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The WallBuilders Show

When Church and State Collide: What Madison Really Believed

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Education, Family, Religion & Spirituality, Church, Christianity, Wallbuilders.show, America, Conservative, News, Christian, Wallbuilders Show, Politics, Constitutional, Biblical, Government, History

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The relationship between faith and government remains one of America's most contested issues, with many Americans believing James Madison advocated for a strict separation pushing religion out of public life. But what if everything we've been told about Madison's views is fundamentally wrong? Mark David Hall joins us to unravel the fascinating history behind Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments," revealing how this document has been weaponized to promote secular...

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0:00.0

Welcome to intersection of faith and culture.

0:08.8

Thanks for joining us today on The Wall Builders Show.

0:11.4

We've got a great program for you today.

0:12.9

Mark David Hall is going to be joining us.

0:14.9

I'm Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton.

0:17.1

You can learn more about us at our website, wallbuilders.com.

0:19.9

And then also, if you've missed any radio programs over the last few weeks and months, check that out at wallbuilders.

0:24.1

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0:34.9

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0:41.7

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0:49.4

wallbuilders.com and wallbuilders.com and wallbuilders.com. All right, guys, Mark David Hall will be with us later. We had a question actually from the audience.

0:55.6

So we'd normally do this on a Thursday, but we send it over to Mark David Hall and we'll

0:59.1

ask him about this, this Madison question of, was Madison anti-religion?

1:04.1

You know, was he some of the things he said in writings and things, does that mean that he didn't, you know, support religion or

1:11.0

want religion to have any impact on the culture? So it's going to be a really interesting question

1:14.1

today. Yeah, and especially in the contemplations that for the anti-founding father being

1:22.6

Christian crowd, right, those that would advocate that, no, the founding fathers were deists or they, they

1:28.9

were people that rejected faith and rejected Christianity, whatever kind of accusations we hear.

1:34.6

And we've heard them all. Usually there's only a couple things that people will point to.

1:40.2

They'll point to Thomas Payne. They'll point to maybe like the Treaty of Tripoli from John Adams.

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