Halftime Show or All-Time Low?

After Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s halftime show during the Super Bowl, a debate was sparked about cultural norms and morality within a world that’s trying to figure out what strong femininity looks like. On this week’s podcast, Robert endeavors to fairly present both sides of the argument, and then point us to a greater truth about God’s creation and our sanctification.

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World(view) Domination

Western imperialism used to conquer and colonize other worlds; now it’s other worldviews. In this week’s episode, Robert discusses the militancy of Western progressive culture toward other cultures, particularly in the area of sexual ethics, and then offers the Kingdom of God as a culture able to affirm and critique every culture.

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Glorious News to a World Despairing

In the wake of the death of Kobe Bryant and eight others in a tragic helicopter crash, this week’s podcast spends a few minutes looking at the topic of death in order to share “glorious news” with our death-avoidant culture.

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Pod for Life

President Trump’s presence at the March for Life may have ramped up the publicity of the movement, but on this week’s podcast, Robert shares why the president may have done more harm than good, and offers a productive way forward for pro-life advocates.

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Therapy or Tyranny?

As the Kentucky State Legislature weighs the decision to make homosexual conversion therapy illegal state-wide, Robert takes a closer look at Senate Bill 85 and the positive & negative impact it could have on our communities.

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Ridiculous Christmas

After sharing a brief review of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (no spoilers), Robert looks at the understandably ridiculous claim of the virgin birth of Jesus and how this miracle of Christmas gives us greater hope and joy than any other news this world can offer.

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Explaining Evil

One of the most common questions asked about Christianity relates to the nature of evil: “If God exists, then why is there suffering in our world?” This week’s episode flips that question on its head in order to expand our understanding of the existence of evil, and shows how Christmas gives us hope in the midst of pain.

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The Oppression of Communism (and Consumerism)

With socialist ideals gaining popularity in America, Robert returns from a trip to Belarus with observations on a culture formed by those very ideals. But his critique is not just reserved for the communism of Eastern Europe, but the consumerism of America as well.

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The Internet, Part 4: Losing Our Minds

The advent of the Internet has given us access to a wealth of knowledge and information that wasn’t available to generations past, but is that necessarily a good thing? In the final episode of our Internet Series, Robert looks at the ways our minds are being negatively shaped by this “new normal” and suggests some practical steps to overcome the pitfalls associated with it.

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"If I Run for Governor, but Have Not Love..."

We’re taking a break from our series on the internet to talk about a topic that is on everyone’s mind: the Kentucky gubernatorial election between Governor Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear. Robert looks at why Governor Bevin lost the election, and the lesson we should all learn about the importance of love above all other virtues.

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The Internet, Part 3: Digital Relationships

In 2019, we are more connected to each other than ever. Or are we? This week, Robert examines the impact that the internet has had on our concept of community and the problems inherent in our new relational reality.

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The Internet, Part 2: The Pervasiveness of Pornography

There was a time when you could avoid pornography just by avoiding a certain section of the video store, but times have certainly changed. This week, Robert looks at the effects of the widespread availability of pornography and how it has shaped our minds, relationships, and culture.

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The Internet, Part 1: Why the Internet Is So Powerful

The widespread availability of the internet has radically changed our world in ways we don’t yet understand. In part one of this four-part series, Robert takes a generalized look at why the internet is an utterly unique technology in the history of humanity, due to its boundlessness and anonymity.

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Redeeming Capitalism

What are we to make of socialism’s rising popularity in our nation? Robert sees it as a rebuke to our greedy and excessive culture and challenges us to reimagine capitalism’s unrivaled potential to serve the common good.

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Climate Consistency

What should we do with the information that our planet is warming? This week, Robert takes on the issue of climate change by looking at the logical inconsistencies on both sides of the debate, and how returning to core principles would help each side better fight for their cause.

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The Beauty of Christ's Exclusivity

We live in a day and age when truth claims, especially exclusive truth claims, are not viewed kindly. In this week’s podcast, Robert finds the exclusive truth hiding under the surface of our culture’s insistence on inclusivity, and points us to a better exclusive truth in Jesus.

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Finding Hope in Depression

The sudden, tragic death of well-known pastor and mental health advocate, Jarrid Wilson, prompted Robert to focus this week's episode of Every Square Inch on the epidemic of anxiety and depression. Rather than explain this cultural phenomenon, Robert offers the Christian diagnosis of depression and anxiety and its hope to the depressed and anxious.

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Welcome to Every Square Inch

In Episode 1 of Every Square Inch, Robert defines Public theology and explains why he has chosen to conduct a podcast on this topic.

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