The Holy Post

By Phil Vischer

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Join VeggieTales and What's in the Bible? creator Phil Vischer and co-host Skye Jethani (author, speaker, pastor) for a fast-paced and often funny conversation about pop culture, media, theology, and the fun, fun, fun of living a thoughtful Christian life in an increasingly post-Christian culture.

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567: Christian Nationalism ...

05.31.2023

Phil’s file of Christian Nationalism stories has gotten full, so we’re covering a number of them this week. We explore the beliefs of early Christian Nationalists from the 1920s, how modern Christian Nationalism can’t shake its racist roots, and why ...

The Holy Post episodes:

05.31.2023 567: Christian Nationalism Roundup & the Doctrine of Hell Phil’s file of Christian Nationalism stories has gotten full, so we’re covering a number of them this week. We explore the beliefs of early Christian Nationalists from the 1920s, how modern Christian Nationalism can’t shake its racist roots, and why ...
05.26.2023 French Friday: Update from Ukraine & The Future Of Affirmative Action David French has just returned from Ukraine where he saw the devastating impact of the Russian invasion. He talks to Skye about the resilience of the Ukrainian people, the need for more American support, and how a Trump victory in ...
05.24.2023 566: Tim Keller, American Poverty, & the Legacy of Rich Mullins with James Bryan Smith Influential pastor, author, and apologist, Tim Keller, passed away last week. We reflect on Keller’s ministry and wonder who is filling the shoes of the Christian giants we’ve lost. A new book about poverty says that the U.S. spends more ...
05.17.2023 565: The Vegan Bible, Loveless Christianity, & Spiritual Narcissism with Rainn Wilson Ethicist, David Gushee, says we are seeing the emergence of a new kind of loveless Christianity. But those who practice it say their anger, culture warring, and pursuit of power are actually how they’re loving their neighbors. Then, Skye talks ...
05.10.2023 564: How Rapture Theology Shaped America (Part 2) How did a theological system that rejected Christian participation in politics eventually give birth to the Religious Right? Phil talks to historian Daniel Hummel about the spread of rapture theology in the 20th century, why it spawned so many conspiracies, ...
05.03.2023 563: How Rapture Theology Shaped America (Part 1) Many Christians in America simply assume that Jesus could return at any moment, that believers will be raptured in the twinkling of an eye, that the state of Israel has a special role in the End Times, and that the ...
04.28.2023 French Friday: How to Thrive in a Post-Christian Culture From Harvard Law School to The New York Times, David French has repeatedly found himself in communities where secular progressivism is the majority view, and where his Christian beliefs face suspicion, ridicule, or even hostility. Skye Jethani asks French how ...
04.26.2023 562: Fox Fires Tucker, Toxic Gun Culture, & Rethinking Revivals with Derwin Gray After admitting it broadcast election lies and conspiracies, and paying $787 million in damages, Fox News has fired its most popular host. Does this signal a change at the cable news network? An online chatbot says Christianity gives it hope. ...
04.19.2023 561: How the Evangelical Movement Failed a Generation with Jon Ward From the Jesus Movement in the 1970s, through the Religious Right in the 1980s, the rise of New Calvinism in the 1990s, and the MAGA movement today, as a Christian kid in the suburbs and then a political journalist in ...
04.12.2023 560: The Rise of Retaliation Politics & How to Suffer Well with Alan Noble Protests have continued after last month’s school shooting in Nashville, including in the Tennessee state legislature where the majority Republicans expelled two Democrats after their protests broke the rules of decorum. What was really accomplished by this extreme response, and ...
04.05.2023 559: The Nashville Shooting & Preaching to a Divided Nation with Matthew Kim & Paul Hoffman Description: Immediately after last week’s school shooting in Nashville, opportunists used it to advance their favorite culture war narratives. Why does this happen after every tragedy, and why are we more likely to empathize with victims we identify closely with? ...
03.31.2023 French Friday: Transgenderism & Parental Rights It’s becoming increasingly clear that parental rights is poised to be a significant issue in the 2024 election, particularly as it relates to transgenderism and gender-affirming healthcare. Skye Jethani talks to David French about his recent editorial that provoked a ...
03.29.2023 558: Saddleback vs the SBC & Misusing the Marriage Metaphor with Beth Felker Jones & Amy Peeler Description: Rick Warren, the founder and former pastor of Saddleback Church, is speaking out after his church was ejected from the Southern Baptist Convention for ordaining women. Phil explains how the SBC went from being accepting of female leaders, to ...
03.22.2023 557: The Rise of Christian Nashville-ism & What Christians Must Do with Claude Alexander 557: The Rise of Christian Nashville-ism & What Christians Must Do with Claude Alexander Why doesn’t Congress work? A recent article explains how diversity, education, and geography are driving the political parties apart. These findings also help explain the widening ...
03.15.2023 556: Teen Mental Health Revisited & Digital Discipleship with Nona Jones Feedback on the recent episode about the teen mental health report by the CDC was so strong that the Holy Post gang revisits the topic. Jonathan Haidt says three untruths that fuel depression were embraced by progressives ten years ago, ...
03.08.2023 555: “The Article” & Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin The Gospel Coalition published an article last week that brought together every divergent faction of the church to say, “Ick!” While many are discussing the troubling content of the article on social media, the Holy Post crew examines what is ...
03.01.2023 554 Teenage Girls in Crisis & Rethinking Revelation with Scot McKnight A new report from the CDC finds a record number of teenage girls are now debilitated by mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. And social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says the evidence is abundant that social media is the ...
02.24.2023 French Friday: The Real Masculinity Crisis There's no denying that American men are struggling. Depression, drug use, and suicide are on the rise, and there are plenty of voices on the far right eager to blame feminists, the LGBT movement, #MeToo, and the left in general. ...
02.22.2023 553: Revival Tourism & Christ vs Christians with Beth Moore She’s finally here! Bible teacher and author Beth Moore joins Kaitlyn Schiess to discuss her new memoir, her calling, and how she found the courage to speak out against the political idolatry of evangelical leaders in 2016. Moore says she ...
02.15.2023 552 Jesus Gets Us & We Get Data on Christian Nationalists with Kristin Kobes Du Mez Vu A Christian campaign spent $20 million on two ads during the Super Bowl, but the “He Gets Us” commercials are facing criticism from both the right and left. One side says the ads did not present the gospel. The other ...
02.10.2023 551 Power, Pacifism, & Being Consistently Pro-Life with Shane Claiborne What does it mean to be pro-life? Drawing from the words of Jesus, the Apostles, and the early church, Shane Claiborne says most American Christians have gotten it wrong. His new book, “Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person,” ...
02.08.2023 550 Demons, Democrats, & Dominionists, Oh My! How did American politics go from a disagreement over policies to become a war between the forces of good and evil? Phil takes us on a journey through the fascinating origins of the New Apostolic Reformation movement as he traces ...
02.03.2023 549 MLK, Black Voices & A New Book on Lent w/Esau McCaulley Phil catches up with friend-of-the-show Esau McCaulley (New Testament Professor, NYT columnist, author of CT Book of the Year Reading While Black) for a wide-ranging conversation. Why do we keep getting MLK wrong? What do Black voices give up in ...
02.01.2023 548 Andy Stanley, Spirit Warriors & The Greatest Threat To Christianity In a video clip from a sermon, influential megachurch pastor Andy Stanley said gay men and women who remain in the church “have more faith than a lot of you.” The backlash has been swift, but are people misunderstanding his ...
01.27.2023 547 French Friday: Selling Out, Gay Wedding Websites, & How People Change David French shares about his move to The New York Times, and why MAGA Conservatives call him a “sell out” when journalism on the far right is where the big money is found. Then, Skye and David discuss the 303 ...
01.25.2023 546 England’s Same-Sex Marriage Compromise & Brazil’s January 6th The Church of England has decided to not allow same-sex marriages, but it will bless civil same-sex unions. Is it a wise compromise or terrible attempt to dodge a divisive issue? Brazil’s president lost reelection and his conservative Christian supporters ...
01.20.2023 545 What Story is the Bible Telling? with Timothy Gombis What story are we in? A rescue plan to get us out of a dying world? God's mission to save us from sin? Is my true purpose in life to "go to heaven and take as many people with me ...
01.18.2023 544: MLK, Reparations, & the Benefits of Awe Martin Luther King Jr. is widely celebrated today, but that wasn’t the case when he was killed in 1968. Esau McCaulley’s editorial explains how King’s current popularity comes from the tendency to cherry pick a few MLK quotes about race, ...
01.11.2023 543: Women and the Gender of God with Amy Peeler When Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday Night Football we witnessed an outpouring of public prayer. We also saw a flood of vaccine conspiracy theories hit social media. Phil asks, why are conservative Christians so distrustful of experts and enamored with ...
01.04.2023 542: How to Repair American Evangelicalism with Walter Kim The pandemic was miserable for mothers, right? New research disputes that claim and shows moms were actually happier than childless women. But not ALL moms. What makes the difference? A survey shows both conservative and progressive Americans believe the absolute ...
12.30.2022 French Friday: Free Speech & Social Media Voices on the right, from Elon Musk to Fox News, are accusing social media companies of violating the First Amendment's protection of free speech. David French is back to talk with Skye Jethani about what speech the First Amendment does, ...
12.28.2022 541: Rethinking Heaven, the Harrowing of Hell, & Christian Civics with Michael Wear or our final episode of 2022, we are sharing with everyone two bonus features that are normally exclusively available to Holy Post supporters. First, you’ll hear an episode of “Christian Asks” where Skye explains what the Bible says, and does ...
12.21.2022 540: Top Stories of ’22, “Tots of Scorn,” & the Naughty List with a Secret Guest What were the most important stories of 2022? Phil, Skye, and Christian discuss the embrace of Christian Nationalism, political and cultural issues dividing evangelicalism, and how Twitter has deteriorated into a middle school lunchroom food fight. They also discuss their ...
12.14.2022 539: Megachurch Christmas Controversy & Answers in Exodus with Carmen Imes A Texas megachurch is facing criticism after a viral TikTok video showed a rehearsal of its Christmas production with drummers flying over the crowd on wires. The church says it’s simply offering its best to celebrate the birth of Jesus. ...
12.07.2022 538: Rotten Pastoral Restoration & the Power of Pain with Drew Dyck Reactions to last week’s show were strong. The Holy Post crew responds to listener feedback about LGBTQ representation in movies and Al Mohler’s defense of conservatism. Former SBC president, Johnny Hunt, was removed from ministry for sexual assault, but last ...
12.05.2022 What in the World? EPISODE 4: The Mission of God For more than a century, the American church has been arguing about the exact scope and boundaries of God’s mission. Is the gospel narrowly about the redemption of people’s souls, or does it also care about redeeming the world, society, ...
12.02.2022 French Friday: The Case for Civil Same-Sex Marriage In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v Hodges that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage. With the recent overturning of Roe v Wade, some are concerned Obergefell may be overturned next. Recently, David French wrote an ...
11.30.2022 537: The War Over Christmas Movies & Gen Z’s Mental Health with Josh Packard The Hallmark Channel is now producing Christmas movies with LGBTQ characters and relationships leading the network’s former CEO to launch a new holiday movie channel with straight relationships only. The Holy Post crew discusses the role of representation in entertainment, ...
11.23.2022 536: Listener Voicemails! Archeology, Abortion, & Avoiding Holiday Family Arguments Just in time for the holidays, the Holy Post crew is answering another round of voicemails from our Patreon supporters. On this episode, Phil, Skye, and Kaitlyn respond to listener questions about how much confidence to put in archeological evidence ...
11.16.2022 Episode 535: What Does the Global Church Believe About Guns? with Morgan Lee The U.S. midterm elections were full of surprises. The Holy Post crew asks if the political side of the pro-life movement has hit a wall, and if the Republican Party is really moving on from Donald Trump. Then, new data ...
11.09.2022 Episode 534: Does Ministry Matter More than the Marketplace? with Joe Leininger With the midterm elections happening in the U.S., we’ve seen a rise in both hyperbolic political rhetoric and political violence. There’s evidence that fewer Christians are willing to denounce the use of armed conflict to achieve political goals, with some ...
11.02.2022 Episode 533: Why Do We Struggle with the Sabbath? with Ruth Haley Barton Elon Musk announced his takeover of Twitter by carrying a porcelain sink into the headquarters. Will his plan to loosen restrictions on social media help or hurt the country? Archeologist have discovered a new way to verify events in the ...
10.28.2022 French Friday: What Abortion Abolitionists Get Wrong With the Dobbs decision earlier this year, the Supreme Court sent the issue of abortion back to the states, and divisions are opening up within the pro-life movement about what comes next. A very vocal faction calling themselves "abortion abolitionists" ...
10.26.2022 Episode 532: How Would Jesus Fight the Culture War? with Mike Erre Research finds many Americans are opposed to the gospel because they view Christians as hypocrites, but a new $100 million ad campaign hopes to reintroduce Jesus to the country. But does Jesus really have a PR problem, or does the ...
10.19.2022 Episode 531: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism? with Paul D. Miller Everyone is suddenly talking about Christian nationalism. Some on the political right are embracing the label, while others on the political left are condemning it. Bart Barber, the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was interviewed on 60 Minutes ...
10.12.2022 Episode 530: Can We Still Trust the News? with Bonnie Kristian Research now shows that people who constantly consume the news are three times more likely to hold incorrect perspectives than those who only consume news occasionally. How did the news business shift from reporting to distorting? Phil, Skye, and Kaitlyn ...
10.05.2022 Episode 529: Rapture Anxiety & Why Analog Discipleship is Better with Jay Y. Kim Were you an evangelical kid in the 1970s, 80s, or 90s? Then you may be suffering from the lingering affects of “rapture anxiety.” Why did rapture theology feature so prominently in the American church, where did it come from, and ...
09.30.2022 French Friday: Is Evangelicalism about Jesus or Sexual Ethics? David French is in studio with Skye Jethani and Phil Vischer for a special edition of French Friday. First, they discuss new survey results showing most evangelicals hold shockingly heretical beliefs about the nature of Jesus, but they are absolutely ...
09.28.2022 Episode 528: Can Ancient Liturgy Save Evangelicalism? with Aaron Damiani "}}},"VERSION":"8.72.53"}"> The death of Queen Elizabeth has many wondering about the future of Christianity in the UK. The Queen was outspoken about her faith in Jesus Christ, but how will King Charles change what it means for the monarch to ...
09.21.2022 Episode 527: Does God Want Public Christian Symbols? & Non-Anxious Leadership with Mark Sayers A court has ruled that a Christian-owned business is not required to pay for health insurance that includes drugs to prevent HIV. Is the ruling a victory for religious liberty, or a case of Christians unfairly imposing their beliefs on ...

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The Holy Post episodes:

567: Christian Nationalism Roundup & the Doctrine of Hell

French Friday: Update from Ukraine & The Future Of Affirmative Action

566: Tim Keller, American Poverty, & the Legacy of Rich Mullins with James Bryan Smith

565: The Vegan Bible, Loveless Christianity, & Spiritual Narcissism with Rainn Wilson

564: How Rapture Theology Shaped America (Part 2)

563: How Rapture Theology Shaped America (Part 1)

French Friday: How to Thrive in a Post-Christian Culture

562: Fox Fires Tucker, Toxic Gun Culture, & Rethinking Revivals with Derwin Gray

561: How the Evangelical Movement Failed a Generation with Jon Ward

560: The Rise of Retaliation Politics & How to Suffer Well with Alan Noble

559: The Nashville Shooting & Preaching to a Divided Nation with Matthew Kim & Paul Hoffman

French Friday: Transgenderism & Parental Rights

558: Saddleback vs the SBC & Misusing the Marriage Metaphor with Beth Felker Jones & Amy Peeler

557: The Rise of Christian Nashville-ism & What Christians Must Do with Claude Alexander

556: Teen Mental Health Revisited & Digital Discipleship with Nona Jones

555: “The Article” & Biblical Critical Theory with Christopher Watkin

554 Teenage Girls in Crisis & Rethinking Revelation with Scot McKnight

French Friday: The Real Masculinity Crisis

553: Revival Tourism & Christ vs Christians with Beth Moore

552 Jesus Gets Us & We Get Data on Christian Nationalists with Kristin Kobes Du Mez Vu

551 Power, Pacifism, & Being Consistently Pro-Life with Shane Claiborne

550 Demons, Democrats, & Dominionists, Oh My!

549 MLK, Black Voices & A New Book on Lent w/Esau McCaulley

548 Andy Stanley, Spirit Warriors & The Greatest Threat To Christianity

547 French Friday: Selling Out, Gay Wedding Websites, & How People Change

546 England’s Same-Sex Marriage Compromise & Brazil’s January 6th

545 What Story is the Bible Telling? with Timothy Gombis

544: MLK, Reparations, & the Benefits of Awe

543: Women and the Gender of God with Amy Peeler

542: How to Repair American Evangelicalism with Walter Kim

French Friday: Free Speech & Social Media

541: Rethinking Heaven, the Harrowing of Hell, & Christian Civics with Michael Wear

540: Top Stories of ’22, “Tots of Scorn,” & the Naughty List with a Secret Guest

539: Megachurch Christmas Controversy & Answers in Exodus with Carmen Imes

538: Rotten Pastoral Restoration & the Power of Pain with Drew Dyck

What in the World? EPISODE 4: The Mission of God

French Friday: The Case for Civil Same-Sex Marriage

537: The War Over Christmas Movies & Gen Z’s Mental Health with Josh Packard

536: Listener Voicemails! Archeology, Abortion, & Avoiding Holiday Family Arguments

Episode 535: What Does the Global Church Believe About Guns? with Morgan Lee

Episode 534: Does Ministry Matter More than the Marketplace? with Joe Leininger

Episode 533: Why Do We Struggle with the Sabbath? with Ruth Haley Barton

French Friday: What Abortion Abolitionists Get Wrong

Episode 532: How Would Jesus Fight the Culture War? with Mike Erre

Episode 531: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism? with Paul D. Miller

Episode 530: Can We Still Trust the News? with Bonnie Kristian

Episode 529: Rapture Anxiety & Why Analog Discipleship is Better with Jay Y. Kim

French Friday: Is Evangelicalism about Jesus or Sexual Ethics?

Episode 528: Can Ancient Liturgy Save Evangelicalism? with Aaron Damiani

Episode 527: Does God Want Public Christian Symbols? & Non-Anxious Leadership with Mark Sayers

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