Because it is a large group and you might not be able to pick out voices, at the suggestion of listeners to the last round table I have endeavoured to keep track of who is speaking and when. Yes, you are hearing birds chirping. One of us was joining in from what looked like his back deck. Enjoy! 00:00 - Kruptos - Introducing the guests and topic. 3:50 - C. Jay Engel 10:45 - Big Tuna/Riley S 14:40 - C. Jay Engel 16:04 - The Black Horse 18:06 - C. Jay Engel 18:25 - William M. Briggs 20:05 -...

I was joined by Ron Dodson, Josh Abbotoy, and midway through by Nate Fischer and The Black Horse to discuss the growing problem of Christian leadership bending itself to "the regime." Increasingly, many of us in the pews are noticing that Christian leaders, many of whom cast themselves as defenders of Christian tradition and orthodoxy are adapting and changing their positions on various issues and practices in ways that are more compatible and harmonious with the progressive regime. We take...

The political and social landscape is changing. Churches and their leaders are adapting, but not in the ways you might expect. Let's try to understand the phenomenon of the "regimevangelical." Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/understanding-the-regimevangelical Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

It is no secret that schools have become a feminized environment. It wasn't always that way. There was a time where school was a form of contest and a rite of passage marking you a man. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/educating-boys-or-why-latin-disappeared Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

Dr. Lancellotti has dedicated himself to translating the works of Italian philosopher Augusto del Noce into English. He was gracious enough to join me for the Ghetto's first guest appearance. Long time readers of this Substack will know that I reference del Noce frequently. For those unfamiliar with Augusto del Noce, I would encourage you not just to listen to this interview, but go back and read my Del Noce pieces which all should be tagged “Augusto del Noce.” If you are looking to read him...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com Men today are lost because the technological and administrative world in which they find themselves gives them no markers to tell them they are men. In fact, to survive, they must become like women. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/boys-will-be-boys-facing-the-contest Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted...

It takes little work to demonstrate that men are in trouble. The very idea of the "incel" cries out that something is wrong. To help understand this idea of "man" I turn to the writing of Walter Ong. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/what-is-a-man-introducing-the-idea Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

Anyone with a plan or a set of policies that will "fix" things is lying to themselves and to you. It's not a matter of "if" things go sideways, it's more a question of "when" and "how bad will it be?" Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/there-is-no-fixing-what-is-wrong Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

For many of us, this online space of politically minded Christians is just that: online. There are frequent discussions in our orbit regarding the whole process of instantiating the things we talk about into real lived spaces. Hoe do we make all of this real? The Christian tradition, going all the way back to Jesus himself, has engaged in this activity called “discipleship.” Sometimes more, sometimes less. Sometimes better, sometimes poorer. Among Jesus’ final recorded words is the command...

One of the most devastating influences upon the Christian faith has been egalitarianism. Christians trying to signal they are no better than anyone else has been ruinous for the faith. Written Piece: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-burden-of-being-better Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com We live in a mass society where people have been shorn of their connections to each other and to the past, even to themselves in favour of absolute personal autonomy. What is friend in this context? Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/fake-friends-the-friend-enemy-distinction Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music...

As many of you know, I am a big advocate of building parallel communities that are capable of resisting both the rewards and punishments of the regime. I have talked about different forms of governance and the problem of technology as well as the importance of the Christian faith in all of this. But sooner or later you have to start doing something. Where do you begin? How do you start? What are some things you have to have in place? What are some of the ingredients that help encourage...

I got together with C. Jay Engel and Ron Dodson to discuss Christian participation in the political realm. Many these days are very conflicted, and even opposed to the idea that Christians should desire to wield political power. They cringe at the idea that someone might try to impose the Christian faith by force. There are a lot of misunderstandings which surround this and we thought it a good time to talk through some of the issues and help Christians come to a healthy, theologically and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com This term, "re-enchantment" is starting to enter the lexicon of right wing discussion. We should resist this. I am not sure I have a better one, but this label works for the machine, not against it. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/why-i-hate-the-term-re-enchantment Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by...

One of the great questions of our age is whether or not we as human beings will be able to master technology or will we continue to be mastered by it? Essentially, it is a moral question. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/can-humanity-master-technology Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

Conservatives and many others on the political right fail to understand what exactly is this thing that we call the "culture war" and as a result they are ineffective in their efforts to fight it. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-true-nature-of-the-culture-war Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0...

We are locked within the tyranny of the administrative state, governed by the administrative system. What is the alternative? It is to once again be ruled directly by men. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/ruled-by-men-or-governed-by-the-system Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ...

This morning, quite early for me, I was joined with two overseas members of the Christian Ghetto group chat, and to discuss postmodernism, the hermeneutical problem, and their importance for our political moment. Many decry critical theory as the source of all which is wrong with today. But the reality is that there would be no critical theory without enlightenment liberalism. The real “enemy” is the enlightenment frame within which we are trapped. Critical theory, while it has its own flaws...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com What can we do if we cannot reform or control the administrative state? Acquiesce? Revolution? Or is there an other option? Ellul makes the case without making it, for building a parallel society. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-political-illusion-pt5-the-heroic Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com Have you ever wondered where law comes from? Law truly is a miracle. Written version: https://open.substack.com/pub/seekingthehiddenthing/p/the-politics-of-transcendence-the Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How should a Christian think about the philosophical school know as “Vitalism.” Is is compatible with Christian teaching? Even if it cannot be imported in its entirety, are there lessons we can take from Vitalism? Are there things that Vitalism sees about us as Christians, critiques of which we have difficulty owning up? Brian C. Wilson of Montana Classical College — “Montana” — joins me for a discussion on this important topic. Since we in the Ghetto try to make these open discussions among...

I was joined by The Black Horse and Riley S to discuss events since we last recorded on January 15. You can find the original discussion here: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/4-the-christian-ghetto-muscular-christianity Bumper Music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to...

I was joined by a number of members of the Christian Ghetto to talk about the growing tensions along the Texas border between the federal government and the state of Texas. How should Christians think about these issues? Members of the Ghetto are generally in favor of a more muscular response the immigration question in both theory and in practice. How should we think about this theologically? Can we draw on the wisdom of our own long tradition to help us frame a response we can be confident...

There are many out there who think that the Christian way is persuasion, not coercion. They thus reject the idea of writing Christian moral teaching into law. It is time to address this concern. Written Version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/the-case-for-coercive-christianity Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com Many like to think of themselves as "conservatives" in the US. But there really is no such thing. Why not? And what is conservatism, really? Written version: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/conservatism-is-not-a-thing-in-the Bumper Music: Stream Countdown 10s by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC...