MikeSlater
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Politics by Faith, The Bubbling Anger
Is It Righteous?
May 02, 2023

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Tucker Carlson said the debates in our country are between Good and Evil. But you can't say that today. In today's culture, everything is good. If you talk about evil then you're being mean. This leads to a lack of moral clarity and conviction. This has led to chaos.
Let's learn from Achilles to the Puritans about when anger is righteous and when it's corrosive.


Welcome to Politics by Faith, the long-form episode. We have the daily, shorter episodes, and then we have the twice-a-week, longer episodes here just for you, just for the podcast, and I'm grateful you're here. It's brought to you by Patriot Gold Group and Public Square. There is a lot to be angry about right now. A lot to be grateful for, of course, but anger is an overwhelming emotion. It's a very motivating emotion. It's a captivating emotion. This is why a lot of snake oil salesmen use anger to captivate us, to hook us, and then manipulate us. I'm thinking about the debt ceiling in DC. There's so much betrayal. Oh, it's just a mess. And the Democrats do this all like self-righteous. Oh, can you believe the Republicans would be willing to default on the debt of the United States of America? It's like, guys, you kidding me? You're the ones who keep spending all this money that puts us in this position every year.

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There's been a lot of senseless murders lately. The guy in Texas, the neighbor who goes to the fence and says, hey man, can you stop shooting your gun? We have a baby over here trying to sleep. So then he walks over to their house and murders five of the people in the house, including an eight-year-old, shoots him in the head, and then he's on the loose. I'm talking right now, and they haven't even found him. This happened on Friday.

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I'm recording this Monday night. And it's like, what? And then just to make you more angry, he's been deported four times. How can that be? Four times? This murderer has been deported four times to Mexico and he keeps coming back? He keeps... he's able to come back? I read early on, don't know if this one is true, but the last time he was deported maybe was 2006. So all that time he's able to come back many times and then just stay here for that long. Unbelievable. He came over a fifth time. That makes me angry. The military found another unidentified balloon flying over Hawaii. We're back to the balloons and they don't even know, they don't know what it is, they don't know who it belongs to, they don't know anything. And it's just, we are just being led by inept people. So I get angry that we have a system that has turned into this. It's just, it's just such a far cry from founding FOD. And I don't know, is it just me?

0:02:56
I'm the only one feeling this low grade malaise of anger. I don't know where you are. It's somewhere between anger simmering deep below to, oh no, it's boiling on the surface later. Either way, anywhere in between, it's not good. So let's talk about it. We've played a couple clips from Tucker Carlson's final speech that he gave as an employee of Fox News. He was speaking at the Heritage Foundation 50th anniversary dinner. And there's a couple great clips.

0:03:33
I don't think we've played this one, but this is an important one because some people are saying that this is maybe not the thing that got him fired, but the type of talk that got him fired. He's talking about good and evil. What you're watching is not a political movement. It's evil. So if you want to assess and I'll put it in and I'll stop with this, I'll put it in non political, I'll put it in non political or non rather non specific theological terms and just say, if you want to know what's evil and what's good, what are the characteristics of those? And by the way, you know, I think the Athenians would have agreed with this. This is not necessarily just a Christian notion. This is kind of a, I would say, widely agreed upon understanding of good and evil. What are its products? What do these two Well, I mean, good is characterized by order, calmness, tranquility, peace, whatever you want to call it, lack of conflict, cleanliness.

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Cleanliness is next to godliness. It's true. It is. And evil is characterized by their opposites. violence, hate, disorder, division, disorganization, and filth. So if you are all in on the things that produce the latter basket of outcomes, what you're really advocating for is evil. That's just true. I'm not calling for a religious war. Far from it.

0:05:06
I'm merely calling for an acknowledgment of what we're watching. One side's like, no, no, I've got this idea, and we've got this idea, let's have a debate about our ideas. They don't want a debate. Those ideas won't produce outcomes that any rational person would want under any circumstances. Those are manifestations of some larger force acting upon us. It's just so obvious. It's completely obvious. And I think two things. One, we should say that and stop engaging in these totally fraudulent debates where we are using the terms that we used in 1991 when I started at Heritage as if maybe you know I could just win the debate if I marshaled more facts. I've tried that, doesn't work. And two, maybe maybe we should all take just like 10 minutes a day to say a prayer about it.

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I'm serious, like why not? And I'm saying that to you not as some kind of evangelist, I'm literally saying that to you as an Episcopalian, the Samaritans of our time. I'm literally an Episcopalian, okay? And even I have concluded it might be worth taking just 10 minutes out of your busy schedule to say a prayer for the future, and I hope you will. People get turned off by that language of good and evil. It makes people very uncomfortable. Christians shouldn't. Christians should not get uncomfortable when talking about good and evil. We need to have more maturity and discernment and confidence when it comes to talking about this.

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Ephesians 6, 10, Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm." Not wishy-washy, not, I don't want to, stand firm. having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace, in all circumstances, take up the shield of faith, in all circumstances, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one, oh I don't know, evil, good, makes me feel uncomfortable, and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.

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To that end, keep alert, with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me, and opening my mouth boldly, and this is true for you, to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I might declare it boldly, as I ought to speak. Yes, there are some people who may support a policy, let's just say transgender kids. They may support a policy that they haven't thought through and they may not know any better and they just want to be seen as nice and it hasn't really affected them personally so they don't really get it and they say they support it.

0:08:42
Is that an evil person? No, they're not evil. They're misguided, certainly. But then, some people are actively involved and pushing evil things. And that is more than just misguided. That is evil. We must admit—well, maybe first we must be aware that evil exists, and then we must be able to admit that evil exists and not be afraid to say it. Far from this modern idea that evil doesn't exist, evil is pervasive.

0:09:19
It's everywhere. It's inside all of us. It's personal. It's spiritual. And it carries on. Sultan Iskandar said that the problem with revolution is, his quote is, they destroy only the carriers of evil. So the person may die, but the evil lives on. So what's really going on with this? We're so far away from battling good and evil. We're in a culture today where we can't even admit that that even exists. That there even is evil. So who do you think will win? I remember as I just a quick flashback to the war on terror and there are people on the left who wouldn't say islamic extremists and uh... claim from the conservatives were you're not going to win if you can't even say what it is, like what are you fighting against, even the war on terror itself, like what do you mean terror, you can't fight a war against terror, what are you even talking about, define what we're talking about and the same thing with our country today, we can't even define evil, we can't even admit that it exists. My concern is in our modern world, which prioritizes being nice over everything else, tolerance isn't even enough. Tolerance has been replaced with affirmation of acceptance of everything all the time, no matter how deviant, how perverted, how sinful, how just dumb, how wrong or evil, you must actively affirm always. So the concern is that because you just have to be nice that this concept of evil is therefore mean. And if you speak in terms of good and evil you're called a bigot and an extremist and you're shut down. It's funny, if you say good and evil and you like you're talking about these terms, they say, oh, that's, you're being exclusionary and you're shutting down debate and you're like, no, you're shutting me down.

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I'm trying to define some terms here. If you see things in terms of good and evil, your opinion doesn't count because apparently you think you're better than everyone else or you're too extreme. And you're like, no, I just have moral clarity on this issue and I have a conviction that this is wrong and I have some wisdom here of a better way. That's all. I'm like, oh, you're a bigot extremist. No, moral clarity, conviction, and wisdom is actually what I have. Moral evil has dominated human life. Genesis 8, 21, the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth.

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There's three types of evil. You have your natural evil, that's disease, disaster, catastrophes, that all comes from the fall as well. Then you have moral evil, and that's, I mean, we see it all the time. We see it everywhere. It's every human person and every human relationship, therefore, because every human relationship is just collisions of immoral people and then you have supernatural evil this is demonic evil John 844 Jesus said to the Pharisees you are of your father the devil first John 519 the whole world lies in the power of the evil one I know we've talked about Judas a couple times in the last week but Luke 22 3 says, Then Satan entered Judas, one of the twelve, entered him. Fascinating detail right there.

0:12:59
So yes, there's evil in the world. I mean, that's what they, well, is there evil in the world? You're not even allowed to say there is. What are you talking about? Is there? Isn't there? It's everywhere, and it's inside all of us, and we have to hate it. We have to have a moral clarity against it. We must hate it and it's okay to be angry about it. And that's what I want to talk about today. Righteous anger. Let's lament first though. Let's lament. Let's lament all this brokenness. I want to talk about Homer and Achilles here in just a minute and see, there's four ways that Achilles' anger led to even worse destruction, and I wanna see which of these relate most to your life, but first I wanna tell you about Patriot Gold Group.

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It's the first word in the whole thing. It's long, but Homer went with wrath as the very first word. So I've got four examples of the wrath of Achilles here, and I want to see which one of these four you can relate to the most. So you can look back on the anger, the times when you've been angry in your life, and then also if you're angry right now. So the very first one is, dear childhood friend died in battle. His name was Patroclus.

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So here's from the Iliad. Achilles was now beside Patroclus, weeping bitterly. He laid his hands on his chest and held them there for a long time as if warming them out of fire. Patroclus, he cried, dearest friend, since I left you last, I have come to know the full extent of my anger. It has brought me nothing but pain and grief, and now it has cost you your life.

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So anger can bring pain to others around you, those closest to you. Have you ever experienced that? Okay, we don't want that. So let's table that. We'll get back to it. Achilles was also angry at the Trojans for killing his fellow Greeks. Achilles was burning with anger. He stood on the high ramparts looking out over the plain and shouted to the gods of Olympus, Father Zeus, if you have ever granted me a prayer, grant me this. Let me take revenge on these Trojans for they have killed my friends and stripped them of There's anger again, and again not helping. So anger can hurt not only the people you love the most, those closest to you, friends or family, but any group you're a part of, any community you're a member of, and your country.

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It derails the mission you're on in life, consumes you, and takes you to places you don't want to go. We'll get to that in a minute. A third example, his rage and battle. Thus spoke Achilles and led the way in the forefront of the battle. And the earth groaned beneath the tread of the warriors as they rushed to the fight. And the dust rose up like a thick cloud as the Trojans and their allies advanced to meet them. And in the midst of the conflict, Achilles raged like a lion that has been wounded by hunters and fights with double fury. Anger makes you go berserk, makes you lose your mind and do things you would never dream of doing, nor should you do. And the fourth example is the beginning of the entire thing. It's the opening line of the epic poem. Agamemnon took his war prize and Achilles that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

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Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures. So Achilles' wrath didn't help anything. Sent them all down a path. That's not a point you just can't get back from As either of those happen to you Just examples of where your anger Doesn't help I Lament that all of it inside of us Ecclesiastes 7 9 says be not quick in your spirit to become angry for anger lodges in the hearts of fools I Don't want to be a fool, but hold on Slater not all anger is bad, because Jesus got angry. So how do we make sense of this? All right, let's pivot to the biblical stuff here. So my conclusion here is that it's okay to get angry just for the right reasons and in the right way. And the Bible is clear about this. Well, the Bible is full of wrath. So God's wrath is just. That's the first point Romans 2 5 pauses, but because of your hard and impenitent heart Means a feel no shame you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath When God's righteous judgment will be revealed so it will be revealed and you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath There's more wrath coming." Proverbs 24 12 says, If you say, Behold, we did not know this, does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?

0:20:09
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay man according to his work? Yes, he will, is the answer to that. The main difference, one of the main differences, but I think the biggest difference between the Greek and Roman gods, we were talking about Zeus a second ago, right? And God is the, uh, like Roman, uh, that's what I'm looking for, uh, when they're fake. What's the fake gods? Mythology. The mythological gods, they were fickle and irritable and acted on whim and they were just people. They were just like acting like people, they just had like power. God never does that. God is not fickle. He does not act on a whim.

0:20:53
His wrath, in the words of J.I. Packer, is a right and necessary reaction to objective moral evil. It's a right and necessary reaction to objective moral evil. And second point, God's wrath is love. His wrath is just and it is loving. He must act justly to judge sin, otherwise He wouldn't be God, or good, or loving. And Jesus did the same. Jesus got angry too. People only refer to Him as the Prince of Peace, but He's also the King of Righteousness. Matthew 18, 6 Whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me.

0:21:36
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believes in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. That's a better outcome than what is going to happen to you. Dane Ortlund makes an important point. He says, Jesus says this not because he gleefully enjoys torturing the wicked, but because he loves little children. It's the love. People today, just in our politics, they focus on the wrath and how bad that is, but what they don't realize is that the wrath comes from love.

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I'll just give you a simple example. So let's say someone murders someone, and people focus on how mean it is to sentence the murderer to life in prison, But what about the family of the people he murdered? So people's desire to not have a righteous anger at the murderer and not to seek justice is leading them to not act lovingly towards the victims. So you have to balance both of those. Matthew 23, 13, But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

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For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves." That's not like, woe to you! This isn't nice. Oh, Jesus, you're being very judgy. Yeah.

0:23:23
How about the famous scene of Jesus flipping tables? Not nice! Come on, Jesus, control yourself. He was. He was perfectly under control. John 2, 14, In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons and the money changers sitting there and making a whip of cords. He drove them all out of the temple with a whip with the sheep and oxen and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables and told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away.

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Do not make my father's house a house of trade. This visual of Jesus sitting there making a whip himself. Why did he do this? And why didn't he just do it nicer? Because he knew it mattered. He knew it mattered. The temple, the Lord's house, his Father's house, was a house of prayer. By the way, our churches today, many have forgotten their true purpose. It's not a social club. It's not a babysitting event.

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It's not a place to be entertained. It's a place to praise God. And it's time that we clear out all the lies from the church and clear out all the corruption from our government, from DC, from the media, from everywhere. There needs to be a clearing out of the temple and a draining of the swamp. We need to demand more. Let me, because here's what happens. When you clear out and you demand more, you get clarity and conviction. A righteous anger that doesn't turn into sin, we'll get to that in a second, but a righteous anger properly acted upon leads to clarity and conviction. Here is Martin Lloyd-Jones, I was able to find his actual sermon, this is out of maybe 1930s or 40s or something like that, and listen to him talk about what happens during a proper restoration, a proper clearing out.

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Go back and read your history. Read about the Protestant Reformation. What did it lead to? Well, amongst other things you know, it did lead to the Elizabethan period. Once you are right at the center, once the temple is cleansed and reformed and renewed, it percolates through the whole of life as a new tone. Where there is vision, the people succeed. Where there is no vision, the people perish. And this is the supreme need of the hour, to recapture the vision, to turn back to him and allow him to act and to speak to us, and to cleanse and to drive out. And then I say, you will get what you had following the Protestant Reformation.

0:26:09
You had exactly the same thing in the Puritan era. You can laugh at the Puritans if you like, my friends, but never forget this, that the Cromwellian period, the period of the Commonwealth, was one of the greatest periods in the whole history of this country. Everybody's agreed, even secular historians, that the basis of this country's greatness was laid down then, when there was a moral tone in the nation, when men and women put God first. Then, I say, the whole nation was elevated. Righteousness exalted the nation. And indeed, it is true to say in a large measure that what was truly great and glorious in the last century was the direct outcome of the evangelical awakening of the eighteenth century. There is no question about this. It can be established even historically.

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Leckie, the historian, tells us that it was that and that alone that saved this country from something similar to what happened in the French Revolution. And other historians will tell you the same thing. The fount, the origin, the source, not only of greatness in a national sense, but the enlightenment of the people. I've been saying the same thing about, and this is why I've been focused so much lately on Puritans and the preaching from America's true founding, like the 1600s, early 1700s, because they laid the groundwork for our founding fathers. I've been very focused on our founding grandfathers and great-grandfathers and the people who laid the moral foundation that our founding fathers were born into, that gave them clarity and conviction.

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They were angry at the right people for the right reasons. My point of all this is it's okay for humans to get angry. In fact, it's essential because here's the problem. The people who say, oh, you're talking about more good and evil, that's not right, you don't know, you can't judge. What that does is it turns them into people of indifference. And that's like awful, like that's terrible, indifference. Like, wake up, wake up and make a stand, take a stand on these, you know, not on everything necessarily, if you don't know all the facts or whatever, that's fine, but on the things that are obvious and that matter, take a stand. This is B.B. Warfield, he was a professor at the Princeton Cemetery, this is like late 1800s.

0:28:37
He says, it would be impossible, therefore, for a moral being to stand in the presence of perceived wrong, indifferent and unmoved. If you are a moral being, you should not stand, you should not be able to look at evil and be indifferent and unmoved. Precisely what we mean by a moral being is a being perceptive of the difference between right and wrong. If you're unable to determine or to see the right and wrong, you're not a moral being. And not only determining the difference between right and wrong, but reacting appropriately to right and wrong. The emotions of indignation and anger belong, therefore, to the very self-expression of a moral being as such and cannot be lacking to him in the presence of wrong." You have, clearly, a deceived world telling you that there's no such thing as evil.

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You can't—how dare you even say such a thing? You're a bigot and trying to silence you, that is an effort to make you no longer a moral being. That is an effort to silence you and make you indifferent and meaningless and to doubt and to not have conviction and not have moral clarity. And then what are you? The Bible on the other hand is very clear. Psalm 4.4. David says, be angry and do not sin. The Hebrew word here for be angry is, it means to tremble, to be troubled, to shake, to quake, to be perturbed, to quiver with anger.

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So care. Care. Like, have conviction. Care about what's happening in front of you. Care about it. Be angry. Be perturbed. Tremble. Shake at what you're seeing. Have the moral clarity to see that this is evil.

0:30:46
And while our country is saying, Oh, who are you to say blah blah blah, I'm a moral being. I am angry at this because this is bad, this is wrong, this is dangerous, this is evil. Be angry and do not sin. So his point here is it's okay to care a lot. You must, in fact. Just don't go so far as to sin. Ephesians 4, 26, be angry. This is in Greek so it's a different word, but be angry and do not sin.

0:31:12
Do not let the sun go down on your anger. So the Bible commands you to be angry. But what do we do with that anger? Well, a couple lines after that Psalm 4-4, he told you, be angry, but don't sin, offer right sacrifices and put our trust in the Lord. Put your trust in the Lord. That's the key. So, what's in my control? First you don't get discouraged. When everyone around you is lukewarm, when everyone around you is, oh don't be judgy, when everyone around you doesn't have conviction and doesn't care and isn't paying attention, don't let that distract you, don't let that discourage you. You are called as a moral being.

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See a lot of people will say, well who are you to say? I am a moral being. I'm a moral American human being. That is who I am to say. Oh, who are you to say? I'm a moral being. So don't get discouraged by people who are not. That's the first thing. Are you angry today? Why? Is it righteous? Here's a good tip. Is it about you? If it's about you, it's probably not righteous. Could be, could be, could be, don't get me wrong, but that's a first hint of just something to be aware of.

0:32:38
A yellow flag, not a red flag, a yellow flag. Is it something bigger than you? Is that why you're angry? That's a better sign. Is this anger leading you to a sinful place? I'm reminded of the story of Catherine of Siena, 1400s. She died when she was 33. She had a stroke at 33. Her final words, she said, Dear children, let not my death sadden you? Rather, rejoice to think that I am leaving a place of many sufferings, to go to rest in the quiet sea, the eternal God, and to be united forever with my most sweet and loving bridegroom. I leave darkness to pass into the true and everlasting light.

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I have sinned, O Lord, be merciful to me." She had a stroke at 33. She wasn't angry. I say that because anger isn't the only emotion, but it may be a good place to start. Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5, 21, hold fast to what is good. Hold fast to what is good. So let's not be discouraged by those who say, who are you to say? Let's have a righteous anger in the right way. And then hold and all at the same time while holding fast to what is good. How's that? Let's be angry about the things that truly matter. Final thing to meditate on.

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Good morning. Welcome to The Morning Motivation, brought to you by Public Square and Patriot Gold Group. I'm grateful you're here. I was reading a sermon by the great Puritan preacher John Owen in the mid-1600s. I'm so fascinated by this time period, 1600s, early 1700s. We focus a lot on our founding fathers. I think that the Tea Party movement and just conservatism in general has focused a lot on the founding fathers, and that's amazing, but I'm very fascinated by our founding grandfathers or great-grandfathers, the people who created the culture that our founding fathers were raised in.

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Isn't that a fascinating era? We got like 1776, like that's great, I love it, I want to know more, I don't know nearly enough. But what about the 1720s? What was going on there? Or the late 1600s? What was going on in America at that time? And you know, we've all heard of the Puritans, but you ...

Morning Motivation, April 21, 2023
Inflation and ANGER

I am angry and frustrated. With our Rulers. For getting us in this terrible economy. It doesn't have to be this way.

How could they never learn from past mistakes! This is ANCIENT history, stop printing money...yet, after COVID, we never printed more. Amazing.

Please leave a 5-star review on Itunes. We have a ton of momentum, this is about to break through! Thank you!

Also, I haven't done any lives anywhere becauase we're hosting a daily TV show "Road to Misterms" on thefirsttv.com, and it's taken all of my extra time. And my wife is giving birth any day now, so...it's been a lot around here. But after the midterms, time will free up.

Inflation and ANGER
Politics by Faith: Parkland and the Death Penalty

I've gone back and forth on the death penalty many times over the years. I've recently come down on the other side.

Should the Parkland murderer have gotten the death penalty or life in prison?

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Politics by Faith: Parkland and the Death Penalty

Is there any way we can help you take over some of the pod casts that Charlie Kirk -the country needs you and I need you. Thanks so much for your support and care. USA need you. How can I help?

This is spot on Mike! We have become dehumanized! You can not read a persons real needs on a screen nor text! A job or passion offers human interaction and I pray these stay at home on our tax dollars find that truth. We have lost our way… People need hugs and love and someone to listen. If we do not have that face to face interaction we will become nothing more than those who can not deal with lives issues.
Our politicians need to stop thinking about themselves and their agenda and think of the country as a whole. My suggestion today is go out and make someone’s life a little better than it is and not with money! And if it is only leave a space better than you found it -imagine if everyone left every place better than they found it. If you did one thing to make another human beings life better and told them you loved them. If we did this every day- what a great world we would have again! Time to get back to this countries MOTTO… if you do not know the counties motto it is ...

Good morning @MikeSlater and all my fellow Slater Crusaders! I've been following Mike for years and after having MANY one way conversations with the radio or podcast, have finally joined the community here on locals.com. I can't wait for the chance to share thoughts and ideas with you all. Thank you Mike for creating this place. I hope we can help inform each other about our world and support growing our relationship and faith in Jesus.

Charlie Kirk: Heaven Is Real
Politics By Faith, September 17, 2025

I came across this poem the other day, and it may be helpful to you in a time of grief. 

Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thanks for being here. This is the third time I've recorded, and I've never, I've never taken two takes on this podcast. This is the third time I've had to do a take here. I just recorded this episode reading a poem that I thought would be helpful to a lot of different people in a lot of different circumstances. Whether you've experienced a horrible loss in your life, I think about this from the perspective of Charlie's parents. 

I think about this from his wife's, his wife, his children's perspective one day, Charlie Kirk, of course. We have this memorial service coming up on Sunday, and I pray that it is beautiful. I pray that God speaks through everyone who is speaking there and that the people there who are speaking say what God wants them to say and what this country needs to hear. I pray it sparks a revival. I pray this Sunday is a beautiful event and good. Before we read this poem, I want to play this clip here of A man, Frank Turek. 

I didn't know this, but Frank Turek is the author of a book that someone gave me that early in my becoming a Christian called, I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. It's my favorite apologetics book I ever read. It's the first one I ever read. And it's amazing. And I've given it to a lot of people. And it's amazing book. 

I don't have enough faith to be an atheist. And he was amazing friends with Charlie Kirk. He was actually standing right next to Charlie Kirk when he got shot. He was the man in the white hat who people are like, oh, he's making a hand signal to. No, this is Frank Turek. He's an amazing man and apologetics assist. 

And as you hear here, a wonderful father, like figure to Charlie Kirk. I want to play what he said first about Charlie's final moments and then go into this poem. 

Now, Here's what Erica wants me to relate on Sunday. This is going to be the hard part, but maybe also the comforting part. Charlie Kirk was literally like a son to me. I have three sons. He was like my fourth son. My three sons are a little bit older than Charlie. He was like my fourth son. 

So when he was hit, if your son got hit, what would you do? What would you do? I got in the car. Because if there was any way I could save him, I had to do something. I couldn't just take him. You guys got it. 

So I They got him into the side of the car. It was an SUV. It was the SUV we took over. And I'm on one side, and there's actually some video. There's somebody who's taking video of this. I'm on one side of the car, the right side, and they're getting Charlie in. 

So I run over to the other side, but the guy who was dragging him in is now blocking that entrance. So at that point, I run around to the back. I pop the top, the back gate open, and I jump in the back. The car lurches forward. Apparently, somebody jumped in the car. So the car lurches forward. 

So I almost fall out of the car. or the SUV. Then I grabbed the thing and close it. And there's five of us in the car now. Justin is driving. Dan is up front with the GPS. 

Rick has got him. Rick's on my left. And Brian is there. And I'm coming over the back seat. And Charlie's laid out in front, just right in front of me. And Charlie's so tall, we can't close the door. 

We drove four miles, I don't know, it's four something miles, all the way to the hospital with the door open. To this day, I don't know how Brian stayed in the car because we're just go, go, go. 

go, go. 

We're trying to stop the bleeding, you saw it. And I'm yelling, come on, Charlie, come on, come on. Meanwhile, my phone is still on. My son and daughter -in -law are hearing this whole thing. And his security team, again, Justin, Dan, Brian, and Rick, they love Charlie, but they're much cooler than I. I mean, they're just carrying out, they're calmly, but they're swiftly doing exactly what they were trained to do. 

Rick starts praying out loud. I'm praying out loud. We're yelling, come on, let's go, let's go, let's go. My son's hearing all this, and we're doing the best we can to navigate traffic. This is not a highway, we're on surface streets. And suddenly there's an ambulance coming toward us. 

And there was conversation in the car, should we stop? We're like, no, no, just keep going, just keep going. The doctor later said that was the right thing to do. Ambulance goes by us. We're still heading to the hospital trying to get there. At one point, somebody says, let's get there in one piece because we're just we're cutting through intersections. 

You know, we're just beeping the horn. This is not an emergency vehicle. There's no there's no lights. There's none of this. And I go, we've got to start CPR. So I try and start that. 

Now, he wasn't there. 

His eyes were fixed. He wasn't looking at me. He was looking past me right into eternity. He was with Jesus already. He was killed instantly and felt absolutely no pain. That's what I was told later. 

But of course, we had to try. By the way, there was just nothing, nothing any of us could do about it. We were giving him CPR, but nothing was happening. It wasn't like if we had better first aid or we had better medical facilities or we're faster to the hospital, we could have saved him. We couldn't. So if that's any comfort at all, Charlie didn't suffer. 

He was gone. He was with Jesus absent from the body present with the Lord. That's where he was. Now it is true. When we got to the hospital, And they started working on him right away. They did get a pulse back. 

And so Rick and I were just everyone's praying. We're just praying for a miracle. We had a we had a small sliver of hope. And the doctor later said that we got a pulse because Charlie was a very healthy man. But the shot was catastrophic. So 20 or 30 minutes later, the surgeon came out and said he was dead. 

Can't wait to hear what he's going to say on Sunday. Now I want to play this poem that I already recorded and it's about heaven. So I've recorded this poem and then right afterwards, my producer sent me this, that clip you just heard right there. And I was like, Oh, I got it. I got to put this in the beginning. So here is a poem about heaven. 

It's a poem by John Pierpont. He's a poet 150 years ago or so. It's called My Child. He says, I cannot make him dead. His fair sunshiny head is ever bounding round my study chair. He's always running around me. 

Yet, when my eyes now dim with tears, I turn to him. The vision vanishes. He's not there. I walk my parlor floor, and through the open door, I hear a footfall on the chamber stair. 

I hear him. 

I'm stepping towards the hall to give the boy a call, and then bethink me that he's not there. I tread the crowded street. A satcheled lad I meet, with the same beaming eyes and colored hair. And as he's running by, I follow him with my eye, scarcely believing that he's not there. I know, I know, his face is hid. Under the coffin lid. 

Closed are his eyes. Cold is his forehead fair. My hand that marble felt. O 'er it in prayer I knelt. Yet my heart whispers that he's not there. Quick pause, I'm halfway through. 

Nothing's really been said. I haven't heard anything said about Charlie Kirk's parents. So they're thinking that of their child. They have their emotions. This is from Erica's perspective, thinking of her children that now don't have a dad. And you've gone through heartache. 

This may be super relevant to your life right now as well and maybe what you need to hear. The poet says, I cannot make him dead when passing by the bed. So long watched over with parental care, my spirit and my eye seek it inquiringly before the thought comes that he is not there. When at the cool gray break of day from sleep I wake with my first breathing of the morning air, my soul up with joy to him who gave my boy then comes the sad thought that he is not there oh my goodness I don't know which of these is more heartbreaking when at the day's calm close before we seek repose I'm with his mother offering up our prayer whatever I may be saying I am in spirit praying for our boy's spirit though he's not there not there where then is he can we please have a turn in this poem not there where then is he The form I used to see was but the raiment that he used to wear. Clothes, they're just clothes. 

Raiment's just clothing. So the form, the thing that I see that I can't stop seeing running around, jump around me, climb up the stairs, whatever. The thing I can't not see, the thing I can't unsee is just clothes that he used to wear. The grave that now doth press upon that cast off dress is but his wardrobe locked. He is not there. He lives. 

In all the past he lives, in all my memories, nor to the last of seeing him again will I despair. In dreams I see him now, and on his angel brow I see it written, thou shalt see me there. Yes, we all live to God. Father, thy chastening rod, so help us, thine afflicted ones, help us to bear that in the spirit land, meeting at thy right hand, t 'will be our heaven to find that he is there. John Pierpont. my child, I can't wait to go to heaven one day too. 

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Charlie Kirk: Heaven Is Real
Politics By Faith, September 17, 2025

I came across this poem the other day, and it may be helpful to you in a time of grief. 

I'm adding a short little intro here to the normal intro we normally do. I'm about to read a poem here. It's way sadder. There's moments of it that are way sadder than I even thought. So I just want to give a little emotional warning before this episode. Just brace yourself, prepare yourself. 

There is a turn in the poem, so it ends up joyful, but in the beginning, it could be difficult. Okay, now to the regularly scheduled podcast. Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thank you for being here. This Sunday is the memorial service for Charlie Kirk. I pray it is a beautiful service and moving and Holy Spirit led and sparks a revival and that God speaks through everyone who is speaking there and what needs to be said is said and heard by the American people. 

I came across this poem two days ago. There's a lot of things in here that I think are relevant. It depends where your perspective is exactly, but I think it can help a lot of people in a lot of different ways. It's a poem by John Pierpont, who's a poet 150 years ago or so. It's called My Child. He says, I cannot make him dead. 

His fair sunshiny head is ever bounding round my study chair. He's always running around me. Yet when my eyes now dim with tears, I turn to him, the vision vanishes. He's not there. I walk my parlor floor and through the open door, I hear a footfall on the chamber stair. I'm stepping towards the hall to give the boy a call and then be thanked. 

me that he's not there. I tread the crowded street, a satcheled lad I meet, with the same beaming eyes and colored hair. And as he's running by, I follow him with my eye, scarcely believing that he's not there. I know, I know, his face is hid under the coffin lid. Closed are his eyes. Cold is his forehead fair. 

My hand that marble felt. O 'er it in prayer I knelt, yet my heart whispers that he's not there. Quick pause, I'm halfway through. Nothing's really been said. I haven't heard anything said about Charlie Kirk's parents. So they're just thinking that of their child. 

They have their emotions. This is from Erica's perspective, thinking of her children that now don't have a dad. And you've gone through heartache. This may be super relevant to your life right now as well, and maybe what you need to hear. The poet says, I cannot make him dead when passing by the bed, so long watched over with parental care, my spirit and my eye. Seek it inquiringly before the thought comes that he is not there. 

When at the cool gray break of day from sleep I wake, with my first breathing of the morning air, my soul goes up with joy to him who gave my boy. Then comes the sad thought that he is not there. Oh my goodness. I don't know which of these is more heartbreaking. When at the day's calm close, before we seek repose, I'm with his mother offering up our prayer. Whatever I may be saying, I am in spirit praying for our boy's spirit, though he's not there. 

" Not there. Where then is he? Can we please have a turn in this poem? Not there. Where then is he? The form I used to see was but the raiment that he used to wear. 

Clothes. There's clothes. Raiment's just clothing. So the form, the thing that I see that I can't stop seeing, running around, jump around me, climb up the stairs. The thing I can't not see, the thing I can't unsee is just clothes that he used to wear. The grave that now doth press upon that cast -off dress is but his wardrobe locked. 

He is not there. He lives. In all the past, he lives. In all my memories, nor to the last of seeing him again will I despair. In dreams I see him now, and on his angel brow I see it written, thou shalt see me there. Yes, we all live to God. 

Father, thy chastening rod, so help us, thine afflicted ones, help us to bear that in the spirit land, meeting at thy right hand, t 'will be our heaven to find that he is there. John Pierpont, my child. I can't wait to go to heaven one day too. Mike Slater dot locals dot com. Transcript commercial free on the website. Mike Slater dot locals dot com.

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September 16, 2025
Charlie Kirk: Should We Cancel Leftists?
Politics By Faith, September 16, 20, 2025

It's quite shocking how many people have celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and celebrated in vile ways. Should these people be fired from their jobs? 

 

A couple of Bible verses that have come to mind recently. 

Someone sent me this one, John 12, 24. Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. John 12, 24, the line before that, it's Jesus talking about his death. He says, the hour has come that the son of man should be glorified. Let's read the rest of what Jesus said here. Him, my father will honor. 

" This line right here about he who loves his life will lose it and who hates his life in this world will keep it in eternal. Like that's, that's just so as good as it gets. Um, we are called to, we are sojourners and pilgrims. Our home is heaven, not this earth. Hebrews 11, talking about people in the old Testament. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims. 

on the earth. 

You know, I've never lived through a martyr before. I've never seen, I've read about it, but I've never seen how one martyr can change millions of hearts. That in his death, people can buy Bibles for the first time, go to church for the first time, do all this, like, like they've, like, they've never done before. Like it's never happened. And I pray it's a revival. I pray it's just the beginning of a revival, a martyrdom where you can spread the gospel, spread the truth of the Bible, God's word so well in your life. 

Like, I mean, so as in like a certain amount of well, but then in your death, It's infinitely more. How amazing is that? And I'm certain that on Sunday during the memorial service, there's going to be a lot of accurate talk about Charlie Kirk being home. Never lived through a martyr. It's wonderful. I want to share another biblical illusion here. 

We talked on the show today about cancel culture and how there's a lot of people out there celebrating the death, the assassination of Charlie Kirk saying, you know, vile, like wicked, horrible stuff. Not even like he deserved it. That's bad enough, but just like, Oh, like he's dead. Oh yeah. It's awesome. 

Like, like, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 

Something is wrong with you. And. A lot of these people who are doing this are like teachers and nurses and professional class people, and they're being fired from their job. So the question is, should someone be fired? If you celebrate the death, the assassination of Charlie Cook, should you be fired for it? We talked about that for a good amount of time on the show today. 

The answer is yes, by the way. It's wholesale different from what the left did to conservatives for all these years. What the left did to conservatives, first of all, it was, they'd scour social media posts from decades ago to try to get something you said then that could be insulting or offensive now. They're like, oh man. The left did it to dead people. 

They canceled Dr. Seuss. They canceled Pepe Le Pew. They canceled Uncle Ben off the Rice Box. They canceled Aunt Jemima. I mean, they canceled fictional characters. That's how dedicated they were to just destruction. 

Then when Donald Trump won in 2016, and they've done this too with like Rush Limbaugh before, but in 2016, they tried to destroy every conservative group and media outlet that existed just for being, just for existing. Wouldn't say anything different. It was like they said something offensive in particular. It's just, oh, you're conservative, you're gone. And we don't do that. We're not doing that to the left. 

We're not saying, oh, you're a pro -choice, then you should be fired. It's, oh, you're celebrating the assassination of someone. This is a big problem. If you think that that's a big, big problem, And also, I don't trust you. I don't trust you anymore. As a teacher for shepherding the hearts and minds of kids, you're gone. 

You can't do that. You can't have that job anymore. Or if you're a nurse taking care of someone who might be a conservative, you're celebrating. I mean, you're supposed to be for life. You're celebrating someone getting shot in the neck because of their political beliefs. And I come in, I have the same political beliefs, and you're my nurse. 

This isn't going to work. This relationship isn't going to work. It's a high trust relationship, and by default, We assume it works, but I can't assume that anymore. You can't have that job. Actually, let me play this. This woman, she called in on the show today and had a really good story here. 

This is Becky. Becky is in Florida. Becky, how are you? 

Good, good. 

It's been a rough week, that's for sure. 

It has. 

So I am a nurse and not long before the election, I had a patient come in. She was having a textbook heart attack, happened to be a slow night. So I was able to spend time with her, you know, talk to her. We get her up to the cath lab to try and get a stent in. and she starts decompensating and I spent probably five minutes rubbing her head, talking to her about she said they were making hamburgers when this all happened, what was she going to have, what was her daughter's name and trying to say this without crying and I told her, we're going to put you to sleep until we can get this procedure done and she died and I was the last person to speak to her and that really hit me but what hit me And why it came back around was that she was wearing a Kamala Harris shirt, and I didn't care. And I have seen so many of my health care friends celebrating Charlie's death. 

And I think to myself, if I came in with a MAGA shirt or a Charlie shirt or a Trump shirt or whatever, even a God bless America shirt, are you going to treat me differently? Because it sure seems like it. And my job, I don't care what your political leanings are. I don't care if you're trans. I don't care if you're gay. I don't care. 

My job is to save your life. And I didn't care that that woman had a Kamala Harris shirt on, because you know what? She's still a human at the end of the day. And it just amazes me how many people have, you know, teachers, like you said, or nurses or doctors. Just your job is to save lives. not to celebrate death. 

And I don't know, it just, it just came back to me this week because I just, I didn't care. She was a human and I hope, and sorry to keep talking, but I didn't even want to be in that assignment that day. I tried to switch and talk about a God moment because I took the time to be with her as she died and give her memories that she will hopefully hold on to forever. 

If a nurse celebrates the assassination of Charlie Kirk, will they treat with as much love and care a conservative who is a fan of Charlie Kirk? One of the most powerful examples of what Becky told the story over there was the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. And the murderer there was then brought to a hospital nearby in Pittsburgh and was treated, cared for by doctors who go to that synagogue. This is who we are. And wicked people who reveal themselves, and I'm glad you are revealing yourself, actually. We have no more patience for this. 

We can't have it anymore. Now someone called into the show and said, uh, Oh, let me give you one more example. What the left is doing. They're talking about, Oh, what about Melissa Hortman? She was the Minnesota speaker of the house who was assassinated or killed, killed, assassinated in her house by this guy who went around to a couple of different politicians houses and tried to kill a bunch. Well, and they're like, Oh, where were you then? 

You know, where were you when this Democrat got, got killed? Not celebrating it. Let's start with that. Not jumping up and down, not saying you deserve it. So end of story. I don't even know what you're talking about. 

Like, what's, what's your point? You are celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Oh, what about Melissa Horthman? 

Okay. 

Like horrible. Like what do you want? I mean, I said it was horrible. I'm not celebrating it. Like you guys are. 

What do you like? 

What do you even bring that up for? Someone called in and talked about how it's good that people are speaking because it separates the chaff from the wheat. And I always liked this imagery in the Bible. Uh, you have wheat, that's the good stuff. And the outer layer of it is the chaff and it's got to be separated. So they would smash it on the ground. 

And the chaff would, because it's light, fly up in the air and float away and the wind would take it out. And the Bible often talks about separating the worthless chaff from the very valuable grains. Psalm 1, the wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Let's drive the chaff away. Not just because of someone's political belief. No, no one's saying, Hey, if you don't, if you didn't subscribe to Charlie Kirk's Twitter page, then you need to be fired. 

You can disagree with everything he's ever said. Let's ask for some humanity. Here's the big. Wheat and chaff reference. This is Matthew 3 11, John the Baptist. He says, I baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 

His winnowing fork is in his hand and he will clear the threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. Chaff, he will burn with unquenchable fire. Don't be chaff. And in America right now, it's okay to have people separated. It's good to separate the wheat and the chaff. the chaff. 

I'll end with this that I read in my new book, Scripture Emblems and Allegories. This one is about the sun of truth. And it's an image of a mountain with a sun up in the air and two men, one walking towards the sun, one walking away from the sun. And I am going to quote all of it. It's two pages. Seeware, among the mountain heights, a long straight path stretches itself till it's lost in the distance beyond. 

The sun pours wide his rays of living light, illuminating the path and shedding luster all around. Two travelers are pursuing their different routes. One advances towards the sun. His shadow is behind him. His path is bright before him. As he proceeds, his shadow diminishes while his path grows brighter and brighter until directly overhead, The sun pours the full tide of its glory upon him and the whole of his shadow disappears. 

The other has turned his back upon the orb of day. See, he follows his own shadow. It darkens his pathway before him. Now he leaves the track. His shadow lengthens more and more. He wanders into sunken labyrinths and finally loses himself amidst the darkness of night. 

How many people have you talked about recently, whether it's the trans church shooter recently or the guy, the train in Charlotte who stabbed the woman in the neck or this is a murder of Charlie Kerr. There's so many, so many stories. Even ones that don't get as much headlines like carjackers in DC. It's like, whoa, you have lost yourself amidst the darkness of night. This emblem represents the moral world. The sun designates the sun of truth. 

The travelers denote first those who follow the light. Their path shines brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Their souls become enlightened. vivified and purified. Darkness disappears and heavenly light shines on their souls forever. Secondly, it signifies those who turn their backs on the light and who, as they journey, wander farther and farther from his bright beams. 

Their path becomes darker and darker. Their shadow lengthens as they proceed until having forsaken altogether the way of truth. They lose themselves among the wilds of error and perish in the darkness of everlasting night. They perish in the darkness of everlasting night. Where shines the sun of truth? In the Holy Bible. 

The scriptures are a light to the weary traveler, illuminating all his goings, pointing out his proper path, and showing where the mountains of error lift up their desolating heads. This sun of truth shines on the traveler himself. It discovers, oh, this is so good. It discovers his ignorance, guilt. This is so important. The light doesn't illuminate how great I am. 

This book was written in the 1850s. They had it right there. It's not like, oh, the sun. I'm so glad the sun is shining on me. I'm awesome. I am great. No, the sun of truth discover, it causes the person to discover his ignorance, guilt, danger, helplessness, and at the same time, his immortality. 

Again, it shines and he beholds Calvary with all its weeping tragedies. It reveals to him now his wisdom, justification, sanctification, and redemption, where shines the son of truth and the person of Jesus Christ. He who wisely chooses, uses the light of the scriptures will be led to contemplate him who's the light of the world, the son of righteousness, the splendid glory of Jehovah, the way, the life, and the truth. The Christian, following the light of the glorious sun of truth, discovers ever -opening mines of richest knowledge, fountains of living waters rolled or treasures at his feet. Trees of life overhang his pathway and drop into his lap their golden stores till at length he beholds the opening gates to the new Jerusalem, where light and truth, their mystic powers combine and over the realms of love forever shine. The infidel," his last paragraph here, the infidel, turning his back upon the light, walks in the vain shadow of his own opinions. 

Oh, I got to read this on the radio, right? Don't people need to hear this too on the radio? Walk in the vain shadow of his own opinions. Me, I'm perfect. I know everything. I know what's right. 

Darker and yet more dark. I am God, says Satan. Darker and yet more dark the shadow grows. He waxes worse and worse. One truth after another is given up. One lie after another is embraced. 

Farther and farther he wanders from God and bliss. And finally he takes his fearful leap in the dark and finds himself, contrary to his expectations, in outer darkness, where there's weeping and wailing and woe. We need to be people who follow the light always in every way. And the more we do, the more we recognize our failings, our weakness, how much we're drowning, how much we need to be saved and how grateful we are for a savior. Mike Slater dot locals . com transcript commercial free on the website. Mike Slater dot locals .

 

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