Backwoods Belief

Latest Episodes:

AD Robles on Jolly Culture Warring Jul 14, 2023

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We welcomed AD Robles out to The Backwoods to talk about the importance of taking a cheerful approach to our cultural nonsense. We also get into how to avoid blackpills, what to do if you end up taking one, and whether or not real anger can be part of the program.

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Christians in The Great Sort Jul 07, 2023

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It is time to think intentionally about where your faith can thrive? If you need to go, why not go somewhere good?

We're joined by Joshua Abbotoy and William Wolfe of Ridge Runner to talk about Christians living through the great sort and the kind of places they should look to land.

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Institutional Bravery Jun 30, 2023

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Can you cultivate a family, church, or other institution that is conservative and doesn't drift leftward over time?

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He Holds Them in Derision: Godly Mockery

The Three Offices of Christ Jun 23, 2023

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Jeff couldn't record this week so instead here's to a short lecture Ben delivered last October on the three offices of Christ and how this doctrine affects our daily lives.

Return of the Gods - How Pride Becomes a New National Identity Jun 12, 2023

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You saw the Air Force saluting the Pride Flag? You saw the White House hang the Pride Flag in the dominant position over the U.S. Flag?

How did we get here? The answer lies in a (fairly) new book from a strange author.

More importantly, what do we do about it?

Hit play on this episode and find out!

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The Theology Pugcast: The Return of the Old Gods

Naomi Wolfe: Have the Ancient Gods Returned? (Substack article available via Brownstone Institute)

Get Involved: Month of Prayer and Fasting

Allie Beth Moore? May 26, 2023

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You likely know Allie Beth Stuckey recently decided to take on the Trad Life movement. In the course of doing so she waived several red flags in front of folks with eyes to see. We're going to get into it and explain why this is more important than a passing social media controversy.

God is Frustrating Alliances May 12, 2023

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Signs indicate God is supernaturally frustrating alliances - among the good guys.

That (somewhat chilling) reality is the subject of this episode of Backwoods Belief - the guys will show you how to see this pattern and why this seems to be God's providence for us.

Also: what should we do when this is what God is doing?

Press play and find out!

On Misunderstanding That Hideous Strength with Gavin Ortlund (Part 2) May 04, 2023

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Here's Part 2 of our review of a review, Gavin Ortlund's (a quintessential Made to Order Man) on C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength.

And the reason? Ortlund serves as a test case, demonstrating how important the themes of the book are for believers in this hour.

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Ortlund's full review can be seen here.

Part 1 of this 2-part series is here.

On Misunderstanding That Hideous Strength with Gavin Ortlund (Part 1) Apr 28, 2023

Show notes

On this episode the guys are trying something different: Reviewing a review, specifically Gavin Ortlund's (a quintessential Made to Order Man) review of C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength.

And the reason? Ortlund serves as a test case, demonstrating how important the themes of the book are for believers in this hour.

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Ortlund's full review can be seen here.

Smooth Talkers and Unstable Women Apr 17, 2023

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Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.

These are the kind of people who smooth-talk themselves into the homes of unstable and needy women and take advantage of them; women who, depressed by their sinfulness, take up with every new religious fad that calls itself “truth.” They get exploited every time and never really learn. These men are like those old Egyptian frauds Jannes and Jambres, who challenged Moses. They were rejects from the faith, twisted in their thinking, defying truth itself. But nothing will come of these latest impostors. Everyone will see through them, just as people saw through that Egyptian hoax.

Eugene Peterson's paraphrase of 2 Timothy 3:1-9 is pretty great. On this episode we're talking about how Paul's caution to Timothy explains our cultural moment as we look at the feminine version of The Made to Order Man failure.

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Mentioned in the Episode (and must-read, despite Roberts' later compromises): A Crisis of Discourse - Part 2: A Problem of Gender by Alastair Roberts