In this hard-hitting episode of Politics by Faith, host Mike Slater explores the troubling spread of DEI across politics, corporate America, culture, and entertainment—from Hollywood's agenda-driven films to everyday media. Drawing on biblical truth, he exposes how "inclusion" often demands compromise with ideologies that undermine faith and freedom. Has our culture made a deal with the Devil? This is two one of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this hard-hitting episode of Politics by Faith, host Mike Slater explores the troubling spread of DEI across politics, corporate America, culture, and entertainment—from Hollywood's agenda-driven films to everyday media. Drawing on biblical truth, he exposes how "inclusion" often demands compromise with ideologies that undermine faith and freedom. Has our culture made a deal with the Devil? This is part one of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Minneapolis, the ICE shooting of Renee Good is a Rorschach test. The Bible speaks of the “rabble” from the "mixed multitude" of Numbers, craving comfort and stirring grievance, to the mob in Acts 17 whose fury drives them to a different city to cause trouble. Let us learn to beware the "rabble" of the Old and New Testaments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What was happening in her heart and mind in the minutes before she hit an ICE agent with a car? Today we look at what influences our choices—and how, through Scripture, we can learn to guard our hearts and act in wisdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can no longer rely on our European allies for global security. It is also true that any reworking of global leadership has to start with renewed faithfulness to God. In this episode, we talk about Jason’s courage in Acts 17 and what it means to stand firm when you don't know who to rely on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start today's episode talking about Maduro's practice of witchcraft and paganism. And in contrast, it's incredible that this operation was flawless with no Americans killed. Clearly, God was protecting our men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is essential to understand how fragile our culture is. Our culture was intentionally built over thousands of years, and it can crumble very quickly when people feel like a chump for doing the "right thing". If we let this Somali fraud continue, it won't be long before The American Way is replaced with The Somali way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A poetry reading on this Christmas Eve, from the great T.S. Eliot. He starts by quoting a Christmas sermon from 1622 and then ends with a line I hope to think of every day this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lights are up, the sales are relentless, and “Christmas” is everywhere—but is Jesus? In this special holiday episode, Mike Slater asks the question every serious Christian has to face: How do we celebrate the birth of the King when the culture has turned His day into a frenzy of consumerism, sentimentality, and mandatory cheer? From Black Friday to office parties, from “Happy Holidays” to the war-on-Christmas noise, Mike cuts through the tinsel to talk about what it really looks like to keep holy days in a holiday world—without becoming a Grinch, retreating to a bunker, or pretending the tension doesn’t exist. Practical, honest, and rooted in Scripture, this is Politics by Faith for the most wonderful—and most challenging—time of the year. This is part two of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lights are up, the sales are relentless, and “Christmas” is everywhere—but is Jesus? In this special holiday episode, Mike Slater asks the question every serious Christian has to face: How do we celebrate the birth of the King when the culture has turned His day into a frenzy of consumerism, sentimentality, and mandatory cheer? From Black Friday to office parties, from “Happy Holidays” to the war-on-Christmas noise, Mike cuts through the tinsel to talk about what it really looks like to keep holy days in a holiday world—without becoming a Grinch, retreating to a bunker, or pretending the tension doesn’t exist. Practical, honest, and rooted in Scripture, this is Politics by Faith for the most wonderful—and most challenging—time of the year. This is part one of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Slater pulls back the curtain on the invisible war raging around us every single day. Joined by two of today’s most trusted voices—renowned pastor and bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans and cultural commentator and Daily Wire host Andrew Klavan—they dive deep into the reality of spiritual warfare and what it actually looks like in 2025. From demonic strongholds masquerading as cultural trends to the personal battles fought in our minds, homes, and families, this episode exposes the enemy’s tactics and equips viewers with biblical truth that works. This is Part 2 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Slater pulls back the curtain on the invisible war raging around us every single day. Joined by two of today’s most trusted voices—renowned pastor and bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans and cultural commentator and Daily Wire host Andrew Klavan—they dive deep into the reality of spiritual warfare and what it actually looks like in 2025. From demonic strongholds masquerading as cultural trends to the personal battles fought in our minds, homes, and families, this episode exposes the enemy’s tactics and equips viewers with biblical truth that works. This is Part 1 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homeland Security quoted a line from Thomas Paine's "American Crisis". This post from DHS reminded me that it is almost the 249th anniversary of George Washington crossing the Delaware. We should understand Revelation 6, which Paine referenced in his essay and which was read to the men in Washington's Army. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two topics on today's podcast: I love when the Appeal To Heaven flag returns to the news. Also, too many families know what the Reiner family went through with an addict son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Western culture didn’t collapse overnight—it was hollowed out, piece by piece. What was once shaped by Scripture, natural law, and a shared moral imagination has been replaced by a new orthodoxy that celebrates confusion, mocks restraint, and calls evil good. What we call “progress” is often just the oldest rebellion in fresh packaging. The idols have new names, the altars glow with screens, and the priests wear lab coats or rainbow pins, but the script is ancient: exchange the truth of God for a lie, worship the creature rather than the Creator, and call it freedom. Mike Slater takes a hard look at today’s madness through the unflinching lens of “it has all happened before”—and what Scripture actually says about a civilization that keeps choosing the same dead-end road. This is part two of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Western culture didn’t collapse overnight—it was hollowed out, piece by piece. What was once shaped by Scripture, natural law, and a shared moral imagination has been replaced by a new orthodoxy that celebrates confusion, mocks restraint, and calls evil good. What we call “progress” is often just the oldest rebellion in fresh packaging. The idols have new names, the altars glow with screens, and the priests wear lab coats or rainbow pins, but the script is ancient: exchange the truth of God for a lie, worship the creature rather than the Creator, and call it freedom. Mike Slater takes a hard look at today’s madness through the unflinching lens of “it has all happened before”—and what Scripture actually says about a civilization that keeps choosing the same dead-end road. This is part one of one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Chriamas service might mention Isaiah 9, calling Jesus the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. That's great, but I have never heard the REST of Isaiah 9 quoted.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Media today doesn’t just blur facts—it distorts morality. From a young age, children are told that good and evil are relative, even reversed. Another “kids’ movie” came out teaching that villains are the heroes. In a world bent on confusion, our goal is to find moral clarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener brought up this wonderful scene of accountability from George Bailey. Also, how can we "Take heed" and not be choked out by the "cares of the world" in this busy season? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if you've seen it 100 times or if you've only seen bits and pieces, watch all of It's A Wonderful Life this weekend. And don't wait until Christmas to watch it. Let it inform your entire Christmas season starting now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices