Category Archives: Apologetics

Principles And Policies Podcast For 8/29/2015- Worth Repeating: The Supreme Court’s Homosexual “Mirage” Decision

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 29, 2015. This is a repeat of our broadcast from 7/18/2015. It’s an important one.

Principles And Policies Podcast For 8/8/2015- How Many Republican Presidential Candidates Did You Say There Were- Part II?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday August 8, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis begin a really quick discussion of the ENTIRE list of Republican candidates (not just the 16 candidates you may or may not know about). We must report, however that one more has been added to the list since we recorded this 2-part recording. This is part II.

Article links- Complete list of Republican presidential candidates

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/25/2015- Does Anybody Believe That A Group That Murders Infants Is Above Profiting By Selling The Parts?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday July 25, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the film released by the Center for Medical Progress showing Dr. Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services at Planned Parenthood Foundation of America, negotiating for the sale of aborted fetus parts.

Article links- The edited version of the Center for Medical Progress video

Planned Parenthood Video Explains Late-Term/Partial-Birth Abortion Movement — MONEY

Planned Parenthood’s Dead Baby Trafficking & 10 Other Major Stories Our Media Missed
‘A Lot of People Want Liver’: Planned Parenthood’s Bloody Business- National Review

Flashback: Obama Told Baby Organ Harvester Planned Parenthood “God Bless You” (video)

New Planned Parenthood spin: Organ harvesting, sales “a humanitarian undertaking”

AP: It’s Not Selling Aborted Unborn Baby Parts, It’s the ‘Disposition of Fetal Remains’

Racist, Pro-Nazi Roots of Planned Parenthood Revealed

Principles and Policies Podcast for 7/18/2015- From Republic To Oligarchy

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday July 18, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the deeper implications of the Supreme court’s Obergefell decision in which they purport to create a “right” to homosexual “marriage” (or, with a tip of the hat to Pastor Douglas Wilson, homosexual mirage). We demonstrate the Christian view of marriage (the Radical 2 Kingdom surrender notwithstanding).

Article links- Mitch McConnell gets it wrong on rolling back the Obergefell decision

Toledo area judge refuses to participate in performing homosexual marriage and cites his faith a reason

Lyle Denniston, judicial journalist,makes a plea for resisting the Supreme court’s decision- on the SCOTUS Blog!

John Nolte exposes Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood’s racist origins at Breitbart

Dr. Joel McDurmon explains how pietism contributed to the church’s withdrawal from the public square which helped create the atmosphere where Obergefell could happen

Dr. McDurmon’s book Inglorious Kingdoms

Tom Woods and Kevin Gutzman discuss what the 14th Amendment actually was for-
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Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/30/2015- How To Put Your Faith Into Action

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday May 30, 2015. Chuck Michaelis hosts a lecture given at Camp American in 2014 by Jake MacAuley of the Institute On The Constitution. The subject of his talk is how to put your faith and knowledge into action in your schools, churches, communities, states, and country.
The videos for this class will be available shortly.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/16/2015- What Does The Pew Research Poll On Religious Faith Really Mean?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday May 16, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis dissect the recent Pew Research Poll on faith and what the media claim it means. We then discuss what it really means. Then we look at a related article in which a “philosopher” makes a (weak) case that traditional families have an “unfair advantage” and to make it fair should adopt practices that dumb down their children.

Article links- Pew Research Center poll on faith

The broken down numbers from the Pew Research Poll (fancy graphics)

Some of the methodology of the Pew Research Poll

The traditional family is an unfair societal advantage

Principles and Policies Podcast for 5/9/2015- Do Courts Really Have The Authority To Redefine Marriage?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday May 9, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the question of court redefined definitions of basic definitions of the foundations of society and what the Church’s role in dealing with the consequences of their decision.

Article links- Dr. James Dobson’s comments on the attack on marriage

Albert Mohler comments on the current case on same-sex marriage at the Supreme court and the Solicitor General’s arguing to allow it

Far-left blog Vox weighs in on the current case before the Supreme court

Principles and Policies Podcast for 4/11/2015- How To Turn Religious Freedom Legislation To Religious Oppression Legislation In One Easy Step

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday April 11, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss liberty issues surrounding the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) revision debacle. We begin to explain that the new gatekeepers of “morality” is no longer the church but major corporations. Politicians ignore the Christian voting bloc in favor of Chamber of Commerce money.

Article links- Indiana’s Revised RFRA Law Strikes the Worst Possible Balance

Doug Wilson explains why Christians are being required to “Deny Him 70 times 7 times.”

Dr. James White on the current religious freedom assault and some of the bad argumentation being made-

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 3/28/2015- The Heartbeat Bill, John Kasich’s Quest To Be The Next John Huntsman, and Marvin Olasky Says “Not So Fast”

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday March 28, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about a variety of subjects- the status of the Heartbeat Bill in the Ohio Legislature, the dreadfully poor argumentation and desperation on the part of its opponents, the lionization of those same opponents in the liberal media, John Kasich’s deep desire to reshape the Republican Party into a haven for progressives (can you say “Whig?”), and Marvin Olasky of World Magazine schools John Kasich on the difference between biblical exegesis and eisegesis.

 

Links- Ohio Rep. Teresa Fedor argues that being conceived in rape is a capital offense for the baby

The Huffington Post makes a case that Ohio Rep. Teresa Fedor deserves sainthood for aborting a child conceived in rape

John Kasich’s quest to “reshape” the Republican Party into a progressive haven

Marvin Olasky schools John Kasich on proper use of the Bible to support your agenda

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 1/24/2015- Worldviews, Faith, And Apologetics

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday January 24, 2015. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis explain why a Christian worldview simply isn’t enough, and that a strong foundation of faith in the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is essential.

Article links- A Solid Worldview Won’t Save My Kids

GOP Kills Off Late-Term Abortion Ban On Eve Of The March For Life