This episode uses Romans 10:9–10 and 1 John 1:7–9 to address why many Christians struggle with assurance of salvation, arguing that Christianity is objective and not grounded in fluctuating feelings. The hosts contrast Protestant introspection and “navel-gazing” with Rome’s overly mechanical objectivity, noting pitfalls on both sides, and discuss how modern psychologizing has separated emotions from obedient action. They emphasize that God gives objective helps—confession of sin, confession of faith (agreeing with God’s word), the church’s covenant renewal worship, and the Lord’s Supper as a real means of grace—to bolster faith without reducing salvation to ritual. Faith remains necessary, but believers can rest in God’s faithful and just promise to forgive and cleanse those who confess, and take confidence in wanting Christ and continuing in obedience.

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On Ruling

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In this Right Response Ministries podcast episode, the hosts discuss what Scripture teaches about alcohol, emphasizing that the Bible condemns drunkenness while also presenting wine as a blessing tied to celebration and reward. They survey biblical warnings—especially for leaders and specific offices (kings, priests, elders, and older women)—and contrast these with passages that permit and even commend wine in certain contexts. They connect this to modern trends showing Americans and Europeans drinking less, suggesting cultural shifts such as reduced reasons to celebrate, sedentary work, health concerns, and diminished profitability. The conversation critiques both legalism that labels all drinking as sin and a consumerist “bourbon-and-cigars” identity, arguing for spiritual maturity: recognizing what is permissible while applying prudence, moderation, and honest self-assessment about duty, productivity, ambition, and the purpose behind drinking.

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On Ruling
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https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

The Return of Muscular Christianity | 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

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On Ruling
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https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*Genesis Gold GroupFaith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.comOn RulingWestern Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/Backwards Planning FinancialWant to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

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On Ruling

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In this episode Wesley Todd, Pastor Joel, and Antonio discuss the difference between biblical piety and evangelical pietism, beginning with 1 Timothy 5:1–4 and Calvin’s definition of piety as reverence joined with love for God. The hosts trace pietism’s rise after the Thirty Years’ War and how it shifted over time into an increasingly private, introspective religion that can elevate inner feelings and spiritual concerns over concrete duties, church, sacraments, and vocation. They critique examples where “spiritual” reasoning is used to neglect responsibilities, such as protecting one’s family or honoring parents, and argue that virtues must be bounded by duty and by the obligations of one’s office (father, magistrate, pastor, citizen). They also warn against treating certain callings (missionary, monk-like “super Christian” paths) as universally superior, while urging Christians to pursue sanctification and bring piety into every vocation rather than abandoning it for ambition

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Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
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In this episode of the Right Response podcast, the hosts discuss the Christian tradition of just war theory, tracing its development from Augustine to Aquinas and explaining why it matters for distinguishing justified killing from murder. They outline core criteria for going to war (jus ad bellum)—legitimate authority, just cause, right intention, last resort, proportionality, probability of success, and discrimination between combatants and non-combatants—and for conduct within war (jus in bello), including proportionality and humane treatment of prisoners. Applying these principles to modern conflicts, they highlight difficulties posed by preemptive war, imperial and economic motives, and technologies like drones. They also address Christian pacifism, arguing for a distinction between personal ethics and public duties of the civil magistrate, and conclude with Isaiah 2’s vision of a future where nations “learn war no more.”

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Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
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Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.

This episode argues against the common evangelical claim that “all sin is equal,” using Luke 12:47–48 to emphasize that greater knowledge of God’s will brings greater culpability and stricter judgment. The hosts discuss temporal judgments in Scripture (including Sodom and Gomorrah) and contend that eternal punishment also varies in severity based on both the nature of sins committed and the degree of revelation and grace received, citing Jesus’ woes to Tyre and Sidon and the principle “to whom much is given, much is required.” They distinguish between sin equally separating the unrepentant from God and differing degrees of punishment in hell, and they compare this to differing degrees of reward in heaven. They also connect these ideas to natural revelation, civil and biblical law, the heightened judgment of teachers and deceivers, and the continuing moral relevance of God’s law for Christian sanctification.

*MINISTRY SPONSORS:*

Genesis Gold Group
Faith-Based Gold IRA: Genesis Gold Group helps Christians protect their retirement with physical precious metals aligned with scriptural stewardship principles.
https://www.RightResponseBibleGold.com

Who Is My Neighbor?
Western Front Books. Publishing for men on the right. Not churchy. Christian.
https://www.WesternFrontBooks.com/

Backwards Planning Financial
Want to build a financial legacy for your family with a plan that starts at the end goal? Connect with Joe Garrisi at https://backwardsplanningfinancial.nm.com/ to get help with a legacy-driven strategy for your future.