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Kresta in the Afternoon – February 8, 2024 – Hour 1

Dr. James Rogers helps explain the legal situation at the southern border and Gordon Govier continues his list of major biblical discoveries of the last year. Also, Fr John Riccardo discusses having an allegiance in Christ. 

 

Can People Tell to whom we Belong?

When you look at the clothes people wear and the bumper stickers they put on their cars, it’s easy to see where their allegiance lies – to Nike or Adidas, the Yankees or the Red Sox, the Democrats or the Republicans, and so on. But how can people tell when our allegiance is to Christ? Al shares some thoughts and we hear from Fr John Riccardo.

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Acts XXIX Podcast 

Rescue Project 

Fr. John Riccardo is a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit and the Executive Director of ACTS XXIX.

Understanding a Complicated Ruling at the Border

Last month, there was a legal showdown between the State of Texas and the Federal Department of Homeland Security. It’s a much more complicated case than it may appear at face value, and it has a number of moving parts that have been lost in the hyperbolic public discussion. Professor James Rogers helps us sort it out.

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A Borderline Case

 

James R. Rogers is Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty. He holds a J.D. as well as a Ph.D., and teaches and publishes at the intersection of law, politics, and game theory. He has published articles in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Public Choice, and in numerous other journals. He edited and contributed to the book Institutional Games and the Supreme Court, and served as editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics from 2006 through 2013.

Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2023

The major biblical archaeology stories of 2023 contain a lot of doom, destruction, and disappointment. They also contain mysteries that may be resolved by future excavations—and perhaps, in one case, the resolution of an ongoing controversy that has dogged New Testament scholars for the past decade. We pick up on our discussion with Gordon Govier

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Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2023

Gordon Govier writes about biblical archaeology for Christianity Today, hosts the radio program The Book & The Spade, and is the editor of the biblical archaeology newsmagazine ARTIFAX.
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