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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 23 MIN

After the Knock

from Same Roots, Different Branches · host Andrew Buckelew

This episode is a conversation we couldn’t leave unfinished.We talk about borders, immigration enforcement, asylum, and the use of force — but more than that, we wrestle with something deeper: how fear shapes our view of power, and how easily we justify authority when it’s pointed at people we don’t identify with.We lay out our actual positions plainly, challenge each other in real time, and ask hard questions about status versus harm, delay versus justice, and why the same use of force can look righteous in one decade and shameful in another.Faith isn’t used here as a political weapon or a shortcut to answers. Instead, we explore how Scripture consistently puts moral brakes on power and centers the vulnerable as the measure of justice.This isn’t a debate episode.It’s a wrestling match — with each other, with conscience, and with the uncomfortable places where belief and reality collide.If you’re willing to sit with tension instead of rushing to conclusions, you’re in the right place.

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