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The Citizen of New Jerusalem Podcast

Jun 26, 2017

Adam recently took a long road trip alone, during which he listened to the audiobook version of The Benedict Option. It was an earthquake for our host. In this episode Adam reflects on some of the strengths of the book without going into a detailed book review. Much of what Dreher presents in the book are the...


Jun 19, 2017

No people group on earth has lived in their homeland quite as long as the Assyrians of northern Iraq. This small tribe has suffered millennia of persecution, but for the entire church age have embraced Jesus Christ as their Lord. But today, through the actions of Islamic purists running amok, the Assyrians are barely...


Jun 15, 2017

A listener asked Adam what's the best form of government/society. The question has to be answered by first discussing the underpinnings of goodness--how we have anything good in this world in the first place. Adam discusses two forms of grace, which together explain any form of order and survivability in a sinful world....


Jun 12, 2017

If pressed, I am a catholic, orthodox, Protestant evangelical. The capitalization of each of those descriptors is intentional and important - and each of us ought to aspire to the same self description. I think history demands each Christian on earth must be those four things, and I mean the best meaning of those...


Jun 5, 2017

I think we can do better than to stick with calling ourselves conservatives. There's nothing wrong with being conservative, I just think the time has come to shift the language to a different term. I think there are ways to use terms differently so as to awaken critical questions and thinking. That's what we need to...