Ep 1339 | Replacing God with Politics Failed Then & It’s Failing Now

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

America keeps trying to solve spiritual problems with political answers, but Al, Zach, John Luke, and Christian look back at the Great Awakening to show how true liberty began with repentance and surrender to God. Zach connects Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and the rise of personal responsibility in faith to the eventual deconsolidation of political power in colonial America. The guys compare revival movements then and now, wrestling with emotionalism, denominational unity, and why freedom can’t flourish when people forget the God who gave it. Watch the trailer for Hillsdale’s full-length documentary Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeBinuMUhE Today’s conversation is about Lesson 5 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 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters 00:00 John Luke’s Bunk-Bed Setup 05:30 Christian Shaves His Beard 08:25 Spiritual Lethargy & Revival 14:15 Revival Highs & Lasting Faith 20:05 Deconsolidating Religious Power 30:20 Edwards, Whitefield & Being Born Again 37:25 Revival in the Fields 42:20 Repentance, Freedom & Surrender 46:00 Old Lights vs. New Lights — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:06.2	Well, welcome back to the Unashamed podcast. Here we are Friday with Hillsdale and the production
0:11.5	value. Should we apologize in advance? I'm looking at John Luke and he looks like he's
0:17.3	sitting in a bunk bed on a cell phone. Am I right?
0:23.5	That's exactly what I'm doing right now.
0:24.2	Yeah.
0:27.5	From locations unknown, John Lucas.
0:28.8	Locations unknown.
0:29.3	Yeah.
0:34.7	I mean, yeah, we've got all, we've got these nice sets here in North Carolina. We spent a lot of money and time on.
0:37.0	We got one down in Louisiana.
0:38.9	I always mentioned the money.
0:41.4	I mean, we put all this into it, and then John Luke shows up in a bunk bed.
0:45.9	Hey, well, the, someone who was supposed to get me the microphone camera setup situation did not give me that.
0:56.1	Okay, so that's on my side well for that me or Zach Zach wants to talk about the money that what people don't think he's on
1:02.0	but he's in front of a green screen exactly he's actually in his bathroom these are real
1:08.6	books behind me before we get into, I got to give a little...
1:12.3	It was actually used that because you were at my house and the setup was there in the hall.
1:18.0	And the word I got was you were going to make sure and get it to John Luke before he left town.
1:22.3	And I come in from my trip.
1:24.1	You're gone.
1:24.7	You left your Apple Watch on my counter.
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