Contra Mundum

Internet poaster Ryan Turnipseed was recently the subject of excommunication in an LCMS over his associations online, recording his confrontation with his pastor, and his criticism of, frankly, perverted changes made to his denomination's catechism.Ryan joins us to discuss what has happened to him, what will happen next, and what the future holds for this important conservative Protestant denomination.

Darryl Cooper and Ron Dodson join us.We will discuss Israel/Gaza, Ukraine/Russia, dispensationalism, and other current events.

Protests continue to rage on college campuses throughout the United States over Israel and Gaza.Apolitical frat-boys, without a dog in the fight, but who abhor disgusting leftoid freaks, have begun to fight back.We discuss what this means.Plus, we dig into an interview between John Mearsheimer and Judge Napolitano:   • Prof. John Mearsheimer : Genocide, Fr...  

Protests on Ivy League and other major university campuses over the Israeli response to the Hamas attacks has been raging for a few weeks.Andrew and Pastor Toby Sumpter recently exchanged opinions about what the motivating force for the leftist activism is, resulting in a blog post by Pastor Sumpter: https://tobyjsumpter.com/anti-white-h...Ron Dodson joins Andrew to discuss the issue.Ron's article mentioned in the episode can be found at:https://americanreformer.org/2023/11/just-what-is-israel/

Australian theologian Michael Bird has attacked The Case for Christian Nationalism in this video:    • The Case AGAINST Christian Nationalism  We review his review with his countryman, @theotherpaul.To support the show, please go to contramundumpodcast.com

What does Stephen Wolfe's The Case For Christian Nationalism have to say about Elite Theory?How does a ruler affect how his people live and believe?

This week Donald Trump announced that he opposes a Federal abortion ban, saying laws governing this issue belong at the state level. He has also opposed the IVF ban in Alabama and his surrogate Kari Lake is pushing the state of Arizona to allow abortion access after a recent court decision that effectively bans it.What is a Christian to think of these things? Can you vote for a presidential candidate that is not consistently pro-life? Is the GOP becoming a pro-choice lite party?To support the show (and to get access to our subscriber-only episodes) please go to contramundumpodcast.com

Notorious Australian theologian Michael Bird has written against Christian Nationalism.TheOtherPaul read it so you didn't have to, and he joins us to tear apart yet another misfire against basical Protestant political theology.

The Daily Wire's most popular personality, Candace Owens, was right before Holy Week, allegedly for saying "Christ is king." Her firing has set off a large reaction, especially among Christians who hold to their faith in the public square. It has become clear to all that you can publicly be a Christian in mainstream conservatism, but you may not treat the Christian faith the way the Bible does—that it is exclusively true and the only way of salvation for all men.What does this mean for the immediate future of both Christianity and rightwing political thought in the United States?To support the show, please go to contramundumpodcast.com

Recently leading Big Eva scion Ligon Duncan joined a podcast to discuss the Moscow Mood and the insurgent rightism within evangelicalism.Chase Davis pinch hits for CJay today as we react to this video.To support the show: please go to contramundumpodcast.com and subscribe. Our first subscriber's only live stream is coming next week!