In this episode, Mark Kreslins takes us through his pursuit of loving God with his mind and how this path leads us to see anarchism/voluntaryism as our fundamental state. What does this entail? Understanding the Gospel through God's words rather than the allure of experientialism. Mark invites us to rediscover the importance of exegesis and hermeneutics in bringing God's word to life for 21st-century minds. 

Mark is the principle writer for Love God with your Mind and considers himself but a humble sinner saved by the grace of God. He has an extensive background in politics having previously worked for two “conservative” GOP Members of Congress. He had an insider's view of the evil and corruption in Washington D.C. and understands the solution to the mess there. (Bio Lifted from Mark’s site)

Timestamps and starting points for further exploration:

02:00 Marks background & story

• Finding Jesus in the barracks

• GOP politics

• Laziness of thinking, political missionary work  

• Experiential Christianity

• The Enlightenment

  • John Locke

  • Montesquieu

10:19 Being Patriotic in Church

• Name of the Bad Roman Project

• Keith Giles, Jesus Untangled

13:37 Allure of experientialism

• Golden Calves

• The Constitution 

• Paul - lead well, fervently

• The shiny object of politics

18:52 Constitution is misunderstood

• Mark Levin- FOX News Talking Head

• Donald Trump sending National Guard in Uninvited

  • Article 4 Section 4 of the US Constitution

• Spooner on the Constitution as “a piece of paper”

• Kevin Craig

23:00 Political pragmatism and moral relativism among Christians

• God gives us binary Choices - steal or don’t steal, murder or don’t murder 

28:13 Living the Gospel on Social Media

• Tertullian

• Should Christians defend the state?

29:29 Is there a grey area for God?

• Exegesis and hermeneutics

• Why don’t we bathe people's feet when they enter our home anymore?

• Gentiles

• Priscilla and Aquila Corinth, thrown out by Claudius

• MacArthur Model of Romans 13

• Rebellion is a foundation of the United States, The Declaration of Independence

• Romans 13 KVJ

• ACTS 5:29 KVJ

40:12 Avoiding heated debates online

• Jesus talking to Simon

• 3 Models for Constitutional Interpretation - Pragmatism, originalism, textualism

44:09 The Whiskey Rebellion and talking to people who don’t know the Constitution

• John 3:16 KVJ

• Matthew 5 KVJ

• God is perfectly Just and Loving, humans are fallen

50:30 How Mark became an anarchist

• Slavery

• Trail of Tears

• Thomas Hobbes

• Can fallen man rule fallen man?

 58:00 Mark’s Article - Who is Right, God or Thomas Hobbes?

• Find Mark on Facebook & Twitter

• Explore his website