Interview: Matt Trewhella & The Lesser Magistrates

Hard Men Podcast

Tate Taylor & Ethan Senn

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode, I talk with Matt Trewhella about his book, "The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates: A Proper Resistance to Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government." Probably one of the most important reads at our present moment, Matt's book is the topic of our conversation, as well as an examination of how it applies in a post-2020 world.Show Notes: The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates (book). DefyTyrants.com (Matt's website).

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Hard Men Podcast, reclaiming biblical masculinity in a world of
0:07.3	soft. How many times in the past year did you hear a Christian or a Christian pastor say that because of Romans 13, you have to obey everything the
0:28.2	civil government tells you to do.
0:30.9	On the other hand, we heard a lot of pastors across the country chiding people like John MacArthur because he was opposing civil magistrates, the governor, mayor of his city.
0:43.2	Well, what should a Christian believe when it comes to opposing tyranny?
0:48.5	What do we do when tyranny happens in our nation.
0:52.6	Well today we're going to talk with a very special guest.
0:55.6	We're going to be talking with Pastor Matt Trujella.
0:58.4	Matt is a pastor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin area,
1:02.4	and he's the author of the book we'll be discussing today the
1:05.3	doctrine of the lesser magistrates. The subtitle kind of says it all. A proper
1:11.4	resistance to tyranny and a repudiation of unlimited obedience to civil government.
1:17.0	In the book, which I would highly recommend to you, Matt goes over the history of the Magdeburg confession, how the doctrine of the
1:27.0	lesser magistrates was developed, and in particular how this applies to our current cultural context. As Matt says in the book
1:35.2	we are status and we're living under gross tyranny. So what should the church do
1:40.6	about it? Well we'll talk about these and other issues in today's
1:44.1	episode of the Hard Man Podcast and for more links including Matt's website
1:50.3	Defy Tyrants.com check the notes. We'll Pastor Matt Trujella.
2:15.2	Matt is the author of the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. He's also a
2:20.4	pastor in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.
2:23.4	Matt, thanks for joining us on today's show.
2:26.5	Good to be with you here, Eric.
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