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The Liberty Cafe
by Bill Peacock
Liberty doesn't come naturally to us. The human heart naturally tends toward oppression; either to oppress or be oppressed. Yet, by God's grace He has provided a spark of liberty in His people. At the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at the dividing line between liberty and oppression, which is often missed in our fallen world.
Episodes
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Episode 107: The Temptation of Inflation
Inflation is a deadly disease that is misunderstood by many. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we discuss why conservatives ought to pay almost as much attention to the Federal Reserve as they do to our el
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Episode 106: Texas – Renewable Capital of the U.S.
A recent report projects that renewables will exceed natural gas as Texas primary source for electricity in 2023. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we discuss why this is very bad for Texas from both a pr
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Episode 103: Turning the World Right-Side Up
The reactions of many people to this weeks elections seem to indicate they think their world is being turned upside down. On this weeks Liberty Caf, we examine how many of those people are upset th
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Episode 102: Life, Liberty, and Property Taxes with Don Huffines
High property taxes, a porous border, and failed government schools concern many Texans. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we talk with Don Huffines about how to address these problems and further secure l
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Episode 101: How Stacey Abrams and Progressives Are Destroying the Family
We all have to depend on someone. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we discuss how the progressive left is turning our dependence away from God to a god-like government.
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Overcoming Oppression
The rise of oppression in our culture is obvious to us all. On the 100th episode of the Liberty Cafe, we discuss the true source of oppression and consider how we as individuals and a nation can turn
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It is OK to be a Gay (Celibate) Pastor?
The culture is raging against God and His people. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we examine one form of this attack on God and the church: Side B Homosexuality and gay pastors.
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Episode 98: Teacher Unions, Texas Politicians, and More
Teacher unions and Texas politicians are damaging, respectively, our schools and electric grid. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we discuss why throwing money at public schools and the electric grid wont
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Episode 97: Can the Texas Electric Grid Survive the Renewable Onslaught?
Texas electric grid is being overwhelmed by unreliable and unaffordable electricity from wind and solar farms. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, I talk with energy expert Robert Bryce about how Texas can
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Episode 96: God and Government w/ Gary DeMar, Part II
We live in a fallen, messy world. In Part II of our interview with Gary DeMar of American Vision, we discuss how the path out of this mess is through biblical government, in which all forms of human g
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Episode 95: God and Government w/ Gary DeMar, Part I
As conservatives witness the increasing oppression of government, we may wonder if this is how God really designed it to work. In our interview with Gary Demar, we examine the biblical foundations of
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Episode 94: Big Government Can’t Fix Big Tech
Conservatives know that Big Tech is taking the lead in advancing woke policies and practices that are doing great harm to American culture and individuals. On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we discuss why
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Episode 93: The Collapse of the Constitutional Order–Part 2
Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we take a second look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralize
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Episode 92: The Collapse of the Constitutional Order–Part 1
Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this weeks Liberty Cafe, we take a first look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralized
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Episode 91: Will Trump Be Indicted? Why Christians Should Care
Will President Donald J. Trump be indicted? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine the evidence to help understand what Democrats and the secular left are up to and discuss why Christians should be concerned about where this is going.
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Episode 90: Biblical Care of the Earth and People–A Conversation with Cal Beisner
Too many conservatives and evangelicals have given into the false allure of socialism to fix our problems. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance explains how a biblical perspective on economics and public policy provides better outcomes for people and the planet.
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Episode 89: Why Texans are Paying More for Less Reliable Electricity
Photo by Kindel Media Texans’ electricity bills are skyrocketing. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine how Texas politicians’ refusal to end renewable energy subsidies is increasing the price of electricity while reducing the reliability of the grid.
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Episode 88: What the Texas Legislature Should Do with the Budget Surplus
Texas is projected to have a budget surplus of $27 billion next year. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we look at how some politicians want to spend it, and how they should spend it: on eliminating proper
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Episode 87: Experts, Government, and God
Experts seem to rule the world today. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we look at how experts and government are taking the place of God in the debates over culture and policy.
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Episode 86: Playing Politics with the Texas Electricity Market
Texas politicians are playing politics with the reliability of the Texas grid. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss how state leaders are covering up their support for renewable energy by making ou
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Episode 85: How to Eliminate Texas Property Taxes
No matter how much Texans complain, property taxes keep rising. On this week’s Liberty Café, we lay out a plan for ridding ourselves of property tax bill once and for all.
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Episode 84: Texas Republicans and the Collapse of Liberty
Though we have seen some good things come out of Texas government in recent years, economic liberty continues to suffer. Please join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss the contribution of Te
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Episode 83: Why God Matters
The world around us seems to have little understanding of who God is. Join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss how Christians should go about explaining to the world why God matters, especial
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Episode 82: Why Men Can’t Have Babies
If there has ever been proof that we live in a fallen world and need redemption through Jesus Christ, it is seen in the assault on human sexuality in today’s culture. Please join us this week on the L
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Episode 81: Science, Experts, and the Truth
Many people, even Christians, have made idols of science and experts in recent years. Listen in to the Liberty Cafe this week as I walk through some of my favorite books that debunk myths about expert
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Episode 80: Simplicity v Complexity
Life can be complicated, but biblical truths are simple and straightforward. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we look at how progressives and liberals attempt to hide the consequences their actions regard
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Episode 79: What Liberty Looks Like
God designed civil government to secure life and liberty. Join us on this week’s Liberty Café as we walk through Scripture from Genesis to Revelation to better understand what liberty and biblical gov
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Episode 78: Black Flight
Blacks are leaving inner cities just like a generation of whites did before them. One example: Washington D.C. is no longer a black-majority city. On this week’s Liberty Café, I discuss why progressiv
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Episode 77: Pornography, Caesar, and School Choice
Pornography in public school libraries and school choice are both hot topics in Texas at the moment. On this week’s Liberty Café, we take a look at the problems of expanding Texas’ public education sy
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Episode 76: Liberty Requires Free Markets
Human rights today are often equated with what government gives some people by taking away from others. On today’s episode, we examine how our God-given, unalienable rights can only truly be expressed
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Episode 75: Redeeming Our Fallen Culture
Even a brief survey of the world around us makes it obvious that our culture is falling apart. This week, we take a look at some of the problems we are facing and how our hope for the redemption of ou
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Episode 74: Why Politicians are Making You Pay More for Electricity
Texans are paying billions more for electricity than needed. On Episode 74 of the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at how faulty economics and greed have led to this and to the decline of Texas’ once worl
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Episode 73: Bad Economics Has Cost Texans Billions
Texas politicians and regulators have used mainstream economic theories–and self-interest–to run the Texas electricity market into the ground, at the cost of billions to Texas consumers. In Part 1 of
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Episode 72: Whatever Happened to Limited Government?
Disney’s recent assault on common sense and decency regarding Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation is yet another example of Big Business bedding down with proponents of Big Government.
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Episode 71: The State of Property Rights in Texas
Another case involving a pipeline company abusing Texas law and property rights was just argued before the Texas Supreme Court. In Episode 71 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at this and a few othe
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Episode 70: Will the 2023 Texas Senate be Conservative?
After last week’s primaries, four new Republicans will be heading to the Texas Senate in 2023. On Episode 70 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at how conservative the new Senate might be compared to
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Episode 69: Where Wealth Comes From
The ability of society to increase wealth is under attack today. On Episode 69 of the Liberty Café, we take a look at where wealth comes from and how we can forge a more prosperous society.
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Episode 68: Will UT’s Liberty Institute Help Secure Our Liberty?
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said the newly created Liberty Institute will help eliminate CRT at the University of Texas. That raises the question: will a government-funded, government-run thin
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Episode 67: Will Renewable Energy Add to Civil Unrest?
Renewable energy is increasing electricity’s cost while decreasing its reliability across the globe, including Texas. On Episode 67 of the Liberty Cafe, we talk with energy analyst and Fox News contri
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Episode 66: Rights, Markets, and Liberty Under Assault
One rationale for government oppression today is that people in government can do most things better than the rest of us can. On Episode 66 of the Liberty Café, we discuss how individuals exercising o
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Episode 65: Freezing Weather, Big Government, and Corporate Cronyism
The freezing weather is back! And so is government/corporate cronyism (actually, it never left). On Episode 65, we take a look at why Texas has not done what is needed to ensure a reliable, affordable
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Episode 64: Texans Still Waiting for Property Tax Relief
Texas political leaders assured Texans in 2019 that they had “fixed school finance” and provided “meaningful and lasting” property tax reform. On Episode 64 of the Liberty Cafe, we look at the numbers
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Episode 63: Implied Powers and the Assault on Liberty
Ever since the U.S. Constitution was adopted, advocates of a strong national government have distorted the meaning of its words to oppress Americans. In Episode 63, we examine how the debate over word
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Episode 62: Abortion or Liberty – Which Will the Supreme Court Pick?
For the first time since it decided Roe v Wade, the United States Supreme Court has a case before it that could allow states to make the killing of babies illegal. On Episode 62 of the Liberty Cafe, w
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Episode 61: Fear (and Renewables) is Driving Texas Toward More Blackouts
Texas regulators are spending billions of consumer dollars on the Texas grid in response to the blackout last winter. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why this fear-driven spending is doing nex
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Episode 60: Why Discrimination Should be Legal
Christians today are being forced to bake cakes for gay weddings, hire “transgendered” workers, and get injected with vaccines. On Episode 60, we examine the roots of these mandates in civil rights la
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Episode 59: Matt Schaefer on God, Guns, and Government
We are often told that we cannot bring God and His Law into the making of public policy. On Episode 59 of the Liberty Cafe, Texas State Rep. Matt Schaefer helps us understand that the only good public
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Episode 58: Corruption in the Texas Legislature: The Role of Leadership
Corrupt doesn’t necessarily mean illegal. On Episode 58 of the Liberty Café, we examine how the power of leadership can lead to a corruption that places the interests of the leaders above the liberty
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Episode 56: Corruption in Government from Augustine to Dade Phelan
Augustine was skeptical of the government’s ability to function without corruption because of the sinful nature of man. In Episode 56 of the Liberty Café–as Part 1 of a three part series, we trace the theory and theology of government corruption all the way up to today’s Texas House of...
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Episode 55: The Law and Legal Plunder
God’s law is a blessing to the good and a terror to the wicked. However, in Episode 55 of the Liberty Café, we look at how men have corrupted our civil laws so that government can be used to take property from one group and so it can be given to another–something that would normally land the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Liberty doesn't come naturally to us. The human heart naturally tends toward oppression; either to oppress or be oppressed. Yet, by God's grace He has provided a spark of liberty in His people. At the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at the dividing line between liberty and oppression, which is often missed in our fallen world.
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Bill Peacock
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Liberty doesn't come naturally to us. The human heart naturally tends toward oppression; either to oppress or be oppressed. Yet, by God's grace He has provided a spark of liberty in His people. At the Liberty Cafe, we take a look at the dividing line between liberty and oppression, which is often...
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The Liberty Cafe is created and hosted by Bill Peacock.
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