Powers, Principalities & Persecution (Part I with Andrew Richards)

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

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4.9 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Mike Slater confronts the spiritual dimensions of global Christian persecution, drawing from Ephesians 6:12 to expose how unseen "principalities and powers" manifest in earthly systems of oppression, authoritarian control, extremist ideologies, and societal rejection. This episode explores the ongoing realities in the world's most hostile regions, including North Korea—where faith can lead to immediate execution or labor camps—alongside escalating pressures in places like Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, Eritrea, and others marked by violence, discrimination, and restrictions on worship. Viewers are invited to grapple with these truths, recognize the spiritual warfare behind the headlines, and consider the call to vigilance, prayer, and faithful response in light of Christ's ultimate authority. This is part one of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thanks for being here. We just recorded a special on our TV show about persecution of Christians around the world.
0:06.6	And hopefully softens your heart like it did mine about what our brothers and sisters in Christ are facing around the world.
0:14.1	It's really good to have that reminder. And if nothing else to help us appreciate what we have more than to practice,
0:21.8	what we have the ability to practice more here.
0:24.5	That was the goal, and I think it worked.
0:26.6	So here's our part one where we set the stage, why this matters, why it's important.
0:31.3	And then we talked to someone at this group called Open Doors U.S.,
0:35.0	which keeps track of the persecution of Christians all around the world.
0:38.1	Really great.
0:46.7	America is the greatest country in the world.
0:49.1	Thanks for being here for our special powers,
0:51.7	principalities, and persecution.
0:58.2	This is all inspired by Ephesians 612, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,
1:01.0	but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers,
1:05.4	over this present darkness against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
1:07.6	We need this reminder.
1:09.5	I do, constantly.
1:12.6	When it feels like the world is against us, it is.
1:14.6	We are, as C.S. Lewis said, an enemy-occupied territory.
1:18.6	He told that to the British people on the radio during World War II.
1:21.6	They understood the analogy quite intimately.
1:24.6	But we don't. We tend not to in America. We maybe have believed, have been told,
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