On this Podcast for Cultural Reformation episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright address the Pagan high holy month of Pride. Not only do they expose the 2SLGBTQIA+ cult for the false religion it is, but they also provide a positive biblical vision for sex and sexuality. Get your copy of "Covenant Sexuality" from Ezra Press for 20% off today!: https://ezrapress.ca/products/covenant-sexuality-1; Got Questions? Would you like to hear Dr. Boot answer your questions? Should we do...

The Ezra Institute brings you a new series with the Rebels when P Nate and Pootie are joined by a variety of guests talking about several key practical outworkings of theological concepts that will help Christians expand the Kingdom of God, see the dark pushed back, and slowly (like leaven working through the loaf) win the world. In this episode, P Nate and Pootie invite Doug Wilson onto the show to discuss an unlikely place for world-conquering to start... with corporate worship. Wilson...

It's that time of the month again when Pastor Nate Wright and Dr. Joe Boot answer your questions. Tune in as they discuss church leadership and accountability, the intermediate state and where Christians go after they die, and Christians' response to the pagan high, holy month of perversion and debauchery, Pride Month. Got Questions? Would you like to hear Dr. Boot answer your questions? Should we do this more often? Let us know in the comments or reach out to us at...

Work is a central aspect of life. On today's show, we continue our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, by examining a Christian view of work, wealth, and capital and investing our time, talents, and treasures to advance the Kingdom of God. Got Questions? Would you like to hear Dr. Boot answer your questions? Should we do this more often? Let us know in the comments or reach out to us at https://www.ezrainstitute.com/connect/contact/; For Ezra's many print resources and to join...

Continuing our series Conversations & Presuppositions, Drs. Boot and Thiessen are joined this week by Ezra Fellow for Public Policy Tim Dieppe to discuss the steady Islamization of the West. Episode Resources: Questions to Ask Your Muslim Friends by Tim Dieppe: https://amzn.to/3Kc6Uig "Is Islam a Religion of Peace?" by Tim Dieppe | Christian Concern: https://christianconcern.com/resource/is-islam-a-religion-of-peace/; "What’s wrong with Islamic finance?" | Christian Concern:...

Our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, has generated a lot of questions. On this week's Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright answer some of those questions. Enjoyed today's Q&A? Would you like to hear Dr. Boot answer your questions? Should we do this more often? Let us know in the comments or reach out to us at https://www.ezrainstitute.com/connect/contact/; Chapters: 0:00 Worldview Youth Academy AD 1:42 Podcast Opening 2:05 Intro & Show...

Continuing our series Conversations & Presuppositions, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright unpack the worldview convergence of the conflicted Red-Green Alliance between Leftist Communists/Socialists (red) and Islamists (green). What unites them is a common enemy, namely, Christ and His Church and anything built upon that sure foundation. Episode Resources: Watch Dr. Thiessen's Helpful Conversations on Islam: "Robert B. Spencer: Islam, Jihad, and Threats to Freedom of Speech"...

In the fifth episode of our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, thanks to the recent controversy in the UK, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot wade into the current cultural conversation on euthanasia (lit. "the good death"), or as it is euphemistically called assisted suicide, join the discussion as they unpack what lies beneath the culture of death as it spreads throughout the world, and why Christians need to cultivate a thoroughgoing Christian view of the sanctity of life. ...

In the fourth episode of our series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright examine a SHOCKING evolution in the abortion debate. Since pro-aborts have lost the scientific argument concerning when life begins, they're now admitting that abortion is murder and arguing for their right to murder innocent, living children inside the womb. Episode Resources: End Abortion Now Website: https://endabortionnow.com/; End the Killing Website:...

In this third episode of our new series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen revisit their conversation on slavery and the Bible by examining why Christianity is the only worldview that can consistently lead to liberty and how a culture's rejection of Christ naturally leads to slavery. Choose ye this day, dear listener, freedom in Christ or slavery to sin and death? Episode Resources: Sam Harris on Ben Shapiro's Sunday Special | Daily Wire:...

In this third episode of our new series, Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen revisit their conversation on slavery and the Bible by examining why Christianity is the only worldview that can consistently lead to liberty and how a culture's rejection of Christ naturally leads to slavery. Choose ye this day, dear listener, freedom in Christ or slavery to sin and death? Episode Resources: Sam Harris on Ben Shapiro's Sunday Special | Daily Wire:...

In this, the second episode of our new series Conversations & Presuppositions, Doctors Boot and Thiessen discuss a common objection to Christianity: that Christianity condones slavery. But does it? You're not going to want to miss part one of this fascinating discussion. Episode Resources: What About Slavery in the Bible | Ask Cliffe: https://youtu.be/SSfTggjS31s?si=7RoUUPkzpohDwMiz; Matt Dillahunty Clip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kva4cqeZ3rc; Sam Harris on Ben Shapiro's Sunday...

In this episode, Dr. Joe Boot and pastor Nate Wright talk about the world-changing implication of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, its evidence, and its explanation. REJOICE FOR HE IS RISEN! For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: https://ezrapress.com Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute:https://www.ezrainstitute.com Subscribe to Ezra's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVvQDHHrOOjziyqUaN9VoA?sub_confirmation=1; Fight Laugh Feast...

In this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Joe Boot respond to the recent controversial interview by Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, Ligon Duncan, on the Room for Nuance podcast where he answers questions on theonomy, postmillennialism, and faithful cultural contextualization all while throwing barbs at unnamed parties and mixing up Scripture. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS ONE! Episode Resources: “On Culture War: Doug Wilson and the Moscow Mood” by Kevin DeYoung...

In this episode, Pastor Nate Wright is joined by Ezra Fellow of Medicine and Public Christianity, Dr. Ted Fenske to discuss how to slay the dragon of pornography. For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: https://ezrapress.com Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute: https://www.ezrainstitute.com Subscribe to Ezra's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVvQDHHrOOjziyqUaN9VoA?sub_confirmation=1; Fight Laugh Feast Network:...

In this episode, the latest of our series on the family, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright discuss the relationship between parents and children, how it mirrors the Triune nature of God, and how family is, indeed, the nucleus of civilization. For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: https://ezrapress.com Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute: https://ezrainstitute.com Subscribe to Ezra's YouTube Channel:...

In this episode, Dr. Michael Thiessen and Pastor Nate Wright recap last weekend's Right Response Ministries Conference, "Blueprints for Christendom 2.0," by unpacking the seven doctrines presented at the conference for Christians to rule the world righteously under the Lordship of King Jesus. For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit https://ezrapress.com. Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute: https://ezrainstitute.com Subscribe to Ezra's YouTube...

In this episode, Michael and Joe are joined by Ezra Fellow for International Law, Comparative Politics, and International Relations, Daniel Ogden J.D., to talk about the disturbing rise of antisemitism and how to think about it biblically. For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: https://ezrapress.com Stay up-to-date with all things Ezra Institute: https://ezrainstitute.com Subscribe to Ezra's YouTube Channel:...

In this episode, Michael and Nate are joined by Harvest Windsor's Women's Life Director, Susie Rock, to continue the discussion on the family by discussing what it means to be a woman made in the Image of God, their role in the Kingdom of God and the family, and how they are to fulfill it for the good of others and the glory of God Almighty. Episode Resources: Harvest Windsor | A Vertical Church: https://harvestwindsor.ca/; For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit:...

In this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion on the family by discussing what the archetypal fatherhood of God means for our ectypal familial relationships. Simply put, they discuss what God's fatherhood means for us and our relationships. Oh, how sweet it is to be part of the household of God through Christ our Lord. For all things Ezra Institute, visit: https://ezrainstitute.com. For Ezra's many print resources and to join our newsletter, visit: https://ezrapress.com.

In this episode, Joe, Michael, and Nate continue their discussion around Allistair Begg's recent controversial advice to a grandmother about attending a queer wedding and his recent sermon defending his advice. Episode Resources: Responding to Attacks on the Family - PART 1: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/resource-library/podcast/responding-to-attacks-on-the-family/; Responding to Attacks on the Family - PART 2: Allistair Begg's Original Comments:...

In this episode, Joe and Michael continue to discuss the big compromise of Big Eva and the need for strong fathers leading well--leading biblically. Episode Resources: Responding to Attacks on the Family - PART 1: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/resource-library/podcast/responding-to-attacks-on-the-family/ ; Allistair Begg's Comments: https://youtu.be/rXDYYPLwgYE?si=B0XrmelFb6BH6VC9&t=1726. 

In this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael respond to yet more bad advice from Big Eva. How can we remain faithful fathers in a world full of compromise? Tune in to find out.

In this episode, Joe, Nate and Michael discuss the centrality of the family in God’s redemptive story, and consider how to disciple families and churches in an age where we have imbibed an individualistic idea of the gospel.

A bittersweet start to 2024, as we announce some changes to the hosting of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, but we are also excited to see the founding of a new Christian school in the Niagara region, and the work of cultural reform being implemented in concrete ways. We also take this occasion to look back on the origins and naming of the Ezra Institute, and how the podcast and our broader work will continue and grow moving forward. Register for the Worldview Youth Academy soon to get...