The Liberty Cafe – Podcast

Last Friday, the Texas House of Representatives killed an effort to bring school choice to Texans. On this week’s Episode 153 of the Liberty Café, Bill talks about why killing the proposal was actually the best thing the Legislature could have done for education and liberty.

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Last week Texans voted to increase state spending by $13.8 billion. This week on the Liberty Cafe, Bill looks at how this will centralize power in Texas government at the expense of the people.

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One doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist or philosopher to understand that some very unhealthy things are going on in our world today. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill talks with Idaho entrepreneur Andrew Crapuchettes about how he is taking on some of these challenges by practicing Christian ambition in the business world.

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On November 7, Texans will vote whether to spend $13.8 billion of taxpayer money. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill examines how Texas corporations are doing all they can to make sure they get their hands on our money.

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Texans have an opportunity to cut state spending by up to $13.8 billion on November 7. And Texas politicians can do nothing about it. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill explains how eight constitutional amendments on the ballot provide voters this opportunity.

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Texas politicians had a problem this year: they had more money than they could legally spend. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill explains how the Texas Legislature skirted an important constitutional spending limit without having to explain to anyone what they did.

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Texas conservatives disagree on which plan is the best way to provide property tax relief this year. On this week’s Liberty Café, Luke Macias joins Bill to discuss the different sides of this debate and what the path forward to property tax relief might look like.

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Despite the injustice of the many attacks on President Donald Trump over the last 8 years, the recent federal indictment places him in significant legal jeopardy. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill discusses with former federal prosecutor George Parry the legal trouble Trump faces and possible scenarios under which the presidential candidate might avoid being convicted.

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The Texas Legislature’s recently adopted budget contains the biggest spending increase in Texas history. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill also explains why the budget advances socialism and will reduce prosperity in Texas.

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On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill begins his review of the Texas Legislature. Sadly, the Texas Legislature paid out more taxpayer money in gifts to big corporations that it gave back to Texans through property tax relief.

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Christians should be ready to evaluate the workings of government, whether it be the just ended Texas Legislature’s regular session or those of governments in DC or other state capitals. Today, Bill continues with the last of a four-part series looking at what the Bible tells us about civil government.

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Christians should be ready to evaluate the workings of government, whether it be the just ended Texas Legislature’s regular session or those of governments in DC or other state capitals. Today, Bill continues with the third of a four-part series looking at what the Bible tells us about civil government.

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Christians should be ready to evaluate the workings of government, whether it be the soon-to-end Texas Legislature’s regular session or those of governments in DC or other state capitals. Today, Bill continues with the second of a four-part series looking at what the Bible tells us about civil government.

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Christians should be ready to evaluate the workings of government, whether it be the soon-to-end Texas Legislature’s regular session or those of government in DC or other state capitals. This week, Bill begins a four-part series looking at what the Bible tells us about civil government.

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Even though the Texas Legislature isn’t quite finished, on this week’s Liberty Cafe Bill looks at where things are heading for Texas based on what the Legislature is doing–or not doing–right now.

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There are many good Christian men and women in Texas government. However, on this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill discusses how the Texas Legislature is moving us away from God’s design for this world.

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Most Republicans in Austin are AWOL in the fight against big government. This week on the Liberty Cafe, Bill explains how few Republican legislators are joining the fight against the Texas House and Senate’s not-so-conservative high priority bills.

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If Texans thought they were going to get real property tax relief this year, it appears they were mistaken. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill talks about the Texas Legislature’s spending spree and the gimmicks they are using to hide it from the public.

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Texans have been fighting against the harms caused by renewable energy for almost two decades, but the Texas Legislature hasn’t noticed. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill talks with Robert Pratt about the problems renewable energy is causing all across the state.

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Texas politicians are trying to convince us that they are giving us more property tax relief than they actually are. As bad as that lie is, this week in Michael Sullivan’s conversation with Bill he shares with us the Big Lie that is designed to keep citizens from regaining control over runaway government.

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We are used to politicians lying to us, but Texas Republicans seem to have taken it to a new level this year when it comes to property taxes. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Bill talks with Michael Quinn Sullivan about our broken political system that keeps rewarding politicians who say one thing and do another.

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There are a LOT of problems with Big Government. On this week’s Liberty Café, though, we focus on the one BIG Problem with Big Government–and how to overcome it.

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The Texas grid is about as unreliable as they come. On this week’s Liberty Café, Texas state Sen. Bob Hall joins Bill to talk about his efforts to tackle this problem by taking on renewable energy subsidies and securing the Texas grid from attack.

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Many Christians believe that the world is going to hell in a handbasket; but that is not the case. On this week’s Liberty Café, Pastor Rich Lusk joins Bill for Part 1 of our discussion of the church’s path to victory over the rulers of this world and the gates of hell.

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In 2021, a bipartisan coalition ended school property tax abatements for corporations and renewable energy companies. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Vance Ginn and Tim Hardin join me to discuss how Big Government Texas Republicans are attempting to restore this program for their friends in Big Business.

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Texas politicians have $64 billion of new revenue to distribute to favored constituencies this legislative session. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss how little of that is targeted for taxpayers in the form of property tax cuts.

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We are all familiar with the abuse of power by federal agencies such as the FBI, IRS, and CDC. On today’s Liberty Cafe, though, we’ll be talking with Rep. Brian Harrison about his efforts to rein in abuse occurring in Texas state agencies.

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As conservatives and Christians, we often have to figure out how to respond to people, such as liberals and unbelievers, who are on the other side. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, though, we are going to discuss how to engage with those who are on our side, but who also might be aiding and abetting the enemy.

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After a break of four years, school choice is once again a big topic in the Texas Legislature. On this week’s episode of the Liberty Cafe, we discuss whether school choice can fix what is wrong with public education.

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The last time a state–California–tried to create a fake electricity market, it led to the collapse of the grid and the Enron scandal. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine the possibility that Texas could face another Enron-type scandal as the state’s PUC attempts to make up its own fake electricity market.

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Last week, the Texas PUC ignored Gov. Greg Abott’s admonition to move forward rapidly with their redesign of the Texas electricity market. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we explore why the PUC commissioners ignored their boss and what effect this might have on the reliability of the Texas grid and on Texas consumers.

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The Texas Comptroller recently announced that the Texas Legislature has an unprecedented $32 budget surplus of your tax dollars. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take a look at whether they are going to spend your money or give it back to you in the form of property tax cuts.

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According to the left, conservatives are the main threat to democracy and the American way of life. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take a look at the historical ignorance and outright hated of liberty that is driving the progressives’ claims.

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Civil government’s assault on our liberties has taken over just about every aspect of our lives, including our economic activity. On today’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss the biblical foundation for taking most economic regulation away from politicians and bureaucrats and turning it over to families and civil courts.

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Inflation is a deadly disease that is misunderstood by many. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why conservatives ought to pay almost as much attention to the Federal Reserve as they do to our elected politicians–none of whom can resist the temptation of inflation.

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A recent report projects that renewables will exceed natural gas as Texas’ primary source for electricity in 2023. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why this is very bad for Texas from both a practical and biblical perspective.

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Christians and conservatives are rightly concerned about government’s assault on our God-given rights. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, though, we discuss why instead of playing whack-a-mole with each new assault from the left, we might be better off focusing on making Big Government small so it doesn’t have the resources to take over our lives.

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Ever since the 2021 blackout, Texas politicians have been trying to cover up their role in bringing it about. Now, they are at it again. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we’ll look at new plan from the Public Utility Commission of Texas to redesign the electric grid that could lead to the end of affordable electricity for Texans.

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The reactions of many people to this week’s elections seem to indicate they think their world is being turned upside down. On this week’s Liberty Café, we examine how many of those people are upset that the world is actually being turned right-side up as Jesus Christ is proclaimed as Lord.

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High property taxes, a porous border, and failed government schools concern many Texans. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we talk with Don Huffines about how to address these problems and further secure liberty in Texas.

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We all have to depend on someone. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss how the progressive left is turning our dependence away from God to a god-like government.

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The rise of oppression in our culture is obvious to us all. On the 100th episode of the Liberty Cafe, we discuss the true source of oppression and consider how we as individuals and a nation can turn away from oppression on our march toward liberty.

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The culture is raging against God and His people. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine one form of this attack on God and the church: Side B Homosexuality and gay pastors.

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Teacher unions and Texas politicians are damaging, respectively, our schools and electric grid. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why throwing money at public schools and the electric grid won’t solve the problems with either of them.

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Texas’ electric grid is being overwhelmed by unreliable and unaffordable electricity from wind and solar farms. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, I talk with energy expert Robert Bryce about how Texas can get out of the mess our politicians have gotten us into.

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We live in a fallen, messy world. In Part II of our interview with Gary DeMar of American Vision, we discuss how the path out of this mess is through biblical government, in which all forms of human government acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord.

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As conservatives witness the increasing oppression of government, we may wonder if this is how God really designed it to work. In our two-part interview with Gary Demar, we examine the biblical foundations of government and the path to a better government and future.

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Conservatives know that Big Tech is taking the lead in advancing woke policies and practices that are doing great harm to American culture and individuals. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss why using Big Government to fix the problems with Big Tech is a really bad idea.

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Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take a second look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralized administrative state seeking to control everything we say and do.

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Do you ever wonder how America decayed into what we see today? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we take our first look at how American went from a constitutional republic focused on liberty to a centralized administrative state seeking to control everything we say and do.

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Will President Donald J. Trump be indicted? On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine the evidence to help understand what Democrats and the secular left are up to and discuss why Christians should be concerned about where this is going.

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Too many conservatives and evangelicals have given into the false allure of socialism to fix our problems. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance explains how a biblical perspective on economics and public policy provides better outcomes for people and the planet.

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Texans’ electricity bills are skyrocketing. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we examine how Texas politicians’ refusal to end renewable energy subsidies is increasing the price of electricity while reducing the reliability of the grid.

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Texas is projected to have a budget surplus of $27 billion next year. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we look at how some politicians want to spend it, and how they should spend it: on eliminating property taxes.

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Experts seem to rule the world today. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we look at how experts and government are taking the place of God in the debates over culture and policy.

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Texas politicians are playing politics with the reliability of the Texas grid. On this week’s Liberty Cafe, we discuss how state leaders are covering up their support for renewable energy by making our electricity more expensive.

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No matter how much Texans complain, property taxes keep rising. On this week’s Liberty Café, we lay out a plan for ridding ourselves of property tax bill once and for all.

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Though we have seen some good things come out of Texas government in recent years, economic liberty continues to suffer. Please join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss the contribution of Texas Republicans to the collapse of liberty.

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The world around us seems to have little understanding of who God is. Join us on this week’s Liberty Cafe as we discuss how Christians should go about explaining to the world why God matters, especially when it comes to the culture and civil government.

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If there has ever been proof that we live in a fallen world and need redemption through Jesus Christ, it is seen in the assault on human sexuality in today’s culture. Please join us this week on the Liberty Café as we examine why men cannot have babies.

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