Ron Johnson Discipleship Podcast
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Latest Episodes
Episode 127 – Understanding the Cult of Social Justice
God reveals Himself as a God of justice and truth. As human beings made in His image, we share His revulsion for injustice. However, the biblical pursuit of "justice" and today's modern cult of "social justice" have little, if anything, in common. Today w
Episode 126 – Progressivism as Religion
Every movement needs a transcendent source of legitimacy to fuel its mission. For America's Leftists, it's progress. Progressives hold that the present is better than the past, and that the future will inevitably be better than the present. Those who oppo
Episode 125 – Our Pre-Totalitarian Culture
It's easy for us to look at the rise of totalitarian dictatorships of the past and wonder how such evils were allowed to happen. That would never happen under our watch, or so we think. But the precursors of tyranny are all around us in America today. The
Episode 124 – Understanding Soft Totalitarianism (Part 2)
Americans are not experiencing the hard totalitarianism of the former Soviet gulags. Instead, it manifests control in soft forms. This tyranny is therapeutic. It masks its hatred of dissenters from its progressive utopian ideology in the guise of helping
Episode 123 – Live Not By Lies (Part 1)
Today we begin an exciting discussion of Rod Dreher's book,_Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents._Is America drifting toward some form of totalitarianism? Our elite institutions are abandoning old-fashioned liberalism, which defends the
Episode 122 – Strangers in a Strange New World
As followers of Christ, we are increasingly feeling like strangers in a strange new America. The rise of expressive individualism, with its radical transformation of our understanding of selfhood, creates its own wave of societal conformity. As believers,
Episode 121 – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Our Declaration of Independence firmly enshrines our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The freedoms of speech and religion have been appreciated and enjoyed since the birth of our great nation. With the rise of expressive i
Episode 120 – The Sexual Revolution of the LGBTQ+
The LGBTQ+ coalition has been one of the greatest political success stories of the last half century. The speed, depth and scope of this revolution is impressive. But a closer look reveals some serious fault lines within the coalition. If the ideology beh
Episode 119 – Plastic People, Liquid World
We used to find our identity and belongingfrom a shared national narrative. Our families, our churches and our nation provided a moral framework and a national identity which created a sense of belonging and unity. With the advent of the internet, we are
Episode 118 – Revolt of the Masses
Our world used to be relatively stable and fixed. All we needed to do to successfully navigate life was to find our place within it. But things have drastically changed. We now live in a world that is both plastic and fluid. While we have more choices tha