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S6:E3 Billy Graham and Nixon
The Grim Reality of the Watergate Scandal: Billy Graham's Loyalty Tested - guest David Bruce Have you heard these myths about Billy Graham's continued support of Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal? Myth 1: Graham blindly supported Nixon without question. Myth...
S6:E2 Harold Ockenga – Can Christians Unite?
From Decline to Unity: Evangelicals Embrace the Youth Culture Revolution - Joel Carpenter Does this sound familiar? As an evangelical leader, have you been told that the key to reaching today's youth culture is to simply preach louder and hold more events? But despite...
S6:E1 Prelude – What is Biblical?
What do we mean by the word "biblical"? Give to help the Truce Podcast Thomas McIntyre stood before the US Congress to deliver a moving speech. The man was being hounded by a fringe movement known as the New Right. The movement came from the work of men like Paul...
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...