The Protestant Libertarian Podcast

In this episode I talk with Chelsea Follett, research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, about her band-new book The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past. In this book she argues that the current tendency of thinkers on the left and right to romanticize the world before industrialization is misguided. Much of her book deals with the grim realities of life before the Industrial Revolution, and we discuss how marriage and family, food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, clothing, work, and leisure were all sordid affairs, and how even the wealthiest people of the preindustrial world were much less materially prosperous and secure than we are today. Chelsea contends that we must not take for granted the incredible achievements of industrialization and the many benefits it has brought us today, and that a false sense of a utopian past may inadvertently pave the way for a dystopian future. 
 
Media Referenced:
The Grim Old Days: https://a.co/d/0hmjfrLY
Chelsea’s Cato Bio: https://www.cato.org/people/chelsea-follett
 
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The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

In this Theology Thursday, I replay an LCI Greenroom episode I recorded with Cody Cook and Jacob Winograd about some of the themes which I address in my book Politics, Economics, and New Testament Interpretation, particularly how New Testament scholarship has misunderstood fundamental political and economic concepts. Enjoy!
  
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 Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
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LCI: https://libertarianchristians.com/store/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation/
 
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

In this episode I talk with Dr. Gerald Hiestand, senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois, about his brand-new book Justification and the Churches: Pastoral Questions at the Heart of Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Theology. Without minimizing the differences between the three great Christian traditions, Hiestand demonstrates that each communion's approach to the doctrine of justification includes valid theological insights. He argues that theology is almost always a response to pastoral questions and that the Protestant concern for extrinsic acquittal, the Catholic concern for internal healing, and the Orthodox concern for eschatological glorification shape the way each tradition approaches the question of justification. He argues that Nicaea, Genesis 1-3, and Paul all address these questions, and that ecumenical dialogue on the nature of justification is both possible and necessary. He discusses the legacy of the Reformation and why he is still a Protestant, and explains the pastoral implications for wrestling with the doctrine of justification.

Media Referenced:
Justification and the Churches: https://a.co/d/08tlUgdk
The Pastor Theologian: https://a.co/d/0i1YXtdC
Center for Pastor Theologians: https://www.pastortheologians.com/
Bio: https://www.calvarymemorial.com/leadership

Buy my new book Politics, Economics, and New Testament Interpretation: https://a.co/d/027bElXP
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

In this episode, Dr. Eric Schansberg returns to the show to discuss his book College 101: What Students and Parents Should Know About Universities. In this book, Schansberg cuts through the mythology of higher education and offers parents and prospective students advice on how to negotiate the complex college landscape. He explains why college isn’t always the right choice and how students should not go into debt to pay for schooling, how school rankings are less important than the school’s teaching styles, why paying for ‘the college experience’ is a bad investment, the economics behind the increasing cost of higher education, the purpose of earning a degree, how Christian parents and students should think about the value of college and much more. 
 
Media Referenced:
College 101: https://a.co/d/0gGc3tFX
Schansberg on Politics: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-266-christians-and-public-policy-with-eric-schansberg/
Gen Men Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-234-biblical-masculinity-and-the-men-of-genesis-with-eric-schansberg/
 
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The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!

In this episode I talk with Richard Krauland about his book The Bridge from Science to God. Krauland discusses his background as an entrepreneur and mathematician and how his early years as a skeptic led to him finding faith. He explains how the complexities of science must lead us to the conclusion that there is a God behind it while encouraging the church to think critically about intelligent design. He also describes how his personal experiences with illness and family death shaped his appreciation for both God and science, how loving others even when we disagree with them is essential to our faith, and why skeptics should think critically about the relationship between God and science without dismissing the work of the divine. 

Media Referenced:
The Bridge from Science to God: https://a.co/d/0ejZd49r
Enlightened in the 21st Century: https://a.co/d/0d6WUvPF
 
Order my new book Politics, Economics and New Testament Interpretation: 
Amazon: https://a.co/d/0aFo5AeD
LCI: https://libertarianchristians.com/store/politics-economics-and-new-testament-interpretation/
The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com.
Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod, and YouTube, @ProLibertyPod, where you will get shorts and other exclusive video content. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the show’s profile! Thanks!