Contra Mundum

We no longer recognize our nations and our homelands.Conservatives are great at lamenting what we have lost, BUT they get CONCERNED when we want to do something about it.Conservatism is not enough anymore.Hard times need to be confronted by hardened men, by patriots.That’s the only way we can restore greatness.

The "affordability crisis" is a major talking point lately.Things have long been getting worse, but furor erupted online over fast food burritos now becoming a luxury good.The issue, of course, is not $20 burritos or even whether it is a wise use of finances to get lunch out regularly.It is instead a question of, why do things cost so much? Why is so much of our income going to daily necessities? Why are things things seemingly so much harder for young people?

Shiloh Hendrix was convicted yesterday on one of two counts of disorderly conduct for using the gamer word.We discuss how you don't actually have a Constitution without the will and the people capable of upholding it.

Yesterday, Donald Trump revealed recently unclassified documents showing Chinese and other foreign interference in American elections. What will this mean for elections going forward?What are the foreign policy implications of this? And will there be corresponding releases of domestic election malfeasance in the future?Plus CJay gives his eulogy of Senator Lindsey Graham.

Revelation is a "revealing" or an "unveiling." That is what the Greek word transliterated into English as "apocalypse" means.Who or what is revealed in this book?Why has it been given to us?And what does it mean that "the time is near?"

Today's topics:-The Trump Admin's new Green Card rules-Massie's defeat-Paxton's win-Zach Garris' trial

Ron and Andrew discuss the various interpretive methods of Revelation, what each of their strengths and weaknesses are, and what the best one is.

In this episode, Ron and I examine the arguments for a late date (AD 90s) for Revelation and articulate why this is built upon weak evidence and also conflicts with the internal evidence of the book.

Apocalyptic talk is all the rage today, even more than it normally is."Who could be the antichrist?""Is World War III around the corner?"The mainstream of American Christianity is apocalyptic. That has been true our entire lifetimes. It remains true today, though things seem to be changing.As people question the End Times obsessiveness, and historical alternatives begin to have purchase, the question always comes up, "what about the Book of Revelation? What is that about?"Ron Dodson and I have begun to explore this book and plan to do so over the next several months.In the first episode we start to set the groundwork of what this book is, how biblical exegesis has continued to develop over time, and how in order to approach this book you have to have an extremely well-developed understanding of the entire Bible before you can begin to make sense of anything in it.

Earlier this month CJay wrote a long post on the topic of race, ethnicity, and American identity.Naturally, the kind of people who believe the (now-discredited) SPLC is the fount of all truth immediately objected to it.This is, of course, a difficult topic because of the hysterical religious zealotry surrounding it, but God has called Christians to maturity, especially in difficult topics such as these.How should we think about this stuff in a mature and godly way?

We are coming to you live from the Texas Panhandle with legendary oil man Skippy Petro.40th Birthday Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/...

We revisit Calvin Coolidge’s immigration essay and apply it to the modern crisis. From cultural cohesion to policy failure, this episode explores why his framework still holds and what it means for America now.

I am joined today by the great poaster, Kaiser Von Lohengramm.We discuss the history of the Anglo-Saxons, where they came from, what they did, and how they became the ethnic and cultural core of what would one day become America.We discuss this and many other topics.Cheers.

Every so often, something pops off in online discourse that lays bare faultlines that were already always there.This week was dominated by discussion of a young man with an online branding business who announced to the world that his wife had been a former online performer, and after her conversion, she is now "more pure than most virgins."AD and I will discuss this phenomenon and what is actually going on here.We will also talk about the horrific Noelia Castillo Ramos case.

A conversation with C.Jay Engel and Glenn Arbery on the Southern critics, what they opposed, what they defended, and how their arguments challenge the modern American order.

This episode looks at how the rise of the United States helped unravel the Westphalian system built after the Peace of Westphalia. While the system began to weaken after World War I and World War II, it was the U.S. that reshaped it.

Today on the stream, I am joined by John Doyle.We will discuss all the current things, discourse online, why doomers and blackpillers are always wrong, and how we are going to win.

Wide-ranging conversation with C.Jay Engel and Lee Cogdon unpacking the life and legacy of George Kennan the architect of Soviet containment. We explore Kennan’s role in shaping early Cold War strategy, the intellectual foundations of containment, and how his ideas were interpreted (and often misapplied) by U.S. policymakers.

In this episode, CJay sits down with historian Sean McMeekin to discuss Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union, and the true dynamics behind World War II.

In this episode, C.Jay sits down with Allan Carlson to discuss his intellectual journey, his concept of the “Natural Family,” and the decline of the traditional family in modern America. We explore the rise of neoconservatism, the distortions of radical individualism, the economic and cultural forces that have weakened family life, and whether the West has any real path toward renewal.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/

In this special AMA episode, CJ and Andrew answer questions from their listeners and Gary.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/

The United States is in a state of war against Iran.Is this good for the American people?What is the actual point of all of this?Featuring Ron Dodson and Stormy Waters

In this episode, C.Jay sits down with Josiah Lippincott to discuss his college dissertation, where he makes the case that Franklin D. Roosevelt was among the worst presidents in American history.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/Follow Josiah Lippincott on Twitter: https://x.com/jlippincott_?s=21

In this episode, C.Jay and Andrew examine how America’s history of slavery is frequently described as a uniquely western phenomenon and used as an excuse to destroy our way of life.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/

C.Jay Engel and Will Tanner sit down to discuss the history of Rhodesia and the competing narratives that still surround Rhodesia today.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/You can find Will on X @Will_Tanner_1

In this episode, we dive into Sam Francis’s essay “Equality” and unpack his critique of modern egalitarianism.Support the show: https://www.contramundumpod.com/

We are joined by J Burden to discuss The Current Thing, rightwing esoteric knowledge, and maybe a little bit about leftwing subversion in evangelicalism. And anything else you decide to ask about.Crack open a beer and join us.

In this episode of the new Contra Mundum: Discussions With C. Jay Engel series, C. Jay talks with David Edgington, author of the new book, White Knights and Reviling Wives. Get White Knights and Reviling Wives: https://www.newchristendompress.com/store/p/white-knights-and-reviling-wives Visit David Edgington online, and get information about his books and counseling, at his website: https://compassionatecounselors.com/ Find C. Jay on X: https://x.com/contramordor

In this first episode of the new Contra Mundum: Conversations With C. Jay Engel series, C. Jay talks with Timon Cline, author of two new books on political theory and practice to be released this year, and of the essay, “The Protestant Solution: Party, Sect, and Machiavelli’s Transpolitical Problem” in American Reformer.Read Timon Cline’s essay: https://americanreformer.org/2026/01/the-protestant-solution/Find C. Jay on X: https://x.com/contramordor

Today on Contra Mundum: headlines on the Epstein files—is it all a nothing burger? What does it mean? And we discuss the final chapter of Peter Leithart’s Against Christianity. He’s made the case at length about what he is against, but what should we be for?

Minnesota has relented and begun cooperating with ICE, sending the State Patrol and local police to disperse agitators and protect their operations. Tom Homan has been sent in to conduct negotiations with Walz, Frey, and other leaders to honor immigration detainers. Trump unequivocally won this exchange. Leftist freaks are in shambles. Ilhan Omar is doing Jussie Smollett stuff. Protestors are storming Walz's office. This is a disaster for them. If you listen to much of the online right, unfortunately, they are certain that Trump has betrayed us, we've lost, Gavin Newsom is already president, we're all being put into camps, and our kidneys will be sold to buy missiles for Israel. But this is not so. The border is totally closed. After the BBB, ICE is nearly at full strength, mass deportations are finally happening, H1bs have been halved via bureaucratic scrutiny, the foreign student population is plummeting, and now a sanctuary state has been brought to heel. Where do things go from here? This, plus a discussion on Constantine from Leithart's Against Christianity.

Trump's DOJ has begun to make arrests in the leftwing disruption of the worship of Cities Church in Minnesota. Why did it take so long? Will Don Lemon be arrested? Will anyone get convicted? This plus further discussion of Against Ethics.

The Battle of Minneapolis rages in the week after an incident where a leftwing agitator lost her life while obstructing federal law enforcement operations. Will the administration have the resolve to see this out? Will the left be broken by this? Plus, we continue our journey through Leithart's Against Christianity.

Contra Mundum

The massive daycare and autism fraud in Minnesota has captured national attention. Will there be any significant arrests? Will there be mass denaturalizations and deportations? That and much, much more.

Today we do a quick livestream before Christmas. We'll take questions from the chat. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Has the totalizing culture of affirmative action and DEI systematically shut white men out of employment and educational opportunities? That is the case that has been made by Jacob Savage's personal testimonial in Compact Magazine. We discuss this, plus Jeremy Carl's excellent review of the article. Plus, also we discuss the new Camp of the Saints audiobook with its narrator, Chad Newsom. Links: https://www.compactmag.com/article/th...https://jeremycarl.substack.com/p/why...https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Camp-o... To Donate to Whitleyville Reformation Church: https://buy.stripe.com/eVa28Xge63zpgC...

Just this past week the State Department released the 2025 National Security Strategy paper, usually a very boring document only policy wonks pay attention to. This one is far from that. In it, they articulated a radically shifting foreign policy priority, one that focuses entirely on the American sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere, and NOT Europe, the Mid-East, or anywhere else. What does this mean for the future of the Empire? What does it mean for the future of globalism? To get your copy of the now released The Boniface Option, please go to: https://www.newchristendompress.com/s... To give a year-end donation to Whitleyville Reformation Church: https://buy.stripe.com/eVa28Xge63zpgC...

In 1992, Samuel T. Francis wrote in Chronicles Magazine:"The mission of the new nationalism mustbe not merely the winning of formalpolitical power through elections and roll-callvotes but also the acquisition of substantivesocial power and the displacement of theincumbent managerial elite of the regime byits own elite drawn from and representing theMiddle-American social stratum."Was he right about the way forward? Is this what is happening in America today?Get your copy of the latest, beautiful hardcover second edition of The Boniface Option today:https://www.newchristendompress.com/b...

Kevin DeYoung is the pre-eminent voice in mainstream, conservative Protestantism.And unlike nearly every other critic of Christian Nationalism, he appears to be entirely genuine and honest.In other words, he is someone to take seriously.This week, he wrote an article entitled "Six Questions for Christian Nationalists." Today, we cover this article and answer these questions of his.Get your copy of the hardcover release of The Boniface Option today!https://www.newchristendompress.com/s...

Thanksgiving has become engulfed by both Halloween and Christmas.Will a holiday that explicitly rooted in protestant Christianity and historic American experience survive the easily adopted consumerist holidays that surround it?Plus the 2025 Contra Mundum Turkey of the Year will be announced.We discuss this article in The American Sun: https://theamericansun.substack.com/p...The second edition of The Boniface Option is now available:https://www.newchristendompress.com/b...

Does Romans Chapter 11 predict a conversion of Israel to Christianity that is in our future?That is indeed the majority view, but what if that isn't correct?What if what Paul was talking about in Romans 11 was future to him but to us it is past?We examine the preterist reading of Romans 9-11 in James B. Jordan's paper "The Future of Israel Re-Examined."Get your copy of the new edition of The Boniface Option here:https://www.newchristendompress.com/b...

What is Israel today? What was the purpose of Israel in the Bible? Are Christians required to support the Israeli state today? What does Romans 11:26 mean?We discuss these questions as we begin to review James B. Jordan's 1991 essay, "The Future of Israel Re-Examined."Pre-orders are open for the Second Edition of The Boniface Option:https://www.newchristendompress.com/b...

After an abysmal interview with Laura Ingraham, in which President Trump defended H1-B visas and his admission of 600,000 Chinese students, some are declaring MAGA "dead."Is it?🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...

Ron Dodson and Stormy Waters join today.How will the globalist order come to an end?Will it last forever?Also did Israel First/NeoCons/Con. Inc. "take the bait" and marginalize themselves within MAGA with regard to Tucker?We discuss this and more!🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...

The fallout from Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes continues.What is the furor actually about? What will the result of it all be when all is said and done.We also discuss:-The Arctic Frost Scandal-Pat Buchanan's 87th Birthday and his legacy-Christian persecution in Nigeria.Please go to contramundumpod.com to support the show!🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...

Big Eva fixture Carl Trueman—and longtime promoter of feminist Aimee Byrd—does not like that young men outside the institutions are able to criticize them effectively.So he wrote a big impotence-signaling article denouncing what he calls Gig Eva.We discuss this and more.Link to Jackson Family gofundme:https://www.gofundme.com/f/38u8ax-sup...🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...

With the Federal Government shut down, the Office of Management and Budget has the opportunity to cut massive amounts of the permanent, unelected government.Will this actually happen?We discuss this with Ron Dodson who recently wrote about this exact scenario for American Mind: https://americanmind.org/salvo/cuttin...We also discuss the Gaza Peace Deal and other topics.🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...

Federal agents attacked in Portland and Chicago.Local law enforcement ordered to stand down.What will the Trump Administration do?🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/63355347...