Rapid Response: Fast Answers From The Thinking Dad
Jul 14, 2026 · 35 min · 18 segments
Aby Rinella and Seth Gruber discuss Seth Gruber’s powerful new…
Seth GruberGuestAby RinellaHost
And so The Last Stand film and book, Abby, is really looking at and celebrating the glorious heritage and history of Christian resistance-
... against all the same evils that we're facing today by Christian heroes in the past, going all the way back to the Patristic Age.
Um, through the centuries of, of men and women who, in the ordinary aspects of their lives in following Jesus, faced all the same iterations of evil that have become so quickly codified and celebrated in America and the West in the 21st century, but none of them are new.
They're actually features of pagan civilizations or, um, Christian civilizations who have forgotten who they are-
Hilaire Belloc, um, is someone I recommend, uh, you know, smart homeschoolers to read.
Um, and, uh, Hilaire Belloc said, "It is not the barbarian at the city gates that worries me.
"Those who forget their faith, who mock their history, and who welcome the enemies of Christ with open arms.
These will be the ones who bring down Christendom, brick by brick." Um, or as Francis Schaeffer said, "The ignorance of the Church is much more dangerous to a society than the decadence of the world."
Um, the message being, guess what? Gay communism, killing babies, sexualizing kids, chopping off their genitals, and drag queen gender-bending performances for youngsters, none of that is new.
And so The Last Stand film and book, Abby, is really looking at and celebrating the glorious heritage and history of Christian resistance-
... against all the same evils that we're facing today by Christian heroes in the past, going all the way back to the Patristic Age.
Um, through the centuries of, of men and women who, in the ordinary aspects of their lives in following Jesus, faced all the same iterations of evil that have become so quickly codified and celebrated in America and the West in the 21st century, but none of them are new.
They're actually features of pagan civilizations or, um, Christian civilizations who have forgotten who they are-
Hilaire Belloc, um, is someone I recommend, uh, you know, smart homeschoolers to read.
Um, and, uh, Hilaire Belloc said, "It is not the barbarian at the city gates that worries me.
"Those who forget their faith, who mock their history, and who welcome the enemies of Christ with open arms.
These will be the ones who bring down Christendom, brick by brick." Um, or as Francis Schaeffer said, "The ignorance of the Church is much more dangerous to a society than the decadence of the world."
Um, the message being, guess what? Gay communism, killing babies, sexualizing kids, chopping off their genitals, and drag queen gender-bending performances for youngsters, none of that is new.
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