Christianity & Politics: Britain & the Foundation of Constitutional Freedom ft. Tim Dieppe [The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation]
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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Joe Boot and Dr. Michael Thiessen sit down with Christian Concern's and Ezra Fellow for Public Policy Tim Dieppe to talk about the British effect on the foundations of constitutional freedoms the world over.
Episode Resources: Christian Concern: https://christianconcern.com/; Tim's Website: https://dieppe.co.uk/.
Think Christianly about politics with the help of Dr. Boot’s latest book “Ruler of Kings:” https://ezrapress.ca/products/ruler-of-kings-toward-a-christian-vision-of-government;
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Opening
00:41 Welcome
01:52 Magna Carta & British Constitutionalism
09:52 From Whence Do Our Liberties Come?
18:15 Freedom vs. Rights
20:24 The Coronation Oath & the Obvious Christian Foundation of Great Britain
25:10 Recovering a Christian Covenantal Foundation for Civil Authority in Britain and the West
30:30 The Ghost of Our Christian Past
34:10 The Prophetic Role of the Church in Politics & Culture
37:41 Principle vs. Pragmatism in Politics
41:30 Brexit: British Sovereignty & the European Union
45:11 Criticism of English Constitutional Arrangements
51:08 Faith is Essential for Freedom
52:28 Who is Truly Sovereign?
55:21 One Final Criticism: What's with the House of Lords?
01:00:35 Wrap-up
01:02:30 Upcoming Events
01:04:07 Joe's Unabashed British Patriotism
01:05:34 Conclusion
01:05:59 Outro
01:06:37 Rule Britannia!
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| 0:00.0 | The Hello everyone. Welcome to the podcast for Cultural Reformation, a Ministry of the Ezra Institute, |
| 0:25.3 | where we equip current and emerging Christian cultural leaders with biblical worldview, |
| 0:30.8 | Christian philosophy, and cultural apologetics studies. |
| 0:34.8 | We do this through residential training programs through print and digital resources. |
| 0:41.2 | I'm Dr. Michael Tieson together today with our president and |
| 0:45.1 | founder Dr. Joe Boot and our fellow for public policy, Tim Deep. |
| 0:50.8 | Welcome to the show, gentlemen. I'm excited to have this upcoming conversation. |
| 0:55.7 | Thank you. Great, good to be with you. Great to be back, Michael, from the sunny |
| 1:01.9 | climbs of southern Spain. |
| 1:04.0 | Don't you dare talk about Spain on this podcast. |
| 1:08.0 | All right, everybody. |
| 1:09.0 | We continue in our series today called Christianity and Politics, and we're going to be looking |
| 1:15.8 | at the significance of Britain for the foundations of constitutional freedom. |
| 1:22.3 | And you know, I think everybody jump into the |
| 1:25.2 | comments you know Americans please give these two proud British men as hard a time |
| 1:30.7 | as possible for they are unashamed of their British colonialism. |
| 1:37.2 | And so we really do want to have a great dialogue here. |
| 1:41.1 | Of course, we've talked a number of times in this series |
| 1:45.1 | about constitutionalism and the power of the beauty of covenantal Law. |
| 1:53.0 | And so we want to start back and learn about some of that history. |
| 1:57.0 | And so Tim, with you on our show, we'd love to have you just walk us through |
| 2:01.2 | some of the major British documents, important moments in British history that |
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