Ep 1334 | John Luke’s Sailboat Disaster Sparks a Debate Over Thrill-Seeking & Sin

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

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Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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John Luke’s long history of thrill-seeking takes center stage after his homemade sailboat experiment nearly turns into a full-blown disaster on the Robertson family pond. Al, Zach, and Christian debate over whether adrenaline chasing can become sinful behavior. The guys explore the brutal realities of colonial America, examining the violent conflicts between settlers and Native American tribes, the moral tension surrounding war, and how fear, survival, and human nature shaped America’s earliest days. Today’s conversation is about Lesson 4 of Colonial America: From Wilderness to Civilization from Hillsdale College. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/. More about Colonial America: Professors of history and politics guide us through the perilous journey of the Mayflower and the grueling winters of Cape Cod. They explore the ideas of religious liberty and natural rights, as well as the brutal conflicts, such as the wars on the frontier and the French and Indian War. Through this six-lesson appreciation of the colonial experience, you will learn how the unique American spirit was shaped. Journey to the New World and discover the origins of the American spirit. Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:06.4	Welcome back to the Unashamed podcast on Fridays. This is our Hillsdale episode. We are in colonial America.
0:15.4	And it's been, we're about to get into some serious wars. So I hope you guys are ready for a robust discussion. Yeah, this is a lot.
0:22.3	This is a, this is some heavy stuff. Yeah, it's heavy. Our friends at Hills, I want to remind everybody,
0:27.6	by the way, our friends at Hillsdale College have a new documentary coming out. It's going to be
0:31.9	coming to theaters very soon. It's called Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck, which we have commented on his
0:39.5	mustache every time we have talked about this because we're big on the mustache game. And it really does
0:45.3	feel like the next chapter of what we're in right now with Colonial America, of course, we've been
0:48.4	taken. It tells the story of how our country started, and not some watered down version either.
0:53.9	You can see how real
0:55.1	ordinary people risked everything and against all odds they actually pulled it off they built
0:59.4	something this lasted nearly 250 years our birthdays coming up are you guys uh going to be celebrating
1:04.8	by the way of course of course we're going to be celebrating that i'm probably the only one that
1:09.5	you know back in 76 when we had the 200th celebration
1:13.8	because you weren't even born, right?
1:16.8	I wasn't even a thought.
1:19.4	Was I born 50 years ago?
1:21.3	Well, sorry, I'm not great at math.
1:23.9	Yeah, so I was around.
1:25.4	I'm the only one at the table here who was around for the 200th celebration so yes I'm super excited about 250s that please continue
1:33.4	I can see you I can see you wearing some like American flag chubbies for the 250 those are shorts chubbies if you don't know
1:41.6	yeah I might buy me some American flag chubbies.
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