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Voluntary Theocracy
by Adam Terrell
Dusting off virtually unknown laws of the Old Testament with a general emphasis on issues of life-and-death.Don't be a Pharisee; don't set Moses aside (John 5:46-47).
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Complete Intra-Ecclesial Jurisdiction PREVIEW
BEFORE YOU LISTEN, read the full doctrine here: https://voluntarytheocracy.org/2026/06/27/the-doctrine-of-complete-intra-ecclesial-jurisdiction Join us for an at-length discussion of the church's complete authority over its members, even unto death, not only excommunication. For the full episode,...
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How to Respond to Bad Authorities PREVIEW
Based on Ham's uncovering of Noah, and the curse of Canaan and his descendants: How should we respond when our authorities do stupid, shameful, or wrong things? Let's examine those who display their authority's shame and those who cover it and take responsibility for it. Join our discussion of...
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How Mothers Are Responsible to End Drug Abuse
Join our roundtable discussion of the mother's role in the case of the drunkard son in Deuteronomy 21:18-21, and hear how Jesus condemned the Pharisees for failing to put children to death by setting up traditions in the connected passages of Deuteronomy 18:12, Matthew 15:1-9, and Mark 7:9-13.
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Immigration Part 2, Luke Saint's Response to Dr. Hoffmeier
Luke Saint, also of Lancaster, PA, responds using a "Non-Legislative Theonomy" or "Lancastrian Theonomy" approach to immigration. See if you agree. Luke's pocast: https://futureofchristendom.org/category/podcasts/think-reform/ http://voluntarytheocracy.org
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The Immigration Crisis - Dr. James Hoffmeier
What does Scripture say that should influence our decisions in how to treat immigrants personally and legally? What carries over from Moses simply, and what doesn't? Dr. James Hoffmeier's book has been cited in congressional discussion on the topic. Join our conversation.
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The Abandoned Discipline of Edification - Dr. Tom Wadsworth
Dr. Tom Wadsworth's recent YouTube videos about "Why the Early Church Didn't Have 'Worship Services'" have attracted more than 750,000 views from more than 110 countries around the world. His videos stem from over 40 years of study and his doctoral research into Christian assemblies in the first...
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Dr. Jason Lisle - Biblical Science Institute
Dr. Lisle discusses the evolutionary distant starlight problem that the new James Webb telescope has revealed. He was also the first to apply Einstein's theory of relativity to answer the distant starlight objection to young earth creationism. Consider subscribing on YouTube to watch more...
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Walter Block - How Banks "Legally" Cheat You, Morality vs Legality
You can't have more titles to cars than the number of cars that exist. If you do, you don't have a car title, you have a lottery ticket, and you may or may not have access to a car if each person wants to make use of his own car title at the same time. Walter Block and I discuss the following...
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Solomon's Rationale in Judging the Harlots
Solomon judges that a prostitute's baby be cut in half. He had laws about cattle in mind.
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Robert Murphy on Law Without the State
What does it mean to have law without the state, and what do insurance and public stoning have to do with it? mises.org/mises-daily/law-without-state bobmurphyshow.com
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Luke Saint on "The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy"
Is just getting back to the US constitution the best any people can hope for, or is there something better? Luke Saint is the chairman of the Mid Atlantic Reformation Society and occasional guest on the Lancaster Patriot Podcast. Luke's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/179239988X
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Walter Block - What if Pro-life & Pro-choice Are Both Wrong?
Dr. Block coined a new position as early as the 70s called "evictionism" which states that in some instances, a mother may choose to evict a baby from the womb, and never to directly kill. If the child dies because it's premature, what realm of consequences would there be for her?...
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Audiobook Preview - Public Stoning: God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons
Did you know that God forbids prisons? Listen to the first 2 chapters of "Public Stoning: God's Design for a Nation Without Prisons." Available August 18th. Now available for pre-order. voluntarytheocracy.org/shop
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Donating to the Void
Remember when the priests collected money for decades to fix the temple but never actually repaired it? Texts: 2 Kings 12:1-13, 2 Chronicles 24:1-14
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"Meating" the Feasts and Festivals
I've celebrated a couple Biblical festivals, but I'm largely unfamiliar with the whens, hows, and whys. Listen if you'd like to familiarize yourself. voluntarytheocracy.org
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Cussology 101 with Paul Terrell
PARENTS USE DISCRETION When my dad used to teach 6th grade, he decided to teach about the reasons for taboos and curse words from a Biblical view. Students and their parents continued to remember this lesson for years after, and it's not something I hear addressed by anyone else. We talk about...
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"The Stoning of Soraya M" Movie Critique
This movie probably holds the top spot in pop culture as a reference point for what God's law means regarding public stoning. While it's a good film to bring attention to oppressed women around the globe, here's why it's a poor example of Biblical stoning. voluntarytheocracy.org
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Minimum Wage and Gleaning
Failure to allow gleaning results in minimum wage laws. Here's why. voluntarytheocracy.org
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Street Talk - Arguments Against Prison
I set up a table on the sidewalk to see who would be interested to discuss how the Bible forbids prison. I got two local university students to engage.
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Joseph Foreman
Joseph Foreman helped lead over 50,000 people in Operation Rescue from '88-'92, and he spent a total of 3 years in jail because of his ministry. Now virtually unemployable, he runs a coffee shop in North Carolina and posts thought-provoking articles on Facebook about the state of the organized...
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Theocracy Council - Borrowing & Lending
Is your mortgage lawful and honoring to God, or is it His curse on you? Learn Solomon's advice for the best person to lend to. How do your borrowing and lending practices stack up against God's law? Dive deep with us. voluntarytheocracy.org/31
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Keith Darrell
How do you get local people to ask if they can be part of your believing community? Listen to Keith Darrell share his method. http://www.campuspreacher.com/ (site is down for now, should be up again soon) Twitter: @campusevangel IG: @campuspreacher YT: Keith Darrell
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Calling in to Talk Heathen
Talk Heathen is a live atheist show based in Austin, TX. I called in about a year ago at the request of an atheist friend. He said he found my views highly unusual in regard to Moses and thought I should bring up an unpopular law and why it's good. View my segment here:...
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Why There Are No Christian Movies with ND Wilson
If you're in the film/TV production space at all, or even if you just really like movies or novels, even just the news, I think you'll find this to be a fun conversation because of how much of an underpinning story is to theology and how we understand it. It is the primary way God communicates to...
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What Moses Says About Kyle Rittenhouse
I will be covering the events surrounding Mr. Kyle Rittenhouse, the law in Exodus 22:2-3 that applies here, definitions of the words the law uses, their applicability in this case, the entire range of possible legal outcomes and punishments according to God's law, and what has been handled...
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Theocracy Council - The Unbetrothed Virgin
In this roundtable, we talk about a unique capital offense where someone can pay a ransom to redeem himself, marriage and sexual misconduct laws, the near equivalent of blasphemy laws in the homosexual community, God's design in the law for caring for the rejects from other nations, and the law's...
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Betrothal Guys - Biblical Law's Marriage Assumptions
Did you ever think it strange that Scripture doesn't specify how we're supposed to do dating or courtship? What if I told you that God's design can be deduced from the laws of Moses and Christ's atonement? Support the show: voluntarytheocracy.org/donate [email protected] Check out the Betrothal...
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Theocracy Council - How Scholars Dismiss the Law
Questions discussed: How does Paul use the law? Is the 3-fold distinction of the law a cop-out? (Moral, civil, ceremonial) What's the law's role in evangelism? What basis do I have to confront a neighbor who often gets drunk? What was Jesus's ultimate problem with the Pharisees? Isn't it…
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Cultish Talk with Jeremiah Roberts
I had known of my guest today for several years, but even with how close our circles are, I don't think I would have ever gotten an interview with him, except, I was running a Doordash delivery to a mobile home park, and as God would have it, I saw someone I knew. As I rolled by, I rolled down my...
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Copyrights Are Unlawful with Stephan Kinsella
One update off the bat, the organization website is launched now voluntarytheocracy.org, so there is now an easier way to access show notes and helpful links. There is one for this show already which I hope you'll find handy with things we reference today. There is a donation page also. I ask for...
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Kevin Novak - DeconstructingtheColiseum.com
My guest today is Kevin Novak. I first met Kevin at my local assembly in north Texas. My parents visited with his family at a potluck and found they had some favorite authors in common. I visited with Kevin a few times and have been shown hospitality at his house several times. Kevin is in the...
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Gary DeMar on Eschatology
My guest is Dr. Gary DeMar whom I was introduced to about 14 years ago through my dad. As a family, we went through a long period of studying America's Christian history as a family, and that led my dad to a book called "America's Christian History: The Untold Story" by Dr. DeMar. We also heard…
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Joel McDurmon - LambsReign.com
This is a special interview for me. Dr. McDurmon has written several books that have greatly expanded my thinking on the scope of the great commission. The biggest danger to consuming his work is that it will depress you with the magnitude of work there is to be done and decisions to be made…
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Michael Maharrey - Local Action
Mike Maharrey is the national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He runs a podcast called GodArchy where he and his guests explore Christianity as it intersects with the State. Mike shares his story of how he came to realize that he needed to bring his views on politics and...
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Walter Block - Defending the Undefendable
My guest is Dr. Walter Block, a professor of economics at Loyola University in New Orleans. He went to school with Bernie Sanders, and he's the author of several libertarian philosophy and economics books, most notably a set called "Defending the Undefendable" where he lays out acts which may be...
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Biblical Laws for War
First solo episode: I cover all the Biblical texts on laws for war, draw some applications for modern-day USA, and provide some insight on the current consequences of nations both obeying and disobeying these commandments. Texts: Numbers 1, Deuteronomy 17, 20-21, Luke 3, John 10
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William Reusch - Cylinder Radio
William Reusch is a highschool teacher in LA who is having to deal with the current state of american education and all its flaws. He hosts a podcast called Cylinder Radio, where he basically just enjoys talking to people who challenge his critical thinking on controversial topics. He also…
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Theocracy Council from July, 2019
Some of the questions we discuss this month: What's our attitude towards the law? Do we assume a commandment is gone unless repeated? What if the American legal system obeyed the law of punishing false witnesses? How do we deal with the deep consequences of driving on "public roads" claimed by...
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Robert Murphy - BobMurphyShow.com
Back in April 2019, I reached out to my guest today, and in October, we finally conducted this interview you're about to hear. I had seen some of his economic theory articles on a website called Mises.org, which I had been turned onto by the Tom Woods show. Anyway, he has the best breakdown of…
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Dusting off virtually unknown laws of the Old Testament with a general emphasis on issues of life-and-death.Don't be a Pharisee; don't set Moses aside (John 5:46-47).
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Dusting off virtually unknown laws of the Old Testament with a general emphasis on issues of life-and-death.Don't be a Pharisee; don't set Moses aside (John 5:46-47).
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