What does “Christ is King” actually mean for American politics—and what happens when taking that claim seriously puts you at odds with the Republican Party? On Episode 183 of The Backlash, Dave Reilly welcomes back Alex Petersen, the writer known as American Reform and newly promoted Managing Editor of Integrity Magazine. Having publicly revealed his identity, Alex is putting his own name and…
Is democracy merely malfunctioning—or is its present collapse the inevitable fulfillment of its own design? In Episode 175 of The Backlash, Dalton Clodfelter joins Dave Reilly to discuss his new book, King or Chaos: an eight-part work presenting a comprehensive philosophical case against democracy and a detailed vision of what could replace it. Drawing upon Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Spengler…
Seven months into a war no one voted for, the American pulpit has mostly nothing to say. Pastor Chuck Baldwin does. Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the founder-pastor of Liberty Fellowship in Kalispell, Montana, and was the Constitution Party's presidential nominee in 2008 and its vice-presidential nominee in 2004. Before Montana he spent thirty-five years pastoring Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola…
Is Christian Zionism approaching its breaking point? In Episode 159 of The Backlash, Dave sits down with returning guest J.D. Hall for a wide-ranging examination of dispensationalism, the Israel lobby’s influence within American Christianity, and the growing revolt against unconditional support for the modern State of Israel. J.D. recounts his recent appearance with Tucker Carlson, reflects on…
A new generation of Christians is rejecting the passive, privatized faith promoted by the modern political establishment—and beginning to reclaim Christianity’s rightful place in public life. On Episode 155 of The Backlash, Dave Reilly is joined by Pastor Joel Webbon to discuss the rise of the New Christian Right, the failures of the old Religious Right, and why growing numbers of Christians are…