From the campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country.

Here's your host, Scott Bertram.

Hello again, everybody, and welcome

into another edition of the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour. On this episode, we talked with John Grant,

Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale, about Christianity in Politics. Derek Mueller,

Professor of Law at Pepperdine University and a Hillsdale graduate, will discuss a new

California law that could impact who makes it onto the ballot. Hillsdale Professor

of Education Ben Byer on the Trivium and Judge Beth Walker from West Virginia on her work

on the bench on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and how the opioid epidemic is

affecting the state. We're joined now by Dr. John Grant,

Associate Professor of Politics here at Hillsdale College.

Dr. Grant, thanks for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

So you are teaching a class this coming term, Christianity and Politics.

And I like to talk to professors when they're about to teach a class

because everything is very fresh on their minds,

which is why I want to talk to you today

about that very topic, Christianity and politics.

What are your goals for the class for your students,

and what sparked your interest in this topic?

Well, I have a personal interest as a Christian to figure out,

well, how, you know, starting long before I was teaching this,

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