Excerpt: This then is the expectation of our culture for young women today: prepare for life-consuming responsibilities in the world and in the home—both at the same time—then balance these responsibilities for as long as you can as well as you can. * * * Support Warhorn here.By Tim Bayly

The internet is a balkanization of the populace: Everybody finds those they want to listen to. It is exceedingly difficult to teach somebody whose principal input in his life is through the internet. With a flesh-and-blood pastor, you at least can see his sins, his wife, and his children. Generally, with a pastor, you can’t escape his bad smells, b…

Excerpt: To be blunt, Evangelical scribes and their publishers have left the plenary inspiration of Scripture behind. Yes, they all continue to sign their names, subscribing to Scripture’s “inerrancy,” but it’s a lie. They believe they can better communicate God’s meaning by deleting God’s Words. He meant well, but the primitive patriarchy of the m…

***Live Zoom videoconference with Jürgen and Tim will take place on Tuesday, April 29, at 2 p.m. ET.*** Jürgen von Hagen leads a discussion on tariffs, trade, and global economics. NOTE: This episode is best listened to with THESE GRAPHS pulled up on your device. Also discussed: Trump's tariff strategy, the Russian threat, trusting God with our liv…

Not All Tesla is Tesla. What Tesla means to people has shifted drastically. It’s a shibboleth in our culture. From the darling of the green left to the “Swasticar,” you're now considered a villain if you drive a Tesla, particularly a Cybertruck. We don’t understand Elon Musk until we get a grip on South Africa and her unapologetic males. South Afri…

What is the origin of the "devil's advocate"? What are the benefits of assigning someone to that role? It has been noted in Scottish Presbyterian polity that a unanimous decision has not been sufficiently debated. In other words, either the issue was trivial, the presbyters were apathetic, or no one stepped up to elevate the debate by serving as th…

Excerpt: The most precious things in life are worth defending. Compassion is God’s gift to our fallen world, so it must be guarded. We must keep our eye on the ball. Counterfeits always devalue the genuine, and this isn’t just true of currency and paintings. It’s also true of moral virtues. False compassion is always an attack upon true compassion.…

Pastor Tim is joined by his wife (Mary Lee) and their three daughters (Heather, Michal, & Hannah). They discuss Catherine Ruth Pakaluk's recent book Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. The book serves as a launching point for discussing the joys and troubles of motherhood, childrearing, and the culturally rebellious decis…

Excerpt: One of my heroes would regularly make the observation that there are certain lies only the educated man can believe. * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions.By Tim Bayly

Jürgen von Hagen joins Tim Bayly to discuss fruitfulness, natalism, and fertility demographics. From Malthus to Erlich to many contemporaries—for over two centuries—the prophets of doom have pleaded with mankind to abandon fruitfulness to survive. Modern man—and the Christian church—has only been too willing to obey those false prophets in direct c…

Rev. Dr. Jürgen Von Hagen joined Tim and Andrew to discuss European culture and international relations. Last week, US Vice President Vance gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference—a meeting of top European military leaders, diplomats, and government officials. Vance's speech was a shock to many Germans (and the broader European community) b…

So often we attempt to be aspirational in the setting of traditions in our families. What does that mean? It means we work hard to build traditions meant to project to others the "perfection" of our marriages, our childrearing, and our homesteads. Rather than cave to the pressure to portray the perfect home with the perfect traditions for the perfe…

Excerpt: Anyone who has listened to a single campaign speech of President Trump, has ears to hear, and fears God, trembles at this man's pride. Yes, resolve. Yes, patriotism. But do not stop there. Donald J. Trump has shown us an almost supernatural self-esteem and confidence for many years now, and even with a healthy allowance for his many abilit…

Los Angeles burns and fire policy in California is exposed. Accountability and reformation ought to come. What can we learn about church reform from wildfires and fire policy? It is common for pastors to be punished when the fire of the Holy Spirit begins to burn. Fire ought to be allowed (planned burns); so, too, the Holy Spirit will burn for the …

Excerpt: Sexual crimes committed against God's Moral Law are never safe. Never. God created sex for the bonds of love and commitment, and the blessing of sons and daughters born of that love and commitment. Sever the golden bonds of God's Seventh Commandment and all Hell breaks loose. When shooters shoot, this is the truth government agents deny an…

The most powerful man today is the man who has the best case for being a victim. Young men intuitively know this reality and are thereby inclined to victimhood. In every narrative about their lives, they portray themselves as victims. Conversely, real manhood is about taking responsibility and being an agent—not a perpetual victim. On the other han…

Excerpt: Wheaton is again notorious, although those who have done the dirty deed keep announcing their deceptions are godly and have won the day. Methinks Wheaton’s rich white ladies and men do protest too much. In the end, the question is whether Wheaton’s President loves his students, or not? It’s easy to tell which it is. * * * Support Warhorn h…

Excerpt: Milton, then, was not merely a hired pen of the Republic but its principled supporter. He began his service believing in the possibility that, in the Commonwealth, he was helping to build God’s kingdom on earth. Yet, over the course of his many years’ unflinching service to the Republic and subsequently to Oliver Cromwell as its Lord Prote…

Excerpt: Repeatedly, I have warned that the Church seeking political power will compromise the Church's witness. Naming their political aspirations "Christian" is to align the Church with their political aspirations, and the compromise is already visible, and will only grow. Christians should take public moral and ethical stands which uphold God's …

Excerpt: Nature worship bears hideous fruit, physically and morally. God has ordained it so. We and our children have not chosen LGBTQism, but God has smeared it all over us. It is His decision, not ours. His choice, not ours. And the fact that we glory in it is also his judgment on us. He has given us over to shamelessness. * * * Support Warhorn h…

Halloween candy and rhubarb pie Lithium batteries and Tesla fires An AI podcast summary of Evangel Presbytery’s book, Abortion and the Church. Twentieth-century growth in bloodshed Worldwide population decline Desensitized to life, death, and abortion GoPro videos, movies, and bloodshed Men and war, women and childbirth True and false prophets Disc…

Excerpt: Academic freedom is as academic freedom does, and Wheaton's profs proved themselves ignorant of how such a privilege is to be used for the promotion of truth and the common good. The evidence was all there, free for the asking, but not one of them availed themselves of it and took any stand of conscience. * * * Support Warhorn here. Music …

Excerpt: Yesterday, news from Switzerland announced the Swiss government's kidnapping of a child from his father and mother to enforce government employees' judgment the child's body should be mutilated. It all started with the government's puberty blockers. The father and mother were opposed to the government mutilating their child, and they lost.…

Excerpt: Apple sent me an email asking me to rate my experience yesterday with their Indy Apple Store, so I guess I should honor their request. Three days ago, the trackpad on my '23 Macbook Pro 14" cracked. It had been sitting next to me and when I picked it up, there was this crack from left to right across the trackpad. Nothing dropped on it... …

From Pulitzer Center: “Germans Thought They Were Immune to Nationalism After Confronting Their Nazi Past. They Were Wrong” Tim Bayly interviews Jürgen von Hagen on Christian nationalism, exploring its historical roots within the Lutheran Church during the Nazi regime. They discuss Toby Von Hagen’s (Jürgen’s son) thesis on the church's intertwining …

Pastors Tim and Juergen discuss the latter’s education in Germany and his move to the United States to teach economics at Indiana University’s (now named) Kelley School of Business. Juergen recounts how he and his wife, Ilsa, came to faith through the witness and compassion of members of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA). The discussion then…

Around 1980, people around the world began speaking of "human flourishing." In 2000, the frequency of the phrase's use in media flourished exponentially. Be suspicious of new words and phrases taking the world by storm. As Chesterton said, before you take a fence down you must determine why it was erected in the first place. New words and phrases o…

Excerpt: Yet we've been whupped and, with regard to man and nature, we live in submission syndrome, looking for places and ways to confess our sins and parade our repentance. We have a rescued dog. We refuse to touch single-use plastic bags (which, by the way, have never been single-use). We take our dog to the dog park. We carry our own non-dispos…

Excerpt: Do we want to strengthen our mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives? Do we want to restore Eve to the center of life and love as God made her? To the work God created for her and her for? There is no path to that love and beauty other than loving, living, and preaching God's archetypal Fatherhood over all His Creation * * * Support Warhorn…

Pastor Tim and Andrew reflect on one of the significant reset points in our year: the beginning of the new school year. The free-ranging discussion includes the following topics: How do you send your children off in the morning? The utility of school uniforms How to remove some decisions from your day because they drain your battery Avoid parenting…

Excerpt: At Wheaton College under his tenure as President and at the Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America under his term as Moderator, the Dyrness brothers opposed J. Oliver Buswell Jr. From this point on, Wheaton's trustees take an increasingly hostile posture towards President Buswell, with a particular focus on his work a…

Excerpt: The Protestant church in America today is inundated by women who preach, teach, and exercise authority over men, and the men who enable this sexual rebellion. The rebellion is so broadly practiced and accepted that the church's motto has become, "She is there, and she is not silent." * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a …

Excerpt: If we're talking about what "plays in Peoria," women do better at prophesying against the false shepherds than men. We're happy to let them. Have you noticed who are the souls who are exposing the false shepherds, today? Women. * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions.…

We have failed to teach our children and our culture the creation mandates: "God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth'" (Gen. 1:28). We need to restore the faith that believ…

In this episode, Pastor Tim Bayly is joined by his son, Joseph (Senior Pastor at Christ Church in Cincinnati), and son-in-law, Lucas Weeks (College and Administrative Pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, IN) to discuss parenting. We often think that our parenting is a failure if we have to resort to authority. That attitude is foolishn…

History changes very quickly. Read the book of Esther. We've witnessed numerous surprising and sobering changes in the past two weeks. The performance of President Biden during the debate makes us question who allowed for (or orchestrated) such a sad spectacle. What if an assassin's bullet had killed former President Trump? What effect will this ev…

Excerpt: If Sen. Vance were a comedian, everyone would be laughing. What he said is true and everyone knows it—especially the women who are now livid. He used the expression "childless cat ladies" because it's a trope. We all know and love one or another childless cat lady, but the reasonable among us are not foolish enough to want them leading our…

Excerpt: Secy. Mayorkas has announced he is in charge of the investigation and he is now appointing and announcing the women and men he's chosen for his Investigation Committee. The guy doesn't get it. His administrative leadership at the top of a heap which includes the Secret Service is precisely what needs to be investigated. For him to choose t…

Excerpt: Real men have always been loathe to fight women; and in the workplace, even to disagree with them. So no, there has never been a rising up of soldiers against women admirals, generals, or all their human resource apparatus enforcing feminist mainstreaming of the female sex across the Armed Forces and law enforcement. But get the common sol…

Excerpt: Because as soon as President Trump hit the deck behind the podium last night, he was surrounded and escorted off the platform by six or so Secret Service agents. When there is a shooter, it is their duty to cover President Trump's body with their own. Four of the Secret Service agents could and did do that. The men. Two of the Secret Servi…

Excerpt: Contrary to Sen. Hawley, Augustine was not founding Christian nationalism when he wrote City of God, and it was not a book recommending some heartwarming but undefined “mutual love.” As with the ashes of the Roman Empire which Augustine was addressing, so today the real question we face as a nation is * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is R…

Excerpt: Here are five planks to be published broadly by Christian Nationalist Party members. As the Christian Nationalist Party seeks to establish the reign of God and codification of His law at the center of our nation and states' governmental authority, let it state the fundamentals of that rule and law established by God at Creation: First, we …

Excerpt: "But I don't want to trust God," I said. And having blurted it out, I realized it was true. I didn't want to be dependent on God. I wanted to demand what was rightfully mine, and get it. Subdued, but still full of self-justification, I walked back to my office, and then I began to come to terms with my sinful self. Whom was I really angry …

Excerpt: From the pulpit, I've often pointed out that the preacher is the man we pay to lie while the comedian is the man we pay to tell the truth. The preacher who tells the truth and the comedian who doesn't tell the truth will both be fired. Try to imagine a politically correct comedian on a comedy club stage and the point is made. * * * Support…

Excerpt: Some declarations of self-righteousness and scholarly objectivity should be met with catcalls, and this one qualifies. There is not one man today arguing over the meaning of the Biblical word and office of deacon who is not governed by his commitment either to submit to, or rebel against, the New Testament command that women not teach or e…

Excerpt: Pastors whose church growth came through flattering and gathering rebels will now be forced to submit to those rebels. In every job, there is a way for cheats to make a quick buck. The pastorate is no different. If a pastor makes a quick church out of flattering rebels, he'll pay the price. * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is Rise Up, O L…

It must be understood that the Christian faith is never owned by any king or any party. A constant temptation of Christians is to be programmed by personalities. Rather than taking cheap, easy, stupid, and faithless shortcuts, we ought to be taught how to think. Primarily and tragically, we forget the doctrine of the sinfulness of all men (even our…

Excerpt: If one were to separate the positives and negatives in Scripture, what proportion would we say are positive and what negative? Some might quibble over the definitions of "positive" and "negative" so another way to approach the issue is asking how much of Scripture is given over to recording God's promises as opposed to His warnings; His bl…

The people of God know how to justify generosity toward themselves and stinginess toward the church and her shepherds. The Lord rebukes His people for such sin through the prophet Haggai: "Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 'Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?'" (H…

Excerpt: In 1940, Wheaton's Trustees were scandalized by President Buswell's battle against heresy. They wanted a peaceful campus and non-controversial president, so they fired President Buswell and promoted history prof, V. Raymond Edman, into the presidency. * * * Support Warhorn here. Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul …