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Dusting off virtually unknown laws of the Old Testament with a general emphasis on issues of life-and-death. Don't be a Pharisee; don't set Moses aside (John 5:46-47).

How Mothers Are Responsible to End Drug Abuse 01/14/2026

How Mothers Are Responsible to End Drug Abuse Join our roundtable discussion of the mother's role in the case of the drunkard son in Deuteronomy 21:18-21, and hear how Jesus condemned the Pharisees for failing to put children to death by setting up traditions in the connected passages of Deuteronomy 18:12, Matthew 15:1-9, and Mark 7:9-13. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/39724155

Immigration Part 2, Luke Saint's Response to Dr. Hoffmeier 09/10/2025

Immigration Part 2, Luke Saint's Response to Dr. Hoffmeier Luke Saint, also of Lancaster, PA, responds using a "Non-Legislative Theonomy" or "Lancastrian Theonomy" approach to immigration. See if you agree. Luke's pocast: /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/38151335

The Immigration Crisis - Dr. James Hoffmeier 06/23/2025

The Immigration Crisis - Dr. James Hoffmeier What does Scripture say that should influence our decisions in how to treat immigrants personally and legally? What carries over from Moses simply, and what doesn't? Dr. James Hoffmeier's book has been cited in congressional discussion on the topic. Join our conversation. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/37127355

The Abandoned Discipline of Edification - Dr. Tom Wadsworth 04/10/2025

The Abandoned Discipline of Edification - Dr. Tom Wadsworth Dr. Tom Wadsworth's recent YouTube videos about "Why the Early Church Didn’t Have 'Worship Services'" have attracted more than 750,000 views from more than 110 countries around the world. His videos stem from over 40 years of study and his doctoral research into Christian assemblies in the first century. He is a professional speaker, writer, and biblical scholar who has two master’s degrees (MTh and ThM) and a PhD, all in New Testament. View the condensed version of Dr. Wadsworth's message that we discussed: youtube.com/watch?v=sw4MTdbq3Xw tomwadsworth.com voluntarytheocracy.org /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/36078555

Dr. Jason Lisle - Biblical Science Institute 01/23/2025

Dr. Jason Lisle - Biblical Science Institute Dr. Lisle discusses the evolutionary distant starlight problem that the new James Webb telescope has revealed. He was also the first to apply Einstein's theory of relativity to answer the distant starlight objection to young earth creationism. Consider subscribing on YouTube to watch more interviews like this: https://www.youtube.com/@theeocrat /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/34986270

Walter Block - How Banks "Legally" Cheat You, Morality vs Legality 10/22/2024

Walter Block - How Banks "Legally" Cheat You, Morality vs Legality You can't have more titles to cars than the number of cars that exist. If you do, you don't have a car title, you have a lottery ticket, and you may or may not have access to a car if each person wants to make use of his own car title at the same time. Walter Block and I discuss the following lecture and take some rabbit trails on morality and legality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXO4oCTYmQs /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/33562017

Solomon's Rationale in Judging the Harlots 08/01/2024

Solomon's Rationale in Judging the Harlots Solomon judges that a prostitute's baby be cut in half. He had laws about cattle in mind. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/32379917

Robert Murphy on Law Without the State 04/30/2024

Robert Murphy on Law Without the State What does it mean to have law without the state, and what do insurance and public stoning have to do with it? mises.org/mises-daily/law-without-state bobmurphyshow.com /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/31059078

Luke Saint on "The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy" 01/08/2024

Luke Saint on "The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy" Is just getting back to the US constitution the best any people can hope for, or is there something better? Luke Saint is the chairman of the Mid Atlantic Reformation Society and occasional guest on the Lancaster Patriot Podcast. Luke's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/179239988X /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/29395483

Walter Block - What if Pro-life & Pro-choice Are Both Wrong? 10/29/2023

Walter Block - What if Pro-life & Pro-choice Are Both Wrong? Dr. Block coined a new position as early as the 70s called "evictionism" which states that in some instances, a mother may choose to evict a baby from the womb, and never to directly kill. If the child dies because it's premature, what realm of consequences would there be for her? voluntarytheocracy.org/40 /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/28454093

Audiobook Preview - Public Stoning: God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons 07/07/2023

Audiobook Preview - Public Stoning: God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons Did you know that God forbids prisons? Listen to the first 2 chapters of "Public Stoning: God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons." Available August 18th. Now available for pre-order. voluntarytheocracy.org/shop /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/27402489

Donating to the Void 07/07/2023

Donating to the Void Remember when the priests collected money for decades to fix the temple but never actually repaired it? Texts: 2 Kings 12:1-13, 2 Chronicles 24:1-14 /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/27401541

"Meating" the Feasts and Festivals 04/19/2023

"Meating" the Feasts and Festivals I've celebrated a couple Biblical festivals, but I'm largely unfamiliar with the whens, hows, and whys. Listen if you'd like to familiarize yourself. voluntarytheocracy.org /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/26584107

Cussology 101 with Paul Terrell 01/30/2023

Cussology 101 with Paul Terrell PARENTS USE DISCRETION When my dad used to teach 6th grade, he decided to teach about the reasons for taboos and curse words from a Biblical view. Students and their parents continued to remember this lesson for years after, and it's not something I hear addressed by anyone else. We talk about which words aren't as taboo as they should be, vice versa, and why. voluntarytheocracy.org /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/25766022

"The Stoning of Soraya M" Movie Critique 08/30/2022

"The Stoning of Soraya M" Movie Critique This movie probably holds the top spot in pop culture as a reference point for what God's law means regarding public stoning. While it's a good film to bring attention to oppressed women around the globe, here's why it's a poor example of Biblical stoning. voluntarytheocracy.org /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/24218247

Minimum Wage and Gleaning 07/13/2022

Minimum Wage and Gleaning Failure to allow gleaning results in minimum wage laws. Here's why. voluntarytheocracy.org /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/23734934

Street Talk - Arguments Against Prison 06/04/2022

Street Talk - Arguments Against Prison I set up a table on the sidewalk to see who would be interested to discuss how the Bible forbids prison. I got two local university students to engage. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/23324564

Joseph Foreman 05/11/2022

Joseph Foreman Joseph Foreman helped lead over 50,000 people in Operation Rescue from '88-'92, and he spent a total of 3 years in jail because of his ministry. Now virtually unemployable, he runs a coffee shop in North Carolina and posts thought-provoking articles on Facebook about the state of the organized church. All of Joseph Foreman's posts are public: /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/23082617

Theocracy Council - Borrowing & Lending 04/01/2022

Theocracy Council - Borrowing & Lending Is your mortgage lawful and honoring to God, or is it His curse on you? Learn Solomon's advice for the best person to lend to. How do your borrowing and lending practices stack up against God's law? Dive deep with us. voluntarytheocracy.org/31 /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/22654145

Keith Darrell 03/02/2022

Keith Darrell How do you get local people to ask if they can be part of your believing community? Listen to Keith Darrell share his method. (site is down for now, should be up again soon) Twitter: @campusevangel IG: @campuspreacher YT: Keith Darrell /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/22304873

Calling in to Talk Heathen 02/03/2022

Calling in to Talk Heathen Talk Heathen is a live atheist show based in Austin, TX. I called in about a year ago at the request of an atheist friend. He said he found my views highly unusual in regard to Moses and thought I should bring up an unpopular law and why it's good. View my segment here: View the whole episode here: /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/22009853

Why There Are No Christian Movies with ND Wilson 01/10/2022

Why There Are No Christian Movies with ND Wilson If you're in the film/TV production space at all, or even if you just really like movies or novels, even just the news, I think you'll find this to be a fun conversation because of how much of an underpinning story is to theology and how we understand it. It is the primary way God communicates to us in Scripture after all. We get into presuppositionalism near the end and how people arrive at their positions of faith. I think story is an excellent tool in any storyteller's or theologian's belt. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/21723269

What Moses Says About Kyle Rittenhouse 11/19/2021

What Moses Says About Kyle Rittenhouse I will be covering the events surrounding Mr. Kyle Rittenhouse, the law in Exodus 22:2-3 that applies here, definitions of the words the law uses, their applicability in this case, the entire range of possible legal outcomes and punishments according to God's law, and what has been handled improperly in the court of unbelievers. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/21219569

Theocracy Council - The Unbetrothed Virgin 11/08/2021

Theocracy Council - The Unbetrothed Virgin In this roundtable, we talk about a unique capital offense where someone can pay a ransom to redeem himself, marriage and sexual misconduct laws, the near equivalent of blasphemy laws in the homosexual community, God's design in the law for caring for the rejects from other nations, and the law's redemptive view of capital punishment. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/21081257

Betrothal Guys - Biblical Law's Marriage Assumptions 10/12/2021

Betrothal Guys - Biblical Law's Marriage Assumptions Did you ever think it strange that Scripture doesn't specify how we're supposed to do dating or courtship? /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/20792564

Theocracy Council - How Scholars Dismiss the Law 09/23/2021

Theocracy Council - How Scholars Dismiss the Law Questions Discussed: /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/20580314

Cultish Talk with Jeremiah Roberts 07/16/2021

Cultish Talk with Jeremiah Roberts Jeremiah Roberts is the co-host and producer of Cultish. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/19835288

Copyrights Are Unlawful with Stephan Kinsella 06/18/2021

Copyrights Are Unlawful with Stephan Kinsella Some of you know I have a background in media production. And I have gotten royalty checks and benefitted from a copyright "tradition." So how can I say in the title that "Copyrights Are Unlawful?" /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/19518551

Kevin Novak - DeconstructingtheColiseum.com 05/30/2021

Kevin Novak - DeconstructingtheColiseum.com I first met Kevin at my local assembly in north Texas. Kevin is in the interesting position of being a prosecuting attorney in Ft. Worth, Texas near Dallas, and he has a pretty radical perspective on God's law comparatively speaking. I think that gives him a unique perspective on what goes on locally, and I think he has some wisdom on what to do about it. He actually has a ministry that has nothing to do with criminal justice on the surface, but everything at the root. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/19174967

Gary DeMar on Eschatology 04/26/2021

Gary DeMar on Eschatology My guest is Dr. Gary DeMar whom I was introduced to about 14 years ago through my dad. As a family, we went through a long period of studying America's Christian history as a family, and that led my dad to a book called "America's Christian History: The Untold Story" by Dr. DeMar. /episode/index/show/theocracy/id/18872543

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