5.52 Levi Secord, James Baird, & David Schrock • Interview • Is Big Government Christian?: A Review of James Baird's King of Kings/Too Small to Succeed: A Review and Response to Servant Not Savior
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
Join David Schrock, Levi Secord, & James Baird for this lively discussion and debate on their two respective books dealing with matters of church and state
Timestamps
- 00:00 – Intro
- 03:00 – Meet the Pastors: James Baird and Levi Secord
- 07:11 – How Ecclesiology and Eschatology Inform Political Views
- 25:36 – Unpacking Secord’s and Baird’s Core Arguments
- 37:14 – The Scope of State Power and Blasphemy Laws
- 56:27 – Is Government Inherently Good or Bad?
- 1:06:58 – The Role of Classical Thinkers in Christian Political Thought
- 1:18:30 – Re-Examining Blasphemy Laws and Speech Enforcement
- 1:33:06 – Recommended Resources
Resources to Click
- “Too Small to Succeed: A Review and Response to Levi Secord’s Servant Not Savior” – James Baird
- “Is Big Government Christian? A Review of James Baird’s King of Kings” – Levi Secord
- “Everson Must Fall” – Timon Cline, Josh Hammer & Yoram Hazony
- “Blasphemy and the Original Meaning of The First Amendment” – Harvard Law Review
- “King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government” – Conversations That Matter Podcast
- “Post-War Consensus & Strong Gods, Kevin DeYoung w/ James Baird” – Grace at the Gates Podcast
- “6 Questions for Christian Nationalists” – Kevin DeYoung
- Theme of the Month: Pastors (Should We) Be Political
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Books to Read
- King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government – James Baird
- Servant Not Savior: An Introduction to the Bible’s Teaching about Civil Government – Levi Secord
- Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularization of Political Thought, 1532-1689 – Simon P. Kennedy
- Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth – Mark David Hall
- Disestablishment and Religious Dissent: Church-State Relations in the New American States, 1776-1833 – Carl H. Esbeck and Jonathan J. Den Hartog
- Religion and Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War – Miles Smith