Before I start, I want to apologize. My internet went out during the recording of this podcast, so I disappeared partway through. Sorry to abandon the fun.
We’ve made it to our 35th episode of Faith All Over the Place, and this week, it’s time for our monthly guest appearance from the amazing Ashley McCully! And with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America coming up, we wanted to talk about expressing our gratitude for this blessing of a nation and praying for that blessing to continue.
We talked about how we regularly express that gratitude and pray for our country. We also noted that our friends from outside the U.S. who are visiting America for the World Cup are giving us more and more reminders of what a lovely and kind place we call home. Ashley also pointed out a LinkedIn post from a leftist who learned that we don’t have to agree to be united.
We discussed the idea of repentance for our country falling so far away from the Judeo-Christian values that the Founding Fathers intended for this nation to model, but we also expressed the hope that we see in young people coming back to church. We all pray that they’re coming back to church with a genuine faith in Jesus.
Kruiser brought up the writings of Cardinal Charles Chaput, particularly the wonderful book Strangers in a Strange Land. I shared this quote from the book:
James Madison, in his Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments in 1785, said that man’s duty to honor God “is precedent both in order of time and degree of obligation to the claims of civil society. Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the universe.” And as John Adams told the Massachusetts militia in 1789, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Ashley brought up the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz and how one of the categorizations, which was the result that both Ashley and I got, is “Faith First Conservatives.” I read the short description of it, but the site also says:
Staunch conservatives and strong Trump supporters who stand out for their faith-oriented politics.
- Devout and overwhelmingly Christian
- Oppose abortion and see same-sex marriage as bad for society
- Prefer a smaller government and limited social safety net
We discussed how quizzes like these often show the confirmation bias that the ones conducting the quiz lead quiz takers to. Before my internet so rudely kicked me off, we talked about how so many people are egregious and extreme, but the greatness of America allows them to get away with saying what they say.
I write these show notes before the episode goes live, so I’m looking forward to hearing what Kruiser and Ashley talked about after I went into the ether.
Previously on Faith All Over the Place, Episode 34: Exploring Orthodoxy With Robert Spencer
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