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S5:E38 Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn
Give to help Chris make Truce! Joseph McCarthy's Search for Communists in the American Government Joseph McCarthy was an unexceptional junior congressman from Wisconsin. He grew up brawling in the streets, playing cards, and embellishing his stories. Then, during a...
S5:E36 The Only Thing We Have To Fear
Give to support the Truce Podcast What did FDR mean by "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?" On March 4, 1933, FDR delivered his inaugural address. In it, he used the phrase "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". I did a little searching and this...
S5:E35 We Are A People of the Means
We've been told that "the ends justify the means". But shouldn't Christians focus more on the means than the ends? "The ends justify the means" is a phrase we hear occasionally. Often it is used to justify bad behavior, so long as it creates a profitable outcome. But...
S5:E34 The Great Divorce
Give a little to help Chris continue to make Truce! C.S. Lewis' book "The Great Divorce" has a powerful message for today In 1945, C.S. Lewis published his excellent book "The Great Divorce". It happens to be one of my favorite books. It has many themes, the biggest...
S5:E33 Extremes Lead to Extremes
The Congress of Vienna In the fall of 1814, the powers of Europe gathered together to discuss what to do with the continent after the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon had changed a lot in his time in power! He cowed the Roman Catholic Church, ended serfdom where he went,...
S5:E32 How Should We Deal With Heresy?
Donate to help Chris make Truce! How did the early church deal with heresy? The first-century Christian Church had a lot going on. Their Savior died and was resurrected, sending the Holy Spirit and leaving them with the command to take this new message to all tribes...
S5:E31 Inherit the Wind
McCarthyism and Inherit the Wind US Senator Joseph McCarthy unleashed an era of suspicion on the American people as he went looking for communists. His trials, both public and behind closed doors, focused on the government as well as Hollywood and the Army. He claimed...
S5:E30 The Scopes “Monkey” Trial Part 2
Did William Jennings Bryan kill fundamentalism when he took the stand? The trial was basically over. The prosecution won. John Scopes was moments away from being convicted of teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee. The ACLU and the prosecution had what they wanted....
S5:E29 The Scopes “Monkey” Trial (part 1)
The modern stage on the side of the courthouse This is a photo from the Rhea County Museum of the monkey brought to Dayton for the trial An original Bryan pin "A Civic Biology" was the textbook in question during the trial The seating area in the Dayton, TN courtroom...