Today's episode continues where David's interview with Jason Farley left off last week. The audio picks up with a look at SCOTUSs abortion decisions and flows into a look at the Court’s decision in 2015 about state marriage licensing statutes, Obergefell v. Hodges. It's an eye-opening look at the church's complicity in the culture we have.

Today's episode continues where David's interview with Jason Farley left off last week. The audio picks up with a look at SCOTUSs abortion decisions and flows into a look at the Court&rsquo;s decision in 2015 about state marriage licensing statutes, Obergefell v. Hodges. It's an eye-opening look at the church's complicity in the culture we have.

God, Law, and Liberty is a podcast featuring David Fowler, a licensed attorney, who served 12 years in the Tennessee Senate and, until retiring at the end of 2024, served as president of the Family Action Council of Tennessee. David is the author of The Politics of Loving God-Courageous Truths for Contentious Times and Recovering the Constitution-Using the Ninth Amendment to Restore Civil Liberty, along with other titles and monographs.

God, Law, and Liberty is a podcast featuring David Fowler, a licensed attorney, who served 12 years in the Tennessee Senate and, until retiring at the end of 2024, served as president of the Family Action Council of Tennessee. David is the author of The Politics of Loving God-Courageous Truths for Contentious Times and Recovering the Constitution-Using the Ninth Amendment to Restore Civil Liberty, along with other titles and monographs.

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God, Law, and Liberty is a podcast featuring David Fowler, an attorney who served in the Tennessee state Senate from 1994 to 2006 and thereafter lobbied the legislature on matters affecting God's design for marriage and the family, life, and rights of religious conscience. He retired at the end of 2024.  David seeks to educate listeners on law and current issues with a view toward recovering a Christ-centered understanding of law and an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as it was understood by our founding fathers.

God, Law, and Liberty is a podcast featuring David Fowler, an attorney who served in the Tennessee state Senate from 1994 to 2006 and thereafter lobbied the legislature on matters affecting God's design for marriage and the family, life, and rights of religious conscience. He retired at the end of 2024.&nbsp; David seeks to educate listeners on law and current issues with a view toward recovering a Christ-centered understanding of law and an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as it was understood by our founding fathers.

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David and guest, Jason Farley, look at what the church should have learned from SCOTUS decisions on abortion and marriage.

Jason Farley Interview Part 2: Change Culture or the Church?

Today David explains the foundational beliefs drawn from Scripture  and expounded by 17th century Puritan John Owen that re-sculptured his political imagination from one of making proverbial "mud pies in the slums" (C.S. Lewis) to something beyond what he had ever thought to ask for or think of from Christ.

Today David explains the foundational beliefs drawn from Scripture &nbsp;and expounded by 17th century Puritan John Owen that re-sculptured his political imagination from one of making proverbial "mud pies in the slums" (C.S. Lewis) to something beyond what he had ever thought to ask for or think of from Christ.

Today David explains the foundational beliefs drawn from Scripture  and expounded by 17th century Puritan John Owen that re-sculptured his political imagination from one of making proverbial "mud pies in the slums" (C.S. Lewis) to something beyond what he had ever thought to ask for or think of from Christ.

Fruitful Politics or Unfruitful? That is the Question.

Today David provides “gospel grounds” upon which he believes the  imagination of Christians - their vision - for legal and public policy advocacy might be expanded beyond doing politics the way the world does but only better because “we believe in Jesus.” You won’t want to miss what’s in his modernized chapter about a particular glory of Christ in John Owen’s Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ. It just may begin to reshape your vision for politics and law even as it did his a few years ago.

Today David provides &ldquo;gospel grounds&rdquo; upon which he believes the&nbsp; imagination of Christians - their vision - for legal and public policy advocacy might be expanded beyond doing politics the way the world does but only better because &ldquo;we believe in Jesus.&rdquo; You won&rsquo;t want to miss what&rsquo;s in his modernized chapter about a particular glory of Christ in John Owen&rsquo;s <a href="https://ccel.org/ccel/o/owen/glory/cache/glory.pdf">Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ</a>. It just may begin to reshape your vision for politics and law even as it did his a few years ago.

What theologian John Owen wrote over 300 years ago on the glory of Christ may provide the foundation needed to lift the Christian's vision for political and legal advocacy above the mundane approach now taken by many

Gospel Grounds for Developing a Christ-Centered Political and Legal Imagination

Today David dives into insights he gained from his interview with Jason Farley. He applies the assessments Farley made of today's Christian mind to the sphere of political and legal advocacy. Most importantly, David offers a way forward for expanding the Christian political imagination beyond just doing business-as-usual better than the other side.

Today David dives into insights he gained from his interview with Jason Farley. He applies the assessments Farley made of today's Christian mind to the sphere of political and legal advocacy. Most importantly, David offers a way forward for expanding the Christian political imagination beyond just doing business-as-usual better than the other side.

David points out three things from his interview with Jason Farley that he believes calls for a re-evaluation of the Christian mind today in the sphere of legal and public policy advocacy

Jason Farley Interview Part 2: Change Culture or the Church?

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