The American Reformer Podcast

Chase Davis and Joe Rigney join the show to talk about spiritual formation, worship, masculinity, and corporate agency.   Notes: Spiritual Formation and the Trouble with Christian Nationalism - American Reformer [https://americanreformer.org/2025/08/spiritual-formation-and-the-trouble-with-christian-nationalism/]   J. Chase Davis (M.Div, Th.M, Denver Seminary) is Lead Pastor of Ministry of The Well Church in Boulder, Colorado. Chase is married to Kim and they have two sons. He is the author of Trinitarian Formation: A Theology of Discipleship in Light of the Father, Son, and Spirit (2021). He also hosts the podcast Full Proof Theology. You can find more of Chase’s writing at jchasedavis.com.   Learn more about J. Chase Davis: https://www.jchasedavis.com/ [https://www.jchasedavis.com/]   Dr. Rigney is an Associate Pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho and serves as Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College. He is the author of seven books: Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis’s Chronicles (Eyes & Pen, 2013); The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts [https://www.amazon.com/The-Things-Earth-Treasuring-Enjoying/dp/1433544733/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y] (Crossway, 2015); Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God (Crossway, 2018); Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World? (Crossway, 2020); More Than a Battle: Experiencing Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust (B&H, 2021), Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude (Crossway, 2023), and Leadership and Emotional Sabotage (Canon Press, 2024). Previously, Dr. Rigney served as a professor and president of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, a pastor at Cities Church in St. Paul, and a teacher at Desiring God. Joe lives in Moscow, Idaho with his wife Jenny and three sons.   Learn more about Joe Rigney's work at: https://nsa.edu/contributors/joe-rigney [https://nsa.edu/contributors/joe-rigney] https://emotionalsabotage.com [https://emotionalsabotage.com]   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer [https://www.twitter.com/amreformer] Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/] YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer [https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer] Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer [https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer] Website – https://americanreformer.org/ [https://americanreformer.org/]   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/ [https://americanreformer.org/donate/]   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness [https://twitter.com/Byzness] Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline [https://twitter.com/tlloydcline]   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings [https://jaredcummingsllc.com].   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ [https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/] Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347] Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5]

Amy Wax, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, talks to Timon about her cancellation, the state of academia, and western civilization.    Amy Wax is a tenured professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she has taught since 2001, holding the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law chair since 2007. A native of Troy, New York, she earned a B.S. summa cum laude in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale in 1975, a Marshall Scholarship to Oxford, and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1981, where she trained as a neurologist. She completed her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1987, serving as an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Wax clerked for Judge Abner J. Mikva and argued 15 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court while working in the Office of the Solicitor General. She taught at the University of Virginia School of Law from 1994 to 2001. Her academic work focuses on social welfare law, family policy, and labor markets. In 2024, she was suspended from teaching for one year due to controversial statements, which she challenged in a lawsuit.   Learn more about Amy Wax's work: https://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/awax/ [https://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/awax/] https://www.thefire.org/cases/university-pennsylvania-following-controversial-commentary-amy-wax-faces-major-sanction-penn [https://www.thefire.org/cases/university-pennsylvania-following-controversial-commentary-amy-wax-faces-major-sanction-penn]   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer [https://www.twitter.com/amreformer] Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/] YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer [https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer] Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer [https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer] Website – https://americanreformer.org/ [https://americanreformer.org/]   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/ [https://americanreformer.org/donate/]   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness [https://twitter.com/Byzness] Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline [https://twitter.com/tlloydcline]   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings [https://jaredcummingsllc.com].   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ [https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/] Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347] Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5]

Paul Gottfried, editor of Chronicles Magazine, former professor at Elizabethtown College, and author of numerous books, joins Timon and Ben to talk about the history of the conservative movement, what "rights" are, what an American is, and where the New Right is going.    Notes: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/ [https://chroniclesmagazine.org/] https://passage.press/products/gottfried [https://passage.press/products/gottfried]   Paul Gottfried is editor in chief of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He is also the Raffensperger Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Elizabethtown College, where he taught for 25 years, a Guggenheim recipient, and a Yale Ph.D. He is the author of 14 books, most recently Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade and Revisions and Dissents.   Learn more about Paul Gottfried's work: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/author/paulgottfried/ [https://chroniclesmagazine.org/author/paulgottfried/]   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer [https://www.twitter.com/amreformer] Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/] YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer [https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer] Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer [https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer] Website – https://americanreformer.org/ [https://americanreformer.org/]   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/ [https://americanreformer.org/donate/]   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness [https://twitter.com/Byzness] Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline [https://twitter.com/tlloydcline]   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings [https://jaredcummingsllc.com].   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ [https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/] Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347] Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5]

Editors Mike Sabo and Ben Crenshaw interview Timon about his article on why Everson v. Board of Education must be overturned and separation of church and state ended, co-authored with Josh Hammer and Yoram Hazony, in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.    Notes: https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/ [https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/]   Timon Cline is the Editor-in-chief of American Reformer. Prior to his appointment as editor-in-chief, he was a deputy attorney general in the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General. He is a graduate of Rutgers Law School and Westminster Theological Seminary, the Director of Scholarly Initiatives at the Hale Institute at New Saint Andrews College, a fellow at the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary, and an opinion contributor at World. His writing has appeared at American Mind, the American Conservative, and Modern Reformation, among others. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son.   Learn more about Timon Cline's work: https://americanreformer.org/about/ [https://americanreformer.org/about/]   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer [https://www.twitter.com/amreformer] Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/] YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer [https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer] Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer [https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer] Website – https://americanreformer.org/ [https://americanreformer.org/]   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/ [https://americanreformer.org/donate/]   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness [https://twitter.com/Byzness] Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline [https://twitter.com/tlloydcline]   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings [https://jaredcummingsllc.com].   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ [https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/] Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347] Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5]

Hunter Baker, provost and professor at North Greenville University, joins Timon and Josh to talk about his new book, Postliberal Protestants: Baptists Between Obergefell and Christian Nationalism.    Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D. serves as provost and dean of the faculty of North Greenville University. He is the author of three books (The End of Secularism, Political Thought: A Student's Guide, and The System Has a Soul), has contributed chapters and forewords to 21 others, and has published over 40 articles and essays. His work has been translated into Italian, Polish, and in the near future, Chinese. He is the winner of the 2011 Michael Novak Award conferred by the Acton Institute and has lectured widely on matters of religion and liberty. In addition to his work at North Greenville, Baker also serves as a contributing editor for Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity and as an associate editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality. He is a fellow of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, and the Land Center for Cultural Engagement. Baker also writes for the popular website World Opinions.   Learn more about Hunter Baker's work: https://www.ngu.edu/faculty/hunter-baker/ [https://www.ngu.edu/faculty/hunter-baker/]   Purchase Dr. Baker's book, "Postliberal Protestants" https://a.co/d/eQdqpPh [https://a.co/d/eQdqpPh]   ––––––   Follow American Reformer across Social Media: X / Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/amreformer [https://www.twitter.com/amreformer] Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/ [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanReformer/] YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer [https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanReformer] Rumble – https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer [https://rumble.com/user/AmReformer] Website – https://americanreformer.org/ [https://americanreformer.org/]   Promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, by donating to The American Reformer: https://americanreformer.org/donate/ [https://americanreformer.org/donate/]   Follow Us on Twitter: Josh Abbotoy – https://twitter.com/Byzness [https://twitter.com/Byzness] Timon Cline – https://twitter.com/tlloydcline [https://twitter.com/tlloydcline]   The American Reformer Podcast is  hosted by Josh Abbotoy and Timon Cline, recorded remotely in the United States, and edited by Jared Cummings [https://jaredcummingsllc.com].   Subscribe to our Podcast, "The American Reformer" Get our RSS Feed – https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/ [https://americanreformerpodcast.podbean.com/] Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-reformer-podcast/id1677193347] Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5 [https://open.spotify.com/show/1V2dH5vhfogPIv0X8ux9Gm?si=a19db9dc271c4ce5]