{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"The Limits of Reason #RTTBROS #Nightlight #USA250 #Nation250 #America250","slug":"the-limits-of-reason-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250","published_at":"2026-06-14T01:14:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-limits-of-reason-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Limits-of-Reason-RTTBROS-Nightlight-USA250-Nation250-America250-e3kolkk","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121443412/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-14%2F426093734-44100-2-35626401da3a.mp3","summary":"The Limits of Reason #RTTBROS #Nightlight #USA250 #Nation250 #America250 The Limits of Reason There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. — Proverbs 14:12 THE STORY Thomas Paine believed in God. He just did not believe in much else. His 1776 pamphlet Common Sense was one of the most influential documents in American history. Washington ordered it read aloud to his troops. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies in a population of three million. Thomas Paine lit a fire that no one else had been able to start. And yet Paine himself demonstrated with painful clarity what happens when the light of reason is mistaken for the Light of the World. He went to France after the Revolution and celebrated the French Revolution, which devolved into the Reign of Terror. He was eventually imprisoned by the very revolutionaries he had championed. He spent his final years in poverty and near-obscurity in America. When he died in 1809, only six people attended his funeral. Reason, unmoored from revelation, is a fire that eventually burns its own house down. THE REFLECTION This devotion requires honesty rather than sentiment. Thomas Paine was brilliant, courageous, and genuinely committed to human freedom. He was also a cautionary tale. The difference between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is not primarily political. It is theological. The American founders built their case for liberty on the foundation of God-given rights, "endowed by their Creator," Jefferson wrote. The French revolutionaries removed the Creator and placed human reason on the throne. The results were catastrophic. They always are. Proverbs 14:12 is not a pessimistic verse. It is a protective one. There is a way that seems right, logical, enlighte…","meta_description":"The Limits of Reason #RTTBROS #Nightlight #USA250 #Nation250 #America250 The Limits of Reason There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":160,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-limits-of-reason-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-limits-of-reason-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-nation250-america250.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}