Applying God's Word to every aspect of life. This is Theology Applied.

Hi, this is Pastor Joel with Right Response Ministries. This is our show slash podcast called Theology Applied.

And today, with this particular episode, I am honored to have as a special

guest, Glenn Sunshine. He's the author of a book called Slaying Leviathan. And we're going to be

talking about the topic, the subject matter that his book addresses at great length, the idea of

civil tyranny, the idea of big government, of government overreach throughout human history

in different nations and cultures, and the tradition of Christian resistance in the midst of

civil tyranny. And so I'm pleased and honored to have you. Glenn Sunshine, would you take a

moment and just introduce yourself to our guests? Tell us a little bit about yourself, your ministry, and particularly your book Slaying Leviathan.

Well, thank you for having me. I am a college professor. I'm a professor of early modern European history, specialist in the Reformation.

And along with that, I am involved in a

podcast called Theology Podcast, which we do weekly. And I also have a ministry called Every Square

Inch Ministries. And anyone who is familiar with Kuiper will know the quote, there's not a single square inch in the whole domain of human experience over which Christ,

who is Lord of all, does not cry mine.

And that is the origin of the name for the ministry.

The book sling Leviathan came out of a combination of things.

Some of it was my studies in grad school, but a lot of it really was a response to trends

that I saw going on a few administrations ago.

I started really working on this issue of Christian ideas of liberty, tyranny, and resistance.

Well, like I said, a few administrations ago, and it seemed time to pull it together into a book,

and that's what Slaying Leviathan is about.

The book traces a couple of different kinds of ideas.

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