That we now live in a post-Christian culture should be evident to everyone who does not live in a box. The jettisoning of the historic Judeo-Christian values that made this country strong in the first place and then allowed it to flourish, including gradually dealing with its own serious shortcomings, is now well underway. Even the idea of truth is now routinely rejected, such that people speaking on media often hesitate because, given their fear of being not with it or being not politically cor...
Oct 02, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 111
Leftist ideas and values have gained a foothold, nay more than a foothold, a hammerlock on American culture. These values, contrary to the Judeo-Christian values upon which the country was founded and that allowed it to flourish, are being trampled, rejected, and jettisoned every day in virtually every institution of American culture. This we know, but what we may not realize is how many average Americans seem oblivious to this onslaught. It is therefore past time for Americans not to buy in to ...
Sep 26, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 110
In ancient Egypt, Joseph told his petrified brothers, "You meant it for evil but God meant it for good." God can do this, and he does it regularly, turning the evil intentions of mankind toward fulfilling his purposes. No better example of this exists than the crucifixion cross, Jesus's instrument of pain, sacrifice, and death that has become an international symbol of redemption and hope. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.
Sep 19, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 109
Much of American religion, including the Christian Church, is trading theology for therapy. "This radical transformation of Christian theology and Christian belief replaces the sovereignty of God with the sovereignty of the self. In this therapeutic age, human problems are reduced to pathologies in need of a treatment plan." Spiritual problems are being medicalized, or psychologized if you will, meaning the gospel is set aside, transformation in Christ is ignored, and with their therapist - peop...
Sep 11, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 108
When we think "religion," we often think in terms of an institutional church, a denomination, or one of the world's great religions, i.e., Christianity, Judaism, Islam. Or we think of any number of other religions with their worship edifices, holy books, practices, and values. Some people do not adhere to or practice any of these religions. But if we think "religious" instead of religion, and we recognize that religious means ideas, assumptions, attitudes, and values characterized by certain spi...
Sep 06, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 107
This some of my spiritual journey, something I wanted to express for whatever help it may provide others, especially for those who've wrestled with doubt. God is good. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.
Sep 04, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 106
"Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law." So says the 1893 poem, "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates, later published with music to become one of this country's iconic patriotic hymns. But self-control and liberty in law seem a long way from what we are now experiencing, a spate of lawlessness rooted not only in the perpetrator but perpetuated and even promoted by progressive governors, mayors, district attorneys, and "prosecutors" who do not prosecute, do not hold the g...
Aug 28, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 105
Social change is a constant. Sounds contradictory, but social change is always happening, today at an unprecedented rate. New global trends suggest new challenges and opportunities not only for commerce but for Christian ministry. In this podcast we list a few. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.
Aug 21, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 104
Unless you are not religious or perhaps have been living under a rock, you'll recognize the sentiments expressed in the title of this podcast. In one sense, God's Word, his will, and his people the Church have always been under attack, sometimes greatly so in societies or nations, including today, that suppress, oppress, and persecute. But what's been happening in the US in the past thirty years is a wholesale onslaught of new ideologies masquerading as fairness, beauty, and light while bringing...
Aug 15, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 103
Most Christian organizations, at least in the recent past, operate with foundational documents, not only bylaws but doctrinal statements, maybe a staff lifestyle statement, and possibly position statements on matters key to their mission. This is not news. What is news is that now, given rapid social or should we say moral change, many Christian foundational statements are ill-prepared and out of date. For example, while they may talk about alcoholic beverages, they typically did not speak to le...
Aug 07, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 102
Racial reconciliation is a thing because there is racial distrust, division, and discrimination. Sadly, racism is part of the sinful history of humanity. But race per se is a gift of God, and the various perceived races, Red, Yellow, Black, White, have more in common than is generally acknowledged. And in fact, what human beings have in common is more important than any demographic or other attribute that divides them. God is God of all. He loves all. Christ died and was raised again for all. We...
Aug 04, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 101
The fall 2024 U.S. Presidential election may feature current President Joe Biden vs Former President Donald Trump, at least that's what these two men seem to hope. But questions swirl in media, polls, and office conversations, are these men too old not just to run for president but be the President of the United States? If we live, obviously, aging is something that comes to us all, and the process affects people differently. Some are mentally sharp and physically energetic well into their late ...
Jul 31, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 100
"Sound of Freedom" is the surprise box office success in summer cinema, in large part because it deals with a real-life rescue of children kidnapped and sold into sex slavery aimed at pedophiles. Not your usual fun afternoon at the movies. But this is an important film, calling attention to a horrible, heinous, and vast criminal enterprise that preys on children and women. It's sad, sick, senseless, sinful, subjugation, soul-destroying. More children have been inducted into sexual slavery today ...
Jul 24, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 99
"What is a woman?" is the title and question/theme of a June 2022 documentary produced and narrated by conservative commentator Matt Walsh. It would seem like a nonsensical question, or one part of a comedy bit, or maybe a set-up for a spiel about the value and virtues of women. But it is none of this. It is a question that just a decade ago did not need to be asked, but now, yes, in American culture we've come to this. For Walsh, it is the question of our generation. He interviews a wide variet...
Jul 17, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 98
Francis A. Schaeffer is well-remembered for his book, "How Should We Then Live?" He borrowed that question from Ezekiel 33:10. Great question. Once we are a believer in Christ, how should we live? To answer that question and to live out a Christian life we must look to Scripture that gives us all things needed for life and godliness, that is temporally relevant and eternally applicable in all cultures, then develop and apply a Christian philosophy of life, a Christian worldview. We do this by le...
Jul 17, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 97
It's no secret the USA is divided, dividing, fragmenting, tribalizing, and think of some other word about confusion and disagreement. There are reasons for this. Sadly, this confusion and division is evident in the Church, not just culture. Roots of this are biblical illiteracy, lack of understanding of Christian theology and Christian worldview, and this is the Church, let alone culture. We live in a post-Christian culture, so the USA's founding Judeo-Christian values are being jettisoned day b...
Jul 10, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 96
Everyone is patriotic, though listening to the Left today you might not know this. The key is what we are patriotic about - and for America, this is our founding ideals: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, assembly, and association, life, liberty, and justice for all. Developing a responsible Christian patriotism is one way to express our gratitude for a country for whom so many have sacrificed to give us so much. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.
Jul 04, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 95
God created human beings for community, fellowship with him and with other people. Consequently, isolation, or being or feeling isolated, truly alone even if in a crowd is not normal and not healthy. Same is true in the Christian Church, the Body of Christ. Believers need one another and that's one reason God commissioned the church in the New Testament. But there are isolated believers all over the world, particularly in countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa where religions, rul...
Jul 03, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 94
Many people don't like to think about the hereafter, much less death or specifically their own mortality. Apparently Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of them. Once you come to understand that he thinks heaven is a fantasy and death is the end, his perspective makes more sense. Though his view of heaven does not make sense, is not rooted in a religious faith, and is but his cynical surmise. It's sad because it need not be. The Scripture has much to say about who we are, who God is, what heaven and he...
Jun 26, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 93
June Pride month is here and it's not going away. Christians need not participate, meaning attend events, and neither do they need to endorse, promote, or even support such events coming into communities. There is a body of law in the US that allows communities to make determinations about public decency without undermining or restricting other people's freedom of expression. In a public setting, using moral or biblical arguments are not likely to be successful. This does not mean Christians sto...
Jun 19, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 92
June Pride month has become a cultural tour de force. Despite LGBTQ+ advocacy groups proclaiming people who choose this lifestyle are somehow at extreme risk, their interest and ideology is making seemingly unstoppable headway at every level of society across the country. No field of human endeavor in American life is immune from pressure to participate without reservation in a celebration of a percentage of the population’s decision to pursue immoral behaviors. Pride month is not a harmless cel...
Jun 12, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 91
We hear a lot about identity these days, usually something regarding identity politics, which asserts identity is wholly socially determined. According to this philosophy, we are products of our sex, race, and something socially invented called gender identity. But Christians believe we are made in God’s image. Sex, race, and ethnic characteristics matter in our lives, but not in the reductionist, inevitably divisive, way they are being presented today. What really matters is our identity in Chr...
Jun 05, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 90
Memorial Day is, or should be, both a day of remembrance and a day of gratitude for those who served and sacrificed, some giving the last full measure of devotion, to protect and preserve freedom, democratic government, and a safe and secure homeland. For more Christian commentary, check my website at rexmrogers.com.
May 29, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 89
Contemporary American, if not Western, culture is engaged in a pellmell rush to embrace nearly everything historic cultures considered lacking in common sense. I call this a celebration of irrationality. It goes to worldview. The current cultural zeitgeist has rejected moral absolutes for moral relativism. Many negative social pathologies result. American culture cannot long sustain itself upon these baseless, senseless ideas, attitudes, values, and practices. For more Christian commentary, chec...
May 24, 2023•6 min•Season 2Ep. 88
Artificial Intelligence is suddenly everywhere in media. The coverage is a product of new excitement, a new story, and the release of the now, fastest-ever growing app, ChatGPT, Nov 2022. Some coverage delves into the presumed arrival of futuristic science wherein humanoids will soon take over the world. Other coverage is more practical, proclaiming AI is a cultural, corporate tipping point or game changer, much like the predictions about the Internet in the 1990s. Thing is, we don't know what w...
May 22, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 87
More on Artificial Intelligence. It's a brave new world we are entering so it bears thoughtful consideration. AI as it is called, like other new tools and technology, offers progress and potential pitfalls, especially in terms of concerns for individual liberty and democratic government, moral choices, and the ease with which fake and fiction come to dominate our lives. For more Christian commentary see my website at rexmrogers.com.
May 17, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer found only in sci fi books and films. It is much more than the idea of sentient robots suddenly running amok. In fact, this is the least of our concerns. AI in the form of generative text development tools like ChatGPT and a host of others are already being used in a variety of businesses and other applications. ChatGPT, released for free to the public in Nov 2022 is the fastest growing app in history. AI sounds good, and indeed much of it may be, making...
May 15, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Everyone doubts. Some of the greatest minds of the Christian faith have expressed doubts, not unbelief, doubt. There is a difference. Os Guinness's classic, God in the Dark: The Assurance of Faith Beyond a Shadow of Doubt is highly recommended. Doubt is part of my spiritual journey, especially when I was coming of age. I never doubted the existence of God, but I certainly doubted whether I was truly saved. This was long before I learned more about trusting God and his character and work, and bef...
May 08, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Liberalism has typically been thought of as the opposite of Conservative, and in a few ways it is, particularly its outlook upon big government. But a far more pernicious threat now exists in the ideology of Leftism that is not only the opposite of Conservative but the enemy of everything for which conservatism stands. Anti-God, anti-human, anti-democracy Leftist ideologues can now be found in positions of influence at every level and within nearly every sector of American culture. Leftists who ...
May 01, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Crime seems to be the one constant, ubiquitous occurrence in American society. While there was a time when one could move about without much thought to his or her safety, that time seems to have gone. Public officials who have bought into "woke," which is to say Marxist, ideas about economics, class, race, and gender now regularly refuse to prosecute crime, contending it's not a matter of individual choice but of racial or economic oppression. Law-abiding citizens bare the greatest negative burd...
Apr 24, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 82
