A man was arrested in a church parking lot in High Point, North Carolina carrying two flamethrowers, two crossbows, 500+ rounds of ammunition, body armor, and rolls of duct tape. Nate breaks down exactly what happened, why an off-duty officer's quick thinking stopped a potential tragedy, and why Christians should be paying a lot more attention to real violence against churches than to manufactured outrage over a VBS skit. (Full story here: https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/02/a-man-targeted-a-north-carolina-church-with-arrows-and-flamethrowers-and-we-need-to-stop-this-insanity-n2203954)
From there, Nate digs into a viral op-ed titled "Why We're Leaving the Seventh-day Adventist Church," walking through the actual doctrinal red flags that led one couple to walk away — soul sleep, investigative judgment, Ellen G. White's prophetic authority placed above Scripture, and more. If you've ever wondered what separates SDA teaching from mainstream Christianity, this is the breakdown. (Read it here: https://protestia.com/2026/07/02/oped-why-were-leaving-the-seventh-day-adventist-church/)
The crew also tackles the big theological question that keeps resurfacing this week: is Christianity actually oppressive to women? Nate and Steph go verse by verse through Ephesians 5 to address the "wives submit to your husbands" line head-on, tackle claims that Christianity is inherently racist or violent, and dismantle the "no true Christian" fallacy along the way. Add in a viral tarot-to-Christianity conversion story that sparked the whole debate, the Frankie Muniz divorce, the classic problem of evil, a skeptic's attempt to take down Moses, Lego's return to Pride marketing, and Steph's very real ongoing tax situation — it's a full episode.
Serious apologetics, real headlines, and one co-host possibly headed to prison for tax reasons — just another Friday on Ask A Christian.
NC church crossbow/flamethrower attack report: https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/02/a-man-targeted-a-north-carolina-church-with-arrows-and-flamethrowers-and-we-need-to-stop-this-insanity-n2203954
"Why We're Leaving the Seventh-day Adventist Church" op-ed: https://protestia.com/2026/07/02/oped-why-were-leaving-the-seventh-day-adventist-church/
Frankie Muniz divorce story: https://protestia.com/2026/07/02/christian-couple-frankie-muniz-malcolm-in-the-middle-and-wife-announce-divorce/
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00:00 - Intro
2:24 - Frankie Muniz & wife's divorce: should Christian celebrities explain themselves?
7:09 - "Why We're Leaving the Seventh-day Adventist Church" — is SDA a cult?
14:52 - Kentucky VBS "firing squad" skit sparks Christian outrage
16:22 - Man targets NC church with crossbows and flamethrowers
20:43 - Viral tarot-to-Christianity conversion sparks internet backlash
25:01 - Is God just? The problem of evil and the Epicurean dilemma
32:55 - Is Christianity secretly controlling America? (viral meme debunked)
40:01 - Skeptic debate: did Moses disobey God?
52:02 - Continued discussion: "Christianity is violent" backlash
57:22 - Is Christianity oppressive to women?
1:00:53 - Does Christianity hate black people? Addressing the claims
1:04:48 - Reading Ephesians 5: are wives really oppressed?
1:13:11 - Lego's Pride campaign backlash ("gay Legos" again)
1:25:40 - Steph's tax troubles: "Steph's going to jail"
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