Abby Cleckner, John Dangelo, Scott Goldman, and Jessica Greene join Craig to discuss the topic: how would you respond to a Christian who believes the state is necessary to protect our liberties? The conversation explores the relationship of the Christian in Jesus’s time and how today's Christians and atheists alike can benefit from taking a refreshed look at what the past may be able to teach us.

Starting Points for Further Exploration:

4:52 1 Samuel 8

9:24 Warning in Deuteronomy

 9:33 1 Kings 10

12:30 Jesus Temptation in the desert

15:12 Jesus washes feet of Judas

16:46 Vikings & The English Isles 

22:44 China and Christians

23:53 Saul in 1 Samuel 9

26:10 Matthew 25

35:48 Jeffrey Tucker quote:

“Anarchy is all around us. Without it, our world would fall apart. All progress is due to it. All order extends from it. All blessed things that rise above the state of nature are owned to it. The human race thrives only because of the lack of control, not because of it. I’m saying that we need ever more absence of control to make the world a more beautiful place. It is a paradox that we must forever explain.”

40:05 Turtulian

45:50 Reference is to: Joanna, who was the wife of Chuza, who managed the household of Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee.

47:40 Perpetua and Felicity

53:51 Maj. Danny Sjursen’s Article: The Unaccountable Nation

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