A listener’s email about political and pastoral language prompts a conversation on the woke Left, the Johnson Amendment, the church’s spiral of silence, magisterial and ministerial reason, and a slew of other stuff, including choosing to never knowingly support lies.

Resources for Laurie and every other listener:

Wokeness is the Antithesis to Christianity (Cross Defense episode) | https://www.kfuo.org/2022/08/27/cross-defense-082722-wokeness-is-the-antithesis-to-christianity/

Christianity and Wokeness (book) | https://bookshop.org/a/94255/9781684512430

How Christian Women Got Played by Progressivism (Ally Beth Stuckey video) | https://youtu.be/QyF7h6hdax8

What is DIEversity, Pt. 1 (Luther Classical College video) | https://youtu.be/koG1fMMcnSY

What is DIEversity, Pt. 2 (Luther Classical College video | https://youtu.be/tpXFPJpsmzg

What is DIEversity, Pt. 3 (Luther Classical College video | https://youtu.be/BmCI1OPTsHc

The History of the Johnson Amendment (full ADF video) | https://youtu.be/3sWK1z6mXcQ

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (book) | https://bookshop.org/a/94255/9780593541807

Worldview Comparison Infographic (St. Mark’s web page) | https://stmarksferndale.com/2022/09/21/worldviewcomparison/

C.F.W. Walther on Communism and Socialism (St. Mark’s web page) | https://stmarksferndale.com/waltheroncommunism/

Karl Marx and the Satanic Roots of Communism (book) | https://bookshop.org/a/94255/9780882641423

Jesus. Not Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (Rev. Bramwell’s 2023 Easter Sunrise Sermon, full video) https://youtu.be/KZymMoWaz-8

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