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In theory, all of us know our orthodoxy. We know about the Trinity, about our redemption. We can speak about our solas, and we know our TULIP. But then, when most of us go out in the world and meet reality, we still view it and assess it through pagan eyes. That’s because our modern theology has become abstract, limited to the world of our personal faith, and divorced from God’s reality. Bojidar Marinov’s Axe to the Root Podcast will help you turn your abstract theology into a relevant, applied theology, by thinking covenantally about every area of life, and about every practical issue in today’s world. This is a production of Recon Radio.
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Captain Marvel and the Madness of Power Religion from 2019-05-15T03:23:59
Every time someone says, “this is the real problem,” or “this is the real conflict,” it doesn’t say much about the problem or the conflict he is describing – that problem or conflict may be real...
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The Reputation of a Salesman from 2019-04-17T00:57:34
The only real asset the producer has at the point of sale and negotiat...
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Books and Missions from 2019-03-20T04:14:10
Why do foreign missions need to start with books?
Assigned Reading:
–The Book That Made Your ...
The Advance of Civilizations from 2019-03-06T05:12:31
“Why the Chinese have it wrong.”
Assigned Reading:
–The Formation of Christendom, Ju...
Theocracy and Libertarianism from 2019-02-20T01:27:53
When R.J. Rushdoony said that theocracy is the closest thing to radical libertarianism that can be had, he was not speaking figuratively, nor was he speaking politically. He was speaking literal...
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The Prophetic Ministry from 2019-02-05T06:47:58
What is the Prophetic Ministry supposed to do, and why is it so hated by the modern church celebrities?
Assigned Reading:
– Informed Heart: Autonomy in a Mass A...
Paganism, Conservationism, and Fear of Competition from 2019-01-29T06:05:45
“The image of God in man laughs at Malthus’s closed-universe paganism. The end of history will not be economic. It will come not because we have run out of resources…The end will be covena...
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How Christianity Invented the Future from 2019-01-09T18:55:19
Jesus had a view of the future that scandalized both Gentiles and Jews.
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–Is...
The Cult of Safety from 2018-12-19T00:59:04
You have heard it said that the Biblical role of the civil government is to provide safety. But is this true?
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The Little Ice Age from 2018-11-20T14:44:21
The worldview of a culture is revealed in the way it responds to calamity.
Assigned Reading:
– Informed Heart: Autonomy in a Mass Age, Bruno Bettelheim
Trade Wars and GDP Growth from 2018-11-13T19:02:48
“What does the GDP growth of the last one quarter tell us about the economy, from a Biblical perspective?”
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Perpetuating Problems for Profit from 2018-10-30T20:18:40
If you want to summarize the practical ideology of cultural pessimism, it is this: Every solution must be by default incomplete and temporary; the problems stay forever. And let me tell you, fol...
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The Destructive Nature of Collectivism from 2018-10-16T05:05:49
That’s what the real covenantal meaning of collectivism is: an ideology which subjects individuals to the moral dictatorship of human collectives and/or elites, with the purpose of re-educating ...
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The Show-Off Instinct of All Tyrannies from 2018-09-05T15:22:56
“Tyrannies always demand enormous sacrifices for negligible returns.”
Assigned Reading:
–Russia i...
Enlightenment’s Patriarchalism and Women’s Suffrage from 2018-08-07T12:06:53
Modern voting is an act of war against an ever-encroaching state, trying to consume lives, liberty, and property. In such a war of protection of the home, there is no difference between men and ...
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Agriculture and the Dominion Covenant from 2018-07-10T05:05:38
Within the context of the Dominion Covenant, there is no contradiction between conventional farming and organic farming.
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Patriarchy and Sodomy from 2018-05-29T15:14:04
Patriarchy is not the antidote to sodomy. It is its mother.
Assigned Reading:
–The...
“To the Least Among You” vs. Power Religion from 2018-05-23T02:18:58
In the final account, our service to the lowest among us will determine the strength of our faith. That is where true Christianity is.
Assigned Reading:
– Idols...
Measuring Our Guilt Down to the Ounce? from 2018-04-24T05:05:14
“He took on Himself all the guilt of the world.”
Assigned Reading:
–Redemption: Accomplished a...
The Church’s Forgotten History of Sodomite Marriage from 2018-04-17T12:36:22
“A sodomite culture that has come to fruition has come to fruitlessness.”
Assigned Reading:
– Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and America...
South Africa’s White Farmers: A Covenantal Lesson from 2018-03-16T02:24:40
“God doesn’t tolerate the injustice of closed borders for too long.”
Assigned Reading:
–Kaffir...
Technology and the Environment from 2018-02-20T06:05:19
Assigned Reading:
–Abundance, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Headcovering: Freedom and Justice vs. Liturgy and PowerPlay from 2018-01-03T01:26:39
Assigned Reading:
–Paul and Gender, by Cynthia Long Westfall
Christians in Caesar’s Household from 2017-12-05T22:55:43
Does the Bible mention believers who are in service of a pagan, executive state, and does the Bible give specific commands to those believers?
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Tithing, Responsibility, and the Presence from 2017-11-07T11:58:49
Given that ethical/judicial context of two-way responsibility between men and their institutions, then, what is the Biblical way for us to think about the tithe?
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Immigration and Cultural Sabotage from 2017-10-17T10:50:16
In the interaction between a superior culture and an inferior culture, it is the inferior culture that loses, and eventually, gets assimilated.
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R...
Biblical Slavery vs. Chattel Slavery from 2017-10-10T20:47:06
“Biblical Slavery is always temporary, and has a redemptive purpose.”
Assigned Reading:
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The Repeal of DACA and the Culture of Death from 2017-09-27T05:05:57
“…for a nation, to be given the children of another nation for free, without even having to go to war, is one of the greatest blessings God would bestow.”
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The Shadows and the Light of the Law from 2017-09-12T18:10:28
“The division used by modern theologians – Moral, Civil, Ceremonial – is not found in the Bible.”
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Where Does Christian Resistance Start? from 2017-08-26T05:05:55
“Whatever Christians were not trained to do in the church, they won’t be able to do outside the church.”
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The Celebrity Cult from 2017-08-15T05:05:33
“Ethically and judicially, making an authority of celebrities in the churches is not different than making an authority of celebrities in the political world.”
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The Hebrew Roots of Classical Culture and Law from 2017-07-04T05:04:45
But meanwhile, as Eusebius pointed out, the pagan world was learning spiritual principles from Moses, through the fame of Solomon. The pagans themselves knew very well where their civilization c...
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The Modern Navel-Gazing Pseudo-Calvinism from 2017-06-13T05:05:42
The Modern Navel-Gazing Pseudo-Calvinism
Assigned Reading:
–You’ve Heard It Said, Gary...
Abolition and True Leadership from 2017-05-30T12:30:58
Abortion, therefore, won’t be ended by professional entertainers and institutional leaders building their own brand names and a host of spectators. . . . Abortion will be abolished only by the w...
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France, the Huguenots, and Deuteronomy 28 from 2017-05-17T01:30:55
How did the most powerful nation in Christendom for several hundred years sink down to the level of such insignificance?
Assigned Reading:
– Listen
The Proverbs 31 Woman from 2017-05-09T23:23:43
If you are looking for a passive, docile, obedient woman, a woman that would be satisfied to be bossed around and “discipled” and told what to do and be patronized and taught and instructed̷...
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The Curse of an Export-Oriented Economy from 2017-04-25T05:47:12
Those who call for the US government to “stimulate the economy” by regulating import and export are calling for and economic disaster. Listen
Science, Engineering, and the Kingdom of God from 2017-04-18T22:19:18
Social visibility doesn’t influence culture. Only service does.
Assigned Reading:
– Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture,...
Covenantal Art from 2017-04-12T00:13:41
Art must take the world as interpreted by God and represent it in a form that emphasizes either beauty or ugliness, and re-interpret them ethically/judicially after God’s interpretation of them....
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How Bad Have Our Hearts Become? from 2017-03-30T01:59:03
How Bad Have Our Hearts Become?
But in all this external progress, is there internal progress?
Are our hearts changed compared to the generations before us, or are
we the same m...
No Men in the Church? from 2017-03-21T05:57:21
There is a deeper reason for the aversion American men have to church, and until we discover this deeper reason and act on that discovery, we won’t solve the problem. And if we don’t...
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The Biblical View of“Class and Caste” from 2017-03-21T05:35:17
The central point here is that any communion or community has to be based on a moral commitment to a creed or a faith. It can’t be metaphysical, based on some neutral characteristics...
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The Spiritual Gifts from 2017-03-08T01:52:03
Assigned Reading:
–The Truly Covenantal and Reformed View of Prophecy (and of the Other Gifts), Bojidar Marinov (this article is not yet available through ChristendomRestored...
Institutionalism and Relevance from 2017-02-21T06:03:37
” . . . the attempt to produce relevance through solidifying institutional power and demanding submission to it will only produce more irrelevance.”
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Sanctuary Society, Evangelism, and Safety from 2017-02-14T06:57:48
A godly society is a sanctuary society.
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The Industrial Revolution and the Christian Family from 2017-02-07T05:41:45
What changes did the Industrial Revolution bring to the Christian family? Did it weaken it or did it strengthen it? Did it help the Christian family fulfill its purpose in the Kingdom of God, or...
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Fake News and Covenantal Thinking from 2017-01-31T06:58:45
Fake news is more than just false reporting.
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Economic Nationalism and the Religion of Death from 2017-01-24T06:48:35
And when the state intervenes to control and regulate man and his economic choices, it can only destroy life and destroy growth. That’s the religious root of economic nationalism: the religion o...
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The Oxymoron of“Cultural Marxism” from 2017-01-17T06:04:09
To speak of “cultural Marxism” is just as legitimate as to speak of “materialistic Christianity,” that is, Christianity that arises from a materialistic understanding of reality.
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White Privilege from 2017-01-10T06:05:41
To make it simple, when God says “Widows’ – or any other weaker persons’ – lives, liberty, property, etc. matters,” you don’t dare talk back at Him with “Alllives, liberty, property, etc....
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The Concubinage from 2017-01-04T06:05:49
“God tied the hands of the powerful to protect the weak.”
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The Folly of the Modern Immigration Debate from 2016-12-27T06:05:34
For most – if not all – defenders of immigration restrictions and control, the immigration restrictions are some abstract reality out there, and if “we just obey the law,” there would be no prob...
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Christmas and Creedal Culture from 2016-12-13T15:37:30
Christmas has to be defended…as something that is commanded as a principle in the Bible, and commanded in a way that gives us the liberty how and when and where to do it, as long as we do it. Be...
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The War Against Islam from 2016-12-06T06:10:41
“. . . this is exactly what the West did in its war against Islam: We worked hard, and we fought hard, and we spent tons of resources and human life, only to turn a secure historical victory int...
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Hegelianism and the Modern State from 2016-11-29T06:05:51
A philosophy that self-consciously started with a departure from God as the objective transcendent standard, ended up creating a system of statist domination that the West hadn’t seen since the ...
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The Standing Rock Controversy from 2016-11-22T06:05:48
In the Standing Rock controversy, the evil of the executive state is clearly seen.
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Fear As a Motivator from 2016-11-15T06:59:46
What is the most powerful motivator for man’s behavior, and the most powerful factor behind man’s actions, mentioned in the Bible? And what is the most commonly repeated commandment in Scripture...
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Safety, Security, and State-Worship from 2016-11-08T06:05:30
What does the Bible say about the role of government? Are there any specific provisions in the Law of God about safety, security, and law-enforcement? What is the proper role of civil government...
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When Anthropology Replaces Theology from 2016-11-01T05:05:24
Is our need for salvation the center of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
Recommended Reading:
R.J. Rushdoony, A Word in Season
Restitution in Biblical Justice from 2016-10-18T14:36:37
“So, if there are no prisons, how do we deal with these lesser crimes?”
Recommended Reading:
Gary North,
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Ancient History and Chronology from 2016-10-11T05:05:35
Reconstructing Egyptian chronology, thus, leads us to see that secular historians have stretched ancient history beyond the historical evidence, inventing a gap of between 400 and 700 years at l...
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Bashing Millennials from 2016-10-04T05:05:30
Trust and respect to the younger generation, therefore, is a sign of blessedness, and a sign of God’s favor on a society. Distrust, on the other hand, is a sign of God’s curse. And while it is o...
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Second-Amendment Sheriffs? from 2016-09-27T05:05:52
“. . . we need to go back to the real meaning of the Second Amendment. What was the historical context of the Amendment and of the Bill of Rights in general? What particular philosophical and id...
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Covenantal Charity from 2016-09-20T05:05:22
Every single practical covenant action follows these two principles:workandcommunity.
Book of the Week:
– Bringing in the Sheaves: Tr...
Sales from a Biblical Perspective from 2016-09-13T05:05:07
We will attempt to apply to salesmanship a Biblical covenantal analysis, that is, find its place in the larger picture of the Covenant of God, find the ethical principles for doing sales, and th...
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Re-Enacting Yesterday’s Battles from 2016-09-06T05:05:47
Keeping a steady focus on the past keeps the listeners from discerning between good and evil in the present, and prevents a focus on the future.
Book of the Week:...
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The Failure of the Moral Majority from 2016-08-30T05:05:36
Leaving the details of history for another time, it is worth delving into the real reasons for the failure of the Moral Majority. After all, we in our time have seen the same failure, over and o...
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Principles for Voting from 2016-08-23T05:05:25
Voting simply based on abstract principles divorced from the dynamics of the historical process and from the specific challenges of our times – God’s purpose to our generation – won’t be really ...
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The Long Telegram and the Modern Governments from 2016-07-05T05:05:11
It’s time for us to realize that the deep motivation behind America’s policies is fear. And rebel against it.
Book of the Week:
– The Dictators by Rich...
Oliver Cromwell: A Man Ahead of His Time from 2016-06-28T05:05:45
While the situation in our day is not perfectly similar to that in 17th century England, we have a number of Christians today who do not understand the law of God, do not care for the Law of God...
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The Sabbath: Its True Meaning from 2016-06-21T05:05:49
We need to be careful, therefore, when we read any of the Ten Commandments individually and isolated from the larger context, for we are running the risk of concocting a system of fake obedience...
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Sovereign Common Grace or Sovereign Special Grace? from 2016-06-14T12:58:35
And this more important theological question is this: Which order of grace – common or special – governs the world outside the church and the individual soul of man?Yes, we know that God ...
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Should We Have Police? from 2016-06-07T05:05:44
Churchian leaders, therefore, who use Romans 13 to call for obedience to the police are no different than those who call for legalization of sodomite marriage. Such churchian leaders are idolate...
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Is Finland’s Education System As Good As They Claim from 2016-05-31T05:05:11
There is no place like home. And when you are a 6-7-8-9-year-old kid, and your parents kick you out of their home to preserve their happiness, you are ahomelesskid. It doesn’t matter if t...
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Christian Economics and the Caravel from 2016-05-24T05:05:08
When historians say that European dominance was caused by Europe’s superior technology, they are right. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. For behind that superior technology, there was a su...
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Who Is to Blame for Today’s Effeminate Culture? from 2016-05-17T05:05:53
When the only concept that defines the Biblical man was taken away from the pulpits and the minds and the hearts of the church, inevitably, the church lost the concept of Biblical manhood. And w...
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The Self-Induced Uselessness of Modern Church Sacraments from 2016-05-10T05:05:35
I don’t like to get involved in arguments about the sacraments. Not that I don’t believe the sacraments – or the ordinances – are not important. But the modern debate – on both sides, Presbyteri...
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Why Is Islam Taking Over Europe? Or, Is It? from 2016-05-03T05:05:14
So, is Islam taking over Europe? Or the world?
The answer is, it isn’t. It is in retreat on all fronts. It has failed to create a civilization to challenge Christendom, or even the apostat...
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The Anti-Covenantal Nature of Racism from 2016-04-26T05:05:52
Covenantal thinking always returns the Christian man to the fundamental unit of all government – the individual. As we have seen before, collectivism is not simply a social or political theory; ...
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The Nature of Economic Growth from 2016-04-19T05:05:09
If an economic theory says that economic growth is produced by consumption, or re-distribution – which is theft – or by magical manipulation of reality (inflation), it is an anti-Biblical econom...
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Denethor Ministries from 2016-04-12T05:05:02
Modern Presbyterianism: Under the Feet of Men from 2016-04-05T05:05:04
Today, Presbyterianism is not even a pale shadow of its former glory. If a person doesn’t know history, there is nothing in modern Presbyterianism that can tell him that just...
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Putin’s Russia and the Dutch Disease Curse from 2016-03-29T05:15:40
In the world after the Cross, God has planted a mechanism of self-destruction into every institution of authority, be it family, church, or state. And every institution of authority, when it tre...
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The Prison-Industrial Complex and Institutional Racism from 2016-03-22T04:45:10
Behind every case of injustice, there is a case of idolatry. And where there is systemic injustice in a system, this is only because there is systemic idolatry embedded in that system. And if th...
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The Modern War on Self-Government from 2016-03-15T04:45:53
The original American rugged individualism didn’t come out of the blue. It was the product of 17 centuries of development of Christian doctrine and worldview, as well as the teachings of the Ref...
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Covenantal Thinking from 2016-03-08T05:45:51
Thus, spiritual man and mature man both describe a man who can judge both good and evil, in all things. It is righteous judgment that defines ...
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Introduction from 2016-03-01T13:27:27
Axe to the Root will be a regular show produced by Reconstructionist Radio, hosted by Bojidar Marinov.
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