The American Reformer Podcast
The American Reformer Podcast’s mission is to promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, rooted in the rich tradition of Protestant social and political thought. Focusing particularly on issues facing American Christians, we will seek to contribute to the reformation of Christian institutions that have become corrupted by false ideologies and practices.
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Episodes
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Timon is joined by Nancy Pearcey, professor at Houston Christian University and author of The Toxic War on Masculinity (Baker, 2023) to discuss the present state and future of men, masculinity, and the family.
Link to book: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes: Pearcey, Nancy R.: 9780801075735: Amazon.com: Books
Link to website: NANCY PEARCEY - Home
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Scott Yenor joins Timon on the show to review the work of George Gilder, America's sexual constitution, Christian education, and his star role in the most recent hit job on the Claremont Institute in the New Republic.
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Timon talks with Dusty Deevers about his ministry as a bivocational Southern Baptist pastor and his recently announced campaign for Oklahoma state senate.
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Timon talks with Ben Zeisloft, editor-in-chief of The Sentinel, about his reporting on the arrest of Marcus Schroeder for reading the Bible at a public drag queen event in Wisconsin, and Ben's new article at American Reformer, "Which Way, Christian Man?"
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Josh talks with Timon about his recent article at American Reformer, “A Polity Undone: Parental Rights Will Not Save Us,” about the growing legal and political problems surrounding transgenderism and parental rights.
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Aaron Renn, senior fellow at American Reformer, joins Ben, Josh, and Timon to discuss his recent piece, “Big Eva Says Out with Complementarianism, In with Anti-Fundamentalism.”
Show Notes:
https://www.aaronrenn.com/p/newsletter-78-big-eva-says-out-with
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Dr. Hunter Baker joins Josh and Timon to talk about how Christians should engage on political and cultural matters as 21st century America takes a hard leftist turn. Should the winsome approach remain the dominant or exclusive method of Christian cultural engagement? The gang moves on to a wide-ranging substantive discussion of the political prudence of Christian Nationalism and other emerging political movements that question the late 20th century consensus.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
To celebrate Independence Day Josh, Ben, and Timon dive into a wide ranging discussion of patriotism, nationalism, America’s political heritage, and more.
How about that?
CT Article:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/july-august/how-to-have-patriotism-without-nationalism.html
Kevin Slack piece:
https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence-defends-american-citizenship-not-abstract-ideas/
Michael Lind’s Next American Nation:
https://www.amazon.com/NEXT-AMERICAN-NATION-Nationalism-Revolution/dp/0684825031
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Ben Dunson and Josh Abbotoy weigh into recent discussions about what Christians should do about worsening political conditions in Blue States, and how major views on missions and Christian cultural engagement play into the conversation.
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
he annual meetings of the Southern Baptist Convention and Presbyterian Church in America were held last week. Josh and Ben discuss what took place, focusing on some very encouraging signs of conservative/confessional faithfulness in both denominations, as well as challenges that remain.
Show notes:
On the SBC annual meeting:
https://americanreformer.org/2023/06/breaking-sbc-decisively-approves-law-amendment-restores-male-only-pastorship/
https://americanreformer.org/2023/06/how-many-female-pastors-are-in-the-sbc/
https://americanreformer.org/2023/06/slippery-when-wet/
https://americanreformer.org/2023/04/mr-smith-goes-to-the-convention/
On the PCA general assembly:
https://rfbwcf.substack.com/p/a-plea-for-patience-in-the-pca-1
https://rfbwcf.substack.com/p/report-on-the-pcas-jubilee-assembly
https://irreverentreverend.org/2023/06/17/pca-ga-50-summary-of-20-key-events-highlights/