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Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, with Eamonn Butler

Podcast

Cody Cook welcomes Eamonn Butler, British economist and co-founder/director of the Adam Smith Institute, for a timely discussion marking the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s seminal work, An Inquiry into ...

Ep 254: “My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” | Mark 15 and Psalm 22

Podcast

In this Easter special, I explore Jesus’ enigmatic final words in Mark 15:34, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me”, a direct quotation of Psalm 22:1. Far from ...

Ep 253: Christian Life in the Greco-Roman City with Jason Borges

Podcast

In this episode I talk with Dr. Jason Borges, associate director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey. He lives in Turkey and has traveled extensively throughout the ...

From Evangelical to Eastern Orthodox, with Mike Maharrey

Christian Worldview

Mike Maharrey has been in the libertarian Christian space for a long time. In this episode he steps back from politics entirely and talks about his own story: a decades-long ...

Christian Pacifism

Christian Pacifism: How 1 Surprising Verse Made Me Rethink Violence

Podcast

Christian Pacifism: How One Verse Made Me Rethink Violence In this episode of the Biblical Anarchy Podcast, host Jacob Winograd examines Christian Pacifism and whether legal justification is a sufficient ...

Blessed is the State?

Christian Ethics

These last several weeks have been difficult to comprehend and to process. Our hearts are broken daily, not by a bad headline or drummed-up partisan talking points, but by personal ...

Ep 252: Government Officials Advancing the Gospel with Christopher Chen

Podcast

In this episode I talk with Christopher Chen, author of the brand-new book Evil Empire? Government Officials as Proponents of the Gospel in Luke-Acts and Beyond, out now on Wipf and ...

Can We Separate the Artist from the Man?

Culture

For a record number of Americans in this ever more secular era, their real religion is politics, their faith is their political ideology, and their church is their political party. ...

Ep 450: A Missing Piece of the Pro-Life Argument, with Jacqueline Isaacs

Podcast

Adoption belongs at the center of the pro-life conversation, not on its periphery. Yet Christians who can speak fluently about abortion policy often go quiet when the topic turns to ...

Ep 251: Beyond Deconstruction and Rebuilding Your Faith with James McGrath

Podcast

In this episode I talk once again with the great Dr. James McGrath, who has authored the brand-new Beyond Deconstruction: Building a More Expansive Faith, out now on Eerdmans, where he ...

Ep. 449 Should We End Food Stamps TOMORROW? with Patrick Carroll

Podcast

Host Cody Cook sits down with Patrick Carroll, a sharp libertarian opinion journalist based near Toronto whose writing appears in outlets like the Mises Institute, Libertarian Institute, AIER, and FEE ...

Ep 250: Lent, Spiritual Growth, and Taming the Tongue | Ephesians 4:29

Podcast

In this episode I talk about my goal for lent of taming my tongue. I discuss the controversy surrounding Lent and why sincere spiritual development should not be a cause ...

Questions For Christians

2 Hard Questions For Christians: Can We Vote or Serve in the Military?

Podcast

2 Hard Questions for Christians: Can We Vote or Serve in the Military? Two questions for Christians keep surfacing in conversations about faith and political life: should believers serve in ...

Ep 249: Eschatology and Economics with Gary DeMar

Podcast

In this episode I talk with Gary DeMar, a Biblical scholar, long-time president of American Vision, and host of the Gary DeMar show. Gary discusses eschatology and economics. He explains ...

Ep 448: Does Academic Freedom Still Have a Chance?, with Jennifer Townsend

Podcast

Jennifer Townsend talks about viewpoint diversity with LCP host Cody Cook. She is a lecturer in philosophy at Western Michigan University and co-chair of its Heterodox Academy (HxA) campus community. ...

Ep 248: Far Above All Rule and Authority | Ephesians 1:15-23

Podcast

I had the flu and Streamyard defaulted to my computer microphone, so I apologize for my voice! In this episode I discuss Paul’s comments in Ephesians 1:15-23, particularly 1:20-22, that ...

Why Politicians Win

Politics

Democracy creates an avenue for politicians to access your pocketbook and liberty. It offers everyone who desires to get at your money or to regulate you a legal avenue to ...

Ep 447: You Have No Right to Your Culture, with Bryan Caplan

Culture

Economist and author Bryan Caplan returns to discuss his latest book, You Have No Right to Your Culture. Bryan explains why genuine “cultural preservation” would require totalitarian control over children ...

Ep 247: History and Theology in Biblical Interpretation Debate with Jacob Winograd

Hermeneutics

This episode is a recording of a debate I had with Jacob Winograd in the fall of 2025 about whether history or theology should take priority in Biblical interpretation. I ...

Bible Stories

3 Important Bible Stories That Reframe the Immigration Question

Christian Ethics

3 Important Bible Stories That Reframe the Immigration Question We read many of these Bible stories as children, but we have failed to apply them to the issues of our ...

Ep 246: Wicked Shepards and Lost Sheep: Luke 15, Jeremiah 23, and Ezekiel 34

Podcast

In this episode I explore the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15:1-7 in which Jesus, directly responding to his critics, explains how his audience would leave ninety-nine sheep ...

Ep 446: The Jesus Invasion: Paul’s Apocalyptic Theology, with Nicholas Quient

Podcast

In a more theology-heavy discussion, the Libertarian Christian Podcast welcomed guest Rev. Nicholas Quient, pastor and New Testament PhD candidate, for a deep dive into apocalyptic theology in Pauline studies. ...

Ep 245: Galatians 4:1-7 and Deliverance from this Evil Age with Cody Cook

Podcast

In this episode I talk with Cody Cook about his new book Delivered from This Present Evil Age where he argues that Galatians 4:1-7 portrays Christ defeating the spiritual powers which ...

From Lutheran Republican to Reformed Libertarian

Libertarianism

Series Introduction Not everyone is born a libertarian, and even those who were must come to it on their own terms. We believe in the importance of hearing the stories ...

Ep 445: The Forgotten Abolitionist: Reverend John Rankin’s Hidden Legacy

Podcast

Doug Stuart interviews Caleb Franz, author of The Conductor: The Story of Reverend John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father. Franz shares the fascinating story of how he discovered and researched ...

Ep. 38: Faith, Finance, and the Meaning of Work, with David Bahnsen

Podcast

Faith Ventures welcomes David Bahnsen, founder of the Bahnsen Group of investors and financial planners. Today we explore the intersection of Christian faith, work, and economic stewardship in today’s marketplace. ...

Ep 244: Mark 10 Wrecks Modern Economic and Political Assumptions

Economics

In this episode I explore the economic and political consequences of two passages in Mark 10. I explain how modern progressive and conservative Christians implicitly assume the nineteenth-century nation state ...

A Libertarian’s Least Favorite Bible Verse

Libertarianism

When you’re a libertarian Christian, you keep a number of Scriptures on your theological Rolodex. We love to talk about 1 Samuel 8, where Israel asks God for a king ...

Ep 444: Books: a Biography, with Joel Miller

Podcast

In this episode, Cody Cook interviews Joel Miller, author of The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future. A former publishing executive, Miller reveals how books—far more ...

Anti-ICE Protesters Should Learn from MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Culture

Watching the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis and other major cities, it is striking how enraged and utterly unrestrained the protesters appear. So many target ICE agents with shouted profanities, obscene ...

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