{"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 Preacher Behind the Constitution #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #AMERICA250 #NATION250","slug":"the-preacher-behind-the-constitution-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250","published_at":"2026-06-16T12:17:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-preacher-behind-the-constitution-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Preacher-Behind-the-Constitution-RTTBROS-NIGHTLIGHT-USA250-AMERICA250-NATION250-e3ks1sk","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121554260/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426241996-44100-2-479c1c89e10a9.mp3","summary":"The Preacher Behind the Constitution #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #AMERICA250 #NATION250 The Preacher Behind the Constitution “"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 THE STORY James Madison arrived at the Constitutional Convention with a plan. He had spent the winter of 1786 to 1787 reading every book he could find on the history of governments. He studied them as a diagnostician, trying to understand why human governments so reliably collapse into tyranny or anarchy. His conclusion was thoroughly biblical: the problem is human nature. People in power abuse it. Majorities oppress minorities. Madison's genius was in designing a system that took human sin seriously as a structural assumption. Checks and balances. Separation of powers. Federalism. Each element of the Constitution reflects a deep suspicion of concentrated human authority. Madison had learned this from a Presbyterian minister. John Witherspoon, the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence, was president of the College of New Jersey when Madison was a student. The Father of the Constitution was, in a real sense, the student of a preacher. THE REFLECTION Jeremiah 17:9 is not a comfortable verse. The heart is deceitful above all things. Desperately wicked. This is the anthropology of Scripture, which takes the Fall seriously. Madison took it seriously. His Constitution was built for fallen people living in a fallen world, which is exactly why it has lasted longer than any comparable governing document in history. It does not assume the best about human nature. It builds in safeguards for the worst. The irony is beautiful: the most successful secular governing document in human history works precisely because it was designed around…","meta_description":"The Preacher Behind the Constitution #RTTBROS #NIGHTLIGHT #USA250 #AMERICA250 #NATION250 The Preacher Behind the Constitution “\"The heart is deceitfu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":172,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-preacher-behind-the-constitution-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250/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-preacher-behind-the-constitution-rttbros-nightlight-usa250-america250-nation250.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}