Episodes
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Are we seeing the end of the scientific worldview?
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
After listening to a podcast episode by the Ezra Institute, and hearing something Joe Boot said, I decided to put out an impromptu episode discussing the "technocratic dictatorship" that we are seeing right now, taking over from democracy.
I believe it was this episode that I was listening to:
https://www.ezrainstitute.ca/resource-library/podcast/dominion-and-culture-making/
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 23 - The Queen of the Scots
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
George Buchanan writes a pamphlet called "De Jure Regni", in which it is proposed that "the will of the people is the only legitimate source of power" - a revolutionary way of thinking in the times of supreme leaders, monarchs, and popes!
Friday Jan 22, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 22 - How the Pope Put Down the Heretics
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
The Vaudois, brave mountaineers living in the Alps, defend themselves against the Pope's armies, defend their right to think for themselves.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 21: Progress of Liberty in England
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
The march toward freedom is slow, but unrelenting, as men continue to think for themselves.
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 20 - The Man who Filled the World with Woe
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Charles, Emperor of Germany, King of Spain, Naples, and the Netherlands... ...burned, or hanged, or otherwise put to death, more than one hundred thousand men and women for reading the Bible.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 19 - How Liberty Began in France
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Once again, liberty starts first with brave people being willing to think for themselves, defying the authorities of the day!
Monday Jan 18, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 18 - The Queen Who Burned Heretics
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Heretics, free-thinkers, are willing to suffer and even be executed, for conscience' sake. And yet, the more they are persecuted, the more their numbers grow!
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 17 - The Man who Split the Church in Twain
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
In which the Pope loses all authority in England: "No cause affecting the interests of the kingdom shall be judged outside the realm."
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 16 - Plans That Did not Come to Pass
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
The heart of a man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps. - Proverbs 16:9
So too, with kings, emperors, and popes.
Friday Jan 15, 2021
The Story of Liberty: Chapter 15 - The Men Who Obey Orders
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
The creation of a council, answerable only to the Pope and no other civil or ecclesiastical authority. They operated under one maxim: "A good motive makes any action right." In our words, we might say, "The ends justify the means."