the dangerous teaching...

With the out-pouring of interest in last Sunday’s 9:30 am service on “Evolution and Christian Theology,” we decided to dive in.  Cold open featuring J.I. Packer saying a literal view of creation is Naive.  Then we play, Tim Keller saying he doesn’t believe in a literal 6 day creation or a world-wide catastrophic flood; Along with several other prominent Christian’s saying similar things.  We discu...

Before we get into the topic at hand, we have to address the bear in Central Park. Clearly one of the most pressing stories of our day!  Turning to a serious note, how should we think about the growing antisemitism in and around the Christian Nationalist movement?  Is it really rooted in “fulfillment theology?” Or is there more to the story? Core theological beliefs in the replacement of Israel se...

In this episode we talk about how some parts of Christianity want to avoid politics and the culture. We listen to Matt Chandler in his own words. Why do they act and speak like this? Then, world famous atheist, Richard Dawkins says he prefers the culture of Christianity to other religions in the word. How should a Christian make sense of this? Inquisition: How should Christians think about what ha...

In this episode we discuss current political events, and the difficulties of navigating this from the pulpit. How do you strike the balance between not turning a blind eye and not turning every sermon into a stump speech? How does Satan use the illusion of influence and money to silence pastors? Why have so many in “Big Eva” collapsed under the pressure of the past eight years and gone the way of...

In this episode we discuss the current events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Trump and the movement from powerful DNC operatives to get Biden to withdraw.  Then, we turn our attention to the relationship between the universal church and the local church. 1. What do we mean by the difference in a universal and local church? 2. What is the biblical warrant for seeing both a unive...

Last week, we thought Trump would be the first president put in jail or on house arrest by the Biden Department of (In)Justice. Turns out sentencing was pushed back to mid-September.  Why would that happen? And how should Christian’s think about this injustice?  What is the cognitive state of President Biden? What can we learn from the first presidential debate? Will Biden be replaced as so many i...

With the second anniversary of the Dobb’s decision this week, what can we learn in a post Roe era? In this episode we get a look into some of pastor Mike’s back story. Buckle up and tune in! What is the background of the abortion ruling of Roe in 1973? Pastor Mike was born in 1974… What’s the biblical/moral issue with Roe? What is the constitutional issue with Roe? What is the political issue with...

Pastor Mike answers two questions from the inquisition vault today:  1. What are three things that really drain and discourage a Pastor? 2. What are three things that really bless and encourage a pastor? Tune in and check it out!

Pastor Mike answers some questions from the vault today regarding Seminary and the preparation of men for the ministry. 1. I do not see seminaries in the Bible so should there be seminaries? And if not, then how should people be trained for the ministry? 2. What are the limitations of seminary training? Tune in today!

On this episode we have a special guest! What can we learn from his 80+ years of life experience? How did the Freedom Rally go on June 3rd? What has been his experience as a pastor over the years regarding politics and culture? How have things changed and why have they changed? What should Christians do in the present regarding politics and culture?

We are cleaning out questions from the vault. We began with details of “should a pastor step down if his children are disobedient?” That conversation got exciting, tune in and check it out. What does the scripture say? 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Is Titus 1:6 an additional qualification for his children? Are all situations the same? What are the caveats? When should you bring out the pitch forks!? What does c...

Pastor Mike and Ryan conclude the conversation on taxes and Christians in the public square.  What can we learn from Rand Paul’s Festivous   report? How much money is the government wasting? Does the governments waste and abuse of our tax dollars impact the Gospel? Yes, excessive taxes limits the money we personally have to use for the Gospel.  Mismanagement and spending money we don’t have to the...

What does the Bible say about excessive taxes? Is that a moral issue that Christians should be concerned with?  What does the Old Testament say about taxes? How much is too much? What does the Bible say about property taxes?  Are exorbitant taxes theft in the eyes of God? How do we know that? How much is the average American being taxed today? Federal, state, local, retail, food and the list goes...