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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

You Are Going To Die One Day (Part II with Christian Brady)

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The First Digital Inc.

Christianity, Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9592 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Former U.S. Senator and university president Ben Sasse faced a stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis in late 2025—a stark "death sentence" that forced him to confront mortality head-on. Instead of despair, he embraced family, faith, and resurrection hope, transforming his final days into a powerful testimony of purposeful living. Mike Slater, host of Politics By Faith, draws inspiration from Sasse's journey to show how facing death reorients priorities away from fleeting pursuits toward what lasts forever. Blending this real-life story with timeless wisdom literature from Scripture, the special reveals how an eternal mindset brings deeper joy, love, and faithfulness in Christ. This is part two of two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to Politics by Faith. This is part two of our special called Life, Death, and the Eternal Mindset.

0:06.4

We laid out our opening monologue, and then we talked to someone who had a near-death experience, which, as Jonathan Edwards said, should change you.

0:13.2

In this part two, we'll start off with Christian Brady. It's the president of Wittenberg, University, who had a tragic story of his almost nine-year-old son passed away.

0:24.3

And he has some very important perspective and wisdom to share.

0:29.5

It's wonderful to talk to him. He's a good man.

0:31.1

And then we wrap up with a little aspect of TDS Trump derangement syndrome.

0:36.0

And part of that is called presentism.

0:37.6

There's three parts to it.

0:38.4

We break them all down in this episode right here.

0:41.7

Enjoy.

0:47.7

Welcome back to our special here on the first TV,

0:49.9

life, death, and the eternal mindset.

0:53.7

I want to go to Christian Brady. He's the president of

0:56.4

Wittenberg University, author of the book Beautiful and Terrible Things, a Christian struggle

1:03.3

with suffering, grief, and hope. Mr. Brady, how do you do, sir? I'm well, thank you. Thanks for

1:09.6

having me again. Mike. it's great to see you.

1:11.6

Yes, you as well.

1:12.6

If I may ask you again to share a bit of your story and testimony, sir.

1:17.6

Absolutely.

1:18.6

I'll start by saying that I'm a biblical and rabbinic scholar.

1:22.6

So I had gone off to do my doctorate and ended up studying the book of lamentations in the Old Testament

1:30.4

and how Jews and Christians responded to catastrophe and lament. And so as I say, when our son,

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