Out of Our Minds

Dec 03 2024 96 ep. 56 mins 59
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Pastors who say what they think. For the love of Christ and His Church.

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The Power of Victimhood

Dec 03 2024 62 mins  
The most powerful man today is the man who has the best case for being a victim. Young men intuitively know this reality and are thereby inclined to victimhood. In every narrative about their lives, they portray themselves as victims. Conversely, real manhood is about taking responsibility and being an agent—not a perpetual victim.On the other hand, victimhood is not fake news. S

AI Summaries & False Prophets

Nov 12 2024 68 mins  
Halloween candy and rhubarb pieLithium batteries and Tesla firesAn AI podcast summary of Evangel Presbytery’s book, Abortion and the Church.Twentieth-century growth in bloodshedWorldwide population declineDesensitized to life, death, and abortionGoPro videos, movies, and bloodshed Men and war, women and childbirthTrue and false prophetsDiscernment and credulityRoman Catholic pope

The witness and work of University of Bonn Vice-rector, Pastor Juergen Von Hagen: with discussion of German Christian Nationalism under Third Reich

Oct 28 2024 65 mins  
From Pulitzer Center: “Germans Thought They Were Immune to Nationalism After Confronting Their Nazi Past. They Were Wrong”Tim Bayly interviews Jürgen von Hagen on Christian nationalism, exploring its historical roots within the Lutheran Church during the Nazi regime. They discuss Toby Von Hagen’s (Jürgen’s son) thesis on the church's intertwining of theology and national

Higher Education and Your Children

Oct 23 2024 55 mins  
Pastors Tim and Juergen discuss the latter’s education in Germany and his move to the United States to teach economics at Indiana University’s (now named) Kelley School of Business. Juergen recounts how he and his wife, Ilsa, came to faith through the witness and compassion of members of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA). The discussion then turns to the discipline of ec

Against Human Flourishing

Oct 02 2024 49 mins  
Around 1980, people around the world began speaking of "human flourishing." In 2000, the frequency of the phrase's use in media flourished exponentially. Be suspicious of new words and phrases taking the world by storm. As Chesterton said, before you take a fence down you must determine why it was erected in the first place. New words and phrases often arise to replace and relegate

Help for the New School Year

Sep 11 2024 67 mins  
Pastor Tim and Andrew reflect on one of the significant reset points in our year: the beginning of the new school year.The free-ranging discussion includes the following topics:How do you send your children off in the morning?The utility of school uniformsHow to remove some decisions from your day because they drain your batteryAvoid parenting books that guilt-trip you into conform

Eat a Peach! (Fruitfulness & God's Creation Mandates)

Aug 28 2024 41 mins  
We have failed to teach our children and our culture the creation mandates: "God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth'" (Gen. 1:28). We need to restore the faith that believes God's commands, particularly Hi

Holding on to your kids, discipline, and authority

Aug 20 2024 107 mins  
In this episode, Pastor Tim Bayly is joined by his son, Joseph (Senior Pastor at Christ Church in Cincinnati), and son-in-law, Lucas Weeks (College and Administrative Pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, IN) to discuss parenting.We often think that our parenting is a failure if we have to resort to authority. That attitude is foolishness and an abandonment of God's rul

The Debate & The Assassination Attempt

Jul 30 2024 51 mins  
History changes very quickly. Read the book of Esther. We've witnessed numerous surprising and sobering changes in the past two weeks.The performance of President Biden during the debate makes us question who allowed for (or orchestrated) such a sad spectacle. What if an assassin's bullet had killed former President Trump? What effect will this event have on his soul?Mentioned in t

Thinking as a Christian (not a partisan)

Jun 27 2024 67 mins  
It must be understood that the Christian faith is never owned by any king or any party. A constant temptation of Christians is to be programmed by personalities. Rather than taking cheap, easy, stupid, and faithless shortcuts, we ought to be taught how to think. Primarily and tragically, we forget the doctrine of the sinfulness of all men (even our heroes) and the doctrine of the F