When did we start believing that someone has to be in charge?
Maybe it's one of the oldest stories we tell ourselves. If the right people hold power, everything will be okay. If the wrong people do, everything falls apart.
But what if Jesus was inviting us into a completely different way of living?
In this special bonus episode, Craig catches up with longtime friends of the show Larken Rose and Amanda Rose ahead of Approaching Humanity, an upcoming gathering in Sedona. What begins as a conversation about an event quickly becomes something much deeper. Together they explore why people from very different backgrounds keep arriving at the same uncomfortable questions about authority, conscience, and what it means to love our neighbors without trying to rule them.
This isn't a debate about politics. It's a conversation about becoming more fully human, and whether the Kingdom Jesus announced has been offering another way all along.
They dig into:
- Why Jesus refused the crown everyone expected Him to take
- A fresh look at "Render unto Caesar"
- How political identities quietly shape our discipleship
- Why people with different worldviews keep asking the same questions
- What hope looks like when we stop trying to control one another
📖 For full show notes: https://thebadroman.com/show-notes/episode-bonus
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Also Mentioned in This Episode (Approaching Humanity Speakers)
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Sheriff David Hathaway: Sheriff of Santa Cruz County, Arizona; previously featured on The Bad Roman Podcast, Episode 53, “Love at the Border with Sheriff David Hathaway”
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Jason Bassler: co-founder of The Free Thought Project and founder of Police the Police
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Patrick Smith: host of Disenthrall
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Mark Maresca: host of The White Pillbox
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Carey Wedler: voluntaryist content creator; former editor-in-chief of Anti-Media
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Derrick Broze: journalist, author, and founder of The Conscious Resistance Network
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James Corbett: independent journalist, The Corbett Report, joining remotely from Japan
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Rebecca Anzini: speaker on the hidden dangers inside “freedom-minded” intentional communities
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Brittany: homeschooling mother, comedian, and past cast member of The Jones Plantation
Key Moments:
(00:00) Announcing Approaching Humanity
(02:02) Who Actually Shows Up
(05:27) Faith, Atheism, and Getting Shut Out
(09:24) The Core Challenge
(13:10) Renaming the Book
(15:30) Rereading “Give Unto Caesar”
(18:52) The God Nobody Names
(23:06) Candles in the Dark
(25:55) Why Approaching Humanity Brings Together So Many Beliefs
(33:22) Meet More of the Speakers
(36:30) Even More Speakers
(41:04) Why the Event Won't Hand the Ring Back
(48:45) Getting to Sedona
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