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By J.R. Klein & Timothy A. Stratton Dear Never Trump friends, We seek unity with our brothers and sisters in Christ, but there is a glaring issue—that seems to be an objective moral issue—in our culture today that is dividing the Church in America and turning brothers and sisters in Christ against one another. We cannot ignore it. It must be addressed. We must seek unity. Please consider this an invitation to reason together. The mission of FreeThinking Ministries is “Rea

Hosts of the Knight and Rose show join Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein to discuss the importance of understanding the difference in policy and what that means for the Christian seeking to understand how to use their vote this upcoming election season. Wintery and Rose go by "aliases" to strategically shield themselves as they do ministry. Places to find Winter Knight: Website: https://knightandrose.podbean.com/ X: https://x.com/Wintery_Knight Knight and Rose on why policy

Josh Klein opens this episode talking about Steve Lawson and AJ Griffin and the juxtaposition of both in a ministry context. He then debunks common pro-abortion narratives against pro-life legislation, covers what the conservative Christian immigration policy is and how that is distorted and he reviews  @MattWalsh  's most recent movie Am I Racist? And answers critiques from the right side of the aisle about the movie. Show Notes: Topic 1 Lawson failure: https://onepassion.o

Dr. Owen Anderson joins Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein to discuss what Marxism is and how it has infiltrated every day life and especially the school system and what he is doing to fight back in the name of loving his neighbor and standing for Jesus Christ and Gospel. Find Dr. Owen Anderson's work here: Substack: https://drowenanderson.substack.com/ Clear Truth Media: https://cleartruthmedia.com/t/491/owen-anderson Website: https://drowenanderson.com/about/ X: @dr_owena

Several weeks ago, I was listening to the podcast “Wise Disciple” with Nate Salah ( “Is Voddie Wrong about Churches?” ). He was discussing the need for pastors to focus on finding FAT Christians in their congregations. (Don’t worry. FAT is an acrostic.) This is to say, pastors need to prioritize their time and efforts upon Christians who are F aithful, A vailable and T eachable. There are multiple reasons why this principle ought to be followed by pastors. But before addressi

Josh Klein is joined by Josh Daws of the  @GreatAwokening  podcast to discuss how Christians can think of the current national political landscape... especially considering the character of the offerings at the top of the ticket and the moral weakening of the conservative ticket. Find more from Josh on X: https://x.com/JoshDaws (@JoshDaws) Follow J.R. Klein on X: https://x.com/JoshRKlein ➡️ SOCIALS ⬅️ Website: https://freethinkingministries.com Facebook: Instagram:..

Mike Austin is a well-known professor who describes himself as a "philosopher focused on spiritual formation, cultivating character, and contributing to the common good." He also publicly stated that he would be voting for Harris and Walz on social media. These two things seem contradictory to me (as well as many others who are either philosophers or theologians). So, on Facebook, I publicly invited Dr. Austin to have a moderated discussion with me about this topic.   My post

The message of this week’s platitudinous insubstantial presidential debate was loud and clear: the apocalypse is upon us once again. This election cycle will determine the beginning of the end of the United States as we know it: either the Climate Sky God will destroy all humanity, or immigrants will eat US citizens’ cats. The well known, most popular, and efficient Vice President Kamala Harris, who never changes and always holds to her values, warned of the Climate Sky God

I've been fascinated by Marxism since my parents first told me about the Cold War we were living in when I was almost 10-years-old (1983). I remember asking them why the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons aimed at us. After my parents reassured me that we had just as many nuclear missiles aimed back at them -- ensuring that they will not use these weapons against us (peace through strength) -- they explained it to me like I was 10-years-old (because I was). While not using thes

I'm wired to be a protector.  I think it's because I was bullied mercilessly growing up. I was always the smallest and skinniest kid in my class. Not only would my schoolmates make fun of me for being so skinny, but they would also often seek to make an example of my weakness in front of others. In fact, one day, I even got beat up by a couple of girls. I would literally get beat up on the playground, in the lunch line, in the locker rooms, and at the swimming pool. In fact,

2020 was a difficult year for many of us for a variety of reasons. By the end of 2020 I would be seeking new employment after over 12 years in youth ministry. There are many stories that could be told as to why that was the case, but that can be for another time . Suffice it to say that I am very sensitive to how innuendo, misrepresentation, and uncharitable readings of one’s actions can result in character assassination and reputational damage. So, when I read a book like M

During the presidential elections there are many voices that arise “crying out in the wilderness,” as it were, proclaiming all sorts of weird ideas. One of those ideas is the thought that within this seemingly hostile and divided political and cultural climate even within the church, Christians who hold to a particular view are looking to crown a new political messiah and usher in some sort of a new kingdom. I cannot speak for all who claim to follow Jesus Christ. Perhaps the

For the past few weeks, Christians have been castigated, especially by some Christian pastors, for shouting and being unkind toward unbelievers. The echo of “Jesus would not act this way” has resounded in the cultural sanctuaries, drowning out the Christian message of sin, repentance, and salvation in Jesus Christ. And rightly so! The Olympics opening ceremony and the follow-up women’s boxing controversy of allowing humans with XY chromosomes to pummel women with XX chromosom

This was not a review I wanted to write. I am still not finished with Megan Basham’s newly released book Shepherd’s For Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda . I wanted to review the book in totality before I finished it but the news cycle and reactions waits for no man and so, unfortunately, there are things to be addressed prior to the release of a broad overview of the book. (That review is forthcoming.) If you have followed along with the r

Season 2 of FTMonthly is here and Josh Klein comes out swinging! In this episode we ask... Which Way Christian? We look at the differences between Russell Brand's transformation and Progressive Theology's transformation of the church that leads to.... the Olympics. NOTES: Russell Brand Journey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/russellbrand/ Source Videos: https://youtu.be/uE6E15MzKgU?si=Ac7fg8pJxfDjoVTo https://youtu.be/DQ5DcKlFc2I?si=XJnZ1GUMfaD3euQB https://youtu.be/

Facebook recently deleted one of my posts that was garnering lots of attention. Fortunately, before it was deleted, I felt led to copy and paste my post along with many of the great comments and save it. This allows us the opportunity to continually benefit from the iron-sharpening conversation that was taking place. It also allows others to see if the Book of Face was justified in violating free speech. The topic of the thread was about Marxists who have been infiltrating t

My wife and I went to see Deadpool & Wolverine on opening night. Wolverine was my favorite comic book hero during my middle school days and I loved Deadpool when he first appeared in Marvel Comics back in my Senior year of high school. The idea of a mutant ninja gunslinger resonated with me in my late teens and continues to do so today (I'm still growing up).   Deadpool reminded me of a mix between the ninjas from the G.I. Joe comics (Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow) and Boba Fe

March 30 th 1981. Exactly six years before I was born. The last time a President or Presidential Candidate was the victim of an attempted assassination. Then President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Hilton Hotel after a rally when John Hinckley Jr. shot him at near point-blank range. Reagan was rushed to the hospital. Multiple staffers were seriously injured. Upon arriving at the hospital, it is said that as Reagan was rushed into surgery he quipped to the surgeons, “I ho

Donald Trump was nearly assassinated, what are some factors that led to this and some security breaches that were made? Join Dr. Tim Stratton and Josh Klein as they converse with The Faithiest Atheist (Richard Suttles) about what went down and how we should respond.   Faithiest Atheist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FaithiestAtheist Check out this episode!

In this discussion I return to Scholar GPT to ask it to perform a Bayesian calculation of the probability of God. I decided to include a few additional lines of scientific evidence for God that I did not include during my discussion with Academic Perplexity. I’m not certain Scholar GPT grasped the significance of the birth of the Universe from the initial conditions of “no spacetime” as Academic Perplexity did. For space reasons, I did not argue every point I might have. Stil