Hey friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and the Rod, the Exiles and Babylon conference.

Den, Denver, Colorado is right on the corner, October 4th and 5th.

You can go to theology and the rod.com. Check out all the info. Make sure you register as soon as possible if you're wanting to attend you can attend live or you can attend virtually

My guest today is Dr.

Venote Ramachandra who is from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He holds a bachelor and doctoral degree

in nuclear engineering from University of London.

He's an international lecturer and writer.

He's also been involved with the Civil Rights Movement in Sri Lanka as well as with the Global Micah Network and

A Roca a worldwide biodiversity conservation organization.

He's the author of several essays and books,

including a book that I came across years ago

called Subverting Global Myths, Theology and the public issues that shape our world.

Really fantastic book.

I've followed his name and his work for a while and reached out to him.

There's obviously a massive time difference between Boise,

Idaho and Sri Lanka, so I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get him on the podcast. But he agreed to come on the show and talk,

uh, talk with us. I wanted to ask him the question because he is very involved with,

very knowledgeable, just kind of world events, world affairs, American politics,

and especially from his perspective as a solid Christian in Sri Lanka, you know,

looking at the impact that America has globally from an outside perspective. I wanted to ask this

question. What is your perspective on American foreign policy as it affects the global church? I know it's a very general question and I kind of

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