Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The third point of John Calvin's 1536 book is about how we need to realize the vanity of the world. The number one greatest fear is the fear of death. But, the truth should be the opposite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The third point of John Calvin's 1536 book is about why life is hard. Why did God make it that way? The Bible has an answer to that question. I love it when atheists ask, "Oh ya! Then why do bad things happen to good people!?" as if that's some trump-card-winning argument or as if that's something that's never been thought about before. Calvin has a response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in multiple instances. The indictments range from the DOJ to Fulton County, Georgia to New York City. This all comes as Trump runs for the presidency yet again. How will the trials impact the 2024 election? Will Trump be put in prison at some point before or after Election Day? These are just a few of many questions that Mike Slater attempts to answer with his panel of legal experts. Joining Mike are accomplished attorneys, including one that represents Trump himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second point of John Calvin's 1536 book is the importance and benefits of denying the self. Where the world tells you to have "reason", the Bible tells you to have your reason take a back seat to something else... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're going to give the overview of John Calvin's 1536 book "Guide to Christian Living" I wish someone had given me this overview when I first became a Christian. It's worth a reminder for everyone. Calvin's first point: Love righteousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Work is not a curse. Good works include good work. We need to be, as Willaim F. Buckley said, "on the side of excellence" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did God have Adam working in the garden BEFORE the fall? Why do we even have to work at all? He certainly made it that way for a reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to focus this week on sanctifying your mundane, terrible, soul-crushing job. Whenever I complained about a job growing up, my dad always said, "That's why they call it work." That's true, and no offense to Dad, but the Bible has better advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've been talking this week about the true divisions in Amerinca. It's not Republican and Demcorat. Today we wrap up talking about the path from selfish to senseless to shameless. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've been talking this week about the true division in our country. Matthew 11:29 highlights another one of these divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to "heal the division" in our country, you have to know the real cause of the division. These are not just policy differences. It's much deeper than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The real division in America is NOT Republican vs. Democrat. It's something much deeper than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A progressive listener asked me this question on my Sirius/XM show on Friday. It's clearly his last "argument" after all of his other ones have failed. Fortunately, someone else called in with the perfect answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump is the only person who can take the incessant attacks against him. But when this becomes the norm for the left against conservatives, what type of person would ever run in the future for higher office? Not the type of person we want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's easy after a debate to fall into a very common trap. We need to be aware of it before we fall into it, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you get frustrated at the candidates at the debate tonight, let's focus on the truth in 2 Peter 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of the debate tomorrow, this is the beginning of a new era of deceit and lies coming our way. Let's be on the lookout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are so many things pulling us away from the dinner table. That should be a sign of how important this sacred place is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone today wants to be their kids' friends. But the Bible says that discipline leads to "the peaceful fruit of righteousness" which I think we all want even more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I love this expression. It's 4 times in the Bible, but what's interesting is it's not used how we use it. It's always a PERSON who is the apple of our eye, but not in the Bible. We talk about how we can use this truth for the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To be clear, we're the ones in NEED of advice. This is our first year of homeschooling, and we start tomorrow, so...send it over! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't need more progress in our country, we need a restoration. There are 4 aspects of restoration. Today we talk about REVIVAL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't need more progress in our country, we need a restoration. There are 4 aspects of restoration. Today we talk about RENEWAL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't need more progress in our country, we need a restoration. There are 4 aspects of restoration. Today we talk about REPLACEMENT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How should you respond if you are unjustly accused of something? What is the Christian response to persecution? Trump says he's the victim of a witch hunt, so we go back to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to find parallels and finish with a powerful scripture from Lamentations that is a must-read if you've ever been falsely accused. Public Sq: Download the PublicSq. app today and connects freedom-loving Americans with the communities and business that share their values. Visit https://publicsq.com today. Patriot Gold: Call the Proud Americans of the Patriot Gold Group today. 888-617-6122 and mention Mike Slater sent you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Boy Scouts have lost 60% of their members. Their latest Jamboree had an LGBTQ tent. There are girls in the BOY scouts. How did this happen? Well, their recent president said the Boy Scouts needed to change or else they would become irrelevant. It turns out, the changes they've made have MADE them irrelevant. We don't need progress in America, we need...restoration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul wrote that we are to be patient with three different kinds of people. One of them in particular is important because it's all of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of Benjamin Warfield always helps me be more patient. But we don't need to go back 100 years to find inspirational stories of extraordinary patience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you praying to God or are you wishing to a genie? Jeremiah shows us not only patience with other people (yesterday's episode), but also patience with praying to God. He didn't just offer a 5-second prayer and give up, because he never viewed God as a genie who grants wishes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the longest amount of time you have been patient? Have you been patient for longer than Jeremiah was? "Again and again" he warned people what was coming, and they never listened. Can you relate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our ancestors were patient and relentless. We are the opposite. Where are you the most impatient in your life? And where does this impatience show up in our spiritual life the most? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have so few transcendent things around us, we've become numb to the beauty that does exist. We need to be intentional about getting in nature, His creation. Public Sq: Download the PublicSq. app today and connects freedom-loving Americans with the communities and business that share their values. Visit https://publicsq.com today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most important fact this week is: you're not alone. There's nothing new under the sun. We must use this reality to find peace and learn from other people's mistakes. Thank you for all the E-mails this week. They've been very helpful. Patriot Gold: Call the Proud Americans of the Patriot Gold Group today. 888-617-6122 and mention Mike Slater sent you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for the Emails in response to yesterday's podcast, they were all so helpful. Tammy's life in particular experience is right in line with scripture. We also talk about the one kid's book that happens to be in this house we're renting, "The Bad Seed". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MORNING MOTIVATION: How To Parent A Strong-Willed Child I don't know. Any tips? I do know that a scripture that many find encouraging, Proverbs 22:6, is actually the opposite of what most people think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reagan spoke of the "soul of the nation". The soul has been forgotten. Look at the reaction from the left to the movie Sound of Freedom. It's over $100M and it's dismissed as a QANON conspiracy theory. How can people be so disconnected from the soul? It's nothing new, and the good news is, there is a way to get connected again. Public Sq: Download the PublicSq. app today and connects freedom-loving Americans with the communities and business that share their values. Visit https://publicsq.com today. Patriot Gold: Call the Proud Americans of the Patriot Gold Group today. 888-617-6122 and mention Mike Slater sent you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I pray we all find the Second Mountain sooner rather than later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morning Motivation: Part 4 of money and fame and things won't make you happy, today's example is Michael Jordan. In Luke 10, Jesus tells his disciples and us what we should find joy in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 3 of money and fame and things won't make you happy, today's example of Paris Hilton. We tie this into an often overlooked section of Luke 10 when Jesus spoke to his disciples who were rejoicing in something good, but Jesus said, "No! Rejoice in THIS instead." Where did he say we should find our joy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Brady said the money and fame didn't make him happy. Why do we think we'd be any different? Jesus speaks to this discontent to 70 of his followers in Luke 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rainn Wilson said he was never happy when he was filming The Office. He was a big TV star, super famous, making a ton of money. How could he not be happy? Because he wanted more. He wanted to be a big MOVIE star and make millions of dollars. Jesus speaks to this to 70 of his followers in Luke 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is a scoffer exactly? And why do people "sit" with them? It can be hard to accept my first example of how we all scoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recently, former intelligence officer David Grusch came forward as a whistleblower and alleged that the United States government is in possession of non-human originated craft. Is there reason to believe this whistleblower? Mike Slater doesn't think so, but he can be convinced. On this special, Mike gets ALL sides of the story. First, he will hear from a UFO believer. Then he talks with a skeptic. At the end, Mike and one of his guests attempt to find a middle ground on UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Public Sq: Download the PublicSq. app today and connects freedom-loving Americans with the communities and business that share their values. Visit https://publicsq.com today. Patriot Gold: Call the Proud Americans of the Patriot Gold Group today. 888-617-6122 and mention Mike Slater sent you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psalm 1:1, No Rest For The Wicked If the blessed man does not take the counsel of the wicked, who are these "wicked" I need to be avoiding? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We think meditation means being silent, but the Hebrew in Psalm 1:1 is obvious that it is not. But why does God want your meditation to not be silent? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psalm 1:1: "Falling" In Love Is love all about emotions? Let's hope not. Psalm 1:1 gets the order right; love is first a choice, and the emotions will follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morning Motivation: Psalm 1:1: The Wicked This psalm presents us with two ways to live. And everyone makes their choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Signer Samuel Huntington and The Proclamation How many signers of the Declaration of Independence can you name? There were 56 of them. Shouldn't we know all of these men who pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor for us? One of our founders was Samuel Huntington and he issued a proclamation that is a must-read. Public Sq: Download the PublicSq. app today and connects freedom-loving Americans with the communities and business that share their values. Visit https://publicsq.com today. Patriot Gold: Call the Proud Americans of the Patriot Gold Group today. 888-617-6122 and mention Mike Slater sent you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Paine and the Battle of Long Island Have you ever felt as much despair as the colonists after the British steamrolled over Washington's men into Manhattan? Good thing Thomas Paine was there to set our hearts right and to make the point that "yes, it's hard. But it's worth it". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Founders and Solemnity That's the word I now think of when I think of our founding fathers: solemnity. Today we highlight two of the signers, Robert Morris and John Hart, as an inspiration on how we should love this country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices