Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater
The First Digital Inc.
Do you find yourself angry or anxious when watching or listening to the news? If that answer is YES...this is the podcast for YOU. 'Politics By Faith with Mike Slater' offers a very different analysis to the equation, drawing from faith and the founders for perspective instead of the warring opinions of pundits. Each episode begins with the top story of the day, then provides a historical and Biblical parallel, and finally a motivating truth to calm your soul. You’ll be amazed at what the Bible and our very own history have to say about where we are today. Enlightening, insightful, and reassuring, and 100% unique – Politics By Faith.
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Dec 6, 2023 • 5min
Advent #3: The Source of Joy
We have the Christmas song "Joy to the World" backward, of course. We have everything backward in this world. It's not a Christmas song at all.
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Dec 5, 2023 • 5min
Advent #2: Joy without Jesus
Spurgeon said, "Present happiness for a genuine Christian in the absence of Christ is an absolute impossibility." No thing under the tree will bring true joy. If there is a longing in your heart for something true and eternal, consider that a gift and act on it.
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Dec 4, 2023 • 5min
Advent 1: Fullness of Joy
We have a new term, "deaths of despair". This is a sign that we are mission the mark as a culture. The antidote to this depression and anxiety is hope and gratitude and peace and all things we've talked about. But we haven't yet talked about Joy. A GREAT joy. A joy no one can take away from you. And a joy that can be yours.
Let's spend this Advent time up to Christmas talking about this Joy.
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Dec 2, 2023 • 5min
Anxiety: Reminder #4
Jesus bookends a section with two commands: If you're worrying right now, stop. If you haven't started worrying, don't start. And it's worth ending the week with the ultimate reminder: He is the same yesterday and today and forever
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Dec 1, 2023 • 6min
Anxiety: Reminder #3
"Ye of little faith." Oo. Not what anyone wants to hear. But it's ultimately true if you're anxious and worrying. Ye indeed have little faith. So how do we get the faith back to get rid of the anxiety?
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Nov 30, 2023 • 4min
Anxiety: Reminder #2
Worrying won't add a second to your life.
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Nov 28, 2023 • 5min
Anxiety: Reminder #1
This is a season where anxieties can run high. I know I could use some reminders of some truths that most people don't have, but you can.
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Nov 27, 2023 • 5min
The Proper Pilgrim Posture: Day of Visitation
Today is the end of our series on How To Live Like a Pilgrim. We wonder why there is so much depression and anxiety in today's world. Jonathan Edwards said we are easily distracted from the Day of Visitation and "that which is our proper end, and true happiness"
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Nov 24, 2023 • 6min
The Proper Pilgrim Posture: Excellence
We need not bemoan the state of the world, but look at it as an opportunity; like we're CIA plants spying in the Soviet Union.
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Nov 22, 2023 • 5min
The Proper Pilgrim Posture: War
The modern American Christian message is "Let Go and Let God". But the Pilgrims knew there was a war to fight. Are you living your christian life on a cruise ship or a battle ship?
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