Who We Are
At the Ezra Institute we're working to…
• Restore gospel confidence among God's people
• Renew understanding of the scope and power of the Word of God
• Rebuild a Christian philosophy of life for every sphere
• Recover a message of redemption that claims all of creation as the theatre of God's glory
Training Programs
biblical worldview training for teens
worldview training for pastors and church ministry leaders
advanced studies in faithful cultural leadership
Featured Resources
Lead us Not into the Tempest of Temptation
To calm the perfect storm of pornography addiction, radical changes are necessary, mandating commitment, discipline, and discipleship. The impetus for the believer to adopt these changes is the plain acknowledgment that pornography is sinful.
Thinking Christianly about International Law w/ Dan Ogden
Ezra Institute Fellow Dan Ogden makes his podcast debut to discuss the difference between international law, which is based on common consent, and supranational law, a coercive and unaccountable system. He explains some of the strategic and economic benefits of a globally connected world, as well as the complications that arise from it, and how to think in a principled, Christian way about a tangled and high-stakes context.
Electioneering and Demoralization
We interact with a classic interview with Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected from the USSR in the 1980s. He explains the strategy of cultural infiltration that has been active since the 1950s, and the work of demoralization that has been accomplished in the West. As we approach election seasons in the USA, Canada and Britain, we must be diligent to also pursue personal sanctification and not compromise on principles for the sake of temporary fixes.
Islam and Christianity: Acknowledging the Antithesis
Christianity and Islam appear to have superficial similarities, but on core cultural issues they are widely different. Facing these differences squarely is the only way to pursue faithful gospel witness.
Christian Nationalism, Christian Pietism, or Christian Culture w/ Andrew Sandlin
Ezra Institute Fellow Andrew Sandlin joins us to discuss the strange bedfellows of Marxism and Nationalism that have been keeping company lately, as well as antisemitism and the recent rise of nationalism of several stripes, including Christian nationalism, and how a reformational perspective guards against the excesses and reactionism of both progressive and conservative ideologies that are not based in Christ Jesus.
Veterans Day, Protests, and Christ’s Armistice
As governments and law enforcement deal with planned demonstrations for this upcoming Remembrance Day, Joe Boot considers…