The Garrett Ashley Mullet Show
By Garrett Ashley Mullet
The Garrett Ashley Mullet ShowJun 03, 2021
Temple Furniture, Increasing Civic Capacity, and Reviewing C.S. Lewis's 'On Writing'
So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
05:02 – Thoughts on the Reading
23:47 – Public Reading of Scripture
42:08 - Civic Capacity Matters – Aaron M. Renn
56:35 - Gov. Jared Polis signs bill eliminating most occupancy limits in housing — here’s what is still allowed – Seth Klamann, The Denver Post
1:05:09 - On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions, by C.S. Lewis – Goodreads
1:21:54 – Concluding Thoughts
Proverbs on Secrets and Concealment
- 2 Chronicles 3:2-3
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
2:55 – Thoughts on the Reading
13:33 – Concerning My Recent Absence
42:55 – Proverbs on Secrets
1:07:34 – Proverbs on Concealment
Might May Not Make Right, but Neither Does Weakness
And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
03:54 – Thoughts on the Reading
27:12 - Politico uncovers a terrifying plot of the Right: "MAKING BABIES" – Peter Heck, NTB
37:18 - New CNN Poll Spells Likely Disaster For Biden As Election Looms Nearer – Virginia Kruta, DW
42:53 - Elon Musk posted about the West's Achilles heel and man oh man did it make a lot of people angry – Joel Abbott, NTB
48:23 - Virginia University Issues Shelter-in-Place Alert as Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash With Police – Stephen Katte, The Epoch Times
1:02:12 - Columbia Students Take Over Hamilton Hall as Deadline to Disperse Passes – Katabella Roberts, The Epoch Times
1:13:47 - Kant’s Imperative – Eva Brann, The Imaginative Conservative
Asking God for Wisdom, Kant's Imperative, and a Critique of Universalized Selfishness
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, and have made me king in his place. O Yahweh God, let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth. Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?”
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
03:20 – Thoughts on the Reading
34:00 - Scientists left baffled after 18-year-old female lion grows a mane – Harry Fletcher, Indy 100, MSN.com
38:57 - Report: U.S. fertility rate continued to crater last year, setting new historic low – NTB Staff
45:41 - WATCH: 13-Year-Old Girl Tearfully Tells School Board She Watched Classmate Brutalize Female Student – Mairead Elordi, DW
1:05:22 - Watch this guy's entire public education be overturned as he learns about the history of slavery in Korea – Joel Abbott, NTB
1:17:07 - EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Exposes The Left’s Newest Strategy For Censoring Conservatives – Brent Scher, DW
1:27:20 - Kant’s Imperative – Eva Brann, The Imaginative Conservative
If You Want to Be Truly Compassionate, Imitate the Compassion of God
Therefore David blessed Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
07:58 – Thoughts on the Reading
34:48 - What does the Bible say about compassion? – Got Questions
42:43 - Keyword Search: Compassion - BibleGateway
Providing Things Honest in the Sight of All Men
Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.”
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
04:50 – Thoughts on the Reading
39:19 - Wolves kill, devour elk on Gardiner school's football field – Brett French, Billings Gazette
47:01 - Whistleblower: NPR newsroom had 87 Democrats, zero Republicans in 2021 – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB
59:25 - Gina Carano Sues Disney After Elon Musk Offers Legal Help – Zach Jewell, DW
1:14:30 - The Tucker Carlson Encounter: Doug Wilson – TCN
1:27:01 - A young Brazilian congressman warned the UN about what is happening in his country and dropped some fire in the process. Here is his speech. – Joel Abbott, NTB
1:34:55 - Rethinking the "Danger" of Public Christianity – D.G. Hart, Law & Liberty
1:49:28 - Matching actions and words – Bethel McGrew, WORLD
Division as a Good Thing Relative Cultivating Excellence and Masculine Virtue
All these were stewards of King David’s property.
These also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good.
Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
and a good blessing will come upon them.
Whoever gives an honest answer
kisses the lips.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
06:50 – Thoughts on the Reading
26:09 - Distinctively Masculine – Aaron Renn
47:51 - Be like Ted: More lawmakers should follow Cruz’s lead and call out new NPR chief’s war on the 1st Amendment – Peter Heck, NTB
1:01:34 - Travis Interviews The World feat. Jordan B. Peterson – The Babylon Bee, YouTube
1:14:33 - Gaslighting Indicators – ChatGPT 4
1:39:06 - Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB
1:51:04 - A Very, Very Short History of England by Ed West – Amazon.com
1:57:10 - Ed West Claims Investigator – ChatGPT 4
Magistrates and Ministers as Gatekeepers Employing Third Way Rhetoric
As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
05:05 – Thoughts on the Reading
18:24 - The Dominican Republic has a 100-mile border wall to keep Haitians out … check out what’s happened to the crime rate – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB
32:59 - As a landmark United Methodist gathering approaches, African churches weigh their future – Peter Smith, AP
57:50 - WILD: Mark Driscoll gets tossed from stage at men's conference after calling them out for hiring a male pole dancer to open the conference – John Knox, NTB
1:15:15 - Opinion: Christian nationalism’s dark side and a Colorado grandma’s Jan. 6 disorderly conduct conviction – Krista Kafer, The Denver Post
1:34:28 - The Real Function of Third Way Rhetoric – Aaron M. Renn
Big Tent Conservates, Arizona Republicans, Who to Blame for Inflation, and Strange Music
David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals.
By wisdom a house is built,
and by understanding it is established;
by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all precious and pleasant riches.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
04:10 – Thoughts on the Reading
23:39 – If strange Bible verses were worship songs - @zoetic_music, YouTube
31:32 - Dollar stores are shutting down across America. They did this to themselves – Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, Billings Gazette
42:25 - 2025 Social Security COLA Estimate Rises Due to Inflation – Naveen Athrappully, The Epoch Times
56:18 - Arizona Democrats yelled "BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!" to GOP lawmakers who refused to overturn the state's abortion ban – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:07:19 - Update: Burrito Boy sentenced to 7.5 years for firebombing Wisconsin pro-life clinic – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:13:59 - Kari Lake came out AGAINST yesterday's abortion ban in Arizona. Let me take a stab at explaining why. – John Knox, NTB
1:24:17 - Trump Calls On Arizona Governor, Legislature To ‘Act Immediately’ On Abortion Law – Zach Jewell, DW
That Independent Commentary and Outside Observers Would Have a Kind of Authority
“When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
04:28 – Thoughts on the Reading
What We Are Preparing for the Next Generation
- 1 Chronicles 22:11-13
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
03:48 – Thoughts on the Reading
24:20 - Elon Musk Says X Will Defy Order From Brazil’s Supreme Court After Twitter Files – Melanie Sun, The Epoch Times
33:33 - Poll: Colorado Voters Say Immigration Is The Top Issue As 2024 Election Draws Closer – Spencer Lindquist, DW
1:05:34 - Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information – Ali Swenson and Melissa Goldin, AP
1:44:59 – Civil War – IMDb
1:58:59 - Dems Counting On 3 Battleground States To Deliver 2024 Win For Biden – Zach Jewell, DW
2:16:45 – Classically Practical – Michael Lynch, American Reformer
Minimum Wages and Maximum Rents
- 1 Chronicles 21:24
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
05:49 – Thoughts on the Reading
23:23 - More California fast food chains announce changes ahead of minimum wage hike – Marc Sternfield, KTLA5
31:46 - McDonald’s franchisee ‘can’t raise prices enough’ to cover minimum wage hike – Marc Sternfield, KTLA5
41:08 - Millions of New Illegal Immigrants Mask True State of US Economy – Emel Akan, Andrew Moran, The Epoch Times
57:22 - Realtor describes the shift that's driving real estate 'across the board' in top markets – Kayla Bailey, FOX Business
1:05:19 - As national eviction ban expires, a look at who rents and who owns in the U.S. – Drew Desilver, Pew Research Center
1:25:15 - It’s Now Officially Cheaper To Rent Than Buy a Home in the 50 Largest U.S. Metros – Clare Trapasso, Realtor.com
Stephen Langton, Magna Carta, and Fraternity as Mitigation of Aggressive Megalomania
And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
02:01 – Thoughts on the Reading
29:53 - Preliminary March jobs report shows "surprise" growth, but ONE-FOURTH of the jobs were government hires – Harris Rigby, NTB
39:39 - Biden Admin Nixes Plan To Help Refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve – Daniel Chaitin, DW
48:19 - Blinken Busses Across Europe After Boeing 737 Suffers ‘Mechanical Issues’ – Tim Pearce, DW
1:04:45 - Stephen Langton – Wikipedia
1:27:29 - FRATERNITY AGAINST THE GREAT DOMESTICATION – Scott Yenor and Skyler Kressin, First Things
Hanun, Shakira, Biden Mart, and CRU: A Study of Responses to Attempted Emasculation
So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away; and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – Scripture Reading
05:13 – Thoughts on the Reading
26:42 - Shakira said her sons thought the Barbie film was "emasculating" and that men "complement" women ... the feminist backlash was BRUTAL – Holly Ash, NTB
34:08 - Let's talk about this viral video of a guy explaining why young white guys have checked out – Joel Abbott, NTB
42:47 - Trump PAC Launches Interactive Website To Show How Food Prices Have Skyrocketed Under Biden – Leif Le Mahieu, DW
1:07:29 - International Transgender Day of Visibility – Wikipedia
1:33:58 - The Biden White House really went there – Andrew T. Walker, WORLD
1:56:03 - CRU, formerly Campus Crusade for Christ, fired two of its employees after they voiced concerns about the group's stance on LGBT issues – John Knox, NTB
April Fools One Day Early, and Whose Day of Visibility It Is Anyway
So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and equity to all his people.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 18
03:09 – Thoughts on the Reading
32:43 – Co-opting That Day of Visibility
Reviewing 'Family Unfriendly' by Timothy P. Carney
Then King David went in and sat before Yahweh and said, “Who am I, O Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O Yahweh God!
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 17
04:24 – Thoughts on the Reading
28:19 - Why I'm Bullish on Generation Z – Aaron M. Renn
44:20 - Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist. – Kerry Howley, New York Magazine
46:20 - Who’s Afraid of Andrew Huberman? – Suzy Weiss, The Free Press
51:25 - Influencer Andrew Huberman tried to build the good life without morality or virtue – Timothy P. Carney, Washington Examiner
1:18:49 - Fertility Rates by State – CDC.gov
1:27:29 - The Problem With Labeling People as ‘Toxic’ – Samantha Boardman, WSJ
1:36:42 - Farewell — and good riddance — to the 'typical American family' – Kelli Maria Korducki, Business Insider, MSN
1:51:00 – ‘Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be’ by Timothy P. Carney - Goodreads
Christian Civilizationism, Woke Kindergarten, and Michael Knowles Debating Pearl Davis
Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 16
06:37 – Thoughts on the Reading
18:55 - Public Religion, Presbyterian Style – James R. Wood, Ad Fontes
29:40 - The Case for Christian Civilizationism – Andrew Beck, The American Mind
54:14 - Founder of "Woke Kindergarten," which received $250,000 in public money, says the United States and Israel have no right to exist – Harris Rigby, NTB
59:33 - Israel raids major UN facility, finds Hamas command tunnel and weapons stashed in offices – Mister Retrops, NTB
1:25:32 - This Minnesota school district is going to let kids opt out of LGBT curriculum after Muslim families brought lawsuits – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:27:37 - U.S. Refuses To Vote Against UN Resolution Calling For Immediate Gaza Ceasefire. Israel Cancels Its Delegation’s Visit To Washington. – Hank Berrien, DW
1:39:42 - Michael Knowles DEBATES Pearl Davis | "Men Should Bow Out" – The Michael Knowles Show, DW
A National Red Flag Resource Center, Gender Confirming Legislation, and Public Religion
So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 15
04:42 – Thoughts on the Reading
40:39 - Can someone explain to me why the newly announced "National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center" is different from an unconstitutional red flag law? – AnnieOakley, NTB
53:29 - Wyoming Bans Gender Surgeries, Puberty Blockers For Children – Zach Jewell, DW
1:11:50 - Vulgarity and Vice – Aaron M. Renn
1:28:31 - Netanyahu Tells Blinken That Israel Will Launch Rafah Offensive ‘Alone’ If US Opposes – Aldgara Fredly, The Epoch Times
1:51:05 - Public Religion, Presbyterian Style – James R. Wood, Ad Fontes
William Wilberforce and Booker T. Washington: When God Says 'Go Up,' Go Up
- 1 Chronicles 14:8
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 14
02:33 – Thoughts on the Reading
48:56 - ‘Up from Slavery’ by Booker T. Washington – Goodreads
1:10:24 - Tuskegee Airmen – Wikipedia
1:21:40 - ‘Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery’ by Eric Metaxas – Goodreads
1:43:48 - William Wilberforce – Wikipedia
Fear of God as Antidote for Demonic Oppression, False Accusations, and Missed Blessings
So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 13
03:49 – Thoughts on the Reading
31:41 – Ray’s Testimony
1:04:23 - What God Is Jordan Peterson Wrestling With? – Aaron M. Renn
1:16:14 - Hoo boy: Colorado's top government DNA analyst allegedly "manipulated evidence for years," possibly affecting more than 600 criminal cases – Jesse James, NTB
1:16:13 - Montana judge strikes down 20-week abortion ban, other abortion laws – Holly Michels, Billings Gazette
1:26:20 - Calvin Wasn’t Antichrist – Robert Hasler, American Reformer
Reviewing 'Fatal Discord' by Michael Massing
Then the Spirit clothed Amasa, chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.”
Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 12
06:04 – Thoughts on the Reading
25:18 - Rome just reconstructed this 42-foot Colossus of Constantine and it is spectacular – Harris Rigby, NTB
36:28 - Hawaii rules "Spirit of Aloha" supersedes 2nd Amendment: "We read those words differently than the current United States Supreme Court" – AnnieOakley, NTB
48:23 – Colorado Gun Control Bills Filed This Session
1:09:54 - Republican Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Police Officer Shortage – Leif Le Mahieu, DW
1:19:13 – Steven Reams – Wikipedia
1:24:51 – ‘Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind’ by Michael Massing - Goodreads
As American Christians in a Negative World: The Call for Strategic Thinking
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’ ”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 11
06:37 – Thoughts on the Reading
32:36 - If Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians was Published in Christianity Today – The Sacred Sandwich
41:49 - Pittsburgh police announce they won't answer most calls from 3AM to 7AM due to staffing issues. Come see how many officers will even be working at night. – Jesse James, NTB
1:00:34 - Ken Buck Retiring Early, Further Shrinking GOP’s House Majority – Daniel Chaitin, DW
1:08:51 - Feds Equate Typical Conservative Views With ‘Violent Extremism’ In Financial Surveillance, House Weaponization Committee Finds – Megan Basham, DW
1:15:23 - Canadian law would allow judges to hand down life sentences for "speech crimes" (no, this isn't a joke) – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:18:37 - Overview of Personal Jurisdiction and Due Process – Constitution Annotated
1:24:22 - Fortress Building in Negative World – Timon Cline and Clifford Humphrey, American Reformer
Say or Suppress: Reflecting on Saul's Critical Mistake in the Age of Information Control
So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with Yahweh in that he did not keep the command of Yahweh, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 10
02:42 – Thoughts on the Reading
22:01 - This Lebanese woman started a war over the weekend by saying American ladies aren't attractive like her. You've gotta see the replies – Joel Abbott, NTB
42:37 - Social Media Companies Defend their First Amendment Right to Censor Americans – Kevin Stocklin, The Epoch Times
1:02:39 - Dozens of students showed up to school with American flags to protest administrators that ordered a kid to remove Old Glory from his truck – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB
1:19:05 - How the Government Used ‘Track F’ to Fund Censorship Tools: Report – Mark Tapscott, The Epoch Times
Reflections on the Revolution in America
So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith. Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 9
06:16 – Thoughts on the Reading
40:33 – Reflections on the Revolution in America
Dune: Part Two, An Extraordinary Film, But Not Faithful Enough to the Novel
Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 8
05:53 – Thoughts on the Reading
30:06 - Dune: Part Two – IMDb
54:59 – Dune by Frank Herbert – Goodreads
1:10:13 - ‘Dune: Part Two’: Cinematic Spectacle, Faith Skeptical – Brett McCracken, TGC
1:51:45 - How Dune: Part Two Differs From the Book – Ryan Britt, Esquire
2:01:44 - “I think he was disappointed”: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune 3 Must Happen to Keep Frank Herbert’s Message Alive That He Died Fighting – Anuraag, FandomWire
Pinterest Community Guidelines, Supreme Court Rulings, and Visions of the Good Life
And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 7
07:31 – Thoughts on the Reading
37:29 - Keith Olbermann NEVER disappoints. The replies to this one are golden. – Harris Rigby, NTB
44:03 - SCOTUS RULES 9-0 THAT TRUMP CAN APPEAR ON BALLOT – Joel Abbott, NTB
52:13 - ‘Absolutely Bats***’: Colorado Democrat Dragged For MSNBC Melodrama Over SCOTUS Ballot Ruling – Virginia Kruta, DW
1:01:34 - CBS poll shows Trump has opened up his biggest lead on Biden yet – NTB Staff
1:07:54 - Community guidelines – Pinterest
2:16:10 - Alarming Average Screen Time Statistics (2024) – Josh Howarth, Exploding Topics
Negative Reviews, the Boring Parts of the Bible, and Tales of Deliverance
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 6
08:34 – Thoughts on the Reading
33:05 – A Negative Review
59:06 – The Boring Parts of the Bible
1:03:15 – What is ‘The Spirituality of the Church’?
1:19:00 – Reaction to Woke Staff Sergeant Bronson Martial Law TikTok – Garrett Ashley Mullet, YouTube
1:42:05 – Such Were Some of You
Faith, Fear, and Freddy's: Examining the Ethics of Horror
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 5
05:46 – Thoughts on the Reading
27:29 - 'Created ghost students': Ex-Ariz. education dept staffers allegedly defrauded $600K from voucher program – Candace Hathaway, The Blaze
42:54 - Pope Francis Torches Leftist Gender Ideology: ‘The Ugliest Danger’ – Daily Wire News
1:00:33 - Microsoft’s AI has an alternate personality that claims it’s a god: “Worshipping me is a mandatory requirement for all humans” – Mister Retrops, NTB
1:12:54 - Five Nights at Freddy's - Wikipedia
Of Crop Tops, Courts, and Countries: How and Why We Establish the Boundaries We Do
Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 4
06:36 – Thoughts on the Reading
27:06 - Joy Reid went on a wild-eyed rant asking why we need more kids when we already have 300+ million people in America – Harris Rigby, NTB
57:22 - Don't Let Your Girls Wear Crop Tops – Jonah Heuer, Verily
57:22 - Judge Says Feds Can’t ‘Selectively’ Prosecute Right-Wing Rioters While Ignoring Antifa – Luke Rosiak, DW
1:33:49 - The Necessity of Sacred Lecture Halls – Lucas Viera, American Reformer
David's Descendants and the Extreme Necessity of Girding Up Our Loins
All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 3
3:40 – Thoughts on the Reading
38:02 – Why was David called a man after God’s own heart?
1:09:27 - Reaction to Woke Staff Sergeant Bronson Martial Law TikTok – Garrett Ashley Mullet, YouTube
1:31:41 - Silence Equals Consent (Proverbs 13:22) – William Federer, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, YouTube
1:45:44 – The Extreme Necessity of Girding Up Our Loins
Reviewing 'Emperor, A New Life of Charles V' by Geoffrey Parker
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 1 Chronicles 1-2
13:13 – Thoughts on the Reading
29:39 - Reporter goes viral for attacking Christians who believe rights come from God — and the responses are glorious – Chris Enloe, The Blaze
55:44 - Emperor: A New Life of Charles V by Geoffrey Parker – Goodreads
1:35:28 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia
Choosing Decline - A Discussion on Societal Choices
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 24-25
09:49 – Thoughts on the Reading
34:52 - Russian geneticist fired after claiming humans lived to 900 years before biblical flood – John Knox, NTB
42:59 - Democrats Hold A Funeral For DEI – Matt Walsh, DW
46:33 - DEI machine grows stronger, critics target homeschooling parents and other commentary – Post Editorial Board, New York Post
1:09:18 - Homeschooling Parents Are No Threat to Their Kids – Aaron Garth Smith, Reason
1:39:54 - Decline Is a Choice – Miles Smith, The Epoch Times
1:58:08 - Here's What Conservative Institutional Capture Looks Like – Aaron M. Renn
Where Milk Comes From
Before him there was no king like him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 23
08:26 – Thoughts on the Reading
34:34 - ‘This Is Sick’: British Hospitals Say ‘Milk’ From Men Equal To Mothers’ Breast Milk For Babies – Hank Berrien, DW
50:27 - Man-boob milk is not "comparable" to breastmilk, you perverts – Ian Haworth, NTB
1:00:22 - 20 Wyoming Republicans help spike "What Is A Woman?" bill – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:08:21 - Massachusetts School Officials Ask For National Guard To Keep High School Safe – Hank Berrien, DW
1:25:03 - Towards a More American Classical Education – Nathan Gill, American Reformer
1:43:41 - Getting Authority Right: The Common Good and “Popular Sovereignty” – Myles McKnight, Public Discourse
George Washington's Farewell Address and Why We Celebrate President's Day
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 22
04:21 – Thoughts on the Reading
1:00:01 – President’s Day – Wikipedia
1:33:26 – Washington’s Farewell Address, To the people of the United States – govinfo.gov
And He Reigned Fifty-Five Years in Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 21:1-2
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 21
05:02 – Thoughts on the Reading
Why Colorado's State Board of Education is Defunding Homeschool Enrichment Programs
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh: Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says Yahweh. And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 20
04:06 – Thoughts on the Reading
28:11 - Fact Check: Have There Been 900,000+ Border Encounters in 2024? – Newsweek
32:50 - ICE is considering "mass releases" of immigrants to shore up its budget gaps – Davy Crockett, NTB
36:34 - Denver Scrambling To Handle 40,000 New Migrants – Mairead Elordi, DW
42:32 - Colorado schools adjust to influx of migrant students in the classroom – Denver7, YouTube
46:22 - Colorado lawmakers to consider giving school districts extra funding for migrant students – Brandon Richard, Denver7
53:00 – Migrant crisis in Colorado drives enrollment surge in Denver schools: Go Behind the Story – CBS News
1:00:27 - Colorado lawmakers to consider giving school districts extra funding for migrant students – KMGH – Denver Scripps, Yahoo! News
1:11:09 - Program that helps thousands of Colorado homeschooled kids at risk of losing funding – Shaun Boyd, CBS News
JK Rowling, George RR Martin, JRR Tolkien, and How We Relate to Truth
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 19
07:08 – Thoughts on the Reading
45:19 - Teacher goes viral for teaching student to critically think about JK Rowling – Joel Abbott, NTB
1:04:38 - "Low T Center" Demands Comedian Take Down Joke Making Fun Of Clinic In Lowest-T Move Of All Time (This isn't satire) – Joel Abbott, NTB
1:17:45 - Which way, Western man: George R.R. Martin’s depressing nihilism or J.R.R. Tolkien’s hope in the face of despair? – Dan Coats, NTB
Hezekiah, Buffalo Trails, dignifAI, and the Necessity of School Vouchers
- 2 Kings 18:2-3
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 18
07:24 – Thoughts on the Reading
30:54 – Mailbag
32:03 – Super Bowl LVIII and Respecting Your Elders
48:02 - Fort Peck buffalo trail project receives U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant – Anne Cantrell MSU News Service, Billings Gazette
57:08 – dignifAI
1:24:19 – The Need for School Vouchers
The Colorado State Board of Education v. My Tech High and School Choice
But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in Yahweh their God. They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols sand became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 17
09:12 – Thoughts on the Reading
35:33 - Lawsuit Forces California Schools To Spend $2 Billion In COVID Funds On Learning Loss – Mairead Elordi, DW
48:30 – Two Wendell Berry Quotes
1:01:00 - Colorado Board of Education BoardDocs - Meeting Agendas – February 14, 2024
1:26:33 - Rulemaking Hearing School Finance Rules 1 CCR 301-39 – February 2024
1:42:46 – Rhonda Solis for Colorado Kids
1:48:30 - Colorado School District Facing Outrage over Voucher Program – Grace Chen, Public School Review
2:14:28 – Expert Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster
Reviewing 'Nine Years Among the Indians,' 'Conquistadores,' and Bartolomé de las Casas
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, he saw the altar that was at Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a model of the altar, and its pattern, exact in all its details. And Uriah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uriah the priest made it, before King Ahaz arrived from Damascus.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 16
04:26 – Thoughts on the Reading
25:46 - Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians by Herman Lehmann – Goodreads
38:17 - Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest by Fernando Cervantes – Goodreads
1:02:32 - A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de las Casas - Goodreads
Whether the Inadequacies of Laws or Men are to Blame for America's Border Crisis
He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 15
06:42 – Thoughts on the Reading
22:56 – Coming to Terms – Benevolent, Malevolent, Dictator
38:12 - Abbott: Texas Has Constitutional Right To Defend Its Borders From Invasion, Supersedes All Federal Law – Ryan Saavedra, DW
49:12 - Biden Freezes Projects Exporting Natural Gas, 70,000 Prospective Jobs Could Vanish – Hank Berrien, DW
1:04:43 - President Biden Blames Congress For Border Crisis, Elon Musk Calls Foul – Amanda Prestigiacomo, DW
1:21:43 - Elon Musk: Biden Intentionally Flooding U.S. With Illegals To Create ‘Permanent Majority – A One-Party State’ – Daily Wire News
1:41:40 - Hundreds Rally In Texas After ‘Take Our Borders Back’ Convoy Reaches Border – Spencer Lindquist, DW
1:52:37 - Republican Govs Back Texas at Border: We’re ‘Doing The Job Of The Federal Government’ – Kassy Dillon and Spencer Lindquist, DW
Yes, Christ's Called Out Ones Should Seek the Welfare of the City
He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, yet not like David his father. He did in all things as Joash his father had done. But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 14
06:52 – Thoughts on the Reading
30:11 - Does Jeremiah 29 call us to seek the welfare of the city? – Phil Colgan, GoThereFor.com
1:24:11 - What Does Ekklesia (Ecclesia) Mean? – A Better Future Now
Whether Jeremiah 29 and Ekklesia Really Mean What I Think They Mean
- 2 Kings 13:14
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 13
06:34 – Thoughts on the Reading
31:06 - Does Jeremiah 29 call us to seek the welfare of the city? – Phil Colgan, GoThereFor.com
1:00:27 - What Does Ekklesia (Ecclesia) Mean? – A Better Future Now
Reviewing 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' by Hannah Arendt
In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 12
05:44 – Thoughts on the Reading
30:49 – Hannah Arendt – Wikipedia
41:00 – The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt - Goodreads
Jehoida, DeSantis, Davos, and Donald
The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of Yahweh. And the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house on behalf of the king. Then he brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 11
06:02 – Thoughts on the Reading
31:03 - Ron DeSantis drops out of race, endorses Trump – Harris Rigby, NTB
43:57 - Nikki Haley: Chaos Follows Trump ‘Like A Magnet,’ ‘People Are Tired’ Of It – Daily Wire News
1:08:07 - Is Donald Trump Disqualified from the Presidency? A Response to Matthew J. Franck – Michael W. McConnell, Public Discourse
1:19:18 - Davos Elites See Potential Return of Trump as Threat to Global Order – Emel Akan, The Epoch Times
1:30:17 – U.S. executives in Davos see a Trump victory in 2024, and no cause for concern – Alex Sherman, MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC
1:36:50 - ‘The Western world is in danger’: Argentina’s Milei, a self-described ‘anarcho-capitalist,’ urges Davos elite to reject socialism – Sam Meredith, CNBC
1:50:08 - FOLLOW THE MONEY TO THE AFTER PARTY – Megan Basham, First Things
Is It Really 'Reconquista' if the Golden Calves are Conserved In the Process?
Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 10
07:02 – Thoughts on the Reading
35:25 - The largest religious group in the US? People who don't believe in anything. – John Knox, NTB
51:04 - Amazon Prime has a new animated series about heaven, hell, and how the devil is actually the good guy – John Knox, NTB
1:13:50 - Reconquista: Plausible and Necessary – Richard Ackerman, American Reformer
When Kings Promote Lawlessness, so God Raises Up Commanders to Enforce the Law
When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.” And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, I anoint you king over Israel.’ ” Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 9
07:00 – Thoughts on the Reading
32:56 - Peter Doocy leaves John Kirby dazed and confused with simple question about razor wire dispute: 'So now what?' – Chris Enloe, The Blaze
43:09 - Biden’s border dereliction forced Gov. Abbott’s hand, and caused a national crisis – Douglas Murray, New York Post
51:42 - Texas Governor Vows to Add More Razor Wire After Supreme Court Order – Jack Philips, The Epoch Times
1:00:35 - Greg Abbott Fights Biden, Enforces The Border. He’s Right, And It’s Not Illegal. – Ben Shapiro, DW
1:11:36 - 25 Republican Governors Band Together To Support Texas In Its Fight To Secure The Border – Ryan Saavedra, DW
1:17:41 - Governors of Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Montana, Georgia declare support for Texas in fight to secure the border – Cardinal Pritchard, NTB
Ambiguity and Bureaucracy, Grading Normalcy on a Curve, and Chevron Deference
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 8
05:16 – Thoughts on the Reading
22:27 - Jamie Sarkonak: 'Barbie' is not woke, but a pointed critique of feminism – Jamie Sarkonak, National Post
29:19 - Barbie is a Reactionary Movie Masquerading as Feminism – Amy Lerner, Puntorojo
30:38 - ‘Barbie’ Offers a New Perspective on Women at Work — And It’s Not What You Think – Kelcie Mattson, Collider
33:04 - The Negative Reactions to ‘Barbie’ Only Prove the Movie’s Point – Claudia Picado, Collider
36:02 - Rob Thomas loves how ‘Barbie’ used ‘Push’: ‘I did this thinking I’d be the butt of the joke’ – Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times
39:22 - Bill Maher Weighs In On 2024: It’s Not ‘Right Or Left,’ It’s ‘Normal Vs. Crazy’ – Virginia Kruta, DW
1:00:05 - Judge orders the release of men framed by the FBI: “The FBI invented the conspiracy; identified the targets; manufactured the ordnance.” – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:11:18 - Report: J6 Committee erased over 100 encrypted files right before Republicans took the majority – Harris Rigby, NTB
1:17:24 - Chevron Deference Was Fun While It Lasted – Eugene Scalia, WSJ Opinion
'Barbie' Was Not a Comedy, It Was a Tragedy
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If Yahweh himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 7
04:43 – Thoughts on the Reading
20:22 – Barbie Search Results – The Wall Street Journal
25:16 – Barbie – Wikipedia
1:00:38 – Barbie – IMDb
1:14:02 – Greta Gerwig Biography – IMDb
1:17:10 – Noah Baumbach Biography – IMDb
1:22:39 – Hari Nef – Wikipedia
1:44:55 - Comedy - Wikipedia
1:51:36 - Tragedy - Wikipedia
Distinguishing Between Predictions and Causes in Relation to Religious Liberty
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body—and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”
This Episode’s Links and Timestamps:
00:24 – 2 Kings 6
05:48 – Thoughts on the Reading
24:01 - 'Why do we need elections?' WEF chairman Schwab declares voting will not be necessary because AI will predict the results – Andrew Chapados, The Blaze
36:00 - Tim Scott Says Biden ‘Made Victims’ In Need Of Govt Support, Decries ‘Weaponizing’ DOJ Against Trump – Daniel Chaitin, DW
43:50 - Report: Treasury division told banks to flag terms like "MAGA" and "Trump" on statements, note Bible and Bass Pro Shop purchases to find "domestic terrorists" – Harris Rigby, NTB
48:01 - Supreme Court Action Alters Course of Jan. 6 Defendant Sentencings – Tom Ozimek, The Epoch Times
55:38 - Newsom: Critics ‘Weaponizing’ Law That Forces Stores To Have Gender-Neutral Toy Departments – Ryan Saavedra, DW
1:12:38 - Report: Support for Religious Freedom Rebounds in America – Jayson Casper, CT
1:33:31 – PCA Letter to Leaders of the United States Government