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Christianity & the State: The Politics of Civil War [The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation]

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Joe Boot and Pastor Nate Wright discuss the politics of civil war while attending the Ezra Family Camp in Ontario, Canada. They reflect on the social and political conditions in various Western nations, particularly the UK and Canada, which suggest a growing potential for civil unrest. They delve into markers of civil war, including polar factionalism, downgrading of dominant cultural groups, and loss of faith in political institutions. The episode also touches on historical and biblical insights into the generation of such conflicts, highlighting the religious and cultural decay contributing to current crises. They conclude by questioning how Christians should respond to these turbulent times and foreshadow further discussions on practical responses to potential civil conflicts.

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0:00.0

Today on the podcast for Cultural Reformation, Dr. Joe Boot and I are on location.

0:32.0

We are at the Ezra family camp at Fair Havens Camp and Conference Center at the Kuwaita region

0:37.4

in Ontario.

0:38.5

It's beautiful up here.

0:39.8

We're on a river.

0:41.3

We've been doing some fishing.

0:42.3

We've been doing some pickleball.

0:43.6

We've been doing some lecturing.

0:45.6

And it's been a wonderful week.

0:46.6

Are you enjoying your time here, Joe?

0:49.5

Yeah, I certainly am.

0:50.7

It's great to be sort of piloting a World View Family Academy in partnership

0:56.7

with Fairhaven, somewhere I haven't been in many years. And it is a beautiful spot,

1:03.3

as you say, on the river. And yeah, we're having a really good time. And we're seeing some very interesting and very encouraging responses,

1:14.9

I think, from the people we're teaching here this week. So it's good to be back in Canada.

1:22.8

And this one sort of marks sort of the end of our summer programs. We have our World View Youth Academies.

1:29.4

We have our family academies.

1:32.0

You came from one down in Texas with our friend Pastor Matt Bell.

1:35.9

We're up here now in Canada.

1:37.2

So we're kind of coming to the tail end of a really busy season.

1:40.5

The summer is really busy for us at Ezra.

1:42.9

But it doesn't really slow down. I want to let

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