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Tim Bankes II
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Adam and Tim discuss why having super rich people are good and how they are notorious for being very generous once they get that rich.
Adam and Tim continue the debate around military spending and how much we should or shouldn’t do.
Adam and Tim have a theological conversation about the calling that people claim to have when they want to preach or pastor.
Adam and Tim have a theological discuss about whether God is still speaking to Christians or not. In technical terms continuitionism (God still speaks) or Cessationism (God no longer speaks)
Adam and Tim have a debate on Tariffs as to whether they are good economically or bad economically.
Adam and Tim break down the different views on baptism, Credo or believers baptism vs paedo or child/baby baptism
Adam and Tim have a conversation about the conservative political movement and it’s different players.
Adam and Tim discuss a profound but unknown fact about the poor reputations libertarian make up, namely that a large portion of libertarians actually identify with a religion instead of the myth that they are mostly secular.
Adam and Tim discuss progressive churches that promote communism in government and in the church.
Adam and Tim have out the final debate about whether we should be true Democracy or maintain the hybrid model of the Representative Republic, namely both Electoral College and Democratic Voting
Adam and time do part 3 of the 3 part debate over electoral college (Representative Republic) vs popular vote (True Democracy) Hybrid model America’s voting system uses.
Adam and time do part 2 of the 3 part debate over electoral college (Representative Republic) vs popular vote (True Democracy) Hybrid model America’s voting system uses.
Adam and time start the 3 part debate over electoral college (Representative Republic) vs popular vote (True Democracy) Hybrid model America’s voting system uses.
Adam and Tim discuss whether the government should subsidize products and companies or not? Walmart is to the tune of billions.
Adam and Tim discuss whether we should import our oil from other countries or whether we should supply our own oil.
Adam and Tim have a heated debate about the end times mainly whether we are in the millennium right now or not. (Rare treat because neither of them love the subject matter)
Adam and Tim discuss the controversial but necessary habit of a political party critiquing itself.
Adam and Tim break down the Puritans Political Theology that was how america was ran before it became it’s own question.
Adam and Tim have first principled conversation about what does it mean to own something?
Adam and Tim discuss what is the best method to fund missions. IMB general pool or missionary raising their own funds?
Adam and Tim discuss whether being rich is bad or is it actually important to have the rich?
Adam and Tim discuss what actual missions is? Is it just going to outside your country and reaching the lost or is it something else?
Adam and Tim discuss what it would take to colonize Mars, and the potential political implications and structure that would come about to deal with the frontier of a new planet.
Adam and Tim discuss fulfilling the Great Commission by doing missions to the “ends of the Earth”.
Adam and Tim break down the super conservative theological interventionist theory that was in place for Israel in the Old Testament.
Adam and Tim think about all the different modern day preachers they follow and why they like them.
Adam and Tim have a personal story time and share their BS abuse by local government police by cops.
Adam and Tim discuss whether one should get health insurance or if it’s better to pay out of pocket for any health issues
Adam and Tim discuss how exceptional America is in the history of countries and how special it is even today
Tim shares his way of sharing the gospel with ppl in public that he runs into when he does evangelism trips to places like college campuses.
Adam and Tim discuss two popular libertarians and whether which one passes the purity test. Little bit of a break from the typical one.
Tim and Adam talk about what is a true crime and what is needed to technically be a crime.
Adam and Tim discuss how bad it is to have too few political parties and they discuss sports betting.
Adam and Tim talk about if people who are politically agnostic or non political should be considered libertarians by default.
Adam and Tim talk about how ppl appeal to Ambiguity in argumentation and how futile it is. They discuss someone saying “they probably did it for a reason.”
Adam and Tim have a conversation about if the 2nd amendment and whether that right to defend themselves extends to drones and nukes
Adam and Tim discuss whether America should extract its own oil or buy from other countries. They also discuss whether Government should be able to buy Oil for the whole country or not
Adam and Tim talk about how we used to suffer from Economic and Civil problems as a country but now we suffer from the numerous solutions
Adam and Tim have a brief talk about how people keep being canceled by the left and getting scooped up by right wing media.
Adam and Tim talk about what it looks like to be military ready and how much military is actually needed.
Tim shares his faith conversion story when he met a Gideon handing out little orange New Testament Bibles outside his school while walking home from school.
Adam and Tim have a foreign War Alliance and interventionist conversation around everything happening in northern Asia.
Adam shares how he went from closest atheist church goer in the military to being talked out of his doubts by his chaplain. He also shares his experience in the military and h to three different jobs he had. Laborfortruth.com
Adam and Tim discuss if America could actual pull off 100% voluntary military or not? And they discuss that the American military was funded by 3-5% tax rate in 1800s.
Adam and Tim have an interesting debate on whether taxes can be brought down to 3-5% of income or even lower. Pretty interesting conversation
Adam and Tim discuss how political parties can be tribal and triggering for some ppl instead of just talking ideas without the political parties. Laborfortruth.com
Adam and Tim talk about a bunch of smaller topics and end with the parable of the Mexican fisherman and the business man. Kind of a story about whether delayed gratification or living in your van, living on nothing is better.
Adam and Tim discussed whether Christian’s should be able to say derogatory things as long as they are veiled in secondary phrases like “Let’s Go Brandon”
Adam and Tim discuss whether wars are able to be avoided or if they are going to happen no matter what?
Adam and Tim discuss how the economic theory of the Republican MAGA Trump followers actually works.
Adam and Tim talk about whether it is biblical to go to war and when should we go to war biblical?
Adam and Tim talk about how the definition of Racism has changed from the original days.
Adam and Tim discuss whether immigration is preferred for a country’s economy or International Trade
Adam and Tim talk about tariffs and whether it is best for the American government to put all these tariffs on China for their products
Adam and Tim discuss what the best solution would be to get rid of the drug cartels in America. You might be surprised at their answer.
Adam and Tim get back to talking politics. They discuss the difference between the old school Republicans Aka RHINOS (Republicans In Name Only) and the New School MAGA (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN REPUBLICANS)
Adam and Tim have a brief and reminiscent conversation about whether one should buy digital copies of things or physical copies. Not typical conversation but interesting none the less.
Adam and Tim discuss how ppl choosing to spend their money or investing it impacts the economy and impacts individuals economics
Adam and Tim talk about the modern day new commandment in the church today that is the most important, namely that you always must be nice.
Adam and Tim talking about the unique ethnic make up and diversity of the nation of immigrants.
Adam and Tim discuss intellectual property and when it should be used and when and about China stealing American intellectual property.
Adam and Tim discuss a border policy that threads the needle on being pro immigration while maintaining security.
Adam and Tim discuss how or when one should love their enemies. This one is probably one of the hardest things to do no matter how spiritual you are.
Adam and Tim discuss talk about the Group thought and blind following of their political party instead of thinking for oneself on an issue by issue basis.
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Adam and Tim discuss their thoughts on investing, in particular the 401k.
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Adam and Tim talk about the Daily Wire commentators, especially Candace Owens.
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Adam and Tim discuss what it means to fulfill the great co-mission of Christ.
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Adam and Tim talk About whether the government can Legitimize Sin or not?
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Adam and Tim talk Marvel, in particular the Thor Love and Thunder movie and its allegorical theological implications.
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Adam and Tim discuss whether the filibuster should be ended and whether it makes sense for the Republicans to end the filibuster first to protest the Democrats ending it.
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Adam and Tim discuss Immigration and what would be the best way to go about it.
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Adam and Tim talk about the size of the government and what it should be. They discussed the size of the military too.
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Adam and Tim discuss whether there should only be 2 political parties or whether multiple parties is preferred.
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Adam and Tim discuss immigration and what would be the best way to go about it.
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Adam and Tim talked about Joe Biden State of the Union. This is dated but it is almost a reminder of something just to have some time to reflect on it. More of a historical take.
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Adam and Tim discuss how things have changed for Police officers and how hard it is now of days to be a Police Officer.
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Adam and Tim talk about what kind of company was advantaged by the lockdowns.
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Adam and Tim finish talking about why the rich are unavoidable and why the money always flows to them.
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Adam and Tim continue to discuss whether the rich are evil and whether it is evil to have wealth or righteous based on the Bible
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Adam and Tim continue to discuss whether the rich are evil and whether it is evil to have wealth or righteous based on the Bible
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Adam and Tim talk about the rich and whether they should be hated or they are good for America.
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Adam and Tim talk about Some weird laws on the books and make fun of how silly they are and how much they violate civil rights and personal liberty.
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Adam and Tim discuss what does the Bible teach was blasphemy is and how did the government used to understand what it meant?
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Adam and Tim discuss whether there should be discriminations laws or not?
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Adam and Tim discuss all things modern church.
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They discuss Preaching styles, mainly a critique of Expository Preaching of one book of the Bible for Years.
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They discuss church modeling/structure, age segregated vs family integrated.
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They discuss Church traditions and the often superficial vibes people give off on Sunday service.
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Adam and Tim discuss whether the church is growing or is on the decline. Per usual Labor for truth fashion they clarify what it means for the church to be growing.
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Adam and Tim discuss how marriage is meant to be a religious church ordinance and not something the government has it's hands in. Very important podcast to help people think practically about the legitimate role of the government in public life.
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Adam and Tim discuss what our God Given rights are and go into depth about what Abraham Lincoln Did during the civil war in violating those rights. They also discuss Conservative commentators like the Daily Wire and Tim Poole.
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Adam and Tim Discuss the multi religion marriage of Candace Owens. Candace is Protestant and her husband is Catholic.
Adam and Tim talk about whether reflecting on ones past is valuable and how that plays into wanting a variety of experiences like traveling.
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Adam and Tim discuss the viability of America breaking into multiple parts and whether civil war or secession is better?
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Adam and Tim think through the idea of a Libertarian running as a Republican by using the example of Rand Paul.
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In a world where the common currency is government or fiat currency the government has the responsibility to print money, but the question is does the government printing more money make the American people richer or not?
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In this Episode Adam and Tim talk about whether Libertarians and Republicans should work together using things like Ranked voting to help each other out.
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One major function of the government is to spend money but how do the politicians in government decide to spend our money on our behalf?
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Adam and Tim discuss what they think about different conservative commentators
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Many people advocate for Health care for everyone. In our prosperous world there should be health care offered for all but how to offer it to all is the question.
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Adam and Tim what would be the best tactic to save American Government.
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The Greatest Economic and Financial Blunder in American History is the Great Depression. The question is what was the cause of this collapse of the whole Economy on a level that has never happened since? Twitter - https://twitter.com/PleaseGodAlone
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Adam and Tim discuss which Political party cost the tax payer more money, based on the comment of Adam's Grandma that she votes Democrat because her dad told her she can't "afford" to vote Republican.
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There is a stigma towards the rich. In this video, we think through the truth about the value or lack thereof of the rich.💲💰💸Founder of Labor For Truth. Author (Free Books on Amazon at http://amazon.com/author/timbank…)
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In this episode Tim and Adam speak on whether people should vote in a principled way based on their convictions or a practical defensive way to try and keep their opposition from winning.
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Here at Labor For Truth, we want to promote freedom both politically and economically so we will are launching our "The Truth About" explainer videos. This is the first of many to come. This one features the beloved freedom fighter Milton Friedman.Founder of Labor For Truth. Author (Free Books on Amazon at http://amazon.com/author/timbankes……)
In this episode Adam and Tim talk about the Democratic party and how they need more young people as politicians in their party and how Latinos do not want to vote for Democrats.
In this Episode, Adam and Tim discuss what the real long-term solution is to create a sustainable country. They discuss the role of immigration, abortions, suicides, birth rates, and technological advancement in what makes countries sustainably successful like America.
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In this episode, Tim and Adam discuss Leftist hatred for the rich and how they think that CEO is an unnecessary role in a company. They claim they could pay people more or retain employees if they just fired them.
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Adam and Tim discuss the untold history of Immigration. They talk about how up until the 1960's America was very pro-immigration. It is only in recently generations that America started to change their stance and be more Xenophobic towards outsiders.
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First podcast of the popcorn Liberty sub podcast where we look at the economic and political worldview of entertainment/media. In this one we look at the anti capitalistic movie the Lorax.
Tim and Adam go on a silly Cinematic rant about Harry Potter and Super heroes. This one is a bit more personal opinion light hearted.
Do Tim and Adam discuss whether homeschooled kids are the only ones who are really sheltered or are we all sheltered? It is heavily biographical as they talk about their own lives.
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Tim talks about the history of religious freedom and the pivotal character who changed the trajectory of America to religiously tolerant instead of a state church.
Break down of the political theory of libertarians being salesmen and our product being the free market
In this episode I discuss how at libertarianism core it is a free market salesmen ship. I show how silly competitors of the Postal have made it look.
In this episode I take a economist lense to major government spending practices and filter it through the most important economic principle of spending, the broken window fallacy. I address: stimulus checks, war, welfare system, and federal student loans (alongside real estate)
In this episode I make parallels to good government being like being a good teacher and a good parent. Very interesting to see the parabolic examples of good healthy authority. Be sure to check out my book Are You Free? And my website Laborfortruth.com
I discuss the fork in the road Blacks decided to take to approve of seeking political power instead of self development
Many people have misconceptions about what the ultimate goal of the church is. In this episode I discuss what I think the Bible teaches about how fulfilling the Great Commission to reach the ends of the Earth will bring about the Eschaton.
In this podcast I make the case the Christian Hedonism and Christian Libertarians are making the same argument from different angles.
In this episode I have my friend Adam Leavens on to do introductions (going to be hosting frequently) and to talk about why it's important to think about politics in detail for ones self.
Today I examine the role of government in our lives. I look at both an Adam Smith quote and Romans 13. Talk about the nonaggression principle and the regulation principle
In this episode I get in a conversation with fellow Libertarian Christian conservative podcaster Seth Brees. We discuss things like culture and education and how we got where we are, and we discuss our own person freedom histories. This is more of me in my natural element.
I discuss the nature of what marriage and thus the reason why marriage should not be interconnected with the government.
In this episode I focus on the amazing development of currency in the human race. I talk about how it is a great accomplishment for humanity in furthering our ability to live in a sinful world and still make progress in cooperating together in taking dominion.
Some of my other favorite books on these subjects that are great for beginners to the liberty movement are:
- Free to Choose by Milton Friedman (Major Economist)
- Basics of Economics by Thomas Sowell (Major Economist)
- Called to Freedom by Elise Daniels (Christian Perspective)
- Faith Seeking Freedom by Norman Horn, Doug Stuart , Kerry Baldwin, Dick Clark (Christian Perspective)
The Libertarian Theology of Freedom by Edmund Opitz (Christian Perspective)
Many people debate over how things go down when someone is converted. I have a new look at the debate over regeneration and faith that is based out of 2 Corinthians 4.
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish
Some of my other favorite books on these subjects that are great for beginners to the liberty movement are:
- Free to Choose by Milton Friedman (Major Economist)
- Basics of Economics by Thomas Sowell (Major Economist)
- Called to Freedom by Elise Daniels (Christian Perspective)
- Faith Seeking Freedom by Norman Horn, Doug Stuart , Kerry Baldwin, Dick Clark (Christian Perspective)
- The Libertarian Theology of Freedom by Edmund Opitz (Christian Perspective)
In order to understand any theory one must study those who originally began to think on such issues. Adam Smith is known as the Father of modern economics. He essentially gave us the prototype ideas for a free market of goods/services and ideas.
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish
Some of my other favorite books on these subjects that are great for beginners to the liberty movement are:
- Free to Choose by Milton Friedman (Major Economist)
- Basics of Economics by Thomas Sowell (Major Economist)
- Called to Freedom by Elise Daniels (Christian Perspective)
- Faith Seeking Freedom by Norman Horn, Doug Stuart , Kerry Baldwin, Dick Clark (Christian Perspective)
The Libertarian Theology of Freedom by Edmund Opitz (Christian Perspective)
Theological Episode
In this episode I explain some of the backstory behind Eschatology or the views on the end times in the church. I break down in general who holds to which view. I show my own study of the topic and how I even did a debate on the matter in bible college. I end with the scripture that I brought up in that debate that keep me from being able to hold to Premillennialism.
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish
Since the nature of what I am doing in this podcast is Christian and theological in nature I wanted to go into my spiritual origin story in order to show myself a true believer. (I do not go through a doctrinal proof I can do that later)
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish
In this episode I discuss why I think that it is important for us to discuss freedom for all in light of Scripture. I break down why I feel compelled to do a podcast on Christian Libertarianism even though I have other creative things I am doing.
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish
In this episode I do some introducing of myself and what my goals are with Labor for Truth. To be clear Labor for Truth aims to labor to work out the two greatest commandments: Love God with all our being (Theology) and love our neighbor as ourselves (Liberty minded Politics and Economics)
Tim is a Christian author. His worldview that informs his writing is Calvinist, Baptist, and Libertarian. His main series is his Christian picture book series, "About God for Kids", where he discusses the attributes of God in a way kids can digest. He also wrote a Christian Romance novel, libertarian book for beginners, and Christian coloring books. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has written a book on freedom called“Are You Free” (If you are into listening to books I have it in audio also,Are You Free Audiobook )and he has written multiple children’s books about God. Be Sure to check out the podcast version of the blog, Labor for Truth Podcast. And check out “The Truth About” Youtube Channel. You can find his works at his amazon author page,https://amazon.com/author/timbankes. He even has a free digital ebook on how God is the creator. Get your free copy today at,Greater Creator .Also If you are into Christian Fiction, he has made his first book in his Futuristic Christian Fiction series free,Her Dying Wish